However, the style of the black robe is completely different, and the inner demon Xu Chong is completely uncontrollable.

In addition, the most crucial point is that Xu Chong, the inner demon, has always been very calm.

From the beginning to the end, Li Xiangxue's inner demon never showed the slightest hint of violence.

Comparing the two together, it is obvious that Li Xiangxue is more in line with the appearance of the inner demon.

"Sure enough, it's not just inner demons..."

Xu Chong's heart sank slightly, "I'm afraid it's just as I thought, the original intention is involved."

At this time, Li Xiangxue's inner demons had stopped growing and had stabilized to the size of a pigeon egg.

That layer of green net was like chains, wrapped around the inner demon's body.

Looking at Li Xiangxue himself, his eyes were clear. There was only anger and hatred after learning the truth, but there was no strong murderous intention that could not be concealed at all.

This made Xu Chong feel relieved and at the same time he became more wary of the green network.

"Your inner demon has become stronger, but it is still bound by that unknown force."

Xu Chong looked solemn, "I suspect this is the magical power of the Taoist demon."

"In other words, he can control me anytime and anywhere?"

Li Xiangxue's eyes flashed and he didn't know what he was thinking of.

Xu Chong didn't pay attention to this and said to himself: "It's not impossible...Originally, I have a way to try to release you from the control, but I don't dare to try."

"If it doesn't succeed, then that's fine."

"In case of success, not to mention whether Ji Qingzhi will notice it, I can't judge whether the inner demons that have escaped from the shackles will instantly devour your mind."

After saying that, Xu Chong paused and his expression became serious: "So, don't participate in anything anymore. When the time comes, I will arrange for you to hide."

"Hidden?"

Li Xiangxue frowned.

"I know what you're thinking."

Xu Chong shook his head, "But the power of Emperor Yongtai is beyond any of our imaginations, and he is definitely not that easy to deal with."

"No matter how much you hate him, you must never act recklessly."

"Also, although I don't know what Emperor Yongtai's ultimate goal is, I have complete assurance that I can prevent the Yongzhou locust plague from happening again."

"The Fang family, because the Spring and Autumn Tomb is about to collapse, plans to use you to deal with Emperor Yongtai and seize the Herb Garden. For the time being, you need to be submissive and cooperate with their plan on the surface to ensure your own safety in the Spring and Autumn Tomb."

"Just leave the rest to me."

Xu Chong put his arm on Li Xiangxue's shoulder, his expression extremely stern, "Listen to me."

"..."

Li Xiangxue hesitated for a while, then finally showed a slight smile and nodded: "Okay."

"Besides, please don't enter Chunqiu Hall again."

Xu Chong said, walking out of the tomb, "Old Li's family still depends on you to shine the lintel and pass on the incense."

Li Xiangxue watched Xu Chong's back disappear, his eyes inexplicable.

Shining on the lintel and passing on the incense?

Indeed, this is a deep-rooted obsession of every ordinary person.

But the problem is, neither my father nor my mother have ever told me this.

What they repeatedly told me was another thing.

…

…

Beijing.

Lou Youzhi, as usual, went straight back to his house after the break and went down to the underground palace from the secret passage in the study.

As soon as he entered the central hall of the underground palace, his steps suddenly stopped and his attention fell on the table in the hall.

There, I don’t know when an extra letter appeared.

"Someone has been here!"

Lou Youzhi confirmed this instantly.

Since the construction of the underground palace, he has not let down his guard for a day or a moment for more than 20 years.

The entire building and the entire underground palace were all decorated in extremely subtle ways, enough for him to know immediately whether anyone had been in the backyard or approached the study.

However, during the entire process from returning to the building, to the back garden, to the study, to the underground palace to the main hall, he did not detect any abnormal signs.

"You didn't touch my arrangement, but you put a letter into the underground palace... Is it Dou Tianyuan?"

"No, it's not Dou Tianyuan. He doesn't know about the existence of this underground palace."

"And other people who know this place won't do this..."

Lou Youzhi squinted his eyes and saw no movement. The letter flew over automatically and floated in front of his eyes.

Then, countless tiny thunders emerged from the body, blocking everything.

After doing this, Lou Youzhi slowly unfolded the letter.

!!!

With just one glance, Lou Youzhi's pupils shrank to the extreme.

‘Using the bloodline of the Lord of Dongtian as a guide, sacrificing ten times the human race can delay the decline of Dongtian.’

This is the only sentence on the letterhead.

But just such a sentence was something that Lou Youzhi couldn't find after searching through all the ancient books he had access to.

"The same bloodline of the Lord of Cave Heaven?"

Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes.

The next moment, the letter suddenly spontaneously ignited and turned into ashes in an instant. The ashes were blown away by the breeze and blew in all directions.

After a while.

Lou Youzhi appeared in a secret room connected to the underground palace.

There was only an old man with white hair and white hair, dressed in simple clothes, and about a dozen crammed bookshelves.

The old man was none other than Gu Chengren, who resigned directly in front of hundreds of officials.

Seeing Lou Youzhi coming in, Gu Chengren shook his head in disappointment: "I have studied the ancient books you found twice, but there are still no clues to the decline of the cave."

"Maybe we are looking in the wrong direction."

As Lou Youzhi said, he walked to a bookshelf and raised his hand to take down a book.

Gu Chengren came over to take a look curiously, and said with some confusion: "Isn't this a transcript of the records of the Ministry of Household Affairs? It's full of numbers, so I didn't read much... Are there any clues in it?"

It turned out that under Lou Youzhi's arrangement, the records related to natural disasters in the three government offices, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Qin Tian Jian, were indeed destroyed by the eunuchs and eunuchs.

However, before it was destroyed, the manuscript was left behind.

It was these manuscripts that helped Lou Youzhi retain Gu Chengren, who was preparing to return home.

"Yongtai seven years..."

Lou Youzhi turned over a page, and after a moment his eyes flashed: "That's true!"

"Speak more clearly."

Gu Chengren frowned, a little unhappy.

"Someone left me a letter in the middle hall, which contained ways to delay the decline of the cave."

Lou Youzhi rubbed his temples.

"What?!"

Gu Chengren exclaimed.

"Mr. Gu, please look at this."

Lou Youzhi put the booklet on the table and pointed at one of the columns.

"At the end of the seventh year of Yongtai, there were more than six million people in Binzhou..."

Gu Chengren read it out, still puzzled, "Is there any problem?"

Binzhou is the smallest province in the entire Daqing area. In addition, it is close to the sea, and most of its land is not suitable for crop growth. Therefore, it has always had the smallest population among the thirty provinces.

"Look here again."

Lou Youzhi turned over a page and said, "At the end of the eighth year of Yongtai, there were more than 1.8 million people in Binzhou."

"The sea boil in the eighth year of Yongtai killed 4.2 million people in Binzhou..."
To be continued...