In the past few months, Qingyang has seldom played against King Yao, and they are not as tit-for-tat as they were when they first arrived. King Yao figured that she would not be able to make any waves, so the monitoring of her was greatly relaxed. At most, he would send someone to
Staring from a distance.
This shop is not big in appearance, but it is a time-honored brand in Tianshui City. The carving work is exquisite and the craftsmanship is hereditary. For weddings and funerals, nearby residents like to go to it to get a few pieces of jewelry.
Qingyang walked into the jewelry shop. The guards stayed outside and there was no one in the shop.
She walked to the back of the store, lifted the cloth, and entered the compartment inside.
There was no waiter in the cubicle, which was less than five square meters in size, but one person was sitting there.
When Qingyang came in, the man didn't get up. He just bowed his head to her and said, "Master Qingyang, are you okay?"
"I'm not the Imperial Master." This man had a weird temper, and Qingyang didn't take it seriously. "You're more than a month late! Doesn't the famous owner of the Red House have an outstanding reputation with the outside world?"
By the time this person arrived, the day lilies were already cold!
"I had a major breakthrough in my research, and I couldn't leave for a while." The owner of the red house stretched, "I finished half of the work at hand, and I rushed over. Well, I heard that the target moved to the east of Tianshui City
Yongquan Villa in the suburbs?"
It seems that this guy has already checked out the spot. Qingyang picked up the unfinished jewelry on the table and played with it: "Since you have been late for so long, there is no need to rush to take action now."
Hey, you're not in a hurry to take action? Then a few days ago, you were urged to do so by flying news? The owner of the red house frowned: "It's just a matter of killing one or two people. It doesn't take much effort."
"Did you do your homework beforehand? This person is not easy to kill."
"I just arrived, and I didn't take many orders in Tianshui City before." The owner of the Red House shrugged, "Will this goal be more difficult than Situ He?"
"I think it's more than that." Qingyang said matter-of-factly, "Situ He didn't know that someone was planning on his life, but He Xiao was always on guard against me. King Yao also sent him a guard of 900 people, which lasted almost ten days a day.
Protect him personally for two hours."
King Yao's action of sending out guards was in itself a warning to Qingyang.
"Personal protection?" the owner of the red hut exclaimed, "do you also wear it when squatting in the pit?"
Qingyang glanced at him and knew that he had many weird methods: "He Xiao himself has good fighting ability. A few months ago, the Xuanlu Ghost King ambushed him and was eliminated by him; when he served as the special envoy of the Bejia Chiyan Kingdom, he defeated
The second in command of Tongxin Guard in Guo Lingxu City is also the second in command of the Pan family."
The owner of the red house still looked disdainful: "Defeating a ghost and adding a straw bag to support the appearance, this resume is only mediocre. It is not as good as defeating the leader of the Qingwei under Lord Supervisor."
It's okay for him to look down on the Xuanlu Ghost King who can stop a child from crying at night. After all, he has the arrogance of the Bejia people; but he doesn't even look down on winning. The three Pan brothers can take charge of the Tongxin Guard in Lingxu City.
This shows that he is deeply trusted by the Demon Emperor.
This guy didn't even think about his status. There was a reason why he was sent to the Golden Plains. He's a bitch! Qingyang raised his eyebrows: "If you, Cao Wendao, could arrive as scheduled and complete the mission, how could He Yang be sent to the Golden Plains for a reason?"
He Xiao harmed him?"
These words hit the target. After all, the owner of the Red House was really late. He touched his nose and said, "Since you changed your mind, why did you ask me to come over?"
"Your mission is only postponed, not canceled!" Qingyang said slowly, "Wait patiently, you will have a chance to take action soon."
Her plan is already in motion, and she can only succeed and not fail. At this moment, everything else must give way to this plan!
She has endured it for so long, and she doesn't mind letting King Yao and He Xiao be proud for another half month.
"Don't move He Xiao for now?" The owner of the Red House touched his chin, "What about the people around him?"
Qingyang sighed secretly, regretting that he asked the owner of the Red House to take action at that time. Almost all the upper echelons of Lingxu City knew that this guy was really a troublemaker. He was the type who was looking for trouble out of nothing, and he was the type to cause trouble. Now he started to bargain with her. "He Who is around?"
"It seems that he was a reclusive guy, his surname was Wei, and he kept a monkey." The owner of the red house always remembered this incident, "I heard that in the battle between He Xiao and the Xuanlu Ghost King, the monkey turned into a monkey with two heads and four heads. A giant ape with arms, and a strange bird appeared in the sky. He Xiao jumped down from the strange bird and attacked the Ghost King."
"So?" Qingyang asked casually, and then remembered this guy's identity and research. After all, his focus was on monkeys and strange birds, "Do you think this guy named Wei is a puppet master like you? "
"I wasn't there and didn't see it in person, so I can't make a judgment. After all, there are too many kinds of monster apes in the world and they have too many magical powers. However, there are very few birds that can carry people. I heard that the bird looks very weird." These weird and absurd creatures are the most likely to arouse his interest. "Anyway, there is still time, so let's observe them carefully first."
Qingyang hummed: "Don't give away the truth."
The owner of the red house shook his sleeves and stood up: "Don't worry, I am a law-abiding businessman here."
Seeing him turning around to leave, Qingyang stopped him again: "Have you made a breakthrough in your research?"
"Of course!" the owner of the Red House said confidently, "The shapes of several demon puppets I created are closer to humans. One of them managed to survive for more than half a year! Before coming to Tianshui City, I created another one with a smaller shape. , a more stable demon puppet.”
"You said the humanoid demon with the longest lifespan is still alive?"
"It's gone." The owner of the red house stopped smiling, "It was gone seven days ago, and it was one hundred and eighty-three days old!"
"If we only talk about lifespan, the demon puppet made by Qiandufang can live for more than seven and a half months." Qingyang glanced at him sideways, "If you want to rely on this result to return to Lingxu City, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."
The face of the owner of the red house changed: "When did Qiandufang produce this result?"
"Last winter, Tiangong Dayue also allocated an additional seven million taels, didn't you know?" Qingyang was so busy that he said, "Oh, yes, you have been in the Golden Plains."
News and progress are lagging behind.
The owner of the red hut said angrily: "I lost a very important experimental subject here, otherwise the progress would have been faster."
Qingyang shrugged.
What's the use of telling her? The superiors only care about results, and as long as they are results, any reason given by the owner of the red house is evasive.
What needs to be said has been said and this meeting is over.
Watching the owner of the red house disappear outside the back door, Qingyang picked out a peach blossom hairpin, took it outside to pay, and then took the car back to Youhu Xiaozhu.
"Demon Puppet Master?" She was thoughtful all the way.
The owner of the Red House concluded that there was a puppet master around He Xiao.
It is not ruled out that he made a mistake, but if Wei Yishan, who has no sense of existence, is really a demon puppet master, when did he follow He Xiao?
Judging from the time, He Xiao killed the Xuanlu Ghost King not long after he arrived at the Shining Gold Plains. So it is possible that he brought this Wei Yishan from the Yangshan Islands.
He Xiao, demon puppet master? Hmm...
On the way back, the carriage kept its curtains covered, and Qingyang didn't bother to lift them.
Outside there are either barren mountains and ridges, or rotten yellow mud. A road goes from beginning to end, and the clanging sounds on both sides never stop.
City people find it very novel to take this road by car, and they gesticulate from the car windows;
Qingyang walked every day, but he only found it noisy and gray.
If I can endure it for another half month, it will be almost done.
Back at Youhu Xiaozhu, she had just changed her clothes when Yuan Xuan hurriedly came to report:
"Palace Master, Lingxu City has responded to the message about He Xiao."
"Oh?" She put the newly bought hairpin into the crown of her bun, "How do you say it?"
"He Xiao first appeared in Chiyan Kingdom, but our people went to check and found that he was beside the Crown Prince Yue as soon as he showed up. When the officials saw him, he had been appointed as the Crown Prince's special envoy." Yuan Xuan continued,
"Now that the prince is staying in Yangshan Islands, we can't ask him any questions."
"What about before? What did this person do before, and what identity did he use to enter Bejia?" Qingyang frowned, "When he entered Lingxu City with Bai Ziqi, didn't he say that he was from Fu Country?"
He Xiao and Bai Ziqi worked together to investigate the case. As the person behind the scenes, she would of course conduct the most basic background investigation on He Xiao. However, He Xiao stopped investigating the case after arriving in Lingxu City, and Fushan Yue also entered the capital together.
Tianliang went to the Demon Emperor to ask for an explanation. Qingyang's attention was entirely on Fu Shanyue and Bai Ziqi, and he didn't pay much attention to a small person like He Xiao.
Now she knows how wrong she was at that time.
"We also sent personnel to Fu Country, but no such person was found."
Qingyang frowned: "Bejia is so big, but you can't find anyone who knows his origins?"
"His past seems to have been erased by some force and is basically blank."
"Erase?" Qingyang nodded, "It's not impossible."
As long as you are a living person who can breathe, you will leave clues in this world. People like He Xiao, who has a blank past, as if it fell out of thin air, are probably hiding a terrible past.
"But we also made another discovery." Yuan Xuan said, "The fluorescent spores used for lighting that were all over the main street of Lingxu City at that time came from the Devil's Nest Swamp on the edge of Fu Kingdom. They were produced by the giant Spider Queen Zhu Erniang!"
Why is this information being fed back to the Qingyang Supervisor State now? Because it is time-consuming and labor-intensive to dig into He Xiao's background like this. They have to send someone to Fu State to conduct on-the-spot investigation.
All kinds of tiny clues must be collected before they can be sent to Qingyang.
Qingyang's face changed color after hearing this information: "What! Are you talking about Zhu Erniang?"
Who is Zhu Erniang? No, she is a spider.
It was the giant spider queen that Qingyang chased in Xu Mountain!
Qingyang was originally imprisoned in the back prison of Xushan, but she was released in a hurry to dispatch her Yuanli to hunt down the intruders.
At that time, it was this spider queen who went to rescue the masked man who was causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and ran all the way, escaping the pursuit of Qingyang and Bai Zhantian.
Although fluorescent spores were common in Lingxu City, Qingyang was a busy man at that time, so how could he care about where they came from? She was not interested in asking about such trivial matters.
But when I heard it today, I immediately realized something was wrong.