Chapter 54: The Crisis in the Capital
There are many people in the capital, and the population accounts for about 40% of the country, and the number of prisons is also several times that of other second- and third-tier cities. There is one each in Jinyiwei, Liufangmen, the Criminal Department and Dali Temple. Cai Shengxiang was imprisoned in the prison of Dali Temple because of his special status. The prison of Dali Temple is not the tightest, but because it is the forward camp guarding the capital on the side, it is definitely not easy for ordinary people to escape from prison.
Cai Shengxiang obviously can't be counted among ordinary people, just because he is on death row, but he can still be well-informed, and he can even ask Xiahou Ba to threaten himself, Zhou Xiuchun feels that this thing is simply pretending to be in prison - when the day after tomorrow is executed, he will definitely run away without hesitation.
Zhou Xiuchun didn't even eat dinner, and accompanied by Xiahouba, he came to the prison of Dali Temple.
It stands to reason that outsiders are not allowed to visit after dark in the prison of Dali Temple, but Zhou Xiuchun's new clothes are really terrifying, and they are python robes that can only be worn by first-class military generals. The guards of Dali Temple ushered in and sent every day, and the officials who served were too big to be big, as soon as they saw Zhou Xiuchun who appeared in this outfit, they didn't care whether they were familiar or not, and the little soldiers standing guard immediately went to report to the warden.
After a while, the warden ran out and respectfully welcomed Zhou Xiuchun in.
However, Xiahouba was more depressed and was deliberately left outside by Zhou Xiuchun.
The passage of the prison is as deep and tortuous as Zhou Xiuchun imagined. In the dim space, there is a faint fishy smell, which makes people frown. Walking briskly for more than ten minutes, turning four or five corners, and going down the stairs twice, Zhou Xiuchun's footsteps finally stopped in front of a large iron door.
There were only a few small cracks left on the door, and before Zhou Xiuchun could look inside, Cai Shengxiang's indifferent voice that seemed to have remained unchanged for thousands of years sounded inside the door. It's just that there seems to be a hint of complaint in his words: "Is it that if I don't call you here, you won't come?"
Zhou Xiuchun gave the warden a look, and the warden immediately opened the door for Zhou Xiuchun, and couldn't help but whisper: "My lord, you speak quickly, otherwise I can't afford to go up and investigate." ”
The warden was about to leave after speaking, but was stopped by Zhou Xiuchun.
"My lord, is there anything else you can do?"
Zhou Xiuchun pointed to it and said, "Ask someone to send a table of banquets." ”
"Huh?" said the warden with a puzzled face, "My lord, this is not good......
"What's wrong?" Zhou Xiuchun pointed to the four words of the big inner secret agent on his chest, and said loudly, "This official is a first-class official appointed by the emperor, and he came to you to investigate the case without even eating at night, as the host, you should be as polite as seeing the emperor when you see this official, you say, if the emperor comes here and tells you that he didn't have dinner, what should you do?"
"Humble duties will definitely ......"
"That's right!" Zhou Xiuchun took off his hat and pointed to the four words "loyal and patriotic" on the top, "As a loyal and patriotic civil servant, you should get me a table of banquets at this time." ”
"Adult ......"
"Okay, don't toss!" Cai Shengxiang interrupted Zhou Xiuchun's words tepidly, "You don't need to please me, I called you here just to let you know something." Warden, you go first, you don't need it here. ”
The warden hesitated again: "Then this ......"
Cai Shengxiang said lightly: "When Lord Zhou leaves in a while, I will close the door by myself." ”
As if the warden had been granted amnesty, he hurried away.
"Alas...... Actually, I really didn't have dinner......" Zhou Xiuchun pushed open the hidden cell door and walked into the room.
Cai Shengxiang glanced up at Zhou Xiuchun, smiled slightly, and said, "Yo, you climbed very fast, what did you do?"
Zhou Xiuchun patted his clothes and said, "A bottle of aphrodisiac in exchange, I'm amazing, right?"
Cai Shengxiang lowered his face and said, "It turns out that you are not a good thing. ”
"Eh, hero, don't say that, it's every man's dream to get promoted and get rich. I just found a shortcut, I walked faster than ordinary people, and I didn't do anything hurtful, besides, the Dragon and Tiger Pill I refined not only had a good effect, but also had no side effects after eating, and even the prince asked me for a bottle. ”
Cai Shengxiang said: "Wang Zhi?"
"Is the name of the prince Wang Zhi?" Zhou Xiuchun shook his head lightly and said, "It's really tragic that a eunuch's name is actually called Zhi...... By the way, hero, what do you want to tell me when you come to me?"
Cai Shengxiang was silent for a few seconds, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was shocked.
"In less than a month, I'm afraid the capital will become a human purgatory, maybe the emperor will also die, you should be mentally prepared. ”
"What kind of international joke!?" Zhou Xiuchun exclaimed, "Lao Cai, where did you get the gossip, let me tell you, spreading rumors is legally responsible, more than 500 people forward it, I guarantee that you will be imprisoned until the next life!"
"You don't believe me?" Cai Shengxiang narrowed his eyes and looked at Zhou Xiuchun and said, "Don't you think that over the years, there have been more and more demons and monsters in the Central Plains?"
, it's only been less than 100 days since Uncle Ben crossed over, I can know a yarn!
Zhou Xiuchun thought secretly in his heart, but he had to pretend to be contemplative on his face: "It seems to be ...... It's a little. ”
Cai Shengxiang said: "Actually, Cihang Pudu just came to the capital, and I could see that it was a monster. ”
Zhou Xiuchun said strangely: "Then why didn't you kill it at the right time? Or can't you kill it?"
"Killing one of them won't solve the problem. Cai Shengxiang shook his head and asked rhetorically, "Do you know that three years ago, no matter whether it was a monster or a demon, it was impossible to enter the capital." ”
"Really?" Zhou Xiuchun was stunned and asked, "Why?"
"I don't know why, maybe it's because the capital is popular and protected by the royal dragon energy. Cai Shengxiang said lightly, "But three years ago, when I first met Cihang Pudu, I knew that the capital had lost some kind of protection. ”
Zhou Xiuchun nodded.
Cai Shengxiang suddenly asked, "When you saw the emperor, did you see the ghost standing behind him?"
"What is a ghost?" Zhou Xiuchun asked.
Cai Shengxiang smiled and said, "Just like you, it's really not easy to pretend that the Emei disciple hasn't been debunked by others until now." ”
Zhou Xiuchun said: "Because of my good skills, you people who can only fight and kill people with no life skills can't be envied." ”
Cai Shengxiang ignored Zhou Xiuchun's boring show-off, and said to himself: "According to legend, every emperor has ten ghost protectors behind him, that is, ten ghost spirits. Ghosts and spirits are the states in which people reach a state between ghosts and immortals and spirits and ghosts through cultivation after death. Most of these ghosts are extremely high, but they are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, the weakest ghosts are dressed in white, the stronger ones wear yellow clothes, and the most powerful ones wear black clothes. The black-clothed ghost spirit, one step further, can cultivate into a ghost immortal. ”
Zhou Xiuchun thought of the immortal system that Yan Chixia told her, and couldn't help asking: "Ghost immortals are also a kind of immortals, right?"
"Heaven and earth, people, gods and ghosts, although ghosts and immortals are at the bottom, they are also immortals. Cai Shengxiang explained, "Originally, there were five ghost spirit protectors around the emperor. ”
"Wait, didn't you say the Ten Ghost Protector?"
Cai Shengxiang shook his head and said: "The country's fortunes are declining, and the ghosts naturally don't like to come, so it's good to have five." In the past three years, the ghosts around the emperor have left one after another, and they obviously feel the danger coming. The last time I entered the palace, the last ghost was with me, and it was going to leave soon. ”
Zhou Xiuchun asked, "Because the emperor doesn't give it a bonus?"
Cai Shengxiang glanced at Zhou Xiuchun with pity, and said in a deep voice: "Once all the ghosts around the emperor leave, then the emperor will be equivalent to losing protection, and the dragon qi of the royal family alone will not be able to scare those monsters." I guess that after Cihang Pudu comes back from this trip, his cultivation will definitely be raised to another level, and when he meets the emperor who has no power to fight back, he will definitely swallow all the bones and skin. ”
Zhou Xiuchun thought for a while and said to Cai Shengxiang: "Hero, you believe me, that dead centipede will definitely not come back." ”
"Why?"
"Because...... I was going to hunt it down. ”
Cai Shengxiang smiled faintly and said, "You have a lot of courage." ”
"Hero, in fact, I've always been low-key. Zhou Xiuchun plucked his ears, relaxed and said, "If that's it, you don't need to make such a big fuss, it's just a thousand-year-old centipede essence, and it will be a matter of minutes to kill it." ”
Cai Shengxiang said: "If things were so simple, I wouldn't have to hide here to cultivate." ”
Zhou Xiuchun was puzzled: "It's not that simple, what do you mean?"
"The demonic aura around the capital is getting stronger and stronger year by year, if I guessed correctly, Cihang Pudu is just an outpost for the monsters to break through the heavenly defense of the capital, whether it dies or not, now that the heavenly defense of the capital has been broken, I think it won't be long before dozens or even hundreds of such thousand-year-old demons will attack the capital, and when the demons gather in the Forbidden City, even if you and I can kill one, can we kill a hundred?"
"The demons gather in the Forbidden City?" Zhou Xiuchun gasped, "Hero, I solemnly warn you again, don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence!"
"Evidence...... I really didn't. Cai Shengxiang said lightly, "But believe it or not." ”
Zhou Xiuchun said: "I choose not to believe it. ”
Cai Shengxiang said: "Then you stay, and when the time comes, we will work together to protect the emperor." ”
Zhou Xiuchun weakly changed his words: "Then what if...... Do I choose to believe it?"
"Believe?" Cai Shengxiang grinned at the corner of his mouth, "If you really believe it, I guess with your style, you should run away overnight with oil on the soles of your feet at this time, right?"
"Can I run away?"
"Absolutely. ”
"What about you?"
"I'm here to stay. Cai Shengxiang said, "If the last ghost beside the emperor leaves, I can still help the emperor resist for a while." ”
Zhou Xiuchun was quiet for a while and asked, "Before you robbed the Dharma Field, you actually contacted Kunlun Mountain, right?"
Cai Shengxiang nodded.
Zhou Xiuchun frowned and said, "So, are you sure that this scene will definitely happen?"
"Not bad. Cai Shengxiang let out a long sigh and said, "I have decided to live and die with the capital. ”
Zhou Xiuchun was silent, and after being quiet for a long time, he asked in a deep voice, "If someone can restore the Heavenly Dao defense in the capital, can this matter be avoided?"
Cai Shengxiang thought for a long few minutes before replying: "Yes, but I don't even know what the Heavenly Dao defense in the capital is now, who else in this world knows what method to use to restore the Heavenly Dao defense?"
Zhou Xiuchun hesitated and asked softly, "Lao Cai, have you heard of Zhuge Wolong?"
"You mean Tongtian Bo Scholar Zhuge Wolong?" Cai Shengxiang's eyes suddenly glowed with brilliance.
Zhou Xiuchun nodded.
Cai Shengxiang seemed to grasp the last straw, and hurriedly asked: "Do you know where he is now?"
Zhou Xiuchun only asked: "Is it useful to find him?"
Cai Shengxiang's breathing was obviously a little shorter, and said: "Dead horses should be live horse doctors, if even he doesn't know, maybe no one in the world knows." ”
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