Chapter 31: The Message from the Routine
Wu Wei took King Kong and Lan Muxue back to his home, tossed for a night, everyone was sleepy, and as soon as they lay on the kang, Lan Muxue and King Kong snored. And Wu Wei kept thinking about the things that the village chief told him tonight, and he sorted out his thoughts over and over again, and intuitively reasoned about the relationship between the official seal mountain seal, the drought fish, Qing Shao and the red-clothed woman.
I learned a lot of information from the village chief, but behind this information there was a more complex connection. Especially his grandfather Wu Mian, who was the one he found back then, and then used the Five Elements Stone Rune to refine the Five Spiritual Runes to eliminate the Ancestor Lu, but why didn't he tell the others the secrets of Shangxian Village? The five spirit runes were obviously still there, but Wu Mian told the villagers that the spirit stones had been destroyed, what caused the five spirit runes to be taken by the human forces of Lucheng for themselves?
There are too many secrets hidden in it, and Wu Wei feels that he is caught in a huge unknown vortex, and only by finding his grandfather Wu Mian can he further solve these mysteries.
Because they were so tired last night, they didn't wake up in their sleep until noon the next day. After eating some of the food they brought, King Kong and Lan Muxue asked Wu Wei what they needed to do next, whether to stay in the village or return to Lucheng?
Wu Wei sorted out his thoughts and said: "Since you are here, don't go back in a hurry, yesterday the village chief didn't say where the formation eye of the String Moon Array is, why don't we find the location of the formation eye in the village today and see what the Five Elements Stone Talisman looks like." If you can't find the formation eye, then go to Guanyin Mountain again and see if you can find other clues."
King Kong and Lan Muxue both listened to Wu You's arrangement, and after Wu Wei finished speaking, several people didn't stop any longer, and immediately returned to the village. As yesterday, every house was locked, there was no one in the village, and what happened last night was like a dream. However, Wu Wei knew that the villagers were actually hiding somewhere under their feet at this time, and the dog demon of the Tengu clan should also be hiding behind the window of a certain room, secretly observing their movements.
Wu Wei didn't care about these, because everything he did was for the good of the villagers, and he had to investigate all the things related to the seal so that he could find a way to repair the seal faster.
The village was built on top of the Quarter Moon Array, and at first the whole village looked like a bend of the Quarter Moon from a distance. However, after so many years, there are more and more villagers, and more and more houses are being built, and Shangxian Village is no longer the original layout.
Guanyin Mountain is in the east of Shangxian Village, and Shangxian Village used to be a crescent-shaped ring facing Guanyin Mountain, and the location of the moon tip was at the south end of the village and the north end of the village. Wu Wei felt that according to the normal formation layout, there should be a formation eye at each end of the village. Connect these two formations into a curved line, and the remaining three formations are likely to be distributed in this line in turn.
According to Wu Wei's analysis, several people started to find it from the north of the village. Although the imagination is very simple, when they find it, they find that it is still very difficult. First of all, Wu Wu didn't know what the array looked like and what signs it had. Secondly, although the head of the village is the smallest place in the entire village, it is not so easy to find a stone from it, not to mention that the array eye must be hidden somewhere, and it is impossible to expose it to the outside.
Several people searched for more than two hours in the north of the village but did not find any clues, and Wu Wei couldn't help but suspect that his inference might be wrong.
"Don't waste any more time." Wu Wei called King Kong and Lan Muxue to him and said, "Why don't you ask the village chief again tonight, in such a big village, if we only rely on our own analysis to find it, I don't know when we will find it." ”
After Wu Wei finished speaking, King Kong looked at Wu Wu, and after hesitating for a few moments, he couldn't help but say: "I don't think we have to find the formation eye, what do you think Wu Wu?" It's actually a good thing that we can't find the Array Eye, and if the Array Eye is found by us, then it is very likely that it will also be found by those Formations. Now except for a few villagers and your grandfather who know the location of the Array Eye, no one knows where the Array Eye is, and even many people don't know the existence of the Array Eye. I think the fewer people who know about the Array Eye, including a few of us, the better. ”
After King Kong finished speaking, he deliberately avoided Wu Wei's eyes looking at him, and Wu Wei suddenly understood something. In fact, Lan Mingyu sent King Kong to Shangxian Village with him, not only to protect him, but also to ask King Kong to get more information here in Wu Wei. Lan Mingyu knew that Wu Wei had not fully trusted him all along, and if some important clues were found in Shangxian Village, Wu Wei would probably hide something from him. That's why he sent King Kong to follow Wu Wei, once Wu Wu found valuable clues, King Kong would definitely report back to Lan Mingyu when he went back.
And King Kong didn't know if it was because he really regarded Wu Wei as a true friend, or because Wu Wei transformed him and affected his relationship with Wu Wei, so he would tell Wu Wei euphemistically not to expose too much key information in front of him.
After perceiving this, Wu Wei did not mean to blame King Kong, but instead increased his favorability towards him a little more.
Wu Wei patted King Kong's arm and said, "You're right, maybe I'm a little messed up myself, so I didn't think about it so thoroughly." It's going to get dark in a minute, so let's stop here today. Have a good rest at night, and we'll go to Guanyin Mountain early tomorrow morning. ”
King Kong didn't know what Wu Wei was thinking in his heart just now, but he was relieved to see that he agreed with his opinion.
A few people returned to Wu Wei's house, chatting about last night's events without a match, Wu Wei didn't tell them too much useful information, in fact, he didn't want to embarrass King Kong.
So they waited until it was dark, ate and chatted for a while, and then the three of them went to sleep. In the middle of the night, after Wu Wei heard the sound of the two of them snoring soundly, he quietly got up again and walked out of the door alone.
Wu Wei came to the ancestral hall again, but he didn't see the shadows of the villagers. He looked up at the sky and saw that there was no moon tonight, so could it be that the villagers only came out on moonlit nights?
Wu Wei walked alone in the dark and silent streets, he originally wanted to get rid of King Kong and Lan Muxue and ask the village chief some questions, and he didn't know if the villagers would come out for activities tonight.
Wu Wei walked most of the village, and it was more than one o'clock in the morning and he didn't see the shadow of the villagers, not even the dog demon. It seems that there is no drama tonight, Wu Wei is a little lost, he plans to go back to the ancestral hall to have a look, if the villagers haven't come out yet, then he will go back to sleep.
But when he walked to the ancestral hall street again, he suddenly saw several figures shaking at the entrance of the ancestral hall. Wu Wei thought that the villagers had come out, but when he approached, he realized that something was wrong. Those figures were like they were yesterday, and they were going from house to door to look at the windows, and they shouldn't be the villagers of Shangxian Village.
Wu Wei did not expose himself immediately, but quietly hid not far away to observe them. Suddenly, a voice shouted, "Here! Several figures heard this and quickly circled one of the houses. Immediately afterwards, a figure also appeared in the window of the house, and I saw him on all fours and quickly ran in the direction of Wu Wei.
It's a dog demon! Wu Wei immediately recognized the figure who ran away on all fours, but who was chasing him behind?
The figures chasing the dog demon were also very fast, obviously not the speed that humans could achieve. Just when the dog demon was about to run to Wu Wei's place, he suddenly saw Wu Wei's figure, and he was so frightened that he wanted to stop his steps instantly. But due to inertia, the dog demon still fell towards Wu Wei's side.
Just when the dog demon was kicking his limbs and wanted to run away again, Wu Wei whispered: "Don't be afraid, it's me!" Hearing Wu Wei's voice, the dog demon recognized it as him.
However, the dog demon did not stop moving, but shouted to Wu Wei in a voice like a barking dog, "Run!" Then he adjusted his footsteps and fled in the direction behind Wu Wei again.
At this time, the figures chasing the dog demon also arrived in front of Wu Wei, obviously none of them expected another Wu Wei to appear halfway. Just like the dog demon just now, after several figures saw Wu Wei, they hurriedly stopped their steps and stopped not far from Wu Wu.
Looking at the other party's blood-red eyes and snow-white fangs exposed in the dark, Wu Wei figured out the identity of the other party, it turned out to be a few people!
At this time, the person standing opposite Wu Wei also thought that ordinary people should not appear in this village in the middle of the night, so a leading person Lu asked tentatively: "Are you a villager or a demon in this village?" ”
Wu Wei smiled and replied, "I am neither a villager nor a demon clan, I am a human like you!" ”
Hearing Wu Wei's answer, several people were stunned: "Renlu? No way, how come we haven't gotten the news that someone else is here? ”
"Don't believe me?" Wu smiled playfully: "Then you can see clearly, whether I am a human or not!" ”
As he spoke, Wu Wei's eyes also turned blood-red, and four sharp fangs instantly grew out of his mouth, and his whole face looked very hideous.
"What a man!" The few people asked with some surprise: "Then why didn't you stop that dog demon just now, didn't you tell you about tonight's mission?" ”
"What task?" Wu Wei pretended to say: "Qing Shao asked me to investigate a secret of Shangxian Village, and he didn't say what kind of dog demon he wanted to catch!" ”
"Qing Shao called you?" The person in the lead, Lu Shao, suddenly became respectful when he heard Qing Shao's name: "I'm sorry, my lord, I offended!" We were ordered by Lord Langyan to investigate the villagers' hiding place. ”
Wu thought that these people must belong to the kind of existence with a low status in the Lu Dao forces, so when they heard that they were directly sent by Qing Shao, they suddenly became so respectful. It seems that the hierarchy of the Ludao forces is still very strict, and the Lord Langyan in their mouth should have a relatively high status in the Ludao forces, maybe it was Qing Shao who personally transformed.
Wu Wei said to them: "It's okay, those who don't know are not guilty, you investigate the hiding place of the villagers, why do you want to chase a dog demon?" ”
The man in the lead said: "Don't tell you, we have been investigating for a long time, and that dog demon should be the eyes and ears of the villagers, and if you catch him, you can ask where the villagers are hiding." ”
"Been investigating for a long time?" Wu Wei asked, "Then why didn't I see a few of you last night?" ”
"Didn't we recall our plan to deploy the next step last night?" The leader was puzzled: "Your Excellency, you didn't go back?" ”
Wu Youzheng said: "I have a secret mission from the Qing Shao faction, so I didn't go back." What mission was deployed last night? ”
"This ......," the leader said, with some embarrassment, "You don't know about such an important matter, my lord?" ”
Wu Wei deliberately made his voice stern and asked, "Didn't I say it, I have a more important task so I didn't go back!" Why, you dare to hide something from me? ”
Seeing that Wu Wei was a little angry, several people were so frightened that they hurriedly replied: "That's not it, last night Qing Shao ordered that the human forces may launch an encirclement and suppression against us next, let us be prepared in advance to strike first." ”
Wu worried, how did Qing Shao know that the human forces were going to encircle and suppress them, could it be that there were really internal ghosts in the human race?
"What's your name?" Wu Wei asked the leader of the group.
"Lord Hui, my name is Shang Ming."
"Shang Ming, right!" Wu Wei threatened: "Remember, I am completing a very important secret mission, and you must not mention this matter to anyone when you meet me tonight, including Lang Yan!" If tonight's story gets out, I'm asking for you! ”
Shang Ming said very interestingly: "We understand, don't worry, my lord!" ”
For the sake of safety, Wu Wei said again: "I should have killed you, but seeing that you also inadvertently bumped into me in order to complete the task, I will spare your lives." But if you let me know that tonight's events are out and you know the consequences, right? ”
Several people were so frightened that they quickly nodded in response: "I know, I know, don't worry, my lord, we will not see you!" ”
"Hmm!" Wu Wei nodded with satisfaction: "Since we have already scared the snake tonight, we shouldn't be able to find anything, so you can go back first, and talk about it tomorrow." ”
Several people looked at each other, hesitated a little and then nodded in agreement. Wu watched these people leave the village, and only then did they relax until they were completely gone.