Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Role Played
The Jade-Faced Venerable flickered, appeared behind Bian Yao, and said with a smile: "Little friend, don't panic! I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask you some questions." ”
As soon as the stranger's voice fell, Bian Yao felt his body suddenly loosen out, the strange force suddenly dissipated, and his hands and feet moved again.
"You just came to ask me, didn't you want to arrest me?" Bian Yao turned around, staring at the black-robed old man in front of him and rolling his eyes, his expression and tone did not shy away from revealing suspicion.
"Yes, I'm just curious, Xiaoyou pretended to be an ordinary person and infiltrated the palace to assassinate a guard, what was the matter?" Venerable Jade Mask smiled slightly, his pale face full of kindness.
"Revenge! Everything I do is for revenge!" replied Bian Yao viciously, as if there was a fire of anger burning in his eyes.
"That guard named Duan Tianliang has an enmity with you?"
"Yes, it's a pity that there was an accident last night and I couldn't get his dog's life!" Bian Yao replied in a cold voice, showing his unwillingness.
After listening to Bian Yao's words, and looking at the expression on his face, the Jade-faced Venerable suddenly had an extra jade slip in his hand, and raised his hand to move it closer to his eyes, closing his eyes. After a few breaths, he opened his eyes and said, "It's not suitable to stand here to talk, how about talking in another place?" If that guard named Duan Tianliang really did something bad, your revenge will be avenged!"
"Anyway, it's already in your hands, and you can't run, so it's up to me to choose. Bian Yao coldly looked at his youthful face and made a gesture that he was not afraid of death.
"Little friend is too careful! Come with me. After Venerable Jade Mask finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the courtyard.
Bian Yao was secretly happy in his heart, silently followed behind the black-robed old man, and strode out. The handymen who heard the movement and came to watch stood dumbfounded.
At the moment when his body was restrained, Bian Yao guessed the identity of the black-robed old man, he had also been treated like this by the night corpse, and the use of this strange man-controlling technique was inseparable from the "Dream Domain", so only dream cultivators of the Dream Venerable and above realms could do it. When he turned around and saw the old man's strange white face, he was even more sure of what he was thinking. There are a total of two Dream Venerables in the palace, in addition to the King of Nu, the first worship of the palace is also a Dream Venerable, and the detailed information about them, he has long known from the book that the old ghost gave him. Being able to let the first worshipper of the palace personally take action is enough to show that he is highly valued, and it also shows that the planned task is going well.
After about a moment, the two came to the place where the front mansion was connected to the back mansion, and stopped half a foot away in front of the door. I saw the black-robed old man raise his hand and quickly draw a few strokes towards the empty door, and then stepped in. Bian Yao knew that the barrier had been set up at this entrance and exit, and the old man's action just now should have temporarily lifted the barrier, and he watched from behind, envious in his heart.
Ever since witnessing the two dreamers trapped by the inn's "caretaker" using the enchantment at the Cloud Guest Inn, Bian Yao has always been curious and yearning for the enchantment. But if you want to learn the enchantment technique, you must at least have the realm of the Dream King, otherwise you can't practice and use it.
Entering the back house, you can obviously feel that it has some differences from the front house. There are many rockery stones in the back house, and the craggy and strange stones of different shapes can be seen everywhere, and even piles of stones can be seen in the pond, if you get close enough, you can also see some strange symbols carved on the stone surface. In addition, the roads, buildings and environment here all give Bian Yao a strange feeling, which seems to be a little hazy and erratic.
Walking on the road paved with soft stones, you can only hear the rustle of the branches and leaves of the trees on both sides, and the sound of your own footsteps. There are many species of trees in the back house, and most of them are varieties that Bian Yao has never seen, which is very rare.
Passing around a small pond covered with purple lotus flowers, an elegant-looking courtyard appeared as if it had fallen from the sky, the gate of which opened to the south, and a faint smoke surrounded the courtyard. The door at the entrance of the courtyard is engraved with the word "idle courtyard", the handwriting is flying for seven points, and the three points are down, and it is very pleasant to look at.
"When you arrive, Xiaoyou will go in with me. ”
The jade-faced Venerable raised his legs and stepped into the courtyard as he spoke, striding directly to the hall, walking behind with a solemn face, and when he passed through the courtyard, he saw a hexagonal low pavilion standing on the west side of the courtyard, and more than a dozen mottled green bamboos were planted on the east side, and there were several dark gray high stones erected next to it.
As soon as he walked to the door of the house, Bian Yao saw a middle-aged man sitting leisurely in front of the left wall drinking tea, wearing a brocade robe and a golden flame crown on his head, and his body faintly exuded a majestic aura.
"Lord Wang! This little friend is Ye Xiaomei. The Jade-Faced Venerable said with a smile.
King Nu put down the teacup, turned his face to look at Bian Yao, who was vigilant, smiled slightly, and said: "I heard that Ye Xiaoyou pretended to be an ordinary person and entered the palace to take revenge, you might as well come and hear it, this king has always acted impartially." ”
"You are the prince, since you say so, you must not lie to me. Bian Yao stared at the King of Nu with his eyes, and hesitated slightly before telling the reason for the matter.
"I used to live in a remote village called Yejiazhuang on the southern outskirts of Cave City, but now it's gone. One summer, about ten years ago, when I was only five or six years old, I was about to sleep under a tree that afternoon when I saw a man running into our village, grabbing Aunt Li's daughter and dragging her into the house. When the people in our village heard the cry of Aunt Li's daughter, they all ran out, and tried to drive the man away with sticks, but the man shouted that he was the guard of the palace and that he would kill anyone who dared to interfere with his errands. Hearing him say that, Uncle Zhao in the east of our village said that he was going to the palace to complain, but he said that the prince would not deal with a dream cultivator for you ordinary people, and he kicked Uncle Zhao to death as he spoke. So the people of our village rushed up and beat him with sticks, and then he took out a big knife and began to kill people, and in a short time he killed all the people in our village, and my father and mother also died at his hands! At that time, I hid far away, and when I saw that he started to kill, I ran into the grass next to me and hid, so I escaped my life, and I was the only one left in the whole village, but I remembered the name 'Duan Tianliang'. I thought that this revenge would never be avenged, but after a few years, I found that I began to enter the same dream realm repeatedly, and after knowing that I also had the qualifications to cultivate dreams, I always wanted to find an opportunity to sneak into the palace to find Duan Tianliang for revenge. Bian Yao finished telling the truth of the matter with a sad and indignant face, glaring at the angry king and gritting his teeth.
In fact, most of the story he told is true, and only the young boy he plays who is lucky to escape is fictionalized in place of another real dead character. When the corpse happened to pass by Yejiazhuang on Chinese New Year's Eve, he found that the small village was in a mess, the houses were still burning, and there were corpses lying everywhere on the ground. After some investigation, it was found that there was a middle-aged man on the ground who was still breathing, and did not die until he told the night corpse the reason for the incident. After hearing this, the night corpse suddenly had a strong killing intent, and decided to avenge the dead men, women and children in Yejiazhuang. It happened that he was also about to go to the imperial city to run errands, and after some days of secret investigation, he found that there was indeed a guard named Duan Tianliang in the palace, and his appearance was the same as that described by the middle-aged man. Originally, the Night Corpse wanted to kill him secretly, but when he was about to do it, he thought that this person might be useful in the future, so he temporarily left his life behind.
After listening to Bian Yao's statement, the angry king Du Xiaotian frowned and fell into a short period of contemplation, and then raised his head and said: "Listen to what you said, this king does remember that he did go to the cave city ten years ago, and brought a few guards with him at that time, but because of other important matters, on the way back, I asked those guards to rush back to the palace on their own, maybe it happened at that time." I have people arrest that period of Tianliang, and if this matter is really his doing, this king will not spare him!"
After saying the last sentence, a messenger appeared between the fingers of the King of Fu, and with a flick of his two fingers, he sent the talisman out.
"Ye Xiaoyou, wait a minute, Duan Tianliang will be brought in a while. The Jade-Faced Venerable interjected on the side, his eyes thoughtful.
After waiting for less than a moment, I heard footsteps outside the courtyard, and in a blink of an eye, I saw two people one after the other, respectfully stepping into the house.
"Lord Wang!" Duan Tianliang brought. "Walking in front was the chief of the guards, Qian Yu, who was dressed in black, first bowed to the King of Fu, then turned around and bowed slightly to the jade-faced Venerable, and then retreated to the side and said no more.
"Lord Wang, what do you have to tell you to find the villain?" Duan Tianliang was wearing a guard uniform, and the expression on his face was a little complicated, as if he was very confused by the unexpected summons of the King of Fu.
"Did you go to Cave City with this king ten years ago? On the way back, did you do something unreasonable in a remote village in the southern suburbs?"
After listening to King Nu's question, Duan Tianliang's face suddenly turned pale, and cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"This ......" Duan Tianliang's lips trembled a few times, knowing that he couldn't lie, he suddenly bent his knees to the ground and shouted loudly: "The prince spares his life! Although the villain has made mistakes, he is absolutely loyal to the prince! Ask the prince to spare the villain's life!"
"Will this king handle it for you, or will you do it yourself?" the King of Anger snorted coldly and turned his face to look at Bian Yao, who was standing aside.
"I'm going to kill him with my own hands!" Bian Yao said with a chill in his voice, and the Wusha sword instantly appeared in his palm. At this moment, he is like an avenger who is burdened with the hatred of his parents and the whole village! Only by personally slaying the enemy is the most correct and reasonable behavior! He slowly took two steps forward and yelled at Duan Tianliang: "You stand up for me!"
But seeing that King Fu's right hand suddenly opened, Duan Tianliang, who was originally kneeling on the ground, seemed to be being framed, and stood up on the ground, his mouth kept muttering, but he couldn't struggle, and his face was full of fear.
Bian Yao stared coldly at Duan Tianliang's eyes, and his right hand stabbed out quickly, and a sword pierced into his chest, instantly piercing his heart!
To say that Bian Yao had nothing to do with this person, and if he wanted to kill a stranger casually, he couldn't do it. But the thought that this person was so cruel that he killed an entire village of people, he couldn't help but be angry, this kind of person is simply punished by everyone!
"Take it out!" King Nu glanced at Duan Tianliang, who had died, and said lightly.
Hearing this, Qian Yu stepped forward, closed his eyes and touched the ground, and saw Duan Tianliang's corpse and the bloodstains on the ground, which disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. Bowing to King Nu and Venerable Jade-Faced one after another, the chief guard withdrew from the room and left.