Chapter 10: The Missing Protoss Leader
"I don't know." Feng Qi Niang paused for a moment and said, "I think no one may know his whereabouts now except himself." ”
"Is he dead?" Ding Xiaolan felt that her heart was in her throat, and she was secretly surprised why she cared so much about this strange god.
"I shouldn't be able to die. However, once he reappears in the world, he may really die. ”
"Why?"
"Because he has the Celestial Bow in his hand."
"Shoot the Celestial Bow?" Ding Xiaolan was even more confused.
"It's one of the three great artifacts of antiquity, but you know where it came from if I name the bow." Feng Qi Niang said: "It is also called the Houyi Divine Bow. ”
"Ahh Ding Xiaolan exclaimed: "The legendary Houyi arrow shoots the divine bow for nine days? ”
"Yes. Lu Wu's original mana was low, but he was the mountain god of Kunlun. It is precisely because of the artifact that he was able to deter the two worlds of gods and demons back then, and join forces with King Qianyehua to resolve the grievances of gods and demons. ”
"I'm curious, the Divine Bow was originally Hou Yi's thing, how did it end up in Lu Wu's hands again?"
"It is said that they were friends in distress, and Hou Yi gave the divine bow to Lu Wu before he died." Speaking of this, Feng Qi Niang laughed, and then said: "Although I haven't seen Hou Yi, I heard from the elders that this person is a strange person. ”
Ding Xiaolan was a little unhappy, Hou Yi is a legendary hero, ancient books record that in order to save the people of the world, he not only shot arrows for nine days, but also eliminated many demon beasts that harmed the world, and made immortal feats, why Feng Qi Niang used this tone to describe him.
"Just because Hou Yi eradicated a lot of old monsters, that's why you ridiculed him?" At this time, Qi Lu interjected angrily.
"Mr. Qi misunderstood. Although the monsters that were slain were all of my own kind, they were indeed self-defeating when they did too much. What's more, these seniors are not my immediate family, and I can't feel sorry for them. Feng Qiniang paused and said, "I mean something else." ”
"Oh, then I'd like to hear what you have to say." Qi Lu shrugged impatiently.
"The descendant was originally the god of war in the heavenly realm, and it was only because he helped the human race eliminate many monsters that were causing chaos in the lower realm that he offended the emperor of heaven, and was deprived of his divine power and reduced to mortal dust."
"This is true, many of these monsters are descendants of gods, and some are even gods who have been demoted to earth, and it is strange that he is not guilty of genius." Qi Lu sighed.
Later, Hou Yi shot down nine suns in one breath to create immeasurable merits, and his colleagues in the heavenly realm interceded for him in front of the Heavenly Emperor, and the Heavenly Emperor reluctantly agreed to return to the heavenly realm and named him the god of arrows. But Hou Yi actually refused the emperor's edict. ”
"Why? Doesn't he want to be a god? Ding Xiaolan asked.
"That's really right for Miss Ding." Feng Qi Niang said: "He actually said that immortals are not as happy as mortals, and he would rather stay in the world and not return to the heavenly realm." ”
"What a strange man! In other words, I don't have the slightest resistance to the temptation of immortality. ”
"Immortality isn't as good as you think." Qi Lu let out another long sigh.
Feng Qi Niang sneered and said, "If he can match his words and deeds, I also respect him as a man." It's a pity that he is inconsistent with his appearance, and he slapped himself in the face soon after pretending to be forced, and was laughed at by the world. ”
"Hmph, there is never a shortage of slander behind the heroes." Qi Lu's face turned gloomy.
"Mr. Qi, I understand your feelings, but you are looking at Hou Yi from a human perspective. In my opinion, if he dies nine days after the arrow is fired, he will still be a true hero. ”
Qi Luyan's facial muscles trembled a little unnaturally when he heard this, he took out a cigarette and smoked it, but Ding Xiaolan asked curiously: "Did Hou Yi do something bad later and erase his previous achievements?" ”
"That's not it, it's just that he doesn't do what he says and does, and he does things upside down." Feng Qiniang then explained the reason: "He regretted it soon after he rejected the Emperor's order, but the Emperor of Heaven has withdrawn his fate, so naturally he will not accept him as a member of the Protoss, so Hou Yi went to Kunlun. ”
"Are you talking about him asking the Queen Mother of the West for the elixir of immortality?" Hearing this, Ding Xiaolan understood that after Hou Yi got the immortal medicine, he was going to take Hou Yu and become an immortal with his wife Chang'e. As a result, Chang'e secretly took the immortal medicine behind his back, and became an immortal and flew to the Moon Palace alone.
"Yes. That's why I despise what he does. ”
Ding Xiaolan savored it carefully and found that Feng Qi Niang's words were not unreasonable. Hou Yi first rejected the opportunity to become a god again in a high-profile manner, but regretted it soon after, and went to seek the elixir of life, which really gave people the impression of being dishonest, no wonder later generations slandered him.
"Feng Qi Niang, Hou Yi asked for the immortal medicine for Chang'e, not for himself." Qi Lu retorted.
"Really? Then how do you explain the fact that when Chang'e flew into the sky, Hou Yi shot three arrows at her in a row? If he hadn't been angry that his wife had swallowed the elixir of immortality, would he have done this? ”
"You" Qi Lu's face was flushed and he couldn't speak.
"Everyone is just chatting, so why fight to win or lose. Qi Niang, please tell me about Lu Wu. Ding Xiaolan was afraid that they would hurt the harmony if they quarreled, so she hurriedly diverted the topic.
It is said that he met Lu Wu when Hou Yi was in Kunlun, and the two became confidants at first sight. Lu Wu even ignored the ban of the Protoss and returned to the world with Hou Yi to kill demons and demons. Later, after Hou Yi was killed by Hanqiu, Lu Wu also disappeared, and no one knew his whereabouts. It wasn't until the outbreak of war that he reappeared in the country of Qingqiu. When the god demon saw the sky-shooting bow in his hand, he knew that Hou Yi had handed the bow to him. ”
"Then why did he disappear again after the war, isn't it good to be a god king?"
"I don't know about this, maybe the only one who knows the reason is King Qianyehua." Feng Qi Niang whispered again: "But I heard from the fox immortals of the older generation that Lu Wu was also deeply affected by the plague, and his divine power was exhausted by the end of the war. In order to prevent the enemy from retaliating, he found a place to hide. ”
"Are you saying that he is trying to save his life, and second, he is afraid that the divine bow will fall into the hands of others, so he hides his whereabouts and hides from the world?"
"Well, I also think that explanation makes sense." Feng Qi Niang suddenly had a wicked smile on her face, and she said, "If it is really as the rumors say, I really want to meet Lu Wu." ”
"Why, do you want to see what the legendary hero looks like?"
"That's not it, I can take his divine bow and dominate the Three Realms."
"As the saying goes, three women in one play, you two women can talk so much gossip!" Qi Lu is not without irony.
Hu Yuxuan also smiled and said, "Qi Niang, if you really have a divine bow, then I, the patriarch, will have to abdicate and make way for Xian?" ”
"Look at what you said, I'm just joking, you take it seriously."
The room was full of laughter, and the atmosphere was much more harmonious.
"Qi Niang, please tell me about the old patriarch." Qi Lu's face seemed to be a little impatient.
"Mr. Qi holds the jade pendant of the King of Thousand Nights, I should know everything. But the old patriarch is related to the secrets of his clan, and I would like to take the liberty of asking, Mr. has never crossed paths with us and other clansmen, so why do you care about the matter of the old patriarch at this time? ”
"Or because of the recent series of murders in the city."
"Does Mr. Qi really think that the murder was committed by my fox clan? Just now I heard my husband say that the murderer was a werewolf. Feng Qiniang returned to Qi Lu's army.
"I never said the murderer was a fox demon." Qi Lu suddenly laughed, he looked at Hu Yuxuan and said, "For a few deceased, I think you are more familiar than me, right?" ”
"It seems that Mr. has done his homework before coming to me, no wonder you can repeatedly solve the big cases of the Yin and Yang worlds." Hu Yuxuan said to Feng Qi Niang: "Now, we don't need to hide it from Mr. Qi. Qi Niang, you better tell Mr. truthfully. ”
Feng Qi Niang said with her jaw head: "Sure enough, I can't hide Mr.'s divine eyes." Yes, the four dead were all elders of my Semitic tribe. ”
"Are you a dead person and a youkai?" Ding Xiaolan's face turned white.
"Yes." This time, Qi Lu and Feng Qi Niang both nodded in affirmation.
"Impossible!" Ding Xiaolan categorically denied it. "When a youkai dies, it will reveal its original form!"
Qi Lu said: "That's because you don't know that there is a kind of Dafa of condensing the spirit and consolidating the form, which can make the monster permanently take off its shell and maintain its human body." ”
Feng Qi Niang nodded and said, "This kind of cultivation spell is not something that every monster can study, only a very small number of people in the fox clan can successfully cultivate. ”
Ding Xiaolan was speechless in surprise, she didn't expect that there was such a spell in the world.
Qi Lu sighed and said, "In the first murder case, I didn't realize that the deceased was a fox demon, and it wasn't until the second deceased appeared that I realized that this was not an ordinary criminal case. It wasn't until after the third murder that I was able to confirm that none of them were human. ”
"Then how did Mr. Qi discover the mystery?"
Qi Lu took out a piece of jade pendant that was broken in half from his arms and said, "This is the relic left by the deceased in the second murder at the scene, and it made me doubt the identity of the deceased." ”
Hu Yuxuan took the jade pendant and looked at it, his eyes suddenly showed surprise, and he hurriedly handed the jade pendant to Feng Qi Niang. Feng Qi Niang took the jade pendant and glanced at it, then shouted loudly: "This is what Elder Linghu wears. ”
Ding Xiaolan took a few glances and found that this was a jade pendant made of mutton fat jade, and a fox was carved on the jade like the jade pendant given to Qi Lu by Qian Yehua. The difference is that the fox carved on the broken jade pendant has only one tail behind it.
"I really understand Mr. Qi's detection ability today, I admire it!" Feng Qi Niang sighed and returned the broken jade pendant to Qi Lu.
"With this jade pendant, I'm just guessing. After all, the body of the first deceased, Hu Cheng, has been cremated, and I can't confirm it. Qi Lu said: "What really let me know the truth is the fourth deceased Wang Zhicai, after the death of the third deceased Wang Zijun, he entrusted me to investigate this series of murders. ”
"What?" Ding Xiaolan was even more surprised. "Are you saying that our patron is the deceased Wang Zhicai? Why did he entrust you and not rely on the power of the Semites? Why don't I know about it? ”
Ding Xiaolan's heart began to feel a little disgusted with Qi Lu, he didn't even know the slightest rumor in advance about such an important matter, Qi Lu simply went too far!
"I don't know why Mr. Wang asked me to solve this case. But Wang Zijun is his nephew, and he came to me to solve the case in order to let the murderer Fufa come to solve the case, and the reason is also in the past. Seeing that Ding Xiaolan was still pouting, Qi Lu further explained to her: "Mr. Wang is a fox demon, and he can't enter our Kunlun office, he asked me to go to a teahouse alone for a secret meeting, so you can't see him in person." ”
After listening to Qi Lu's words, Ding Xiaolan's anger also disappeared for the most part, and she said worriedly: "But Wang Zhicai is also dead, and we can't even determine the identity of the murderer until now." ”
"Yes, we have now reached a dead end in the direction of solving the case. When Wang Zhicai died, I guessed the time of the murderer's crime, but I didn't expect that the deceased would be Wang Zhicai himself. Qi Lu said to Hu Yuxuan: "In desperation, I only came to you today with a cheeky face." ”
Hu Yuxuan said: "Don't hide it, sir, we are also investigating this series of murders privately, but we have not obtained any valuable clues. There was even a time when I thought it was done by a fox fairy from my clan. But when Wang Zijun and Wang Zhicai died, I secretly sent detectives to monitor the foxes, but they did not find that anyone in the entire Semitic tribe had appeared at the scene of the crime, and even no one had contact with the two deceased people in those days. ”
Is the murderer really a werewolf? But Hu Yuxuan said that no werewolf appeared in the city this year, Ding Xiaolan thought about it and felt that his head was big.
Qi Lu suddenly laughed and said, "If you want to talk about clues, it's not nothing, but this has to rely on Mr. Hu's help." ”
"I wonder how I can help my husband?" Hu Yuxuan looked suspicious.
"Tell me the true cause of Lord Lingzun's death."