Luoyang, Department of Exorcism, Qingchen.
Mo Zhigen and Artest had a night of drinking, and each leaned in the hall, waiting for the hangover to pass.
Trundeau came over and cleaned up the messy cups and plates on the table. There were still a lot of wine glasses upside down. He stacked several tall bowls and arranged them in the shape of a Big Dipper, presumably to re-deduce the magic circle in Luoyang City.
"Do you still want this sand table?" Trundeau said, "I'll take it if you don't want it."
The two woke up at the same time, Mo Zhigen got a headache from drinking, got up unsteadily and said: "Now go to work."
Artest said "hmm". Last night, the two drank so much that their faces were red and their necks were thick. After arguing for a long time, they finally reached a consensus that no matter whether Li Jinglong was there or not, the formation still needed to be deployed. When leaving Chang'an for Hangzhou, Li Jinglong took out the handbook of the Exorcism Department and explained the arrangement here in detail.
Although Wu Zetian presided over the construction of the Seven Towers of Tiandu in the past, Di Renjie also buried a magic circle under these seven towers to resist the Heavenly Demon when the Heavenly Demon might be resurrected in the future. But this magic circle has never been verified, nor has it played a role, and everyone is extremely suspicious of it.
But at least it's better than nothing... Mo Zhigen was top-heavy and his hangover hadn't subsided. He went outside the door of the Exorcist Division, and Lu Xu waited casually with his back against the outer red wall.
"Where are you going?" Lu Xu asked.
"Work, you go back and rest, I'll do." For a year and a half, Mo Zhigen took Lu Xu around, and finally arrived in Luoyang, allowing Lu Xu to live a peaceful life and don't want to work hard on him anymore.
Lu Xu laughed and said: "Look at you, the road is not stable, let's go."
Lu Xu handed him a bamboo tube of water, and Mo Rigen drank it with his head up in the alley, and poured the rest on his face. In the cold winter months, Luoyang Street was deserted, without the warmth and bustling atmosphere of winter.
The two walked one after the other, without speaking a word, until they reached the Deming Hall, which was originally guarded by heavy soldiers, but when the imperial supervisors arrived, a large number of Tang troops were transferred away, and went to Xingyang Hulao Pass to guard. The four gates of the city were closed tightly, and the inspectors recruited soldiers wantonly. The people and soldiers gathered at the entrance of the market, and no one came to manage the place.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu entered the hall easily. Mo Zhigen spread out the topographic map, looked at it for a moment, and said, "Go down."
The two went to the kitchen along the backyard of Mingtang. There was a cellar in the kitchen. Mo Zhigen lit the lamp, searched for a while in the cellar, and hung up the lamp.
"It should be...here." Mo Zhigen said, then carried it on his shoulders, Lu Xu helped, and pushed open a secret door. The passage has been built for nearly a hundred years, and as soon as it was pushed open, mice rushed out overwhelmingly.
Lu Xu suddenly yelled and jumped on Mo Zhigen, who quickly stretched out his arms and hugged him.
Mo Zhigen: "..."
Lu Xu: "..."
When the mice were gone, Mo Zhigen said, "Are you afraid of mice?"
Lu Xu blushed and said, "When I was a soldier in Liangzhou, I was frightened by my fellow soldiers."
Lu Xu used to be a fool. When he was a scout, he slept in the big bunk. A famous colleague often took pleasure in teasing him. When he was sleeping and opened his mouth, he held up the tail of a mouse and put a live mouse in his mouth. There is a psychological shadow.
"Did you eat it later?" Mo Zhigen said.
"Stop it!" Lu Xu said angrily, "I'm going to be angry."
Mo Zhigen just felt it was funny, so he touched Lu Xu's face casually, and Lu Xu kicked him bitterly. Let him go ahead and stop talking nonsense.
"Can this battle be won?" Lu Xu said in the shadow of the lights and Mo Zhigen in the winding passage.
"It seems that you can't win." Mo Zhigen said, "If you can't win, you have to fight."
"I mean us." Lu Xu said casually.
"I mean us too." Mo Zhigen said casually, "But it doesn't matter if you run fast."
Lu Xu suddenly became angry when he heard this, and said, "Who do you think I am?"
Mo Zhigen said: "I discussed with Artai last night. After An Lushan entered the city, everyone should give it a go. If it really doesn't work, you can count as one. Tranduo is pregnant, you have to take her with you." run."
Lu Xu: "How many months?"
Mo Zhigen turned his head, looked at Lu Xu meaningfully, and gestured with three fingers.
Lu Xu was silent for a while, and said, "Is it dangerous this time?"
"Of course." Mo Zhigen said, "Anlu Mountain is determined to win, no more than we were in Chang'an last time... It's funny to say, Datang killed my mother, and now I have to help them guard the country."
Lu Xu said: "I thought you had already seen it."
In fact, since returning from undercover last time, Mo Zhigen has become a bit evil. Although he still smiles like the stunned Mo Zhigen he knew in the exorcism department, but in front of Lu Xu, he often shows a little bit of evil. Share wolf-like nature. His strength is different from that of Li Jinglong. Li Jinglong is my self-confidence as a mountain, while Mo Zhigen is full of aggressive arrogance.
Mo Zhigen patted his head, sniffed around a fork in the road, and said, "Thanks to you, I just looked away."
"Artest and Trundeau aren't married yet," Lu Xu said.
Mo Zhigen said: "Are you going to get married soon? I originally wanted to wait for Chang Shi to come out of the tower, but now it seems that I can't wait."
"Well, it's good to get married." Lu Xu said again.
"Get married." Mo Zhigen seemed to remember something, but didn't say much.
They walked down a deeper passage, and after walking for about a stick of incense, they arrived at a hall emitting blue light. Lu Xu exclaimed, this is where the earth veins converge. It was also the first time Mo Zhigen saw it, but he had heard Li Jinglong say that when he came to Luoyang to eliminate demons, he arrived at the deepest leyline of an abandoned mine.
The land of China has two veins, the sky and the earth, and all things have spirits. After death, they either melt into the sky or into the earth, and the cycle flows endlessly. Where the earth's veins rush and intersect, there may be a fork, and occasionally a little splashes in the energy surge leading to the surface. This branch road will be hidden deep under the ground of various mines and valleys.
There are often folk legends that miners dug through the strata while mining minerals and saw some ghosts and ghosts. The hallucinations in the leylines are what they describe. And the more turbulent the energy spring of the earth veins is, the more majestic and prosperous the mountains, trees grow, and great rivers will be. Gemologists also often refer to the flowing and active places of the earth veins as "dragon veins".
Di Renjie once researched this legend in detail. The scattered mountains in Luoyang are the place where the dragon veins gather. Since the time of Emperor Zhou, it has been designated as the center of Shenzhou, called "Luoyi", and the energy of the land veins must be very prosperous. Sure enough, during the construction of the Tiandu Qique building, after excavating the foundation, the exit of the earth vein was found.
The place where Mingtang is located is the largest exit of the earth veins. The floor of this hall is criss-crossed. It is a magic-eliminating circle made by Di Renjie with the energy of the earth veins. The magic circle is pasted with ancient talisman paper. Mo Zhigen stepped forward, stretched out two fingers, and uncovered the talisman paper.
There was a clear sound of "buzz", and the spring of the earth's veins poured into the magic circle, and the magic circle suddenly became bright, and the two stepped back a little.
"How to use this circle?" Lu Xu asked curiously.
"Use it as a quote." Mo Zhigen replied.
This is just Di Renjie's initial idea. There are abundant energy of earth veins under the seven towers of the capital of heaven. After they are all untied, the energy flow of earth veins will flow to the ground. The exorcist can draw away these energies, instantly enhance his cultivation, increase his cultivation to ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times, and directly bombard the demon with pure magic energy.
"Who cited?" Lu Xu said.
Mo Zhigen spread his hands, looking confused.
Lu Xu said: "This is too much fun!"
Mo Zhigen shrugged helplessly, put the talisman paper into his arms, and signaled to go away. Lu Xu refused to let go, and said: "The power of drawing the earth's veins can destroy the heavenly demon? The reason why Chang Shi and Hong Jun worked so hard doing what?"
Mo Zhigen said: "I don't know if it will work or not. If you ask me, who can I ask? Even Chang Shi can't come up with an idea, just try it."
"Then who is going to operate this magic circle?" Lu Xu felt a strong premonition of uneasiness. When they returned to the main hall of Mingtang, a group of Tang troops suddenly appeared and surrounded them.
"Who?!" Tang Jun shouted.
A general said angrily: "Where did they come from? Trespassing in the hall! Arrest them all!"
As soon as Mo Zhigen raised his hand, an exorcism command card appeared in his hand. He obviously didn't want to say more, but just uttered a word coldly: "Get out."
Lu Xu wondered why you were pretending to be ruthless and cold, so he said for him: "The Datang Exorcism Company is an official and has nothing to do with anyone, so stay away."
The general sneered, "What is the Tang Exorcist?! I think it's a spy! Come with me!"
As soon as these words came out, Mo Zhigen became angry. Seeing Tang Jun rushing forward, Lu Xu just stepped back, knowing that Mo Zhigen would solve it. Sure enough, as soon as Mo Zhigen turned around, he turned into a whirlwind. Before the Tang soldiers had time to see his movements clearly, they were thrown to the ground several times. The military general's eyes blurred, his throat was locked by strong fingers, his feet were off the ground, and he was lifted up.
Lu Xu couldn't bear to see him, Mo Zhigen raised his hand, lifted the general with his right hand, and drew a short knife with his left hand, and gestured on the general's armor.
The general suddenly showed a panic expression, and Lu Xu said: "Okay! Don't go too far!"
Mo Zhigen threw the general to the ground, and the general immediately said, "Forgive me! My lord, please forgive me! It's because I don't know Mount Tai..."
Lu Xu: "..."
"What's your name?" Mo Zhigen said indifferently.
The general knelt on the ground, his appearance was handsome, and he only begged: "The villain Bi Sichen was ordered by His Majesty to help guard Luoyang. I really don't know that you are here on business. Please don't take offense if you offend me." …”
Lu Xu just wanted to scold people, the fucking emperor sent such a person to guard Luoyang
"I heard about you." Mo Zhigen said with sympathy in his eyes, "I'm recruiting."
Bi Sichen raised his foot, thinking about it tremblingly, and nodded quickly when he heard the words: "Yes, yes..."
Mo Zhigen: "I told you to get up? Kneel down!"
Bi Sichen hurriedly knelt down again, Lu Xu thought to himself that this person did not know what rank he was, since he was ordered by Li Longji, he was supposed to be an imperial envoy, and an imperial envoy represented the emperor, it would be treasonous to make him kneel like this, in case he went back with resentment in his heart, he would find him Trouble with the exorcist, I'm afraid it will be in vain.
Mo Zhigen plucked his ears, and said casually: "There are six towers left in the seven towers, and I will withdraw all the guards."
"Yes, yes." Bi Sichen said hurriedly.
"If you dare to surrender." Mo Zhigen stared at Bi Sichen and said meaningfully, "Flee to the ends of the earth, and I will kill you too."
Bi Sichen hurriedly said: "The city is alive and the people are alive, but the city is dead and the people are dead!"
Mo Zhigen walked directly past Bi Sichen, Lu Xu followed behind, and turned to look at Bi Sichen who was still kneeling on the ground.
"Is it okay for this guy to defend the city?" Lu Xu said, "Why do I feel a little suspenseful, you shouldn't offend him."
Mo Zhigen replied: "I'm not Li Jinglong. I treat these officials politely. I'm not interested in seeing their faces."
Lu Xu was speechless. He could only hope that Feng Changqing would come over quickly. After An Lushan rebelled, Guanzhong and other places were already speeding up their conscription and dispatching reinforcements. Whoever arrives in Luoyang first at this moment may have the control of this thousand-year-old capital. right.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu are in charge of the four major towers in the city, while Artest is in charge of the remaining three. The magic circle at the foot of Longmen Mountain is the farthest. It is actually where Li Jinglong exorcised demons. The exit of the ground veins has been destroyed, but there is another layer below the ground where Kun God escaped.
Mo Zhigen and Lu Xu both had great lightness skills. In this ruin-like abyss, they took the rope and jumped along the way and went down to the bottom. Mo Zhigen turned into a wolf and broke through the rocks and decayed pillars. Fortunately, the magic circle has not yet been destroyed. . After taking away the talisman paper, everyone worked hard for a whole day, and finally met at the Tongtian Buddha Square outside the Exorcist Division.
Artest held three talisman papers and handed them to Mo Zhigen.
"Each card corresponds to a magic circle." Artest said.
Mo Zhigen: "Yes."
He put it away without looking at it. Lu Xu faintly guessed that since the magic circle has been restored, it must be activated at that time, which is related to this old talisman. And Mo Zhigen and Artest obviously discussed it, and there are still many inside stories that have not been told to him.
Since leaving Youzhou a year ago, Mo Zhigen's words have become much less. After setting up the magic circle in Luoyang City, the only thing everyone can do is to wait for the army to attack.