Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 54: Scam (1)
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An Xingmian was like a lunatic, she didn't even bother to say goodbye to the flute Kyle and Duowen Kaqike.He ran all the way back to the slightly low stone room where he lived, and he didn't even feel the slightest knock when he entered the door.He came to the large stone table that was used as a desk, and brutally swept all the other books to the ground, and grabbed the few unrecorded books that were salvaged from the Tianzangzong book collection cave in Qingyuling. The burned ancient books were flipped through one by one.He used to have a scholarly obsession with cleanliness in reading, and he loved books very much, but now he was like a rude villager, almost tearing the pages of the book.

"Golden Chamber Children's Acupuncture Collection" is a medical book about how to treat pediatric diseases with acupuncture and moxibustion. Ma Zhizhi's small book was written by Hatu, a barbarian horse breeder and horse master in the early years of the Xie Dynasty; "Qinggezi Poems" was compiled by an unknown poet who called himself "Qinggezi" in the late Yin Dynasty. Anthology of poems, probably only this one exists in the world now;

Without exception, these books were all written between the turbulent years in the late Yin Dynasty and the early Xie Dynasty when Yulie Wang Jiye ruled the East Land. The span of about 100 years is in line with what Su Mizi heard about these books. Narrative of the cave age: about a few decades to about 100 years is an era.

And the next sentence will be fatal, it is really fatal: "After sorting out almost, the cave will be sealed. If some fish that escaped the net can be found in the future, there will be a special place to collect them." , the sealed cave will never be opened again.”

These words fully explain that the collection in this cave should only have books from about 100 years ago, and it is impossible for books from later generations to be mixed in.Because after the end of that era, the monks of the long door will completely seal the cave, and even if they find some books that they forgot to put in, they will only store them separately instead of opening the cave.

But An Xingmian picked out a sheet music of "Shangyang Blood" from this cave.There was no problem with this music score, but just now, he learned that "Shangyang Blood" was not composed in Yinmo at all, but at least seven or eight hundred years after that.So a paradox arose: Why did a book that was written seven or eight hundred years later appear in the book collection cave at Yin Mo Xie Chu?That cave that is completely sealed off, even if you grow wings, you can't fly into it?

Perhaps there is only one explanation possible, the only explanation, the one that made An Xingmian furious but at the same time ecstatic:
This cave is a fake, not a real cave built by the head monk of Tianzangzong.It was probably just a cave used for other purposes, but a large number of ancient books from the Yinmo Xiechu period were packed in with ulterior motives, in an attempt to disguise it as the cave of Tianzangzong.However, because of the negligence of this book "Shangyang Blood", An Xingmian finally discovered the flaw. This flaw is enough to overturn all the previous conclusions!
Since this cave is not the library cave of Tianzangzong, the evidence of the so-called "digging through the underground volcano in the name of collecting books" does not exist at all.

Since someone deliberately concocted this fake evidence, it seems that it can be deduced that the conspiracy of the Tianzangzong for thousands of years is also fake.

Then, Nagato's belief is not a lie attached to a big conspiracy.This religion is true, it is pure, it is innocent.

Nagato was framed!

An Xingmian only felt hot in his head, and suddenly wanted to roar and smash everything in the room, because Nagato was bullied in the name of a conspiracy, but he was only framed by another conspiracy; suddenly he wanted to cry Flowing all over his face, he hugged everyone he saw, because Nagato was innocent, and Nagato's life-long faith was not tarnished.

What made him even more indignant was that the sacrifice Zhang Haoge made to sacrifice his own reputation was actually just a victim of this shocking lie.The death of the teacher was the second most important thing. What made it difficult for him to accept was that the death of the teacher was of no value, but instead ruined his reputation throughout his life.From then on, when people mention Zhang Haoge, they will no longer respectfully call him "Master Zhang", but will curl their lips: "The emperor's running dog, Nagato's scum!"

An Xingmian, who had always been calm, could no longer control her emotions at this moment. Her mixed feelings were like a pot of boiling soup throbbing in her heart.For a long time, he almost didn't know what he was thinking and what he was doing, as if he was thinking about [-] things at the same time, and it seemed to be just blank, with nothing.The spiritual power that has been cultivated for many years gradually lost control, as if forming countless steel needles, moving back and forth in the body.

An Xingmian didn't know that this was a dangerous sign that her mental power was about to lose control.Nagato's years of meditation and Feng Qiuke's unique training have allowed him to accumulate considerable spiritual power, but he is not a mystic, but a samurai, so he seldom actively uses his spiritual power. He didn't know how to deal with the sudden surge and disorder of strength, and he was completely unaware of the approaching danger.He just felt that his emotions could not be suppressed at all. The fiery anger and the tide of sorrow were intertwined, mixed with strong joy, which made him seem to have only desperately shouting, running and hitting desperately, to have It may be vented.Before he even felt nervous and afraid of the situation in front of him, he had already fallen into an extremely dangerous state.

If this continues for a while longer, his mental strength will be severely damaged. In severe cases, he may go crazy or even die.But at this critical juncture, he suddenly felt a coolness in his mind, as if he had thrown ice cubes into a boiling soup pot, his mental strength gradually became gentler, and his full emotions gradually started to get suppressed.His consciousness gradually became clearer, and finally he thought: what am I doing?It's not like normal mood swings.

He suddenly realized that he had almost fallen into a place of eternal doom just now, his heart shuddered, and he hurriedly tried his best to guide his mental power to capture the coolness he felt just now.It seemed to be some kind of external force, but it was not aggressive, but very gentle, like a pair of invisible hands, pulling An Xingmian, who was almost out of control, slowly back on track.

Finally, the turbulent tide receded and became quiet. An Xingmian suddenly felt that the muscles all over his body were so sore that it was unbearable.A pair of soft hands held his arms and gently helped him up: "Be careful, you might as well lie on the bed for a while."

That was Xue Huaiqing.An Xingmian shook her head, sat down on the chair, panted for a while, and then felt her body slowly recovering, and gradually realized what happened just now.He asked with lingering fear: "Just now... did I lose control of my mental power?"

Xue Huaiqing smiled lightly: "It's okay, do you still remember when I was in Ten Thousand Snake Lake, in order not to be recognized by other corpse dancers as not being a dead person, did I ever invade your spirit? Thanks to the memory left in your mind With that spiritual imprint, I was able to control you just now, just like using my corpse servant."

"I'm afraid it's not that easy?" An Xingmian looked at Xue Huaiqing's flushed face and beads of sweat on his forehead, feeling grateful and guilty at the same time.Almost without thinking, he stood up, took out his sweat towel, and carefully wiped the sweat off Xue Huaiqing's face.

Xue Huaiqing subconsciously wanted to dodge, but for some reason, she didn't move in the end, but her face was burning badly. Fortunately, she was already flushed from exhaustion just now in order to restrain An Xingmian's scurrying mental power, so she didn't have to worry about being caught. figure it out.After a while, she remembered to ask: "What the hell did you do? When I came in, you looked like you were crazy. You are usually a very restrained person."

"I... I was too excited all of a sudden, I forgot, it's really dangerous." An Xingmian sighed, and carefully picked up the books on the ground again.Even under such circumstances, he still did not forget to feel sorry for these precious ancient books.After sorting out the books, he sat down again and told Xue Huaiqing everything that happened before.After hearing this, Xue Huaiqing was also horrified: "All of this is really just a hoax? But—what is the purpose of this hoax? Is there anyone who has such a deep hatred with Nagato and must destroy Nagato?"

"It's like a big circle, going around and going back to the beginning," An Xingmian rested his chin on his hands with some distress, "Actually, if the library cave of Tianzangzong really exists to trigger underground volcanoes , On the contrary, it is the most plausible explanation. From the very beginning, my teacher and I have been guessing at what point Nagato offended the emperor, so that he would be so angry. Now it seems that Nagato is not offended The emperor, but offended another person, and this person actually came up with such a strange trick to deceive the emperor and use the emperor to attack Nagato. Alas, after turning around, we still returned to the starting point, and we had to find this inexplicable 'enemy' ' has."

"But at least, you proved that Nagato is innocent, isn't that a great achievement?" Xue Huaiqing comforted him and said, "A few days ago, you looked really decadent, that's why you hang on You can’t even fake a smile.”

"I know, I'm really sorry," An Xingmian sighed, "but please believe me, from today, from this moment on, although I will definitely find a way to find out about Nagato's injustice, but I will not Let it affect my heart again. Maybe I will go farther and farther on the road of 'impure Nagato monk', and I will never be able to become a respected teacher like the teacher, but this is me, the real me."

"I like to see you like this." Xue Huaiqing blurted out, and immediately realized something was wrong, and hurriedly turned her face away.An Xingmian was also stunned. She didn't expect such words to come out of Xue Huaiqing's mouth. Although she was a little elated, she immediately realized that she couldn't embarrass the girl too much.He scratched his scalp, and quickly changed the subject abruptly: "Since it has been determined that this matter is a conspiracy, I think we must leave the dungeon, and we must find out the source of this conspiracy as soon as possible."

Xue Huaiqing settled down until she felt the heat on her face subside, then turned her head: "But where should we start to investigate? Even the emperor was deceived, so it can be seen that this plan must have been planned for a long time and is very careful .”

"But haven't we already found the first flaw?" An Xingmian said, "Since they miscalculated on the score of "Shangyang Blood", there must be other omissions left. We need to seriously think about it. Think about where the breakthrough might be.”

"It's still what we said last time, our wonderful... connection between these two seemingly unrelated events," Xue Huaiqing abruptly used the word "fate" that An Xingmian had used Instead, "Why did the eunuch appear in two events at the same time? Why did the Nagato monk appear in both events? Is it just a coincidence, or is there a causal relationship in the coincidence?"

An Xingmian thought for a while, then slapped her thigh hard: "Can we think that these two things are actually the same thing?"

"It's just one thing?" Xue Huaiqing frowned slightly, but her eyes lit up.

An Xingmian said excitedly: "If we assume that two things can be combined into one, then the cause of everything may come from the pursuit of those Jinwu Guards decades ago. So we just need to catch this With just one clue, it is possible to find out the whole truth. Can you please tell me the situation at that time that Xu Mizi told you? Be as detailed as possible, and don’t miss any details. "

Xue Huaiqing recalled it again.Her memory is already good, not to mention the pain and regrets of her adoptive father's life, when Xu Mizi told them, she has been remembering them carefully.Let me repeat it now, confident that there will be basically no omissions.After An Xingmian listened carefully, she began to think.

"Jin Wuwei captured a female Tianluo for what?" Xue Huaiqing guessed, "Tianluo's main business is assassination, could it be that female Tianluo killed some important figures in the dynasty, such as princes or ministers? The emperor's relatives and the like, so the Jinwu Guards will go after them?"

"I don't think so, it's more like it involves some secret matters," An Xingmian said, "Think about it, if it's something like arresting an assassin, it can be done in a big way and openly, and even posting arrest documents all over the world. No problem. Why did those Jinwu Guards disguise themselves and hide their whereabouts? Why was the whole incident handled in such a mysterious way from beginning to end?"

"That's true," Xue Huaiqing thought for a while, "I've seen people who came out of the palace to do business before, all of them were so arrogant that they wished to write their official positions on a piece of paper and stick them on their foreheads. According to this, that group of people The Jinwu Guard's capture of this female Tianluo should indeed belong to some secret mission that cannot be leaked."

"And there is another key, that baby," An Xingmian said, "Although I am not very familiar with Tianluo, I can also imagine that this should be a group of well-trained, cold-blooded bloodthirsty, with almost no personal ties Otherwise, it would be impossible to complete the assassination mission perfectly. But why did she escape with a baby? My thought is..."

"It's not Tianluo that the Jinwu Guard wants to catch, but that baby!" The two said in unison, feeling rather excited.

"And they don't want live babies, dead ones are fine too! That's why they found your adoptive father's family in a nearby mountain village, killed your adoptive father's wife and children, and brought them back with their charred corpses!" An Xing Mian said, "This shows that this baby does not have any noble status, on the contrary, he may be a disgrace to the royal family!"

The two found a tacit understanding again. They looked at each other and said at the same time: "Bastard child!"

An Xingmian stood up and walked around the room, rubbing her hands excitedly: "That's right, it's probably an illegitimate child born to a certain concubine in the palace, and he probably entrusted Tian Luo to take it out, but it turned out to be an illegitimate child." He was caught up by the Jinwu Guards, that's why the fierce battle took place. It is a shame that one of the emperor's concubines actually gave birth to an illegitimate child. It makes no sense for the emperor to use the Jinwu Guards to kill people. Well, At that time, it was the 11th year of Shengde, and it was the time when Emperor Shengde was in power. Emperor Shengde was fond of women, and there were so many beauties in the Sangong Sixth Courtyard. strange."

"But... how can this matter have anything to do with Nagato?" Xue Huaiqing said, "Especially, no matter how much you lose the face of the royal family, you are just an illegitimate child, so why should you hate everyone in the world?" Where is the head monk?"

"That's true." An Xingmian sat down again in frustration.Xue Huaiqing's statement is reasonable. The appearance of an illegitimate child in the palace is enough to embarrass the royal family, but that's all. It is possible to kill some people to silence them. If you want to use such a large weapon for an illegitimate child, It's a bit too fussy.Compared with his son, Emperor Hongjing, Emperor Shengde was indeed not a very good emperor, but he did not do too many evil things in his life, at least he was not a tyrant who harmed the people.What's more, how could this matter have anything to do with Nagato Monk?

"It won't be...it won't be..." Xue Huaiqing said cautiously, and stopped halfway through.

(End of this chapter)