Asura of Tomorrow's Ark

According to normal practice, he should find someone to secretly monitor Si Zhi to prevent him from escaping or doing other things, but Magistrate Gou Wu unilaterally believed that Si Zhi was plotting to murder Dali despite completely insufficient evidence. The murderer of Si Qing was even reckless enough to directly lead troops to encircle and suppress the opponent.

The person who made that decision at that time... was it really him?

Seeing the ever-changing expressions on Magistrate Gou Wu's face, Zuo Yan knew that his guess was correct. It was worth it that he risked being punished by Si Suitai to sneak into Gou Wu's Yamen and attack a magistrate.

"It seems that Lord Magistrate, you seem to have remembered something. This is a very important clue. Can you tell me about it?"

"……Ugh."

Sighing, Magistrate Gou Wu also knew that there was no point in hiding it, so he roughly told the stupid things he had done before.

Zuo Yan listened and nodded thoughtfully.

"What should we do...Xiao Wu!"

"I'm here. What are your orders, Lord Prefect?"

Magistrate Gou Wu called his cronies over and said to him, "The wanted notice I gave you just now hasn't been posted yet, right? Now hurry up and burn it, and let the soldiers who were searching the streets come back as well. I want to think about how to end this farce."

Rubbing the center of his eyebrows, Magistrate Gou Wu had a headache.

He had completely offended that Dali Si Zhi, a very young master, under inexplicable circumstances.

Fortunately, the candle bearer arrived in time, otherwise he would have been in trouble when he sent out the wanted notice. It was too late to stop now.

However, just when Magistrate Gou Wu was thinking about how to find Dali Sizhi, Zuo Yan suddenly said,

"No! The wanted notice must be sent out!"

Chapter 42 One Step Later

"...why is this?"

Magistrate Gou Wu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and asked patiently.

It's not you who offends others emotionally, so you can do whatever you want, right?

He had been thinking about how to repair the relationship with the Dali Sizhi. Leading troops to encircle and suppress him was not a topic that could be laughed off. Even if the other party was a master, his life would be in danger when faced with ordnance.

If this wanted order is signed, there will be no room for maneuver between them.

A promising young master is very likely to be a confidant of the Dali Temple minister. It would be difficult to silence such a person... And if he offends such a person, Magistrate Gou Wu will feel a little headache just thinking about it. .

"Master Magistrate, please think carefully about why the incarnation of the Sui Beast led you to arrest that Dali Sizhi."

"He most likely wants you and that Si Zhi to die together. Even if it doesn't work, he will capture or kill that Si Zhi. Now that Si Zhi has escaped, and you, the prefect, have not issued a wanted order, isn't this declaring to him that you Already freed from the influence of his abilities?”

"I entered Gouwucheng secretly this time. I didn't know that I had been to the government office before. I hope you can make the right choice. This involves the struggle between Si Suitai and the incarnation of Sui Beast."

Zuo Yan said with his fists in his hands. Although he seemed respectful, he actually made Magistrate Gou Wu very angry.

"you!!"

This is obviously to move Si Suitai out to suppress him, and of course the Zuo family behind Zuo Yan.

After a while, Magistrate Gou Wu was like a deflated rubber ball, his shoulders hanging down feebly.

Although he couldn't stand the practice of using chicken feathers as arrows, the other party really meant what he said.

He couldn't afford to offend the minister of Dali Temple and a promising master, but how could he afford to offend Si Suitai and the Zuo family?

Who knows when he was affected, and what he did wrong during the period of being affected. If someone uses this as an excuse to get involved, he will not be able to get away with it.

And... if he is found to have returned to normal, his life may be in danger.

Compared to anything else, your own life is indeed more important.

"Okay...but what should we do about Si Zhi? If I issue the arrest warrant, won't this person's life be in danger?"

"Don't worry, the consequences will be borne by the Zuo family."

Zuo Yan said nonchalantly.

In his opinion, he is just a Dali Si Zhi, and if he offends him, he will be offended. It is his honor to contribute to the plans of the Zuo family and Si Suitai. A mere danger is nothing. Besides, even if he is starving, he can how?

"...Remember what you just said."

Magistrate Gou Wu took a deep look at Zuo Yan.

He just briefly explained the situation and said that he accidentally let Si Zhi run away because he underestimated his strength.

There is no problem in saying this, but what Magistrate Gou Wu did not explain is that Si Zhi's strength has reached the level of a master, and even if you look at the whole of Dayan, he is by no means a weakling.

Just let this arrogant boy hit him head-on, preferably with a bloody head.

When they are in conflict, who cares about a poor chess piece that has been used?

After making the choice, Magistrate Gouwu asked his cronies to leave with the wanted order. Once things got to this point, there was no room for retreat. However, now that Magistrate Gouwu had found another way out, he could completely put all his The pot was placed on Zuo Yan's head.

After giving the lie, he couldn't admit it even if he wanted to.

Zuo Yan was still too young. Maybe he didn't realize the plan to hook Wu Zhifu, or maybe he realized it but didn't care at all. He just continued to ask, "Let's not mention this for now."

"Your Excellency, I would like to know who were the military personnel who acted with you when you arrested Si Zhi."

"It's Captain Zhou."

"Can you arrange for me to meet with him in private? I have something I want to confirm with him."

"This... I'm afraid it won't work."

"Huh?" Zuo Yan raised his eyebrows.

Just when he wanted to ask why, Magistrate Gou Wu explained, "Xiaowei Zhou was seriously injured. Not long ago, he asked for leave to go home to recuperate for a while. His leave has been approved. If If he was fast enough, he might have left Gouwucheng by now."

"Are you asking for leave to go back to your hometown at this time?" Zuo Yan narrowed his eyes.

Although it seems reasonable, it is a bit too coincidental.

"Where is his hometown?"

"It's Tianyue City." Magistrate Gou Wu replied.

"Oh, Tianyue City..."

Zuo Yan sneered and showed a confident smile, "There must be something wrong with Captain Zhou. Where did you encircle and suppress that Si Zhi before? He might go there again."

After telling Zuo Yan the location of the courtyard in the city, the other party didn't say anything, just got into the shadows and left. This made Magistrate Gou Wu a little angry, but he quickly adjusted his mentality. .

Although he was already in the middle of the game, he had no intention of taking the initiative to do anything. He still understood the principle of shooting the first bird. If there was any accident, the first unlucky person would definitely be that ignorant boy.

Now that he was lucky enough to escape, he hoped that the chess player would no longer notice his inconsequential piece.

"Si Suitai... the incarnation of the beast... I can't help myself!!" Magistrate Gou Wu sighed deeply.

Why did so many things happen when he was about to retire?

On the other side, among the ruins of the courtyard.

The rain in the sky has not stopped yet. A white-haired dragon woman somehow bypassed the blockade of the surrounding soldiers and is now touching a broken wall in the ruins with great interest.

"It seems like I'm a step late again..."

"Tsk, I shouldn't have stayed in Shang Shu for those few days if I had known that. But the taste of that hot pot is really authentic. I haven't eaten it for decades. Thinking about it, I don't feel particularly regretful?"

While muttering to herself, the woman gently brushed the surface of the broken wall.

Following her movements, a line of light cyan writing emerged from the wall. It only lasted for a few seconds, and then merged into the surrounding rain, no longer distinguishable from each other.

"Tianyue City? This doesn't look like Xi's handwriting..."

Before the woman could finish her words, she heard an angry shout not far away.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

Chapter 43

"Hey, it seems like someone saw me."

The woman said nonchalantly, without any panic at being discovered.

"Wait, Dragon Clan? Which family are you from?"

On the contrary, it was Zuo Yan who asked the question from the other side. After seeing the woman's figure clearly, he asked with some uncertainty.

Because of the continuous rain and dark sky, he had only seen a suspicious person wandering around the ruins before, but he did not expect that this person was actually a dragon.

The Dragon Clan is a noble family in Great Yan, and no one of them is not related to the royal family.

With the current power of the Zuo family, as long as they are not directly related to the royal family, they can't afford to offend anyone. However, the Zuo family is at a very critical moment now, and Zuo Yan doesn't want to cause trouble here if possible.

He had already begun to think about retreating. As long as this woman could tell her origins clearly, it would be okay to let her go.

As for why the other party appeared in such a crucial place... there is no need to continue to investigate.

"Which family am I from? I can't just tell you this..."

The woman swept her tail and said very calmly, "I just accidentally entered this place by mistake. Now that I have explained it, can you let me leave?"

"..."

Hearing this, Zuo Yan seemed a little hesitant.

He had just arrived here, and before he could figure out what was happening here, he bumped into this woman head-on.

Let this woman go?Even a fool can see that this woman must have an ulterior motive for coming here. The surrounding roads have been blocked. Even if she gets lost, it is impossible to cross the blockade and reach this place.

But if she is left behind, there will definitely be a lot of trouble.

Zuo Yan came to Gouwucheng to investigate the incarnation of the Sui Beast under the joint orders of the Zuo family and Si Suitai. This was the top priority in his heart. In front of this task, other things had to be put aside.

"and many more……"

The incarnation of the beast?

Just when Zuo Yan was about to ask the woman to leave quickly, he suddenly realized that in addition to the dragons in this world, there seemed to be a kind of existence with the appearance of the dragons, which were the incarnations of the legendary beasts.

It's just that such existences are too rare. Even if Si Suitai is an organization specifically responsible for such matters, most people in Si Suitai have never seen an incarnation of the Sui Beast in their lives, and Zuo Yan is naturally one of them.

He also suddenly thought that since the Magistrate Gou Wu had traces of the Sui Beast's ability on his body, proving that the Sui Beast had indeed been to this place before, then might the woman who came here inexplicably be related to the Sui Beast's incarnation? ?

After taking a closer look at the woman, Zuo Yan suddenly had an idea and realized that the woman's appearance was indeed very similar to the incarnation of a certain year beast recorded in Taichung.

The white hair, red horns, and tail are different from ordinary dragons if you look closely.

After all, they were incarnations created based on the Dragon Clan a long time ago, and there has been no change for thousands of years. However, there are many differences between the Dragon Clan now and the Dragon Clan back then.

"You are 'Nian'!!"

Zuo Yan shouted with great certainty, "The incarnation of the beast! You actually lied to me just now? Why don't you honestly explain the purpose of coming here! Otherwise... just go to the prison and explain it slowly to me!"

"Oh? You can actually recognize my identity? Are you from the Ministry of Etiquette?"

After his identity was revealed, Nian raised his eyebrows in surprise, "It seems like he should be called Si Suitai now, right? I'm too lazy to figure out the relationship between you."

Nian had been absent from work for decades, so he was naturally unaware of the many changes within Yan Country.

But it doesn't matter to her. As long as the Sui beast himself is not resurrected, the lifespan of these incarnations is almost endless. Sometimes even if they take a nap, the leaders of various departments in Dayan will be replaced, so Si Sui From her point of view, Taiwan's independence is a normal thing, it's just a new group of people bothering her.

"But when did I lie to you? I was just passing by."

As for the real purpose, Nian naturally couldn't tell others. At the same time, she secretly slandered Zhang Daoling in her heart, why he was so unreliable.

If it hadn't been for the resurrection of the Sui Beast, she wouldn't have returned to this shabby place like Yan Country.

"Are you taking me for an idiot?"

Zuo Yan was furious after hearing this.

Is there such a coincidence in this world?The incarnations of the Year Beast usually move secretly, and except for those who hang out in the court, other incarnations often cannot find their traces for decades.

Now that two incarnations of the Year Beast have appeared in this small Gouwu City at the same time, one of them has also appeared in the previous residence of Dali Temple Qing. Only a fool would think that the two have no relationship and that they must be accomplices.

"It seems that you are unwilling to tell the truth... Well, I also want to see how powerful the so-called Sui Beast incarnation is."

"...Do you really want to have trouble with me?"

Zuo Yan did not answer, his eyes were as deep as water, and his right hand had slowly rested on the hilt of the sword at his waist, which undoubtedly showed his attitude.

Seeing his actions, Nian seemed a little uninterested, "One and two are like this. It's a bit chilling to see Dayan like this..."

She didn't want to come back. On the one hand, she didn't want to be exploited by the Ministry of Works, and on the other hand, she didn't want to see people like Zuo Yan anymore.