Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 30
"Stop talking nonsense." Li Ji's eyes seemed to burst into flames, "On the one hand, she asked me to grab the picture, and on the other hand, she instigated the disciples to stop me from taking the picture. The god is also you, and the ghost is also you, Wen Guweiyu, when will you change your career? A singer?"

"Then, during this trip, Li Ji didn't get the "Yingzhou Map"?" Wen Gu Weiyu's tone was as indifferent as ever, making it impossible to guess whether he was disappointed or surprised, or... just didn't care.

"I wouldn't have missed it." Li Ji looked at him coldly, "If it wasn't for the Xihualiumen who blocked me..."

"No one knows the Xihua Liumen better than I do." Wen Guweiyu remained calm, "None of them is your opponent. Not to mention them, even I... have no chance of winning .”

Thousands of wears, no flattery.

There was still anger on Li Ji's face, but the fleeting arrogance and complacency in her eyes had secretly betrayed her mind, she lowered her head and thought for a while, and told the whole story of what happened just now.

Wen Guweiyu's complexion became darker and darker, and his eyes became tighter and tighter.

"The only one who dares to help Zhanzhao is Hongluan. However, she doesn't have the ability to drive Xindie. Xindie belongs to Duanmucui."

"Duanmucui?" Li Ji repeated the name several times in a low voice, a stern look appeared on her lips, "But let me meet her, and I will definitely tear her to pieces like a letter butterfly."

"You?" Wen Guweiyu laughed, knowing that Li Ji should not be angered, but couldn't restrain the contempt on his face, "You should go to worship the Bodhisattva—I wish you never meet her in your life."

Sure enough, Li Ji's expression changed instantly.

"Wen Guweiyu, if you don't take back your words, I will make you regret it."

"In all fairness, I respect Empress Li Ji very much, but what I'm telling is the truth." Wen Guweiyu still had a calm and calm look, "You can look down on most of the gods in Yingzhou, they are all The pedantic people who are obsessed with longevity only know how to recite scriptures and refine elixir in order to ascend in the daytime, but they don't see much to do after they become immortals. In my opinion, it's nothing special, it's just an undead with more mana than ordinary people.

"But you can't look down on Duanmucui. It's not unreasonable for her to come to Yingzhou as a military general and be assigned as the first sect master of Xihualiu. What's more, her background...is very tough. "

"Really, I'm really scared." Li Ji sneered again and again, and suddenly put on a look of fear, "A general? Is she Hua Mulan from the Northern Wei Dynasty, or Mu Guiying from the current dynasty?"

Wen Guwei was disgusted in his heart, and there was disgust in his eyes, and he didn't want to entangle with Li Ji on this topic: "In short, after you go to Yingzhou, you can hide from Duanmucui as far as you can— —Fortunately, she was grounded by Elder Yingzhou because of Liang Wenqi's case, so you shouldn't be able to see her."

"Going to Yingzhou? Wen Guweiyu, you are really eating lamp plant ashes and farting lightly." Li Ji said bluntly, "I didn't even get the picture, how can I go to Yingzhou?"

"Didn't you say that the picture was taken away by Zhan Zhao?" Wen Guwei rested his hands behind his back, and looked up at the moon leisurely, "Tell me, would he take out the "Yingzhou Picture" and exchange it for Hong Luan's?" Life?"

Xiao Qinghua finally lost her mind.

For two days in a row, it was thinking hard about "The Map of Yingzhou", looking up and down, looking upside down, looking through the fire, using all the tricks that could be used, but it didn't see the mystery of "The Map of Yingzhou" Come.

In fact, no matter how you look at it, it is an ordinary picture.

On the huge picture, in the distance is the misty Yingzhou Fairy Mountain, and in the vicinity is an ordinary canoe, and then there is the boundless sea and the boundless sky.

There is no inscription, no inscription, no reminder, and no decoding cheats.

For a moment, Xiao Qinghua even wondered if what she got back was a fake—but after repeated confirmation, this picture was indeed water-proof and fire-proof.

Little Qinghua felt that she was going to go crazy, she really wanted to grab her hair and growl - if it had long hair.

What makes it even more aggrieved is that it is fighting alone.

That Gongsun Ce, who claims to be the number one master book in the world, can't even figure out the mystery of "Yingzhou Map". After staring at "Yingzhou Map" for half an hour, he yawned and didn't look back. Back to the room.

Zhang Long, Zhao Hu couldn't count on them even more, they scratched their heads and looked at each other, and exited one by one in a tacit understanding.

And Zhan Zhao, on the surface, it seems that he is looking at the picture, and his eyes don't know where his eyes are distracted--don't think that he can't hide it from Xiao Qinghua, it can tell that Zhan Zhao is deserting at a glance: he thinks that the melancholy expression with a sense of loss is just Can he hide the fact that he is absent-minded?Pooh.

As for that Hongluan, he returned to Xihualiu at dawn, saying that he was looking for Lian Jinni to renew Zhao's sword.

Why are swords so expensive? There are a lot of them in a blacksmith's shop. Why can't these people know what is important?

Each one is unreliable.

It seems that you still have to rely on yourself.

Xiao Qinghua sighed, staring blankly at the picture in front of her for the nth time.

It's night, and the moon washes the courtyard.

In the middle of the courtyard of Xihualiu, stands a plant of kapok, about two feet high, with lush branches and leaves, and a tree of red flowers in full bloom. From a distance, it looks like a fire is burning.

"I heard that in the Han Dynasty, the kapok was also called the beacon tree, and it was 'burning at night'. It really lived up to its reputation. What did Niu Ji think?" Wen Guweiyu stretched out his hand and stroked the side branches of the kapok until the end of the twig.

At the end, there stands a slightly blooming orange-red five-petal kapok flower.

Li Ji was just passing by, she stopped to watch out of curiosity, she was about to turn around and leave, but she heard Wen Guwei call out her name, so she had to come forward.

"This kapok tree is the body of that girl?"

"Do you know why I look down on the ghosts of Xihualiu?" Wen Guweiyu answered irrelevantly, "Because they can't even control their own lives, they will live if others want them to live, if they don't want him to live..."

Before he finished speaking, the palm that was caressing the kapok was clenched suddenly, almost without a sound, the flower left the branch, leaving only the bare branches trembling slightly.

When I spread my palms again, the plump and plump flowers were scorched black, and the wind picked up and turned them into dust.

"I'm happy to do my best for Mr. Wen Gu." Li Ji smiled half-smile, her five fingers turned into claws, and suddenly grabbed at the emptiness.

A strong wind blows, branches and trees break, and flowers fall all over the place.

Facing the mess, Wen Guwei frowned slightly, as if he was quite dissatisfied with Li Ji's behavior.

"I thought Empress Li Ji would be a little bit sympathetic..."

"Love the fragrance and cherish the jade?" Li Ji seemed to have heard the most ridiculous joke in the world, "When I was cut off by that bitch Ah Wu, I soaked it in a wine jar and wailed every day, but no one told me to cherish the fragrance and cherish the jade. Wen Gu Weiyu, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, how exactly do you want to exchange Hongluan's life for "Yingzhou Tu"?"

"It's very simple, but you can't be as reckless as you..." Wen Gu Weiyu glanced at the broken kapok tree in front of him with some mocking eyes, "Don't you know that to destroy a tree, the most important thing is to destroy it. Drop its roots?"

In the strange silence, a long black-brown worm crawled out from the bottom of his sleeve, with a knotted torso, wriggling slowly, leaving a miserable green mark where it traveled.It meandered around Wen Gu Weiyu's wrist, fell to the ground silently, and then disappeared into the soil under the kapok tree like water droplets swallowed by dust.

"Miss Li Ji can go." Wen Guwei took off the small jade bell in his waist pocket and handed it to Li Ji, "It's late, Hongluan may not be able to bear the pain of gnawing at the roots... Remember, the bell rings twice , the pain can be stopped. If Zhan Zhao doesn't want to show the picture, the bell won't ring."

Regarding Wen Guweiyu's reason for sending him to Kaifeng Mansion, Hongluan has no suspicion at all.

"The cat demon has a sinister temperament. I am afraid that if he is frustrated, it will be detrimental to everyone in Kaifeng Mansion. You might as well stay in Kaifeng Mansion for these two days. If something happens, you can take care of it in time."

Although I don't understand why Wen Gu Weiyu, who has always hated Kaifeng Mansion, has taken such a big turn in his attitude, but all doubts are overwhelmed by the joy of seeing Zhan Zhao.

Knowing Hong Luan's purpose, Gongsun Ce was also full of joy - it is always a good thing to have someone to help, so Zhang Luo went down and ordered someone to clean up the guest room.

When I asked about Zhan Zhao, I realized that he had gone to patrol the streets and would not come back until nightfall.

Hongluan felt a little disappointed in her heart, thought for a while, then laughed secretly at herself: Mr. Zhan naturally has his own business to be busy with.

Looking at Xiao Qinghua again, Xiao Qinghua is a little indifferent to Hongluan-this can't be blamed on it, it is full of "Yingzhou Picture" and naturally doesn't take others seriously.

It was really boring for a while, and the hours of the day passed very slowly. It was so easy to look forward to the sun setting, to hold the lanterns, to have dinner, and to Mr. Gongsun coming to ask several times if Miss Hongluan was right. He went back to his room to rest before he heard Zhan Zhao's voice from outside the door.

Hongluan was overjoyed, and didn't care to think about whether it was appropriate, so she hurriedly got up and went out, almost taking the teacup with her.

Behind him was Gongsun Zhengzhi with surprised eyes. He looked at Hongluan's back thoughtfully, as if he understood something, Erqing shook his head and sighed very lightly.

As soon as I went out, I noticed that it was snowing at some point, and the very small snow powder rustled on the clothes, making a rustling sound, which was very pleasant.Zhan Zhao was standing on the porch, lightly brushing off the snow powder on his shoulders, the yellow candlelight in the room shone on his body through the window, covering his whole body with a layer of gentle brilliance.Hearing Hongluan's footsteps, Zhan Zhao turned his head slightly, with a slight smile in his black and clear eyes.

Hongluan guessed that he would probably call her: "Miss Hongluan."

With such a peaceful voice, a warm smile and a heart-warming temperature, every time she hears Zhan Zhao calling her name, Hong Luan will feel a sense of trance happiness and unreality, as if the whole person is immersed in the tranquility and peace like water Among them, the whole heart is at ease.

Unlike Wen Gu Weiyu, whose voice is not loud, so peaceful that there is no ups and downs, but it can drag you into the coldest deep water, struggling around and unable to breathe.

Hong Luan suddenly felt a little dizzy, and the things in front of her eyes suddenly turned into overlapping images, and Zhan Zhao's eyebrows seemed to be covered with a layer of mist.She shook her head hard, trying to get rid of all the discomfort, but suddenly her feet were empty, and her body collapsed limply.

She thought she would fall badly, but luckily she didn't, she fell into a warm and broad embrace.

"Miss Hongluan." Zhan Zhao lowered his head and softly called Hongluan's name.

Hongluan's eyes widened blankly, and Zhan Zhao's concerned gaze was reflected in his eyes.

I'm fine, Hongluan reluctantly twitched the corner of her mouth, trying to give Zhan Zhao a smile.

In an instant, the heart-piercing pain was overwhelming, and the entire chest seemed to be torn apart forcefully, dripping with blood.

When Gongsun Ce arrived, Hong Luan saw that he was dying, his eyes were slackened, his face was deathly pale, his drooping fingers twitched a few times, and the warm breath could hardly be detected from the end of his nose.

Gongsun Ce stood helplessly, stretching out his fingers in vain to cut Hongluan's veins, but his mind was suddenly in a mess - just a moment ago, he saw Hongluan carrying the surprise and tenderness of his daughter's family. Qiao Ben went out.When there was noise outside the door, he still hesitated whether to avoid it, so as not to disturb Zhan Zhao's meeting with Hong Luan...

Who would have thought that this would be the case?
What kind of epidemic can strike so quickly?Could it be that he was bewitched?
Thinking of this verse, Gongsun Ce couldn't help shivering.

"Mr. Gongsun?" Zhan Zhao's voice was not loud, but it was obviously anxious.

Gongsun Ce reacted: "Go into the room, let's talk first."

Zhan Zhao leaned over to hug Hong Luan, and just as he moved Hong Luan's body, Hong Luan's eyes suddenly opened wide, and he let out a terribly miserable cry, and then he grabbed his chest with both hands, flexing and stretching his fingers, as if wanting to tear his heart away. It's just like digging out.

Hearing such a miserable voice, Gongsun Ce felt his legs go limp, and almost fell to the ground, when Zhan Zhao said calmly, "You can't move Miss Hongluan's body, she can't stand it even more."

The turmoil here has already alarmed Zhang Long and Zhao Hu who were resting at the gatehouse.The two of them rushed over with their hands on the handles of their knives. Before they could understand what had happened, they saw Xiao Qinghua sticking her head out of the door, and she was very dissatisfied: "You guys are making such a fuss, and you still want to keep people safe... …What’s the matter, Miss Hongluan?”

No one paid attention to Xiao Qinghua.

For her being ignored, Xiao Qinghua was obviously very angry, and was about to raise her voice to ask again, but for some reason, she swallowed the words again.

Something seems... not right.

The very fine snowflakes floating in the air had been replaced by large flakes of snowflakes. The strange wind passed through the atrium, enveloping the falling snowflakes and spinning them up, and then scattered them all in a disorderly manner.

An extremely low-pitched woman's chirping laughter came from a distance, moving forwards and backwards, the erratic voice was like a slender snake, twisting and turning, passing through the gaps of snowflakes in the night, and piercing into the eardrum .

The wind suddenly picked up, wrapped in snowflakes and rushed straight to the person's face.Xiao Qinghua quickly narrowed her eyes, and vaguely saw the silhouette of a woman appearing in the darkness of the courtyard.

Zhan Zhao's hand slowly moved towards the saber at his waist.

The woman sneered and walked forward slowly. The black gauze skirt was blown up by the cold wind, like black tentacles with teeth and claws, which was indescribably strange and monstrous.

The faint candlelight coming out of the window finally covered her beautiful face, and her seductive red lips picked out a sinister smile.

"Zhan Zhao, if you want Hongluan to survive, you can exchange "Yingzhou Map"."

Seeing clearly that it was a cat demon, Xiao Qinghua already felt that something was wrong.

Hearing what the cat demon said again, for some reason, Xiao Qinghua intuited that Zhan Zhao would hand over "Yingzhou Tu".

Therefore, at the moment when everyone was shocked or silent, Xiao Qinghua sneaked back into the inner room, climbed onto the bed with hands and feet, and quickly rolled the "Yingzhou Picture" spread on the bed into a scroll.It's impossible to get out of the door, and it's unrealistic to jump out of the window. Xiao Qinghua looked around, rolled her eyes, and dragged her picture into the bottom of the bed.

Almost as soon as he hid it, Zhang Long rushed in anxiously, and said loudly: "Little Qinghua, hurry up and get the picture... Huh, Xiaoqinghua?"

Xiao Qinghua curled up at the corner of the bed, staring at Zhang Long's black official boots and the hem of his official uniform, hoping that Zhang Long would leave quickly if he could not find the picture.

Unexpectedly, the eyes suddenly lit up, but it was Zhang Long who lifted the bottom edge of the bed sheet, bent over and leaned in holding a candlestick.

The candlelight completely exposed the position of Xiao Qinghua.

"Little Qinghua!" Zhang Long was angry and anxious, "Miss Hongluan is dying, why are you so ignorant, give me the picture!"

"What does it matter to me if she dies?" Xiao Qinghua was supposed to retort aggressively, but unexpectedly there was a crying sound as soon as she opened her mouth, "I used this picture to find my master..."

"There are priorities. Is it more important to find someone or save them?" Zhang Long was anxious, knowing that Hongluan would not be delayed, so in a hurry, he threw away the candlestick and reached out to grab it.Little blue and white bowls are small and weak, how can they snatch Zhang Long, only feel that his arms are empty, and he is very anxious, crying out loudly, stumbling after him.

When Fang chased to the door, he saw that Zhang Long had handed over the picture to Zhan Zhao. Li Ji sneered and came forward to get it.

Seeing Zhan Zhao handing the picture to Li Ji, Xiao Qinghua felt the blood all over her body rush to the top of her head in an instant, and she didn't know where the strength came from, so she hissed, "Zhan Zhao, how dare you!"

Zhan Zhao's whole body trembled, he stopped the movement of his hands, and turned his head to look at Xiao Qinghua.

"That's not your picture, that's mine." Xiao Qinghua was full of grievances, tears streaming down her face, "I told you that the picture was in the Taishi Mansion, and I brought the picture back from the Taishi Mansion all the way. That's my picture, mine, mine!"

Sure enough, Zhan Zhao's eyes showed hesitation, and he slowly withdrew his hand.

"Guard Zhan," seeing Zhan Zhao's hesitation, Gongsun Ce couldn't help reminding him, "Miss Hongluan won't last long."

Li Ji frowned and said nothing.

Before leaving, Wen Guweiyu reminded repeatedly not to do anything in Kaifeng Mansion.

"In the Star Lord's mansion, there can be little assassins and thieves, but there must be no demonic aura. Otherwise, it will be difficult for anyone to explain to the upper world."

(End of this chapter)