"If I say that we have not been involved in the Green Ghost case."
"In other words, we are not the Green Ghost Demon Sect, do you believe it?" Ke Yangchou said in a deep voice at that time.
Li Danqing frowned, without showing any signs of disbelief, and just asked: "Where is the evidence?"
Ke Yangqiu had a meal at that time, and several people from this world also came over at this time and brought a table and several tables and chairs.
"Sit down and talk." Ke Yangchou smiled at this time.
Li Danqing sat down as instructed, but still looked straight at Ke Yangchou.
"We are not some demon sect."
"We are the survivors of the previous dynasty." Ke Yangqiu said slowly.
Use the calmest tone to announce the most appalling secret.
Li Danqing's pupils dilated at that moment.
This is a very taboo name.
For the Wuyang court.
This word is even more heinous and unforgivable than the Demon Sect.
Of course, Wuyang City was originally built to overthrow the previous dynasty. In a sense, each of them is a descendant of the previous dynasty.
But most of the time, this title is specific.
In the eyes of the Wuyang court, the so-called survivors of the previous dynasty refer to those who carry the secrets of the previous dynasty with them and want to restore the country.
This definition does not sound problematic at first glance.
But what exactly is the so-called Xinmi of the previous dynasty, and why was the Wuyang court so afraid of it as a tiger?
To others, all this remains a mystery.
Even though Li Danqing once relied on his father Li Mulin's relationship to know most of the secrets of Wuyang City, this matter was the only one that everyone kept secret from Li Danqing.
Although Li Shizi's face was calm at the moment, Ke Yangchou could still see the changes in his expression just now.
At that moment, the middle-aged man smiled bitterly and spoke again.
"Actually, the so-called Xinmi of the former dynasty is the world here."
He had no intention of selling things off, and straightforwardly solved Li Danqing's confusion.
After hearing this, Prince Li was stunned and looked a little strange.
He has indeed seen the magic of the world here, but Li Danqing feels that it is unrealistic to change the owner of the impregnable Wuyang world.
Li Danqing has read some records about the place where the Wuyang Dynasty was established.
What is written between the lines can only be described in two words - cannibalism.
Countless people who were identified as survivors of the previous dynasty died under the swords of Wuyang's army, and their bones were piled high like mountains.
What is the Wuyang court afraid of?
In other words, what kind of secrets is there in this world that he doesn't know about?
"Don't look at me like that."
"I don't know what kind of power there is in this world that can enable the Wuyang court to kill us all." Ke Yangchou seemed to have seen Li Shizi's confusion. He shook his head with a wry smile and said.
"We are the Green Ghost Clan. This is just a name left by our ancestors. There is no difference between us and the ordinary people in Wuyang City. We just have such a Green Ghost tattoo on our chest since we were born. But it is this tattoo that makes us
From the moment he was born, he has been hunted by the Wuyang court."
"In the first few decades, there were still strong men in the Wujun realm in our clan who could resist, and even occasionally wrestled with Wu Yang's army. But with the death of that strong man in the battle, our clan had to start a long journey.
Hiding and fleeing.”
"And to be able to thrive to this day, our greatest reliance is on this world."
"Each clan leader can obtain the green ghost jade pendant from the previous clan leader..." Ke Yangchou said this, took out a jade pendant carved into the shape of a green ghost from his arms, put it on the table, and continued
Said: "With this jade pendant, we can travel between the inner world and the outside world."
Li Danqing glanced at the jade pendant. Apart from the fine workmanship, Prince Li could not see anything else unusual about it.
"But how does this prove that the Green Ghost case was not your fault?" Li Danqing asked in a deep voice.
He doesn't care about the miserable experience of the Green Ghost Tribe.
This is not that he is cold-blooded. In fact, such things are common in the world of Wuyang. Prince Li is willing to help those who he can and can help, but he will never do something that may harm his life in order to show off as a hero.
.
"It has been a hundred years since the founding of the Wuyang Dynasty."
"If Prince Li has read some history about Wu Yang since the founding of the dynasty, he will probably know that the Wu Yang Dynasty's pursuit of us, the so-called remnants of the previous dynasty, was the most frenzied in the more than ten years after the founding of the dynasty.
Most of the survivors of the previous dynasty were defeated and killed by the Wuyang Dynasty's army during that period."
"Most of the rest are like us, either running around in danger, or hiding in the other world."
"It is already very difficult for us to survive. If the Wuyang court doesn't come to cause trouble for us, we can burn incense. How dare we provoke them."
Ke Yangqiu's words were very sincere.
But sincerity does not mean it is worthy of belief, which Li Danqing understands very well.
He does not have unnecessary womanly kindness, nor does he have the ability to judge the truth or falsehood of what the other person says just by relying on the changes in the expression on the other person's face.
"If what you said is true, then who was responsible for the tragedy that happened in Baihe Village? Why did the heads of the Xia Qing family rebel?" Li Danqing asked in a deep voice.
"Qing Xiangfeng... Master Qing is a truly good person." Ke Yangchou couldn't help but sigh when he mentioned this.
"We hid in this world for several years, but the environment in this world was harsh. The prince also saw the yellow sand all over the land. We could neither plant crops nor graze cattle and sheep. We relied on the money left by our ancestors to survive, but
The money will be spent one day. Together with the elders and younger members of the clan, the Wuyang Dynasty’s search for the survivors of the previous dynasty has slowed down a lot in recent years, so I thought about using my status as a refugee to see if I could find someone in the Wuyang Dynasty.
I found a place where I could settle down and live my life, so I found the boundary of Baihe Village."
"This place is surrounded by mountains and rivers. Although it is closer to the imperial city, it is not an important road. In normal times, almost no one would pass by this place."
"We just want to settle down here."
"My life was pretty good at first. Hunting and farming were hard work, but there was hope. It was at this time that I built Baihe Village."
"After more than ten years of this, the imperial court once again experienced the chaos in southern Xinjiang. The focus was on stabilizing the people's hearts. There was not much doubt about our status as refugees. Life in Baihe Village gradually got better, and even most of the villagers
He was registered in the Household Department of the Wuyang Dynasty and gradually started to communicate with the outside world."
"We fixed the entrance to the other world in Baihe Village."
"Fixed?" When Li Danqing heard this word, he was keenly aware of something different. He raised his eyes and glanced at Ke Yangqiu.
"The existence of the inner world is different from the real world. It has no concept of space. As long as the entrance can be opened, the theory can enter the corresponding inner world anywhere."
"But this requires a strong person at the level of Wujun or someone who has mastered a specific Dao Yun to do it. If ordinary people want to do this, they must rely on external forces. For example, our ancestral Green Ghost Jade Pendant." Ke
Yang Qiu explained.
Li Danqing frowned. There was nothing wrong with this explanation. The other world he encountered in Sihai City needed Ye Pang, a Taoist, to open it.
But before that, when he and Bai Zhiluo came, Bai Zhiluo had opened the passage to the world here.
Long time no see, Bai Zhiluo's cultivation has indeed improved greatly, but there is still a big gap between her and the realm of Wujun. So what does she rely on to open the door to this other world?
Li Danqing was secretly confused in his heart, but Ke Yangchou did not notice Li Danqing's strange thoughts, but continued to speak at this time.
"The Green Ghost Jade Pendant is a very ancestral artifact. Using it, we can open the other world, but the power stored in the Green Ghost Jade Pendant is limited. Once the power inside is exhausted, we will have no chance to return to the other world.
By fixing the entrance to the other world, we can reduce the energy consumption when opening the passage. As our fallback path, we have to take this strategy."
"And the trouble will start when the world is fixed after this..."
Li Danqing frowned, knowing that the story he had listened to for so long was finally getting to the point.
"As our exchanges with the outside world increase, from time to time some outsiders will settle in the village. Probably because we have lived like this for too long, we have gradually forgotten our identity as the survivors of the previous dynasty, and we do not know how to use a foreigner.
What kind of method has entered the other world and stolen something from our other world?"
"And the theft of that thing was the beginning of the collapse of the entire world."
"The power in the other world began to become extremely unstable, and this instability soon affected some of our tribesmen. They became crazy and thirsty for blood."
"But we dare not report these things to the government, fearing that the court will find out our true identity through these things."
"We can only deal with those crazy tribesmen ourselves, but as more and more unstable forces are emanating from the other world, and more and more tribesmen are affected by that power, this matter still spreads to
The government, Mr. Qing Xiangfeng received the order from the court at this time to come here to investigate the matter..."
"We originally wanted to hide this matter, but Lord Qing Xiangfeng still found some clues. We had no choice but to confess to him. We thought that a miserable fate would be waiting for us, but we never thought that Qing Xiangfeng
Not only did Lord Feng not report this matter to the court, he was actually preparing to help us stabilize the changes in the world."
"This process is very cumbersome. Lord Qing Xiangfeng has made a lot of efforts and has gradually achieved some results, but it was at this time that another group of people from the imperial court arrived."
"Ying family?" Li Danqing raised his eyebrows when he heard this and asked.
Ke Yangchou nodded at this time: "Yes, it's Mr. Ying."
"You mean that the head of the Qing Xiang Feng Qing family didn't seek refuge with you, but just wanted to help you out of pity for your situation?" Li Danqing asked with a frown.
"Um."
"That day, Prime Minister Ying led a large number of soldiers and horses from the imperial court to surround Baihe Village. At this time, the head of the Qing family came forward to cover up the matter for us, but Prime Minister Ying, without any hesitation, labeled Mr. Qing as a demon sect.
Comrades."
"In order to buy us time to return to the other world, Mr. Qing fought hard with Mr. Ying and died of exhaustion. From then on, we retreated to the other world again and did not dare to have much contact with the outside world.
"
Mentioning Qing Xiangfeng, a flash of anger flashed across Ke Yangchou's brows, as if he was both guilty and angry about everything Qing Xiangfeng had encountered.
Li Danqing frowned and asked, "Are you saying that you have never lived in Baihe Village since Qing Xiangfeng's death?"
"Naturally." Ke Yangchou said with a bitter smile: "Our identities as survivors of the previous dynasty have been exposed, and we naturally understand what the imperial court will do to us when they find out. How can we dare to interact with the outside world? If we stay in the outside world, and the imperial army comes to visit, we will surely die.
?”
The truth is that this is correct.
But after hearing these words, Li Danqing became increasingly confused.
He has read the files on the Green Ghost case.
Everything that happened to Qing Xiangfeng was consistent with what Ke Yangchou said. The file said that Qing Xiangfeng was ordered to investigate the case, but there was no news after arriving here. Ying Xiangjun took the Demon Suppression Division's
People came to check, only to find that Qing Xiangfeng chose to associate with the Demon Sect and take action against the imperial court.
Li Danqing didn't find it surprising that Prime Minister Ying said such confusing words for some purpose.
But there is another file about Xia Qian in the Qinggui case.
In the second year after Qing Xiangfeng defected to the Demon Sect and the Qing family was imprisoned, Xia Qian was ordered to investigate the Demon Sect in Baihe Village.
At that time, the court said that some people in Baihe Village reported that the demon sect in Baihe Village was back...
Then Xia Qian came here to investigate the case, but instead turned to assassinate the emperor.
But according to Ke Yangchou, after Qing Xiangfeng was killed, they retreated into the inner world and had little contact with the outside world. So who are the villagers living in Baihe Village for more than a year? And who gave them
What about the case reported to the court?
As if sensing Li Danqing's doubts, Ke Yangqiu's voice sounded at this moment.
"About the second year after Mr. Qing's death, our food reserves were almost exhausted. We just sent people to carefully open the passage to the inner world and came to the outside world."
"At that time, Baihe Village had been reduced to ruins, but we did not dare to build another city in Baihe Village. At the same time, we were also afraid that large-scale population transfer would attract the attention of the court. Therefore, we could only let the tribesmen use the silver coins left by their ancestors to build a new city in Baihe Village.
Some businesses were opened nearby, and a grain store was also opened, providing a huge food supply for thousands of people as a cover."
"And it was during this process that we gradually learned about the Xia family leader."
"We are also very confused about this, but unfortunately..."
"We don't know exactly what happened, but we do have a little clue. Your Majesty, you can listen to it. Believe it or not, Your Majesty."
Li Danqing was silent when he heard the words, just looked at the other party with deep eyes, quietly waiting for the other party's next words.
Ke Yangchou said: "Xiangjun Ying knows that we are the survivors of the previous dynasty.
It was he who watched us escape into the other world under the cover of Mr. Qing Xiangfeng."
"But after so many years, we have also inquired around, and it seems that the imperial court has always defined us as a shabby demon sect, and has not regarded us as the survivors of the previous dynasty..."
Ke Yangqiu's words were only to the point, but the meaning behind them was very clear.
"Are you saying that everything that happened to the head of the Xia family and the subsequent residents of Baihe Village were all staged by Ying Xiangjun?" Li Danqing asked with a playful expression.
"But what good will it do to him?"
"It seems that the prince still knows too little about the other world." Ke Yangchou smiled when he heard this.
"How do you say this?" Li Danqing asked.
"I heard Miss Bai say that when the prince was in Sihai City, he once walked through the world of Fangli. From Miss Bai's description, that world seemed to be related to the context of the previous dynasty, which was the Fengming Mountain.
True inheritance..."
"Huh?" Li Danqing is not a stupid person, he seems to have captured the key to the matter.
"Real inheritance?"
"Could it be that the inheritance received from the Holy Mountain of Wuyang Dynasty is all fake?"
Ke Yangqiu shrugged his shoulders at that time: "I don't know the details. I heard it from my ancestors. I only know that each world is related to the inheritance of a holy mountain. Maybe this is why
To this day, Wu Yangchao still clings to us, the remnants of the previous dynasty, overtly or covertly."
"So, do you think Prime Minister Ying kept the fact that you were the survivors of the previous dynasty a secret because he coveted the power of inheritance? So he sent people to continue to live in Baihe Village as villagers of Baihe Village.
In fact, it’s just to monitor you? Do you want to wait for you to reveal some clues and then catch them all?”
"It's just that I waited and waited and couldn't wait for you to show up, so I couldn't let it go?" Li Danqing asked.
"I don't dare to judge the affairs of important people. I just tell the prince what I know." Ke Yangqiu was very smart and left a way out for himself.
Li Danqing looked at him with squinted eyes. After a while, he smiled and stood up: "The story is not bad."
"I believe it for the time being, so I have accepted this deal. Then please ask Prefect Ke to lead the way! Let me see how I can solve your trouble."
Ke Yangqiu didn't expect that Li Danqing would agree so readily. He sat there and looked up at Li Danqing and blinked. After a while, he came back to his senses. At that moment, the middle-aged man's face showed
A smile that cannot be concealed.
"Prince Li is indeed true to his nature, please come with me."
After he said this, he turned around and led the way ahead.
…
Ke Yangqiu was in a very anxious mood, which could be seen from his fast pace.
Li Danqing and Bai Zhiluo followed him side by side. Li Shizi glanced at Bai Zhiluo somewhat strangely. Ever since she came to this world, Bai Zhiluo rarely spoke and seemed to have completely ignored her. It was difficult for Li Danqing to guess her.
What role does the Palace of Eternal Life behind her play in this plan?
The environment in this world is indeed very harsh, with soft but hot loess beneath your feet, and surging sand in front of you.
The land where the Qinggui people live seems to be on the edge of the world here, and the wind and sand are not violent. However, as Ke Yangchou leads the way, Li Danqing and the others gradually move towards the center, and the wind and sand gradually become stronger.
Ordinary people are destined to have difficulty in such a violent sandstorm, but Prince Li's physical strength does not affect him.
What surprised Li Danqing secretly was that Bai Zhiluo beside him also had an ordinary complexion and light steps.
He could remember that before the battle, when Bai Zhiluo left Yangshan, her cultivation level was comparable to that of the Ziyang Realm. In just over half a year, she has reached this point. From this, it can be seen that the foundation and methods of this eternal life palace
How terrifying.
As they passed through a windy and sandy area, Li Danqing finally arrived at the center of the world.
When he came here before, he had looked at it from a distance. There was a hill in the center, and the hills were covered with densely erected objects. At first, Prince Li thought that these things were tombstones and the like.
stuff.
But when I came under the hill and looked up, I saw clearly that those densely packed on the hill were long swords with rusty handles...
This is a sword tomb!
Li Shizi had a sudden realization and wanted to ask something, but he saw that both Ke Yangchou, who was leading the way, and Bai Zhiluo, who was beside him, had stern expressions, and seemed to pay no attention to what he meant.
Li Shizi also put away the idea of asking.
The rest of the mountain climbing journey was quite easy. After reaching the hills in the center, the wind and sand that had just been raging became much smaller.
The three of them were not familiar with their cultivation. With all their strength, they reached the top of the hill that was not too high in just half an hour.
The top of the hill is a dome that can accommodate about ten people. This place is clean. It is not covered with dense rusty swords like the whole hill. There is only a flat one foot wide and half a foot thick in the center.
It seems that something was stuck here before, but now, this thing has disappeared.
Li Danqing calmed down and felt the surrounding aura. The cold aura he had just noticed in Baihe Village became stronger and stronger here. It seemed that this was the source of that aura, and it was also Ke Yang.
The place in Qiu's mouth can solve the root cause of the world gradually becoming unstable.
"What do I need to do?" Li Danqing asked with deep eyes.
Hearing this, Ke Yangchou looked back at Li Danqing, but did not answer his question. Instead, he asked: "Prince Li, do you remember what I told you before? The world in this world was very stable at first, until someone sneaked in."
Something was taken away from the world here, and the world here gradually became what it is now, on the verge of collapse."
Li Danqing nodded, looked at the pit in front of him, and said, "That thing was placed here before it was taken away, right?"
"Yeah." Ke Yangqiu also nodded, and his look at Li Danqing became a little weird.
"So Prince Li knows what it is?"
How the hell do I know?
This strange question made Li Danqing curse in his heart, but before he could express his dissatisfaction, he suddenly thought of something, and the expression on his face suddenly became strange.
Ke Yangchou spoke calmly at this moment.
"Yes."
"The thing that was stolen was what was on the prince's back..."