After the Qi family and his wife received a call for help from Dongsha Island, they quickly summoned more than 3,000 pirates from the Sea Shark Gang and immediately set out. Such a large number of people set out at the same time, and not only the small and large boats that were idle on the shore were requisitioned, but even the small sampans of the fishermen and the canopy boats for the transport of inland goods were all forcibly requisitioned by them with the promise of heavy profits.

After Qi Geqi personally stepped on Dongsha Island and pushed open the two gates, his figure instantly swayed from side to side several times, and he fell to his knees in the foul-smelling blood......

In the afterglow of the sunset, the old prince hung weakly on the handle of the white tiger broadsword with both hands, and his scarred body was also powerlessly leaning on the back of the knife deep into the sandy land to maintain it...... In addition, in the east tidal flats of Dongsha Island, there are only black and shiny crows, sometimes pecking at food, sometimes making terrible screams......

It was night, outside the Chengtian Gate of the Zijin Palace in Yanjing City.

Since Guan Beidou, the national teacher of Beiyan, left Beiyan on the pretext of going out to collect spiritual energy and filling the loss of the dragon vein, all the big and small matters of the entire Qin Tiansi have been handed over to Guan Beidou's eldest disciple, Qiao Muqiu, to handle on his behalf. Although his kid looks a little stupid, fortunately, all the families in the Huayu Continent are ready to move, and Emperor Zhou Yuanqing of God has lost the leisure of worshipping gods and worshipping ancestors. Therefore, for Qiao Muqiu, in addition to adding sesame oil to the lights of Kuixing Pavilion and cleaning the statues of the Sanqing Patriarch, there is no additional burden.

Tonight, before falling asleep, Qiao Muqiu carried a heavy sesame oil pot as usual, and walked listlessly outside the Kuixing Pavilion. This Kuixing Pavilion is a quiet room for Guan Beidou to meditate and enlighten on weekdays; Except for an incense table with no god tablet, there was only an oil lamp shelf that filled the four walls.

Although Qiao Muqiu was the only disciple under Guan Beidou's seat, he was also completely confused about this Kuixing Pavilion where he needed to be careful of the pillar of fire at all times. Before leaving, the master had explained that he should remember to come and fill the lamp oil every late at night; However, he did not need to pay attention to the oil lamps that had been extinguished.

After Qiao Muqiu pushed open the door, he first inspected the hall as usual, and found that the lights in the Kuixing Pavilion were still there, and there was nothing abnormal, so he carefully picked up the heavy sesame oil pot and crossed the high threshold.

The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, but if you add sesame oil in the middle of the night, you should do the opposite: from west to east, in a clockwise order. After a long time of practice, the muddy Qiao Muqiu quickly added most of the oil lamps in the circle; But when he just walked under the lampstand on the east wall, he felt that the light suddenly dimmed by half a minute......

Qiao Muqiu looked up and saw that the first oil lamp had been extinguished in the top row of the shelves; It is not difficult to judge from the green smoke rising from the wick that the oil lamp will be blown out by the night breeze after he forgot to close the door after entering the house.

Qiao Muqiu thought that he had caused a big disaster, but when he looked back, he found that he had not forgotten to close the door of the palace; And the surrounding windows are also closed, and there is no night wind to put out the fire. After ruling out external factors, Qiao Muqiu took out a few blue-skin account books from under the futon in front of the incense desk and rummaged through them carefully:

"Hmm, the east wall shelf...... Pregnant! North of the east wall, the fire shines outside the gate. Removed from the shelves, reckless, middle shelves for monarchs and ministers, put on the shelves...... Li Xuanyu? Isn't it already dead? Strange ......"

Qiao Muqiu, who has severe dyslexia, talked to himself while comparing the words recorded in several account books back and forth. After turning to the fourth book, Qiao Muqiu's face was stunned, looking at the text recorded on it, and his mind spun rapidly: the master clearly said that a person will only have one lamp; But why did the seven soul-attracting lamps on the top shelf all belong to Shen Gui alone?

At the same time, the Yuanqing Taoist Temple, which was far away in the city of Nankanggusu, Guan Beidou, who was meditating cross-legged in the wing, also frowned, got up and pushed open the window, looking up at the bright and gorgeous night sky......

In the same room, the black dog who was sleeping soundly was awakened by the sound of Guan Beidou pushing the window at this time; He rubbed his sleepy eyes and muttered to the third brother who was stargazing:

"It's late at night, and the third brother still doesn't stop? The sky is full of stars, what is there to see? ”

"Woken up by me? Let's take a look! Tonight's star map is wonderful! Poor Dao has not seen the Heavenly Dao weather of this Huayu Continent for a long time, and it has become so decayed and bleak......"

Hearing this, the black dog got up, wrapped his body tightly with a warm quilt, like a spring roll that had just come out of the pot, and jumped barefoot to Guan Beidou's side:

"Yawn...... Aren't all the stars bright? This dense is more than the sesame seeds on the baked bread, where do you see any decay? ”

Guan Beidou pointed to the galaxy in the night sky and said worriedly:

"You see, in the northeast there is a star falling; The demon star shines in the direction of due north; Although the stars in the southwest and northwest are brilliant, only the main star is obscure; Looking at the southeast corner again, they are all hidden in the thin clouds and mist, which is chaotic and unknown......"

The black dog followed his guidance for a long time, but he never saw a reason; Coupled with the fact that he himself was a reckless man who did not believe in ghosts and gods, he yawned again and muttered, "What a mess", and then jumped back on his couch and began to snore. Guan Beidou smiled and looked up at the stars again, but his expression was suddenly stunned! After stretching out his right hand and quickly pinching a few tricks, he actually went limped and sat down in the circle chair beside him!

The screeching sound of the chair legs rubbing against the floor tiles immediately woke up the black dog who was still snoring like thunder! He disappeared from the bed at once; In the next moment, he had a sharp short knife in his hand, and his body was like a gecko, clinging to the wall on the top edge of the door frame......

After the black dog held his breath and waited for a long time to no avail, his expression relaxed, and with a turn of his two fingers, the short knife that shone with a faint blue light was gone. He landed silently, pushed the door open again, and interjected into the inconspicuous pinch of incense ash by the door.

After nothing happened, the black dog turned around and asked Guan Beidou who looked depressed in the chair:

"What's wrong with Fang Cai? Third brother? ”

"The first spirit seal sealed in Shen Gui's soul has been broken......

"Hey, what's the spirit seal that doesn't work? What's wrong with the break? Can you grow an extra head? Even if he becomes a celestial spirit vein, it will be ...... for our buddies."

"Okay, okay, you don't understand these things, go back to sleep! I'm going on a long trip! ”

"Then I won't sleep, I'll keep you going!"

The two brothers hit it off, packed up their belongings at that time, and left the Yuanqing Taoist Temple in Gusu City.

In the early morning of the next day, the large and small wharves in Shencheng were still crowded with people and rubbing shoulders, and the merchant ships on the shore were also in an endless stream, without any signs of abnormality. Including the stores and associates of the Sea Shark Trading Company, all the businesses perform their own duties and are busy with their own affairs; The only industry with the banner of the Liangjiang Alliance has posted a notice of closure and inventory at the same time today.

At noon, Shencheng, which was busy and noisy in the morning, also entered a short period of tranquility; And the west gate of Shencheng also ushered in a high-class carriage with gorgeous accessories at this time, quietly entering this port city that was on a lunch break......

A quarter of an hour later, the carriage stopped in the back alley of a house in the north of the center of Shencheng. The curtain of the carriage embroidered with brocade was lifted by two beautiful girls, and then they took a handsome young man with a vain body and a miserable expression from the carriage with a half-dragged and half-dragged manner.

This quiet and elegant house is not too big, but now from the gatehouse to the backyard, and even in front of the kitchen stove, it is so crowded that it is difficult to find even a gap to settle down. Li Le'an, who was holding Shen Gui's right shoulder hard, refused the help of others, and carried Shen Gui into the side wing room with Yan Shuqing with some stubbornness.

In this inconspicuous room, except for the Qi family couple with red and swollen eyes, there is only a copper incense burner with exquisite workmanship. With the help of the second daughter, Shen Gui slowly leaned on the cushion of the bed. With a sallow and depressed face, after relieving himself for a long time, he pretended to be relaxed and said to Qi Lingyan:

"Sister, you're kidding me, aren't you? The old man is all right, right? It must be so! You want to deceive people...... Ahem...... If you want to deceive people, you have to spend enough money, and you can't even prepare props such as a spiritual seat and a coffin, and you want to deceive anyone! ”

Shen Gui said the words in his mouth, but the tears were as heavy as a thousand pounds, and they smashed on the wooden edge next to the bed......

Qi Lingyan originally thought that he had cried all his tears last night; But seeing Shen Gui's appearance today, she collapsed again. She sat weakly in a circle chair behind her, her arms clasped around her bent knees, and she didn't care about maintaining her image, and she cried bitterly.

The grassland man Zigqi stretched out two pairs of big hands and rubbed his face vigorously, tried his best to calm his tone, looked directly into Shen Gui's eyes and said:

"Old Lord...... At the moment, it is still on Dongsha Island. How are you in physical condition now...... Can you withstand the sea breeze? “

"Ahem...... Yes, go to sea now! “

Hearing this, Ziegqi stopped talking nonsense, pulled up the soft Shen Gui, dragged him to his back, and strode out of the door of the wing.

"Qi Gang Master, you called us here and didn't say anything......

"Listen to me, one counts as one, and no one is allowed to step out of this courtyard for half a step! Whatever you want to say, you can wait until I come back from Dongsha Island. “

After a casual explanation, everyone got into the carriage waiting in the back alley; Qi Hui, who was in charge of driving the car, raised his horsewhip, and everyone rushed towards the wild wharf outside the city. After the carriage left the alley safely, Qi Yan, who was masked in a black scarf, also showed his figure from the corner; And the fingertip knife, which was flying up and down in his right palm all the time, had just dropped a drop of fresh blood......