Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 55: Scam (2)
An Xingmian was startled for a moment, then understood what she wanted to say, and couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Didn't you just want to say that the adulterer might be a long monk? It doesn't matter, I'm also guessing in this direction But it still doesn't make sense, an illegitimate child, is it worth framing all the monks in the world for this? Unless it is a lunatic, but how can a lunatic formulate such a huge and meticulous plan? It is definitely a calm and extremely shrewd person A plan in which talents can be connected in series.”

Xue Huaiqing was silent, recalling that the whole incident started with the body of the eminent monk Nagato until the emperor was furious with thunder. During this period, countless painstaking efforts and financial resources were spent, and finally the emperor was completely caught in the trap.This is definitely not a revenge plan that some lunatic came up with out of jealousy or other reasons. Obviously, there are deeper and more reasonable reasons hidden in it.

"No matter what, I have to leave the dungeon," An Xingmian said, "Since the final trace is likely to be related to some events in the palace that year, it's useless to stay here."

"To Tianqi City?" Xue Huaiqing asked.

"Yes, go to Tianqi City," An Xingmian said, "Go and find out what strange things worth mentioning happened in the 11th year of Shengde."

"Then let's set off tomorrow." Xue Huaiqing said.

"us?"

"Of course it's us."

"Yes, of course it's us." At that moment, An Xingmian felt that there seemed to be nothing between herself and Xue Huaiqing that needed hypocrisy and politeness. Maybe it was because Xue Huaiqing had a little mental power that would last forever. remained in his body.

two

Coming to Apocalypse City again, Xue Huaiqing originally thought that she would still feel nothing, and still felt that this city was the same as all the towns and villages in the world, but soon, she found that her state of mind had changed.She began to feel that Tianqi is really a majestic imperial capital, full of a kind of majesty and atmosphere that other cities cannot match. Walking in such a city, it seems that people's hearts will become more open.

What's wrong with me?She was a little puzzled, feeling that she hadn't had the possibility to care about these things in the past, and then she figured it out, it was probably because of An Xingmian being by her side.When she was alone, she just wanted to find a quiet place as soon as possible to isolate herself from the noisy world; but with the talking and laughing An Xingmian beside her, she gradually became more talkative, He began to listen carefully to An Xingmian's easy-to-use explanations, instead of perfunctorily nodding his head in his left ear and out his right ear.

She didn't know whether such a change was good or bad, but another change brought about by it was: she didn't care so much about her own changes.From An Xingmian, she seems to have found some inspirations that are beneficial to herself: let nature take its course, be whatever you become, and don't always be obsessed with "Why am I like this" and "Why did I start to have these strange things?" idea".

Nothing strange, I am what I am, she told herself.

So the indifferent corpse dancer in the past is now slowly beginning to look like an ordinary girl. She will point to an incomplete sculpture that has been deliberately protected and ask An Xingmian about its origin, and she will look at the jugglers on the side of the road At the booth, An Xingmian and An Xingmian made fun of the clumsy knife skills of the big knife man in a low voice. She would occasionally stop in front of the flower girl and look at the white or pink lilies in the flower basket, showing a loving expression.

"Plants in this world are not only used for making poisons and refining medicines, they are also very good to appreciate and delight our eyes and noses." An Xingmian took out a few coppers and picked them. He picked up a handful of white lilies that looked the freshest and neatest, held them in his hands and handed them to Xue Huaiqing.

"For you," he said.

Xue Huaiqing took it naturally, holding the fragrant and sweet lily bouquet in her hand, and walking down the street with An Xingmian, she suddenly realized: This seemed to be the first time in her life that someone gave her flowers. It was the first time in this life that a man gave her flowers.A kind of warmth began to surge in her heart, and she suddenly felt that this kind of life is not bad, if she can always have An Xingmian by her side, it doesn't seem so bad, no, it seems to be very good...

An Xingmian seemed to be deliberately adjusting his mood, and it seemed that he wanted to compensate Xue Huaiqing for the hard work of the past few months. He took Xue Huaiqing to play in Tianqi City all the time, as if he had nothing serious to do .Of course, both of them have been disguised by He Luo's skills, and even the corpse servant who is with him has had his face trimmed. You must know that the petition to arrest the two has not yet been revoked.

But Xue Huaiqing knew in her heart that An Xingmian was very relaxed on the surface, but in her heart she was always thinking about where to start.The 11 years of Shengde, and maybe including the previous one or two years, such a long time span, too many events have happened, and it is always necessary to sort out the clues first.Moreover, An Xingmian seems to have found the direction to look for. Every evening in the past few days, he will take Xue Huaiqing to visit various taverns in Tianqi City, specifically to strike up a conversation with those elderly gluttonous alcoholics Inviting others to drink, such characters are naturally very popular.Of course, he also found a suitable identity disguise for himself, pretending that he was a student of He Yifan, a well-known miscellaneous scholar in Lanzhou, and he came to investigate folk stories and gossip from all over Zhongzhou.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of others, he did not ask about Shengde's 11 years, but started to ask from the time of Emperor Xuansu before Emperor Shengde. , and strive not to reveal the slightest flaw.Xue Huaiqing understood his intention of being cautious, so she also tried her best to cooperate with him, pretending to be another student of He Yifan.Fortunately, after changing her face, her face was very ordinary and unobtrusive.All kinds of drinkers drank and poured out anecdotes and strange stories from their memories. Just listening to these stories was also very interesting. Xue Huaiqing even thought, if she was really that student of He Yifan, these materials would have already been read. Enough to make a book out of.

Eight or nine days later, it was finally the 11th year of Shengde, and the two of them walked in the city very briskly.Thinking of the possibility of getting in touch with this secret at night, An Xingmian was naturally a little excited, but Xue Huaiqing was a little worried.She is very worried that the incident related to Nv Tianluo may be a deeply buried secret, and no one knows it at all, so maybe she will not hear any information related to the 11th year of Shengde.If that's the case, will An Xingmian become irritable and depressed again?I hope not.

"Where are you going this afternoon?" Xue Huaiqing asked after lunch.The two played around for a whole morning, so they simply went back to the inn and asked the waiter to bring food into the house.She seems to have gotten used to this kind of wandering life of eating, drinking, and doing nothing. Although the head monk and the corpse dancer both advocate hard training, once you let go of training, it is not easy to pick it up again.

"You can rest for half a day to recharge your batteries," An Xingmian said, "There will be a lot of questions to ask tonight. Besides, we've pretty much done our shopping in Tianqi City."

Xue Huaiqing laughed: "It's really rare. Since I was a child, I have never done nothing like these ten days, just wandering around in a city. When I was young, I was in the village, because there were always human beings. The kids bullied me, so I stayed at home all day and didn't even know what the nearby hills looked like."

"No one dares to provoke you now, and whoever provokes you, you will turn him into a corpse servant." An Xingmian joked.

Before Xue Huaiqing could answer, a deep voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "If all the monks in the world are against you, are you going to turn them all into corpse servants?"

An Xingmian jumped up and opened the door abruptly, only to see a middle-aged man with a dusty face, dark complexion, and a dull expression standing outside the door. He looked like a farmer, but this farmer seemed to him quite look familiar.He thought about it carefully, and said with some uncertainty: "You... We seem to have met at the seminar. You are also a long-door monk, aren't you?"

He paused, and his tone became affirmative: "Yes, you followed Master Fuzhen of the Dust Sect, but you followed him all the time, and you didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, so I didn't know you name."

"Your memory is really good. You are indeed a master debater at the seminar, and your mind is first-class." A smile finally appeared on the dull face of the middle-aged man like a farmer. "It's a pity that you put Nagato Everything about you is in your mind, but it’s not written in your heart.”

An Xingmian didn't answer, she was all on guard.Sure enough, as soon as this sentence was finished, the unknown long-door monk made a sudden attack. He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers stretched out, and took it towards An Xingmian's left wrist. The skills of the Yu tribe taught by the guest are quite different, it seems that this is the pure Donglu martial arts.He was secretly vigilant, he shook his left wrist backhand, his knuckles were bent like hooks, and twisted the opponent's ten fingers.

Seeing that An Xingmian used offense instead of defense, Changmen Monk was also a little surprised, but he changed his moves very quickly, clenched his palm into a fist, blocked An Xingmian's twist, and then moved out with his left hand, cutting across the opponent's left wrist.An Xingmian quickly withdrew his hand, but found that there was a faint sticky force on the fist of Changmen monk, which sucked his left hand and could not withdraw it.He suddenly understood that this move was obviously a killer move that his opponent had practiced for a long time, even if it was resolved, there must be a more powerful back move later, and he couldn't continue to entangle like this.He stopped with his half-stretched right hand, but suddenly lowered his head, and slammed his forehead hard at the opposite door.

The Changmen monk obviously didn't expect An Xingmian to use this kind of fighting method similar to that of a street rogue. Caught off guard, he could only withdraw his hands in a hurry. At the same time, he leaned back and his whole body was almost bent into a bow shape. Dodged the blow.He quickly retreated two steps, and retreated to the stairs. An Xingmian did not pursue him, but made a gesture of "please come in": "Come in and talk."

The head monk glanced at him, strode into the room, and sat down on a chair.An Xingmian closed the door and poured tea for him: "What is the name of this master?"

"Luo's blood is not the snow that falls, but the blood that bleeds." The head monk said.

An Xingmian was taken aback: "Luo Xue? The famous 'Blood Fiend Sword' Luo Xue 20 years ago? A legendary killer stronger than Tianluo?"

"The Blood Fiend Knife has long been discarded," Luo Xue replied, "Now I don't kill people, I don't use a knife, at best I twist people's arms, and I often connect them after twisting. As a long-door monk, I have to do this .”

"I think, as a long door monk, you should stretch out your arm and let someone twist it, and then go home and connect it yourself..." An Xingmian murmured.

Xue Huaiqing looked at Luo Xue: "Mr. Luo didn't come here today to kill Xingmian, did he? I don't think you have any murderous intent. Besides, your joint skills are not as good as your saber skills. To kill him, you still have to bring a knife."

Luo Xue laughed: "The little girl is very straightforward. Yes, I originally wanted to kill him, and the treasured knife that had been dusty for many years was dug out from the ground to carry it with me, but I received a huge blow from the age of 26. After being wronged, I made an oath that I would never kill a single person in this life, so I followed you for a while."

"But, both of us have changed our appearances, how did you recognize us?" Xue Huaiqing couldn't help asking.

"I didn't start tracking you from Tianqi City," Luo Xue said, "I have been watching you since before you set fire to Qianyun Hall, so the day you two left Heluo Dungeon, I followed you from I recognized it physically. After that, I followed you all the way to Tianqi, went shopping with you every day, and drank with you in various taverns at night."

An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing looked at each other in horror.They all thought they were alert people, but they didn't expect to be stalked by Luo Xue for so long without finding out. If this person really wants to pick up his old business and assassinate secretly, I'm afraid it's really hard to guard against.

Luo Xue saw the fear of the two of them: "Don't worry, I've said it before, I will never believe one side's words and kill anyone unjustly, not to mention, there is an old friend who came to me and asked me to trust Mr. An Xingmian , saying that he will never be a traitor to Nagato."

"That old flat-haired Feng Qiuke?" An Xingmian said bluntly, but was really grateful in his heart.It's annoying to follow Feng Qiuke like a shadow, but he is indeed someone who can help him.

"It's him. After hearing so much from him, I decided to be more cautious and never kill by mistake." Luo Xue's eyes flashed coldly, "Otherwise, in the night when that young man tried to assassinate you, maybe I would kill you." One after another."

Thinking of the stubborn young man Su Zhenbai, An Xingmian couldn't help but feel a little sad. Luo Xue continued: "I didn't confirm that you were definitely not a traitor who betrayed Nagato until I followed you to Tianqi City, because you are in the tavern every night. The things you inquired about must have a purpose. Although I don't know what you discovered, I know that you are trying to find the truth and try to restore Nagato's innocence. "

An Xingmian lowered her head: "My teacher... did something wrong, but he is not a traitor, he is just an upright person who was deceived. What I am doing now is to try my best to make up for the teacher's mistakes and save Nagato .”

"Then I did not misunderstand you," Luo Xue said, "I am good at tracking down and killing people, but tracking down suspicious points decades ago like you is not my specialty. I will continue to do some work for other long-door monks." I will leave this matter to you. If you need my help, go to Chuiyangfang in the west of Tianqi City and find the owner of Zhouji grocery store, he is my life and death friend."

An Xingmian held his hand: "Senior Luo, please don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth, at least I will never let the teacher die so wrongly."

Xue Huaiqing suddenly asked: "Mr. Luo, you look like a righteous man in the market, how did you join Nagato? Even if you want to join, as far as I know, Nagato has the same requirements for beginners. Very strict."

Luo Xue smiled slightly, with a sad smile: "That's a very, very long story, and it's not pleasant at all. I'll tell you about it when I have a chance in the future, maybe it's when... to commemorate my former teacher Fu Zhen. .”

It was only then that An Xingmian knew that Master Fu Zhen had also died in this disaster, and felt sad for a while.He thought of those highly respected mentors who had never committed any evil deeds in their lives, restrained themselves with the most stringent standards, and selflessly helped the poor, but encountered such sudden disasters for no reason during this year, and suffered great physical and mental damage. , and even lost his life, he only felt that the anger that had been suppressed for a long time surged up again.This time it’s not for some lofty beliefs, he thought, just for people, for these living people, for these precious lives, I must also expose the truth and find out the devil behind it.

"I came to you today, one is to ask you face to face, to dispel my last trace of doubt, and the other is to tell you some news," Luo Xue said, "I think after this period of investigation, you already know The secret related to Tianzangzong, right?"

"I see." An Xingmian nodded.

"Then do you know that some disciples of Tianzangzong are looking for the book caves that their ancestors have painstakingly hidden, and are starting to fill them?" Luo Xue asked.

"What did you say? Landfill?" An Xingmian stood up frantically.

"Yes, I don't know how, or someone told them on purpose. All in all, some members of the Tianzang Sect also know the secret. Just a month ago, they had speculated about the secret through the remaining documents of the Tianzang Sect. The location of a cave, and then used the magic weapon to destroy the mountainside, causing a huge landslide, and completely buried a book cave there," Luo Xue said, "That is a place in the north of Lanzhou. I don't know exactly which era it was in, but all in all, the efforts of several generations for hundreds of years have been wiped out in an instant."

(End of this chapter)