I quickly described to Rujun what happened that day, and then asked her if she knew the identity of this man.
Rujun didn't nod or shake her head, but her expression told me that she knew.
That man must have close connections with Rujun, the four major families, the envoys, and the person in the white sedan in Yonghe Palace. Otherwise, Rujun would not have such an expression.
"Now that he is here, you can wait for him to tell you everything." Rujun said, "Because the rules are there, there are many things that I cannot say directly."
Her words made me think that my guess was good. That strange man named Niu was obviously some kind of higher-level existence than the "messenger". It was very likely that he was the "messenger above the messenger" that Chen Xuance said.
, and their origins are obviously what Chen Xuance and Xu Ruihu have said, that is, the so-called "inside".
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but start to wonder if the sedan in Yonghe Temple came from "inside", and Yonghe Temple does not only communicate between the yin and yang worlds, in addition to the yin and yang worlds, it can also communicate between the "inside" and the outside
.
Of course, the biggest doubt now is that lantern.
The lantern that was snatched from the hands of the female ghost of the Xu family was lit with cyan flames and emitted a dim yellow light.
Because according to what Chen Xuance said, Xu Ruihu was once caught "inside" by an envoy or someone above the envoy because he often ate alive people, and Xu Ruihu himself said that he took out the lantern from "inside", so
This lantern must have some mysterious purpose.
I quickly took out the lantern from my arms, handed it to Rujun, and asked, "Rujun, have you seen this kind of lantern?"
Rujun looked at the lantern, the expression on his face changed again and again, and said: "I...I have seen it, but I can't remember where I saw it. It seems that I saw it a long time ago, Lin Yang,
Where did you find this lantern?"
I quickly told Rujun the origin of the lantern and where I guessed the lantern came from. After hearing this, Rujun nodded frequently and said, "You must have guessed right. This lantern is almost really made from the inside."
But I have never entered it, and I don’t know anything about it.”
"Inside...what exactly is inside?" I couldn't help but ask.
Rujun smiled bitterly and said slowly: "Lin Yang, do you know that in fact, the most powerful among the ghosts is not the thousand-year ghost. In addition to the thousand-year ghost, some ghosts can be as old as two thousand, three thousand, or even five years."
millennium……"
"So...so long?" I obviously didn't think of this question, and I have seen a lot of thousand-year-old ghosts, but I have never seen a thousand-year-old ghost.
Rujun added: "Have you ever thought about another question, that is, the thousand-year-old ghost is not particularly rare. You see, within your generation, three thousand-year-old ghosts, Chen Xiaoqing, Bai Lanshan, and Liang Xiaofeng, were born.
But why can't you see other thousand-year-old ghosts in the underworld except those old ghosts from the Xu family? Where have they gone? Have you noticed that among our four major families?
, the oldest ghost only started from the Ming Dynasty...and what about the ghosts before the Ming Dynasty? Beishangjing is so ancient, is it possible that the ghosts only existed after the Ming Dynasty?"
The more I listened, the more strange I felt. Rujun’s words were indeed worthy of my careful consideration.
"You mean...did something happen in the Ming Dynasty?" I asked quickly.
Rujun smiled mysteriously and said: "You guessed it right, our current Imperial City of Yanjing was mainly built during the Ming Dynasty. At that time, there was a very scary figure named Yao Guangxiao, nicknamed Black Clothes
Prime Minister, I can't tell you much, but you have to know that the current order of Yin and Yang in the Four-Nine Cities was, to a certain extent, established by him alone."
"In this way..." In addition to being shocked, I was also curious. I had heard of Yao Guangxiao's name to some extent, but I had never heard that he had any significant impact on the construction of Beijing.
At this time, Ruoshui suddenly came over and said: "Rujun, Lin Yang, go and have a look, it seems that Zhao Lihao has woken up!"
I quickly walked over with Rujun, and after they passed, I saw Lao Mao and Xu Changge surrounding a hospital bed. Zhao Lihao looked ferocious on the bed, and he had obviously woken up.
Now that I see that he is awake, I feel relieved. I was afraid that he would never wake up again, but it seems that I am overly worried.
Zhao Lihao's expression was all twisted together, and his body was twitching in pain. His wounds had received preliminary treatment, but it was obviously necessary to wait for him to recover before continuing the treatment.
The good news is that the strong man cut off his wrist just now and really cut out all the venom, so he is not poisoned now. But the bad news is of course that he has become a one-armed man from now on.
For a Yin traveler, having one arm is not a good thing. Maybe his career will end here. The same goes for Yu Hualong, who had half of his calf chewed off by Xu Ruihu. As a top Yin traveler, Lao Yu will definitely
It is impossible to navigate the world on one leg.
After looking at Zhao Lihao, I suddenly remembered Third Grandpa, and I quickly asked Old Cat: "Old Cat, how is Third Grandpa doing?"
The old cat looked back at me, his eyes suddenly turned red. He waved his hand and said, "Let's go out with me to have a cigarette."
I followed the old cat outside the hospital. The old cat took out a cigarette and handed me one. I did not refuse and let the old cat light it for me. Then the old cat took a deep breath and said: "The Xu family is too cruel.
.”
This is the first time I heard Lao Mao admit the strength of the enemy. From a certain perspective, this admission is a sign of weakness, a kind of giving up, and a kind of discouragement.
"Old Mao, don't say that. This is our first time, and the Xu family has almost used all its manpower. We have survived this time, are we still afraid of the Xu family? Besides, Haoran and the others haven't taken action yet.
?" I said quickly.
Old Mao shook his head and said: "No, Lin Yang, how many people have come out of the Xu family just now? Obviously they are not at their full strength, but as for us, overnight, we shot everything we could, but we still lost.
It’s so thorough that you can’t even lift your head after losing, so how the hell can you fight with the Xu family?”
At this point, Old Mao took a puff of cigarette and continued: "Jia Zhaojun is dead, Zhao Lihao, Yu Hualong is dead, I don't know if Mandar can survive, third uncle... Well, I don't think my third uncle can last long.
Now. Who will be next? My cousin? Or you? Or me? I don’t want to see something like this happen."
I looked at the old cat and asked: "Then what are you thinking now? Let's not avenge this revenge? Let's not destroy the Xu family? Will we endure hardships? Or run away to escape for our lives? Is that possible? Do you want to keep Rujun and He?
Should Chen Xuance and Haoran let them face the Xu family alone? Besides, will your cousin agree?"
The old cat looked at me with a wry smile, did not speak, but slowly smoked a cigarette.
I couldn't help but follow him and puffed away, and suddenly felt melancholy in my heart...
The evil ghosts of the Xu family are not invincible. The reason why they were hit hard last night was just because a few of the elites were not restrained by us.
We killed quite a few ghosts. Chen Xiaoqing and I devoured at least six or seven ghosts one after another.
It’s not that there are no advantages, it’s just that the advantages are not obvious.
I told the old cat these words, but the old cat remained silent.
I looked into the distance, and the morning sun showed a touch of crystal color, and I suddenly thought of rhubarb.
"Old Cat, even if we give up, we have to wait until Dahuang comes back, right? We still have him, and he hasn't taken action yet. Isn't it too early for us to give up now?"
When the old cat heard Dahuang's name, the corners of his mouth moved unconsciously.
"Old Cat, if Dahuang knew that we two abandoned him and made such an unsatisfactory decision without authorization, he would definitely not let us go. How about you just give him another chance to show off?"
The old cat was still silent, but after a few seconds, he turned to look at me and nodded towards me.