Wei Chen still calls himself "Chen Wei" in front of Zheng Xiu.
He may have habitually hidden his real surname - the Wei family.
The alliance between Qianchilou and Zheng originated from a simple conversation.
Wei Chen first used the excuse of "a pair of maids" to surrender to his compatriots and ask for directions.
After a while, we finally had a face-to-face conversation.
During the conversation, Zheng Xiu did not reveal Wei Chen's true identity, but he revealed the fact that he was hooking up with a certain prince.
Wei Chen is a cheerful person. Since he has the intention of "going to his compatriots to ask for directions", he naturally has other agendas. There is no other reason but one person: Zhu.
He knew that Feng Bei was with Zheng Xiu, and he also knew that Feng Bei was chased by Ye Weiyang in Shuzhou not long ago.
Wei Chen only said one sentence at that time: "The Marquis only needs to promise Chen that he will kill the Night Lord on such a certain day in a certain month and year, and everything in the incomplete building will be at the disposal of the Marquis."
The cooperation between Zheng Xiu and Wei Chen was partly due to the treasure Wang Cangyun. What made Zheng Xiu agree to this was Jiang Gaoyi's "observation" of Wei Chen.
The answer given by Jiang Gaoyi surprised Zheng Xiu at the time, but Zheng Xiu understood it later.
Wei Chen regarded Wang Cangyun as his father.
A father who is closer than Wei Yangzun.
It was precisely after understanding this that we hit it off and formed the "remnant" department of the Disaster Prevention Bureau.
When Zheng Xiu asked this question, Chen Wei smiled and said, "Chen doesn't know."
"I know you don't know, so I'm just chatting."
Zheng Xiu magically took out a map and spread it on the empty space on the big table.
The map shows the territory of Daqian and the surrounding countries.
Desert, Western Region, East China Sea, Northern Barbarians, Southern Wilderness Wetlands.
At this time, the two blond girls acted as Wei Chen's eyes and stared at the map carefully.
The snake leader's throat vibrated and made a "hissing" sound.
Wei Chen smiled and shook his head: "Snake, the Red King is not an outsider, there is no need to be like this."
The Snake Chief stopped hissing after hearing this, with dissatisfaction hidden in his eyes.
However, Ye Kui's eyes lit up and he said softly: "Master, the map shown by the prince shows the location of the current branch of the Disaster Prevention Bureau."
Ye stroked his fingers on the map and listed the current branches of the Disaster Prevention Bureau.
Now, in just one month, the disaster prevention bureau's sphere of influence has spread all over the north, central Sichuan, and southern Guizhou.
"Do you know why I deliberately created such a momentum in my actions this time?"
Wei Chen thought about it for a moment and said with admiration: "The prince did this to lure the hiding Night Lord to appear."
Zheng Xiu smiled slightly: "That's true, but not entirely. People in the clear don't tell secrets. Let me ask you, do you know the true identity of the Night Lord?"
Wei Chen was silent.
Zheng Xiu asked again: "Let me change the question. Do you know how long he lived?"
Ye and Snake's pupils shrank at the same time. Snake's eyes suddenly glowed with a faint green light, and his pupils shrank into vertical lights.
Even though Zheng Xiu is not an "official", "observation of words and expressions" is the basic skill of the richest man. He immediately nodded and smiled, understood, and said: "Since you and I know his identity well, there is no need for me to hide it."
With."
Wei Chen sighed: "The Red King is bright. Chen has been hiding in the desert like a mouse crossing the street for these years, and he accidentally found clues related to the 'Candle'."
He changed the name of that person from "Night Lord" to "Zhu". Obviously, the conversation was really open now. At the same time, there was still a hint of probing in the words. If Zheng Xiu expressed doubts about the name "Zhu", then
This shows that Zheng Xiu does not know as much as he does.
But Zheng Xiu's reaction in the next second confirmed Wei Chen's thoughts. Zheng Xiu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Have you seen the stone wall inscriptions in Gong Nie's treasury?"
Ye Kui's soft voice came from behind the veil, hiding his surprise: "Your Highness has actually crossed the desert?"
At this time, Feng Bei and Zheng Xiu looked at each other as if they had a tacit understanding, and invariably read a different meaning in each other's eyes. Under the table, Zheng Xiu secretly stood up with two fingers and "walked" towards Feng Bei with one finger.
Bei's hands came closer, and the tiger came out of the cage, pinched Feng Bei's soft little hands, quickly and skillfully took off Feng Bei's gloves, held them in the palm of his hand and kneaded them gently.
This intimate act hidden under the table was so secretive that it made Feng Bei blush and feel strangely happy at the same time.
So exciting.
Feng Bei let Zheng Xiu play with her little hand.
Her "ominousness" can now only be touched by Zheng Xiu and the orange cat at will.
Let him.
No one else can see it anyway.
Feng Bei's heart was broken and he was thinking wildly.
Speaking of the desert, Feng Bei once again thought of the ten years he spent with Zheng Xiu in the world in the painting.
Back to the subject, Zheng Xiu was doing two things, teasing Feng Bei and talking about business at the same time. He put on a serious expression on his face and said: "I once saw a rare and unique copy of "Chang'an Secret Record", which contains a record
The legend of the 'Sun Chaser', an ancient man from thousands of years ago. Zhu is this person, and he may be the first 'stranger' to be written down in books in thousands of years."
Wei Chen continued: "I don't know if the inscription in Mr. Nie's treasury was accidentally leaked. It is engraved with a celestial phenomenon called 'intersection'. People are divided into black and white, and the world is divided into inside and outside. The 'eternal world' we live in and the mysterious 'eternal darkness'
A 'confluence' will occur every hundred years, and the foul energy secretly released during the intersection will infect the eternal world, causing various 'anomalies' that cannot be measured by common sense."
Zheng Xiu nodded: "Chang An's approach is a fatal attraction to strangers, just like poison. Zhu was pursuing something called the 'scorching sun' thousands of years ago. He didn't know what he saw in the end, which made him hesitate.
Every hundred years, ghosts are built with thousands of human souls to attract "Eternal Darkness", and then the flesh and blood bodies of strangers are used as "human pillars". When three strangers become human pillars, the phenomenon of "intersection" can be stopped and the human pillars can be stopped.
Peace will be restored to the world forever."
Wei Chen clenched his fists: "Every hundred years, countless people die because of Zhu's plan. But I don't understand why Zhu would leave clues about him in Gong Nie's treasure house, let alone mention it.
Everything he laid out."
Zheng Xiu noticed that Feng Bei's palms were sweating. She took the initiative to squeeze Zheng Xiu tightly, her fingers trembling slightly. Zheng Xiu instantly understood that Feng Bei was thinking of what happened two hundred years ago, and even remembered that he died two hundred years ago.
For those people, Fengbei's palms tickled more quickly and rhythmically.
At first Feng Bei didn't know why, thinking he was just scratching, and was about to roll his eyes. Soon, Zheng Xiu's rhythm of scratching became nine shallow and one deep, five shallow and three deep. Feng Bei understood in a second that his delicate body was shaking violently.
Feeling ashamed, annoyed and missing, I pulled out my hand with all my strength to stop Zheng Xiu from causing trouble.
Feng Bei's face was calm, and he stretched out his hand to push back his hanging hair: "Don't be too patronizing and say that the food is cold. Later, Chef He will be angry again." As he said this, Feng Bei put a piece into Zheng Xiu's bowl.
Stir-fried river mussels and said: "My lord, please respect yourself."
Seeing that Feng Bei's mood improved, Zheng Xiu laughed loudly, used thick chopsticks to open the shells, picked up the delicious clam meat and put it into his mouth, chewing it with relish.
"Chef He's cooking skills have improved a lot." Zheng Xiu was full of praise and continued to look at Wei Chen and said: "The clues left in Gong Nie's treasure house were deliberately done by Zhu."
Wei Chen frowned: "How do you say this?"
Zheng Xiu replied with a smile: "His layout is far-reaching, as if he knows every step of the world, which is far beyond our imagination. Neither you nor I should underestimate the old monster who has lived for a thousand years. His cloth has fallen for a hundred years, and at the same time, Preparations will be made for the next hundred years, and the links are intertwined, which makes people think deeply. More than two hundred years ago, the three strangers selected by Zhu were Lou Mengkong, the governor of the secret factory, and Cheng, the emperor's slayer. Huo, and... Xieluo River."
When the words "Xie Luohe" were mentioned, Zheng Xiu looked calm, but his chest felt inexplicably.
Wei Chen showed a thoughtful expression, Zheng Xiu brought the food to his mouth, tasted Chef He's craftsmanship, and accompanied by fine wine, he continued: "The layout two hundred years ago also contributed to Gongsun Mo's desire for Chang An. Gongsun Mo explored the mystery, fell into it, and became a 'human pillar' a hundred years ago."
Wei Chen was surprised that Zheng Xiu discovered much more "history" than he knew. How could he have expected that Zheng Xiu and Feng Bei, as Gongsun Mo and Xie Luohe respectively, had experienced "personally" All the things that happened that year.
Wei Chen was confused: "But the human pillar requires three people."
"The ceremony of sacrificing the human pillars does not necessarily require the gathering of three human pillars in the same place. If I guessed correctly, he only needs to set up his plan at a similar time before the centenary period comes."
Wei Chen was surprised, and then suddenly realized: "So that's the case, no wonder twenty years ago..."
He stopped talking and looked at Feng Bei.
The skylight opened, Zheng Xiu had no intention of hiding this past event, he glanced at Feng Bei, Feng Bei nodded to him, Zheng Xiu said: "So, twenty years ago, in Baili Village, he chose you, The two Fengbei acted as human pillars and promoted the tragedy at Baili Village. However, I am still not sure who the third stranger was twenty years ago."
Zheng Xiu said solemnly: "I still have many doubts. The reason why Zhu attacked Fengbei again and again, apart from Fengbei being a natural stranger, there must be other reasons. Perhaps it is because you and Fengbei were once extremely close. He is always dark, so he should be the most ideal candidate to become the 'Human Pillar'."
Wei Chen nodded, he obviously knew about this.
"But in fact, does it really have to be you?" Zheng Xiu asked and answered again: "If it really has to be you, he only needs to find ways to surround you two, so why should he take so much pains to create it all by himself? 'Ye Weiyang'?"
"If I'm not wrong, he has a way to peel off the 'weird things' from aliens, and he also has a way to find a 'candidate' who is suitable for the 'weird things'!"
"He created Ye Weiyang to create new 'foreigners' more easily!"
"Just like he made the Crow Man!"
"Is there a remedy for failed rituals?"
"Did he create Ye Weiyang to make up for the mistakes made twenty years ago, or to prepare for the next century?"
"What will the failure of Zhu twenty years ago bring to the eternal world?"
"Or, did he really make a miscalculation twenty years ago? Or was the escape of the two of you twenty years ago part of his plan?"
"I speculate that he does not dare to approach the imperial city at will, but is this really the case?"
"To catch big fish, you need to use heavy bait! Now I have established the Disaster Prevention Bureau with great fanfare and named the department where you strangers are called 'Pillars'. I am clearly telling him that I know him and I have known him over the years.
Everything you pictured!”
"The Disaster Prevention Bureau is making so much noise, and there are so many mysterious cases in the world, but he seems to have disappeared into the sea of people, without any news. I don't believe that killing the crow farmer can really completely cut off Zhu's eyes. I founded the Disaster Prevention Bureau.
That morning, I asked Jiang Gaoyi to confirm that one of them was acting sneakily, with a dull face and stiff behavior. Jiang Gaoyi couldn't see through it. I suspected his identity, so I had someone secretly follow him. He escaped hundreds of miles outside the city and inexplicably transformed into a human being.
A pool of blood, absolutely dead."
Wei Chen was horrified when he heard this. He stood up suddenly and knocked over his wine glass: "Is he the candle?"
Zheng Xiu asked back: "Have you seen Zhu?"
Wei Chen sat down again, calmed down, and slowly shook his head.
Zheng Xiu turned around and asked Feng Bei, who had a complicated expression: "Have you seen it?"
Feng Bei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
"So, no one has ever seen Zhu, or maybe Zhu has lived for thousands of years, almost reached the end of being a stranger, and realized all kinds of evil abilities. It is difficult to guess. He may be anyone, maybe the emperor,
It could be a high-ranking official, a humble tenant, a brothel girl, a child learning to talk, or more likely you, or me."
Wei Chen took a long breath, his face changed several times, and finally calmed down: "What the prince said... was shocking to the world, and Wei was amazed."
He suddenly changed his name to Wei. Just as She Kui was about to have a fit, Ye Kui suddenly grabbed She Kui's hand.
Zheng Xiu noticed this and shook his head with a smile. It seemed that Wei Chen didn't know that Chu Susu had accidentally let it slip.
After clarifying his words, Zheng Xiu turned his attention to the map again.
"What I want to say is that none of us have ever seen Zhu. Finding him...is difficult! But it is not completely impossible."
"Zhu used to have the ability to 'teleport a thousand miles in an instant', but that was the ability of the crow-keeper. Now that the crow-keeper is dead, Zhu's movements have been restricted, and he will never be as elusive as usual."
"Since Zhu has been able to single-handedly create Ye Weiyang over the years, there may be other helpers. After all, what he has done cannot be accomplished alone."
"He was not simply escaping for his life. If he really wanted to escape, he could just hire a boat and hide on a desert island on the sea. No one would be able to find him. But in this way, he would not be able to fulfill his so-called ambition."
Wei Chen understood and frowned: "My lord, you are saying that Zhu has been hiding in the market."
"After the death of the Crow Raider, he could only hide in the market. Otherwise, he would not be able to know the various situations in the world and the movements of strangers."
At this time, Ye Kui took the initiative to fill Zheng Xiu's glass with wine, his beautiful eyes were moist, and he praised softly: "Your Majesty, what you said makes sense."
Zheng Xiu pointed to the Western Region: "You have been in the desert for many years. Ruo Zhu is hiding in various countries in the Western Region. It is impossible for you to know nothing, and it is impossible not to leave any traces. Now the power of the Disaster Prevention Bureau is expanding rapidly.
Wherever there is a mystery, there is probably a candle. He lit the fire and we extinguished it, so I don’t need to worry."
"The southern wilderness wetland is infested with poisonous insects and the climate is so hot that it is uninhabitable for ordinary people."
"Next step, I plan to send the tentacles of the Disaster Prevention Bureau deep into the coast of the East China Sea of Daqian, as well as the Northern Barbarian countries. The Northern Barbarian countries are all foreigners, so there is no need to give face. Only the east of Daqian, that is the 'iron' The Zheng family and the Tiehe Chamber of Commerce have always stayed within the territory of the River Chamber of Commerce, so it is difficult to take action."
While the disaster prevention bureau was expanding and dealing with mysterious cases, Zheng Xiu ordered people to deal with the clues that might be hidden in each case. Every time, Zheng Xiu felt a headache. He had to find just one person in the vast sea of people. It is difficult for people to reach the sky.
Rather, it is too easy to reach the sky, just grow wings and take off on the spot.
It's hard to find someone, and it's hard to get someone.
The meal lasted for nearly an hour. During the course of the meal, Chef He saw that several people were enjoying their meal, and from time to time he gave them some side dishes to go with the wine.
After the conversation broke out, Zheng Xiu discussed at the dinner table the provinces where Zhu might appear, and together they analyzed the unusual features of nearly a hundred cases last month, trying to peel off the cocoon and deduce Zhu's whereabouts as the perpetrator. step.
After a meal, the relationship between Wei Chen and Zheng Xiu became much closer, and there was no longer the usual gap.
At the end, Zheng Xiu was a little drunk and ready to leave.
The orange cat, which had been quiet all night, staggered up to the table, snorting the smell of alcohol. When Zheng Xiu saw it, he burst into laughter. It turned out that the orange cat had secretly knocked over the wine bottle and licked it a few times.
The orange cat squinted at the map on the table and suddenly stretched out his paw to pat it.
This cat's paw was photographed off the map.
"This silly cat is drunk."
Zheng Xiu thought that the orange cat would shoot Wang Zhao, but it turned out that he was drunk and was happy for nothing. By the way, he secretly scolded the orange cat while he drank too much.
At the end of the meal, Zheng Xiu simply pretended to be drunk and lay down on the table. Feng Bei patted him a few times but failed to wake him up. He could only carry Zheng Xiu on his shoulders with one hand, rise and fall from the roof, and jump back to Prince Chi's Mansion.
Until the end of July.
As the Disaster Prevention Bureau opened more and more branches, almost all the manpower from the Disaster Prevention Bureau's general bureau was sent out and dispersed throughout the country.
Two things happened in July.
First, the monk finally returned to Jiangjun Town, went up the mountain, and returned to the temple.
Zheng Xiu saw the crying face of "Huahua Station" on the game table one day. He was puzzled and tried to activate the fugue as "Zheng Shan" incarnation and threw it out. In an instant, he traveled thousands of miles and arrived at Yunliu Temple.
It was midnight when Zheng Xiu arrived, and more than a hundred monks were sitting in mournful silence.
The monk sat silently in front of the main hall where the master was waiting in the past. The door of the hall was closed, and a white silk ribbon was hung on the beam.
When Zheng Xiu asked, he found out that the master had passed away at the end of his life.
In the end, He Wei failed to ask what he wanted to know from the waiting master, Xie Yunliu.
After stopping for a while in Yunliu Temple, Zheng Xiu checked the scene and found nothing unusual. After waiting for the master's body to appear peaceful, with no scars on his body, and no suspicion of suicide, Zheng Xiu cleared up his doubts and stayed in the temple to wait with the monk. Wait until the master is cremated.
The fire soared into the sky and burned all night. Zheng Xiu and the monk wanted to collect the ashes, but they were surprised to find that the master's head could not be burned, leaving a hard skull. The two looked at each other in shock through the candlelight. If you look closely, the skull seems to have been burnt out of impurities, and is actually slightly translucent like jade.
Zheng Xiu couldn't figure out this phenomenon after much thought. In the end, he could only summarize it as "Xie Yunliu really has a strong head." No wonder his hair never grew back that year. It turned out that it was not entirely the monk's fault. There was something wrong with Xie Yunliu's head itself.
Zheng Xiu and the monks removed the general statues in the temple, revealing the tomb inside where "Gongsun Mo and Xie Luohe" were buried together. They buried the skulls and set up a tomb. Zheng Xiu smiled and wrote "Tomb of Pingxi General Xie Yunliu",
This strange fate is finally over.
The monk told Zheng Xiu that he decided to live in the temple for a while and sort through the master's relics, maybe he would find something. Zheng Xiu understood the monk, eliminated the incarnation, and returned to his original body in the blink of an eye.
Wait Master's death is the first thing that happens in July.
And the second thing.
On the night of July 28th, Zheng Xiu was drinking alone under the moonlight. When he was lying drunkenly on his side under the eaves, the red light from his waist immediately dispelled some of Zheng Xiu's drunkenness.
It is Chang Shie who shines.
The blood lines on the mirror surface swam, forming a line of small characters.
["Gold medal middleman Xi'er" calls, do you want to receive him? 】
Xi'er, who was out on a mission, hesitantly told Zheng Xiu about a bizarre and difficult case, and successfully attracted Zheng Xiu's attention.
This case is about a strange temple where only women go.
The temple enshrines a strange immortal god called "Wutongshen", and the incense is very strong.
Xi'er hesitated and explained the reason that made her feel troublesome - in this temple, who worshiped and who got pregnant.