In the end, Gu Mingke was dragged to the town demon division by Li Chaoge.
During this period, Li Chaoge planned to jump off the wall in order to take a shortcut, but Gu Mingke resolutely refused. No? No way, Li Chaoge can only accompany Gu Mingke for a long circle, and then return to the place one foot away from the straight line.
Li Chaoge opened the warehouse door with ease, and said to the person behind him, "It's here."
Li Chaoge walked into the house first, and Gu Mingke followed slowly. He glanced at an oval, dry and hard shape that looked like a cake next to him, and after a moment of silence, he asked, "Is this a cake?"
Li Chaoge turned his head and saw him? The things around him nodded calmly: "Yes."
Gu Mingke didn't know how to express his thoughts at the moment. Li Chaoge's search for evidence... is it really digging three feet into the ground, and the water does not leak.
Not even a piece of cake was spared.
Li Chaoge may have sensed Gu Mingke's thoughts. Standing between the wooden frames, she folded her arms and said, "You don't want to? Misunderstand, I didn't bring this cake back for nothing. I suspect that the poison is in this cake."
Gu Mingke touched a teapot next to it, and what's more, there was still water in it. Gu Mingke nodded, raised his eyes, and looked at her calmly: "What about this teapot? Besides food, do you still suspect that the water is poisonous?"
Li Chaoge replied confidently: "It's not impossible."
Gu Mingke had nothing to say. He glanced at the bits and pieces that Li Chaoge had brought back from thousands of miles away, and finally said: "Did you guess? That's right, there's death on these things."
Li Chaoge's eyes widened, but Gu Mingke immediately said: "But it's not the source. They? They? The dead? The gas is not even? Are you heavy?"
Li Chaoge's mood fluctuated up and down, and finally she vented her anger on Gu Mingke, didn't she? Glared at him angrily, and said, "Say what you have to say once!"
Gu Mingke flicked his sleeves lightly, thinking that this person is really unreasonable, he couldn't solve the case by himself, so he came and yelled at him. Li Chaoge showed Gu Mingke the evidence she found suspicious, while describing the situation in Guibei Village: "...the governor of Fenzhou said that a soldier got up at night and saw the corpse suddenly sitting up and walking around the village. Later? Come to us at night. Exploring Guibei Village, I did see villagers walking around. I suspect that these people were poisoned by some kind of poison, and died one by one. After their bodies were carried outside, I don’t know what triggered it. In the middle of the night After waking up, these people circled the village late at night, and returned to their homes during the day. Therefore, during the daytime, no one could be seen outside, but the houses still maintained their usual appearance, because these houses were originally There are people living there, but the occupants have become dead. I suspect that their work and rest have also changed, and they have moved at night and slept during the day. In other words, Turtle Village still exists, but it has become a ghost village. .”
Gu Mingke nodded slightly, and asked, "How did you deal with it later?"
"Kill the villagers who have turned into corpses, and then bury them in the soil. Some corpses have changed so badly that their skin is invulnerable, ordinary swords can't do anything to them, and they must be killed with true energy. But other ordinary corpses, Zhou Shao A few people cooperate and can kill them." After speaking, Li Chaoge paused for a moment, spread his hands and said, "They are already dead, and I don't know if that counts as killing or not."
"Your handling is right." Gu Mingke said, "The most important thing in refining a corpse is that the corpse is complete. Once the body is mutilated and the dead breath leaks out, the summoning will be completely useless. After you destroy the corpse, those people will be killed." They can’t be used as corpse soldiers anymore, let them rest in the ground, first to comfort the dead, and second, to prevent the spread of corpse poison and cause plague.”
Li Chaoge keenly noticed a new word: "Corpse soldier?"
"Yes." Gu Mingke's usually clear eyes seemed to be filled with a layer of black mist. He was staring at a place, seemingly nostalgic and repulsive, "The guest died? He? Home, do not cross the dead. Take the bell as the Introduce, call the king back. That is the ancient spirit-inducing technique."
Li Chaoge stared closely at Gu Mingke's side face, while Gu Mingke's eyes were closed, probably distracted. This is the first time Li Chaoge has seen Gu Mingke? Show? Such clear mood swings since he met Gu Mingke.
Li Chaoge looked at it for a while, then suddenly asked: "How do you know the ancient secret technique?"
Gu Mingke lowered his eyes and returned to normal in an instant: "If you read more books, you will know."
His expression was calm and unhurried, his voice was as cold as jade, and he looked the same as usual. But Li Chaoge was sure that she hadn't misread it just now.
Li Chaoge nodded, feeling that this matter was getting more and more interesting. Li Chaoge asked: "Okay, since you have read a lot of books, please ask Gu Shaoqing to clarify, what is the ancient spirit-guiding technique?"
Gu Mingke sighed slightly: "The ancient shamanism was powerful and there were many sects. The spells that can draw the undead are collectively called spirit-inducing spells. If you look carefully, there are many schools. If you don't make it clear, how do I know which one it is?"
Li Chaoge was stumped. She looked around and felt that Gu Mingke's height was the most suitable, so she gestured beside him and said, "Assuming you are those villagers..."
When Li Chaoge raised his eyes, he happened to look into Gu Mingke's lake-like eyes. He looked at her intently, as if waiting for her next words. Li Chaoge's mouth was stuck, and he forgot what he said.
Facing such a face, Li Chaoge couldn't bear to use him as a metaphor for those ugly monsters. Li Chaoge saw a table not far away, so he simply lit the lamp, and drew for him with a pen: "They probably look like this, their faces are ashen, and there are patterns on their necks..."
Gu Mingke slowly sat down beside Li Chaoge, watching her outline with a pen. Li Chaoge worked hard for a while, and felt that he had drawn all the details. He turned around and asked Gu Mingke, "Do you understand?"
Gu Mingke looked at the abstract and distorted little man on the paper who hit the soul directly, paused, and said, "I didn't understand it. But I understand what you want to say."
Li Chaoge looked down at the little figure he drew. It was indeed not very beautiful, but it didn't matter, as long as it was vivid. Li Chaoge crumpled the piece of paper, put it on the wick and burned it, and asked, "What kind of secret technique is this corpse?"
"To be precise, it's witchcraft." Gu Mingke picked up the pen, dipped his sleeves in the ink, and drew a corpse in the same position, "This kind of witchcraft originated in Qishan, and was later introduced to Kui Kingdom. Kui During his lifetime, King Xiang had been studying Qishan Yinling Art. At that time, the war was raging and the people were in dire straits. He always felt that as long as he could transform death into human beings for his own use, he would have a loyal and brave army that would fight the enemy bravely and be inexhaustible. exhausted undead army."
The lights danced lightly, illuminating half of Gu Mingke's face. His facial features are exquisite and graceful, but his outline is very handsome. This way he is located at the junction of light and shadow, and his side face is surprisingly good-looking. Li Chaoge lowered his voice unconsciously, and asked, "Did he succeed later?"
Gu Mingke almost blurted out: "No? No." Then, he paused, and wrote lightly: "As far as I know, no."
As for whether they continued to study in the future, Gu Mingke didn't know.
Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows secretly, staring at Gu Mingke's side face meaningfully, trying to see some clues from it. Gu Mingke also let her watch, his hands kept moving, and soon, a precise and beautiful iron corpse appeared under his pen.
"is that so?"
Li Chaoge lowered his head, glanced at it, then nodded and said, "It is it."
Gu Mingke folded the painting and put it on the oil lamp, and the drawing was quickly reduced to ashes. Gu Mingke put the pen back to its original position, and said, "Qishan Yinling not only needs the aid of witch medicine, but also needs the formation method to gather souls. Have you seen the formation method in Guibei Village?"
Formation? Li Chaoge frowned, she thought about it carefully, and shook her head heavily. Gu Mingke asked again: "You just said they were going around a place. What place is it?"
Li Chaoge quickly drew a topographic map of Guibei Village, and circled a place in the middle: "When I went there, I only saw them walking around this road. I suspect that the center is the ancestral hall."
"The ancestral hall." After Gu Mingke finished speaking, he suddenly turned his head to look at Li Chaoge, and his eyes suddenly became sharp, "Have you entered the ancestral hall?"
Li Chaoge didn't understand, so he nodded as he should: "Of course. Otherwise, I want? How to investigate the case?"
"I just said why you have such a heavy dead breath." Gu Mingke's expression quickly became serious. He grabbed Li Chaoge's hand, and Li Chaoge was still holding the pen. She called out in surprise, as if wanting to If you want to withdraw, in the end, you still give up. She let Gu Mingke pinch her wrist, with the pen holder in her fingers, and even twirled: "What's wrong?"
"I thought it was you who had fought with a dead body, that's why you were stained with the spirit of death. I didn't expect you to enter the formation." After finishing speaking, Gu Mingke glanced at Li Chaoge, and he still looked displeased when he saw her The look of caring, the voice could not help but be tinged with anger, "Do you know how dangerous this is, and still? Don't take it seriously?"
Li Chaoge thought about it and found that she was really not worried. Li Chaoge propped his chin, leaned on the table, and said indifferently: "Isn't it because of you? Is there death? Qi, just let it go."
Gu Mingke was angry at first, but when he heard her words, it was as if he had punched cotton with his fist, feeling helpless and at a loss. She... that's all.
Gu Mingke pinched her pulse with his fingers for a while, then gently put it down. Li Chaoge flexed his wrist and asked, "Have you solved it?"
"No."
Well, Li Chaoge knows the solution. Li Chaoge stood up, and whispered softly: "It seems that Xuanji is in the ancestral hall. I have to go again? Go to Guibei Village."
Li Chaoge said this completely on his own. Didn't he think that Gu Mingke flicked out the lights, and asked calmly, "When?"
Li Chaoge was stunned for a moment, then turned around and looked at him in surprise. The lights went out, and the warehouse fell into an ambiguous darkness, as if covered by a layer of veil. Gu Mingke stood behind that layer of veil, and said lightly: "With your current strength, it's not enough to fight against the corpse soldiers and generals, just in time for the imperial court tomorrow." I'm on vacation, shall I go with you?"
After Gu Mingke finished speaking, seeing Li Chaoge's expression, he asked, "Why, can't it?"
"It's not impossible." Li Chaoge knocked on his forehead, almost suspecting that he was dreaming, "I just can't believe it, you said these words."
Gu Mingke didn't bother with this topic. He looked at the sky and said, "Wait for a while, I'll go to Dali Temple to check the remaining scrolls."
Li Chaoge nodded in a daze, and said, "Okay, by the way, I also want to write a few letters. How long will it take? If I can't make it back during the Chinese New Year, I have to leave an explanation for Tianhou? He? Saint."
Li Chaoge originally expected that she and Gu Mingke would only go back to Guibei Village for a visit. With the speed of the two of them, a seven-day trip would be enough. However, just in case, Li Chaoge left several letters and wrote them to Bai Qianhe, Queen of Heaven, and Princess Shifu respectively.
In case the annual leave ends in seven days and she still hasn't come back, these people will know where she has gone. In the letter to Bai Qianhe, Li Chaoge briefly described his itinerary, and then arranged for them to do the following tasks. If Li Chaoge doesn't show up after seven days, Bai Qianhe will continue to lead people to patrol the palace gates and maintain the demon division. As for the Fenzhou case, wait until she comes back.
If it is "necessary? Moment", play by ear.
However, most of these arrangements will not be needed, so Li Chaoge unfolded another letter paper, explaining to Tianhou why she was away during the Chinese New Year, and to arrange for Shi Haosheng, the head of the princess mansion, to take care of the princess mansion. Afterwards, she cast a small spell, scratched the envelope slightly to ensure that only the person she designated could open the letter, and then walked out the door with her sword in hand.
Gu Mingke stood in the yard with his hands behind his back, saw her, and nodded slightly: "Let's go."
Li Chaoge just returned to Dongdu today, but she didn't even go back to the Princess Mansion. She left Dingding Gate at curfew, and didn't even go back to pack her luggage.
For Li Chaoge, there is no need to pack the luggage, just buy it now.
The next morning, dawn broke and the morning sparrows chirped. Bai Qianhe stepped on the spot and came to Zhenyaosi, intending to show his face, exchange "Happy New Year" with his colleagues, and then go back and continue to sleep. However, the atmosphere of the demon town today is much more solemn, completely different from the joyful atmosphere of the previous few days. Bai Qianhe secretly sighed, who made Li Chaoge come back.
With this evil star in charge, even if they want to return to their hearts, they dare not show it too obviously.
Bai Qianhe entered the East Hall, sat in his own seat and pretended to read a book. After a while, he couldn't bear it any longer, and quietly asked Mo Linlang, "Has she been here?"
With a sullen face, Mo Linlang cautiously shook her head: "Not yet."
The people in the East Hall were a little anxious. The boss hadn't come to patrol yet, and they didn't dare to slip away even if they wanted to. In the end, everyone unanimously elected Bai Qianhe, who "has the best relationship with the commander" to go to the main hall to investigate the situation.
Bai Qianhe took a deep breath, put on a hippie smile and knocked on the door. After a while, the smile on their faces subsided, Bai Qianhe listened again, and pushed open the door forcefully.
The hall door slowly opened to both sides, and the sunlight slowly entered the hall. Seeing Bai Qianhe standing still at the door, Mo Linlang couldn't help but become serious: "What's wrong?"
"There's no one inside." With that said, Bai Qianhe stepped into the main hall. He noticed that there were several letters on Li Chaoge's desktop, and the name on the top was "Bai Qianhe".
Bai Qianhe opened the letter, and after reading it, he didn't move for a long time. Mo Linlang followed behind. Seeing their performance, she clenched her fingers tighter and tighter: "What happened?"
"Something has happened." Bai Qianhe looked at Mo Linlang with a heavy face, and said in a sad tone, "The princess eloped with Gu Shaoqing."
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The second visit to Guibei Village, this time only Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke arrived at the destination in just one day.
At this moment, the setting sun was like blood, and red clouds piled up in the sky, like overturned colorful dyes. Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke entered the village quietly without disturbing anyone.
The tired birds are returning to their nests, and the sunset is paving the way. It is obviously the busiest time of the day, but Guibei Village is quiet. Being in it, it seems like entering the doomsday world. The villagers have been buried, but there are still some brown spots on the side of the road, which are the blood left by the town monster and the villagers when they fought. The sound of crows circling can be heard in the distance, and the silent village is set off by the crows, making it even more creepy.
However, Li Chaoge didn't have the slightest fear when she walked in it. She walked towards Orion's yard familiarly, and even remembered to remind Gu Mingke: "Pay attention to this corner, there are two dead bodies here, and the blood is flowing all over the ground." Be careful not to rub it on your clothes."
Gu Mingke nodded and thanked: "Thank you."
Li Chaoge opened the door and entered the yard, as familiar as his own home. She pointed to the empty ground, but according to the bloodstains, she could still see a human figure, and said: "The Orion fell here. I checked the corpses of all the people in Guibei Village, and they belonged to the degree of corpse change." lightest."
Gu Mingke looked at the ground soaked with blood, then walked into the house. Li Chaoge followed. Standing in this room again, she could almost point out where everything was with her eyes closed: "This is the hunter's house, and he got the cake from here. He? Probably not? There is a wife who lives alone, and the stove is seldom used, but there are animal skins in the courtyard next door to the east. I suspect that they have a good relationship with this family in the east. I will use the beaten animal skins as a gift in return."
Gu Mingke glanced over and asked, "How is the situation with the corpse next door?"
"Ordinary level." Li Chaoge replied, "Zhou Shao alone is enough to solve it."
Gu Mingke nodded and said, "Go? Take a look next door."
"Okay." Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke went out, but when they turned around, they walked in different directions. Seeing Gu Mingke's actions, Li Chaoge was speechless: "There is no one, are you troublesome or not?"
"Crossing the wall is not the way of a gentleman." Gu Mingke was also very persistent, "Go the right way."
Li Chaoge snorted, turned over and jumped onto the wall, "You want to? Go, I'm faster than you anyway."
Li Chaoge jumped over the wall and landed on the ground lightly. She looked up and found that Gu Mingke was already standing in the courtyard. Li Chaoge snorted, looked at him, and said very seriously: "You are so boring."
Gu Mingke didn't say a word, he opened the door and walked into the house, Li Chaoge quickly followed, and explained from behind: "They are a family of four, a couple, a son and a daughter."
Gu Mingke responded lightly. He looked around. There were red paper-cuts pasted on the windows, each of which had a different shape. There were also various handicrafts scattered around the house. It could be seen that the hostess had a great interest in life and was very popular.
Li Chaoge looked at it and said, "I checked the household registration records in Fenzhou. The family name is Liu. The mother is forty years old. The daughter just turned 2 this year. One son is about to marry... What are you doing?"
Li Chaoge watched helplessly as Gu Mingke opened an old dressing table, dialed it, and pulled out a piece of paper from under a pile of velvet flowers. There seemed to be ink stains on the paper, Li Chaoge glanced at Gu Mingke in surprise, walked up to him, and looked down at him.
On it, there is a picture of a man with angry crown, raised eyebrows, three eyes and eight arms. He holds a weapon in each of his eight arms. He stands angrily in the auspicious clouds, and it looks like he is fighting fiercely.
Li Chaoge clicked his tongue lightly, and couldn't help saying: "Who is this, who looks so ugly?"
Li Chaoge felt that Gu Mingke glanced at her, and there seemed to be something unusual in his eyes. Still? Wait? Li Chaoge thought about it, and Gu Mingke pointed to a line of words next to it, and read it lightly: "Guoguo Lingwu King's mighty spirit manifests the emperor."
Li Chaoge was surprised: "It's so long? What's his name?"
"A temple god in ancient times. I don't know when the full name became so long, but the folks commonly call him the God of War." Gu Mingke explained, "The God of War has been around for some years, and now the inheritance has been broken, and few people know about it. , and it’s not like something a girl of this age can come into contact with. Go to? other? places to search, there should be other? discoveries.”
Gu Mingke was about to say it? Put the paper away, Li Chaoge raised his eyebrows when he saw it, and finally felt that something was wrong just now? Where did it come from: "Why are you very reluctant to let me see this painting?"
Gu Mingke turned around, with long sleeves snaking, eyes like ink, and looked at her calmly: "No? Yes."
Li Chaoge stretched out his hand to Gu Mingke, smiling? Not smiling? He asked, "Then why are you so anxious to put away the portrait? Anyway, we will act together next time, why don't you leave it to me for safekeeping?"
Looking into Li Chaoge's eyes, Gu Mingke gently took out the portrait of the Martial God from his sleeve, and handed it to Li Chaoge: "Anything you want."
Li Chaoge took the painting, keeping his eyes on Gu Mingke. Gu Mingke didn't fluctuate, and let her watch with a clear conscience. Li Chaoge snorted inwardly, looked down at the painting, and was caught off guard by that strange figure who stabbed his eyes.
Li Chaoge couldn't bear to cover the portrait, turned it over and looked at the small characters below: "It's so ugly, it makes people's eyes hurt."
Gu Mingke pretended he didn't hear it, and left the room as soon as he turned around. Li Chaoge followed behind, looking down at the small characters on the portrait as he walked: "Lingwu King of Protecting the Country, His mighty spirit manifests the Emperor, exorcising demons, protecting the country, doing everything..."
Gu Mingke has already pushed open the door of another house, and walked in lightly. Li Chaoge blindly followed behind Gu Mingke, not even looking at the road: "Emperor Lingwu is the prince of Kui. When he was born, lightning flashed and thundered, and a real dragon circled around. He didn't leave until three days later. The priest divination, saying good luck, is the lord of destiny." The prince is young but intelligent. He was able to write at the age of three, he was able to give gifts at the age of seven, he was in charge of the country at the age of ten, and he was involved in the important affairs of the army. Immortal enlightenment and ascension... hey."
Li Chaoge accidentally bumped into something hard and almost missed the steps. She looked up and saw Gu Mingke holding her arm helplessly, lowering her eyes and saying to her, "Look at the road."
Li Chaoge didn't realize that her behavior was very dangerous. She shook the portrait in her hand at Gu Mingke and asked, "Do you feel familiar?"
"Um?"
"It's the Kingdom of Kui again." Li Chaoge murmured in a low voice, "During the Hidden Sword Villa, Sheng Lanchu said that the Qianyuan Sword was buried with the emperor of the Kingdom of Kui, and now it's him again? He? Since he is the emperor, why is it the God of War? ?”
"No conflict." Gu Mingke stepped over the threshold and slowly looked through the room, not like searching for a house, but more like taking a walk, "In that era? The kingship and? All major events depend on witchcraft for divination. If a leader of the Kui Kingdom has made outstanding achievements and is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, it is normal for the people to respect him as a god."
Li Chaoge wrote it down silently. In ancient times, the characters were different from those of today, and there were very few classics handed down in the world, so Li Chaoge's understanding of ancient times was very little. Li Chaoge looked back and forth, and found that this portrait recorded the appearance and deeds of the Martial God, but did not record their names.
"Strange?" Li Chaoge couldn't help frowning, "Why isn't his name written on it?"
The last ray of the west's afterglow descended to the horizon, and the room quickly fell silent. There was silence in the room for a long time, Li Chaoge thought that Gu Mingke didn't hear it, and she didn't take it to heart, so he turned around and went to search in the yard. After she left for a long time, a voice sounded softly: "I can't write."
Their voice is very quiet, but very determined.
When Li Chaoge saw this portrait, he felt a strange sense of familiarity. She poked through the ashes, and sure enough, she found a piece of half-burned oil paper.
Most of the paper was burnt, leaving only a small piece. But it can be seen that this piece of paper is the same material as the portrait in Li Chaosinger, and there are still faint ink stains on it. When Gu Mingke came out of the house, he was very impressed when he saw that she had picked out clues from the ashes.
"How do you know there are?"
"The back of the portrait is oiled paper. I have long felt that this material is very familiar. Sure enough, I have seen it before." Li Chaoge stood up and said, "It was strange when I came here before. With the financial resources of the farmers, it can be used very well. Oiled paper to ignite? Sure enough, there is something wrong with the paper."
Li Chaoge shook the portrait in his hand at Gu Mingke, and asked, "So, this is the real source?"
"It can be said like this." Gu Mingke walked down the steps and said, "The talisman, magic pattern, etc. drawn on paper will probably only be effective after being burned. Some people send portraits to the villagers, and peasant women are greedy for petty and cheap, so they take it. Come back and light the fire. After the talisman paper was burned, the dead air sealed inside spread to the food, drinking water and even the people who cooked, and soon, the whole village fell."
Li Chaoge followed suit and nodded: "It's no wonder that Orion's corpse has the least degree of change, because he neither makes a fire nor cooks, and these portraits sealed with death are useless to him. But their neighbors are hospitable and hospitable. That scar should have been bitten on him when he went to a neighbor's house as a guest."
The story of the destruction of Guibei Village started from the beginning, probably because someone came to the village to distribute portraits, free things plus pictures, and soon spread throughout the village. The village women lit the fire with oiled paper when cooking, and as the flames devoured the portraits, the poisonous mist quietly spread and penetrated into the bodies of the turtle-backed villagers. The villagers soon fell ill and eventually turned into corpses. Others thought the patient was dead, so they carried it to the open space. Later, the villagers cheated on the corpse and gradually turned into a walking monster.
This is the poison for refining corpses. Where is the Soul Gathering Formation that induces the corpses to act and even produce thoughts
Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke looked at each other and said at the same time, "Go to the ancestral hall."