"As long as you can be a thief for a thousand days, you can't guard against a thief for a thousand days. If you are reminded every day to prevent being assassinated, sooner or later there will be oversights. If you are not careful, I still have to take the initiative to find out about this matter."
Bai Yu thought about it and felt that it was not possible to continue like this.
He rode out of Qifeng County, and the captain of the bodyguard and two of the most capable martial artists who spent a lot of money to protect him followed him.
The captain of the guard is a powerful martial artist. According to the Marquis of Jin Nan, the ancestor of the captain of the guard was once the deputy general of the ancestor of the Marquis of Jin Nan. His family tradition is very good in martial arts. He can fight and fight with shield and sword in one hand.
The two best warriors who spent a lot of money to hire the best fighters also have their own unique skills. One is called "Huahuo Shou", who is good at using various types of gunpowder hidden weapons, such as thunder bullets, explosive beads, etc.;
"Your life", as soon as you look at Jianghu's stage name, you will know that he is a person who is good at sneak attacks and assassinations.
The two have a huge appetite and require a monthly salary of one hundred taels of gold. Fortunately, Bai Yu is wealthy, otherwise an ordinary employer would have told them to leave.
"Sir, looking in this direction, are you trying to get rid of the demon?"
The captain of the guard asked.
When I heard about the Demon Slayer, the Fireworks and the Midnight Killing You, I felt a little unnatural, and I was obviously a little scared of the Demon Slayer.
"That's right."
Bai Yu galloped his horse and whipped his whip.
The captain of the guard didn't ask any more questions and followed silently.
After traveling for dozens of miles, I saw not a single blade of grass growing in a square area, but a bare rocky mountain standing tall.
Although Bai Yu has never been here, he has heard that the center of the rocky mountain is where the Demon Slayer Department is located.
When we arrived in front of the stone mountain, there wasn't even a guard. There was only a stone door, which was not closed. It was just wide open, and it was pitch black inside.
Huahuoshou said, "I'm afraid the rivers and lakes are too rough to go in."
In the middle of the night, you are told to tell your fate, "It's reasonable, it's reasonable."
The captain of the guard patted Bai Yu's shoulder with a solid palm and gave Bai Yu a calm look. Just when Bai Yu was moved, the captain of the guard said, "My lord, please go in peace. If anything happens, I will report it to you."
Master, let me give you an explanation."
Bai Yu had something on his mind, so he didn't care much and walked in bravely.
"Is anyone here?"
Shouting as he walked.
This is to prevent the people from the Demon Exterminator Department from mistaking him for breaking in without permission and exterminating him as a demon.
"Is anyone here?"
Bai Yu went deeper and deeper.
This dark passage seems to have no end.
"Here you are, come and play."
A sweet laugh made his hair stand on end. The upper body of a voluptuous woman poked out from the stone wall and stretched out her hand to pull him.
Bai Yu's expression suddenly changed and he quickly retreated.
As he was backing up, his heel tripped on something and he fell on his back. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and put his backhand on the ground, otherwise he would have had a big bump on the back of his head.
He looked up at his feet and saw two pale hands emerging from the ground and grabbing his feet.
Gan! Is this the Demon Slayer Department or the Demon Cave? Bai Yu stamped his feet hard, but couldn't get rid of his two pale hands.
Suddenly he felt a cold feeling on the back of his neck, as if there was something on his back. He looked back slowly with a stiff face, and saw an old woman with a face full of rotten flesh and crawling with "white worms" grinning at him. He almost spit out his rice.
.
"enough."
Bai Yu was annoyed.
The old woman was blown three feet away!
Two pale hands emerged from the ground and were shattered by the shock, flying three feet away!
The enchanting woman was crushed flat and pushed back into the stone wall, screaming in pain!
If the tiger doesn't show its power, do you think I'm a tiger? Bai Yu sneered in his heart, this is the third skill of the character card, his exclusive domain, with a range of three feet.
"Well, not bad."
The stone wall cracked, revealing a small room with an old man sitting in a rocking chair.
The old man is very strange. He has stone skin all over his body, his hair is made of green grass, and his eyebrows are also made of green grass. You can tell he is "abnormal" at a glance.
Bai Yu was alert, "Who are you?"
The old man pointed to the surrounding stone walls, "I am the spirit of this stone mountain and control everything here."
Bai Yu was surprised, "Mountain God?"
The old man shook his head and said, "You can't really be called a mountain god, but at most a mountain spirit."
Bai Yu asked, "What were those just now?"
The old man said, "They are just some of the lowest-level monsters. The people from the Demon Exorcist Department randomly caught them and threw them here to guard the entrance."
The lowest level of monsters, okay... Bai Yu slowly walked into the small room, "I'm here to see Zheng Yan'er, can you pass the message?"
"Zheng Yan'er went on a mission and is not here."
The old man crossed his hands and crossed his fingers, then pointed upward.
Bai Yu instantly felt himself taking off and hitting his head on the top of the small room. However, he did not encounter any obstacles and kept flying upwards. After a while, he ascended into a large room.
Looking at the middle-aged man wearing a one-eyed patch in front of him, Bai Yu cursed in his heart, your uncle, Zheng Yan'er is not here, so you sent me to her father?
Seeing Bai Yu, the middle-aged man wearing an eyepatch was obviously startled.
Bai Yu quickly bowed his hands and smiled, "I'm going to pay my respects to Mr. Zheng."
The middle-aged man with one eye patch nodded and looked at him seriously, "I heard from Yan'er that you saved her life when she was handling the case in Jinhe County?"
Bai Yu said humbly, "It's a small effort, but it's nothing worth mentioning."
The middle-aged man with the one-eyed patch muttered, "Are you here to see Yan'er?"
"Yes."
Bai Yu smiled and said, "Since Miss Zheng is not here, I will take my leave first..."
Bai Yu turned around to leave, but found that the entire room was closed, with stone walls on six sides and no doors or windows at all, which made him a little embarrassed.
"You came to the Demon Slayer Department specifically to find Yan'er, but it was because of your subordinates being killed one after another?"
The words of the middle-aged man with one eye patch shocked Bai Yu's heart.
Bai Yu turned around and looked at him in surprise, "Does your Excellency know about this?"
The middle-aged man with the one-eyed patch said, "Yan'er is not at a high level and doesn't know this, but I can guess a little bit."
Bai Yu bowed his hands deeply and said, "Please give me some advice, I'd like to thank you greatly!"
The middle-aged man with the one-eyed patch was silent for a while, then slowly spoke, "I shouldn't have told you this, but you saved Yan'er's life. The world is not as big as my daughter's life, so I don't want to just watch it."
Seeing that your death was unclear, I simply told you."
"Thank you, sir."
Bai Yu was happy.
I saved Zheng Yan'er before and formed a good relationship, but I didn't expect that it would come in handy here.
"This matter has to start with His Majesty the current emperor."
The middle-aged man with one eye patch chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm on his lips.
"Your Majesty is now three hundred and nineteen years old. He is getting old and his life span is exhausted."
"The courtiers knew that they should make preparations in advance. The most debated matter every day in the court meeting was which prince should be appointed as the prince. However, the courtiers did not understand the old emperor's thoughts at all. He did not want to appoint a prince, he did not want to give up the throne, he just wanted to
To extend your life, do whatever it takes to extend your life!"
"At the beginning, the old emperor was relatively restrained and asked Yue Zun for advice on how to maintain health and cultivate Taoism."
"However, the method of maintaining health and cultivating Taoism was slow to show results after all. Seeing that his time was getting shorter and shorter, the old emperor was so anxious that he gave up the method of cultivating health and cultivating Taoism. He invited many famous and capable people to live in the palace, such as Zhenren Gu Liu
, Lay Buddhist Xuanyi, Master Wushan and others.”
"The heretical methods of extending one's life are all kinds of strange. One can only imagine what kind of chaos the palace will become."
"Ten years ago, Master Gu Liu told the old emperor that the dynasty was like a towering tree. If the branches were too dense, the nutrients from the trunk would be taken away, causing the trunk to age too quickly... At that time, King Qing
He was outstanding among the princes and had the status of a prince. The old emperor believed that King Qing had accelerated his aging and punished King Qing for treason."
"This is the truth about Prince Qing's rebellion case that shocked the world at that time. Isn't it ridiculous?"
"Strange to say, after dealing with Prince Qing, the old emperor did age a little slower, so he became even more convinced of heresy."
"Six years ago, the layman Xuanyi dedicated a secret method of life extension to the old emperor, saying that everyone contains longevity factors, most of which are in babies. As they grow older, the longevity factors gradually deplete. If nine hundred and ninety-nine
Collect the longevity factors of each baby and you can get a life-sustaining pill, and then many other people's babies disappear mysteriously, and unfortunately those people will never know who the real culprit is."
The more Bai Yu heard, the more frightened he became. He presented Tianxiang Jade Dew and was awarded the title of Prince of Qifeng County. Originally, he had a good impression of the current emperor... He never thought that he had such an ulterior side.
The middle-aged man with one eye patch glanced at him and continued.
"Some time ago, a group of exiles who disappeared ten years ago suddenly reappeared in the world."
"This case was originally nothing, just a bizarre disappearance. However, the amazing thing is that these exiled prisoners have hardly changed after ten years. You and the sixteen government officials are still as young as they were ten years ago."
"This immediately attracted the special attention of the old emperor and the heretics."
"Master Xuanyi guessed that you people accidentally broke into a wonderful space and were soaked in a strong longevity factor, so you are still so young after ten years. This is what the old emperor longs for most."
"On the surface, more than two hundred exiled prisoners were sent to build the imperial tomb, but in fact they were all sent to refine elixirs and refine the so-called longevity factors."
"As for you and the sixteen government officials, I will let you go home for the time being, but secretly send the Jinyi guards to kill you one by one, making you fear, struggle, and despair, and stimulate the longevity factors in your body to see what effect it has."
Xuanyi layman? Bai Yu hated him so much that he was his mother! More than two hundred exiled prisoners were taken to refine elixirs. He and sixteen government officials were used as "guinea pigs" for experiments to verify the so-called longevity factor.
The middle-aged man with one eye patch looked at him with cold sweat on his forehead, "Now do you know what kind of situation you are facing?"