The scene behind the door is very special, it is a spacious corridor, the floor is paved with cyan stone bricks, the walls on both sides are painted in vermilion, and the tiled roof is bright yellow.
At first glance, he thought it was on the official road in the palace, but soon Wen Chan realized it was not, because there was no one here.
There are no patrolling guards, and there are no court ladies and eunuchs. At a glance, you can't see where the end is. It is a very, very long road.
Wen Chan looked back at the man in black silently, with questioning eyes.
Apparently, the man in black didn't expect this phenomenon, he was taken aback for a moment, and said in a low voice, "The illusion has opened."
"What illusion?" Wen Chan asked after him.
The man in black didn't answer, the scimitar in his hand turned nimbly, he held it backhanded, raised his hand towards the wall on the left and swiped upwards, a strange light flashed in front of his eyes, followed by a "clank" , The wall was actually scratched open by him.
The cut wall fell backwards, Wen Chan took a few steps back, listening to the bang, watching the wall in front of him turn into a pile of rubble and ashes, revealing the same path.
Wen Chan compared the two roads and found that there was no difference. Turning his head, he saw that the man in black robe seemed to be at a loss for the scene. He stood there looking back and forth between the two roads, not knowing which one to choose. one.
He suggested, "Why don't we take the one in front of us, it looks safer."
After all, it is the road before them, which means that someone wants them to take this road, and the little novice said that the master has been waiting for him for a long time, and maybe he can see the master of the little novice after walking this way.
After speaking, he was afraid that the man in black would ignore him, so he took a few steps forward, trying to get to his side, but he seemed to have eyes behind him, suddenly turned over, jumped onto the golden tile roof, and turned his head to look at Wen Chan. glance.
Wen Chan: "..." Does this mean that you don't want to contact him
The man in black didn't say anything, but obviously heeded Wen Chan's suggestion, and walked forward stepping on the tile roof, and Wen Chan also followed after seeing it.
The two walked forward and back, up and down, maintaining the previous silence, and walked for half an hour.
Because the pace was not in a hurry, Wen Chan didn't walk out of breath, but he was still a little tired, and at the same time he was a little anxious, secretly wondering if this road really had no end.
But later Wen Chan discovered that this road still has an end. After walking for almost an hour, a steeple-roofed house slowly appeared in front of him, and Wen Chan was overjoyed.
The closer he got, the more comprehensive he could see. He was a little surprised when he walked in front of the house. The house was about two feet high at a glance. There was a long eaves in front of the door. The cloth, which floats up when the wind blows, looks quite weird.
Zhu Hong's door was closed tightly, and it was very quiet inside, not a single sound could be heard.
Wen Chan stood and watched for a while, not knowing whether to enter or not.
There is a continuous corridor on the right side of the house, just like before, with no end in sight at a glance, and no one knows where it leads.
He was a little undecided, turned back to look at the man in black, and saw that his eyes were also blank, obviously caught in the same entanglement.
He was standing not far from Wen Chan, and when he felt Wen Chan's gaze on him, he clenched the scimitar in his hand, walked to the door first, stretched out his hand and pushed the door open without any hesitation.
Immediately after he walked in, Wen Chan followed behind, holding a short knife, always on guard.
The inside of the house is more spacious than imagined, with bluestone floor tiles and vermilion stone pillars. There is no sunlight in the house, so it looks very dim and the visibility is very low.
Because the clothes of the man in black were relatively dark, after walking forward for a while, he almost melted into the darkness. Wen Chan would lose sight of him if he was a little behind. Look, it's straight.
Wen Chan also followed curiously, his eyes froze for a moment, his whole body trembled, and he suddenly felt extremely horrified.
I saw not far ahead, that is, in the very center of this steeple-roofed house, stood an extremely tall Buddha statue, stepping on a lotus seat.
Originally, the light in this room was dim, and the area around the roof could not be seen at all, but this Buddha statue seemed to be bending down to look down, with the entire head hanging above the visible line of sight.
The face of this Buddha is very delicately sculpted, and even the eyebrows can be seen one by one, but only a pair of eyes are only outlined, which seems too simple, and the corners of the Buddha's mouth hooked in a strange arc, quite As if smiling coldly.
Wen Chan took a look and shuddered, and hurriedly looked away.
Turning his head, he saw that the man in black was still watching, so he took two steps towards the man in black and said, "Let's rest here for a while."
However, the black-robed man's reaction was great. He took two steps back in a panic, which startled Wen Chan a little. After he stabilized his figure, he nodded to Wen Chan, and went not far away to sit on the floor leaning against a pillar. .
Wen Chan thought for a while and didn't ask any more questions. He walked to another pillar and just sat down when he saw the man in black stand up slowly.
He wondered, what's the matter
The man in black walked towards Wen Chan, walked to a moderate distance, and suddenly sat down again, with his back bent because there was nothing to lean on behind, and the scimitar in his hand all the time.
Looking at the meaning, he seemed to feel that Wen Chan was a little far away from him just now, so he deliberately walked over again.
The meaning of protection is too obvious.
Wen Chan gently closed his eyes, leaned his head against the pillar and relaxed his body.
Seeing that Wen Chan seemed to be feigning sleep, the man in black kept looking around, like a vigilant little beast. If something suddenly jumped out of the darkness at this time, he would definitely rush to kill it immediately.
The surroundings fell into silence, only the sound of breathing staggered.
Suddenly, Wen Chan said, "I've been guessing who you are these days."
The sudden voice startled the man in black a little. He looked at Wen Chan and remained silent.
"Actually, it's not difficult to guess." Wen Chan slowly opened his eyes, eyes full of calm and gentle emotions, and looked at the man in black, "Liang Shuhong, is it you?"
As soon as these words came out, the black-robed man visibly froze, panic appeared in the only exposed eyes, and he stared closely at Wen Chan.
"Thinking about it carefully, I haven't seen you for more than ten days. You haven't appeared since the father's birthday banquet." Wen Chan said, "You clearly said that you would come to visit me, and I waited for a long time. I didn't wait for you, I thought you were busy with business..."
Liang Shuhong had been missing in the capital for more than ten days, but no one found him.
There are not many people who have a friendly relationship with Wen Chan. Before Liang Yanbei came to the capital, Liang Shuhong was his only friend.
Being able to treat him like this is someone Liang Yanbei feels familiar with, so Wen Chan can only think of Liang Shuhong.
The man in black still didn't speak, Wen Chan asked, "Am I right?"
The voice fell behind, and after a while of silence, the black-robed man sighed, "Your Highness, you are always so smart, sometimes I wish you were stupid."
The voice was clear and pleasant, without any hoarseness at all. He raised his hand and took off his mask, revealing half of his face, undoubtedly it was Liang Shuhong.
Wen Chan's heart beat faster, looking at Liang Shuhong, he felt that although his face was still familiar, it was very different from before.
Although Liang Shuhong in the past was also handsome and had an involuntarily relaxing smile, his appearance was not outstanding.
But now his face is obviously much more refined, the picturesque eyebrows reveal a bit of hazy beauty, the drooping eyes are covered by long and dense eyelashes, and the skin is fair and delicate.
This was Liang Shuhong in his memory, but it wasn't.
"What happened to you?" Wen Chan frowned, "Where have you been these days? How did you become like this?"
Liang Shuhong was a little sad, and this emotion was very obvious. He slowly raised his face and looked at Wen Chan, "As you can see, I have now become a monster."
Liang Shuhong's face looked a little more handsome, and the black robe made him look a bit inexplicably evil.
Wen Chan thought that Liang Shuhong might not be able to accept it himself, so he softened his voice and asked, "I don't think you are any different. Why do you always wear a mask and refuse to face me?"
"Here I am." Liang Shuhong raised his finger and pointed to the left side of his face. "Every night, strange patterns will appear, and ears will grow on the top of the head. When I see people, I want to kill them. Sometimes I can't control myself."
"Do you know why you became like this?" These Wen Chan actually guessed something in advance.
Liang Shuhong is not good at martial arts, his literary talent is very good, he can be regarded as a scholar who does not hear anything outside the window, and has no interest in dancing knives and guns, but if the man in black is really him, it shows that he has experienced things that ordinary people cannot understand. thing.
However, Wen Chan is not very human, at least he has seen those monsters with his own eyes, and he believes that he can understand Liang Shuhong's experience.
"After the Holy Majesty's birthday banquet was over that day, my mother asked me to offer incense at Yanxiang Temple, so I came to Yanxiang Temple from the imperial palace, but when I arrived here, I found that although the door was open, no one came in or out. On weekdays, the guarding monk was also missing, so I felt something was wrong so I went in to check, and on the altar in the main hall, I saw a plate."
Liang Shuhong narrowed his eyes slightly, and when he recalled it, he also looked confused, "There was a palm-sized red fruit on the plate, I ate it in one bite, and then passed out with severe pain all over my body, and I woke up like this."
Wen Chan: "???"
After listening to it, he felt that he had overestimated himself, and he couldn't understand what Liang Shuhong had gone through. Could it be that he just ate a fruit and became like this
"Is it some demon fruit?" Wen Chan asked suspiciously.
"I don't know either, I've never seen it before." Liang Shuhong said.
"You haven't seen it, why do you want to eat it?" Don't you know that you can't eat things indiscriminately
"I can't remember why I ate it myself. I just remember looking at the fruit, then picked it up and ate it in a daze. I think I was stunned." Liang Shuhong said, "I sent letters to my family these days. , tell them I went to another place to play, and let them not worry."
"You have always been in the capital, and you killed those people in the North District, right?"
"Those people must die." Liang Shuhong said, his face darkened, and his brows were stained with hostility, "The monsters in Yanxiang Temple have poisoned the water in the North District. None of them will be spared. Within ten days, they will definitely die." Become a demon, only suck human blood, without any thoughts and consciousness."
"Could it be that kind of demon in Zhong Guoyi's cell that day?" Wen Chan asked again.
"That's right." Liang Shuhong replied, "They replaced Zhong Guoyi, and put a group of monsters inside, trying to use them to spread demon poison in the capital. After I stopped you that day, I tried to deal with those monsters. I only left for a while. , I didn’t expect someone to open that prison cell, and the demon has been released after returning.”
"That is to say, when you went back, not all the guards in Gecha Mansion died?"
"My knife can turn demons into dust, but it can only hurt ordinary people, so I locked the door after I returned and sealed all the guards who wanted to escape in the Gecha mansion." Liang Shuhong said lightly, There was no emotion on his face, "I didn't kill the demons until they were all dead. Later, the bodies of those guards were transported to the cemetery in the burial forest, and they were all raised in just two nights. I killed them all." .”
There was disbelief in Wen Chan's expression, "You don't seem like such a cruel person."
Taking the North District alone as an example, those people were real people before they were demonized, including men, women, young and old. It was hard for him to imagine how the gentle and refined Liang Shuhong could do it.
"Kindness is useless, Your Highness." Liang Shuhong seemed to be stung by his expression, and looked away, "I have no choice. Once a trace of evil poison is brought into the capital, everyone will die."
"As long as Liang Yanbei is in the capital, the monsters from Yanxiang Temple will not be able to poison the capital. They can only rely on that opportunity. Therefore, in order to defend the capital, I can only kill them all and leave no one behind."
When Wen Chan heard Liang Yanbei's name, he was surprised and suspicious, "What does this have to do with Liang Yanbei?"