Another figure rushed along the long street and shouted, "There are monsters! There are monsters!"
Feng Qianjun entered the city, saw Chengnan's resentment at first sight, and rushed to support him. After he shouted and Xiao Shan made a noise, the whole street suddenly woke up, the lights came on, and then the three kings slammed the bricks away. Tile, turned into black fire and flew away.
"Hu, hu..." Chen Xing supported Xiang Shu, and the two staggered toward the west of the city.
"Chen Xing!" Xiao Shan's voice was almost furious, "Chen Xing!"
"Xiao Shan..." Chen Xing turned around, saw Xiao Shan chasing after him, and stopped immediately. Xiao Shan used both hands and feet, and ran down the alley, blocking the road when Chen Xing and Xiang Shu were in front of him, looking at Chen Xing without speaking.
Chen Xing was exhausted, but Xiang Shu frowned and said, "What are you doing here when you stay in Hala and Lin?"
Xiao Shan was so angry that he could not speak, then he shouted, and rushed forward like a whirlwind, about to hit Xiangshu.
"Stop!" Chen Xing turned back and said hurriedly, "Xiang Shu can't fight with you now! Xiao Shan! That's great!"
Xiao Shan shook off Chen Xing and took a few steps back. Chen Xing didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and asked, "How did you find this place?"
Xiao Shan didn't answer, his eyes turned red. Chen Xing looked back, for fear that the king would come again, he hurriedly supported Xiang Shu and said, "Come with me, come! Hurry up! It's very dangerous here!"
The three hid under a bridge, and Chen Xing checked Xiang Shu's injury. Xiang Shu let out a tired sigh, closed his eyes, and remained motionless.
Xiao Shan looked at the two suspiciously.
"Are you all right?" Chen Xing said.
"My heart is tired." Xiang Shu was badly injured by King Jin's blow, blood was overflowing from the corner of his mouth, he must have suffered internal injuries, and even his breathing was a little painful.
Chen Xing was very anxious, and turned to look at Xiao Shan again.
"You have to find a safe place," Chen Xing said, "or leave Kuaiji as soon as possible."
At night, the city was extremely quiet, and occasionally there was a crow or two, and footsteps suddenly sounded on the bridge.
"Chen Xing!" Feng Qianjun's voice shouted.
"Shh." Chen Xing immediately probed out, Feng Qianjun went down to the bottom of the bridge and breathed a sigh of relief: "All the pursuers have run away, and the people on the street have woken up. Brother Xiang, how are you doing? Get up, come to my house. Let's go to Qianzhuang for a night... Huh? Who are you?"
Chen Xing indicated that he didn't have time to explain. Looking at Xiang Shu's appearance, it seemed that it had become more serious. He had to find a way to send him back to Jiankang temporarily, so he couldn't stay here any longer. No matter how important the matter is, it is not more important than the safety of Xiangshu, even if it is investigated later.
Feng Qianjun put Xiang Shu's arm on his shoulders, and Chen Xing's burden was immediately lighter. I hurried out to the bottom of the bridge, and in front of my eyes was the quiet residential complex in the west of the city. The plague for a year made everyone look gloomy, as if they were trapped by an ominous pressure and could not turn over. At the same time, it was actually a ghost town.
"You have to cross the middle street," Feng Qianjun said. "To go north, you have to walk for at least an hour. Speed up and you can reach Xifeng Bank at dawn..."
"Wait," Chen Xing suddenly remembered what Wu Qi said, the former Xiang family's mansion was by the Liuqiao, and Liuqiao was the bridge that he just avoided, so he said, "Follow me."
Chen Xing arrived at the door of a house and knocked on the door. There was a lantern of "Fangfu" hanging on the door, and a peach wood sword to ward off evil spirits and filth was inserted next to the door. The owner who bought this mansion, surnamed Fang, used to be a big family. Later, because the host and the hostess and a group of children contracted the plague, they dismissed the family members, and even spent a lot of property in vain. I thought they had to wait to die. The disease is not hanging up and down, and it has to continue day by day.
By this time, the only old servant in the Fang family and a young man were sitting opposite each other. Chen Xing explained his purpose. He was a borrower and his companion was sick and wanted to stay overnight. He readily agreed to the convenience and went to open the cleaned guest room. Feng Qianjun wanted to use some money, but the other party refused to accept it. The host was sick in bed, and he felt sorry for his kind. He could help him if he could.
Chen Xing checked Xiang Shu and found that when he was fighting the enemy, the internal bleeding was caused by the shock of his internal organs. Fortunately, he was not seriously injured. He used a silver needle to pierce the meridians, and Xiang Shu was better, and he still sat in a trance.
Feng Qianjun said, "Why did you choose this place? Is there any special significance?"
Chen Xing then explained what happened along the way, Xiao Shan ignored them and sat on the couch in a daze, sitting next to Xiang Shu, one big and one small, like two people who disliked each other.
Feng Qianjun pondered for a moment, and Xiang Shu finally said, "I believe you, who said Shihai's subordinates wouldn't come to Jiangnan?"
Feng Qianjun said bitterly: "How do I know? There is no sign!"
Chen Xing said: "How did they know that we left Jiankang to come to Kuaiji? Even the journey is accurate."
There is only one way to go south from Jiankang. It is not difficult to ambush on the only way, but how did the three kings silently come to Jiangnan? In Jiankang City, no one can answer. Chen Xing thought about it, but had no clue. Feng Qianjun checked the doors and windows again, and closed all the doors and windows that could be closed tightly, and spied whether there were crows in the square house.
"When it's dawn," Feng Qianjun said, "I will let the housekeeper go to the local Xifeng to deliver the letter. Everyone try not to show up, so as not to be tracked by the king. If I go to the county governor in person, I don't believe in the army. If you send it out, you can't help those three dead people."
Chen Xing thought that for the present plan, it seemed the safest choice to turn to the government, but he was afraid that chaos would arise again. Now, in addition to Feng Qianjun, they have added another new force, Xiao Shan. If they are fully prepared, they may be able to fight.
"Xiao Shan, can you use the sky to split?" Chen Xing asked Xiao Shan.
Xiao Shan leaned against the couch and curled up in the corner. He peeked at Chen Xing, Feng Qianjun and others from time to time. When Chen Xing spoke to him, Xiao Shan's eyes turned away.
Feng Qianjun motioned to Chen Xing to explain why there was such a child, and asked, "When did you two have a son? This look is printed on the same mold as Brother Xiang."
"Enough." Xiang Shuzheng was annoyed and didn't want to accompany Feng Qianjun to gag.
At this moment, a voice came from outside, asking, "Do you need any medicinal materials? I think that brother seems to be injured."
Chen Xing's thoughts turned around and went to open the door to thank him. Seeing that it was the boy who was guarding the house, he said, "I was just looking for some medicine to activate blood, and it would be good if the master has it."
The owner of Fang Mansion had this disease, and he had used all methods. He even bought a lot of medicinal materials at home, and asked the family members to accumulate more virtues on weekdays. The young man took Chen Xing into the warehouse to find medicine for him.
Chen Xing said: "To be honest, I am indeed a doctor. When your master wakes up tomorrow, I want to show him."
"Thank you so much." The young man said, "Your brother is so good-looking, how did he get hurt so badly?"
Chen Xing lamented in his heart that life was too short, and it was a long story. He thought that maybe tomorrow he would ask Feng Qianjun to escort Xiang Shu back to Jiankang, and he and Xiao Shan left to investigate. Help me... Suddenly my mind changed, isn't this the house where the Xiang family once lived? So he changed the subject and asked, "I heard that your family bought some antiques to sell. Is there such a thing?"
The young man was suddenly startled and said, "Two days ago, a Master Lin from Jiankang came to the Central Librarian and asked about this. What's your relationship?"
Chen Xing hurriedly took out Xie An's paperwork, and the teenager read it with the light on, and said, "When we moved in, this house was originally owned by the Xiang family, and the Xiang family was no longer there, so the government took it back and sold it, and it came to the master. Go. Don't be afraid to tell the truth, my master and wife have been ill for a long time, and the family has one after another. There is no silver and two flowers, so I have to find something valuable to be pawned. I saw that the bamboo slip was inlaid with gold, and it must be worth a few dollars. …”
Chen Xing interrupted decisively: "Did you find anything else when you cleaned this house?"
The boy said, "It's all on the west side. If you want to see it, I'll show you. Don't blame me for not reminding you... Are you afraid of ghosts?"
Chen Xing didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Let's go."
The young man said again: "Really, I sometimes pass this garden in the middle of the night and hear people's voices, you can't help but believe in evil."
Passing through the other side of the mansion, Chen Xingcai suddenly discovered that the mansion is very big, and many places have not been repaired. The ghost of a man, but he can see what a magnificent mansion this was hundreds of years ago.
The house was never locked, and no one came to steal from a house infected with the plague. Chen Xing pushed the door slightly and entered. The young man put the lamp on the table, obviously not timid, and said, "I'll go back and rest first, and you can call me if you have something to do." Then he hurriedly ran away.
"I think there are ghosts," Chen Xing murmured, "In this way, it's easier to ask clearly."
Chen Xing put the lamp on an abandoned crooked case, set up a heart lamp, and illuminated the surroundings. This is an accordion used by the owner to entertain guests. The front of the pavilion faces the lake. There are several bookshelves in the pavilion. There are jumbled scrolls stacked on top, most of them rotten.
Chen Xing opened a bundle of bamboo slips, the rope was already rotten, and fell to the ground with a "crash". Chen Xing bowed and picked up one of the slips, with a line of words written on it: Outline of the Earth Pulse Spirit Aperture.
The Xiang family is an exorcist! Chen Xing's previous guess was finally confirmed, and he immediately opened another volume, took out the root of the front of the volume, and saw that it read: Ten Views of Cave Heaven and Blessed Land.
"What are you looking for?" Xiang Shu's voice sounded from behind.
Chen Xing: "Ah!"
Chen Xing was taken aback by surprise.
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Chen Xing couldn't breathe, and said intermittently: "You... what are you doing?"
Xiang Shu frowned deeply and said, "I'm afraid you will be caught again!"
Chen Xing said with laughter and laughter: "Even if the king catches me now, you can't do anything about it, go back and rest."
Chen Xing just said it casually, but Xiang Shu's face changed suddenly, and he was suddenly shaking with anger, but he didn't want to quarrel with Chen Xing here, and said, "You are right, I'm leaving."
Chen Xing realized that his unintentional words hurt Xiang Shu, and hurriedly said: "I didn't mean that... I'm sorry, Xiang Shu... Shulu Kong!"
Xiang Shu turned around and left, Chen Xing looked at his back, and suddenly felt a sadness in his heart for no reason.
"Xiang Shu," Chen Xing said, "listen to me... Xiang Shu... Come and see, what I found... "
Xiang Shu was about to leave without saying a word, but Chen Xing stopped in front of him and suddenly hugged him by the waist.
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Xiang Shu suddenly felt uncomfortable and wanted to struggle, but he was completely weak and couldn't break Chen Xing, so he was finally controlled by Chen Xing.
"Quick... let go!" Xiang Shu hurriedly said, "What are you doing! Get out!"
Xiang Shu pushed Chen Xing's head a few times, but couldn't push him.
Chen Xing turned his head to the side and leaned on Xiang Shu's shoulder. At this moment, he was both sad and moved. What was sad was that Xiang Shu had lost all his strength, but he was speechless, which broke his heart. What moved me was that even when Xiang Shu couldn't even protect himself, what he cared about most was the safety of his Chen Xing.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Chen Xing whispered, "Thank you, Shulukong."
"Pain!" Xiang Shu said impatiently, with a bitter expression on his face, "Let go! Are you trying to get revenge on me now?"
Only then did Chen Xing let go of him. The two stood face to face, but their eyes were staggered unnaturally, as if they didn't want to look at each other for a while, for fear of revealing their inner thoughts. At the end, Xiang Shuhu said, "What are you looking for here?"
"Uh, I..." Chen Xing was still emotional for a while. For some reason, in this dark night, he suddenly understood that many of the ancient books he had read mentioned the stories of exorcists and Dharma protectors. Here, between the lines, the complex emotions revealed in the deeper places.
"You sit for me and don't move, or you will be the first to teach me when I regain my strength."
After Xiang Shuyi pointed to the case, he still stumbled a bit, walked to the side and looked up at the scrolls on the bookshelf. Chen Xing had to sit down in the dusty room, his mind was still surging in the emotion he had just had for a moment, as if an impulse was driving him to shout:
Shulukong you bastard! You are so kind! I like you so much!
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Chen Xing looked away immediately, and unconsciously lit the heart lamp in his hand. For some reason, the heart lamp seemed to move with his feelings tonight. It illuminates the room like daylight.
"Stop quickly," Xiang Shu frowned, "Do you want to attract the enemy?"
Chen Xing was scolded again, so he had to quickly collect his mana, Xiang Shu said sternly: "Your mana will cause damage to the body, can you be more disciplined?"
Chen Xing had to reply: "Oh, I just want to take a picture of you."
In fact, at that moment, Chen Xing's heart only felt warm, as if he wanted to sacrifice his heart lamp uncontrollably, as if he wanted to express his emotions.
The two were silent for a while, and Xiang Shu looked down with the bamboo slip that Chen Xing had seen before.
Strange, didn't Xiang Shu understand seal script? Chen Xing thought to himself.
Sure enough, Xiang Shu didn't see what was going on. He got up to check the bookshelves again, and turned the bookshelves in a mess, as if he was venting some emotion in his heart with his movements. Chen Xing finally couldn't stand it any longer.
"The owner of this family was also an exorcist during his lifetime," Chen Xing explained. "It seems to be specialized in the direction, the circulation of the Heaven and Earth Vessel, and the Heaven and Earth Paradise... What are you looking for? Bring it here and I'll show it to you."
Xiang Shu finally regained his composure and said, "Look for the genealogy."
Chen Xing suddenly remembered and said, "Do you think your mother belongs to this family?"
Xiang Shu didn't answer, took a deep breath, endured the pain from the pain, took down a box from the top of the bookshelf, and opened a yellowish silk from the box.
Chen Xing was surprised and was about to get up when Xiang Shu had already held the box and spread it out on the table. Chen Xing immediately illuminated the silk with a heart lamp, and looked at the dense lines of tiny words on the silk— It's all names.
"Is this the Han family tree?" Xiang said.
Chen Xing said: "No, this is... a list of exorcists after the Xiang family passed the exorcism selection."
This is the honor of the Xiang family that has lasted for hundreds of years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Just reading this line of words, Chen Xing remembered the other book that was left in the division, and was able to be biography in Si Nei, recording the deeds of the exorcist.
Before each name, there is the year of entering the Exorcism Division, followed by the magic weapon in charge. Beginning in the first year of Emperor Han Gaozu's reign, almost every few years, children of the Xiang family have been selected. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, ascended the throne, with the era name, during the first year of Jianyuan, a large number of young exorcists emerged.
Xiang Shu looked down line by line, Chen Xing wanted to say that the Xiang family had been deserted a hundred years ago, and he had to find a family tree to confirm. Like a drowning person, his eyes stay on a line of words—
- The first year of Yongping: Xiang Yuyan, the soul falling bell.
"The first year of Yongping, three hundred... three hundred and seventeen years ago." Chen Xing said blankly, "Three hundred years ago? Three hundred years!"