Lu Xiaohong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded: "That's good."
Then he asked his father: "What did he say, and what did his tone sound like?"
"Have you thought about it too?" Dad looked at Lu Xiaohong and asked, his face a little unsightly.
Lu Xiaohong nodded solemnly.
I looked at my father and then at Lu Xiaohong, with a confused look on my face, not knowing what riddle they were trying to solve.
"Grandpa Master, don't worry. Anyway, I can see what people are thinking. Didn't that Venerable Ma say that he will arrive in Kyoto tomorrow? Then I will help you see what he is thinking.
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Coffin Xiaoen looked up at his father and said crisply.
Dad smiled bitterly and reached out to rub Coffin Xiaoen's hair.
Hearing Coffin Xiaoen's interruption, I finally understood that the Venerable Celestial Master we met earlier who looked like Ma Jing and my father's best friend was most likely already Zhou Ying's.
I thought about it and asked, "Dad, what you and Ah Hong mean is that Uncle Ma might be in the same group as Zhou Ying?"
"In the book left by Elder Ning, there were only nine little black people dead in total, and one was still alive." Dad nodded and replied.
I suddenly realized that my father had said before that five heavenly masters had died before Elder Ning disappeared. Although my father came back from southern Yunnan, he was already unconscious.
Those who died were all venerable heavenly masters.
Next, Lu Xiaohong was poisoned, Elder Ning disappeared, and Elder Lin and Elder Bu also lost their lives in the past two days.
Ma Qiang has been fine.
Since Elder Ning left this notebook in his father's medicine box and wrote down this children's song with a missing line, he must have known something, so he wanted to tell his father in this way.
Probably because he knew that his father was insane, and he hoped that he would wake up one day and see this notebook.
Judging from the children's songs that Elder Ning left in his notebook and the number of people who had been involved in the accident, Ma Qiang was not among them.
It is very possible that, like other heavenly masters, he is already a member of Zhou Ying.
"After Ma Qiang received my call, he was obviously surprised that I was awake."
Dad said solemnly: "After I told him the news that Elder Lin and Elder Bu had passed away, although he was surprised, his tone was not too surprised. I heard that his tone was wrong, so I didn't say anything else."
As he spoke, his father looked at Lu Xiaohong again and said, "Xiaohong, I'm afraid you have to go back to Tianshi Mansion with me tomorrow.
The poison in your body has been cured, and the poisoner will suffer the backlash. It is impossible for Zhou Ying not to know that, if you don't come forward, I'm afraid the whereabouts of Nannan and the others will be exposed."
"good!"
Lu Xiaohong nodded, "Everything depends on dad's arrangements."
As he said that, he looked at me again and said, "Nanny, I won't be with you tomorrow. You must pay attention to your safety, don't act impulsively, and don't go to the Chen family's old house alone."
"I know it!"
I nodded, looked at my father and asked: "Dad, what are you going to do about the Tianshi Mansion? Zhou Ying is still carrying Chen Chaoran's body and is the chief heavenly master of the Tianshi Mansion. If there is no conclusive evidence
, I’m afraid it would be difficult to bring him down and make what he did public.”
Dad's eyes darkened, and he nodded slightly and said: "I haven't met the chief heavenly master yet, and the funeral affairs of Elder Lin and Elder Bu have not been settled yet. Let's finish the funeral affairs of the two elders Lin Bu first."
"I saw him today and didn't see any clues. The compatibility between soul and body is very high, there is no instability at all, and his cultivation is almost as good as Bai Yao's."
Lu Xiaohong pondered and said: "If I didn't know about the soul-devouring thing in advance, I wouldn't have known that he was not the chief heavenly master."
"If it weren't for the high degree of compatibility, he wouldn't have been able to hide it from the elders in Tianshi Mansion for two or three years."
Dad said helplessly: "When I returned to Beijing to report on my work, I didn't doubt him at all. I just vaguely felt that something was different in the Tianshi Mansion, and thought that someone who mysteriously stopped me had sneaked in.
Later, it happened that Zheng Wenlang brought a strange seal back from southern Yunnan, and after he went crazy again, I was sent to search for that ancient city in southern Yunnan and find the seal."
"Dad, isn't Venerable Ma Qiang the Heavenly Master in southern Yunnan? If it wouldn't be more convenient for him to go, why would he send you there?" I asked.
"Ma Qiang was dealing with another matter at the time."
Dad smiled bitterly and said: "The Tianshi Mansion has a rule. In order to ensure that every secret of the Tianshi Mansion is not leaked, the tasks accepted by every Tianshi, especially the Venerable Tianshi, are kept confidential.
Now that I think about it, the reason why I was asked to go to southern Yunnan this time was not because of the visual arrangement, but because there was no intention that I would have to come back completely."
Dad gritted his teeth as he spoke, and the muscles on his cheeks bulged slightly: "I just didn't expect that Ma Qiang would become Zhou Ying's person.
At that time, he and I entered the Celestial Master's Mansion at the same time, and lived and died together for more than ten years before we became the venerable Celestial Masters of the two regions respectively.
He is the person I trust most in Tianshi Mansion and is also my best friend."
It must be very painful to be betrayed by your best friend.
Dad's eyes were filled with sadness as he said these words to us.
I feel very sorry for my father. He has been confused like a child for more than half a year. He finally wakes up. The first thing he has to face is the great changes in the Tianshi Mansion and the betrayal of his best friend.
I didn't know how to comfort my father, so I had to get up, pour a glass of warm water for him, and hand it to his hand.
Dad drank the glass of water in one gulp.
"Nanny, dad could have retreated originally, but I'm afraid he won't be able to do so now. The Tianshi Mansion is now in chaos. Zhou Ying chose to devour the soul of the chief Tianshi, but now he wants to control Xiaohong and Dongzi to retreat from that position early.
Her ambition is probably more than just a Tianshi Mansion."
Dad looked at me and said: "Now we don't even know her purpose. It's also unclear who else is behind her. Not only me, but even Xiaohong, I'm afraid I won't be able to leave Tianshi so soon."
It’s home.”
"The days ahead are still very long. Dad, you take Xiaohong and let go to attend to the affairs of the Tianshi Mansion. When everything stabilizes, our family will be reunited."
I shook my head and said to my father: "Don't worry about me. I also have my own career. When I go back this time, I'm afraid Dongzi won't be able to work with me anymore. He will also be busy. He has to train a suitable assistant again. In addition, Tianshi
If there is anything the government needs my help with, just tell me directly."
As I said that, I paused, looked at my father's neatly combed silver hair, and said with some distress: "Also, Dad, although work is important, you must take care of your body. I just hope that you will wait for me
When dad can step back and let me take care of him, he can still be a happy and healthy old man."
"Um!"
Dad smiled and nodded, "I will take care of my health. I also want to wait for the Soul Gathering Grass to grow all seven leaves so that I can see your mother again."