"Wait a minute." Hong Jun hurriedly signaled Yang Yuhuan not to speak, "Let me think about it."
He is just ignorant of people's hearts, but he is not stupid. After thinking about the cause and effect, he gradually becomes clear. What Mrs. Guo called Yuzaoyun...sister...maybe another fox demon, the white fox that Yang Yuhuan saw!
Wu Qiyu and Yuzaoyun, the two fox demons are sisters! In an instant, Hong Jun grasped the point. Wu Qiyu first took the body of Mrs. Guo Guo, and then let Yu Zaoyun take advantage of the gap to occupy Yang Yuhuan's body... The fox demon imprisoned the souls of the scholars in the In his own body, use this again to transform himself into a substitute for the imperial examination candidates.
But his father, Kong Xuan, seemed to know that Yu Zaoyun's target was Yang Yuhuan, so he helped her and successfully escaped the catastrophe. Hong Jun seemed to have seen Yu Zaoyun come to absorb Yang Yuhuan's energy at night, but was painted on her body by his father The spell launched a counterattack, so the scene where the demon power was completely destroyed.
"What's the spell like?" Hong Jun asked, "Do you still remember?"
Yang Yuhuan hesitated for a moment, looked at Hongjun, and shook his head. What was painted back then was on the back, and Yang Yuhuan hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
But what was the meaning of Wu Qiyu's arrest of Yang Yuhuan on the observatory? Hong Jun's heart beat wildly, maybe Yu Zaoyun is not dead yet! He is living in Yang Yuhuan's body at the moment! If this is the case, then the father just sealed the fox demon and didn't completely kill her
"Let me check again." Hong Jun put his fingers on Yang Yuhuan's veins for the third time without saying a word.
Yang Yuhuan let Hongjun do his job, and said: "Dr. Kong finally mixed the medicine for that serious illness and asked me to take it, and then I gradually got better."
"Did you still take the medicine later?" Hong Jun asked again.
Yang Yuhuan smiled and replied, "It's completely cured."
Hong Jun checked for the last time, and found nothing. At least one thing is certain, something happened to the fox demon when he seized the soul. In short, there is no longer any demon power left.
"Congratulations." After thinking for a while, Hong Jun decided not to tell Yang Yuhuan anymore, and said, "Wu Qiyu wanted to take your body, but by mistake, in short, she failed. I think at this time, maybe at this time Around the year you were sick."
Yang Yuhuan said: "So she has been my sister for more than ten years? No wonder, when I was young, my eldest sister never liked me, but after my serious illness, she took good care of me. Over the years, she has been... But she You are already a demon, why do you care so much about me?"
Hong Jun looked into Yang Yuhuan's eyes, and said after a long time, "Maybe she really wants a younger sister?"
With tears in her eyes, Yang Yuhuan was silent for a long time, and then she burst into tears, choked up with sadness, and replied: "I dare not cry, my eldest sister is actually a monster that harms the country and the people. Although your majesty is merciful, don't hold my Yang family accountable." , but in my eyes, whether she is a monster or a human, she is my big sister, do you understand?"
Hong Jun didn't expect Yang Yuhuan to cry, and gradually understood her sadness. Although Mrs. Guo Guo is a fox monster, she is a relative in her eyes-won't it be sad to lose a relative? But she dared not say anything, let alone show too much grief in front of Li Longji.
Hong Jun folded off his fishy-smelling sleeve, and leaned in front of Yang Yuhuan, Yang Yuhuan wiped it off reluctantly, but Hong Jun just accompanied her silently, without saying a word.
"Shall I sing a song for you?" Hong Jun said.
Yang Yuhuan didn't answer, so Hong Jun sang in a low voice: "The spring river tide connects the sea level, and the bright moon on the sea rises together with the tide..."
He heard Li Guinian sing that day, so he learned this song. Now the young man's voice is singing in a low voice. Although there is no musical sound, it still has a gentle and soothing meaning.
The stars are shining brightly, and the night wind is bitterly cold. Li Longji and Li Jinglong are walking on the school field. Li Jinglong is full of blood and is not afraid of the cold, but Li Longji is already old. Li Jinglong is afraid of working hard for days, and the cold wind blows again. When he goes back, the emperor will get a cold, so he proposes Go back to the hall and wait, but Li Longji said it's okay.
"When I was your age, I kept a low profile all day long, and was attacked by many people in the palace with gossip. Now that I think about it, I am very similar to you a few years ago."
Li Jinglong also heard about the past. When Empress Wu was in power, Li Longji spent all day hanging around for the sake of Mingzhe. I thought to myself that you are hiding your strength and biding your time, but I am purely unlucky.
"But in life, even if gold and jade are dusty, one day they will shine." Li Longji said again, "You and I are similar in this regard."
Li Jinglong hurriedly said that he didn't dare, and replied: "If there were no brothers from the Exorcist Division fighting to the death to subdue the demon, I would be just a gangster now."
Li Longji laughed, patted Li Jinglong on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "But once you choose this path, you must know that it will not be easy in the future. Although it is not humane to say so, maybe you are under Heng Er's command. , will never show up one day."
Li Jinglong heard Li Heng's sentence "May this sharp sword of yours never have a chance to be unsheathed" tonight, and he understood it. The power of the exorcist is a double-edged sword, which can protect the Tang Dynasty. Once rebellion, it will also shake the foundation of the country and cause disaster. Now that Li Longji said this again, it was a warning.
It stands to reason that the way for the Exorcist to never pose a threat to the court is to allow them to maintain absolute independence, not to participate in politics, not to form a party, not to be famous, and not even have any chance to discuss politics. Mosi knew too much.
Li Longji's meaning is very obvious. From now on, you don't have any extravagant hopes of being promoted to rank, telling the world to reward you for your merits, dealing with court ministers, and participating in the government. You must only obey the prince's orders and keep a low profile. , not to be in the limelight, otherwise once you get the admiration of too many people and your prestige grows, you are afraid that there will be more and more troubles in the future.
This is also the solution that Li Longji thought of.
But a man is alive all his life, how many people can accept to live his life in obscurity
Li Jinglong was silent for a moment, and said: "I understand."
Li Longji nodded.
In the carriage, when Hong Jun sang the last line, Yang Yuhuan finally calmed down, his eyes were still red, and there was a sad smile on the corner of his mouth.
"You're going back to Chang'an this time." Yang Yuhuan asked, "Is it just to find out about your parents?"
Hong Jun nodded, and Yang Yuhuan said: "Your grandfather's family has almost disappeared after the plague, but your mother's uncle's family was a prominent family in Hexi when he was alive. Your grandfather was the governor of Hexi. I still remember that you have an uncle." I forgot what it was called, but I was promoted to governor of Jinchang County 15 years ago, and was demoted for ruling the Xiongnu, and I don’t know if he was demoted to Shazhou or Guazhou.”
"You are all my saviors. If you need it, go to the prime minister's mansion and send the housekeeper to tell my brother that he will look it up for you. When he returns to the court to report on his duties, there will be a reunion with his relatives." think."
Hong Jun hurriedly expressed his thanks, and Yang Yuhuan took out another food box on the side, and said, "I'll bring you some of your favorite pastries as well."
"Thank you!" Hong Jun was sincere this time, and immediately smiled.
Hong Jun left the carriage, the weather was cold, and told Yang Yuhuan not to come down, Li Longji and Li Jinglong strolled back, the carriage turned around, Li Jinglong frowned slightly, and looked at Hongjun.
Hong Jun found that Li Jinglong seemed a little depressed after talking with the emperor, so he asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Jinglong didn't answer, Hong Jun opened the box and said, "Let me give you a piece, be happy."
"I really envy you." Li Jinglong said seriously, "I am happy every day."
Hong Jun laughed. When he heard the past of his parents, he was actually a little sad, but he felt happy again, as if he had found a strange sense of belonging in front of those who knew the past. Just when Yang Yuhuan talked about the names of his father and mother, whom he had no memory of for a long time, it seemed that he had a strange connection with the human race—he was also one of them. accepted him.
When Ye Hongjun and Li Jinglong returned to the Exorcism Department, every room was lit with warm yellow lights, and even a glazed lamp was lit beside the carp demon's pond.
Hong Jun yawned, and Li Jinglong said seriously, "What are you thinking at this time?"
Hong Jun thought for a while, and before he could answer, Li Jinglong said, "I want to knock on each room and talk to them."
Hong Jun stood in the corridor, looked at the lights behind the door, and said, "I think it looks so good."
Li Jinglong said "um", nodded and said: "So forget it, rest early, and go to Huaqing Palace to soak in the hot spring tomorrow."
"Really?!" Hong Jun cheered.
"What?" The people in the room heard the noise, but Li Jinglong turned around quickly and left. Qiu Yongsi didn't ask much, and Hong Jun went back to the room to sleep.
One night later, when Li Jinglong woke up, he saw Qiu Yongsi, Mo Zhigen, A Tai, Hong Jun, and the carp demon standing outside the main entrance of the Exorcism Department, studying the gate.
"It's a long history." Mo Zhigen said with a smile.
Li Jinglong looked at the door, and Qiu Yongsi dipped a pen in cinnabar and was drawing a talisman on the door.
"What is it for?" Li Jinglong asked.
Hong Jun replied: "Brother Yong Si was inspired by Mrs. Guo Guo's talisman, and wanted to try to see if he could seal up the place where the Exorcist Division is located."
Artest explained: "Otherwise, in case someone breaks in by mistake or a thief comes, it's not a solution."
Li Jinglong suddenly said a good way! If the exorcist can be separated by blinding eyes or opening up space, there will be no more situations where the emperor inspects and everyone is still sleeping.
"Bend a little more this way." Hong Jun said, pointing to the charm on the door.
"Look at this." Qiu Yongsi motioned Hongjun to look at the side, and replied, "The mantra of flying stones to move mountains and fill seas."
"Right, right!" Hong Jun is at the age when he is interested in everything. Looking at it now, Qiu Yongsi is the one he admires the most—Artest has a hurricane fan and can emit wind, fire and ice. After all, he is the power of the five elements. Mo Zhigen's nail-headed seven arrows can track the enemy and can transform into a wolf, which is still within the acceptable range.
Qiu Yongsi is the only one who can smooth out monsters into paintings with one stroke, and call out the objects on the paintings. He is also a master of spells, which has surpassed Hongjun's cognition, and he knows a lot about magic weapons. Make him adore him very much.
"You can add some decorations." Hong Jun said again.
"Are you coming?" Qiu Yongsi smiled.
Hong Jun picked up the pen, pondered for a moment, drew a few small decorations next to the symbol, and said, "Okay."
Everyone backed away immediately, and Qiu Yongsi said: "It's the first time to open and close the door, Chang Shi, please come? In the future, I can think of a way to make it a mechanism-activated one. Let's make do for now."
Speaking of Mo Zhigen teaching Li Jinglong to activate the spell of the spell, Li Jinglong stood in the middle of the alley, with the light of the heart lamp in his hand.
There was a strange distortion in the whole alley, and the improved runes shone with a "buzz", and the bricks and stones flew around, banging, sealing the gate and covering it.
"Success!" Hong Jun felt very miraculous.
"Reverse rotation of the rune can unlock it." Qiu Yongsi reminded again.
Li Jinglong pushed forward with one hand, a light bloomed in the masonry, the rune on the door made another sound, reverse rotation, all the masonry flew away, and the gate appeared, the gate opened to the inside, and the statue of Fudo Ming Wang stood in the front hall, watching the alley Middle five.
"Great!" Li Jinglong was very satisfied. Everyone tried one by one, and finally solved a problem. From now on, the Exorcist Division is no longer an independent government that anyone can set foot in. Even if the prince comes in person, he must Wait for someone to open the door.
It just so happened that Li Longji's reward had arrived. Li Jinglong was still a long history before he was promoted, but he gave them six horses, plus forty pieces of brocade, two hundred taels of gold, forty stones of grain, and six pieces of golden nanmu , for the Exorcist Division as a waist card.
There is also a small box, which contains Master Xuanzang's Buddha bone, the carp demon hugs the Buddha bone, feeling a little sad to say the least.
What Li Longji rewarded were all Dawan good horses, and what was even rarer was that the six horses were of different colors. The carp demon was dumbfounded and said, "How can I ride?"
Everyone: "..."
The carp demon was riding on the saddle, and his feet couldn't even step on the stirrups, so he had to barely clamp it. He looked up at the sky with his fish head up, and he could only see the sides, not the front. Few people have to be scared crazy on the spot.
"That..." Hong Jun said, "You should stay on my back."
"If you go out, take my horse with you." The carp demon said, "Everyone is gone, it's a pity to leave home."
Li Jinglong had no choice but to agree, saying: "Go to Lishan to soak in the hot springs, let's go."
Everyone cheered accordingly, rode their horses around the back alley, passed through the west gate, left Chang'an, and headed for Lishan.
Hong Jun chose a white horse, took the lead, and galloped on the plain with a gust of wind, while Li Jinglong drove a red sweat horse to catch up from behind. Qiu Yongsi's horse was gray, Mo Rigen's horse was black, and Artest's horse was light yellow. In the end, he followed a green horse that was empty and galloped like a gust of wind.
Li Jinglong said: "You are not as good at controlling horses as I am."
"Come and chase me." Hong Jun turned his head and said, "My horse is definitely faster than yours!"
"I don't believe it! Let's see whose horse reaches Mount Li first?" Mo Rigen shouted as he flew past.
"Yo!" Artest said, "a gamble?"
"Okay!" Qiu Yongsi said loudly, "Bet on a jar of amber wine! Drink the first ones!"
Li Jinglong said: "You will lose miserably! Whoever reaches Mount Li first will be the boss in the Exorcism Division from now on!"
"Okay!" The others shouted.
After finishing speaking, he whistled, and the sweaty BMW speeded up instantly, and the rest of the people applauded the horses, and galloped towards Lishan Mountain at lightning speed.
After two hours, the outcome will be decided.
The first one to arrive at Mount Li was the empty green horse. Li Jinglong was second, Mo Rigen third, Qiu Yongsi fourth, Artest fifth, and Hongjun last.
Everyone: "..."
"Am I going to be the boss?" The carp demon looked bewildered, miracles always come too fast, and the fish were caught off guard.
Li Jinglong: "This can't be counted... There will be no one soon."
"But what Mo Rigen said just now." Hong Jun said, "'Who's horse' arrived at Lishan first, and he didn't say 'whose horse' arrived at Lishan first."
The carp demon rode behind Hongjun, and said, "A gentleman, a four-horse is hard to chase, call the boss quickly."
Li Jinglong: "This... old... old..."
Li Jinglong called the boss to a carp demon, but he couldn't say it. If the exorcist divisions are dispatched collectively in the future, think about a carp leading the Tang Dynasty court officials and five exorcists to fight in the north and south... That scene is simply crushing.
The rest of the people looked at Li Jinglong, and thought to themselves, don't scream, don't scream, if you don't recognize it, everyone can deny it, once you recognize the hairy-legged carp as the boss, you can nail the corner, there is nothing wrong with it.
"Boss... Boss." Li Jinglong said.
"Can't hear you, speak louder?" the carp demon said with his arms crossed.
Li Jinglong could only say: "Boss! Boss!"
"Hey, second child." The carp demon said.
At this moment, there were mixed feelings, and Chang Shihen hated his life for being miserable. After yelling that sentence, he almost gave up his whole life, and with a gloomy face, he rode his horse up the mountain.
The rest of the people had to come over and be younger brothers. Even Hong Jun couldn't scream, so he casually called the boss, and replied, "Let's go! I'm going to soak in the hot spring!"