Chapter 31: The Ritual of the Old Nobles of Yuezhou

"Have we added a lot of manpower to the Cave Sky Project recently?" Lu Yuansheng typed his question into the black window.

"After the theft of confidential documents, some additional positions have indeed been assigned, and these areas are mainly universities, scientific research institutes, and densely populated areas, a total of 15."

"Did you send someone else before?"

"This is an information ...... above grade A"

After a while, the other party replied: "At the beginning, we only sent four bamboo teams to participate in the cooperation, three A and one B, which is most of our garrison force in the Red Capital, but for them, it is basically just a change of place to live, and it does not affect other duties." ”

"Is there any specific information and where?"

After a while, this A+-level confidential information was displayed as if it didn't need money:

"A-Class Squad, Hive, Captain: Queen Bee..... Location: Yongsan ......"

"A-Class Squad, Three Musketeers, Captain: Scouts...... Location: Rocket Battalion ......"

"A-Class Squad, Zoo, Captain: Buffalo...... Location: National Council ......"

"B-Class Single Squad, Light, Captain: Morning Light...... Location: ...... National Avenue

Lu Yuansheng of these four teams also knows something, and the hive is the top position team; The three musketeers are veterans who have always been teammates and have worked together for many years; There are a lot of people in the zoo, and the captain gives the impression of being steady (in every sense); The remaining B-rank solo squad is the only solo squad in the bamboo group, but this team is actually a pity. In addition to the captain Chenguang, there were originally three team members, but unfortunately none of the three team members survived because of the mission, only Captain Chenguang survived by virtue of his outstanding personal strength, and then Chenguang also refused to replenish the team members, and maintained the team by himself, and the team was also downgraded from A-level to B-level.

Their strength is undoubted, and the location where they stop is also the most important, and Lu Yuansheng believes that there is basically no major mistake in these places.

"Is there a specific distribution map of the Cave Sky Project?" He then asked.

The picture shifts to a map of the Red Capital, on which more than 20 bright spots are lit.

"Only the part we are responsible for has specific map information, but no other information."

Lu Yuansheng moved the map and zoomed it in, roughly drawing a circle, including all the bright spots, and most of the Red Capital was included at the same time.

"This cave plan is really terrifying, can the foundation hold up?" He thought to himself.

"When did you first come up with this plan?" Lu Yuansheng then asked.

"I speculate that after the Fourth World War, anyway, it is longer than the history of the Countermeasures Bureau, and after my database was established, there were intermittent records of relevant mission information, and we really sent people to station it five years ago."

"Do you know what period the stolen information is?"

"I don't know."

Lu Yuansheng scratched his head and thought in his heart: "Why didn't something happen sooner." ”

So, he put his thoughts in: "Either someone sneaked in to steal secrets through the facilities that were just repaired this year, taking advantage of the weak defensive strength, or the people above made their own mistakes or simply gave it themselves, or I can't understand, so many years of planning have been kept secret, why something happened recently, I have checked the security system of my area, except for some special humans who may enter through abnormal passages, ordinary people can't get in." ”

At this time, the black dialogue window has a blue font: "I know that their confidential documents are usually stored in an absolutely safe place, and they can only be opened after three parties verify at the same time." ”

"The original documents related to this project also have special storage regulations after they are taken out, and several important areas that have been built at the beginning do have their own part of the data and information, but they are also carefully protected. And the stolen materials do not belong to the four areas where we are stationed. ”

"Are you saying there are other areas of focus? And deliberately hide it from us? Lu Yuansheng entered.

"I don't know, and I don't want to ask, you can check it yourself." The blue font is said and there is no follow-up.

"Uncle Li, this guy talks halfway every time, for fear of getting into trouble?" Lu Yuansheng muttered in his heart. "Then it shouldn't be that the information in the hands of a big man was lost, otherwise someone would have been investigated a long time ago, and it is impossible for Uncle Li not to know about this kind of big thing, and he will not not say it."

Now he determined the direction of the follow-up investigation and found the hiding place of the leaked information.

In the end, watching the conversation record being destroyed, Lu Yuansheng stretched, got up and walked towards the bed, and fell down again, his last thought was: "School is about to start, and tomorrow it's time to prepare the things you need to go to school." ”

Dongzhou further east, across the broad East China Sea, is separated by a shallow strait of the island and the moon continent, the moon continent is shaped like a round of crescent moon, obliquely supporting the nearly round of the continent, if not counting some uninhabited islands in the Qiandao continent, or the reef, then the time zone division, here is the first place to usher in the sunrise.

Monday, 6 a.m. sharp.

For most people, even if it's the first day of work, it's probably not time to wake up yet.

However, in a closed classical courtyard of the Far East, busyness has already begun. The morning bell echoed in the misty forest, and the servants in the courtyard were in good order, preparing for the weekly ritual morning meeting.

In the main hall in the center of the courtyard, all kinds of fortifications have been prepared, and the old priest in a gorgeous sacrificial robe sits in front of a large statue with a slender fox face and mutters scriptures. In the center of the statue's forehead, a pattern of a crimson sun and a blue crescent moon is inscribed, a long knife is pinned to his side, and a mirror surrounded by flame patterns is held in his hand.

On either side stood a pair of young men and women who were also wearing sacrificial robes, but they wore the mask of half a little fox and could not show their full faces.

"Lord Tianhu Palace, good morning." A woman dressed in a pale blue traditional Far Eastern aristocratic skirt walked in from the gate, her long skirt swaying to the floor, but leaving no trace on the mirror-like ground.

Aside from the attendants behind who did not dare to look up, the closest to her was a young girl with a veil on her face, and her clothes were a simple modification of traditional clothing, taking into account the beauty of style and the flexibility of movement. She still respectfully held a long knife nearly a person tall in her arms, and each hand was on a third of the long knife, and although the scabbard looked ancient, the patterns and ornaments on it showed its preciousness.

The priest sitting upright ignored the other and continued to mumble the scriptures.

However, the masked girl standing beside him moved, she turned around, and bowed to the woman first, before stretching out her left hand and saying, "Lord Moon Shadow, please come here." ”

The masked girl leads to the right side of the hall, but only a few thin futons.

The woman surnamed Moon Shadow stepped forward and sat down again, her long skirt scattered behind her like a flower, and her attendant standing behind her.

It didn't take long for a procession of magnificently dressed men to reach the hall, and as they arrived, another bell rang in the courtyard.

The leader was a teenager in his teens, the robe on his body was actually not completely fitted, and he looked slightly bloated, and behind him, in addition to the servants, there were several older people, but they all held their heads high and their chests high, revealing some pride.

The young man came in and walked to the middle of the hall, ignoring the guidance of the masked boy at first, but first bowed to the back of the priest, and then turned to the makeup woman sitting on the side to bow in the same way, and then said, "Master priest, Sister Sakurako, I'm a little late." ”

"No, I came early today." Sakurako nodded in return.

"Lord Sunyo, please come over here." The masked boy led again.

The young man also skillfully sat down in his place, and when this was done, the priest at the front stopped muttering the sutra and slowly got up with the support of the masked man and woman.

I saw him shouting loudly in an old voice: "Heavenly Fox Protection!" ”

The hall also shouted: "Sky Fox Protection!" ”

"Sun-moon-show-shape—" the priest then shouted, stretching out the epida.

"Sun-Moon-Show-Shape—" The hall responded.

The masked boy held a tray with two bunches of poplar branches, and the masked girl held a shallow basin of clear water.

The priest recited a long string of scriptures, bowed forward from time to time, and finally held a jade string made of branches, stained with water, and sprinkled lightly on the heads of the men and women sitting on either side as a blessing.

When Moon Shadow Sakurako was on his side, he also turned to the girl holding the long knife, sprinkled the clear water on the long knife in front of the girl, and bowed slightly, and the girl also hurriedly squatted slightly, but at the same time kept the position and height of the long knife roughly unchanged.

At the end of the series of ceremonies, the priest finally bowed forward, turned to face the crowd, and said emotionlessly, "The ritual is over." ”

Afterwards, the priest walked to the side hall with two masked boys, leaving behind the people in the main hall.

The people in the main hall did not move, and they were relatively silent for a long time, before the young man surnamed Riyao took the initiative to speak: "Sister Sakura, why did you think of bringing the artifact 'First Quarter Moon' over today?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I thought that the first quarter moon hadn't come to receive a gift for a while, and I'm afraid that Lord Tianhu would miss it." Sakurako replied lightly.

"Yes, I guess Lord Tianhu will be very happy." The boy answered.

"It would be happier if Lord Tianhu could see the 'Sun Flame Mirror' at the same time, don't you say, Brother Minghong." Sakurako said slowly.

"Ah...... This one...... This ......" The young man was a little flustered, his eyes rolled, and he couldn't help but aim at an old man behind him.

Seeing this, the old man pulled his throat and said, "The Sun Flame Mirror will naturally be presented to Lord Tianhu at the right time. ”

"What are you interjecting when two adults are talking? Or is it the turn of the Solar family to call the shots, Kinoshita? The veiled girl beside Sakurako shouted.

"You!" An old man named Kinoshitano is angry.

"Huang." Sakurako said scoldly, and the girl next to her answered yes, and then lowered her head slightly, but pushed the sword in her hand forward a little more, and this action was seen by the people on the opposite side.

Ming Hong stretched out his hand to stop Kinoshita, who still wanted to speak, and then said with a smile: "Sister Sakurako, Uncle Kinoshita just helped me organize the language." In the future, the Sun Yan Mirror will also come together to worship Lord Tianhu. ”

"Later? How long will that be? I'll calculate, you came to our Moon Clan on behalf of the Solar Clan, and it seems that there will be a ...... soon" Sakurako closed her beautiful eyes, as if she was calculating.

"It's been nine months and eight days." Huang next to him whispered.

"Well, it's been more than nine months, and at first you said that you were going to serve Lord Tianhu, but what are you doing these days?" Sakurako asked in a cold voice

"What did we do? Isn't it always the same, come here every week for the sacrifice, and then talk to Sister Sakurako about some family matters, and then learn from the Lord of the Heavenly Fox Palace. Ming Hong replied puzzled.

"Oh? Is it? Huang, read a few names? ”

"Noda Arashi, Doomon Thirteen, Anjo Taro, Kokoji Taki, Usami Aiko......" Huang read one by one.

"Do you need to continue?" Sakurako asked, looking at Akihiro's slightly pale face on the other side.

Ryū Akihiro didn't think of anything to say for a while, and Kinoshitano on the side replied for him again: "The young master will always have some of his own interactions, is there any problem......

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure galloped across from him, and before he could react, he noticed a long knife with a scabbard attached to it, right in front of his throat.

This figure is Huang, I saw her holding the scabbard with one hand, holding the handle of the knife with the other, and holding a steady lunge, although she was far shorter than the other party, but the momentum that came in an instant calmed the people on the opposite side.

"Didn't you say that you shouldn't just interject in the conversation between the two adults?" Huang said coldly.

Kinoshitano was in a cold sweat behind him, but he was also trying to calm down and didn't do anything to disgrace his identity.

"Huang, come back." Sakurako whispered again.

Huang left a fierce look at the other party, then put away the artifact in his hand, turned around and slowly returned to his master.

Sakurako...... Sister, the artifact is not good to use like this......" Minghong finally held back a sentence.

"Huang is more anxious, it's wrong for us. However, this first quarter moon has been repaired many times, especially after adding Yaojing, it is also sharper and more durable. Sakurako replied slowly.

"So, Sister Sakurako, what does the Moon Shadow mean?" Minghong asked tentatively.

"First of all, you've been serving Lord Skyfox here long enough, shouldn't you go home and have a look? Although the Lord of the Heavenly Fox Palace is now settled in Yuezhou, Rizhou also has its own Heavenly Fox Shrine, right? ”

"This ......"

"Secondly, these friends of yours, you can say goodbye to them."

As Sakurako finished speaking, one of the outermost maids walked out and clapped her hands vigorously. Soon, a group of armored squires swarmed in from outside, placing several trays on the ground, and on each of them lay fresh heads, some of which were still bloody.

Minghong's face was pale, and he almost wanted to retch, but he finally barely held back, but he couldn't speak for a long time. The old men behind him were still standing, but they were also a little trembling, but the servants stood up without fear and stood in front of the armored attendants.