Chapter 197: Lies
Murphy is caught up in the grave chamber and could be in danger of his life at any moment, so I need to get down the grave as soon as possible.
Today is the eighth day of the agreement with Xu Ze, and it's time to go to him.
This time, I didn't take Sun Mingjin and Fusang, and drove to Xu Ze's office building by myself.
In the huge office area, a cordon was pulled up at this time, and there was no one inside, only the security guard at the door, who was smoking a cigarette.
It's not a day off, what's going on?
I tore through the cordon and went in, but no one stopped me.
Entering the hall, I saw that the female secretary who had followed Xu Ze was sitting in the welcome seat in the hall, looking gloomy and bleak.
She was so distracted that I didn't even notice it.
I knocked on the table, "Hey, take me to Xu Ze."
The female secretary suddenly turned her mind, "Mr. Zhuge ! You're here to find our boss?"
"Yes."
"Actually...... It's okay if you don't come."
I frowned, "What do you mean?"
The female secretary had a complicated expression, "You will find out if you come with me."
Go up the stairs to the top floor, and come to the door of the large flat floor, where the female secretary skillfully takes out the key and opens the door a crack.
"Mr. Zhuge , please come in."
I was stunned, "You're not going in?"
"I'm afraid to go in." The female secretary's head shook like a rattle.
It's weird. On weekdays, Xu Ze goes in and out, and there are a large number of accompanying personnel.
Those who serve tea, those who carry sedan chairs, and those who lay floor mats, there is everything.
Not to mention that the company building is empty today, there is not even a security guard at the door.
Pushing the door into it, it was pitch black, and you could barely see your fingers.
The heavy curtains were closed, and there was a musty smell in the room, as well as the smell of incense candles and paper money.
I reached for the light and found the living room empty, with a layer of dust on the floor and table.
The oranges on the table were moldy, the longan and grapes were rotten, and flies were buzzing on them.
The bedroom door was wide open, and there was a faint fishy smell inside.
On the table in the center, there is a wooden box that used to hold the mother's head, and three incense sticks are inserted in front of the box.
On both sides of the box, there are pastry offerings, and in the iron basin below, there are traces of burning incense candles.
It's really a mouse to give a cat a New Year's greeting, Xu Ze will worship his mother's head!
"Kid, you're here."
The mother's gentle voice sounded, the wooden box slowly opened, and the mother's head slowly floated out of it.
I exclaimed, "Mom, Xu Ze let you go!?"
Mother smiled slightly, "It's not that I'm letting go, but I'm afraid."
In the next moment, the burning three-pillar incense burned rapidly, and the swirling incense gas intertwined to build the mother's body.
The moment I saw my mother, tears welled up in my eyes.
She was wearing a plain dress that I had seen countless times when I was a child, and her hair was coiled high, looking gentle and capable.
My mother gently stroked my hair and said with a choked voice in her voice, "Son, I'm sorry I haven't been able to be by your side all these years."
At the same time as I was moved in my heart, I could finally confirm that the previous black-robed person and the current person were my mother.
Since the tomb of Marquis Wu came out, his mother's body has been stripped of two extreme personalities.
The mother I remember has neither the fierce killing of the man in black before nor the gentle behavior of the present.
I asked my mother in confusion, "How did you get caught by Xu Ze?" How did you get out of his control?"
Mother said, "Xu Ze used Yiling's Wuji technique to rely on a strand of hair left by you to divinate me nearby."
"He brought me here, and instead of treating me lightly, he found an incense case to worship."
"But because he used the forbidden spell of the Zhuge family, he was discovered by the Guardian Spirit Family, and he was counterattacked by the spell, and he has gone crazy at this time."
I'm even more dazed,
"He's crazy!?"
The mother pointed to the hidden door, "Son, just go in and see."
Pushing open the bedroom door, Xu Ze was wearing only a pair of pants, and the whole person was shrunk in the corner, staring at the door with red eyes and trembling.
His eyes are cloudy, his soul is scattered, the roots of heaven are cut off, and the three souls and seven spirits are free in his body, and he will break free at any time.
Xu Ze's symptoms are called lost souls in metaphysics, that is, he lost his soul.
You must know that Xu Ze's strength can withstand the full attack of me, Murphy and Sun Mingjin.
A strong man like this, only eight days have passed, how can he be scared like this!?
I was puzzled and asked, "Mom, Xu Ze only used the Zhuge family's forbidden technique once, and he became this ghost."
"I use it almost every day, why is it okay?"
Mother whispered, "When you were born, your grandfather almost exhausted his life's cultivation and helped you cut off the front edge."
"Since then, your grandfather has closed the mountain, and he has become a little old man from a world-famous occultist."
"When you were an adult, your grandfather arranged for Fusang to help you cover the heavens with the blood of his lifelong cultivation and virginity."
"From now on, no one in the world will ever find you again."
My mother's words shook my head, and my heart poured out, and I couldn't accept it for a while.
I thought that it was fate to meet Fusang, learn art with Fusang, and be with her.
I didn't expect ...... It's all arranged by grandpa!
I asked in a panic, "Fusang almost lost his soul for me, and it was all arranged by my grandfather!?"
Mother shook her head, "It's not that the soul is scattered, it's that it's the six realms of reincarnation. She has an immortal background, and she can still become an immortal in the next life."
"But when she crossed the catastrophe a hundred years ago, if it weren't for your grandfather, she would have been completely gone."
"So I saved you to pay off my debts."
Mother's words made the sky fall.
At this moment, I can probably understand why Fuso always supports me and Murphy......
But I still didn't want to believe it, and said with the last expectation, "Mom, since Fusang has been with me, he has always been a hundred times gentle, and everything is considered for me."
"Even if we are together, grandpa arranged it, she should really love me."
The mother snorted and laughed, "Silly child, how can it be. That's Fuso."
I was furious, "What's wrong with Fuso!?"
Seeing that I was angry, my mother's voice became softer, and she explained, "The Fusang tree, the sacred tree of ancient legends."
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas. Overseas East Longitude" contains: "There is Fusang in the Tang Valley, bathed in ten days, in the north of the black tooth."
"Child, Fuso has lived for thousands of years, and is a tree spirit."
"A hundred years ago, she made a contract with your grandfather to protect the descendants of the Zhuge family."
"Her affection for you is more about care and obedience. Even if there is love, it is only love."
"Morning fungi don't know obscurity, cockroaches don't know spring and autumn, you have never been the same type."
"To her, your life is nothing more than a firework that blooms in an instant."
"Kid, you can appreciate fireworks, but will you love them?"