Chen Xing said: "This is fate's arrangement, and it's up to you if you don't want to be a Dharma protector, you see? Now it's a coincidence, it's destined to follow me to investigate this matter... You, you, you... What are you going to do?! Are you trying to hit me again?"
Xiang Shu stood up, and Chen Xing stepped back immediately, thinking that the rabbit would bite if he was in a hurry, but Xiang Shu did not threaten him, and glanced sideways at Chen Xing as he walked forward.
"The lonely king hates deception the most in his life," Xiang Shu said coldly, "as long as you don't deceive, you can save your life."
When he heard the word "Lone King", Chen Xing suddenly realized a serious problem that he had never paid attention to before. Xiang Shu's identity was Da Chanyu, the king of Saibei, and he was on an equal footing with Fu Jian, the co-lord of the Central Plains. of. Perhaps it was a habit that the two of them had developed along the way. Chen Xing never regarded Xiang Shu as a big deal, nor did he pay attention to his words as he did in front of Fu Jian. Now that I think about it, this guy is also a master of words.
But Chen Xing still couldn't help but beg for a cheap word.
"If you hit me again, wait for me to get your mana back..." Chen Xing said bitterly, "I will definitely take revenge, and then I will kill you!" After speaking, he immediately stepped back a little and prepared a statement. When he started, he ran back to the imperial study with a loud roar, and moved Fu Jian to save his life.
"I'll wait." Xiang Shu just said coldly, waiting for Chen Xing to catch up, frowning: "Aren't you going yet?"
Chen Xing was puzzled for a moment, and then came back to his senses. Xiang Shu wanted to investigate the matter of the Exorcism Division, so he followed closely. I saw Xiang Shu turn out of the garden and arrive in front of a temple.
"Da Shanyu is here." The guard hurriedly told the inside.
This is the palace of Princess Qinghe. I saw Princess Qinghe sitting lazily, with several beautiful Xianbei girls beside her, all of whom were daughters of Xianbei noble families. When they saw Xiang Shu, all the girls laughed and stood up one after another to greet him.
"Da Chanyu!"
"Don't be delusional," Princess Qinghe said with a half-smiling smile, "Sit down for me, Da Chanyu likes men."
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Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu suspiciously: "Oh? Really? Really?"
Princess Qinghe explained to the left and right again: "Didn't you hear about the previous marriage?"
Xiang Shu took a deep breath and had no choice but to not talk about this with Princess Qinghe, otherwise it would only get worse and worse, and said solemnly, "Where's the person?"
Princess Qinghe said: "I'm calling, Da Danyu sits and drinks tea first, and Tianchi will wait and wait for you, Da Danyu."
Chen Xing had to take a seat and pour tea for Xiang Shu, Princess Qinghe said again, "Tianchi?"
Chen Xing always felt that this group of Hu people had the intention of joking, and liked to tease him when he had nothing to do. He was full of vigilance against Princess Qinghe, and he didn't know the purpose of Xiang Shu's coming here. They investigate.
"Yes." Chen Xing replied.
Princess Qinghe smiled and said, "Have you agreed to the marriage that Your Majesty mentioned?"
Chen Xing said calmly, "I didn't agree."
Princess Qinghe said again: "Oh? Why? Don't mind, we Xianbei people are so direct."
All the girls laughed again and looked at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing's mouth twitched, and he replied, "No emotion."
Princess Qinghe said again: "Emotions can be cultivated slowly."
Chen Xing replied: "Then we have to wait for it to be cultivated, then let's talk about marriage."
Chen Xing can now quite calmly accept the marriage of two men, thinking that he can only use other excuses to block the words of this group of barbarians with broken rituals and music.
Another girl smiled at Qinghe and said, "He already has someone. Brother Yan, don't expect it. It's me and I will definitely marry Da Chanyu, right?"
The girl spoke Xianbei dialect. Chen Xing had learned from Yuwenxin before and understood everything, but in this scene, she had to pretend she didn't understand, and it was hard to see Xiang Shu's face.
Princess Qinghe also replied to the girl in Xianbei dialect: "It's okay to marry the two together. If he can take the position of Wang Meng, he will marry Da Chanyu first, then Yan'er..."
Chen Xing: "…"
"Enough." Xiang Shu finally couldn't listen anymore.
At this time, someone finally came outside, but Chen Xing heard a familiar voice.
"Feng Qianjun, the grassman, pays respects to Her Royal Highness Princess Qinghe."
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Chen Xing turned his head immediately, but Xiang Shu only glanced outside the door, only to see Feng Qianjun standing outside the threshold, not daring to come in, he bowed slightly and stood with folded arms. As soon as Chen Xing saw it, he almost didn't recognize him, because today Feng Qianjun specially changed his clothes, changed his usual arrogance, wore a black lacquer crown, and trimmed his eyebrows. Taking off his saber, his face is like a crown of jade, and his appearance is dignified.
Chen Xing almost called out Brother Feng, but was stopped by Xiang Shu's look.
"Da Shanyu is looking for you for something," Princess Qinghe said with a casual smile, "Come in."
"Take a step to talk." Xiang Shu stood up and said, "Let's go now."
Princess Qinghe didn't stop her, she just said, "Your Majesty will wait for you to have dinner tonight, come back early."
Xiang Shu knew that trouble was coming. After entering the palace, Fu Jian never mentioned the golden gift of the purple scroll, and only let him rest well, and Xiang Shu did not take the initiative to speak. Now Fu Jian can't hold back anymore. Finally, he asked for a purple scroll from him.
Chen Xing and Xiang Shu got up and went out. Feng Qianjun raised his head again and cast a glance into the hall. Chen Xing suddenly found that Feng Qianjun's eyes were a little lonely.
"Brother Feng?" Chen Xing whispered.
Feng Qianjun nodded and left the palace together with Chen Xing and Xiang Shu. For a while, the three of them did not speak. Chen Xing calculated in his heart, looked at Xiang Shu, but could not guess his motives. It was even more strange why Feng Qianjun knew Princess Qinghe, full of suspicion. A carriage was waiting outside the palace where there was no one.
Feng Qianjun took the initiative to say, "I've heard about what happened last night. I know you two are all right. Today I was about to ask someone to enter the palace to inquire, but Da Chanyu first passed me in."
Chen Xing looked at Feng Qianjun, and then at Xiang Shu, Xiang Shu still had that inscrutable expression, showing no clue at all. He had to ask Feng Qianjun, "Brother Feng, do you actually know Princess Qinghe?"
Feng Qianjun explained: "In addition to running the bank, the Feng family occasionally donates rare items to the royal family. They came to Chang'an seven years ago and met her by chance. Da Chanyu, since you asked me to come, please forgive me. Straightforwardly…”
Xiang Shu interrupted Feng Qianjun and said, "It's my fault that I couldn't save your driver last night."
Feng Qianjun hurriedly waved his hand and said, "The coachman has been buried with heavy hair. Naturally, no one would want this to happen."
When Chen Xing heard about the identity of Xiang Shu, he actually cared about the life and death of the driver, but he changed his mind slightly.
"Get in the car and talk." Feng Qianjun motioned, "Go to Songbaiju?"
Chen Xing: "This carriage is too small..."
Feng Qianjun: "I didn't know you were both there. Forget it, let's squeeze first..."
The carriage that Feng Qianjun was sitting in was very narrow. As soon as the three of them got up, Xiang Shu and Feng Qianjun had long legs, and they could not move. Xiang Shu’s nose and lips were against Chen Xing’s profile face, Feng Qianjun’s arm was against Chen Xing’s waist, and Chen Xing’s waist was close. Xing could only sit halfway on a thigh contributed by Xiang Shu and Feng Qianjun.
"Why am I sitting in the middle..."
Feng Qianjun: "Is it possible to let Da Chanyu sit on my lap?"
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Chen Xing: "Strange, haven't you always ridden horses? Why are you riding today?"
Feng Qianjun: "Because I don't want to mess up my hair."
Chen Xing: "Why?"
Feng Qianjun: "Don't ask, it's all sad."
The car crossed Changkang North Road and staggered along the street where Xiang Shu and Chen Xing returned last night. Feng Qianjun added: "Who was it that attacked you in the dark night? How many people? The information we have is really limited, and the two of you are the only ones involved."
Xiang Shu almost pressed Chen Xing's face, and replied coldly, "I don't know, alone."
Feng Qianjun asked again, "When the patrolling army arrived, there was already the body of my driver. Why didn't we fight for a while and wait for reinforcements?"
Feng Qianjun knew that in his capacity as Xiang Shu, he would never kill a driver. It was almost certain that the two were attacked after leaving Songbaiju.
"Wait for the patrolling army?" Xiang Shu said coldly, "Let them lose their lives on the street together?"
Chen Xing thought to himself that this was the case. He ran away suddenly last night, did he not want to kill the soldiers patrolling the city
Feng Qianjun looked puzzled and looked at Chen Xing again. Chen Xing thought for a long time and explained, "The one who attacked us was a monster."
"There are monsters again?" Feng Qianjun said blankly, "Where do you go, where are there monsters?"
"Do you think I thought it?" Chen Xing said helplessly, "And the cause and effect are reversed!"
Xiang Shu said, "It is said that you entered the palace for another matter. Now go and open the door of the last warehouse underground."
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Chen Xing had just mentioned it to Xiang Shu this morning, and Xiang Shu made a tough request to Feng Qianjun. Feng Qianjun immediately said, "No! I have no right to go in, and I can't go in either."
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Chen Xing immediately said, "What are you going to do?"
Chen Xing only thought that Xiang Shu was going to go in single-handedly, stab Feng Qianyi to death with a sword, and then slaughter Songbaiju all over the house, but Xiang Shu said, "In this way, there is no need for Songbaiju to exist."
Feng Qianjun: "..."
The three were crammed into a small carriage, Xiang Shu was about to get up, Chen Xing hurriedly moved to him, pinned him down, sat in his arms, and said, "I have something to say."
Xiang Shu: "The Feng family has already been killed. Shang Yangyang is proud of himself without knowing it. If you die sooner or later, you will all die. I don't mind sending your family on the road by the way."
Feng Qianjun: "!!!"
Feng Qianjun took a deep breath, and Chen Xing was shocked to hear that Xiang Shu had said it so directly! There was silence in the carriage for a while, Feng Qianjun snarled a word, and did not say it for a long time. Finally, with a bit of frustration, he sighed: "I persuaded my eldest brother more than once."
Xiang Shu: "This has nothing to do with me, open the warehouse door."
Feng Qianjun said stiffly, "Otherwise?"
Xiang Shu replied: "Otherwise, King Gu will mobilize the Imperial Army tonight and expel your Feng family from Chang'an. I have endured you for a long time, Feng Qianjun."
"Don't stop," Chen Xing said immediately, "Don't quarrel, we are friends who have slept together on the way, uh... Brother Feng, I really need... Can you help me think of a way? You... For you In terms of everything... um... "
Chen Xing glanced at Feng Qianjun's carrying saber, and the hidden meaning was self-evident: once the mana in the world was restored, the Senluo saber became a magic weapon, and it was in Feng Qianjun's hands.
Feng Qianjun naturally understood Chen Xing's suggestion, and was silent.
Chen Xing knew that Xiang Shu was not joking. In fact, as long as he made a request to Tuoba Yan to search Songbaiju, it seemed not difficult to achieve, but it was not easy to explain to Fujian.
Xiang Shu has a high position and weight, so he told Feng Qianjun in advance that he had already given enough face. If the Feng family was not worried about other things and was searched by the banned army, there was still something to make sense. Right now, it would be justified because the elder brother was conspiring to do something wrong, as long as he went wrong. One step, maybe you will die without a burial place.
Feng Qianjun had to say: "Big brother will definitely not agree, but okay, I will think of another way, just for the sake of this family-owned Senluo sword, I hope that after the mana is restored, I can convince my brother and let him understand the responsibilities of our Feng family. ."
At noon, Feng Qianjun invited Chen Xing and Xiang Shu into the Songbaiju, went out and came back, explaining: "The big shopkeeper will take a nap every day after lunch, and I will take advantage of this time to get the warehouse key."
Xiang Shu looked as usual, and had lunch with Chen Xing at Songbaiju. Feng Qianjun looked at Xiang Shu and said with a smile, "Interesting, you are not afraid of me poisoning the food."
Chen Xing said, "Is it any good for you to be poisoned?"
Xiang Shu: "I'm not afraid of poisoning."
Feng Qianjun: "..."
Chen Xing looked at Xiang Shu in surprise, thinking to himself, are you still safe from all poisons? This physique is very strange.
Feng Qianjun thought for a while and then said, "My brother has changed his temperament since his sister-in-law passed away. Over the years, he insisted on avenging my sister-in-law and two nephews..."
Xiang Shu: "This has nothing to do with me."
Feng Qianjun had no choice but to answer: "The crime of treason is one of the ten evils. All sins can be forgiven, but the worst is unforgivable. I can only persuade him, but if he doesn't listen, what can I do?"
Xiang Shu remained silent, while Chen Xing was anxious and wanted to explain to Feng Qianjun that he was tight-lipped about the rebellion of the Feng brothers, but he seemed to want to cover up when he talked too much. At the end, Feng Qianjun said again: "I just don't understand who leaked the rumors."
Chen Xing quickly explained: "It's not me, I didn't say anything."
Feng Qianjun fell into thinking again, and when it was past noon, Feng Qianjun got up lightly, motioned for himself to get the key, and asked the two to wait a moment. He walked through the corridor barefoot, came to the big shopkeeper's room, and got the key in no time.
"There are only three keys." Feng Qianjun showed it to Chen Xing, and Chen Xing took it calmly: "I'll go in and have a look, I promise not to leave your things, and when I come out, I will make everything return to its original position."
Feng Qianjun went to open the warehouse guards, Xiang Shu and Chen Xing waited by the side, when no one was there, Chen Xing opened the warehouse door with the key, and from the inside to the outside, it was still tightly closed.
The light dimmed, and in the warehouse where the five fingers could not be seen, Chen Xing's hand emitted a warm white light. Xiang Shu followed behind him with only his sleeves, and went down the stairs, passed the copper warehouse, the silver warehouse, and entered the vault.
Xiang Shu looked around and Chen Xing explained: "This place is the site of the General Administration of Exorcism in Han Dynasty three hundred years ago. We are standing in their hall."
Xiang Shu: "In the Department of Exorcism, is there any record of the resurrection of the '魃'?"
"I don't know." Chen Xing replied, "It is rumored that after the disbandment of the Exorcism Division, many classics were scattered in the world over the years. My master in Huashan collected some, and many more have disappeared... Why do you care so much?"
Xiang Shu still did not answer, and when he came to the last secret door, all the keys were used, and there was only a compass in the center.
"It's called Lu Liner," Chen Xing thought for a while, and said, "I learned from the teacher's door, it's a kind of mechanical technique. When Feng Qianyi brought me in last night, he thought I didn't know anything about it. I have identified the lock-picking know-how of the interlocking of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Elements. There are many boxes in the teacher's door, all of which use this kind of compass..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Xiang Shu pressed Chen Xing's neck and pressed him to the compass, "Unlock."
Chen Xing: "…"
The room was silent for a while, except for the sound of the compass spinning. Chen Xing recalled the sound of Feng Qianyi's turning last night, and tried to align with the zodiac sign on the compass.
"Xiang Shu?" Chen Xing asked, the white light in his hand only illuminated a small area on the compass. Both were hidden in the dark.
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Chen Xing: "Your name is Shulukong, why do you say your surname is Xiang? And why are you called 'Xiangshu' and not 'Xiangkong'?"
"What does this have to do with you?" Xiang Shu asked indifferently.
Chen Xing only felt that there were too many mysteries in Xiang Shu, why he cared so much about "魃", although Xiang Shu's answer to this was just "nosy" when they met again in Longzhong Shannei, but in retrospect, it was really true. Not like a nosy look. Even tracing the reason why the village was slaughtered by the scorpion is not quite plausible.
For a moment, Chen Xing stopped.
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Chen Xing stood up straight, thought about it, and said, "Wait, Xiang Shu, I have a condition."
"You dare to make conditions with me?" Xiang Shu put his fingers on Chen Xing's shoulders. Chen Xing suddenly felt numb and weak, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that! Let go! Listen to my explanation!"
"I feel a sense of resentment behind the door." Chen Xing was almost certain that what he felt when he entered the bottom of the warehouse last time was not an illusion. I don't know why he got involved with Feng Qianyi, it's very likely that he was also affected by this resentment..."
"Stop talking nonsense, and focus on the key points!" Xiang Shu said again.
"The underground secret vault of the General Administration of Exorcism... Don't do it! Listen!" Chen Xing said, "There may be something sealed in it. This kind of thing can't be solved by fighting alone."
Xiang Shu replied: "Yes, listen to you."
Chen Xing added: "Although I don't know how to deal with it, you need to be my Dharma protector during this time. The most important thing is to protect my safety. You must believe me wholeheartedly and unreservedly. Listen to my words and deal with the danger."
Xiang Shu sneered, "Don't you boast that your luck has always been good?"
Chen Xing added: "I don't know where I provoke you, what do you think of me?"
Xiang Shu: "You didn't provoke me, and I have no opinion on you."
Chen Xing: "Then let's talk calmly, is it difficult for you to be my Dharma protector? As long as you are willing, the power of the heart lamp is far more than this effect. You also saw its effect when you were in Long Zhongshan. Book As mentioned above, the exorcist and the protector, only when their lives are entrusted to each other, the magic can exert the strongest power."
Xiang Shu: "Are you blackmailing me with this? Open the door!"
Chen Xing: "Of course not! I'm just afraid that there is something difficult to deal with."
Xiang Shu was silent for a long time. When Chen Xing turned to look at him, Xiang Shu finally said, "Yes."
"Wang! Wang!"
"Wow!" Chen Xing was startled by the sudden sound, and when he turned around, he saw Feng Qianjun holding a small dog: "Huh? Why are you here?"
Feng Qianjun said: "It smelled your scent on me and followed along the way."
It was the dog that Chen Xing picked up from the road when they arrived in Chang'an and entrusted to Feng Qianjun, but he hadn't seen it for a few days, and the puppy only wagged its tail happily towards Chen Xing.
Chen Xing hugged it and touched its head. Just now, a heart leaped out of his throat and asked, "Brother Feng, when did you come?"
Feng Qianjun: "When you asked Da Chanyu to listen to you wholeheartedly and without reservation."
Xiang Shu obviously knew that Feng Qianjun was coming in. Although Feng Qianjun's footsteps were light, he could not hide the masters like Xiang Shu. Chen Xing said, "I have unlocked the lock, and the door is now open."
Chen Xing took a deep breath and put the compass back in place. There was a "click" inside, the lock was opened, and then he stepped forward to push the door.
The door remained motionless.
Chen Xing: "…"
"It must have been closed for too long." Chen Xing turned sideways, put his shoulders on the stone door, pushed inward hard, and said, "It's stuck inside..." When he exerted force, his feet slipped on the ground, and he said to Xiang Xiang. Said: "Protection! Let's help!"
Xiang Shu held Chen Xing's collar, took him aside, stretched out his middle finger, hooked a hole on the edge of the compass, and pulled it to the side, with a rumbling sound, the door slid open to the left.
Chen Xing: "Oh, it turned out to be a sliding door."
A dark space appeared inside.
Chen Xing raised his hand, and the light of the heart lamp filled the room, shining into the depths.
It was a small dark space, but the firewood house was square, and the light of the heart lamp lit up, and the interior was immediately unobstructed. Just when the door opened, the puppy suddenly got a little scared and turned and ran away.
Chen Xing let out a shout and walked in quickly, only to see messy and broken bamboo slips on the shelf on the left side of the small room, dozens of boxes on the right side, and a locked iron cabinet in the middle.
"It's been buried underground for too long." Chen Xing reached out and took the bamboo slips from the shelf, frowning deeply.
There are only three people standing in the storage room, and they will bump into each other even when they turn around. Feng Qianjun looked up and looked around and said, "This must be the relic dug up from the ground when the warehouse was built."
"Can you see it?" Item said.
Chen Xing handed Xiang Shu a bamboo slip with remorse. After three hundred years, it was buried in the ground for a long time. It was eroded by running water and covered with sand and mud, and no words could be read.
"It's just one step away," Chen Xing said helplessly, "It's only one step away, my God!"
"Are you sure that as long as the handwriting is legible, you can find what you want?" Xiang Shu said, grabbing Chen Xing's wrist in one hand, raising him slightly, and using it as a lamp to illuminate the bamboo slip in his hand.
Chen Xing: "Anyway, I can find some clues!"
Feng Qianjun opened a box and said, "You see?"
Inside the box was a large mass of hard shells stuck together. Feng Qianjun broke off a small piece, which was paper. After the paper was soaked in water, it was pasted into a large mass and finally dried.
Chen Xing struggled a few times and asked Xiang Shu to let go of his hand. Xiang Shu threw the bamboo slips aside and began to look at an empty scabbard.
"What's written on the scabbard?" Xiang Shu asked.
Chen Xing recognized a line of ancient seal characters on the scabbard: "The net of life and death is firmly bound, and I would like to use the sword of wisdom to break it."
In the center is another heavy iron cabinet with a black iron lock on it.
"Open it and see?" Chen Xing always felt that this place was a bit unusual.
Feng Qianjun motioned the two to move away, and when he was about to draw the knife, Xiang Shu stretched out his finger, hooked and twisted, and the iron piece connecting the lock on the cabinet door was twisted off.
When Chen Xing was about to use the light to illuminate the iron cabinet, Xiang Shu had blocked Chen Xing, holding the scabbard in his left hand in a defensive posture, and opened the cabinet door with his right hand—
There is a dressing mirror the size of a face and palm in the cabinet, the rest are all jade products, and there are chains carved from white jade, which are heavily wrapped around the dressing mirror, and the moment the iron cabinet is opened, a black mist fills the air.
The role of jade is to exorcise evil spirits... This is resentment! Chen Xing made a decisive decision and shouted, "Hurry up and close the cabinet door!"
However, this shout came too late. As soon as the cabinet door opened, black mist erupted from the inside and swept the entire storage room, wrapping the three of them in it. Xiang Shu shouted, "Go back!"
Chen Xing only felt a strong suction dragged him, and pulled him frantically in the direction of the mirror. As soon as he turned around, he was wrapped in the whirlwind and flew up. Xiang Shu pushed hard behind him, and the scabbard came off his hands. Sucked into the mirror!
The iron cabinet vibrated wildly, making a rumbling sound, like the mouth of a monster, and it began to devour everything around it in the gust of wind. Chen Xing clawed at the door of the storage room, dragging Xiang Shu with one hand, Xiang Shu shouted: "Let it go! I!"
Chen Xing turned back and shouted, "What did I say before I came in?"
Feng Qianjun roared, "Find a way to kick the cabinet door up!"
However, Chen Xing couldn't hold it anymore, his fingers were in severe pain, he subconsciously loosened it, and was swept away by the whirlwind of black mist. At that moment, Xiang Shu immediately wrapped his arms around Chen Xing's waist and hugged him tightly. In the mirror!
Feng Qianjun roared: "Come here! Help! Chen Xing!"
Feng Qianjun grabbed the knife in one hand, stuck the saber beside the door, looked back at the weird mirror, and when he looked up again, his pupils suddenly enlarged slightly, and he saw a dark room, leaning on a wheelchair, holding a lamp, wearing a mask, only covering He glanced at him and looked at his brother Feng Qianyi from a distance.
Feng Qianyi showed a strange expression, half a smile, but shook his head helplessly.
Feng Qianjun unknowingly let go, even with a knife, and was swept into the mirror by the dark storm.