Chapter 171: Déjà vu
The day Tang Xiaohao led the team to leave Liangcheng was also the day when the so-called King Xi returned to Shendu City.
Of course, Ji Chengying, who pretended to be King Xi, was naturally not in the carriage, and even the person sitting in the carriage was pretended by the thorn arranged by Aoki. And the real Ji Chengying left Liangcheng first under the escort of Su Mu and waited at the fork of the official road five miles outside Liangcheng.
Tang Xiaohao led Princess Baomeng, Little Bell, Childa and Dugu Yiyi, first pretended to send King Xi away from Liangcheng, and then bid farewell to Kang Yongzhi and other Liangcheng officials, and drove the carriage on the road.
As for why they had to drive the carriage, the reason was very simple, because they had to carry Jiang Mingke, who was still locked in the iron cage, that is, Gu Huaiyi.
The most aggrieved thing is Dugu Yi, who has long wanted to leave Liangcheng, Tang Xiaohao needs to ask him some questions about his magic power, so he detains him alive.
Why did Tang Xiaohao ask for advice from Dugu? The reason is very simple, because Dugu Yixian is a warlock worthy of the name, and most of this kind of half-bucket water awakens and obtains magical power by accident, not through long-term cultivation like real magicians such as Wu Tianlu.
Originally, Tang Xiaohao was not so urgent, and he only had a casual attitude towards the issue of alien power, but his experience in Liangcheng made him know that if he wanted to go further on the land of Jiuyuan, he must not only have a brain, but also have a strong physique, and master internal strength and alien power.
After leaving Liangcheng, Tang Xiaohao, who was riding on a horse, kept chattering about his own lofty ideals, whether it was Dugu Yiyi who was driving the carriage, or the little bell, Baomeng and Gelda who were riding with him, they all just listened expressionlessly.
Just as they were about to arrive at the agreed place with Su Mu and Ji Chengying, Childa stopped in front of him, forcing the team to stop.
Tang Xiaohao looked at Gilda: "What are you doing?"
Childa turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and hugged her fists, and said, "Horse, the matter of escorting the princess back to the Torth Department is still up to you."
Bao Meng on one side grabbed the reins and looked at Tang Xiaohao: "Don Ma, you and Brother Hanguang should go back to the Divine Capital."
The little bell naturally didn't say a word, because her personality and temper are completely different from before, and the one who controls her body is the one named Xue Yao, not the original little bell.
The lonely line also seemed to want to interject, and as soon as he glanced at Tang Xiaohao, he was glared back by Tang Xiaohao.
"Wait, I'll take a look at it, and then think about how to tell you," Tang Xiaohao said after thinking for a long time, "Well, let me ask you two questions first, first, do you think you can convince me?" Second, even if you can convince me, can you convince King Xi?"
Wilda and Baomeng naturally couldn't convince Tang Xiaohao, and even Tang Xiaohao couldn't convince them, so how could they convince Ji Chengying? What's more, in this team now, except for Su Mu and Tang Xiaohao, no one else knows that the so-called King Xi is the current emperor.
Gilda said again: "Horse, according to the previous agreement, in addition to this person in the iron cage, there is another person who must also be brought back, but now that there is one less person, he will return to Rouyuan like this, and there is no way to deal with Lord Antai."
Bao Meng is actually confused about these things, so it is inconvenient to echo Gelda's words.
Tang Xiaohao looked directly at Chierda: "General, the young person is an intoxicated girl, if it weren't for her, we would all have died when we were in Liangcheng, so I decided to let her go." That's why I have to go back to Jowon with you, only I can explain it to your Antae-sama, understand?"
Gilda knew that what Tang Xiaohao said was reasonable, but he still wanted to persevere, after all, Gelda thought that it was their own business, and outsiders should not interfere.
Bao Meng looked at Gilda and motioned for him to stop talking, because he couldn't convince Tang Xiaohao.
Tang Xiaohao turned over and dismounted at this time, and then said to Dugu: "I'll drive the carriage, you ride my horse, and then a few of you will take the first step to meet King Xi, I have something to say to this guy alone."
When the others heard this, although they had doubts, they had to do what Tang Xiaohao said, because the actual leader of this team was him
Liang Cheng turned the tide and saved everyone's horses.
After the others rode away, Tang Xiaohao pulled the reins to slow down the two horses in front of him, and then said, "I really didn't expect that the so-called Jiang Mingke turned out to be Gu Huaiyi, a strategist from Liangcheng."
Gu Huaiyi in the iron cage was naturally stunned when he heard this, and he didn't expect that he would be recognized.
How did Tang Xiaohao recognize himself?
Tang Xiaohao turned around and sat cross-legged facing the iron cage: "Everyone has a breath, everyone's breath is different, even if a person is in the demon underworld, he will be sensed by some kind of specially trained person, Su Mu is such a person."
Gu Huaiyi was still leaning on the iron cage, bowing his head, and listening quietly.
Tang Xiaohao said again: "On the day of the demon trouble, Su Mu pursued a breath that existed in the demon underworld from the courtyard where Gu Huaiyi lived to the backyard of the Taishou Mansion, Su Mu didn't know who that breath was at that time, he could only guess that it was probably Gu Huaiyi, and then Gu Huaiyi disappeared completely, but Su Mu remembered the characteristics of this breath because of this."
After that, Tang Xiaohao took out the kettle and took a sip: "After the demon incident, Gu Huaiyi still didn't appear, but when Su Mu checked on you, he found that the breath on your body was exactly the same as the breath of the person he felt that night. Therefore, he informed me of this, and after ruling out all the impossibilities, I made a bold guess, that is, Gu Huaiyi replaced Jiang Mingke who was originally in the iron cage."
Gu Huaiyi was still silent.
Tang Xiaohao smiled, "What about pretending? You must want to ask, why do I know that you replaced Jiang Mingke, not that you were Jiang Mingke from the beginning, the reason is very simple, the intoxicated girl and Jiang Mingke were brought over from Nanrong Mountain by my second uncle together, and Gu Huaiyi was still drunk and asleep in Liangcheng at that time, so you can only find a way to replace Jiang Mingke after the demon incident is over."
After Tang Xiaohao finished speaking, he took out a bag full of stardust from the Linglong machine box, grabbed a small handful of stardust, and threw it directly on Gu Huaiyi.
After those stardust fell on Gu Huaiyi's body, they directly burned the surface of his skin, and there were bursts of white smoke, but Gu Huaiyi was not as painful as ordinary deacers, but he finally raised his eyes to look at Tang Xiaohao.
Tang Xiaohao smiled and said: "It turns out that Liang Cheng's strategist Gu Huaiyi is a decanter, it really makes me gain insight, although I know what is probably going on, but I don't know the details inside, and I am more curious about why you want to replace Jiang Mingke, however, the reason why you want to replace Jiang Mingke is naturally because you know my second uncle's original plan, plus the iron cage and shackles made of meteorite iron, you can also draw a conclusion that the previous Jiang Mingke was also a decanter."
"No wonder......" Gu Huaiyi finally spoke, "Don't you, you remind me of a past in Jixian Academy."
Tang Xiaohao handed the kettle over: "You won't say that we knew each other before, and we want to catch up, right?"
Gu Huaiyi took the kettle and took a sip: "I don't know it, but I've seen it."
Tang Xiaohao became interested: "Really? When?"
Gu Huaiyi looked at the sky: "I forgot, but, I remember that day was the same as today, the weather was good, there were clouds in the sky, but there were not many clouds, and the dignitaries and nobles in the Shendu City all brought their children to Jixian Courtyard to observe, in fact, just to let my teacher, that is, the former Great Strategist Hu Shen, use his eyes to see who else in that group of children is qualified to enter Jixian Academy."
Tang Xiaohao also looked up at the sky: "I'm a little impressed, it's just autumn that year, right?"
Gu Huaiyi lowered his head and looked at Tang Xiaohao: "Yes, it's just autumn, and the leaves are yellow. I sat in the classroom, reciting with the other students what the teacher had taught, and the group of dignitaries and children stood outside the class and waited respectfully, but there was only one child......
Gu Huaiyi remembered very clearly, the reason why he could remember the child was because Hu Shen had just walked up to him, standing there and looking at the child standing under the tree in the courtyard looking at the yellow leaves on the tree, the child was still grabbing the leaves that had just fallen with his hands, and he seemed to have no interest in Jixian Academy, and he was not infected by the atmosphere of the academy at all.
At that time, Hu Shen looked at the child and whispered three words to himself: "It's a pity."
Gu Huaiyi didn't know why his teacher looked at the child and said it was a pity, the child looked naïve
Stupid, you can even say that you are a little hanging, how can you become a student in Jixian Academy?
After Gu Huaiyi recalled this, he continued: "Later, I heard that the kid became the premier disciple of the Shendu City, a playboy, and was also known as the No. 1 scumbag in the Shendu, and he bullied men and women, and did all kinds of evil, just because his father was the commander of the Royal Iron Guard."
Tang Xiaohao looked at Gu Huaiyi: "Isn't that me?"
Gu Huaiyi directly changed his face back to his original appearance at this time: "Yes, so, I now understand why the teacher looked at you and said that it was a pity, presumably before that, the teacher had already seen you and tested you, right?" It's just that neither your father nor yourself have any interest in Jixianyuan, no, it should be said, you need to disguise yourself in a special way."
Tang Xiaohao shook his head: "I don't like to be bound, let me go to the academy to study, be stared at by the teacher every day, and mix with those pretending to be high-ranking officials, it is better to kill me."
After speaking, Tang Xiaohao approached the iron cage: "However, you are not disguised, can you directly change your face?" It's amazing, how do you do it?"
Gu Huaiyi said, "Stretch out your hand."
Tang Xiaohao was not afraid, he directly put his hand into the iron cage, and Gu Huaiyi also stretched out his right hand, and then gently held Tang Xiaohao's right hand, and then, in a short period of time, Gu Huaiyi's hand changed into Tang Xiaohao's hand, and even the small scar on the back of his hand was exactly the same.
Tang Xiaohao's eyes widened, and then he said, "Then you can't become a woman? Then you are developed, you can touch yourself."
Gu Huaiyi looked at Tang Xiaohao with incredible eyes, because he didn't expect that the person who could directly identify himself by synthesizing various clues before would now say such indecent words.
Gu Huaiyi let go of Tang Xiaohao's hand, changed back to Jiang Mingke's appearance, and couldn't help laughing, and laughed.