Chapter 158: The Chosen One
Just when the seventeenth prince went around offering a reward for the arrest of the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi, someone found that Su Shi had come to Xishan with a swagger.
What's even more frightening is that although there are many heroes on the West Mountain, no one can take it down. At first, Cheng Xinghe always wanted to capture Su Shi in exchange for a bounty, but as Su Shi's chivalrous reputation grew, he also gave up the idea of pursuing Su Shi in exchange for a bounty, and instead had the intention to get to know this legendary figure.
There are not a few talents from all walks of life who have the same idea as Cheng Xinghe, so Su Shi was able to take a leisurely tour of Xishan and leave safely without blood.
There are always good people who like to spread rumors, and there is no shortage of flattering people around Prince Painted Face.
Huan Yan heard that Su Shi openly appeared in Xishan, regarded him as nothing, and regarded the reward he posted as a joke, and his anger can be imagined.
Fushengye didn't even know about it afterwards, and he didn't know anything about the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi going up the mountain, because the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi who appeared this time was not played by him, and he didn't know who the person who pretended to be Su Shi was and what his intentions were.
Fushengye originally didn't care who was greedy and used Su Shi's name to swagger through the market, but a rumor about fake Su Shi that was popular on the West Mountain made him vigilant.
Su Xiao walked into the backyard of the adjudication department to meet the floating leaves. He has been thinking about it in the Hidden Sword Pavilion in the past few days, and his skills have improved again.
Fushengye said: "Do you know what I asked you to do?" ”
Su Xiaodao: "I am ready to go to the outside of the Dawn Pass to cooperate with the Vermilion Bird Battalion to exterminate the Dark Slave Hunters, and strive to repay the master's cultivation of me as soon as possible." ”
Fusheng Ye said: "Yanlong has already gone to the outside of Dawn Pass in person, and you don't need to go for the time being with him sitting there." I'm looking for you for something else. You first go to Fifty Mile Shop to find the silver ticket that He Lai exchanged for Mingrong, and you must be careful not to let outsiders know about this matter. In addition, you investigate who is spreading the rumor that the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi has been to Xishan. I will severely punish those who deceive the people. ”
Su Xiaodao: "The subordinates obey the order, so let's do it." ”
Su Xiao is not very old, but he can gain such trust from Fushengye because he is very attentive in everything he does. What Fushengye explained to him in the morning had a result in the afternoon.
Su Xiaoxian successfully collected the silver ticket from He Laiming's hand. Then, in the Guanshan Inn, pretend to be a pilgrim from outside, and ask the guests about what is new on the West Mountain. It didn't take much trouble for him to hear a rumor that was circulating in the West Mountain. Su Xiaoshun Teng touched Gua Enwei and traced it down from the guests staying in the hotel that he had heard the news from a subordinate of the Yuanrong Ministry.
After getting this clue, Su Xiao immediately went up the mountain and told Fushengye.
There were only a few dozen contestants who lived on the West Mountain, but the retinue they brought with them was hundreds. Only a very small number of people like the Donghu people who do not go up the mountain with an entourage.
The entourage of these contestants has been talking about who is the chosen one of the West Mountains for the past two days.
The legend of the Chosen One has a long history in the snowy region, and the origin is unknown. However, this time, the legend of the Chosen One is slightly different from the past.
In the past, the legend of the Chosen One refers to the time when the society was in turmoil, the disasters from heaven were endless, and the heavens had the virtue of a good life, and the gods sent a messenger to come to the world to select a person with both ability and integrity to teach his spells, making him a heroic figure who turned the tide.
And this time the legend of the Chosen One is a direct reference to the concept of aliens. It is rumored that the gods live in the sky not far from the snowy region, and they will be born, old, sick and die just like ordinary people in the snowy region, but they control a magical power called technological civilization, so they can change the sky and change their lives, move mountains and seas, and even shuttle between the stars.
Such a novel legend amazed the people of the snowy region. But when the floating leaves heard it, they noticed something unusual. Because the people in the snowy region before knew nothing about the concept of interstellar civilization, it was impossible to fabricate such a brain-opening whimsical idea out of thin air. The person who can say this must be someone who knows something about interstellar civilization.
In addition to the humans from Jiaozi Star who know about technological civilization in the Grandmother Star, there are only demonic creatures.
Fushengye already knew that there were demon spirits lodged in the contestants' team and infiltrated the West Mountain. He also knew that the purpose of the demon spirit going up the mountain was to deal with him. He couldn't figure out why the demon spirit would spread such a rumor, but he was almost certain that it was against him.
Of course, he didn't want to sit still, and since the enemy was already in trouble, he wanted to expose the enemy by scaring the snake. Compared to the rumored demons from foreign lands, if the snow people learned the truth, they should hate the demon spirit even more.
The demon spirits regard the people of the snowy region as their shells, devour human brains and occupy human bodies, and regard the entire Xiyue Continent as their playground, pretending to be human beings to live in human society and make restless waves. Once such horrible news spreads, I'm afraid it will make everyone in the world crazy.
Fushengye felt that the people of the Snowy Land had the right to know the truth of the matter. Although the Order forbids the Sleepers to tell the Grandmother Planet about this, if the Grandmother Planet does not know about it, how can they prevent the Spirits from turning them into a host.
Thinking that his relatives would also face the threat of demon spirits at all times, Fusheng Ye was furious, and he decided to make the news of the demon spirits public as soon as the time came, and led the people of the snow region to completely expel the demon spirits from Xiyue Continent.
Now that it has been decided to startle the grass and surprise the floating leaves, it is necessary to act with great fanfare. He ordered the Ruling Warriors to assemble and personally lead a team to the residence of Khedira of the Yuanrong Department to arrest the rumor-mongers.
There was a change in Khedira's dwelling. As Bai Xi screamed, the female warriors of the Yuanrong Department came to Khedira's room one after another.
They found that Khedira had been dismembered into five pieces, and that his limbs and body had been thrown to the ground separately. There were timid female warriors who were so frightened that they fainted, and two of the bold ones vomited with nausea.
When the Floating Leaf arrived, he found that the room was covered in blood, and Khedira's stump and severed arm had been gathered together and placed on the bed to cover it with a quilt.
Fushengye lifted the quilt and saw that there was still a humanoid corpse on the bed, which was clearly a pile of severed limbs and stumps after slaughter.
Fushengye frowned and asked the female warrior of the Yuanrong Clan, "Who arrived at the scene first?"
The female warrior of the Yuanrong Department said: "It was Bai Xi who first discovered that the chief had been killed. ”
Fushengye said: "Where is that Bai Xi now, who is he your chief?" ”
The female warrior of the Yuanrong Department avoided the improper relationship between Bai Xi and the chief, and before she could speak, Su Xiao said to Fushengye on the side: "This Bai Xi is the concubine of their chief, and he is a slave from the Central Plains Empire. ”
Seeing that Su Xiao answered his question in a timely manner, Fusheng Ye was surprised and said, "How do you know?" ”
Su Xiao told him how he met Bai Xi at the Guanshan Inn. After hearing this, Fushengye immediately felt that Bai Xi had the possibility of committing a crime, but when he saw Bai Xi, he dispelled this idea.
Khedira was killed, and Bai Xi had been frightened into madness and turned into a fool because he was the first to arrive at the scene. Bai Xi was lying on the bed with saliva, talking nonsense for fear of seeing the living. Fushengye wanted to ask him a few words, but he was stunned.
Fushengye had no choice but to ask the Xishan miscellaneous servants to help the people of the Yuanrong Department to collect and bury Khedira. and ordered someone to find a doctor to diagnose and treat Bai Xi. The doctor was helpless after checking Bai Xi's pulse, so he just prescribed some decoction to calm his nerves and nourish his brain, so that he could recuperate. As for whether Bai Xi can get better, he can only leave it to fate.
This clue was broken like this before he could grasp it, which made Fushengye a little annoyed. He said to Su Xiao: "Continue to check for me, they want to muddy the water, so we will drain the water, I don't believe that the naked swimmer can't be found after the water comes out." ”
Su Xiaodao: "My subordinates understand, I will go and pass on the order to prohibit people from spreading heresies, and if they find a list of severe punishments." ”
After Su Xiao left, Fushengye quietly let go of his hearing and went to monitor what people were talking about everywhere in Xishan.
The chieftain of the Yuanrong tribe was killed in Xishan, the first homicide that occurred inside the mountain gate in the Moon Temple in hundreds of years. The Great Elder of Dongshan also attaches great importance to this matter, and has already sent additional personnel to patrol within Dongshan just in case.
People from all over the West Hills have also set up operations to investigate what Khedira has been doing in the past few days, and who she has had a feud with.
Bai Xi pretended to be crazy and stupid, and then gradually became forgotten. When he was the only one left in the room, his eyes returned to normal and became bright and sly. He held a broken blueprint in his hand and waited for the mysterious man to arrive. When night came, the mysterious man did not appear, and Bai Xi had to take a second action.
Mo Hamao, who is from Inoue City of the Xijon clan, has lived in Drifting Snow City since he was a child, and his family has been an official in Drifting Snow City for generations, and their family has produced many talents in the past hundred years. Murhamo was the only samurai among the many disciples of Inoue Castle who had reached the rank of brigadier general before he was weakly crowned.
Mohamo is young and frivolous, and likes to make friends with the rangers. The night before yesterday, the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi suddenly came to visit him, and he was surprised and a little happy.
He admired the courage of the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi to dare to go up the mountain at this time, and the two of them talked happily with each other. The white-clothed swordsman Su Shi claimed to have fallen in love with Mo Hamao at first sight. He told Mohamo that he was a visitor from outside the heavens, a messenger of true immortals, and that he had come here to find the chosen one.
Mohamo was overwhelmed with emotion. He said to the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi: "No wonder the hero always sees the head and the tail of the dragon, it turns out that you are actually a divine envoy of the upper realm." ”
In order to win the trust of Mo Hamao, the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi demonstrated the face-changing technique in front of him on the spot. Seeing that the white-clothed swordsman Su Shi was able to change his face freely, Mo Hamao believed his words.
The white-clothed swordsman Su Shi gave Mohamo a map. That map only has one corner, and it needs to be connected with several other maps to make a full map to use. These fragmented maps are divided into five pieces, and if the five maps are combined, the door to heaven can be found through the complete map.
When they arrived, they met at the gate of heaven and then gave them a karmic envoy to guide them. But the oracle will only pass on the magic to one of them, and the rest can only be the witnesses of miracles and the followers of the chosen ones forever.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately swept through the cultivators of the West Mountain like a whirlwind. Everyone was looking for the owners of the five maps. Because the messenger of seeking people also said that he and the messenger of karma are not the same person, he is only responsible for distributing maps, and the messenger of karma at the gate of heaven only recognizes maps and does not recognize people.
To put it bluntly, if someone steals a map and goes to the gate of heaven, it is also possible to obtain the inheritance of magic and become the chosen one, and the worst can also follow the chosen one to achieve a great cause.
When Ukishengha heard the news, he knew it was a complete hoax.
Khedira of the Yuanrong Department has been killed because of this rumor, and if the real culprit is not found to end this rumor, there will definitely be another victim.
Time is running out, the floating leaves can't figure it out, and they haven't slept all night. He listened to every corner of the West Mountain with full ears, and did not fall asleep tirelessly until dawn.