Kaifeng Monster

Chapter 74
Yang Jian naturally didn't believe that the reason she asked Shen Yuan was "just to know", but seeing her eyes flickering, he knew that there would be nothing to get out of asking, so he simply followed her lead: "That was still in ancient times, when Gong Gong Competing with Zhuanxu for the throne, Gonggong was defeated, and he couldn't touch Zhoushan when he was angry. The sky was overturned and the earth was overturned, and even Yan Luosen's palace fell apart. For a time, demons and monsters were rampant in the world, but the most evil and treacherous ghosts gathered in the underworld , Shen Yuan is the most vicious one among them. Later, Empress Nuwa turned the tide, smelting five-color stones to mend the sky, and painstakingly sealed the underworld, and the world began to be peaceful."

Duanmucui listened intently: "So, Shen Yuan is actually a monster?"

"Yes, there are all kinds of monsters in the world, some feed on the spirit of men, some feed on the beauty of women, and some feed on people's greed and violence. As for Shen Yuan, it feeds on people's nostalgia for the past. Food."

"Feeding on people's nostalgia for the past?" Duanmucui was surprised, "How should I eat it?"

"Shen Yuan has countless tentacles, which can detect the deepest yearning in people's hearts. If this yearning is deep enough, Shen Yuan can use it to build illusions. All kinds of illusions are lifelike. Once immersed in them, it is impossible to tell the truth from the false."

"That's not right." Duanmucui thought thoughtfully, "Brother, for example, I miss my mother very much. If Shen Yuan finds me and makes me enter the illusion, wouldn't I become my childhood form? Even I miss the situation at that time, but I still know in my heart that I am General Xiqi."

Yang Jian nodded: "This is the viciousness of Shen Yuan. After entering the illusion, your clear consciousness will be closed, and what remains are only your childhood memories. You will never remember becoming a general later, nor will you remember knowing each other. I or Zhuchang."

Duanmucui was stunned: "That means I will never wake up?"

Yang Jian pondered: "Unless... when you entered the deep abyss, someone came back to find you and entered your illusion. For example, after you entered the deep abyss, I went to find you and came back. Naturally, it was impossible for me to exist when you were young. My appearance itself is a kind of shock to Shen Yuan. If you have been in contact with me for a long time, your memory will become deeper, or you can remember nothing. "

"What if I remember?" Duanmucui was nervous.

"It's not so easy to remember. If your clear consciousness wakes up, Shen Yuan will definitely try his best to trick you into falling asleep again with sweet words. And..."

"And what?" Duanmucui asked.

"Besides, even if your clear consciousness is awakened, you can't get out of Shen Yuan. Because the one who decides in Shen Yuan is another you, unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Unless the other you clearly know that you are illusory, the vast abyss is an illusion. She will die and is willing to let you regain control of her body."

Duanmucui was confused: "Do I have to die?"

"Of course, if you die, you will break, and if you don't break, you won't stand."

"I know I'm a fake, but I'm still willing to let the real one come out, and I'm still going to die..." Duanmu Cui's head was as big as a bucket, "Brother, I don't quite understand."

Yang Jian laughed: "It's good if you don't understand, Shen Yuan is deeply locked in the dark way, what has it to do with you?"

"But..." Duanmucui rubbed his forehead, wanted to ask something but couldn't remember clearly, frowning for a while, he suddenly said: "Brother, we are... not in Shenyuan right now?"

Yang Jian was angry and funny, reached out and knocked on her forehead: "Duanmu, you are not dreaming and confused, are you? Look at me, how do I look fake? Why are we in Shen Yuan?" Thinking and laughing again, "If you are in Shen Yuan, it will be good for you."

"why?"

Yang Jian held back his smile and said seriously: "If you can wake up in Shen Yuan, then the wound on your body will heal in the next moment. The damage in the illusion is also illusory. After waking up, it is like the wind passing without a trace. Duanmu, Do you want to try it? You wiped your neck now, maybe after you wake up, you won’t be hurt at all, and you can jump faster than anyone else..."

Duanmucui was furious: "No way!"

The sky had already appeared, Zhan Zhao stopped and walked around the perimeter of the school grounds, the guards performing martial arts had gradually dispersed, leaving only two or three people still exchanging ideas with each other.The air in the morning was still quite cold, Zhan Zhao was dressed in blue clothes, turned up against the wind, and he didn't feel the slightest bit of chill.

It was chaotic all night, my mind was chaotic, my forehead was throbbing and painful, but my heart was unprecedentedly peaceful and peaceful.

Last night he heard her say that he remembered Xuan Ping.

Memories extend along Xuanping, Mingdao, Xindie, Mr. Gongsun, Kaifeng Mansion, Mr. Bao... Many kind imprints, since entering Shenyuan, are like the tide passing through the tar sand, flat and without trace, and now they are finally highlighted one by one. From the beginning, it gradually becomes clear, just like paving a road back home under your feet.

Zhan Zhao's eyes were a little warm.

I don't know what's going on with Mr. Gongsun and the others. How is your lord staying in the mansion.Wen Guweiyu once said that Shen Yuan's time is far slower than that of Ming Dao, so for them, he has not been away for a long time, or it is just a cup of tea; but for him, Shen Yuan's various life is like years.

Fortunately, everything can be exposed.

There were hurried footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, it was Ami.

Not far behind her, two maids supported Qi Mu Yiluo, who was foolish and foolish.

"Brother Zhan," Ami stammered, "Miss Qimu, she... She woke up early in the morning and kept thinking about going home, and she didn't know anything to ask her, I was thinking..."

Zhan Zhao smiled: "Do you want to take Miss Qi Mu back to Qi Mu's mansion to have a look?"

"Yeah," Ami powdered her cheeks, "she looks like this now, go back and see if you can help her remember something, it will be better soon. Brother Zhan, I don't know where her home is, can you come with us ... together ..."

It was difficult for Ami to speak, she didn't know where the Qimu Mansion was, but Anyi was so big, and there were quite a few soldiers and guards who had been in the camp, just call anyone to lead the way, there was no point in bothering Zhan Zhao.

She saved her own thoughts, a little bit of the beautiful thoughts of the girl's family.

In a state of anxiety, I heard Zhan Zhao's warm voice, like a gentle breeze: "Okay."

Ami didn't raise her head, but lowered her head lower.It's better not to look up, she can't hide her smile, it's not good for Zhan Zhao to see it.

The gravel and dust under her feet turned into bright and beautiful flowers woven into brocade in her eyes.

Along the way, Zhan Zhao and Ami's group were very conspicuous. Among the passers-by who got up early in the morning, some of them recognized Qi Mu Yiluo, and they all whispered to each other.It is no news in Anyi that Qimu's family secretly informed Chaoge.

The Qimu mansion is still the same as when Xianfan left, the courtyard is in a mess, the tables and chairs in the room are overturned.Thinking of what he saw when he first arrived at Qimu Mansion two days ago, and comparing it with the scene before him, Zhan Zhao inevitably sighed a little.

Seeing it build a red building, seeing it entertain guests, seeing it collapse, success or failure or honor or disgrace, prosperity or decline, it is only a moment.

I also thought of Xiqi at this time, how menacing Jiang Ziya was with his elite soldiers and fierce generals, Zhou Tianzi Wang Ding was about to conquer Kyushu, but what happened later?Not to mention Zhou, even if it is the dynasties after Zhou, which one is really eternal?

I just hope Miss Qimu won't get hurt by the scene, Zhan Zhao looked at Qimu Yiluo worriedly, her condition seems to be getting better, although her face is still full of foolishness, but in her eyes, finally There are also a few traces of vividness.

Ami kept all irrelevant people out of the door, and only Zhan Zhao and Mu Yiluo entered the house with the same banner.Ami first walked around with Qi Mu Yiluo, and then saw Zhan Zhao meditating alone in the courtyard, couldn't help thinking about it, hesitated for a while, and whispered to Qi Mu Yiluo: "You are welcome Here, don't wander around."

When she said this, her voice was soft, as if to comfort an ignorant child, Qi Mu Yiluo remained motionless, her eyes were dull, as if she hadn't heard, Ami was relieved, patted the back of her hand, turned and left go.

Zhan Zhao had heard her footsteps earlier, turned around and smiled at her, then looked up at Qi Mu Yiluo in the distance, and asked in a low voice, "How is Miss Qi Mu?"

Ami also lowered her voice accordingly: "I see, Miss Qimu is in better spirits. Brother Zhan, don't worry, the girl is not a bad person, tell her well, she will not hand Miss Qimu to Uncle Gao Jian's."

Zhan Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I know."

A Miqi said: "You know?" After thinking for a while, he smiled, "Brother Zhan, have you cleared up the misunderstanding between you and the girl? Just clear it up. If she still hates you, I'll be caught in the middle. It's not easy to do either."

"Speaking of which, in the past few days, Miss Ami made peace with her." Zhan Zhao spoke earnestly, "It's hard for Miss Ami to defend her everywhere, and Zhan really has nothing to repay."

Ami blushed, lowered her head, and said in an inaudible voice, "They're all my own people...you don't want to reciprocate what you say."

Zhan Zhao's ears are so keen, although Ami's voice is soft, he hears every word clearly, he thumped in his heart, and blurted out: "One of my own?"

Ami's head hangs even lower, green onion-like jade fingers are twisted into one place, and one point is red and the other is white: "Didn't the girl tell you...?"

"Speaking of what?" Zhan Zhao was really puzzled, but at the same time, he had some clues in his heart.He is not a fool, Ami is a shy girl, but many times, shyness can't hide her heart, but wants to cover it up.

"It's just..." Ami said with difficulty, "It's just..."

Zhan Zhao's scalp was slightly numb, and he was rationally reminded that Ami must not be allowed to continue talking, otherwise it would get out of hand, how could he be considerate?

At the critical moment, Qimu Yiluo helped a lot.

"Where's Miss Qimu?" Zhan Zhao suddenly realized something was wrong, and changed the subject accordingly.

"It's not there...Huh?" Ami was also stunned—she remembered that Qi Muyi Luo Mingming was by the porch, when did she leave?
"I'll look for it. She's been in a trance for a while, so nothing happens." Zhan Zhao deliberately avoided Ami's gaze, and found an excuse to leave.

Ami didn't move, her eyes seemed to flicker, but she didn't leave Zhang Zhao's body for half a minute.

Does brother Zhan care about Miss Qimu?Ami's white and delicate silver teeth bit her lower lip lightly, until the edge of her lip turned slightly white.

Having said that, Miss Qimu is really pitiful, I'd better be more generous, if Brother Zhan likes it, it's okay to marry her.Didn’t Emperor Shun, a sage in ancient times, also have Ehuang and Nvying, sisters and sisters, who are harmonious and agreeable in everything, which is also a beautiful thing.

Zhan Zhao found Qi Mu Yiluo without much trouble. She was sitting there leaning against the wall of the backyard, holding a broken branch in her hand, unconsciously moving something in front of her.

Zhan Zhao approached lightly and stopped beside Qi Mu Yiluo.The soil in front of her has been turned upside down, with torn blades of grass interspersed, Zhan Zhao has mixed feelings in his heart, he reaches out his hand to Qimu Yiluo, and softly says: "Miss Qimu, let's go back."

Qi Mu Yiluo smiled softly, dropped the broken branch in his hand, and gently placed his hand on Zhan Zhao's gentle palm with eyes full of trust.

The moment Qi Mu Yiluo got up, there seemed to be some irregular strokes at the joint between the courtyard wall and the ground behind him, covered by weeds.

More like a jumble of lines.

At a glance, Zhan Zhao didn't even notice anything unusual.

In fact, even if he bent down to take a closer look, he might not be able to see that he was ugly.

Many manpower, material and financial resources in contemporary collections have failed to fully explain and read the meaning of the oracle bone inscriptions in Yin Ruins, let alone the variant code words of the oracle bone inscriptions?

Zhan Zhao didn't know oracle bone inscriptions, he had never even heard of them.

It was not until 1899, in the turbulent late Qing Dynasty, when Wang Yirong, the father of oracle bone inscriptions, appeared that Yin Ruins writing became known to Chinese people.

The news of Qi Mu Yiluo was transmitted like this.

Back at the camp, a messenger came over from Yang Jian's camp, saying that Yang Jian would stay in Duanmucui for a day and come back tomorrow.

Ami knew that Yang Jian doted on Duanmucui, so she was not surprised when she saw it, so she responded casually: "Understood."

Zhan Zhao faintly sensed something was wrong.

Ordinarily, now that Duanmucui has awakened, he should know that Shen Yuan is an illusion, and the first priority is to clean up the mess Wen Guweiyu made in Huiming Dao. Why did the cart before the horse, first leave the camp in the middle of the night, and then stay in the Yang Jian camp like a normal person?
The more Zhan Zhao thought about it, the more wrong he became.

However, he forced himself not to think about it.

There must be a reason for Duanmu to do this, he tried to convince himself that the two of them have a close relationship, if they don't even have this bit of trust, what is the point of walking together?
The day flies by.

There was a strong wind at night, whimpering like a hundred ghosts crying, the military tents set up everywhere were shaken by the strong wind, the rough sand was wrapped up by the wind, and they smashed their heads and faces towards the faces of the guards who were watching the night, fascinating people's eyes. I couldn't open it, and even the fat torch in front of the main tent was blown out by the strong wind. It was lit several times, and then extinguished several times.

Amidst the confusion and darkness, there was a treacherous black figure, which escaped everyone's eyes and ears, and approached Ami's military tent without anyone noticing it.

Qi Mu Yiluo didn't sleep, her eyes were wide open, listening to the wind from outside the tent, hatred is a potion of extraordinary nourishment, enough to support her to forget hunger, thirst and fatigue, and to fight blindly.

There was a sudden sound of gold and stone colliding from outside the tent, three times, the front was long and the back was short, and then three more times, the front was short and the back was long.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Mu Yiluo reacted instantly, his body stiffened instantly, and then burned.Her heart was beating so hard that it almost burst her chest, so she had to hold her heart with both hands, for fear that the sound of the heartbeat would wake up Ami.

I don't know how long it took before I slowly calmed down, covered my quilt, pretended I was still asleep, and tiptoed out of the military tent. Before I could stand still, I heard a very low voice: "Follow me!" I'm going."

Following the sound, a tall and thin figure was sprinting towards the back of the tent.Qi Mu Yiluo didn't say a word, wrapped up his clothes and followed closely, the slightly larger hem was filled with the wind, at first glance it looked like a swollen lantern.

There were twists and turns, avoiding and circling, and after an unknown amount of time, the man stepped into a shed, the wind suddenly became quieter, the smell of horse manure came over his face, and there was the disturbed muffled sound of animals in the depths of the shed. But to the stables.

The man's voice was extremely hoarse: "Are you Qi Mudian's daughter?"

Even in such a dense night, Qi Mu Yiluo's pale complexion could be seen: "Yes."

"Your father taught you the secret language?" The man sounded quite disdainful, "What can you do?"

Qi Mu Yiluo didn't answer his question, but just said every word: "I want to kill Gao Bojian."

The man sneered: "That idiot is not worthy of our effort."

Qi Mu Yiluo was very stubborn: "I want to kill Gao Bojian, he boiled my father and second uncle alive in a soup wok."

The man was not surprised: "Gao Bojian is good at torture, your father's death is not the worst, if you know how that man named Cheng Qi died... hmph..."

Qi Mu Yiluo's teeth were filled with a raw, rusty smell of blood, and in the darkness, her eyes were terribly bright, and her words were firm and non-negotiable: "I want to kill Gao Bojian."

The man frowned and didn't speak.The roof of the stable was shaken from side to side by the wind, the smell of hay was scattered, and fine dust particles were scattered on the two of them.

The man suddenly laughed strangely: "Anyi's manpower is reserved to kill Duanmucui, you help us get rid of Duanmucui, and we will kill Gao Bojian for you to avenge."

"How?" Qi Mu Yiluo didn't hesitate.

The man handed something over, Qi Mu Yiluo subconsciously caught it.

It's smooth and cold in the hand, a brass tube.

"The last time I killed her, I couldn't get close to her, so I had to kill her secretly. We know that you are currently living in Duanmuying, so you should have a chance to do it."

Qi Mu Yiluo hesitated: "Although I live in Duanmuying, it is difficult to get close to her. Her military tent is guarded by clan soldiers and guards."

The man's tone was a little irritable: "Think of your own way, play by ear, it's best to strike within a day or two, otherwise there will be a fight at the other side of Chongcheng, and Anyi will have to retreat immediately, and then we won't be able to care about Gao Bojian. "

Qi Mu Yiluo's heart tightened, and he subconsciously clenched the brass pipe in his hand.

(End of this chapter)