Chapter 84: Chasing the Dragon

"Where are you coming out?"

Bai Yu felt creepy, and a cold breath rose from his back.

Ning Yi shook his head, "No trace has been found yet, Your Majesty has already sent trustworthy people to track it down." ”

Bai Yu was puzzled, "Who first found out that the old emperor came out?" ”

Ning Yi said, "In the middle of the night last night, the guards of the imperial tomb patrolled around as usual, and found a hole, at first I thought it was a hole dug by a bold tomb robber, and reported it to Your Majesty in a panic...... The investigators followed this hole into the imperial tomb and found that the lid of the old emperor's coffin had been half opened, and the old emperor had disappeared. ”

On a dark and windy night, in the dim and deep imperial tomb, the coffin suddenly moved, the coffin lid slowly opened, the old emperor suddenly turned over and sat up, his hands grew black and long nails, dug through the imperial tomb with his bare hands, climbed out of the imperial tomb, looked up at the moon and dark clouds in the sky, and the corners of his mouth hooked a sly smile...... Bai Yu's scalp tingled when he thought about this picture.

Bai Yu frowned and said, "When I killed the faint monarch at that time, the blood had already been drained, and the five true dragons had also dissipated, so it stands to reason that they should indeed be dead, right?" ”

Several important ministers of the court were also confused, but everyone was "slaying the dragon" for the first time, "killing the king" for the first time, and killing the "emperor" for the first time, and they had no experience.

"The five true dragons dissipated, this is a certain thing, otherwise it is impossible for the new emperor to condense the true dragon, as for whether the faint monarch is dead or not, it is difficult to determine, ordinary people will definitely die if they dry their blood, and the emperor will die if he drains his blood, we don't know, and there is no record of this in ancient books."

"At that time, didn't the king of Jinnan probe his nose and feel his heart? King Jinnan should know best, right? ”......

Everyone's eyes brushed towards King Jinnan.

King Jin Nan explained, "When the faint king was about to die, I did probe the snort and touch the heart, at that time, the faint king's snort was weak and the heart pulse was weak, I asked the king of Ming to insist on the roll call again, and the king of Ming continued to name the tea time, the faint king fell motionless, and the five true dragons dissipated, everyone thought that the faint king was dead, so I didn't check again, this matter should be the most clear to the king." ”

Hearing this, everyone's eyes brushed towards Bai Yu.

“?” Bai Yu was stunned, father-in-law, don't bring such a "pit son-in-law"!

Several important ministers of the court asked.

"The faint monarch fell, the five true dragons dissipated, all our civil and military officials followed the new emperor to the Great Qiandian Hall to worship the new emperor, only the king of Ming and the eldest princess were left on the roof of the dragon body hall, did the king of Ming notice anything abnormal?"

"What did King Ming find?" ......

Trough! Bai Yu shuddered when he thought about it, when he snuggled in Jin Wu's arms, the two of them sat on the eaves and watched the sunset, and the "corpse of the old emperor" was behind the two of them......

Fortunately, the old emperor did not cheat the corpse at that time, otherwise he and Jin Wu would have been directly gone.

"That's enough."

The fifth prince of the new emperor spoke with a gloomy face, "Now is not the time to shirk responsibility, the top priority is to find the faint monarch and kill him completely!" ”

Bai Yu just wanted to say that he could track down the old emperor, but saw the old eunuch come in to report, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess and the eldest princess you named and summoned Zheng Tong is here." ”

Bai Yu understood that this was to track down the old emperor with the help of Zheng Tong's delusional eye, so he didn't speak, but Zheng Tong's delusional eye could only break through the delusion...... It doesn't seem to be trackable.

Not only Zheng Tong came, but Zheng Yan'er also came, and the father and daughter met the new emperor together.

As soon as the new emperor said that the old emperor had climbed out, the corners of Zheng Tong's mouth twitched, Zheng Yan'er was dumbfounded, and obviously the two of them were also shocked.

This matter is extremely serious!

If the old emperor ran to find the eldest prince and the fourth prince, negotiated the conditions, got the military power in the hands of the two princes, and counterattacked the imperial city, wouldn't it be another chaos in the world?

Two emperors, how to rectify?

Everyone in the Great Qian Dynasty has to choose a side, won't it collapse the dynasty?

Although the old emperor is unpopular, most people should be on the side of the new emperor, but there are always stubborn, opportunistic, and ill-intentioned people who will stand on the side of the old emperor.

Moreover, the new emperor himself is "forcing the palace" and "killing the king" to ascend the throne, which is not right, and it is easy to attract criticism.

Of course, the advantage is still on the side of the new emperor, the new emperor has the luck of the dynasty, grasps the rules of the imperial system, and condenses the three true dragons, which belong to the year of the fight, the old emperor has lost the luck of the dynasty, and without the real dragon, it belongs to the dying struggle.

The best thing is that you don't even have to be dying, and killing the old emperor before he "rises" is the best way!

Regardless of whether Zheng Tong could track down the old emperor, the new emperor directly gave a death order, "Zheng Tong listens to the order, and you can track down the faint monarch within three days!" ”

"Zheng Tong, take the order."

Zheng Tong looked serious and bowed.

Zheng Yan'er was a little dissatisfied, and opened her mouth to say something, but Zheng Tong glanced at her and stopped her from talking.

It's no better than ever.

In the past, when the old emperor was in power, the eldest princess was extremely favored, even if the eldest princess wanted the stars in the sky, the old emperor would find a way to let people take them off.

His father and daughter have the support of the eldest princess, no one is afraid, and anyone can contradict it, but now that the new emperor is in power, the eldest princess has lost power, and it is not a joke to openly contradict the new emperor.

Zheng Yan'er also understood, so she had to keep silent.

The new emperor said, "This matter is not suitable for publicity, nor should outsiders participate, and also invite the King of Jinnan, King Ning, King Ming and Marquis of Ning Yi to go out in person, go with Zheng Tong, and kill the faint monarch again, to see people in life and corpses in death!" ”

"Yes." ......

King Jinnan, King Ning, Bai Yu and Ning Yi surrendered their orders together.

Without further ado, the sooner the better.

The four of them, Zheng Tong's father and daughter, a total of six, left the palace in a hurry, and all of them turned over and got on their horses.

Bai Yu saw that it was all fire famine, Yanchi, and Wushan famous horses.

Out of the imperial city, go straight to the imperial tomb.

When I arrived at the Imperial Mausoleum, I saw that the black-pressed Imperial City Guards had taken over here.

Bai Yu noticed some blood stains that hadn't been cleaned up yet, and asked, "How can there be so many blood stains?" ”

Ning Yi said softly, "In order not to leak the news, Your Majesty executed all the 1,000 Imperial Tomb guards on the grounds that the Imperial Tomb was stolen and the guards were derelict in their duties. ”

All right...... Bai Yu didn't say much, and the guards of the imperial tomb were really wronged......

Zheng Tong said directly, "I am ordered to investigate the case." ”

However, the Imperial Guards were all expressionless and had no intention of giving way...... Instead, he looked at the king of Jinnan inquiringly, obviously these imperial city guards were transferred from the "Jinnan Battalion", and it can also be seen from the armor system.

King Jinnan waved his hand and said "Get out of the way", maybe he was scolding these Qiu Ba in his heart, he didn't have any vision, Zheng Tong said "investigate the case by order", and he didn't give way, didn't he put him on the fire and roast him?

Fortunately, there are no other outsiders here, otherwise it will reach the ears of Xindi, what will Xindi think?

Zheng agreed to look at the king of Jinnan with a deep taste, and didn't say anything, and rode into the imperial tomb first.

A few people followed.

When he came to the entrance of the cave, Zheng Tong turned over and dismounted, and directly bent down and drilled in.

Since the imperial tomb had been sealed and there was no other entrance, several people had to follow in.

The Imperial Mausoleum is also worthy of being the Imperial Mausoleum, although it is dim, but it is not damp, there is no eerie and terrifying feeling, but a bit of sacred solemnity, of course, mainly because this is a newly built Imperial Mausoleum, it will definitely be damp after a long time.

When I came to the place where the coffin was placed, I saw that the lid of the coffin was indeed half opened.

Zheng Tong first took out the demon exploration disk, which is the professional habit of the demon exterminator, and looked at the demon exploration disk without reacting, "My demon exploration disk belongs to the top grade, except for the rank of the beast emperor, no demon can hide from my demon exploration disk, and there are no monsters in the imperial tomb." ”

Isn't this nonsense...... The imperial tomb of the dignified Qianhuang Dynasty, if it was infiltrated by monsters, wouldn't it become a joke.

It was important to track down the old emperor, and a few people were not in the mood to laugh, so King Jinnan suddenly pushed open the coffin of the queen next to him, and saw that there was no problem, so he covered it back.

Zheng Tongdao, "King Jinnan has a heart, the queen's body really has to be seen, so as not to leave anything missing." ”

King Ning urged, "Hurry up and track down the whereabouts of the faint monarch, don't worry about this." ”

Zheng Tong glanced at him, "King Ning, don't worry, this is the same as solving a case and eliminating demons, it's best not to let go of any details, I once only focused on the main goal and ignored some details, so that I was beaten in the eye." ”

Uncle Zheng, I suspect you are connotating me...... Bai Yu felt.

King Ning wanted to vomit blood, "Now it's not about solving the case and eliminating the demon, it's a matter of 100,000 urgency to find the faint monarch, why aren't you in a hurry at all, don't forget that Your Majesty only gave you three days." ”

Bai Yu's heart moved, it was true that Zheng Tong was not in a hurry at all, it was a little abnormal, and he seemed to have found some clues...... He opened the Eye of Scouting, scanned it, and suddenly understood.

The Eye of Scouting didn't find any energy color, only one possibility: the old emperor is dead!

It's just that I don't know what the reason is, I suddenly "cheated the corpse", dug through the imperial tomb, and climbed out.

"It seems that the Eye of Detection is not omnipotent, and it is impossible to track down the dead ......"

Bai Yu discovered the blind spot of the Eye of Scouting.

Zheng Yan'er took out a pair of white gloves from the wide black robe, took out a white handkerchief, bent down, and the white handkerchief reached into the coffin, stained with a little disgusting black slime.

Bai Yu moved a position to the side, Zheng Yan'er almost hit him when she bent down just now, it was better to avoid it.

Zheng Yan'er handed the white handkerchief to Zheng Tong.

Zheng Tong took it and explained to a few people, "This kind of black slime, with a little sweet and sour taste, is obviously not a normal remnant of the corpse, there is a Gu worm in southern Xinjiang, called the corpse control Gu, after a large number of reproduction in the corpse, this black slime will be left out, so the old emperor is not really resurrected, but was controlled by the Gu worm, dug through the imperial tomb, and crawled out." ”

Look, what is professional...... Bai Yu admires that a demon slayer like Zheng Tong is a professional solver, but he completely relies on the eye of investigation, of course, under normal circumstances, the eye of investigation solves the case faster......

Bai Yu also understood one thing, the Eye of Investigation could even see the gray and white qi of ordinary people, but he couldn't see the energy color of this Gu worm, which showed that this Gu worm was not a monster, and it had no energy color at all, that is, it controlled the corpse, and other than that, it had no other effect.

The old emperor was not resurrected? King Jin Nan and King Ning glanced at each other, relieved, and at the same time surprised, who was so bold that he dared to plant a corpse control Gu on the corpse of the old emperor?

Zheng Tong continued to speculate, "The corpse of the old emperor was sent to the imperial mausoleum, and the imperial mausoleum was closed, and it was impossible to plant a corpse control Gu in the imperial mausoleum. ”

King Jinnan frowned and said, "Before the burial, the body of the old emperor was stored in the palace, and it was strictly guarded by the palace guards, who could move the corpse of the faint monarch?" ”

Zheng Tongdao, "It's hard to say, after all, the palace is full of people, and anyone can possibly do it." ”

Bai Yu suddenly thought of something, "Is it possible that the old emperor was planted with this kind of Gu worm during his lifetime, and the Gu worm lurked in the old emperor's body, and only after the old emperor died, did it break out." ”

Several people were shocked, and Zheng Tong said with a smile, "King Ming's speculation is very bold, this possibility also exists, the seeds of this Gu worm are colorless, tasteless, and extremely small, and they are easy to mix in from the diet." ”

Hearing this, Bai Yu deliberately guided the topic, "The people who can contact the old emperor's diet, that is, those people in charge of meals in the palace, no matter how bold those people are, they should not dare to do anything in the old emperor's diet, in addition, it is those who are raised by the old emperor, and they often let the old emperor take pills and life-prolonging drugs, and it is easy to use their hands and feet......"

There was a pause.

Bai Yu lowered his voice and said, "Before, I was ordered by the Queen Mother to investigate the disappearance of the thousand-year-old snow toad in the harem, and I overheard two palace maids whispering, there is a Xuanyi monk who still lives in the palace and seems to have a close relationship with His Majesty......"

Sure enough, King Jin Nan and King Ning both changed their faces, extremely embarrassed, their faces were terrible, and the killing intent in their eyes was cold.

So many nobles, so many important ministers of the court, united to support the five princes, with great hardships and dangers, finally killed the faint monarch and made the five princes the new emperor, how could the new emperor be favored again?

Bai Yu nodded to the end, and let King Jinnan and King Ning know that the Xuanyi monk was still in the palace, and there was no need to say more.

Zheng Tong looked at Bai Yu quietly, of course he knew the grudge between Bai Yu and the Xuanyi monk, Bai Yu was secretly trying to kill people with a knife......

Zheng Yan'er's beautiful face was calm, but the corners of her mouth hooked up a little, and she quietly gave Bai Yu a thumbs up from the blind corner that people couldn't see, and gradually led the Gu worm from the corpse of the old emperor to the Xuanyi monk...... This hand is very insidious, and the Xuanyi layman may know how to die.

King Ning took a deep breath, "The top priority is to find the corpse of the old emperor first, if you find the corpse, you will find the person who controls the corpse, which is equivalent to finding the person who planted the Gu worm." ”

"I think so too."

Zheng Tong took out a small jade box from his black robe, opened the box, and it contained a black beetle, "This little thing likes to eat Gu worms the most, and it is very sensitive to the taste of Gu worms, it will lead us to find the corpse of the old emperor." ”

Bai Yu looked at Zheng Tong's black robe, and then at Zheng Yan'er's black robe, how many things were hidden in the black robes of the father and daughter, and they were not afraid of the diaphragm.

Zheng Yan'er's beautiful eyes glared at him, and she seemed to see his thoughts, "Our black robe is exchanged from the treasure house of the Demon Slayer Division, and it can carry a lot of items, which is a must for middle and high-level demon slayers." ”

Bai Yu smiled, when he has time one day, he will also exchange one, the black robe is hidden in darts, talismans, thunderbolts, explosive fire beads, etc., when he encounters an enemy, it is not bad to think about it.

"Don't sleep, get up and eat."

Zheng Tong touched the black beetle with his finger, the black beetle moved slowly, flapped its wings and took off, flew in a small circle, fell into the coffin and sniffed, it seemed to be very excited, and after a while, the black beetle flew out and flew towards the entrance of the cave.

The crowd quickly followed, got out of the hole, turned on their horses, and followed the black beetle.

The black beetle flew more and more remotely, up the mountain, and flew into the mountains and forests.

The crowd had no choice but to dismount.

"Ning Yi, you stay here and take a look at the horses."

King Ning said to Ning Yi.

Six famous horses are very precious, and if someone else steals them, it will be another trouble.

“...... Yes, Father. ”

Ning Yi was a little speechless, he was a disciple of the Venerable Yuezun Sect, the prince of Ning Wangfu, and he also had the marquis position, had he already taken turns to watch the horse?

Bai Yu patted him on the shoulder seriously, "I, the fire desolate, likes to eat the young leaves on the tree, so I'll pick some and give it some to eat." ”

“?” Ning Yi suddenly wanted to beat him, but he was worried that he might not be able to beat him...... It's not that you can't beat it, but you definitely can't beat it, how can you beat it with a little name? Unless the roll call fails.

Zheng Yan'er added, "My Wushan Liuyun may be a little thirsty, get some water for it to drink." ”

Ning Yi's face turned completely dark.

Leaving Ning Yi behind, the five of them quickly followed the black beetle up the mountain.

King Jin Nan and King Ning themselves are martial artists from the eighth order to the ninth order, and they have been crowned kings, and they are blessed by the phantom shadow of the python behind them, and they are extremely fast, no matter how the black beetle flies over the mountains and mountains, they can keep up.

Zheng Tong's eighth-order martial artist can also keep up.

Bai Yu took off against the wind, and flew directly with the beetle in mid-air, seeing that Zheng Yan'er who was running below was a little difficult, and she was blown up to the sky with a wind in her hand, Zheng Yan'er gave Bai Yu a "you are sensible" look.

The black beetle flew deeper and deeper into the deep mountains and forests.

After about thirty or forty miles, he finally stopped and fell into a mountain col.

Zheng Tong looked at the terrain with a solemn expression, "This place has a very heavy yin qi, and it is suitable for raising corpses." ”

The five of them entered the col and saw black beetles circling around a small pool.

Zheng Tong stretched out his hand, and a force swept through, caught the black beetle, put it in the small jade box, and stuffed it back into the black robe.

“?” The black beetle may be a little confused, didn't it tell me to come out and cook? The food has been found, so they stuff me back, what do you mean? Can't afford to play, right?