Chapter 142: The Last Night of Dongli
A big living person, one second he was still alive and kicking up and down to serve you tea and water, and the next second he changed his face, and finally turned into ashes.
The little finch walked too fast. Song Jiyue's eyes were red, whether she was angry or sad, she didn't have time to express it, and the matter turned into dust. She slumped down on her stool, unable to believe what had just happened.
Ah Xiang on the side is the same: "Little Sparrow...... Little finch she ......"
Nangong Lu: "When did she come to the Dong family to serve Miss Song?"
Ah Xiang frowned and recalled: "Xiaoque's father and mother were originally the servants of the Song Mansion, so Xiaoque grew up in the Song family since she was a child. It was only later that she followed her father and mother back to her hometown to farm.
A few years after the accident in the Song Mansion, the old man wanted to find a personal maid for the girl, so he thought of them. So the old man sent someone to the countryside to look for it. It happened that the little finch's father and mother passed away for some reason, and the little finch was sent under the fence, and the master brought the little finch back. ”
Ah Lu: "At that time, did the palace know that Miss Song was still alive?"
Ah Xiang thought for a while and shook her head: "That was a few years after Xiaoque came back. Miss Alu, Xiaoque's hometown is far away from the capital, and she was still young at that time, how could it be...... It's ......"
Nanqin: "Miss Zhao, there are many fine works in this world that have been cultivated since childhood. And some of them will not make any obvious moves in their lifetime, so that they will not be discovered in their lifetime, so that the potential target will be around one generation or two generations. ”
Alu: "Little finches are not necessarily cultivated from a young age. It may be that after the palace learned that Miss Song was still alive, they found an opportunity to pull the little bird into their side. It's just that if I hadn't questioned her words just now, it would probably be like Nanqin said, and I would never have found out that she was actually Ningxi's person for the rest of my life. ”
Song Jiyue: "But why? Our family is already like this, there is only one person left who may be out of breath at any time, what do they want?"
Song Jiyue remembered that when Xiaoque just came back, she knew that she didn't have to freeze her hands and feet in the cold, and she didn't have to be disgusted by her cousins and relatives back and forth, as long as she took care of Song Jiyue alone, she could eat, dress and sleep well, so she took care of her Song Jiyue every day. is obviously a girl who is younger than herself, but she is skilled in taking care of people.
Song Jiyue's thoughts, Song Jiyue's preferences, the entire Dong Mansion is most familiar with the birds. In the spring, Song Jiyue likes to look at flowers, but Dr. Lu is worried about allergies and won't let her see them, so Xiaoque will go to Dong's father's study to come back and paint her; In the hot summer, Song Jiyue couldn't eat ice and had to drink sweating medicine, so Xiaoque secretly hid a large basin of ice cubes in her house to cool down; The autumn is dry, and Song Jiyue is most likely to be restless and unable to sleep, so the little finch will watch it all day long; In the middle of winter, Dong Junqin was coming back, so Xiaoque bought clothes in advance to make her a beautiful new clothes.
One day and one month, one year and ten years, and now it has been almost twenty years, but Song Jiyue can't remember at all when Xiaoque changed and became someone else's person.
No one seemed to care about what the little finch was thinking, her little thoughts, her little movements. Thanksgiving and kindness, betrayal and evildoer. No one has ever known about the finch.
Song Jiyue thought that she was angry, but she was a little sour and regretful. The angry thing is that the little bird is hiding too deeply, and the regret is that she walked too fast and was caught off guard, and she didn't even know a single reason.
Experiencing this mixed feeling for the first time, Song Jiyue was reluctant to speak for a long time, just red eyes and wanted to cry without tears.
However, Nangong Lu and Nanqin were worried about another thing: "If Xiaoque is Ning Xi's subordinate, I'm afraid that now your position has been exposed, it is estimated that the Central Plains side will soon come over with solid evidence." ”
Ah Xiang: "Then what should we do? Will the emperor of Dongli protect us? Will the Wenxu palace be implicated?"
Nangong Law: "Even if you can, you can only protect it for a while." And judging by my father's attitude today, if the Central Plains takes the initiative, our emperor will probably treat you as pawns. That's not a good thing. ”
Ah Xiang: "What should I do then?"
Nanqin: "Ningxi cloth eyeliner can never be only one. They are to hide as soon as possible, and the rest of them go out to divert the enemy. ”
Alu: "But where can I hide?"
Nanqin: "In the whole field gate array." ”
Ah Lu was puzzled: "Can you hide people in the gate array, or send them elsewhere?"
When Nanqin was about to open his mouth to explain, a dark blue circle of light appeared in the Alu house, and then Nangong Jin, Lady Liya, Dong Junqin and Mu Baofeng, as well as Dabao Emperor Yu walked out of the aperture.
Song Jiyue and Ah Xiang were dumbfounded when they saw this scene, and Nangong Jin himself was also frightened.
When Mrs. Liya saw Nangong Lu, she was overjoyed: "Son! This is the magic circle made by your mother and me!
Nangong Lu looked at Nangong Jin and saw his father nodding, so he probably knew why he had this expression.
So he turned to Dong Junqin and the others and asked, "How are you practicing? How many percent of the methods of the Global Gate Array have mastered?"
Dong Junqin and Mu Baofeng looked at Mrs. Liya and said modestly: "Fifty percent." ”
The fact is that Dong Junqin and Mu Jifeng returned to the dark room after flipping through the various books left by Nangong Lu's grandfather, intending to try the global door array.
But whether it was Dong Junqin, Mu Baofeng, or even the later Emperor Yu, they couldn't completely open their eyes.
After trying like this for a few hours, Lady Leah suddenly visited. Seeing that the four of them had sad faces, they thought that they were idle and idle, so they stayed to make ideas for them.
Nangong Jin naturally didn't really expect her to come up with ideas, but his mind was on the global gate array, so he let her go.
Lady Liya was born in a minority group in Dongli, her mother's family did not practice spells, and Nangong Jin had never let her be involved in these filthy things, so Lady Liya was full of curiosity about spells.
She sat beside her own eyes, holding the hand-drawn books and flipping through them, and the four big men were going back and forth trying and failing.
In the end, Lady Lia couldn't stand it anymore, and after the four of them didn't know how many times they came out of the array, she said, "Did you take a step? You see, there is a picture here that will be disconnected when the spiritual power flows from here here." You don't seem to have broken off. ”
Lady Leah refers to a schematic diagram of the spiritual power in the caster's body when a formation diagram is refined.
Dong Junqin took a look and made sure that they were disconnected from the schematic diagram.
Lady Leah: "Is it disconnected? Is that too short a time for you to disconnect?"
In the mind of the Azure Realm, the spiritual power is running continuously at any time. Even if it is disconnected, it is only a tick time. So all four of them were only briefly disconnected.
Mu Baofeng: "Madam, if you disconnect for a long time, you will fake your death." ”
Hearing Mu Jifeng say this, Nangong Jin thought of something.
But at this moment, in order to prove her idea, Lady Leah tried to follow the instructions in the book.
The result was an attempt that was better than the four of them had done in the previous hours.
Nangong Jin was shocked when he saw that huge circle of light, almost covering the entire existing array eye.
Mrs. Liya was also shocked, she thought she was in trouble, and looked at Nangong Jin worriedly: "Husband, I am ......"
Nangong Jin: "Madame vigorously produces miracles." ”
Nangong Lu didn't expect that his grandfather's descendants in the bloodline couldn't do it, but his mother, a foreigner, did it: "It's really fake?"
Nangong Jin sighed: "Your mother's spiritual power is very strong, but the uncle clan doesn't cultivate the immortal method, so we haven't tried it either." But it's because your mother never tried that she didn't make the mistake of habit. ”
It turned out that the disconnection spiritual power that Lady Leah prompted was the key to their inability to succeed.
The Global Gate Array is a formation that can penetrate the Three Realms, this formation is too powerful, and once there is an omen of opening, it will be automatically resisted by the Three Realms of Heaven and Earth.
The disconnection is to allow this resistance to the source of spiritual power that cannot be found in the formation. After the resistance technique is relaxed, the spiritual power can be activated, so that the whole domain gate array can continue to be opened.
Nangong Jin: "I think of this because of Nanqin you." ”
Nanqin: "Me?"
Nangong Jin: "You still remember that you said that among the few people who fled with the mage at that time, you were the weakest one. In the Global Gate Array, you are almost dying, but you are the one who survives in the end. I think it was probably because you were dying that you were able to escape. ”
What Nangong Jin said is not impossible. Pretending to be weak and catching big fish is a common occurrence.
Hearing this speculation, Nanqin once again remembered the past when she survived by absorbing the spiritual power of her fellow clan in the global gate array.
Although she was almost unconscious at the time, she did so because of instinct and the guidance of the mage. But......
After listening to Ah Lu relaying this incident in a low voice, Mu Baofeng said to Nanqin: "Nanqin, didn't you say that it is reasonable for people to catch people, and demons to catch demons." People can be reckless for the sake of power and profit, but there are also many people who bear blood debts for the sake of justice and righteousness. Since your archmage will guide you, it means that you are his hope, the hope of those who have fled. ”
Nanqin raised her head, looked at Mu Zhufeng suspiciously, and then lowered her head again.
Nangong Lu saw that the atmosphere was awkward, so he changed the topic and asked Mrs. Liya: "Mother, why did you suddenly go to your father and them?"
He asked Mrs. Lia before she remembered what she was doing: "Ah, I almost forgot. Just now my brother sent a message saying that they had entered the palace today to meet His Majesty, and His Majesty said that he had heard that there were guests from our palace, and asked them if they knew...... So my brother is coming to us for dinner tonight. ”
Lady Leah's words aroused everyone's alarm.
Nangong Jin looked at Dong Junqin and Mu Baofeng: "It seems that Your Majesty's movements are even faster than we imagined." ”
Lady Leah: "Hmm...... My brother shouldn't be His Majesty's eyeliner, but just to take a look at the situation, in case His Majesty asks them again, they should think of a statement in advance. ”
Nangong Jin: "It doesn't matter, Your Majesty will ask my brother instead of coming directly to me to explain that I am not sure." So, tonight...... Uncle Zhang, Miss Ah Xiang and Uncle Li dined with us. The rest of the people entered the goal. ”
Nangong Jin planned to call someone to invite Father Dong and others.
Father Dong hesitated a little when he heard what Nangong Jin said: "Will the three of them be in danger?"
Nangong Jin: "Master Dong, please rest assured, I am here." Moreover, our palace does have some business dealings with the Central Plains. Uncle Zhang is from a merchant background, and it is more normal for him to come here with his daughter and a subordinate than your family. ”
Father Dong: "But ......"
At this time, Dr. Lu realized that there was one person missing: "Hey, where is Xiaoque, why can't you see her?"
At the mention of this, the room fell silent again. Although it is not known what happened, it is certainly not a good thing to look at their expressions.
Dong Junqin looked at Ah Lu, wanting to get some information from her mouth, but Ah Lu couldn't open his mouth.
In the end, it was Song Jiyue who plucked up the courage to say what happened in this house just now.
When he told this, the people who came later couldn't believe it, especially Dong's father: "Could it be a misunderstanding?"
But Song Jiyue shook her head, the knife in Xiaoque's hand and the last unfamiliar look, she couldn't be mistaken when she saw it. And if it weren't for the attack of Ningxi's demonic qi, how could she spontaneously combust and die.
However, for the people of the Nangong family, Xiaoque's death brought another problem. In addition to Xiaoque, is there a second "traitor" among these Dong family servants?
Silence reigned again.
It wasn't until someone outside reported that Mrs. Liya's brother had arrived at the gate of the palace that Uncle Zhang took the lead in breaking the silence: "I'll stay." ”
Uncle Zhang has been in business for so many years, and he knows very well what the consequences of these things that are happening now will be.
He stayed not only to prove his loyalty, but also to keep his master's family and himself.
Uncle Zhang: "After all, the old prince seems to be more reliable than the young master." ”
Dong Junqin: ......
All:......
Uncle Zhang smiled apologetically at Dong Junqin, and then looked at Uncle Li. Uncle Li felt that Uncle Zhang's reliable sentence made a bit of sense, it was a big deal to follow Nangong Jin to be arrested, and with Dong Junqin, it was an endless way to escape, and no one knew what would happen in the next second. So he agreed to stay.
Uncle Zhang gave such a good reason, and Dr. Lu also planned to stay: "The girl's current body is beyond my ability, and I can only be dragged down by an old man." However, you take Ah Xiang away, the little finch is gone, and Ah Xiang can still take care of the girl. ”
Ah Xiang wanted to follow selfishly, not for safety or for Song Jiyue, but for Dabao. But she was a little worried about Uncle Zhang.
Uncle Zhang patted her: "Ah Xiang, don't be like your father." Girl's family, don't think too much about some things, just follow your feelings. ”
At the mention of Uncle Zhao, Ah Xiang's eyes turned red again.
Nangong Jin didn't understand their friendship, he only knew that His Majesty Dongli had already asked about it, and one of their "traitors" committed suicide here, and he thought that the Central Plains would make a move soon.
So this matter can not be delayed any longer: "Tonight, wait for my signal." If there's a problem, Leah, you go in with them. ”
Mrs. Liya didn't expect that she would be included in Nangong Jin's action, this was the first time!
She was surprised and worried: "Husband, what should you do? If I am not here, will it make my brother suspicious?"
Nangong Jin: "It's to make them suspicious." You will be suspicious if you are not there, but as soon as you leave, he will know your attitude towards the matter. Your brothers love you so much, they will never let Your Majesty touch you. ”
Speaking of Lady Liya's brothers, Nangong Jin seems to remember many not-so-good memories.
That's it, there are two sides to everything, and the uncle protects the inside without distinguishing between right and wrong, and now this situation is exactly this extreme.
Nangong Jin once again explained the plan and backup plan to everyone, and after making sure that everyone understood, the crowd dispersed and prepared separately.
Mrs. Liya and Nangong Lu were a little excited, Beishu was worried about Nanqin, Dong's father felt sorry for these old guys at home, Ah Lu accompanied the depressed Song Jiyue and Ah Xiang, while Dabao, Dong Junqin and Mu Baofeng looked at the door array, not knowing whether the dark side was a turning point or a dead end.