Chapter 80 Who is the man in white? (Continued high energy)
If the mouse dies here, Xu Zhiqiong will not be able to return to his soul.
He wanted to escape, but he had to figure out where to run.
Should he rush forward towards the man in white, or turn around and rush towards the roots?
First of all, it can be confirmed that the person singing is not the man in white in front of me, but the tree.
The man in white is not a ghost either. The outline of the ghost is not so clear.
If it were really a ghost, Xu Zhiqiong would not be afraid. He had seen many ghosts.
His thoughts were quickly clarified. What Xu Zhiqiong was afraid of was not the man in white, but this tree, this unknown creature.
Before the roots could crawl onto its body, the mouse jumped up and rushed towards the man in white. The man in white was startled and stepped aside. The mouse rushed into the ditch. Seeing that it had successfully escaped, its tail was caught by the roots.
Tangled up.
The roots are so powerful that they can drag the mouse back as soon as they are entangled.
Xu Zhiqiong suddenly turned his head and bit off half of his tail.
I'm sorry, brother, I only hurt you for a moment, but you have to hurt me for a while.
The mouse with its tail cut off rushed out of the ditch, exchanged glances with Xu Zhiqiong, and screamed out of the yard.
Xu Zhiqiong let out a long breath and was enjoying the joy of surviving the disaster. Unexpectedly, a piece of root actually came out of the ditch.
You have to leave Anshuyuan quickly, this place is too evil!
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Qu Jinshan studied in front of the door for a long time, but could not find the source of the breath, nor heard any movement in the inner courtyard.
"That's all, just open the door."
Niu Yuxian said: "Why don't you jump over the wall and go in?"
Qu Jinshan said: "If you open the door, you can see what's going on inside. If you jump over the wall and go in, you and I may not be able to get out!"
Niu Yuxian snorted: "If I had known where I was going, why would I have to be so mysterious?"
There were two iron locks on the gate of the inner courtyard. They had been left unattended for many years and the keyholes had become rusty.
Niu Yuxian's skills were superb and he easily removed the rust. He opened the two iron locks in a blink of an eye and began to pull down the chain.
Qu Dengshou stood by and secretly admired: Although this child's words are annoying, his skills are indeed rare.
Just as the chain was pulled off, a piece of root suddenly emerged from the crack in the door and pounced on Niu Yuxian.
Niu Yuxian showed no reaction, and Qu Jinshan in the distance was beyond reach. Seeing that Niu Yuxian was about to be entangled, Xu Zhiqiong suddenly sprang out and struggled to snatch Niu Yuxian out of the roots.
Niu Yuxian was in shock, and a piece of roots rushed out of the door and pounced on everyone. Xu Zhiqiong shouted: "Quickly leave!"
Xu Zhiqiong was the most skilled. He jumped up to the top of the wall, leaned over and pulled Qu Jinshan up. The two sat on the wall and looked for a while, but they couldn't find Niu Yuxian.
Where has this kid gone?
Roots spread all over the yard, but these roots never dared to touch the exterior wall.
In the corner, Niu Yuxian put on a black suit and rushed towards the door.
Why is this kid crazy?
His black clothes were also very powerful. All the roots were broken when they touched the black clothes. Niu Yuxian huddled in the black clothes and tried to close the door.
The door was full of roots, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't close it. Xu Zhiqiong sat on the wall and shouted: "Come back quickly!"
Niu Yuxian took off five ropes from his waist, hung one on the iron chain that locked the door, one on the two iron locks, two on the two doors respectively, and threw the last one to Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong took the rope and dragged Niu Yuxian under the wall. He tried to drag him to the top of the wall, but he couldn't drag him alive.
Why is he so heavy?
Qu Jinshan was there to help, and the two of them tried their best to drag Niu Yuxian up the wall.
The three of them sat on the wall and struggled to catch their breath. Xu Zhiqiong cursed: "Why are you so desperate for your life?"
Niu Yuxian said: "You can't leave your hands behind."
The end of the hand?
But the tail of your hand is more important than your life?
The three of them sat at the top of the city for a while, Genxu wandered around the outer courtyard for a while, and then slowly retracted into the inner courtyard.
Niu Yuxian took out a wooden box two feet long and wide from behind. There was no trace of such a large wooden box on his body.
He hung four ropes on the wooden box and turned the winch on the wooden box hard.
No wonder he was so heavy, and I don’t know how many equipment he had on him.
The winch turned and the rope pulled, Xu Zhiqiong was stunned.
He saw the mechanical arms of this world.
Pulled by two ropes, the door was closed.
Pulled by a rope, the chain was wrapped around the door.
The remaining rope is the most magical. It hangs the two door locks on the iron chain and locks them.
Niu Yuxian retracted the four ropes, took out a slingshot from his arms, loaded a projectile, and hit the door lock with a bang.
The projectile shattered, the potion gushed out, and in the blink of an eye, the rust on the door lock returned to its original state.
Xu Zhiqiong opened his mouth and was speechless. Niu Yuxian chuckled: "This way no one will know that we have been here."
Xu Zhiqiong pointed to the inner courtyard door and asked, "Do you know what's inside?"
Niu Yuxian shook his head: "I don't know!"
"Do you know where these roots come from?"
"I don't know!"
"Do you know you almost died just now?"
Niu Yuxian said calmly: "We are here to explore the road and we should not leave any traces."
Xu Zhiqiong gritted his teeth. He felt that this boy looked so stupid that he deserved a beating!
Isn't he just pretending like me?
Qu Jinshan admired Niu Yuxian very much: "This is really what the Mohist family should be like!"
Niu Yuxian said: "Please also ask Lord Deng Shou to show me what the Yin Yang family should be like, and open a road to take us back."
Qu Jinshan smiled, led the two of them to climb down the wall, took out wooden wedges and arranged the magic circle, but found that his onmyoji was ineffective.
"It makes no sense!" Qu Jinshan shook his head repeatedly, "When I came, I relied on the magic circle to open the way and entered the courtyard wall. Why can't I use any means now?"
Xu Zhiqiong was not surprised. He couldn't use his skills outside the wall, but his skills were restored when he was inside the wall.
The evil nature of this place has no rules at all.
Metaphysics doesn't work, so we can only rely on science.
Xu Zhiqiong gave Qu Jinshan his gloves and asked him to climb the tree with him. With his previous experience, Xu Zhiqiong was able to leap on the tree crown even without the help of gloves.
Qu Jinshan stumbled along the way and Niu Yuxian walked through the dense forest wearing black clothes.
After walking more than a hundred steps, Qu Jinshan felt that the yin and yang technique had returned, so he jumped down from the tree crown and rearranged the magic circle.
Xu Zhiqiong stood on the tree crown, looking back at Anshuyuan.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and Xu Zhiqiong heard the sad singing again:
Who knows about my hatred?
Who can forgive my injustice?
My hatred has no end!
My blood is still wet!
I kill!
Xu Zhiqiong shivered, lowered his head and asked, "What kind of music is this?"
Qu Jinshan raised his head and asked, "Where did that song come from?"
Niu Yuxian also looked puzzled. It seemed that only Xu Zhiqiong could hear this song.
Qu Jinshan's magic circle was successful, he opened a road, and led the two of them out of the forest, speeding all the way back to the Yamen.
When they arrived at Mingdengxuan and told the whole story, Wu Xu frowned and said, "The inner courtyard is full of roots? Where did these roots come from?"
Qu Jinshan and Niu Yuxian shook their heads, expressing ignorance, while Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.
Wu Xu asked again: "Except for the roots, what did you see?"
Qu Jinshan said to Niu Yuxian: "When you went to close the door, did you see what was happening in the yard?"
Niu Yuxian shook his head: "There is a fog in the yard, and you can't see anything."
Xu Zhiqiong still didn't speak.
Wu Xu took away Qu Jinshan and Niu Yuxian, leaving Xu Zhiqiong alone: "Did you see something?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I sneaked into the inner courtyard and saw what was going on inside. There was no house in the inner courtyard, only a tree, and those roots grew from the tree."
"What kind of tree is it?"
"Banyan tree."
"Besides the trees, what else do you see?"
"I saw a man in white."
"What does it look like?"
Xu Zhiqiong tried hard to recall the appearance of the man: "He is seven feet five six tall, with unkempt hair, a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, large eyes, and red pupils."
Wu Xu was silent for a long time, then slammed the table and gritted his teeth and said: "Old man, how dare you play with me!"
Which man dares to play tricks on you?
What's going on?
Wu Xu stood up and said: "Let's go to the Yin and Yang Division with me!"
Go to Onmyoji?
Could it be that Taibu was playing tricks on him?
Wu Xu was afraid of arousing suspicion, so he left the Yamen through the back door without riding a horse, and wore casual clothes, and took Xu Zhiqiong to the Yin and Yang Division.
After entering the attic, I found Taibu in the same place.
Sitting under the green lamp, the Taibu seemed to have predicted that Wu Xu would come. His first words when they met were: "Qianhu, calm down."
Wu Xu looked at each other angrily: "Why do you want me to go to An Shuyuan?"
Taibu blinked and poured Wu Xu a cup of tea: "That is indeed a good place to raise Gu."
Wu Xu threw away the teacup: "You are still talking nonsense, how dare Liang Yuming raise Gu there?"
Taibu poured Wu Xu another cup of tea, "I never said Prince Huai would raise gu there, he just said that it was the best place to raise gu."
Wu Xu threw the tea cup away again: "You are still slanderous! You clearly want to find out the inside story of An Shuyuan!"
Taibu smiled and said: "Anshuyuan is full of resentment. Don't Qianhu want to go and see it?"
"What can I do if I see it? I can't control that matter!"
Taibu sighed: "What can Qianhu do?"
Wu Xu said: "I only care about publicity for the people. If you want to investigate the affairs of An Shuyuan, why don't you investigate it yourself?"
Taibu shook his head: "If I leave the Onmyoji Division, I will definitely arouse suspicion."
"You have countless capable people, just send a few of them."
Taibu still shook his head: "If my subordinates make mistakes in Anshuyuan, they will eventually involve the Onmyoji Division."
"Shameless old thief!" Wu Xu gritted his teeth and said, "You are not afraid that my subordinates will be killed in Anshu Yuan, but you are not afraid of impinging on my office!"
Xu Zhiqiong understood.
There is only one suitable place for Liang Yuming to raise Gu, which is Longjiao Ghost Market.
The reason why Taibu mentioned An Shuyuan was because he wanted to investigate Anshuyuan, but he didn't want to take action himself, so he took the opportunity to use Wu Xu.
"Let us worry about trivial matters later," Taibu looked at Xu Zhiqiong, "Xu Denglang, was it you who went to Anshuyuan?"
Xu Zhiqiong nodded.
"What did you see in Anshuyuan?"
Xu Zhiqiong remained silent.
Taibu turned to look at Wu Xu: "But you don't want to tell me?"
Wu Xu pinched his chin: "Why should I tell you?"
Taibu poured another cup of tea for Wu Xu: "Since you said you want to control the people in the capital, as long as you tell me the truth, I will help you break Liang Yuming's spell."
Wu Xu tilted his head and said, "Why should I trust you?"
Taibu smiled and said: "If I break my promise, I will have no complaints if you break my old bones."
Tear you down?
You are the third grade!
Does Wu Xu have this strength?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Wu Xu, but unexpectedly Wu Xu picked up the teacup and drank the tea.
"Tell him."
Wu Xu really has this strength!
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I saw a big banyan tree in Anshuyuan. The roots of the banyan tree can grow and entangle people! In addition to the banyan tree, there is also a man in white in the inner courtyard."
Taibu was stunned for a moment, and the teapot in his hand shook.
"Do you know who the man in white is?"
Xu Zhiqiong shook his head.
Taibu looked at Wu Xu: "Does Qianhu know?"
Wu Xu nodded and said, "I know, that person is the current prince."