Chapter 32: A Thought of Good and Evil
Xiaowen nodded, tears appeared in her eyes, and she couldn't make a sound.
Chen An'an thought, just this little guts, and wanted to take revenge, so he waved his hand and shouted: "What are you afraid of, even if these people belong to the same dark division as me, what can they do to you, no one can let me Chen An hand over his apprentice." This is true, with his current status, even if he is a criminal in the imperial court, he can keep it, let alone be an inconsequential little maid. If Xiaowen hadn't worshipped him as a teacher, he might have handed him over with the idea that more things are better than less, but now no one can force him to hand them over.
Hearing his words, Xiaowen finally calmed down a little and said in a trembling voice: "How ...... Thank you Master for your maintenance. ”
"Well," although he didn't care very much, Chen An still asked more: "After looking at this dress, you should know the identity of the teacher, then tell me what the Lin family has committed? If it is a crime of rebellion, the teacher should also think of countermeasures." This sentence was asked casually, even if it was a rebellion, it was not a matter of his mouth. He can not only slander people as treason, but also clear people's names.
Xiaowen didn't know what he was thinking, and thought about it carefully: "What crime, I don't know, I only know that it seems to be for a piece of jade pendant." ”
"Jade pendant?" Chen Anxin moved: "What kind of jade pendant?"
Xiaowen pouted and said in distress: "It doesn't seem to be a complete jade pendant, only a small half." ”
"Isn't that the case?" Chen An took out a triangular piece of mutton fat white jade from his arms.
"Ah, this is it. Xiaowen first showed joy, and then became afraid: "Master, you ......"
"This is not the Lin family's piece. Chen An said casually, but did not explain why.
He stepped forward, picked up the official robe on the ground, and opened it, and said to Xiaowen with a chill in his voice: "Are you sure, you saw this kind of clothes." ”
Xiaowen listened to what he said solemnly, and hurriedly looked at the dress carefully, this is a pure black official robe, and a lifelike flying snake is embroidered with gold and blue silk threads on the chest, with bat wings inserted on both sides of the snake's body, and a letter in his mouth, the situation is not hideous.
Xiaowen said uncertainly: "It seems to be ...... It doesn't seem to be quite the same. ”
Chen An was stunned: "What's the difference?"
"Snake ...... The snake is different, the scales on the forehead of this snake are golden, and the eyes are black, while the snake scales on the man's clothes are silver and the eyes are red. Xiaowen said seriously.
"You're sure. Chen An's eyes froze.
"I will never forget it when I die. Xiaowen nodded fiercely.
Chen An didn't feel anything when he heard her talk about the silver scales, but when he heard the "red eyes", there was a buzz in his head, and he suddenly realized. He muttered: "No wonder, no wonder, so it is, so it is." ”
The costumes of the three divisions of the Holy Court are called python suits, the style is the same, but the colors are slightly different, and the clothes of the three divisions of the Ming Division are naturally white, which is a bit different from the other two divisions. Although the Dark Division's bloodlines are all black, there are some slight differences. The difference is reflected in the snake's eye, the dark division is black, and the blood division is red. The scales on the forehead of the python correspond to the golden, silver, and green scales.
Therefore, the person Xiao Wen saw should be the Blood Division Silver Scale Guard.
At this time, he thought that Xiaowen was still in the house, and when he turned his head to look, he saw her curled up in the corner, her small body trembling, and looking at Chen An with a frightened face. Seeing Chen An looking at her, she screamed in fright and quickly closed her eyes.
Chen An was inexplicable, she really didn't know what kind of crazy person she was, and she was about to say something, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure in the bronze mirror in the room, the person's eyes were blood-red, his face was black, and his expression was hideous, like a hellish ghost. He was startled, but what made him even more alarmed was that the person in the mirror was actually himself.
At this time, Mu Shaoping's words suddenly came to his mind, saying that he should not be filled with hatred, and now he vaguely understood. Over the years, he has practiced a series of vicious kung fu in order to take revenge, and this vicious method has also affected his own character. If it weren't for his innate personality and not being bound by fame and fortune, he might not know what he would be now. It's no wonder that the people in the rivers and lakes call him the King of Ten Thousand Poisonous Ghosts, and rank him and Yin Zhongye Shengyan together. It turned out that he had become such a person before he knew it.
Maybe it would be good to wait for me to kill the enemy, Chen An can only think like this, let him give up revenge, it is absolutely impossible.
He let out a long breath and said softly: "It's just not very comfortable for the teacher, you go back and rest first." ”
Xiaowen was stunned, this may be the first time Chen An spoke so gently to her, she forgot to be scared for a while, until Chen An waved her hand at her again, she lowered her head and walked out cautiously.
After she left, Chen An picked up his official uniform, reached out to stroke the flying snake, and said with a slight squint of his eyes: "No wonder I can't find it no matter how I check it, it turned out that it was done by the blood division, I should have thought of it a long time ago." ”
With his current power, his subordinate "Eagle Eye" will not be unsuccessful in investigating the case for him, but for so many years, he has not even had an eyebrow at all, and it was not until he met Mu Shaoping that he understood the cause and effect of the whole thing. Even so, he never thought he would be a member of the Holy Court. Even when he found out that the person with the Blood Division was tracking Mu Shaoping, he thought that he was only related to the murderer and thought that he was instructed by someone.
The three divisions of the Holy Court use the Ming Division as a shield, the Blood Division as a sharp knife, and the Dark Division as the eyes and ears. After the world was peaceful, the shields were put into storage, the sharp knives were hidden, but the ears and eyes were all over the world. But no matter what time it is, the three divisions are just tools for those who are superior. Therefore, Chen An has been aiming at these superiors, but he has been checking for so many years but has not found anything. Now that Xiaowen's mouth has confirmed that the murderer is the Blood Division, Chen An flashed an inspiration and realized one thing that he has been ignoring for so many years: the sharp knife has its own thoughts. Maybe there is no one behind the scenes, and the real murderer is the Blood Division.
"Ren Zhongxu. Chen An's voice was low, he gritted his teeth and pronounced the name, his heart was mixed, so many years of doubts were once solved, the frustration that the enemy was by his side and did not know, and the joy of revenge...... All kinds of feelings came and filled my heart, and it took a while to calm down.
The next day, Chen An continued to teach Xiaowen martial arts and pharmacy knowledge like no one else, since he had endured it for so many years, he didn't care about enduring it for a while longer, knowing that the main owner would always be able to take revenge. Xiaowen didn't say a word about this, but she practiced a little harder.
A few more months passed, winter went to spring, spring went to summer solstice. In the past few months, Chen An has had the most peaceful time in these years, every day he is just teaching his disciples, practicing medicine, or perfecting his theory of five poisons, as well as studying shipbuilding techniques and charts.
In the past few months, Xiaowen has been able to prepare the potions she needs to practice by herself, and she doesn't have to worry about Chen An anymore. He only gave advice when Xiaowen encountered a bottleneck, and left the rest to his own cultivation. Chen An estimated that after a while, he would be able to teach her the method of making poison and tell her the theory of the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra, and then she could become her helper, and the master and apprentice would be able to perfect the Ten Thousand Poisons Heart Sutra together and create a new martial arts.
On this day, Chen An's house welcomed a few guests, and Chen Anxin knew that the peaceful days were gone, and the professor of Xiaowen could only be postponed. He opened Xiaowen and welcomed people into the study before he spoke, "Have you completed your tasks?"
"Humble Greetings to ......"
"Don't be polite, just say it, Zhu Qi, you say it first. ”
"Yes," a white fat man replied and began to slowly narrate, and his person was none other than Zhu Qi, the Golden Scale Guard, who was Chen An's subordinate.
“...... In this way, his subordinates and Zhang Zhong cleared the obstacles of Jingwu Road, just waiting for the moment when Tu Poor Dagger saw him. ”
Chen An was noncommittal, and turned his eyes to look at Sikong Cheng on the side, Sikong Cheng made eye contact with him, hurriedly lowered his head, and said respectfully: "His subordinates and Sun Zhong are responsible for protecting the Qintian Prison Supervisor sent by the imperial court, according to his calculations, this year's Seagod Festival may be postponed for about half a month, and the duration may be ......" Saying this, he couldn't help but hesitate, and his face became not very good-looking.
Chen An said in a deep voice: "Say, how long will it last?"
Sikong Cheng swallowed a mouthful of foam and said astringently: "Don't talk about January." ”
"So long?" Zhu Qi on the side also exclaimed. The Poseidon Festival is a powerful hurricane that the coastal areas of Haizhou receive every year, and the ship is simply dead and alive at this time.
Chen An's eyes narrowed slightly, a flash of melancholy flashed in his eyes, and he looked at the last person: "Zhang Xia, is it going well over there?"
"Our subordinates have opened up the passage from Qucheng to Turin County, and it only takes half a day for us to transmit information with Haizhouwei, and the personnel response can also be shortened to two days. ”
Chen An looked at Zhang Xia's pale face and frowned, "Are you injured?"
Zhang Xia said in panic: "The subordinates are incompetent, when arranging the latent Eagle Eye, they were embellished by the spies of the Wu Wangfu, although they were all killed, but they were still a little injured, but please rest assured, the subordinates will definitely not drag down the future action." ”
Chen An walked up to her and put his middle finger on her wrist. Zhang Xia was taken aback, Zhu Qi and Sikong Cheng felt a pang in their hearts, martial arts have been practiced to their level, and the body will have many instinctive reactions to external stimuli, and the reaction speed is several times that of ordinary people. And Zhang Xia was caught by Chen An without reacting, Chen An's lack of malice is one thing, and on the other hand, it shows that Chen An has the ability to kill her before she reacts.
The martial arts of the two of them and Zhang Xia are only between them, doesn't that mean that Chen An also has the ability to kill them easily.
Ignoring their careful thoughts, Chen An put down Zhang Xia's hand with a solemn face. Zhang Xia looked at Chen An's face and panicked, and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, my injury ......"
Chen An took out a porcelain vase and handed it to her, interrupting: "Take this, the three of you will rest here for one night tonight, and go to Lincheng in Jiangnan Province with me tomorrow." ”
Zhang Xia hesitantly took the porcelain bottle, who in this world would dare to eat Chen An's medicine indiscriminately.
Chen An seemed to see her thoughts, and added: "It's just some medicine to defeat fire and eliminate evil, which is commonly used in autumn and winter in the north, but I really didn't expect to use it in the south." If you understand, go and rest early. Explaining so much was beyond Chen An's usual style, so he waved his sleeves and walked out of the study first, leaving the three people confused.
Chen An came to the kitchen, where Xiaowen was busy cooking. Chen An called: "Xiaowen will clean up after dinner, we will leave here tomorrow." ”
Xiaowen didn't dare to ask more, but she answered, and continued to bury herself in the ingredients, she saw that there were guests at home, so she specially bought more food.
Chen An wanted to leave after speaking, but heard a slight noise coming from the firewood pile. His face remained unchanged, and with a light stroke of his right hand, a finger wind shot out, pinching a mouse in the pyre to death. This finger wind spread far away, and the words of the Venerable Master would at most bounce off the dust on his clothes, but it was more than enough to kill mice.
Chen An glanced at the dead mouse, but was suddenly stunned, only to see that its rodent teeth were jagged, its eyes were red, and its shape was very hideous.
Xiaowen took a dustpan and a broom to quickly clean up the place, and when she came back, she found that Chen An was still standing in place, her face was cloudy.