The corner of Han Guolan's mouth twitched. Artest patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Han Guolan, it seems that everyone knows that you have a warehouse."
Han Guolan said to herself: "This is the last substitute, it will be gone when it is used up."
Qiu Yongsi said with a smile: "If so much blood hadn't been released in advance, I probably wouldn't be able to fool that Gu ape."
Ashinaqiong said: "You guys almost failed early, if Gu Ape returns, he still intends to eat up the corpse..."
Lu Xu replied: "No, I tampered with a dream that Big Wolf had before he set off, and gave him an extra memory."
"Oh? What memory?" Qiu Yongsi asked.
Lu Xu didn't answer, and finally said: "In short, let him owe brother Han Guo a favor in his dream, prompting him to protect his whole body."
Everyone's expressions changed slightly, Han Guolan said: "Can you affect anyone's dreams, even memories?"
Qiu Yongsi immediately signaled Lu Xu not to say more, and Lu Xu fell silent. Artai changed the topic, smiled and said: "Brother Han Guo, Lu Xu saved your life, how can we thank our family Lu Xu?"
Han Guolan's big beard moved slightly, and suddenly changed his appearance, and said with a smile: "If you didn't let Prince Mo Zhigen go undercover, I wouldn't be in danger. Keeping me safe, isn't it what it should be?"
Artai also replied with a smile: "You can't say that, Brother Han, it's not Mo Zhigen who came here today, An Lushan will send someone tomorrow, anyway, I will definitely kill you, so don't worry."
Lu Xu heard impatiently, and his mind was no longer on it, and said: "You two bargain slowly, I'm leaving."
When Lu Xu left, Qiu Yongsi wanted to persuade him, but Ashinaqiong motioned for him to follow and let him stay.
Han Guolan said: "If Prince Mo Zhigen hadn't come in person, how could I have been enlightened? It seems that I still trust you too much..."
"That's not enough." Artest was still asking Han Guolan for a price, and he paid back the money when he landed, "An Lushan is determined to kill you, who knows what other tricks he will come up with?"
Qiu Yongsi smiled and said: "Hey, Artest, it's fun to help others, why bother to repay the favor? According to me, let's go to other things first?"
Artest gave up at this point, but Han Guolan changed his face and said: "Wait! You have set up such a game, and you just leave me alone?"
Qiu Yongsi and Artest made a gesture to leave, Artest spread his hands and said, "The business can't be done, what are you waiting for if you don't leave?"
Han Guolan realized that the problem was serious, and asked, "When will you kill the demon?"
Qiu Yongsi said, "We have to wait for Chang Shi to come back?"
"When are you coming back?"
Artest and Qiu Yongsi showed innocent eyes together, and turned around again.
Han Guolan thought there would be a follow-up, but he didn't expect Artai to come to him after all the hard work. First, he persuaded him to use a substitute doll, and then tricked Gu Yuan into taking his identity. Now the pearl ring that proves his identity has also been replaced. If he lost it, what if he was either killed by Gu Ape or Mo Zhigen made up the knife when he showed up
"Come back!" Han Guolan muttered helplessly, "It's really a person sitting at home, and the disaster comes from the sky. What do you want, tell me!"
Artai said earnestly: "Brother Han Guo, if the demon is not eliminated, there will never be peace in Chang'an, and your life will not be saved."
"Understood!" Han Guolan said impatiently, "Make an offer!"
Qiu Yongsi shook the folding fan in his hand and looked at Artest. Artest signaled Qiu Yongsi to speak. Qiu Yongsi thought for a moment, and then said: "One piece of information."
Han Guolan motioned Qiu Yongsi to say yes.
"Why did the demon kill you?" Qiu Yongsi thought thoughtfully, "Do you know what its shortcomings are, or the magic weapon to restrain him?"
Han Guolan was stopped by this question, and he said angrily, "How do I know why the Heavenly Demon wants to kill me? I want to know, but I'm still here? I ran away!"
Qiu Yongsi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, put away the folding fan, clapped his palms, and asked, "Come with us, I'll show you something."
Han Guolan saw that Wanbao in the mirror had found the mechanism and opened his private warehouse, but when he was about to get angry, he was pushed by Artest and left involuntarily. Shut up and persuade him that no matter how much money is, life is not important, so he took him away from Changlefang.
It was pitch black in the wilderness, and a huge black wolf was quickly digging the soil with its two claws in the wilderness, and in a short time, it dug out a deep hole less than one foot square.
It stopped from time to time, its ears moved lightly, or it turned its head and sniffed suspiciously, wary of the wind and grass around it. After digging the hole, Hei Lang shook his head and threw Han Guolan's body into it.
Lu Xu stood on the top of a tree and watched the scene on the ground from a distance. The moon came out from the dark clouds, and suddenly it was full of silver light, shining on the black wolf's oily fur, shining on it to tear the earth with its claws. He piled them together, walked around the temporary grave twice, lowered his head and sniffed, then turned and left.
Ashinaqiong stood at another place, and the two watched Hei Lang leave together. Not long after, Lu Xu came down from the tree, Ashina Qiong bowed down, and pulled the soil covered by the black wolf.
Lu Xu said: "Can this magic weapon be recycled?"
Ashinaqiong replied: "Never mind him, take it back and have a look."
Ashinaqiong obviously didn't want to let go of the magic weapon he had used as a stand-in. He rummaged around in the soil, but Lu Xu didn't have the patience to accompany him. He stood up straight and looked in the direction where Mo Zhigen left. Suddenly turned into a white deer, and flew away with a "shua", Ashinaqiong yelled, unable to catch up at all, had to give up.
At night in Chang'an, the white deer radiated pure white light and scattered into thousands of households. The crowing of children in the nightmare stopped, and Chang'an, which had been restless in the summer night, suddenly became truly peaceful.
The black wolf stepped across the roof of Pingkangli, his hair shook all over his body, and he regained his human form. He jumped down the alley and walked along the alley. Put it in the soup, there is still a little blood on the finger.
Lu Xu lay on the railing on the second floor of Pingkangli, looking down quietly at Mo Zhigen who was sitting across the street. Mo Zhigen chewed seriously, as if in a trance. Under the reflection of the feasting and feasting lights in Pingkang, the profile of the side face actually had a sense of tremor that touched Lu Xu's heartstrings.
There is a natural evil in him, like a cold death. The diners who came out from Pingkang to eat supper, the boy who bought hot food, and the waiter who wiped the table all avoided him for no reason, and hid far away, even alone in front of his table. Lu Xu looked at him seriously for a while, and remembered that this mutton soup was the first restaurant Mo Zhigen brought him to eat when they first arrived in Chang'an.
He told Lu Xu that he liked the taste of this restaurant very much. The whole lamb was boiled in a pot until it was soft and sticky. The soup was milky white and seasoned with nepeta, which made the lamb soup extremely delicious. The scones are browned, and they are very delicious after being broken... Only this family in Chang'an puts Nepeta in the mutton soup for seasoning, and the Shiwei people cook a whole lamb with Nepeta in the harvest festival.
That's the taste of home, but Lu Xu doesn't have this memory, so he can't understand Mo Zhigen's obsession with this delicious food...
…but he feels it now.
He closed his eyes and tried to intervene in the memory of the thin and evil young man. He saw Mo Zhigen sitting at the edge of the Shiwei royal family, participating in their harvest meeting. There were songs and dances on the grassland, while Mo Zhigen was fiddling with a few small stones on the table with his fingers boredly, looking at the crowd dancing the harvest dance.
A mangy dog sniffed around and came to Mo Zhigen's feet, looking for the leftovers from the diners. Mo Zhigen suddenly raised his foot and stepped on the dog, and the puppy was startled. Run away quickly.
"You've turned bad." Lu Xu said to himself.
Mo Zhigen dropped the copper coins, got up and left, and walked along the dark alley. Lu Xu turned and went downstairs, following behind him all the way.
The dark alley was extremely quiet. Mo Zhigen was dressed in black and was hidden in the darkness. Lu Xu didn't dare to make too much noise, and gradually lost his direction. After thinking for a moment, he must return to Anxiwei Mansion to repay. Just as he was about to turn around and take a shortcut to take a look, suddenly a gust of wind blew up behind him—
Lu Xu was alert for a moment, turned around to block, Mo Zhigen, who was dressed in black, made two moves with his left fist and right palm, and cut to Lu Xu's wrist. Switch palms in the air.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew up on the flat ground and collided with each other. Lu Xu originally thought that his speed had the upper hand, but Mo Zhigen's speed was suddenly faster than his own.
How did this guy get so fast? ! Lu Xu was shocked.
"It was all for you in the past." Mo Zhigen said coldly, leaning over to his ear, Lu Xu stretched out his leg in an instant, and was slapped away by Mo Zhigen's palm. Lu Xu used his strength to turn around and kicked him. shoulders! Before it was too late, Mo Zhigen locked and twisted Lu Xu's ankle with a hook.
Lu Xu was twisted so that he flew into the air, circling in the air, and then Mo Zhigen threw him to the wall of the alley, hit his back hard, his internal organs were full of energy and blood, and he almost vomited blood. When he was about to escape, Mo Zhigen Ri Gen propped up the wall with one hand, and leaned forward with his whole body.
At the same time, the seven arrows with nail heads left the quiver and pointed at Lu Xu.
"Come again." Mo Zhigen said in a low voice with a dangerous breath.
Lu Xu: "..."
Lu Xu felt that Mo Zhigen was like a bloodthirsty wolf in the shadow, with all the hairs on his body standing on end, and he was almost about to choose someone to eat.
"What else?" Lu Xu said coldly.
"Arrow." Mo Rigen said in a deep voice.
Lu Xu looked at him silently, guessing in his heart, how did the demon affect his mind? Mo Zhigen in front of him still remembers himself and everything, so, does he also remember the plan he made earlier
"Hand over..."
Mo Zhigen's voice suddenly stopped, and instead, his eyes widened, and Lu Xu covered his side face with one hand, and kissed his lips with his side head.
Mo Zhigen never expected that Lu Xu would make such a move, but Lu Xu's action was a matter of course. He closed his eyes and kissed him intently.
Mo Zhigen: "..."
"sorry."
When the lips parted, Lu Xu said expressionlessly: "I couldn't hold back for a while."
After finishing speaking, Lu Xu took advantage of Mo Zhigen's loss of consciousness, and left the cage of his arms with a "shua", and jumped against the alley wall at the highest speed, and a phantom appeared in an instant. Before Mo Zhigen could react, he raised his head suddenly, and Lu Xu had disappeared above his head.
Mo Zhigen jumped onto the opposite wall in two steps, turned over and jumped onto another wall, and several vertical leaps onto the roof, only to see a bright moon hanging high, and Lu Xu had disappeared without a trace.
Mo Zhigen was speechless for a while, and turned away with a complicated expression after a while.
Lu Xu hid among the scattered rafters, under Mo Zhigen's blind spot, and couldn't stop panting until the sound of footsteps moved away and disappeared. Then he let out a breath, crawled slowly to the end of the eaves, and sat quietly.
Dark clouds rolled in again, blocking the moon.
Soybean-sized rain fell, and then it rained all over the city, covering the sky and covering the ground.
When Lanling Amber was closing, Ashinaqiong lifted the door and sealed the front door of the restaurant. Lu Xu was soaked and slipped in through the gap.
"I was going out to find you." Ashinaqiong said, "Where did you go?"
Lu Xu didn't speak, and was a little lost for a moment, ignoring Ashinaqiong, and went into the back room. A lamp was lit behind the screen, Qiu Yongsi, Artest and Han Guolan were discussing at the table.
"When will Li Jinglong come back?"
"In the past, you didn't even bother to see him." Qiu Yongsi smiled, "Now you care about him?"
Han Guolan let out a heavy "ah" and replied, "How would I know that this guy, as a mortal, can reach his current position?"
Han Guolan has dealt with them a lot since the establishment of the Exorcist Department. He happened to be away from the capital when the fox demon case happened. The leader can't help but sigh that people can't believe rumors.
"Just make it clear...Xiao Lu?" Artest saw Lu Xu, who was drenched all over, bypass the screen and head towards the backyard.
"Well." Lu Xu replied.
"Come and see." Qiu Yongsi said.
Lu Xu didn't answer, and didn't care about what Han Guolan said. He just went back to the room. Artai winked at Qiu Yongsi. Qiu Yongsi just smiled and shook his head, indicating that he shouldn't worry too much about him.
Han Guolan continued: "At the beginning, I didn't know that the golden sword was the treasure of King Fudoming. If I knew, would I sell it to him?"
"Just save it." Artest said, "Besides him, who else would buy it? Who else would use it?"
"Tell me." Qiu Yongsi dipped his pen in the ink and said, "I'll write it down."
Han Guolan hesitated for a moment, then said, "This is a deal..."
"Understood." Artest and Qiu Yongsi replied together again.
"You'll live in Lanling Amber." Artest said, "I'll send you out after we're done. This time, we'll do it without anyone noticing. No one will know your whereabouts."
Han Guolan thought for a while, finally made up his mind, and said, "Okay, this sword is actually a thief who stole it from Luoyang Tongtian Pagoda..."
As soon as these words came out, Artest and Qiu Yongsi immediately sat up straight. Han Guolan never knew the origin of the "Sword of Wisdom" in the past. He only knew that it was Di Renjie's sword during his lifetime. According to legend, Di Renjie spent his entire life searching for the whereabouts of the other weapons that matched the sword.
But until he died, there was only this sword, and it was rusty. It was not buried with him, but was sent to the bottom of the pagoda of Tongtian Buddha. Stealing the excavation, he stole several jade carvings and such a weapon of Di Renjie from the bottom of the tower.
There was also a suicide note, and Han Guolan had thought about searching for these weapons, but gradually discovered that this sword had no magical powers, it was just a piece of scrap iron, so he no longer remembered it. During the auction, Han Guolan instructed his subordinates to take out the sword, and unexpectedly sold it at a sky-high price in front of Li Jinglong.
Afterwards, Han Guolan was astonished, thinking that he had missed some rare treasure, and actually observed Li Jinglong secretly, but saw that he just re-polished the sword and carried it with him all day, let alone doing anything surprising. The freshness that ignited gradually faded away.
"What about the suicide note?" Qiu Yongsi said.
"Burn it." Han Guolan said helplessly, "I spent a night in the desert, it was really too cold, in order to make a fire and guard against wolves..."
Artest had no choice but to raise his hand to point out the key point: "Where are the remaining five weapons?"
Han Guolan thought for a while and said, "It's all speculation in the suicide note. I thought Di Renjie made up a few stories to fool future generations..."
The suicide note did not specify the exact location, but drew five symbols, namely...
"You ghost-drawing talisman! Who knows what it is!" Qiu Yongsi said frantically, looking at the few circles that Han Guolan drew casually.
The carp demon scratched the edge of the table, looked up curiously, thought for a while, pointed to one of them, and said, "Where have you seen this symbol?"
Artest and Qiu Yongsi immediately looked at the carp demon and became nervous. The carp demon thought about it, but really couldn't remember.
After finishing the painting, Han Guolan spread his hands and said, "This is all I know, and there is no need to ask me any more."
There were five strange symbols drawn on the paper, and none of them had been seen before. Artest and Qiu Yongsi thought hard for a long time, but couldn't guess what it meant. The carp demon thought it was some kind of pattern on the building. After guessing for a long time, Qiu Yongsi announced Give up and say, "Anyway, now that we have our first clue, it's a good start."
Artest originally thought that since the demon was so afraid of Han Guolan, a businessman, it was most likely because Han Guolan knew some important news, so he wanted to silence him at all costs. And Han Guolan had never even heard of Heavenly Demon before this, let alone mastered its weakness. Since the magic weapon merchant is familiar with magic weapons, there should be some magic weapons to restrain the heavenly demon... Reminiscent of Han Guolan being the former owner of Wisdom Sword, the only possibility is that it fell on Fudo Mingwang's six weapons.
Now that there is finally a clue, Qiu Yongsi even suggested that it is better to find it first and give it to Li Jinglong, but unexpectedly, he got such a vague clue, so he had to wait for Li Jinglong to return before discussing the next step.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, clattering, beating on the pond under the eaves and in the patio.
Lu Xu lay in the room, tossing and turning.
Under the wind and snow Zhongguan City, countless flying snow intertwined and scattered, scattered in an instant, just like the stars that exploded when the chaos was first opened at the creation of the world, and Mo Rigen's handsome face appeared in the light. In his mouth, he was reciting words that he didn't understand, and his eyes were like gentle...
"...the sea."
That's what Hong Jun told him. Lu Xu has never seen the sea in his life, and neither has Hong Jun, but he has heard that the end of the world is a boundless blue ocean. And make an appointment in this life, you have to go to see the sea once.
I heard that it is vast and boundless, and it always reminds Lu Xu of Mo Zhigen's blue-black eyes in so many nights.
The mutton soup was actually quite delicious...better than many dishes he had eaten in Liangzhou. When Lu Xu first came to Chang'an, he was always used to looking at Mo Zhigen's back. It was like a mountain that gave him a sense of security in this strange place, in his lonely thoughts.
Lu Xu sighed, turned sideways, closed his eyes, and the lips that had kissed Mo Zhigen were still slightly warm.
In Anxiwei Mansion, Mo Zhigen threw the quiver on the ground and sat in the corner like a unwilling wolf.
"Mission completed?" Wanfeng's voice sounded outside the room.
"Get lost." Mo Zhigen said coldly.
Wan Feng said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency ordered you to go and repay..."
"Get out!" Mo Zhigen let out a roar full of rage, and the whole room shook accordingly, and the outside fell silent.
He stuck out his tongue, licked his lips slowly, and closed his eyes.