Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 101 The Gate to Hell (1)
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An Xingmian didn't wake up for too long, because the previous frantic killings had consumed too much of his body, and he soon fell into a coma again.But before he fell into a coma, he still remembered whispering in Xue Huaiqing's ear: "There is an underground cell in the house behind you, and there is Saxigaro in the corner of the cell. Take it back and stick it close to my chest." Put the body in place, don't let the old man Tianqi know."

So he finally survived again.Xue Huaiqing put Sa Xijialuo back on the belt and put it beside him until he could get out of the hospital bed.Because of the presence of Xu Mizi, Song Jingyan knew that he couldn't keep An Xingmian, so he could only leave by himself, and Xu Mizi really had everything planned, and even arranged a hiding place in advance through his apprentice Feng Yiming.So now, the three of them are still staying in Durin, but living in the home of another retired old official.As for why this person listened to Feng Yiming so much, Xu Mizi didn't ask, but the three of them could imagine it.

"You apprentice, you'd better be strangled to death early, otherwise you will become a great monster in the future." Xue Huaiqing said.

"Do you have a high opinion of him?" Xu Mizi seemed to like the word "monster" to describe him or his apprentices, "He seems to have a good opinion of you, and I can't forget it after we met last time. Seems to like you a lot."

"Like me?" Xue Huaiqing didn't react for a while, "How old is he? Is he still a child?"

"Everyone who treats him like a child will suffer a lot." Xu Mizi smiled sullenly, but did not continue this embarrassing topic for Xue Huaiqing.

"By the way, you said that night that there are two possibilities for him to go crazy like this," Xue Huaiqing was eager to change the subject, "One is the bronze blood, but you have already said that it doesn't look like it, and the other What is one?"

"Yeah, what could it be?" An Xingmian said, "I used to think that I was the one who saved Sa Xijiao, but now I know that it turned out that it was Sa Xijiao who saved my life."

"It may be that your body has been sealed with a powerful alien spiritual power," Xumizi said, "This kind of spiritual power can continue to grow in your body, keeping the blood in your body always in a state of boiling, so that you will soon be You will die. But I don’t know why, Saxigaro seems to suppress this boiling, so that you can always be normal. This is just a guess, and you can’t jump to conclusions until you understand the principle of Saxigaro.”

"Sa Xijialuo belongs to your precious apprentice family, haven't you asked him?" An Xingmian asked.

"Even he and his father don't know," Xumizi said, "Saxigaro has always been in the hands of the city-state lord, and it is the top secret. Even if it came to you later, they didn't know the details, they just obeyed Just act."

"That means, only the lord knows?" Xue Huaiqing frowned, "We can't tie the lord up for questioning, right?"

"Besides the lord, there may be some other high-ranking nobles who know about it, but the number must be very small," An Xingmian said, "But I think there is another person who will understand, at least a part of it, but this person's tone is too strict. It's probably useless to find him."

Xue Huaiqing's face looked even more distressed: "You are talking about the person who said 'I'm sorry I can't tell you' 'I'm sorry I can't tell you' 'I know but I just won't say it' 'I won't say it even if you are in a hurry 'Master Feng Qiuke? I'd rather find a way to kidnap the lord, it might save a little trouble..."

"Mr. Xumizi, I haven't asked you yet, why are you so interested in Cangyin Zhiyue?" An Xingmian turned to ask Xumizi.

"I can't say it." Xu Mizi threw out three words coldly.

"Okay, then, according to your opinion, what should we do next?" An Xingmian said.

"It's what you should do," Xumizi sternly said, "I'm not your nanny. I should go."

"This old monster is a dead duck with a stubborn mouth," An Xingmian whispered to Xue Huaiqing, watching Xu Mizi's back drifting away, "Since he has made up his mind to get the Cangyin Moon, he will never give up. I guess He will keep track of our movements through his apprentice, and even follow us quietly by himself."

"He and Feng Qiuke are a match made in heaven, no wonder they fight to the death." Xue Huaiqing pouted.

Xu Mizi left without giving any advice on "what to do next", but the remaining two people had to discuss and come up with a result.Right now there seem to be many clues to follow, it just depends on which one to pursue first.

"Follow Chenyue's line first," An Xingmian said, "It would be the best if you can use them to find your parents."

"I still hope to find out the details of Sa Xijialuo first," Xue Huaiqing said, "I almost died under your hands, and I don't want that kind of thing to happen again."

"It's okay, as long as you keep Sa Xijialuo with you, you'll be fine," An Xingmian said, "So..."

"Okay, okay, let's go on, I think we are like those hypocritical men and women in the story," Xue Huaiqing said, "I understand that you want to help me find my parents first, but there is no need for this, me and them I have never met before, and I don't have such a great and deep relationship. But you..."

She paused and said firmly: "You are more important than everything else. So, you must first find out what Saxigaro is all about."

An Xingmian smiled and stopped insisting, "Then do as you said. Let's go back to Ningnan City."

The way back to Ningnan City was smooth and smooth, without any twists and turns.Perhaps neither Tianqi, Young Master Yuwen, nor the Yuren of Ningnan City expected that these two people would be so bold, and they wanted to go to the most dangerous place, so they didn't deploy troops along the way.Especially the city-state of Huo Qintu, who would have never imagined that An Xingmian managed to rescue Xue Huaiqing, but would actually turn around and come back. Therefore, all the previous restrictions and official documents of sea arrest were withdrawn.

However, the two of them were still cautious. After they disguised themselves and sneaked into Ningnan City, even Wang Ximo didn't dare to look for him anymore—since the previous female Tianqi was able to find him once, it meant that Wang Ximo might have been targeted.They just found a remote inn to live in, and then tried to find Feng Qiuke.

But Feng Qiuke disappeared again.This always erratic number one master of the Yu clan is not in Ningnan City, no one knows where he went.After leaving his mansion, An Xue and the two looked at each other, but they didn't seem surprised.

"He must be looking for you," Xue Huaiqing said, "It's just that your ability to hide your whereabouts is better than before, and he can't find your whereabouts."

"I don't think so," An Xingmian said. "I think he still knows where I'm hiding and what I'm doing. You don't have much dealings with him. You don't know that this guy has supernatural powers in finding someone. He's the only one in his life. Maybe your biggest failure is that you didn’t find your parents after the lord was killed. Now, he may know that this matter is troublesome, it’s not good not to tell me, and it’s not good to tell me, so he simply hides himself.”

"This Feng Qiuke is really the most hypocritical person I've ever seen. Fortunately, he is still the number one master of the Yu clan," Xue Huaiqing pouted, "Sometimes I really hope that Xu Mizi can defeat him and treat him well."

"Then he would definitely rather commit suicide," An Xingmian couldn't help laughing, "but if he commits suicide, it will happen to fulfill Sumeru's wish."

They couldn't find Feng Qiuke, so the two had to go back to the inn. Halfway there, they suddenly found that the atmosphere in the street ahead was different.All the pedestrians and roadside stalls disappeared, and the shops were closed. Instead, there were more soldiers in military uniforms.The two felt guilty, fearing that this matter had something to do with them, they quickly retreated and hid in an alley by the side of the road.

Not long after, there was a burst of music in front of him, which made Xue Huaiqing very puzzled: "How do you arrest people and play music?"

"I think we made a mistake," An Xingmian said, "It's not aimed at us, but some event of the Yu clan. Maybe it's to welcome some distinguished guests? Or is it the wedding of some prince or nobleman?"

Xue Huaiqing felt relieved, and probed out to have a look, "It seems to be... a funeral?"

It was indeed a funeral.From the other side of the long street came a long line, all dressed in plain white clothes.The line was divided into several sections. In front were dozens of Yuren girls, holding white flowers in their hands. In the middle was a large cart with a coffin on it. Behind it were musicians playing flutes.This kind of flute is different from Donglu's flute. The tone is more mournful and slow. The sound of the flute floats to the ears, which naturally brings people a solemn and sad feeling.Although the entire team has a large number of people, their actions are uniform, and there is no great momentum, but it can spread the atmosphere of the funeral.

"In comparison, the funeral ceremonies of human beings... are really vulgar," Xue Huaiqing couldn't help but said, "Just the sound of the music, compared with the human's beating and beating and trumpet and suona, it is simply the sound of nature."

"The Yu people are a race that pays great attention to rituals and etiquette, and they have all kinds of complicated and frightening racial etiquette," An Xingmian said, "Such funeral rituals take at least a long time. Passing through is just a small part of it. When you see it for the first time, you will inevitably find it fresh, noble, and tasteful, and you will feel sick after watching too much."

"Then let's talk about it after watching too much," Xue Huaiqing said with a smile, "I'm really interested, can you quietly follow them and watch the funeral?"

An Xingmian was a little hesitant, after all, such extravagance would bring additional risks, but looking at Xue Huaiqing's expectant face, she couldn't say anything to dissuade her.In the 19 years before meeting her, this girl either lived in a small mountain village where everyone discriminated against her, or lived alone with a eccentric master. Such a novel scene was really rare to see.Thinking of this, he clenched his fist lightly and made up his mind that no matter what, he must make up for the joy that Xue Huaiqing lacked in her life.

"Then let's go and have a look," An Xingmian said. "It seems that someone important must have died. I'm also quite curious."

The two followed the team from afar, and soon discovered that they didn't need to be particularly careful.Although the funeral team was heavily guarded, they still followed many curious passers-by from a distance. After all, even in the Yuzu society, such a large-scale funeral ceremony is rare, not to mention the foreign business that spreads all over Ningnan City. people.The two of them could easily blend in the crowd, and it happened that they could find out who was dead.

"It's the lord's younger sister, Princess Huainan," said a passer-by watching the excitement, "a big man who hadn't had such status for many years died."

"Well, the emperor's relatives have to toss the common people when they die, but no matter what, it's just a pile of loess." Another passer-by said pretending to be deep.

No wonder it was such a big scene, An Xingmian thought, it was really rare to encounter it once.

The funeral procession stopped under a giant tree on the outskirts of the city. There was a huge altar beside the giant tree, which was a special place for the royal family to hold funerals.The scene that followed was complicated, exquisite and lengthy, like a dish made to the extreme, making it difficult to taste the true taste.But no matter what, just planning such a complicated set of rituals and designing so many procedures, supplies, and clothing is enough to toss people, and I am afraid that building a house is no more than that.

"I heard that the royal family of the Yu family and the high-ranking nobles of various city-states all have a high-status position called 'funeral rite'," An Xingmian said to Xue Huaiqing. If you don’t do it, it is specially designed to host such a noble funeral ceremony. I heard that the nobles dare not offend the funeral master if they offend anyone, lest their funeral ceremony in the future will not be grand enough.”

"After death, people can't see things after death anyway. Why bother to care so much? There is even a funeral director," Xue Huaiqing shook her head repeatedly when she heard this, "Why don't we invite our corpse dancers to let the dead stand on their feet?" Wouldn't it be better to get up and dance?"

An Xingmian tried her best to hold back her laughter: "You are really getting better at telling jokes, thank you for being able to figure it out... Hey, look at that man, he seems to be acting strangely."

He pointed to a short 40-year-old feathered man. This feathered man had been staring intently at this magnificent funeral, but the expression on his face was not like that of other onlookers who admired, envied, or disapproved, but Full of hatred, a deep hatred.There was still a big rock in his hand, which was a sign of danger.

Xue Huaiqing glanced over and couldn't help exclaiming: "Mr. Ye?"

"Mr. Ye? Do you know him?" An Xingmian asked.

"That man's name is Ye Xun, and he's a handyman in the palace," Xue Huaiqing said, "he has a very withdrawn and eccentric personality, and hardly talks to anyone, but in his heart, he has a set of criteria for distinguishing good from bad from good from evil. Because I have always been polite and friendly to him, he regarded me as a good person, and the night I was sentenced to death, he tried to get me out."

"That's really not easy." An Xingmian was slightly surprised, "Such an inconspicuous person has such courage."

"Although I know that he is of low skill, running away with him is actually pushing him to die, so I didn't agree, but I am very grateful to him," Xue Huaiqing said, "Let's pay attention to him, I think he is a little abnormal .”

"Yes, his eyes are full of hatred. I rarely see such an uncomfortable look in people's eyes." An Xingmian nodded, "Does that Princess Huainan have any deep hatred for him? ?”

"It's hard to say, one is a handyman in the palace, and the other is the lord's sister, maybe there is some kind of grievance or entanglement," Xue Huaiqing said, "It may not be a big deal, maybe it's just a slap in the face and a kick in the eyes of the nobles. It's not a trivial matter, but for Ye Xun, such a grudge may last a lifetime."

"In my opinion, he might want to take revenge now," An Xingmian said, "Let's go and stop him... Oops, it's too late!"

At this time, a white-haired old feathered man with the appearance of a priest was walking up to the altar, ready to preside over the next step.An Xue and the two of them could see clearly that Ye Xun's anger could no longer be contained. He swung his arm violently and threw out the stone that had been in his hand.The two were too far away to avoid being noticed and couldn't shout loudly, so there was no time to stop them, and they could only watch the stone fly out and land directly on the old priest's nose.

That stone is not big, but its hardness is of course not comparable to that of the nose. In addition, the old priest is old and weak and has no defenses. He fell down and rolled down the long steps of the altar, right on top of the funeral master who was in charge of everything.The funeral master's head hit the ground heavily, and his head was bleeding immediately.

The crowd was in an uproar. Such a thing was unheard of in the Yuren society, which values ​​etiquette.The guards also caught up immediately, and easily caught Ye Xun who had no intention of escaping.Even when he was knocked down to the ground and tied up, Ye Xun was still struggling and cursing angrily, as if he wanted to smash everything on the funeral ceremony.

"Pull it down, chop it up!" The officer in charge of public security ordered angrily.For him, this is not just a matter of face, but a security error, which belongs to the category of dereliction of duty, and the consequences may be very serious.Four soldiers stepped forward, pulled the heavily tied Ye Xun, and led him to the wilderness.

"It seems that we have to find a way to save him." An Xingmian said in a low voice.

Xue Huaiqing nodded firmly: "Although Mr. Ye has a weird temper, he has always taken good care of me. I can't just watch him die."

The two left the chaotic crowd and quietly followed behind the soldiers escorting Ye Xun.It stands to reason that the criminal who offended the priest should be locked up first, and then beheaded after trial, but the officer was obviously angry enough, and Ye Xunsheng had the face of a low-level lowlife, even if he thought about it, no one would care, so the soldiers They took him directly to a remote place according to the order, without even asking his name and identity, and killed him with one knife.

(End of this chapter)