Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 397 It's Half a Flame Chaser, Who Is the Protector

"Ding……"

As Aiden's body was picked up by Xin Ziqiu, the mithril shackle chains connected to his neck suddenly collapsed into a straight line.

The clasps collided and made a crisp sound.

Suddenly he was caught by the neckline, and Aiden, who was already unconscious, was startled suddenly and opened his eyes again. At the same time, a strong sense of suffocation came, which made him almost faint again.

At this moment, his mind was still like a muddy mess, and he couldn't figure out why Xiao Zizai, who usually had a playful smile, would be so hysterical now, and he couldn't figure out whether the other party came to kill him or save him.

"I'm... Aiden."

He murmured, and at the same time understood his situation.In a trance, I feel unwilling.

As a genius of the Hall of Valor, this trip to the Floating Land was supposed to be a time for him to show off his skills, but his real opponent was just Xu Xingzi from Lingshan. Even if he lost in the end, he should have a fierce battle. yes.

But who would have thought that just after entering Yanjing City, he was inexplicably plotted against, lost consciousness, and then was eliminated in such a muddleheaded manner.

Xin Ziqiu was even more at a loss. Aiden's appearance really didn't look like he was pretending, but if it wasn't so, how did he regain his sanity?
Is it a powerful treasure, or a special technique?

Even Xu Xingzi needed to close his five senses to resist the tricky situation, but this guy actually resolved it?

He couldn't figure out the key to it, so he could only let go of his hand and asked sharply:
"Okay, let me believe that you are Aiden. How did you recover your fate? What happened before? Tell me now!"

Aiden was stunned by Xin Ziqiu's question, and looked at him puzzled, his eyes full of bewilderment.

Restore fate?Could it be that what happened to him was because someone took his life away?
He couldn't understand "Xiao Zizai"'s nonsensical question in front of him at all, let alone answer it.

Seeing Aiden's ignorant appearance, Xin Ziqiu became more and more convinced that he was not pretending, but he was even more puzzled in his heart.

But just when he was about to ask something more, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps not far from the door.

In the dungeon, the divine sense cannot be separated from the body, and can only perceive the world with the body's senses.

Since they could hear footsteps, it meant that the person coming was very close to them, and if they continued the interrogation, they might expose themselves.

So Xin Ziqiu frowned, and winked at Aiden, signaling him not to move, while he put on the deer head mask again, and stood there calmly.

Sure enough, a shadow elongated by the light soon appeared in the corridor outside the prison, and the footsteps were getting closer and faster, and they came straight here.

Xin Ziqiu remained calm, with piercing eyes, but when he saw the face of the visitor, he was slightly surprised.

I saw that the person who came was none other than Mr. Qian under Zong Jing, Shaoqing of Supervisor Tiansi, the Westerner James who used a musket.

As soon as he saw Xin Ziqiu, he put on a warm smile and said in Chinese with an awkward accent:
"Mr. Ding Siqian, you are indeed here, are you safe?"

Xin Ziqiu was a little curious. He didn't have any friendship with this Westerner. At most, he was working under Zong Jing's subordinates together. Now it's late at night, and this guy seems to be looking for him specially. What's the matter?
He coughed lightly and said noncommittally:
"I am here to interrogate the criminals according to Zong Shaoqing's handwriting. Mr. James Qian came late at night, but what is Zong Shaoqing's order?"

His cold, repulsive tone, coupled with that weird deer head mask, appeared inscrutable and mysterious in this eerie dungeon.

James said with a smile:

"Mr. Ding Qian has just arrived in the capital, and he has made outstanding achievements many times. Not only has he saved His Royal Highness, but he has also arrested two 'Xin Zhai'. I admire him very much, so I heard that Mr. Ding Qian is interrogating prisoners, so I came here specially. Helping each other. I am not talented, but I have a lot of research on Xinzhai, and maybe I can help in some places."

Although Xin Ziqiu was not a master of insight into people's hearts, he was not an idiot either. Naturally, he could hear the flattery in James' undisguised expression and voice, and he couldn't help but feel a little more vigilant.

Is there anything worthy of the fawning of this Westerner?

He didn't believe that this Westerner would treat him so well for no reason, so he suppressed his curiosity about "Xin Zhai" and said calmly:

"On Zong Shaoqing's letter, only my name is written. I am a newcomer, and I don't want to break the rules and be honest, so I can only appreciate your kindness. I will report it to Ming Zong Shaoqing another day. Would you like to interrogate the criminals together?"

Seeing his ruthless posture, James not only didn't mind, but was not discouraged. Instead, he took a step forward, took out a piece of paper from his arms with a smile, shook it in front of Xin Ziqiu and said:

"Don't worry, Mr. Ding Qian, take a look at what this is?"

Xin Ziqiu took a quick glance and found that what James was holding in his hand was the official letter written by Zong Jing, Shaoqing of the Superintendent of Heaven.

The general content written above is nothing more than Qian Zong Ding Si has made outstanding achievements many times, but after all, his qualifications are still young and his experience in handling cases is limited. new.

Oh, Ganqing Zongjing still can't trust me, so he specially sent this James to monitor.

It seems that this Westerner is Zong Jing's confidant, not that Mr. Qian with the surname Niu.

Xin Ziqiu immediately understood the purpose of the other party's visit, but he was still a little strange. For some reason, Zong Jing didn't let James follow him at the beginning, but sent this guy now after a time lag.

Although he still had doubts in his mind, Xin Ziqiu didn't think too much about it. He was running out of time now, regardless of what Zong Jing and James were planning, in short, as long as someone helped him, it would be a good thing for him, so he nodded and said:

"Since Master Zong's handwriting is here, and the name is right and proper, then I would like to ask Master James, how should I interrogate this heart? Of the two prisoners tonight, one has passed out, and the other..."

With that said, he stretched out his foot and kicked Aiden lightly, sighed and said:
"...This guy doesn't admit that he is Xin Zhai at all, and he doesn't have the crazy look before, he looks like a normal person."

James looked at Aiden on the ground, then at Xin Ziqiu, blinked his eyes, twitched the corners of his mouth, the expression on his face was quite embarrassing, and he forced a dry laugh after a while and said:

"This...hehe, Mr. Ding Qian, Mr. Ding, that's not how the 'Xin Zhai' is judged..."

Xin Ziqiu was slightly taken aback, and asked hastily:

"Ask Mr. James for advice?"

James looked at Xin Ziqiu, an imperceptible sharpness flashed in his smiling eyes, and he still said courteously:

"I don't have any good opinion. It's just that I have been working as an officer in Tiansi for a long time, and I have seen a lot of things. Master Ding really doesn't know the origin of this 'Xin Zhai'?"

Xin Ziqiu's heart moved, he had already guessed that the so-called "Xin Zhai" might refer to people like Xu Xingzi and Aiden whose fate was forcibly taken over by others.

In this way, this kind of situation has obviously happened more than once in Yanjing City and even in the Ming Dynasty, so that Jian Tiansi even gave this kind of people a special name. It seems that they have more or less accumulated some " The experience of dealing with "Xin Zhai".

Really, just when he was about to fall asleep, someone offered him a pillow. The experience of Jian Tiansi was exactly what Xin Ziqiu desperately needed.

But he didn't want to appear too edgy, so as not to be seen by the other party, he just said lightly:

"Appreciate further details."

James said intriguingly:
"It's strange, I never thought Master Ding was born in the Mipo sect, so he would not know the origin of Xinzhai..."

Xin Ziqiu's heart shuddered when he heard the words, and he murmured inwardly that it's not good, these people in Tiansi Supervisor are indeed old foxes, he was already careful enough, but he had to take precautions, so he was wise.

What is the relationship between Mi Po Sect and Xin Zhai?If it is found out by Jian Tiansi that he is not a member of the Mi Po Sect, but is pretending to be a fake, that would be very bad.

It's not that he's afraid that the crime of murder will be revealed, but that he has a task right now, and he still needs to rely on the black gauze hat on his head and the big tree of supervisor Tiansi behind him. I'm afraid the entrusted task is really difficult to reach the sky.

But now, regardless of James' unintentional words or deliberate temptations, Xin Ziqiu can only bite the bullet and act to the end.

He knew almost nothing about the Mipo Sect, so in order to avoid making the description darker, he simply remained silent and put on an indifferent and calm look.

Blocked by the deer-head mask, James didn't seem to notice Xin Ziqiu's strangeness. Seeing that he was still as cold as an iceberg, he smiled indifferently:

"Speaking of Xinzhai, it's something that has only appeared in the last few decades. Every once in a while, ranging from a few months to as many as a year, there will always be a strange person in Yanjing City who goes crazy for no reason and makes a hysterical scene outside. After a while, it disturbed the emperor's feet."

Xin Ziqiu nodded. Aiden went crazy in the street. He saw it with his own eyes. If it wasn't for James' musket and magic silver bullets, he might not be able to catch this guy.

Just listen to James go on to say:

"In the early days, no one took these people seriously. The city of Yanjing has millions of households, the forest is huge, and there are all kinds of birds. It is not new to have a few mental illnesses occasionally. And these people who are insane Most of the strangers in the city can't make any big troubles, so Tiansi at most just arrests these guys and locks them up for a few days, and releases them when their spirits stabilize.

"However, who would have thought that the symptoms of these aliens would only stabilize temporarily, and they would still fall into madness every once in a while, and the time interval between attacks would become shorter and shorter, eventually turning into monsters who lost their minds.

"And, most frighteningly, this disease...it's contagious..."

Xin Ziqiu was startled when he heard the words:
"Contagious? Then don't we..."

James smiled slightly:
"Lord Ding, don't worry, this heart has been sealed by the magic silver, and it won't infect others anymore. Speaking of which, it took a lot of effort and a long time for Jian Tiansi to study the magic silver's effect on the body. The method of restraint of Xin Zhai. But the magic silver is hard to come by. It takes hundreds of catties of Mithril and several months of work to extract such a small amount, which can barely stabilize a Xin Zhai. It is far from being able to eradicate the serious trouble in my Ming Dynasty."

Xin Ziqiu nodded:
"Since this symptom is contagious, won't it cause a catastrophe if this heart is released?"

Hearing this, James immediately gave Xin Ziqiu a thumbs up, and a high hat was quickly delivered:

"Good question! Although Master Ding has just been entrusted to join our department, you can already think in the way of Tianjian Division, which shows that you are born to be a member of Tianjian Division who slays demons and demons, and your future prospects are limitless... "

This sudden flattery caught Xin Ziqiu a little off guard, and he couldn't figure out why this James suddenly made a 180-degree turn and treated him so flatteringly.

While he was puzzled, James continued to say:

"The infection of Xinzhai is very different from the infection of general infectious diseases. First, the infection of Xinzhai does not spread indiscriminately, but is very selective. It is not only effective for aliens, but also the more powerful aliens , the more susceptible to infection.

"Secondly, this kind of infection can only take effect once a day, and it will only infect a new heart. This information is the law that Jian Tiansi has slowly explored over the past few decades, and it was never spread to the outside world. Confidential, but Mr. Ding Qian is not an outsider, so I will not hide it from you."

Hearing this, Xin Ziqiu thought. Such an unimaginable way of "infection" is not like a disease, but more like someone using the infected heart as a medium to display some kind of supernatural power.

If "Xin Zhai" is really a stranger whose fate has been robbed, as he guessed, then this strange "infectious disease" can make sense.

Soon, a general outline of the whole strange incident was outlined in Xin Ziqiu's mind.

In this world of the Ming Dynasty, someone is hiding in the dark and is constantly using a powerful supernatural power to seize the lives of aliens. Perhaps it is restricted by certain rules. This kind of supernatural power can only be used once a day, and It also needs to use the "Xin Zhai" that has been taken away as a medium to perform it.

As for who is behind the scenes and what their purpose is, he still doesn't know for the time being, but it is obvious that the little beggar who has been in contact with Aiden and Xu Xingzi must have something to do with them even if he is not behind the scenes. Inextricably linked.

Seeing that Xin Ziqiu remained silent, James continued:

"By the time Jian Tiansi discovered that the symptoms of Xinzhai could be contagious, it was already too late. Those Xinzhai who were easily released earlier were constantly infecting the surrounding strangers. What's more frightening is that those who were infected The aliens, both in terms of physique and ability, have been greatly improved, and have become very powerful and extremely difficult to deal with. It didn't take long for these heart attacks to cause a chaos in Yanjing City..."

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(End of this chapter)