Shangguan Qing sat in the main hall and remained silent.
Xu Zhiqiong pinched his chin and was silent for a long time.
Bai Yueshan drank cup after cup of tea, seemingly very thirsty.
Hong Huaxiao was very embarrassed and peeked at Xu Zhiqiong from time to time.
Lu Yanyou looked anxious and said to Shangguan Qing: "Zhongzai, please let me know what the situation is like."
Shangguan Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Old Lu, you go to the capital to rent a boat and hire a few decent dancers. I want to have fun for a few days."
Lu Yanyou smacked his lips and said, "Zhongzai, let's talk about business first..."
"What I'm telling you is business. Let me tell you, I've been holding it in for several days. If you don't go along with what I want, I'm going to make trouble with you!"
"You, don't you know everything? There are no boats or dancing girls in the capital these days. All the tents and troupes have been sealed."
Shangguan Qing asked his servant to take out a few ingots of silver and give them to Lu Yanyou: "Under heavy rewards, there must be brave men. Can't you just give them more money?"
Besides, aren’t you a tea shop owner? It would be a favor to invite some of your best tea doctors!”
Lu Yanyou had no choice but to take the money and go.
There were only five people left in the hall. Shangguan Qing looked up at Xu Zhiqiong and said, "Brother, let's go over this matter from the beginning. First, let's talk about Judge Tunu saying that there really is a cold bell to punish evil officials. Isn't this true?"
"How can this be false? Tunuganukun took us there personally and used the key to open the door!"
Bai Yueshan nodded and said, "This must be absolutely true. I still remember the key to the door."
Shangguan Qing said: "Then let's go further and find out that Judge Tunu and Ganukun are indeed real people, right?"
Xu Zhiqiong frowned and said: "Brother, what do you mean by this? Naganukun, you also saw it with your own eyes!"
Shangguan Qing picked up the wine pot, took a sip directly from the spout, tasted the taste, and said to Xu Zhiqiong: "Brother, I know you love to joke. You are celebrating the New Year. Brother, I am also bored. Maybe
You want to have some fun for me."
Xu Zhiqiong lowered his face and said, "Brother, if you have something to say, say it directly."
"Then let me tell you the truth," Shangguan Qing put away the folding fan and said, "Brother, I know that you are good at illusions and your puppet making is also superb. Did you use an illusion to put on a big show for us?
"
Xu Zhiqiong was angry at that time.
Acting for you?
How much free time do I have?
Do you know what I missed because of Judge Tunu?
My wife and I are both in high spirits and have found the right skills. All we need is the basics. How about I come over and act for you?
Xu Zhiqiong suppressed his anger, turned to Bai Yueshan and said, "You know the whole story, tell me how we can escape from Han Zhong Punishing Evil Division."
Back at Tsukazaifu, Xu Zhiqiong never said anything about what happened next.
There's no way to tell.
Shangguan Qing was suspicious of everything that happened in the Han Zhong Punishing Evil Division. He told him that the master of the Dao Sect had come and killed the Nu Zu. Can they believe such a thing?
Bai Yueshan thought for a long time and said: "A certain family is not lying. Ever since I saw a ball of light in mid-air, a certain family only remembers one thing, that is, running. I don't remember anything else."
That's good, he doesn't remember.
Xu Zhiqiong turned to look at Hong Huaxiao. She had the highest level of cultivation and should know something.
Hong Huaxiao looked at Xu Zhiqiong, murmured for a while, and said: "After seeing the light ball, I seemed to see an old man, and then I seemed to fall asleep. I don't know what happened."
Hong Huaxiao quickly explained: "I can trust Ma Changshi."
Can you trust me?
Where did this start?
Did I really make up a cold clock punishing evil department to deceive you?
Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong's expression was wrong, Shangguan Qing knocked his head with a folding fan: "Brother, it's my fault. I have such a bad mouth.
What I said just now had absolutely no other meaning, and I also think it should be true. It’s just that the Hanzhong Punishment Evil Secretary disappeared as soon as he said goodbye. I always felt like it was like a dream from beginning to end.
Shang Feng, don’t take it too seriously, let’s go through this matter from beginning to end.”
Xu Zhiqiong fell silent, and Hong Huaxiao thought for a while and said: "Is it possible that this is the case?
Something did happen to the Hanzhong Punishment Division. Something big happened. The man from Ganukun told the truth.
We wanted to save people, and we also wanted to get rid of the scum Liang Xiaoen, but some senior from the sect was worried that we were no match for Liang Xiaoen, so he deliberately created a dream to warn us not to act recklessly."
Shangguan Qing slapped his fan bone, nodded repeatedly and said: "What Miss Hong said makes sense, we may not have fought this battle at all.
I remember that when I fought with Liang Xiaoen, I was forced to vomit blood, but just now I checked and found that there were no injuries at all."
Bai Yueshan nodded: "A certain family is not hurt either."
Seeing that Xu Zhiqiong's face was still gloomy, Hong Huaxiao didn't dare to say anything more.
Bai Yueshan asked with concern: "Are you injured? I'll check for you later."
Shangguan Qing was also very concerned: "I'll take a look at it too, Miss Hong, don't be careless about this!"
Hong Huaxiao frowned slightly, thinking that these men were so dirty.
Gentlemen like Ma Changshi are really hard to find in the world.
Lu Yanyou went to rent a boat, but it was hard to rent a boat, and it was even harder to hire a dancer. She couldn't come back if she didn't know how to do it.
Shangguan Qing ordered his people to prepare a banquet and prepare it to scare everyone.
While eating and drinking, Shangguan Qing held the wine glass and murmured to himself: "Is Liang Xiaoen dead?"
yes.
Is he dead?
Even Xu Zhiqiong began to doubt the authenticity of the whole thing.
He checked the conditions of Chang Decai and Yang Wu. Both of them were sleeping. It could be seen that they were very tired, but there were no injuries on their bodies.
Could it be that, as Hong Huaxiao said, the whole thing was just a dream?
Xue Yun didn't want me to go to the Han Zhong Punishing Evil Division because he expected that the angry ancestor would appear.
Did he deliberately arrange a dream to scare me so that I would stop interfering in the affairs of Tunu?
This explanation sounds reasonable, but it is really difficult for Xu Zhiqiong to accept.
Qiongqi has also experienced all this.
You can let him be a witness!
"Aqiong, is it true that Han Zhong punished the evil division with a battle?"
"Is Liang Xiaoen dead?"
"Is the Nu Zu dead?"
Qiongqi was sleeping deeply and didn't even respond.
Returning to the Qiancheng Punishment Division, Xia Hu asked with concern about the situation: "Have those Judges Tunu been rescued?"
Xia Hu had met Ganukun and knew the beginning of the matter.
Xu Zhiqiong looked at his wife and didn't know how to speak.
"Let me figure this out before I talk to you. I'm very sleepy, so please let me sleep for a while."
Xu Zhiqiong fell asleep holding Xia Hu.
Xia Hu let him hold her, but couldn't do anything else.
My wife said it was inconvenient.
What an opportunity last night was...
After sleeping until dark, Xu Zhiqiong woke up.
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. All the judges who are able to go home have gone home, but there are also a lot of people who are not.
Someone like Jiang Shengqun, who doesn't care about family matters, spends the New Year with two servants in the Punishment Department.
Bandits like Ning Yongwei have no family to begin with.
Most of the judges like those who were involved in the Jizhou uprising did not want to go home. They fought hard for a mouthful of food and did not want to harm their families. Since then, they have never entered their homes again.
The judges of Qiancheng Kingdom did not care about the life and death of Judge Tunu. They knew that a Maosha came last night. As for what they were doing, they just chatted a little and didn't pay attention at all.
Tonight, the Goulan outside Punishment Division City is still open. The wandering souls from the two realms have no home, so they might as well make more money during the Chinese New Year.
They couldn't leave Liangjiezhou, but they asked where to spend the money?
There is a doorway here. Old man Su told Xu Zhiqiong that there are markets, shops, and even powder shops in Liangjie Prefecture.
There are too many secrets in Liangjie Prefecture, but Xu Zhiqiong doesn’t know about them yet.
Xu Zhiqiong sat down on the railing. This place allowed Xu Zhiqiong to concentrate on his thoughts and get rid of distracting thoughts.
He was thinking about everything he experienced last night.
He groped for the white porcelain bottle in his arms and the long history seal in his pocket. Every detail was so real that he felt that this could never be a dream.
"The mottled clouds are blooming, the rain has passed, and the crabapple flowers are cold outside. The lakes and mountains are green and warm, and the east wind is about to clear up..."
A singer on the stage finished singing "Night Lily" with a soft and affectionate tone, which attracted bursts of applause.
Xu Zhiqiong was worried, so he didn't listen very seriously. He only listened to Jiang Shengqun who kept praising: "Ma Changshi, this song is so well sung. It's really good."
"Good! That's great!"
Xu Zhiqiong said a few perfunctory words, but heard someone next to him sneer: "This is not bad? If I weren't a little tired, I would go on stage to sing a song and let you see what tenderness is. Look at these people
How ignorant.”
The speaker was a man.
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and saw that the man was in his thirties and looked a little unfamiliar. He should not be a judge of Qiancheng Kingdom.
Is this a new comrade?
Xu Zhiqiong looked at Jiang Shengqun beside him.
Are you not annoyed if someone says you are ignorant?
Jiang Shengqun stared at the stage intently, waiting for the next song, but seemed not to hear the man's comment.
He seemed not to be aware of the man's presence at all.
Xu Zhiqiong turned his face and glanced at the man again. This time, he poured some power of imagery into his sight.
The man's appearance changed slightly.
On his lower jaw, a mountain-shaped beard grew.
Xue Yun?
Xu Zhiqiong was about to stand up, but was held down by Xue Yun.