Three days have passed, and Wang Xi and the others seem to be under house arrest here.

Except for the third floor, where they can't go up, basically other places can be entered and exited at will.

Of course, Ying Ying's boudoir, which Wang Xi misses the most, is on the second floor, but she can't enter it.

They just hung a simple lock at random, and he didn't dare to break in recklessly. Once, as soon as he had released his spiritual sense, someone came out from the corner of the stairs and glanced at him.

In the past few days, they have been a group of six people living in three rooms.

Wang Xi and Yang Yunji together, Xiao Yi and Xiao Liu Qinai together, and the rest of the monks together this kind of immortal combination got together.

Every day, everyone gathers on the first floor, eats breakfast, watches the people in the courtyard practice, and then walks out of the courtyard and overlooks the scenery down the mountain in the open space.

But when it comes to the scenery, it's better behind the mountain.

Behind this small building, there is also a backyard, and they can't find the entrance, but when they are in their room on the second floor, they can see it from the window.

The backyard is even smaller, maybe the size of half a badminton court, surrounded by bamboo, but it is not high, and it has not yet emerged from the courtyard wall.

If you continue to look into the distance, you will see Yamanouchi.

It's just blocked by the mountain peaks in the distance, otherwise, you should be able to see the vast land where they came.

In the morning, it is usually foggy, and by about ten o'clock, it gradually dissipates, but it is still cold.

Lunch and dinner weren't sumptuous, but they weren't shabby either.

What people eat, they eat, no one is special.

Maybe Yang Luming greeted them in advance, and the people here were quite polite to them.

I just don't take the initiative to talk to them, and I don't answer any questions outside of life.

It may be that they know that they have too many routines, and if you don't pay attention to them, you will get useful information from the slightest clue.

The six did not show any impatience in this regard.

It's only been three days.

This is not normal if the mission is not dried for ten days and a half months in ancient China.

Therefore, they still follow the rules of the morning and evening shifts in the courtyard, and deliver the news of safety to the other end of the line twice a day.

This conveys a message, and there is also a particular one.

A line of lead is not a high-end product, and it is easy to be cut off.

Before this departure, it had already been said that once the line in the hands of everyone and Yu Wan was broken, it would be regarded as a failure of the mission.

What about deliverable messages?

Is there a situation where these people have been controlled, but they are deliberately spreading false information to create the illusion that the mission is still safe?

Binary is not easy to understand, but these guys can't memorize it, and they carry a small book with them, and they can see it with a little heart.

So, in order to prevent this.

They deliver messages to different people.

And no one else knows who they are messaging each other with, except for themselves.

is like Wang Xi, no one would have imagined that the person who contacted him was Qian Xinxin, the director of the pharmacy department.

Director Qian used to be confused all day long, but since the messy grass incident, he seems to be much calmer. Although I still don't want to deal with people, but after I was framed once, I realized that there is no pure land in this world, no matter where you hide, no matter how low your sense of existence is, there will always be troubles coming to you.

Since this is the case, then we have to take a little effort, take the initiative, and solve the trouble or the person who caused the trouble.

For her, it is to find Zijun.

Before Wang Xi set off, he had received an errand, which was to continue to track down clues about Zijun.

Everyone thought that after he went to the court, the task would be terminated or secretly handed over to someone else.

But in reality, he is still in charge.

It's just that this time, he didn't tell anyone, and he contacted Director Qian through this line every day.

The only drawback is that everyone is not familiar with this type of communication, and the efficiency of communication is very slow. The good news is that according to some of Wang Xi's speculations, Director Qian's investigation began to have some eyebrows, and the scope of Zijun's suspicion became smaller and smaller.

When communicating every day, Wang Xi had to spend a while trying to make Director Qian not so excited, because in Qian Xinxin's opinion, what he is doing now is likely to be another major event that will be written into the courtyard journal. Not long ago, he was awarded the first merit on the night of the battle of the three courtyards, and in the future, when he retires, it will be a sure thing to enjoy the treatment of the vice president. Unexpectedly, now that there is another great credit falling on her head, how can she not sigh at the strength of her luck.

In this way, after a week of eating and drinking in other people's territory, Yang Luming finally appeared again, and Tang No, who was with him.

The moment Wang Xi and him met, everyone felt the strong hostility between the two.

Xiao Yi didn't have any good feelings for this man, he kidnapped himself and touched his buttocks, if Wang Xi hadn't used Zhu Cocoon to control her body, maybe he would have been captured.

"Brother Xi, Han'an didn't kill me in the bloody battle, it seems that I am very unhappy." As half of the master here, Tang Fu sat down casually, beckoned, and someone served tea.

Wang Xi said: "Each other. ”

When Tang Wei was about to say something, he was interrupted by Yang Luming.

"Director Yang, what you said, Your Majesty is interested, but you can't bring it to the court for the time being. And, according to the rules, you are not a mission, you are only representing the Shadow Circle. Therefore, Your Majesty and you can only meet outside the palace. Ladies and gentlemen, I can guess why the Courtyard chose such a lineup of you to carry out this mission, but I would like to remind you that I hope you have come with sincerity. ”

Hearing this, Wang Xi felt a little helpless in his heart.

At the beginning, he and Xiaoyi were selected because they had such a solid relationship with the Jiang Dynasty.

But now it seems that people who talk about big business don't look at these things at all.

Knowing this, there would have been too many people to choose who would be better suited for the task than yourself.

The group didn't say much, followed Yang Luming and Tang No, and began to descend the mountain.

This time, he still did not enter the city and rode away into the distance.

It took about an hour of riding to reach the destination, the border of the white mist.

Now Wang Xi saw it more realistically.

It's really a wall of fog!

Yang Luming dismounted, and together with Tang No, he took Wang Xi and the others to a person standing in front of the white mist.

The identity of that person, needless to say, is known to everyone.

Emperor Changduan was also dressed in a green shirt, and he couldn't see the feeling of grace and luxury at all. It's just that the imperial aura emanating from him still makes people want to lower their heads unconsciously.

"In the history of China, there are many dynasties, do you know which one I like the most?" The first to speak was actually Emperor Changduan.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally looked at Yang Luming and Tang No together, but these two people both lowered their heads at this time and stood on both sides of Emperor Changduan.

Emperor Changduan continued to himself: "Ming Dynasty. The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies. ”

Wang Xi reacted instantly and said, "Your Majesty, so you are guarding this white mist?" ”

Emperor Changduan stopped Yang Luming and said, "Yang Aiqing, it's okay. My niece has told them so much, and with what they have seen with their own eyes, and what you told me before that they have conquered Lu Yanjun's underworld, it is not difficult to come to these conclusions. It's just that these phenomena are up to you to see, but the truth behind them is something you can't figure out. ”

"Your Majesty, what is behind this white fog?" Wang Xi asked.

Emperor Changduan laughed and said, "You are really interesting. It's just that I'm going to disappoint you, and I don't have an answer in my mind, just a guess, but I can't tell you. ”

"I also have a guess, do you want to hear it?" Wang Xi said.

"Please solve your doubts." Emperor Changduan turned around and stood with his hands in his hands, almost facing the white mist.

Wang Xi said: "The boundary gate is the passage between these two worlds. Hades-to-underworld, yang-to-yang. After death, the soul enters the underworld and takes different paths according to different causes and effects, while the body returns to dust and becomes a part of the yang world again. In this way, the road of yin and yang will be complete. This point, whether it is Buddhism or Taoism, is not contradictory. ”

Daoist Yunliang and Master Buhui nodded at the same time.

Wang Xi continued: "But there is only one exception, and that is the soul is scattered. In the past, we thought that when the soul was gone, there was nothing. But then I gradually found out that behind all this, there is actually meaning. By creating a large number of souls, you can eventually expand the territory of your underworld, increase the number of souls in your underworld, and plunder our resources without bloodshed. This kind of behavior, on our side, is called aggression. ”

"That's a big deal." Emperor Changduan said indifferently and did not turn around.

Wang Xi said: "Then Your Majesty will admit it." ”

Emperor Changduan sighed and said, "Not only do I admit it, but I can tell you that this white mist is the same, once the soul flies away at the other end of the boundary gate, this white mist will also recede." ”

Wang Xi didn't expect Emperor Changduan to admit it so readily, he was a little speechless in an instant, and he was silent for a long time before he spoke again: "Your Majesty, in our Huaxia, there is only one attitude towards aggression. ”

"I know that I have read more history books than you." Emperor Changduan's tone was still calm.

Wang Xi was speechless for an instant.

Emperor Changduan smiled and said, "Director Yang, oh no, Vice Dean Yang, since you have the highest position here, why do you keep letting juniors speak?" When talking about business, you have to let the person in charge talk about it, right? ”

Yang Yunji said: "Then I'll make a long story short." The meaning of the courtyard is that everyone shakes hands and makes peace. From now on, you don't have to limit your population, as long as the land can still afford to support it, how many souls you need can be sent to you by the underworld according to cause and effect. ”

Emperor Changduan turned around and said, "No matter how you listen to this, I feel that I am sure to make money and not lose money." Yang Aiqing, you analyze it for me, I don't think good things will come to the door. ”

Yang Luming bent down and saluted, "The current situation is that the inner courtyard and the underworld are strong, and I am weak. Moreover, the core technology of the boundary gate has been thoroughly mastered by the courtyard. I turned to the ghost gate here, and I couldn't open it again. The inner courtyard only needs to gather a large army and open the boundary gate to destroy us. But the courtyard didn't do that...... On the contrary, it lowers the body to sum, and the conditions are ...... It can even be said that it is not called a condition...... It's just that let's be non-aggressive...... Your Majesty, although this kind of thing has happened from time to time in the history of China, it is unlikely now......"

Wang Xi was stunned.

Does this kind of thing still happen from time to time in Chinese history?

Just kidding, right?

Yang Luming saw the confusion on his face clearly, and said, "Actually, let's bow down to the court...... From now on, it will become a vassal state of your China. It can even become one of your hole cards. The whole world doesn't know who we really are, only you and the Onmyoji know. No matter how the world changes in the future, you will eventually leave yourself a paradise. It is only for this reason that the stronger side will make a gesture of negotiation. ”

Yang Yunji pointed to the top of his head and said, "It's a pity, the inner courtyard also wants to do this, but the way of heaven does not allow it." Your existence is reasonable, but if you want to completely wipe you out, his old man will have an opinion. ”

Emperor Changduan said: "The inner courtyard will be a bird heavenly dao?" As long as the thunder has not yet struck, they dare to continue to test on the edge of life and death. ”

Yang Yunji shrugged his shoulders and said, "Anyway, it's such a condition now, and there are not many additional conditions." ”

Emperor Changduan said: "It seems ...... There are still smart people in the courtyard...... Yang Aiqing, people don't ...... fooled"

Yang Luming didn't know how to answer, so he had to bend down again.

Wang Xi was puzzled and quietly asked Yang Yunji what he meant.

Yang Yunji said: "Look, this Dynasty is so big. If we destroy them, the spirits of the underworld will increase, and the black fog will dissipate. But for them, it is the white fog of the yang world that invades, and the black fog of the underworld also invades. Although it seems like a good thing for us, there is a degree to everything. Have you ever thought about what would happen if this side was completely swallowed up by the mist? ”

Wang Xi's heart actually wants to say, isn't this once and for all?

But he knew it wouldn't be that simple, so he shook his head.

Yang Yunji continued: "At that time, if you want to regain this land by regaining the soul on our side, maybe it will be irreversible. ”

Now Wang Xi understood.

It seems that Emperor Changduan really guessed correctly and accurately grasped the hearts of the people.

Courtyard and Underground...... With the certainty of victory...... Inch by inch...... Greedy......

Emperor Changduan suddenly changed the topic and said, "Can you tell me the whereabouts of Lord Lu Yanjun and Lord Zijun?" ”

Yang Yunji immediately said: "Lu Hou Liang, he was rescued by the Yin soldiers in the Nine Courtyards, and then returned to your Dynasty through the boundary gate. But then he went to the underworld on your side, and happened to meet our army of thousands. He couldn't resist it, and he had already descended. As for Zijun, I don't know ...... for the time being."

Wang Xi heard that Yang Yunji was talking there and felt funny.

But after thinking about it, it seems that the number of these tens of millions of troops is their own beginning, and they are quickly relieved.

When Emperor Changduan heard this answer, he smiled very happily and said, "Since this is the case, then Director Yang, let's talk about your conditions." ”

Wang Xi frowned, and the smile on his face gradually turned into doubt.

Is this Changduan Emperor a goldfish?

Is the memory only seven seconds?

Didn't Director Yang just talk to him?