Han Zhan, who was in the dark, put down his feet on Qi Tai's bookcase, and said lazily: "I don't want to take out your thirty Wen and one jar of sour wine, it's better to stay in the kitchen to cook or water the flowers for the gardener." When I came, I brought a jar of wine from Huiquanfang, and I drank this if I wanted to. As he spoke, he put a jar of wine in front of Qi Tai, and when he reached two bowls, he made a bowl first, wiped the corners of his mouth, and praised: "Good wine!" Then he asked contentedly: "Didn't you come to me in the East Palace to drink a bar?"

Qi Tai did not immediately answer Han Zhan's question, but poured Han Zhan down and drank the wine in one go, and then filled the two bowls, and then said: "We often talk about one word in Confucianism - loyalty, how do you understand it?"

"That's not simple, loyal to the emperor and loyal to the court!"

"Okay, then now that the emperor wants you to kill me, what will you do?" Qi Tai asked rhetorically.

Han Zhan looked at Qi Tai carefully for a long time before he said, "You won't do anything, will you?" Test my tone in advance? I will definitely think of ways to save you." ”

"Therefore, you are not loyal to the emperor and the court, you are loyal to your friends, and your loyalty is your righteousness. In fact, there are two kinds of people who are loyal to the court, one is sincere, and the other is actually just for themselves, to put it bluntly, they are only loyal to themselves. Qi Tai's tirade Han Zhan listened to it in a fog, and only said after a while: "If you want to ask, just say it, don't fucking beat around the corner!"

Qi Tai smiled: "Is Liu Jiaqi not dead?"

"Yes!"

"Why didn't you report me?"

"I'm afraid that if you report this to the emperor, you will cheat the princess and your friends. ”

Qi Tai handed the wine bowl to Han Zhan and said, "Since you are loyal to me, you should trust me." To tell you the truth, I am loyal to the future emperor Zhu Yunwen, not the current emperor, although there seems to be no difference between the two at the moment. It's just that Zhu Yunwen is neither assertive nor cowardly, but that's exactly what needs my help. I denounce the princess, and it is not good for him. Besides, Shen Chaixing and Chen Tianding are the characters I want to fight for. ”

"I can not only use Chen Tianding to contain the King of Xiang, but also use him to contain Wulin Baidao. Today's Bai Dao has been controlled by the Loyalty Alliance, and the boss of the Loyalty Alliance is the Divine Sword Gate. ”

Han Zhan asked puzzledly, "Isn't the Divine Sword Gate the emperor's person?"

"Yes, but the Divine Sword Sect is not the prince's person, not our person. The most important thing in employing people is that you can only use people who are loyal to you or some common ideals, and the last thing you can use is the kind of people who are only loyal to yourself. ”

Han Zhan nodded and said, "Well, I've gained a lot of knowledge!" What type of person is Shen Chaxing?"

"He's the kind of guy who is loyal to his feelings and ideals, so I want you to win him over and use him for us. This person will have a lot of influence in the future, whether it is in the martial arts or the imperial court, that is a later story, but there is a matter in front of him to be investigated and solved by his hand. ”

Han Zhan said: "Lord Qi, you have a lot of talents, do you still need to find an outsider to help you?"

Qi Tai explained, "Do you remember the half-dead widow you brought back from the beach last time?"

"You mean the one named Yokono?"

"Yes, that's him. Before he died, he confessed a plan he had overheard, the Cuckoo Bird Project. This plan has been implemented for many years, and Japan has installed many people at all levels of our Ming Dynasty, in the market, in the martial arts, and especially in the officialdom. So our people can't check it, because I don't have many people who can be trusted, and even if there is, for example, let you check it, as long as you mobilize official resources, the other party will know. These spies planted by the other party have infiltrated our country since childhood, so they cannot be traced. ”

Han Zhan nodded and said, "That's the truth, but I can't find him, and I can't go to Dongting to help ask Chen Tianding, right?" ”

"You don't have to look for him, he will look for you!"

Han Zhan said: "Will the plan be released?"

"Blue Moon! Because Blue Moon is still in prison. ”

"Is there a relationship between these two people who are not related to each other?"

"It's related, and it's deep. The last time he attempted to rob the prison and killed countless disciples of the Divine Sword Sect and Yu Linwei with a Longyuan sword, it was Shen Chaixing. ”

After hearing this, Han Zhan opened his mouth wide and didn't close it for a long time: "Lord Qi, you don't report such important information to the emperor, you have committed the crime of bullying the king, and you will bring disaster to the whole house!"

Qi Tai patiently enlightened Han Zhan: "That's why I redefined the word 'loyalty', but the mechanical report does not consider the consequences, which is 'foolish loyalty', harming others and oneself, and it is the most undesirable." ”

"Then Lord Qi, your current behavior is 'Zhizhong'?"

Qi Tai waved his hand: "It's far away, back to the topic." Shen Chaixing will definitely ask the princess through you to inquire about how the imperial court will deal with Blue Moon. In front of him, he definitely has no choice, but once he leaves, it will be different, with his martial arts and connections, he may be able to succeed. ”

"But once Blue Moon is rescued, the emperor will definitely investigate it strictly, and then it will be another bloody storm. ”

Qi Tai sneered: "As far as I know, Lan Yue is just a living dead man now, and the emperor won't care if he is rescued." It's just that you don't need to tell Shen Chaixing about this, of course, you tell him that he will still save it. ”

"What should I do then?"

"I'll find a way to get some news in the near future and let you know when I do. You can help him in due time in exchange for his trust so that I can use him. ”

Dongting Lake, Junshan Island. Late at night.

Shen Chaixing, who couldn't sleep at night, stood by the lake and looked up at the starry sky for a long time. Hearing the rustling footsteps behind him, Shen Chaixing didn't need to look back to hear that it was Linglong'er.

"Today is the day of great joy for your good friend and the young gang leader of the Dongting Gang, why are you not in a high mood?" asked Linglong'er slowly.

"Look, the brightest one is the North Star, and the spoon-shaped star not far away is the Big Dipper. I didn't move anything, it was Blue Moon who taught me a lot, and it was he who gave me hope in life again. The more joyful I am now, the more I think of him. Am I an anachronism?"

"No, you are a friend and ?????? to cherish for the rest of your life Love!" The last two words are like mosquitoes and flies, almost inaudible.

Shen Chaixing seemed to be slightly shocked, and only said after a while: "It's not a way to always wait for news here, why don't we go to Jingshi and wait, anyway, we still have a house in Beijing." ”

"Okay, listen to you. Linglonger responded.

"On the occasion of Brother Tianding's wedding, it is not appropriate to alarm him, why don't we go out quietly tonight?"

Linglong'er smiled, put her burden in both hands and said, "Yes." I've packed everything up, just waiting for your words!"

Shen Chaixing was moved and said, "It's really a blessing to have a caring friend like you!"

Linglong'er had a bitter expression on her face when she heard this.

The two found the gang guarding the island and sent them to the shore in a small boat, while Linglong'er took out the letter she had prepared and ordered it to be handed over to Chen Tianding. Shen Chaixing saw that Linglong'er was so careful and considerate, and the arrangements were appropriate, and he didn't feel broken.

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the weather is neither hot nor cold, this night moon star Xi, Shen Chasing Star holding torches, walking on the mountain path, the two of them talk and laugh, but also in a happy mood. This trail used to be walked once during the day, and it is estimated that you can walk on the main road at dawn, and there is a mule and horse inn on the official road not far away, which can not only rest, but also buy horses for transportation.

After walking a little further, the two of them had entered the mountainous area, when the originally bright starry sky suddenly covered with dark clouds, and suddenly it was dark, and the night was deep. After walking a little further, there was a heavy fog in front of me, and although I had a torch in my hand, I couldn't see far. At that moment, the sound of rattling bells was heard from the depths of the fog in the distance. Linglong'er was very curious, and when Shen Chaixing heard this, he hurriedly dragged Linglong'er aside and told her not to make a sound, if she was afraid, it was best to close her eyes.

Linglong'er was very curious, how could she close her eyes, and even more wide-eyed to watch.

I saw a person walking in front of him in the fog, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he saw a pair of straw sandals on his feet, a green cloth robe on his body, a black belt around his waist, a green cloth hat on his head, a gong in his hand, and a bag of talismans hidden in his waist bag. He holds a small gong in his left hand and a soul bell in his right hand. It was the most peculiar thing to follow a group of people behind him, about every seven or eight feet tied with a straw rope, his hands stretched out straight forward motionlessly, each wearing a high blanket hat on his head, and a few pieces of yellow paper with calligraphy on his forehead hanging down his face, the most peculiar thing was the way these people walked, their legs and feet were straight, jumping up and down, but not making a sound.

This kind of scene was unheard of by Linglong'er, but seeing that this group of people were behaving strangely and terrifyingly, she leaned close to Shen Chaixing, and it seemed that only the heat on Shen Chaixing's body could drive away the yin qi.

It turned out that in the areas of Chenxi, Yuanling, Luxi, and Lipu in Xiangxi where Shen Chaixing lived in seclusion in his early years, there were often corpse chasers in the Pai sect who used spells to drive away the corpses at midnight, bringing the corpses of people who died in foreign lands back to their hometowns, and letting them be buried in the ground. Shen Chaixing had only heard that this was indeed the first time he had seen it.

The most taboo thing to chase corpses is to encounter unexpected noises or living people watching from the sidelines, which can easily lead to "shocking corpses" and "deceiving corpses", so corpse chasers will shake the "soul bell" to warn night walkers to avoid early. It's just that the situation is special tonight, and when Shen Chaixing wanted to avoid it, he found that there was only one path, so he could only dodge on the side.

Looking at such a group of "things" that were jumping and walking, Linglonger was not afraid of heaven and earth, but for some reason, her heart became more and more panicked, her heartbeat accelerated, and the sound of heartbeat seemed to be heard in her ear chakra. Linglong'er hurriedly looked at Shen Chaixing for help, Shen Chaixing couldn't explain at this time, just put his finger on his lips, made a silent gesture, and gave a comforting smile at the same time, and Linglong'er slowly calmed down.

At this time, when such a strange team had already jumped halfway away, the accident still happened!

Linglong'er found that her left leg was cold, and then this coolness seemed to be alive, and it actually wrapped around her waist from her legs, and when she came to her eyes, she revealed a red letter and made a subtle sound of "呑呑". A long thing appeared in front of Linglong with a triangular head on top of it!

Linglong'er couldn't bear it anymore and let out an earth-shattering scream! Suddenly, everything went out of control.