Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 21 Pleadings (5)
After waiting for a long while, Duanmucui did not respond, she had already wiped off the bloodstains, but at this moment there was blood overflowing from her lips.Zhan Zhao felt chills all over his body, and his heart was sore that he couldn't control himself.

After an unknown amount of time, footsteps sounded behind him, and Gongsun Ce said, "Guard Zhan, step aside and let me take the No. [-] pulse for Miss Duanmu."

Zhan Zhao trembled all over, as if waking up from a big dream, looked up at Gongsun Ce, got up and moved out of the way.Gongsun Ce saw Zhan Zhao's eyes turned red, felt sad, and thought: Zhan Huwei and Miss Duanmu have always been on good terms, if Miss Duanmu dies, alas...

Stretching out a hand to touch Duanmu Cui's wrist, it's the same as before, without even the slightest pulse.Gongsun Ce was about to take his hand away, but when he saw the concern in Zhan Zhao's eyes, he couldn't bear it.On the other hand, Zhan Zhao, the look of hope on his face darkened little by little, and finally turned his face away, and said in a low voice: "She will be fine, I just don't know what kind of trouble she encountered."

Wang Chao hurriedly echoed, "Brother Zhan, I think the same way. Mr. Gongsun said that sister Duanmu's soul is out of her body. In my opinion, the soul is injured... Sister Duanmu has such supernatural powers, so nothing will happen."

Hearing what the two said, Gongsun Ce sighed in his heart, and wanted to put Duanmucui's arm back under the quilt, when Fang lifted it up, his eyes suddenly touched the difference on Duanmucui's arm, he let out a low ah, and looked up at Zhan Zhao.Zhan Zhao heard the difference in Gongsun Ce's voice, and turned to look at Gongsun Ce.Then Gongsun Ce said: "Guard Zhan, take a look at Miss Duanmu's arm, isn't this..."

An ominous premonition arose in Zhan Zhao's heart, and he didn't care about the suspicion of men and women, so he hurriedly rolled up Duanmucui's sleeves, but saw that the surface of the arm was still good, and the back of the arm that was pressed just now was covered with large purple-red plaques. Shi Shi's chest felt as if he had been hit hard, and he was stunned.

He heard Wang Chao anxiously say: "Brother Zhan, isn't this corpse spot?"

Bao Zheng and his team returned from the county government. When it was almost time, they first talked about the progress of Liang Wenqi's case. Wang Xiu didn't want to implicate the Liu family. Wen Qi is not something that can be easily done by a boudoir woman like her, and the Liu family father and son are also involved, and they have to find out the location of the criminal from the Liu family father and son and so on.Fortunately, the court trial is over, and it will not be difficult for the follow-up matters to be settled slowly.

Because he heard Ma Han talk about Duanmucui on the way here, Bao Zheng asked about Duanmucui's situation, Gongsun Ce shook his head and sighed: "The bleeding just stopped suddenly, I don't know whether it is joy or worry." He also mentioned Duanmucui. There were corpse spots on her body, Bao Zheng said in shock: "Miss Duanmu was buried for more than a month and her body was intact, how could there be corpse spots on her body at this moment for no reason?"

Gongsun Ce shook his head and said, "Miss Duanmu's affairs have always been very speculative, and the students can't tell the reason."

After the conversation was over, Bao Zheng realized that Zhan Zhao was nowhere to be seen. Gongsun Ce knew Bao Zheng's intentions: "Zhan's guards are upstairs to take care of Miss Duanmu."

Bao Zheng heaved a long sigh: "Auspicious people have their own destiny, I hope Miss Duanmu can turn the crisis into safety."

It's okay not to say this, but Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others all had red eyes when they said it.Bao Zheng regretted his slip of the tongue, and was about to say something, when he suddenly heard the music of mourning in the distance, near and far away, illusory, the sound of music was sad and moved people to tears.

Wang Chao was stunned and said, "This voice seems to be floating down from half the sky."

Before he finished speaking, he heard someone laughing. When he looked again, an old man dressed as a Taoist stepped into the door. His beard and hair were white, and he seemed to be very old.When he looked carefully, he was about fifty years old, with radiant skin and a boyish face. He bowed to Bao Zheng twice, and said with a smile: "It turns out that the star master is here. I am very polite here."

As he spoke, he put the fly whisk in his hand on his arm: "The old man came to welcome Duanmu Shangxian back. The Shangxian violated the precepts and shall not be drowned in the world anymore."

Bao Zheng's heart trembled, Gongsun Ce took a step forward and asked him: "Is the Duanmu Shangxian that the old man said is Duanmucui?"

The old man nodded, and Gongsun Ce asked again: "Just now the old man said that Duanmucui violated the precepts, which commandment did he violate?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's okay to tell you what to say. Liang Wenqi died, black and white were impermanent, and Duanmu Shangxian intervened. In order to help Liang Wenqi sue, he sealed his three souls in half of the pleading. The soul is sealed in the other half, so that Liang Wenqi's soul is not gathered, black and white are impermanent, and it is difficult to return to life. It was not until the pleadings were combined into one that he was made to appear in front of the star master to appeal his grievances. Dare to keep people until the fifth watch, Duanmucui, as a Fangwai Shangxian, messes with the six realms and disturbs reincarnation, isn't it a violation of the precepts?"

Bao Zheng pondered for a long time, and then said: "The old man's words are reasonable. Although Miss Duanmu's move is a bit reckless, but she couldn't bear Liang Wenqi's innocent death, so she stepped forward to help. Her heart is good, and the old man can't let her go. One side?"

The old man looked at Bao Zheng and laughed loudly: "It's really not easy for the star master to say the word 'open one side' from the mouth of the star. It's not easy to say it. The guillotine under the star master has killed a lot of villains. Have you never cut someone with love and righteousness? Has the Star Lord ever forgiven them because of their extenuating circumstances? The laws of the human world cannot be changed, let alone the laws of the heavens?"

Bao Zheng was taken aback, speechless.

The old man raised his whisk slightly, and said: "Also ask the Star Master to show where the Immortal Duanmu is."

In fact, if he really wanted to know, why did Bao Zheng "show it"?Bao Zheng had no choice but to raise his head to look upstairs, but couldn't help being taken aback: Who is the one standing on the stairs, but not Zhan Zhao?
I don't know how long he has been standing there.

It's good to hear it, otherwise I really don't know how to talk to him.

The old man smiled slightly, and went up the stairs, when passing by Zhan Zhao, Zhan Zhao suddenly said: "Old man."

The old man stopped and turned to look at Zhan Zhao.

"Just now, the old man said that Duanmucui violated the law. Will she be punished if she leaves this time? Will you... make things difficult for her?"

The old man laughed and said, "Are you afraid that we will torture her? It's just a minor punishment and a major punishment. Don't worry, we won't let her suffer."

Zhan Zhao was still suspicious: "Then just now, why did she bleed from her mouth?"

The old man had a strange look on his face, stared at Zhan Zhao for a long time, and said, "Zhan Zhao, don't you really understand? It's not her blood, it's your blood.

"When you helped Shangxian Duanmu subdue the gnats, you let the immortal drink your blood in order to keep the immortal in the world. Now that the time has come, the immortal Duanmu has returned to Yingzhou, and the mortal bondage is definitely counted. Make it clear, that blood was returned to you by her."

After the old man finished speaking, he strode into the house, followed by Bao Zheng and others.When passing by Zhan Zhao, Gongsun Ce stopped for a while and persuaded, "Guard Zhan, let's go in together and see Miss Duanmu for the last time."

Zhan Zhao didn't move, he looked up at Duanmucui's room, his eyes showed a look of bewilderment.

Gongsun Ce sighed, lifted his robe and put it up, when Zhan Zhao murmured: "Yingzhou, that's Duanmucui's hometown."

"Historical Records: The Benji of Qin Shihuang" contains: "Xu Shi, a native of Qi, wrote a letter saying that there are three sacred mountains in the sea, named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou."

"Ten Continents" said that Yingzhou is in the East China Sea, four thousand miles away, and 70 miles to the west bank.Ascendent Shenzhi Xiancao.There is also jade, the springs are like wine, there are many fairy houses on the island, the customs are like Wu people, and the mountains and rivers are like China.

Entering the room, the old man went to the bed by himself, shook his head and sighed: "The Immortal Duanmu, the soul has returned to his hometown, the primordial spirit is already in Yingzhou, why is the body drowned? The person who wants to see has been seen, and the blood that needs to be returned has been returned. , Abandon this worldly suffering, and return to Shenxianzhou."

After finishing speaking, Duanmucui's body swayed lightly, and Duanmucui's body glowed softly, and then it became transparent, really like the pure light of a bright spring.Zhang Long was afraid that he might be wrong, when he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes, he suddenly heard a clear and crisp sound, like glass shattering, when he looked up quickly, the quilt, pillow and bedding were still on the bed, but how could there be any shadow of Duanmucui?
Suddenly thought: Since then, I will not see Duanmucui again, and I feel very bitter in my chest for a while, I really don't know what it feels like.

The old man didn't say goodbye to Bao Zheng and the others, he laughed and strode away, when he walked outside the door, he was taken aback, seeing that Zhan Zhao was still standing where he had just stood, he didn't move a bit.

Zhan Zhao heard footsteps and turned to look at the old man.The old man wanted to leave on his own, but when he met Zhan Zhao's eyes, he couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help but stop.

Zhan Zhao whispered: "Old man, will Duanmucui come back?"

The old man didn't seem to understand Zhan Zhao's question, he frowned and said, "What do you mean if she will come back? Even if she comes back, it has nothing to do with you."

Zhan Zhao heard him say "Even if he comes back", it seems that there is still a chance for things to turn around, so he couldn't help but said: "Then, he will come back?"

The old man suddenly realized what Zhan Zhao asked, laughed, and said, "Haven't you heard of 'One day above the sky, the world has been counted for years'? Even if the Immortal Duanmu returns in the future, the mortal world has already changed its dynasty With all the vicissitudes of life, she will have nowhere to look for your grave at that time, so what does it matter to you whether she comes back or not?"

Zhan Zhao's body swayed, and he said nothing.

The old man strode away.

When entering the night, he suddenly sang loudly, and the singing sounded long and loud, and then washed away in the boundless night.

Just listen to him singing: "Take the song and the blue and the harmony, what can the world do? ..."

Zhan Zhao didn't know that this was "Tage" sung by Lan Cai and Feisheng, one of the Eight Immortals in the late Tang Dynasty, but when he heard the sentence "A beauty is a spring tree, a fleeting year is a throwing shuttle", suddenly there was a feeling of emptiness and boundlessness in his heart. Dazed, I suddenly thought of the old man's words: "Even if the Immortal Duanmu returns in the future, the mortal world will have changed dynasties long ago. By then, she will have nowhere to find your grave. Whether she comes back or not, I will be with you." What's the matter?"

After an unknown amount of time, the candles on the table in the hall burned to the end, and suddenly a candle burst and went out.

In the darkness, Zhan Zhao suddenly felt that the winter night in Wenshui was colder than any other night in his life.

(End of this chapter)