Artai and Hongjun turned out from behind the screen, and saw Li Guinian sitting under the ginkgo tree in the center of the golden flower, who seemed to be sitting neatly. Li Guinian said casually: "I am composing lyrics and music for the imperial concubine's birthday. What a coincidence."
Hong Jun suddenly found that the atmosphere seemed a little weird. There was a strange aura exuding from Artest. He stepped forward half a step without showing any signs, and blocked Hong Jun sideways. Usually Artest would be so serious only when fighting.
"Do you need help?" Artest smiled slightly.
Li Guinian said happily: "If there is a chance to ask for advice, it would be a good time, but seeing you two enter the palace at night, there must be something important to do. You are here for Yadanhou, right?"
Artest replied, "Exactly."
Li Guinian said: "Let me take you to Yadanhou, Prince Tigra, how about we chat?" Without waiting for an answer, he straightened up, put his lute on his back, made a "please" gesture, and walked on his own ahead.
Hong Jun couldn't help recalling Li Guinian and Artest, when did they meet? No, the only time we met was when Liuying Chunxiao was in Pingkang.
"The temporary detention center in the palace is not a dungeon." Li Guinian led the two of them around the alleyway of the side hall of Xingqing Palace, through a secluded garden, and turned back to Artai and said, "I left suddenly last time, but I found someone ?”
Artest raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, you discovered it, Master Li Guinian."
Li Guinian smiled again and said, "The word 'Master' is shameless. That day you mistaken someone and followed me. I wanted to help, but I have the true biography of Xilin Saintess and a group of brothers to help out." , it must not be difficult."
From this short conversation, Hong Jun deduced monstrous information in an instant. Now he is not as good as he was when he first arrived in Chang'an, and he immediately thought whether Li Guinian is the real prisoner
"Who are you?!" Hong Jun said awe-inspiringly, "Li Guinian, are you a human or a demon?"
"What are you thinking?" Artest didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and patted the back of Hongjun's head with his fan.
Li Guinian laughed loudly, and Artai said: "But I did doubt you, Li Guinian. When I heard your zither playing that night, I felt something was wrong. Chang Shi and his brothers were trapped on the day when the fox disappeared. I also thought about it, maybe I can find clues by following you... "
Hongjun: "!!!"
A certain truth from a long time ago was caught off guard. It turned out that Artest said he fell asleep under the bridge that day, but he actually went to follow Li Guinian!
Li Guinian said leisurely: "I am very sorry for the twists and turns, because there are unavoidable difficulties... it is here."
The two walked through the garden and came to a secluded place, which was a separate courtyard where suspects in the Xingqing Palace were held but not convicted, and there were officers and soldiers of the Longwu Army guarding outside.
After stopping, no one moved, Artai looked at Li Guinian, Li Guinian understood what he meant, held the pipa in his arms, pondered for a long time, played it lightly for a few times, and then played countless notes like flowing clouds and flowing water. The defenders outside the other courtyard suddenly collapsed.
Hong Jun: "This is..."
That method is exactly the same as that used by Artest!
Immediately Artest replied with a smile: "I think the master should be a senior brother whom I have never met, right?"
Artest put his right hand in front of his left chest, made a gesture of "flying the holy fire", saluted Li Guinian, Li Guinian returned the salute with the same gesture, and said to Hongjun: "Go quickly, Hou Yadan is inside."
Li Jinglong was sitting in the corner thinking, Hongjun's voice came from outside the room, shouting: "Jinglong!"
Li Jinglong stood up suddenly, came to the bar, and met Hong Jun face to face, Li Jinglong said angrily: "Why are you? They asked you to come?"
"I want to come by myself..." Hong Jun turned to look for the lock again. There was a clear sound, and the throwing knife easily cut the lock open. Li Jinglong stepped forward to stop him, but was pushed by the impatient Hong Jun, and the iron door slammed into it immediately. On the forehead, there was a loud noise.
Li Jinglong: "..."
Li Jinglong was spinning for a while, Hong Jun was so frightened that he apologized, Li Jinglong waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I haven't been so unlucky for a long time..."
"It's swollen, I'll rub it for you." Hong Jun said, "Fortunately, the bridge of the nose was not hurt."
Li Jinglong couldn't laugh or cry, hugged Hong Jun in his arms, and sighed.
"Go!" Hong Jun said.
"Can't go." Li Jinglong came back to his senses and asked, "You came by yourself? Have you been discovered?"
Hong Jun told Li Jinglong in detail what happened on the road in the future, Li Jinglong's eyes were full of shock, and he murmured: "I didn't expect Li Guinian to be a fellow... Why did he reveal his identity, I'm afraid things will be out of control."
"For ten years, I've been waiting for something." Li Guinian said seriously to Artest, "You must have come to the Central Plains this time to find it."
Artest frowned and said, "That's just a legend, a legend that even the teacher can't confirm."
Li Guinian and Artai stood quietly on the school field, the moonlight shone on their faces. Artest sighed, and said, "I've given up a long time ago, what are you looking for? Brother, you are really patient, you have been in Chang'an for so many years."
Li Guinian said: "When the Saintess Xilin traveled to the Central Plains in the past, among the three brothers of the Li family, I was the only one who had the honor to learn from her and learn the superficial art of fairy music. I am not a registered disciple, Prince Tigra, don't call me that."
"She also entrusted you with the task of finding Shenhuo?" Artest asked again.
Li Guinian nodded, did not speak again, and waited for Artest to ask another question.
Artest: "The fire of the gods will never go out, burn away the filth, and shine through the darkness..."
"... Those who get the divine fire will gain the power of Zoroaster, the envoy of the gods. The people of light, the sons of the flame, will follow after seeing the divine fire like Mani, Zoroastrian, and Ahura Mazda. , do good, cut to evil, and live forever in the paradise of the gods of light..." Li Guinian said slowly, "If you want to restore the country and find the fire, you must be able to get twice the result with half the effort."
"It's something that even Mani hasn't found." Artest shook his head. "It's impossible to find it. I even doubt whether it ever existed."
"It existed." Li Guinian said earnestly, "Mr. Shengnv came to the Central Plains to investigate this matter in the past. It is said that a group of Lite people took the sacred fire away from the Western Regions nearly a thousand years ago. A few years ago, Xie Prison entered Chang'an and became the king of the dark places in the Central Plains world, so I felt that this matter had an inseparable relationship with it."
Artest was startled suddenly, and said in a deep voice, "Is it in the hands of Xie prison?"
"No." Li Guinian asked, "But the relationship with the Heavenly Demon is not trivial. How far has your investigation reached?"
At this moment, there seemed to be some strange changes in the flow of the surrounding air, and black smoke poured in from all directions. Li Guinian and Artai turned their heads at the same time, Li Guinian threw out a cloak instantly, a puff of smoke burst out from the flat ground, wrapped himself and Artest and disappeared without a trace.
"Listen to me." In the other courtyard, Li Jinglong said seriously to Hongjun, "I must not leave here now."
Hong Jun let out a sigh of relief, Li Jinglong had no choice but to hold his hand, but was thrown away by Hong Jun.
"What's the matter with you?" Li Jinglong looked at Hongjun and said seriously, "Why are you always angry?"
"It's nothing." Hong Jun said, "Then you stay here, I'm leaving."
Li Jinglong laughed instead, knowing that the person who said he was going to leave didn't really want to leave in his heart, so he took his hand and said, "Hong Jun, don't worry, nothing will happen."
Hong Jun turned his head and said seriously: "Then tell me, what can I do?"
Hong Jun frowned deeply, with resentment and anxiety between his brows, and said: "I don't know what to do at all, yes, I admit, I'm not smart, and you never tell me what's going on. It's to protect me , lest I worry, but I worry about you too! Worry about everyone!"
Li Jinglong was taken aback, this was not the first time he heard Hong Jun complaining like this, but this time, he felt Hong Jun's emotions were very strong, especially after the two of them had spoken.
"I don't want to always be so ignorant!" Hong Jun said sadly again, "Forget it, I think I may not be suitable...not suitable to be an exorcist, I am too stupid."
"The Heavenly Demon intends to get rid of the Heavenly Demon." Li Jinglong said suddenly, "The Heavenly Demon wants to use us to get rid of the Heavenly Demon. It's as simple as that."
Hong Jun: "..."
"That's right." A voice came from outside the courtyard, "How come you can't understand such a simple thing?"
Hong Jun turned his head immediately, the voice was Yang Guozhong!
Li Jinglong finally waited for the moment when the two sides showed their cards, and said in a deep voice: "I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
"To each other." Outside the room, Yang Guozhong used some kind of spell, and all the bricks and tiles in the other courtyard disintegrated in an instant, suspended in the air, and then flew in all directions with a clatter, forming a closed wall and erected on the ground.
"Your companions are at my residence." Yang Guozhong said, "I've thought about some things, but it's better to tell you directly."
There was a flash of light around Yang Guozhong, and Hong Jun immediately gathered the flying knives, not daring to act rashly, but Yang Guozhong just raised his hand, and a black flame shot out from his hand, surrounding Hong Jun's whole body. Hong Jun tried his best to resist with the five-color divine light, Li Jinglong roared: "Enough!"
Li Jinglong raised his hand, and a white light blasted to block Yang Guozhong, but Yang Guozhong flicked his sleeves and smashed away vigorously, and the two fell into the corner under the wall immediately. Hong Jun only felt a dull pain in his chest, but Yang Guozhong stepped forward, with black fire in his eyes, and said slowly: "Do you really think that after killing Wu Qiyu, you will have the strength to fight against the Demon King?"
Li Jinglong couldn't help coughing, and still insisted on standing in front of Hong Jun. Hong Jun used his mana to prepare to suddenly jump up and give him a fatal blow when Yang Guozhong approached again. Li Jinglong slowly stretched out a hand and pressed it on the back of Hongjun's knife.
"A group of young people with great aspirations." Yang Guozhong was uncharacteristically, with the majesty of the world, as if another soul occupied that body at that moment.
"Unfortunately, the strength is still too far behind."
Li Jinglong knew that Yang Guozhong's sudden attack was just to show his own strength and avoid more unnecessary struggles. He didn't know how much mana he had used just now, and the monster power was facing the impact, which made his internal organs twitch and he almost vomited blood Come.
Hong Jun is used to seeing Chongming, Qingxiong and other high-level big monsters, and he is not intimidated by Yang Guozhong, but he understands that this guy was able to defeat Chongming back then and drive all the Phoenix and Bird clan to Taihang Mountain. His strength is at least comparable to Chongming. At present, it is almost invincible, so it has to be outsmarted.
Li Jinglong said: "My heart lamp, although I can't face the demon power that shakes you, but if you want to break the restriction and take away Hongjun's demon seed, it is absolutely impossible."
"Your heart lamp?" Yang Guozhong said with some sarcasm in his words.
"With your ability, you could have killed me in advance." Li Jinglong said in a deep voice, "Why didn't you do it?"
Yang Guozhong snorted coldly, and looked at Hong Jun, as if thoughtful. In just a few sentences, Li Jinglong guessed that Yang Guozhong seemed to have scruples about certain things. What was he scruples about? Hong Jun once explained to himself that it was Qingxiong's instruction to bring the heart lamp down the mountain. Qingxiong told him that the heart lamp was obtained from the God of Beihai Kun, that is, Yuan Kun. And God Kun has a unique ability, namely...
Sure enough, Yang Guozhong looked into Hongjun's eyes, and said in a deep voice, "What did Yuan Kun say to you when he handed the heart lamp into your hands?"
Hong Jun didn't answer, he didn't know how to lie, and he didn't figure out the twists and turns during this period, but he was always on guard against Yang Guozhong's attack again, and was ready to protect Li Jinglong.
"You are my father's enemy." Hong Jun said in a deep voice, "I will not answer any of your questions."
"Not only am I not Kong Xuan's enemy." Yang Guozhong heard what Hongjun said, and thought he was talking about Kong Xuan, but he didn't expect Chongming to be wrong, and said, "Instead, it's... a friend."
"You lied!" Hong Jun roared angrily.
Yang Guozhong laughed, turned around and paced back and forth, his posture was even more majestic than Li Longji's, with his back to the two of them, looking at the bright moon in the sky, he murmured: "I saw you when you were very young, Kong Hongjun."
Hong Jun: "..."
Taking advantage of this moment, Li Jinglong gestured to Hongjun, indicating that he would handle it himself, while Hongjun frowned deeply, looked at Yang Guozhong, and then at Li Jinglong, with unspeakable anxiety in his eyes, Li Jinglong put his hands on the On the back of his hand, he patted lightly.
"... When I was just born." Yang Guozhong turned around again, looked at Hong Jun seriously, and said, "When I was still in my infancy, I was one, two, two and a half, three years old..."
"It's you who keeps us moving?" Hong Jun frowned.
"I will come to see you every year until you get to know Li Jinglong." Yang Guozhong pondered for a while, then said.
"what?"
Now it was Li Jinglong's turn to be startled. In his memory, this paragraph was completely blank.
"You all know..." Hong Jun trembled, "Xiao Prison, tell me, what happened?"
Yang Guozhong said: "This secret can only be shared between the two of us. If you have time, we can talk again? You should know that I have no ill intentions towards you."
"No wonder!" Hong Jun vented all his grief and anger at this moment, and roared, "If it weren't for you, my parents wouldn't move around! They wouldn't die either!"
"They will die." Yang Guozhong looked into Hongjun's eyes and said slowly, "It's not because of me, you must have known the reason already."
Yang Guozhong never told the whole story of the past, which made Li Jinglong start to be suspicious. After all, Hongjun's past and memories are the missing link in all the conditions he thought he had mastered, which may lead to extremely tragic changes in the end.
And Yang Guozhong glanced at Li Jinglong, said with a smile: "Anyway, Hou Yadan has imposed a restriction on your demon seed, what kind of boring things like 'love' and 'affection'. I can't get it, You can't get rid of it, neither of us can take advantage of it, why don't we just do a business?"
Li Jinglong finally waited for this sentence, and immediately pulled away from the intricate thoughts. Yang Guozhong said that it will not be too late to check it out in the future, and how to deal with it now is the most important thing.