Chapter 54: Convergence (2)
The dim yellow and hazy candlelight illuminates the dilapidated roof, and the small space is filled with a fishy sweet smell unique to men and women after love, feeling the carcass full of vitality and temptation around him, Liu Hongde has an extremely unreal feeling, as if he is in a dream.
Of course, it's an incomparable dream. In the past sixty years of his life, he never even dreamed that there would be such an adventure, he was so busy with cultivation and many sect affairs, he did not marry like many other Zhengyi Taoist priests, and he had almost forgotten the joy and meaning of being a man, and this experience just made him experience the most wonderful taste in the world.
The occurrence of a qiē seems to be so natural. The woman was injured and poisoned, and the demon corpse puppet generally had a sinister toxin that was enough to turn people into zombies, so he could only find a place to pull out the poison for her and heal her injuries, but out of a subtle state of mind, he did not take the woman back to the inn, but found a family on the edge of the town and rented a hut with silver.
The next thing is to undress and cure the poison, the woman's crying and gratitude, confide in each other, and repay each other. If it had been placed before, of course Liu Hongde would not have come to this point, but this was just the time when he was so desperate that he gave up on himself, so a qiē happened.
The woman's name is Cheng Shui'er, and she is the concubine of the head of a small family in the northeast of Jingzhou. The head of the family has been critically ill recently, and before he died, the people in the family have begun to fight for the position of heir and the distribution of property. But because of her beauty and ability, she was quite loved by the head of the family, so she naturally became the target of elimination early, and the eldest woman and several sons secretly invited a killer to assassinate her. She also noticed it, and hurriedly packed up her things and ran away. The killer was a master of cultivating the Demon Gate Ghoul Dao, and he almost didn't have to come forward himself, just sent a few corpse puppets to chase her and drove her to a dead end, if she hadn't happened to meet Liu Hongde here, I am afraid that she would have become carrion in the belly of the corpse puppet.
That small family Liu Hongde also knew that he was the spokesperson of the vassal who was in charge of a series of businesses and interests in Jingbei for them under the Confucian Li family. It can also be regarded as a strong party in Jingbei. This kind of scene of fighting for the inheritance is also a must-have repertoire in almost all family sects, and it is no longer normal, but what happened to Cheng Shui'er, a woman, made Liu Hongde angry in his heart, and resonated with the same fallen people at the end of the world. Especially Cheng Shui'er cried and confided that I had worked hard in their family for more than ten years, and I knew that I was from a humble background and a lonely family, so I did my best more, and how many things I had done for their family, and how many grievances I had suffered, thinking that they would still miss my good. How do you know that it is still the same as seeing people as things. When it's useful, it's used, and when it's useless, it's kicked away, and it's smashed to pieces. These words are smashing on Liu Hongde's heart, and the crying woman in front of him can't say how pitiful and cute she is, as if she is crying in his heart, completely defeating the deepest defense line in his heart.
The woman's youthful and fiery body is full of vitality and vitality, and it seems to be full of the most primitive and fundamental mysteries in life, Liu Hongde feels that his heart that was still dead and desperate not long ago has been filled again, although the body is still very tired, but the spirit is an incomparably solid and powerful.
The woman sat up. Slowly took the clothes next to the bed and began to put them on slowly, and under the hazy candlelight, the white carcass seemed to be carved from white jade. All have the charm of a mature woman and are full of youthful vitality, which makes Liu Hongde a little dazzled.
"Gu" Liu Hongde spoke, but he was a little embarrassed, he really didn't know how to call it, and he didn't know how to locate the identity and relationship between the two. "What are your plans? But how do you deal with the people who are chasing and killing you? But you want me to get rid of the killer who cultivates the Demon Dao and Demon Method? ”
Cheng Shui'er shook her head: "I'm afraid I can't find that person." People who practice this kind of magic skill are very careful, and once they can't make a move, they won't come back again. The concubine was injured in his hands, and he let two such powerful monsters chase and kill but there was no response, he would definitely think that the concubine had some powerful help, and he turned his head and didn't know where to go. The people of the Zhang family only paid for him once, even if they asked them, they would definitely not admit that they had anything to do with this kind of person. Cheng Shui'er, who had put on her clothes, turned to Liu Hongde again, and said sadly: "Thank you for the life-saving grace of your predecessors, the concubine has nothing to repay, and she can only repay her predecessors with this body." I am also grateful to my predecessors for giving the concubine a temporary place of comfort when she is lonely, but the concubine no longer dares to bother the seniors to worry about the concubine. Moreover, that Zhang's family is powerful, and the Li family behind it is one of the most powerful families in the world, how dare the concubine let the seniors get involved in such trouble again?"
"Then what do you plan to do in the future?"
"The concubine will find a place to recuperate from her injuries, and then turn back. The concubine knows all the big and small things of his Zhang family, and the concubine will find a way to take what she deserves from them, and then find a place to live in seclusion from now on. The concubine knew that it was just a small ant compared to their Zhang family, and it would be very dangerous, but the concubine still had to do it. It's not for revenge, it's just to ask for justice for yourself and get back what you deserve. ”
Cheng Shui'er's beautiful and sad face showed a kind of resoluteness, which was mixed with her already weak and sad appearance, which made people can't help but want to take her into their arms and pity her. Liu Hongde felt as if something in his heart had been touched.
"Wait. Liu Hongde turned over and sat up, groaned slightly and then sighed. "Since you and I have such a fate, how can I bear to see you go on an adventure alone? ”
"Until then, you'll recuperate here for a while while I come back. I'm going to go somewhere first and find what I deserve. Liu Hongde put on his clothes and smiled faintly at Cheng Shui'er. "Don't worry, when I get what I deserve, I won't let you be left alone and displaced. ”
Liu Hongde left quickly, looking confident when he left. It's fulfilling, like a teenager who is about to create his own bright future. Cheng Shui'er sat alone on the bed in the hut and saw him off with a look of confusion and a hint of expectation.
After Liu Hongde left. For a moment there was complete silence in the dimly lit hut.
"How does it feel?" In a slightly eerie silence, a thin strange voice suddenly floated out.
Cheng Shui'er on the bed was not a little surprised by this inexplicable voice, as if she had known it for a long time, and her current face had long since lost the poignant and touching that Liu Hongde had seen, but was just a cold indifference, and replied coldly and casually: "What's the matter?"
"How does this old Taoist taste like? I have practiced Xuanmen Kung Fu for forty or fifty years, and I have never touched a woman. Hee hee all this time."
"Not much. Since I still have to rely on him to do things, how can I absorb his skills and Yuanyang? Moreover, this is just a superficial method for getting started in the Bliss Sutra, and I don't need it now. ”
"Ahh I'm not asking about that. I'm asking you how you feel? The old Taoist priest's sixty-year-old body, when you are a young man, and you don't know how many young men can be fascinated by the delicate skin and body of the young man, what do you think? Do you want to vomit? Or are you still enjoying it? Or are you proud? When the old man puts saliva into your mouth. How do you feel?"
The voice was high-pitched, thin, and soft. It fluttered in the air like an invisible thread, with a self-satisfied madness. Cheng Shui'er's brows furrowed, and she glanced at the corner of the wall not far away: "Why do you always have to ask so disgusting?"
There was no one in the corner, only a rattan box sitting quietly there. It was in Cheng Shui'er's hand when she ran away before, and after she was injured and unconscious, Liu Hongde brought her and the rattan box together, and he didn't think to see what was in the box at all, but subconsciously put it in the farthest corner.
The voice in the rattan box sounded again: "What's disgusting? Didn't you just do that?" I just asked, I just wanted to know. Just curious to know hee hee hee."
"You'd better tell me it's useful. Cheng Shui'er didn't show any disgust. If someone else asked, she would feel sick or angry. But since she saw the true face of this box, she no longer had the strength and interest to arouse any affection for this companion. "Are you sure this will be useful? Zhang Yuhong is known as a genius who only comes out in a hundred years of the Heavenly Master Sect, and when he was outside the capital, just a spell shattered the heads of dozens of shamans in the Xidi Department of thousands of troops, and even Lord Wuji said that this person is extremely difficult to deal with, and we instructed this old Taoist to help us do things, will it really not be discovered?"
"Hee hee, that's the Heavenly Master Sect is just the right way to restrain the Shamanic Witch Law attributes of Xidi, and he borrowed the evil spirit in the military array at that time and the heroic righteousness of the Confucian Wenchen generals to do it, the Heavenly Master Sect is originally good at relying on the power of other people's hearts and beliefs, can you really compare his own cultivation with dozens of shamans? As for your Nangong Lord's chatter, of course he will be scruples. But don't worry, if you rely on your Bliss Sutra alone or the ghost heart mantra of this seat, then you really can't hide it, but if the two laws are one, there will be no problem if you have mental calculations and no intention. No matter how high Zhang Yuhong's cultivation is, it is only so high that the top of the Heavenly Master's Orthodox Teachings is only that way."
The voice in the rattan box sounded like a feeling of self-satisfaction and foaming at the mouth, Cheng Shui'er's face still didn't have any relaxed expression, her eyebrows were still slightly furrowed, and there was a thick worry in her voice: "But is it too late? Those two spirit dogs were killed, then our whereabouts must have been exposed, if Lord Wuji rushed over"
"Since the two spirit dogs have chased them around, it means that some dogs have already discovered our whereabouts, and it makes no difference if it is a little later or earlier. We can follow along, or we can save my friend from wasting his time. The voice in the rattan box was still unhurried. "By the way, I found something interesting in this old thought. Zhang Yuanling's son of the old fox is also there, it seems that there is still some monk in the Pure Land Zen Temple, it seems that it will be very interesting, it will be very interesting, he, the old way is so heavy, and it is not in vain that this seat is incomparable, and he was discovered from miles away, and I knew at that time that he must be an extremely fun and manufacturable material, twitter-hee-hee"
The sound of the rattan box echoed through the ruined house, as if a mad rat was laughing and gnawing on wood. Even Cheng Shui'er on the bed couldn't help frowning and covering her ears.
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"Lord Wuji, the Dog Guard Armor Department D has reported that he has two spirit dogs that have suddenly disappeared. But at the rate at which they disappear at the same time. It seems that he accidentally ran into a Taoist priest of the Heavenly Master Sect while lurking, and the target temporarily does not have the ability to completely destroy the two spirit dogs at the same time. The specific situation is being checked out in person. ”
In a secret stronghold on the border of Jingzhou, Nangong Wuji was listening to the reports of his subordinates with a gloomy face. The report was a burly giant, even if he was half-kneeling on the ground, he was almost taller than the upright Nangong Wuji. But in the face of this Nangong Wuji, a short commander, he is more docile than the most obedient cat and dog.
"Now it is certain that the target has indeed infiltrated Jingzhou, but after entering Jingzhou, it seems that he has suddenly become more cautious. Although they can follow the trail, they will always be one step late. A few days ago, it was discovered that the target seemed to be approaching Jingnan, but Jingnan was the territory of the Heavenly Master Sect. The Taoist priests of the Heavenly Master Sect are frequent, and the scattered spirit dogs and ghost bees are very easy to find, so we can only divide the manpower to follow them, but Yongzhou and Xidi are frequently moved, and we are short of manpower."
"Needless to say. Except for the Sidi Department. The Yongzhou Department and the capital headquarters are not moving, and all the other mobile manpower that can be mobilized have been transferred, and the priority of this task is the highest for the time being. ”
"Yes. The giant man got up first, hesitated for a moment before saying, "If it is the highest priority task, can you go to the Pure Land Zen Monastery Master Huiguang? With our current relationship with the Pure Land Monastery, it should be enough to ask him to help us one more time. ”
"No, I can't. Nangong Wuji shook his head. "Modify it. This highest priority can only be accomplished by a fully controllable force from within, not by the hands of others. Especially the forces related to the Pure Land Zen Temple and the Kunlun sect, it is strictly forbidden to leak secrets. ”
"Yes. The giant man bowed and withdrew.
Nangong Wuji began to pace slowly in the room with his hands behind his back, and the gloom on his face did not diminish by half a minute. He is not surprised by the slow progress of his subordinates' tracking, the goal of the tracking is not simple, one of them is a powerful subordinate he has cultivated vigorously, and he is very clear about the means of the shadow guard, and the other is too weird, it is polite to say that he is a madman, but he is still a madman with extraordinary means, and it is not so easy to catch up with the two of them.
But he must catch up, this matter is too important to him, not only will it have a lot to do with his future arrangements and plans, but also a regret that he has hidden in his heart for decades.
"What the hell do you want to do?" Nangong Wuji muttered to himself. He was almost certain that the mastermind of the affair was not his subordinate. "Why do you want to go that way, do you want to go to Yunzhou Shenmu Forest to find those old wooden ghosts to help? Or do you want to go to Longhu Mountain to find Zhang Yuanling? What can you take out in exchange for their shots? Or do you want to make a detour back to Kunlun?"
After pacing for a while, Nangong Wuji suddenly stood up and raised his voice: "Call the head of the bat guard of the Jingzhou Department to come and see me." ”
No one answered, but soon a thin middle-aged man came to Nangong Wuji and knelt down on one knee: "The head of the Jingzhou Ministry of Bat Guards has seen Lord Wuji. ”
Nangong Wuji asked in a deep voice: "What is the situation in Jingzhou recently? ”
"Yes. The head of the Bat Guard department replied immediately. "First of all, there is something big going on within the Heavenly Master Sect. On the eighteenth of last month, Zhang Tianshi, who originally went to Yinshan to appease the sect, suddenly hurried back with the thunder escape method, and a day later, Zhang Yuhong, who was originally ordered by Zhang Tianshi to go to the Shenmu Forest in Yunzhou, also flew back with his sword. ”
"Oh?" Nangong Wuji was slightly surprised. "What's the matter?"
"The exact circumstances are not yet known. Longhu Mountain has a dragon and tiger large array to protect the mountain, and outsiders can't enter, and the core people are all people from the Zhang family, so we can't directly install people. The matter seemed to be kept secret, and only a few central deacons and elders were involved. Now I am inquiring about the situation through the way of the disciples with foreign surnames, and there should be results soon. After a pause, the director of the bat guard continued: "What is related to this is that after Zhang Yuhong came back, he hurriedly went down the mountain, and two days later he made a move with people in Wuxi County, not far from Longhu Mountain, and it was quite loud. Zhang Yuhong used the Imperial God Ziyang Sword to penetrate the ground and fight with people, and all the statues of Heavenly Master Daoist in Wuxi County were blown up, and many pilgrims fainted. ”
"This is because the use of the Divine Law exceeds the limit. Nangong Wuji couldn't help but be moved. "Who is Zhang Yuhong fighting with? In the fundamental place of the Heavenly Master Sect, he has borrowed too much power from the Zhengyi Divine Method, who has such ability?"
Zhang Yuhong later arrested three people from the underground water canal, claiming to be the remnants of the Demon Sect, and had been lurking in Wuxi County to sacrifice human lives to refine evil laws. But according to our investigation, it is actually the ten-way monk of the Pure Land Zen Temple, and the target of this year's Yichou mission, the Maoshan Sect Qingfeng Dao and the Pure Land Zen Monastery Mingyue. ”
"Impossible, these three people together are far from Zhang Yuhong's opponents. Zhang Yuhong dealt with other people, and these three people were only affected at most. ”
"But as far as we know, there are no people from the Demon Sect in Jingnan, and the Yongzhou General's Mansion has not sent any people to Jingzhou recently. However, it is true that some people in Wuxi County have disappeared inexplicably. In the end, we didn't find any suspicious people. ”
Frowning and pondering for a while, Nangong Wuji asked, "Where is that Zhang Yuhong now, what are you doing?"
"Zhang Yuhong is now in Hongjing County, north of Jingzhou, and he just killed a thousand-year-old snake demon not long ago. It is said that the thousand-year-old snake demon transformed into a human form and deceived people everywhere in the name of collecting disciples. In the past half month, various high-ranking people with unknown whereabouts have continued to appear in various parts of Jingzhou, and people have indeed continued to disappear. It's just that the thousand-year-old demon will never appear in a place like Jingbei for no reason, but the body of the snake demon is placed in Hongjing County for people to visit, according to our people who have seen the corpse of the snake demon, it is determined that the snake demon is indeed a great demon with a thousand years of cultivation, but there is no ability to transform into a human form. The monk of Shifang and the other three have also been following Zhang Yuhong, and it seems that they have also helped him subdue the demon. ”
"It's a little weird. There was a glint in Nangong Wuji's eyes. "Bring all the information on the matter. ”
"Yes. After only a few breaths of retreat, the head of the bat guard reappeared in the secret room, and sent an extra stack of silk paper written in small characters in his hand to Nangong Wuji.
Taking the silk paper, Nangong Wuji's gaze quickly swept over it, and the light in his eyes became more and more intense, and when he finished reading the last line, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
"I see. Sure enough, it's crazy, I actually want to use this method, and I really can't look at you from the perspective of a 'human' anymore, no, I've been wrong, you're not you" Nangong Wuji muttered to himself in a dull and slow voice, as if every word weighed more than a thousand pounds. In his hand, the fine and soft silk paper was slowly turning into fine dust like incense ash.
"Prepare two fast horses, prepare two trap eagles, and then call Luo San to come over, and he and I will rush to Hongjing City immediately." When he opened his eyes again, the light in Nangong Wuji's eyes had fallen silent, replaced by something else that was heavy and condensed. "Go and inform the dog guard, everyone from the Tiger Guard is coming to Hongjing City quickly. ”
"But even if you replace the best smart wood in the headquarters, the flight distance of the Trap Eagle is less than 100 miles, and it will take hundreds of miles to rush to Hongjing City, and the headquarters only has one Trap Eagle."
"Execute the command. "Nangong Wuji only has four simple words. (To be continued......)