Longevity begins with a dog

Chapter 173 The right direction of the demon!Lou Youzhi's frustration!
"you……"

Li Xiangxue's body and tone began to tremble, "You are, Xu...Uncle Xu?"

"it's me."

Xu Chong nodded.

It was confirmed that Li Xiangxue had experienced too much, and his eyes were still blurred at the first moment.

"It's great, you're still alive, hahaha, you're still alive..."

Li Xiangxue cried and laughed, speaking incoherently.

"Yes, I'm still alive."

Xu Chong nodded again, "Only I am still alive."

"only……"

Li Xiangxue murmured, the intense surprise slowly subsided.

Yes, only Uncle Xu is still alive.

Faces and scenes flashed through Li Xiangxue's mind.

Parents, Uncle Zhao's family, folks from Canglong...

After a long time, Li Xiangxue wiped his eyes, and said seriously: "Daddy and the others, I definitely don't want to see you like this."

The Xu Chong in front of him has changed a lot compared to what he remembered.

The slightly gray sideburns, slightly wrinkled face, and slightly drooping eyelids all prove that this is an elderly man.

"Why do they want to see you like this?"

Xu Chong shook his head.

At the beginning, he separated into three bodies with his external avatar.

The white robe went to the Imperial Prison, the colorful robe went to Zhan Shifu, and the black robe came to the Spring and Autumn Tomb.

At the time, all three bodies were of the same age.

Later, the Spring and Autumn Tomb experienced about 34 years under the rules of different intensities.

At this time, he was close to sixty.

And why not Li Xiangxue?
If he followed the original trajectory, Li Xiangxue should be only six or seven years old at this time, and he is still studying with his master... Maybe he has become a little boy.

"Uncle Xu, you said that Lou Youzhi is not my enemy?"

As expected of someone who crawled out of the Shura field, Li Xiangxue quickly controlled his emotions and asked.

"It's a long story..."

Xu Chong walked to the side and sat down, talking carefully.

From mother and son's blood test to seal the city to kill, to design to kill Fu Yuanlong and Wei Wuxie, to join the Bloody Guards, get acquainted with Jiang Zhihong, to take the job as a companion to the Duqin Tianjian, to watch the master die in front of his own eyes, and finally to Yongzhou locust plague.

Throughout the whole process, Xu Chong was paying attention to Li Xiangxue's state with Yang God.

When he said that Lou Youzhi's trip to Yongzhou was really for disaster relief, not massacre, the black mist in Li Xiangxue's head quickly weakened.

However, only about halfway down, the trend came to an abrupt halt.

The remaining black mist suddenly became chaotic.

If it wasn't for the green net restraint, it might have rushed to the whole body at this time.

"It's not Lou Youzhi..."

Li Xiangxue murmured, his eyes sometimes resentful and sometimes blank, "Then who killed the people in Yongzhou? Who wants to kill the people in Yongzhou?"

Xu Chong secretly sighed.

really.

Inner demons cannot be eliminated out of thin air like this.

Although he was still alive, Zhao Liu, Mother Li, and many others all died in the natural disaster.

If this hatred is not avenged, Li Xiangxue's demons will not be eradicated.

Xu Chong no longer hesitated, and continued: "The occurrence of natural disasters is predictable..."

Inferences about natural disasters were slowly revealed.

When the three words Yongtaidi appeared and took the main responsibility, Li Xiangxue's demons stabilized and began to grow again.

"From Shoufu to Emperor?"

Li Xiangxue found it extremely absurd.

He still clearly remembered the set of things he learned when he was in the county school.

Those who have a heart for Daqing are all the people of Daqing?

All the citizens of Daqing deserve credit for their merits, and they will be punished for their mistakes?

All the people of Daqing should cry out if there is injustice, and fight for injustice?
To be honest, before this, even if Li Xiangxue regarded Lou Youzhi as his lifelong enemy, he still yearned for the world mentioned in the Taizu's imperial edict, and still had a good impression of the Daqing court.

He felt that officials like Lou Youzhi must be in the minority.

With Taizu Dagao, more officials should be like Jiang Zhihong.

The people in Canglong County were good, as were the other refugees in Fenggu County, but they were unlucky enough to meet such an executioner.

But now...

The murderer was actually the emperor of Daqing?

It's ridiculous.

Li Xiangxue showed sarcasm just now, and suddenly remembered another sentence Xu Chong said.

"What if your enemy is not only Lou Youzhi, but on the contrary, the master you think you owe?"

No, Emperor Yongtai, with Master?
Is there any relationship between the two?

Li Xiangxue looked at Xu Chong inquiringly.

"The name Lin Kuang you have heard is the previous Taoist master of Taiping Dao, more than 20 years ago..."

Xu Chong continued to tell.

He knew that the truth might inflate Li Xiangxue's demons to a stronger degree than before.

But he had only this option.

Continuing to hide it, Li Xiangxue became Emperor Yongtai's sword and stabbed Lou Youzhi.

Just helping Lou Youzhi offend, not only can't eliminate Li Xiangxue's demons, on the contrary, it will also make Li Xiangxue mentally confused.

But only talking about Emperor Yongtai without mentioning Ji Qingzhi's words, there is no reason to prevent Li Xiangxue from going back to find Ji Qingzhi.

Once Li Xiangxue was allowed to meet Ji Qingzhi again, he might be exposed on the spot and then executed by Ji Qingzhi on the spot.

After many calculations, Li Xiangxue's inner demons could not be eliminated.

Since it cannot be eliminated, let the demons return to the right direction.

"So, your master, Ji Qingzhi, the master of the Way of Peace, is actually Emperor Yongtai, the Emperor Yongtai who used natural disasters to harm all people."

Xu Chong uttered the last sentence slowly: "He wants to use you to kill Lou Youzhi who obstructed him."

At this time, Li Xiangxue's expression was completely frozen.

And in Yangshen's field of vision, the group of black mist entrenched in Li Xiangxue's purple mansion was growing crazily.

From thin to full-bodied to narrow and cohesive.

In the blink of an eye, the black mist condensed into a complete human figure the size of a soybean—Li Xiangxue, who was dressed in black, had complete facial features, and eyes full of tyranny.

And it's still growing.

"This demon..."

Xu Chong thought of the demons he encountered when he first entered the Purple Mansion.

At that time, the heart demon had exactly the same face as him, wearing a long black gown, and looked like a black-robed sun god.

However, the style of the black robe is completely different, and the demon Xu Chong is completely free from any manipulation.

In addition, there is the most crucial point, Xu Chong, the demon, has always been indifferent.

From the beginning to the end, like Li Xiangxue's demon in front of him, he never showed the slightest tyranny.

Comparing the two together, it is obvious that Li Xiangxue is more in line with the appearance of a demon.

"Sure enough, it's not just a demon..."

Xu Chong's heart sank slightly, "I'm afraid it's really what I thought, with the intention of the original body."

At this time, Li Xiangxue's heart demon had stopped growing, and it had stabilized at the size of a pigeon egg.

That layer of green net was like a chain of chains, entwined around the surface of the demon's body.

Looking at Li Xiangxue himself, his eyes were clear, only the anger and hatred after learning the truth, and there was no strong killing intent that could not be concealed at all.

While Xu Chong heaved a sigh of relief, he became more vigilant about the green net.

"Your inner demon has become stronger, but it is still bound by that unknown force."

Xu Chong looked solemn, "I suspect this is the supernatural power of the Dao Heart Demon."

"That is to say, he can control me anytime and anywhere?"

Li Xiangxue's eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he thought of.

Xu Chong didn't pay attention to this point, and said to himself: "It's not impossible... Originally, I have a way to try to release the control for you, but I dare not try."

"If it doesn't work, that's all."

"If it succeeds, not to mention whether Ji Qingzhi will notice it, I can't judge whether the demon that just broke away from the shackles will swallow your mind in an instant."

After finishing speaking, Xu Chong paused, and his expression became serious: "So, don't get involved in anything anymore. When the time comes, I will arrange for you to hide."

"Hide?"

Li Xiangxue frowned.

"I know what you're thinking."

Xu Chong shook his head, "But Emperor Yongtai's strength is beyond the imagination of any of us, and he is by no means easy to deal with."

"No matter how much you hate him, you must never act recklessly."

"In addition, although I don't know what the ultimate goal of Emperor Yongtai is, I have full confidence that I can prevent the locust plague from happening again in Yongzhou."

"The Fang family, because the Chunqiu Tomb is about to collapse, intends to use you to deal with Emperor Yongtai and seize the Baicao Garden. For the time being, you need to be submissive and cooperate with their plan on the surface to ensure your own safety in the Chunqiu Tomb."

"Leave the rest to me."

Xu Chong put Li Xiangxue on the shoulder with a very serious expression, "Listen to me."

"..."

Li Xiangxue hesitated for a while, and finally smiled and nodded: "Okay."

"Also, don't enter the Spring and Autumn Hall again."

As Xu Chong said, he walked out of the tomb, "Old Li's family still depends on you to honor the lintel and pass on the incense."

Li Xiangxue watched Xu Chong's back disappear with inexplicable eyes.

Glory to the lintel, inheritance of incense?
Indeed, this is the deep-rooted obsession of every common people.

But the problem is, neither father nor mother have ever told me about this.

What they repeatedly told me was another thing.

……

……

Beijing.

As usual, Lou Youzhi went straight back to the mansion after finishing the value, and went down to the underground palace from the secret passage in the study.

As soon as he entered the central hall of the underground palace, his footsteps suddenly stopped, and his attention fell on the desks in the hall.

There, I don't know when an extra letter appeared.

"Someone came!"

Lou Youzhi instantly confirmed this point.

Since the construction of the underground palace, for more than 20 years, he has not let down his vigilance for a single day.

The entire mansion, the entire underground palace, has extremely subtle arrangements everywhere, which is enough for him to know immediately whether anyone has been to the backyard, and whether anyone has been close to the study.

However, from returning to the mansion, to the back garden, to the study, and then to the underground palace to the main hall, he did not notice any abnormal signs during the whole process.

"Didn't touch my arrangement, but put a letter into the underground palace...is it Dou Tianyuan?"

"No, it's not Dou Tianyuan, he doesn't know the existence of this underground palace."

"And other people who know this place will not do this..."

Lou Youzhi squinted his eyes, but didn't see any movement, the letter automatically flew over and floated in front of his eyes.

Then, countless tiny thunderclaps emerged from the surface of his body, blocking everything.

After finishing these, Lou Youzhi controlled the letter paper and slowly unfolded it.

!!!

With just one glance, Lou Youzhi's pupils shrank to the extreme.

'Using the same bloodline of the master of the cave as a guide, sacrificing ten times the human race can delay the decline of the cave. '

There is only this sentence on the letterhead.

But it was such a sentence, but it was something Lou Youzhi searched through all the ancient books he could get his hands on, but he couldn't find it.

"The same blood of the master of the cave?"

Lou Youzhi narrowed his eyes.

In the next moment, the letter suddenly ignited and turned into ashes in an instant, and the ashes were blown away by the breeze and blown in all directions.

After a moment.

Lou Youzhi appeared in a secret room connected to the underground palace.

There is only an old man with white beard and hair in simple clothes, and a dozen or so bookshelves filled to the brim.

The old man was none other than Gu Chengren who resigned directly in front of all the officials.

Seeing Lou Youzhi coming in, Gu Chengren shook his head in disappointment: "I have studied the ancient books you found twice, and there is still no clue about the decline of the cave."

"Maybe we're looking in the wrong direction."

As Lou Youzhi said, he walked to a bookshelf and raised his hand to take down a booklet.

Gu Chengren came over curiously to have a look, and asked with some doubts: "Isn't this a copy of the records of the household department? It's full of numbers, so I didn't really read it... There are clues in it?"

It turned out that under the arrangement of Lou Youzhi, the records related to natural disasters in the three government offices, the household department, the official department, and the Qin Tianjian, were indeed destroyed by the eunuch.

However, before it was destroyed, a copy was left.

It was also these transcripts that helped Lou Youzhiwan retain Gu Chengren who was about to return home.

"Seven years of Yongtai..."

Lou Youzhi turned a page, and after a while, his eyes flashed: "It really is so!"

"Speak clearly."

Gu Chengren frowned, a little unhappy.

"Someone was in the middle hall and left me a letterhead, which wrote the method to delay the decline of the cave."

Lou Youzhi rubbed his temples.

"what?!"

Gu Chengren exclaimed.

"Gu Lao, let's look at this."

Lou Youzhi put the booklet on the table and pointed to one of the columns.

"At the end of the seventh year of Yongtai, there were more than 600 million people in Binzhou..."

Gu Chengren read it out, still puzzled, "Is there any problem?"

Binzhou is the province with the smallest area in Daqing. In addition, it is close to the sea, and most of the land is not suitable for growing crops. Therefore, it has always been the least populated among the thirty provinces.

"Look here again."

Lou Youzhi turned a page, "At the end of the eighth year of Yongtai, there were more than 180 million people in Binzhou."

"Eight years of sea boiling in Yongtai killed 420 million people in Binzhou..."

Gu Chengren sighed, "I know this, but didn't you say that the natural disaster in Binzhou has nothing to do with His Majesty?"

"It's really okay, but the problem is that Binzhou Haibo really killed so many people!"

Lou Youzhi explained, "Using the same bloodline of the master of the cave as a guide, sacrificing ten times the human race can delay the decline of the cave... This is the content of that letter."

!!!

Gu Chengren was terrified.

It was exactly the same as Lou Youzhi's previous reaction.

The same bloodline of the master of the cave...

Put it on His Majesty, that is the folk blood descendant left by Taizu!

What His Majesty wants to kill is not the refugees, but the descendants of Taizu? !

"impossible?"

Gu Chengren looked ugly.

"I thought it was impossible before, so I calculated it according to the drought in Bingzhou."

Lou Youzhi sighed quietly, "The drought in Bingzhou killed 800 million people, and if calculated by half, that's 40 blood descendants."

"It took 18 years from the drought in Bingzhou to the sea boiling in Binzhou."

"In this way, 40 blood descendants, plus 400 million people, can delay the decline of the cave for more than 18 years."

"Almost [-] blood descendants can be delayed for less than a year."

"Binzhou Haibo killed 420 million people, and their blood was about 21... It took 11 years from Binzhou Haibo to Yongzhou locust plague."

"The same [-] blood descendants have been delayed for less than a year."

"The number of blood descendants here is only a rough estimate, and it is definitely not accurate enough, plus the possibility of delaying in advance..."

Lou Youzhi took a deep breath, "It should be that for every 20 Taizu blood descendants used as a guide, sacrificing [-] people can delay the decline of the cave for a year."

"..."

Gu Chengren's heart was fluctuating, and he gritted his teeth after a while, "Two natural disasters alone can't prove anything...I'll continue to investigate."

As he said that, he turned around and unloaded a thick stack of books from the bookshelf.

In this way, the two began to calculate the number of deaths from natural disasters over the years.

An hour later.

Gu Chengren closed the book, and looked at the page that was used for statistics, which was already filled with small characters, "This doesn't match, we are almost counting [-] blood descendants and delaying for two years..."

indeed.

As the two of them calculated the past further, the rule of "delaying the decline of [-] blood descendants for one year" became less and less applicable.

Lou Youzhi didn't respond to Gu Chengren, but closed his eyes and thought hard.

After a while, a flash of lightning flashed through my mind.

"No! It's not that I can't match it!"

Lou Youzhi opened his eyes suddenly, "It's because we have overlooked a key point!"

"key point?"

Gu Chengren was stunned.

"Didn't Mr. Gu realize that the proportion of using blood descendants to delay the decline is gradually increasing..."

Lou Youzhi said slowly, "If you can't match it at all, then why does the ratio gradually increase instead of suddenly getting bigger and smaller?"

"This... there is indeed a problem!"

Gu Chengren thought for a while, and his expression became serious, "What did you think of?"

"Our calculation is based on the assumption that if no one is killed, the cave will collapse immediately."

Lou Youzhi's eyes flickered, "But what if this cave itself still has enough lifespan?"

"what do you mean……"

Gu Chengren's expression was difficult to look at, "As early as many years ago, when the decline of Dongtian was not even urgent at all, my emperor in Daqing has already started to prolong the life of Dongtian?"

"That's right!"

Lou Youzhi pointed to the manuscript paper, "Let's count from Leizhou first."

"In the 20th year of Zhengfeng, the sky fire in Leizhou killed 700 million people, including about 35 blood descendants."

"According to the conclusion we deduced before, it can delay the decline of the cave for more than 17 years."

"But the next natural disaster will be 20 years away from Zhengfeng's 60 years!"

"That is to say, in these 60 years, there are 43 years, which is the life span that Dongtian still has!"

"Let's look further down..."

Following Lou Youzhi's recalculation, the two of them came to an astonishing conclusion after a while.

With 20 blood descendants as a guide, sacrificing [-] people can indeed prolong the decline of Dongtian for a year.

In the past, he was only misled by Dongtian's own lifespan, but now that Dongtian's own lifespan is removed, everything is corresponding.

However, this conclusion made both of them a little unacceptable for a while.

"Hehehe..."

Gu Chengren laughed nervously, "That is to say, as early as 20 years after Zhengfeng, when Dongtian's lifespan was still several hundred years old, Emperor Zhengfeng had already started to commit murder... delay? No! This is clearly feeding!"

"To be precise, we calculated it to be 270 years."

In comparison, Lou Youzhi was much calmer and deeper, "Besides, this is not important anymore, it has completely lost its lifespan..."

By the time of Emperor Wenchang, all natural disasters that occurred were very consistent with the law of "[-] for one year".

In other words, Dongtian has reached the critical point of decline.

If no one is killed in the next natural disaster, this cave will completely collapse.

"Yeah, it doesn't matter anymore."

Gu Chengren let out a long sigh, and his eyes fell on the last booklet that had not been used yet, "The important thing is the future."

That booklet is also a copy of the household file.

The reason why it was not used just now is because what is recorded in it is the locust plague in Yongzhou, which is not used in the calculation just now.

"Yongzhou..."

Lou Youzhi looked disappointed, because he remembered about how many people there were in Yongzhou.

The situation in Yongzhou is somewhat different.

Even among the thirty provinces, the population of Yongzhou is not even ranked in the middle, but after all, it is extinct.

No, more than that.

In addition to the people of Yongzhou, a disaster relief team of hundreds of thousands was even included.

Even counting his 800 million, there are nearly 90 Taizu blood descendants.

Calculated, it can delay the decline of Dongtian for 45 years.

In 45 years, I am afraid that I would have died of old age, right?

When the time comes, who else will remember this?

Thinking of this, Lou Youzhi suddenly had a feeling.

Did my actions really hide the truth from Emperor Yongtai?

Du Qianchuan, Yan Fang, Gu Chengren...

Is Emperor Yongtai really unaware of these people or things that turned to him, or died because of him, or helped him?

Or did Emperor Yongtai know but didn't care?

Lou Youzhi looked dazed, suddenly feeling powerless and frustrated.

"what happened to you?"

Gu Chengren glanced at Lou Youzhi strangely, "I feel like you suddenly lost your energy."

"……nothing."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, reached out and stuffed the last booklet into his bosom.

Gu Chengren was baffled by this action.

"Mr. Gu, thanks for Ning's help these days."

Lou Youzhi stood up and bowed solemnly to Gu Chengren, "In a few days, I will arrange for you to return to your hometown to enjoy the rest of your life."

"you……"

Gu Chengren quickly reacted, and frowned deeply: "The population of Yongzhou... I won't live until then?"

"As expected of Gu Lao."

Lou Youzhi shook his head, and laughed at himself: "I probably won't survive."

"..."

Gu Chengren's face became stiff, and the depression that had been there for many days was suddenly in a mess, which could not dissipate, and had nowhere to rest.

After a long time, Gu Chengren said quietly, "In this case, let Shi Zheng take over for you."

"Shi Zheng is Jiang Zhihong's favorite student."

Lou Youzhi wanted to refuse.

"Because of this, he dared to risk disrespect and provide food for the future."

Gu Chengren looked solemn, "It's also because of this, as long as you tell him the real cause of death, he will be absolutely heartbroken over it."

"...But that is his successor."

Lou Youzhi still hesitated.

"Ha ha."

Gu Chengren didn't care and smiled lightly, "Will you care about this in the future?"

"After you don't say anything, will you care about this?"

"After so many years, the building is empty, except for servants or servants."

"Have you ever thought about leaving the mantle and inheritance?"

Gu Chengren shook his head, "I'm Zhihong's teacher, and I watched you and him go from confidant to breakup, to clearly not getting along with each other, but finally moving in the same direction... You are not only classmates, fellow countrymen, but more It’s the same way, I think, you should understand him better than me.”

Fellow?

What a great word.

Lou Youzhi suddenly laughed.

Whether it was powerlessness or frustration just now, it was swept away like this.

(End of this chapter)