Cyber Daming

Himeji Castle, the home of hundreds of Jinyi guards.

Li Jun pushed open the door of the medical room on the ground floor of the residence and saw Chen Qisheng leaning on the hospital bed.

At this moment, Chen Qisheng's skin that had been burned by thunder seals had returned to its original state, and even the hair on his head and face had returned to its original state. Apart from the unusually dim light in his eyes, he looked completely different from the one who was seriously injured and on the verge of death six hours ago. people.

"Here he comes."

Li Jun hummed, pulled out a chair and sat beside the hospital bed: "Looking at you, you are recovering well."

"With the skin grafted, it looks fine on the surface. The real injuries are here."

Chen Qisheng patted his belly where Dao Ji was hidden, and said with lingering fear: "My third brother was almost burned to charcoal by that bastard Luoshan."

"Third brother?!"

Li Jun raised his eyebrows, then suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "If you are still in the mood to talk nonsense here, it seems that you will die. Tell me, how did you get into trouble with Ge Zaoshan?"

"Didn't that magician Zou Sijiu tell you? When I asked for help, I asked him to explain everything clearly to you."

Chen Qisheng seemed to suddenly remember something and asked, "By the way, why didn't you see anyone else? Is this grandson hiding again?"

"That's not true. I asked him to go back to the empire to help with some things."

Li Jun did not elaborate on Zou Sijiu's whereabouts, but said lightly: "He did explain the reason, but I am still a little confused. He is just a wise Nagano, and he is not an important person. Ge Zaoshan is willing to risk it for him. Isn’t it a bit uneconomical to take the risk of offending the Jin Yiwei from the Japanese area and take it back from you?”

"Akechi Nagano is not valuable, but the opportunity to replace the Earth Immortal is valuable."

Chen Qisheng sighed: "Everyone knows that Mingzhi Changye was once one of Mingzhi Qingxiu's confidants and played an important role in Black Dragon Capital. Although Black Dragon Capital is now falling apart, and the entire Mingzhi family members are facing disaster, they all go away, but in his mind It is very possible that there is the whereabouts of Akechi Haruhide. This alone is enough for these people to take risks."

Chen Qisheng smiled bitterly and said: "I even thought that unless I hid in the Qianhu Office in Edo City, even Li Bufeng's Xuanwei Envoy Si Yamen, these Taoist bandits might have the courage to make trouble."

Li Jun couldn't help but be speechless when he heard this, "Is this quota really so important?"

Chen Qisheng said matter-of-factly: "There are hundreds of millions of Daoxu followers and hundreds of thousands of followers in the entire Ming Empire, but the number of Earth Immortals in Baiyu Capital has never exceeded a hundred. Do you think this weight is heavy enough?" ?”

"Man perishes for wealth, and birds perish for food. It seems that those of you who are pure-hearted and ascetic cultivators are inevitably vulgar."

"Immortals are also human beings. To be ascetic is to put aside those trivial sexual and material desires and concentrate on the greatest desire of 'immortality'."

Li Jun heard a strong sense of self-deprecation in Chen Qisheng's words, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

The two were silent for a moment, and Chen Qisheng spoke first: "Aren't you curious about what I found in Akechi Nagano's head?"

"That's what you got in exchange for your life. You make the decision. If you want to say something, I'll listen. If you don't want to say it, I won't ask."

"This thing has little to do with our order, but it has a lot to do with your Jin Yiwei."

Chen Qisheng smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Akechi Nagano doesn't know the whereabouts of Akechi Haruhide at all. He is just a fleshly letter that was deliberately thrown out. All of us have been fooled."

Li Jun frowned: "Fox letter?!"

"Akechi Nagano had only one valuable piece of information in his mind."

Chen Qisheng said softly: "The King of Kamakura who attacked Edo City is just a puppet jointly supported by the three companies of Rentoku, Black Dragon, and Huangshi. These three companies take turns to use this identity, rotating every two years, to deal with it exclusively for themselves. Some of the troubles that cannot be brought to the table are used to show favor to you Jinyiwei. And the user this time is Rende Capital!"

Li Jun listened to Chen Qisheng's words quietly without any emotion on his face.

Because he already knew the news a few days ago, on the way to Jijilu after leaving Matsumoto Castle.

Fan Wujiu pried open the mouth of Shuicun Wudou, or Spring Dragon in the Wild World, in the imperial prison. According to the other party's explanation, Huang Shilie asked him to lurk in Honghu just to find out the shady secrets of other companies.

Li Jun continued to ask: "Why do you think Akechi Nagano is a flesh letter?"

"Secretly supporting Honghu, and even supporting a king-level leader, this is no small matter. Once exposed, the four major companies will definitely suffer."

Chen Qisheng analyzed: "With Akechi Nagano's status, he is not qualified to know such secrets. But now he has clearly recorded these things in his mind, and even the operational information of the Edo Rebellion is detailed. Someone definitely did it on purpose.”

Li Jun's eyes were slightly closed, and there were many thoughts in his mind.

If the King of Kamakura was really just a puppet supported by the three companies, then during the Edo Rebellion, Tokugawa Hiroshi not only used this identity to help the Akechi family escape, but also eradicated the remaining hidden dangers.

This is a good thing for all three companies. After all, judging from the current situation in the Japanese area, the identity of 'King of Kamakura' is no longer important and dispensable.

But now someone actually leaked the news. This was clearly an attempt to drag Hiroji Radukawa into the water and uproot him and the benevolent capital behind him with the help of Jin Yiwei.

"Do you think people within Honghu have known about this for a long time?"

Li Jun's first reaction was that his own people within Honghu were adding insult to injury and retaliating against Tokugawa Hiroshi.

"Who knows?"

Chen Qisheng shrugged his shoulders: "But I don't think they would care even if they knew. What Honghu wants is a pool of muddy water. The more chaotic the world is, the happier they will be. As for who is going to stir up the quagmire, they don't know how. care."

Li Jun shook his head and completely put aside the mess in his mind that he couldn't figure out at all.

Professional matters should be left to professionals. Analyzing intelligence is a meticulous job that is not suitable for him to do.

Anyway, I have already reported the news to Qianhu Office, so naturally someone will worry about the rest.

If he needs to take action, Su Ce will naturally give him orders.

"Since Akechi Nagano has nothing in his mind that Michio is interested in, why don't you just tell Luo Tian and the others?"

"I know these people's urinary behavior very well. Unless they turn over my brain with their own hands, they will not believe what I say."

Chen Qisheng sneered and said, "Besides, Master Dao, I never like to kneel down and wait for others to give me a chance to live."

"But if you bite your tongue and don't say anything, the blame will be placed on your head."

Li Jun smiled and said: "And judging from what you said before, I'm afraid there will be a lot of people coming to cause trouble later."

"Luo Tian is dead, so he should be quiet for a while. He is quite famous among the younger generation of Daoxu, and should be able to scare many people."

Chen Qisheng licked his lips, and there was a bit of fierceness in his dry eyes: "But I'm afraid Ge Zaoshan won't let it go."

Chen Qisheng was silent for a moment, then pulled out a silver safety lock from his sleeve. The surface was covered with cracks, as if it had been broken and then glued back together.

Chen Qisheng threw the safety lock to Li Jun casually, and said in a calm tone: "This is the reward for saving my life this time. Of course, this is only part of the advance payment. The other things on my body are thrown away and will not be used for the time being. There is nothing else of value. But don’t worry, I have already contacted Longhu Mountain, and they will send something over soon, and then the payment will be settled in one go."

Li Jun lowered his head and took a look. The palm-sized lock was engraved with a line of small words - 'To commemorate the order of the beloved disciple's begging for life'.

There is also a signature on the corner next to it, "In the fifty-eighth year of Emperor Longwu, a gift from Shi Hongyi."

Although the function of this object cannot be seen, its origin is clear at a glance.

Li Jun's expression suddenly became a little weird. Chen Qisheng was able to take out this thing. It seemed that he was at the end of his rope.

Chen Qisheng's life in Longhu Mountain was probably not easy. Li Jun had been vaguely aware of this since Chongqing Mansion.

When he was in Chongqing Mansion, although Chen Qisheng came to investigate the reasons for the collapse of the Qixia Group on behalf of Longhu Mountain and as the "Doubu" Celestial Master, he worked alone from the beginning to the end and never received any advice from behind. The support of the sect.

At least since the two reached a cooperation, Li Jun has not seen anyone else from Longhu Mountain appear.

Although part of the reason is that Qin King Zhu Youhong secretly restricted the number of people Daoxu could enter Chongqing Mansion. But even so, Longhushan should not ignore it from beginning to end. It seems that after sending Chen Qisheng to Chongqing Mansion, he no longer cares about his life or death.

And judging from the final result, the benefits Chen Qisheng received in Chongqing Mansion were not too many, but the dangers he experienced were quite significant.

After arriving in the Japanese area, Li Jun and Chen Qisheng met for the first time in the alley outside the Inuyama Castle House. At that time, he also looked like he was about to die.

As one of the "Four Mountains and One Palace", Luo Tian and others from Ge Zaoshan showed a arrogant posture like a dragon crossing the river, while Chen Qi, who kept saying "seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, in order to live forever" every day Although he was alive, he always tied his head to his belt and wandered between life and death.

"Why, you don't like it?"

Chen Qisheng noticed the expression on Li Jun's face, as if someone had stepped on his tail, and his half-lying upper body suddenly stood up.

"Old Li, don't look at how shabby this thing looks on the surface, but it's actually a good thing! At least it can help you block a fatal injury of level 4, which can save your life at a critical moment!"

"OK."

Li Jun did not continue to fidget, so as not to make Chen Qisheng look bad, he put the things away seriously.

"But we are also old partners. Every time you encounter trouble, I rush there non-stop. Everyone is polite to you. Can I also make demands for the remaining life money?"

Chen Qisheng carefully suppressed a trace of unnoticeable reluctance in his eyes and said carelessly: "Whatever you want, just say it."

"Fifth-grade martial arts injector."

Li Jun stretched out a finger: "One, let's clear it out. Two, I will return the safety lock to you, and then make up enough difference for you, how about it?"

After Chen Qisheng pondered for a moment, he nodded heavily, "It's reasonable."

At this moment, Lord Ma stepped in. Jie Jie smiled strangely and walked around the hospital bed. Then he looked at Li Jun and said, "The car is ready and can leave at any time."

Li Jun stood up and said, "Let's go then, don't delay."

"Where to go?" Chen Qisheng looked confused.

"Go back to Inuyama Castle. Wherever our group goes, trouble will follow. It's better not to stay in other people's territory for too long."

Li Jun looked at Chen Qisheng and smiled: "Can you still move? How about I ask Mr. Ma to help you?"

"No, please don't."

Chen Qisheng glanced at his side and said, "Master Dao, I have always regarded two things as my biggest concerns in my life. One is a woman with clothes on, and the other is a man without clothes."

A dazzling red light shot out from under the hood, striking Chen Qisheng's face viciously.

"Old Ma, please don't mess around. I'm injured now. If something happens to me, be careful that Old Li comes to you to ask for the remaining debt!"

Chen Qisheng turned over and sat up, standing barefoot on the ground, picked up a brand-new Taoist robe stacked beside the bed and put it on.

But after doing all this, Chen Qisheng seemed to have no intention of taking a step forward. He just stood there blankly, staring at Li Jun.

Li Jun, who was standing by the door, turned around and joked: "Can't you really walk?"

"I can walk."

Chen Qisheng asked slowly: "But Lao Li, do you really plan to let me return to Inuyama City?"

"What do you mean?" Li Jun frowned slightly.

"This time, the importance that all parties in Daoxu attach to Bai Yujing's 'replacement for Earth Immortal' quota far exceeds my expectation. Even the pampered people in Ge Zaoshan dared to risk their lives and came to the door later. People will only become more fierce."

"I will not give up the fight for this quota, so if I return to Inuyama City and continue to act as a special guest, I will definitely cause trouble for you and the Inuyama City Jinyi Guards Office."

Chen Qisheng's tone was free and easy: "I know that you saved me these two times, Lao Li, not for the life-saving money. I will remember this kindness. We are all men, and there is no need to hide some words. I don't like Taoist masters." I don’t want to bring trouble to others, and I don’t want others to be implicated because of my troubles. Therefore, Master Tao, I will not return to Inuyama Castle.”

The atmosphere in this small medical room suddenly became depressing.

A head with braids stuck out from Lord Ma's head, looking around, and finally looked at Chen Qisheng's bare feet.

At his feet were two pairs of soap boots, one brand new and the other stained with dust and blood.

"Lao Ma, are you afraid of trouble?"

Li Jun ignored Chen Qisheng and glanced over his shoulder, looking at Lord Ma standing behind Chen Qisheng.

Prince Ma chuckled: "Who said this is trouble? It's obviously a business opportunity to make money."

"Are you short of money?"

"Que, I'm still waiting to renew my body."

Li Jun nodded and looked at Chen Qisheng: "I'm in need too, and it's very much in need. Others are rushing to give us money. Niubi won't block our way of making money, right?"

"Uncle Chen, put on your shoes, it's time to go home."

Li Hua jumped on the back of Chen Qisheng's head and swung his ponytail back and forth like a swing.

Chen Qisheng was stunned for a long time, then he raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, "I'm just saying this because I'm afraid I won't be able to get the money to buy my life later. You two really don't give me any face."

While the Taoist was muttering to himself, he bent down and picked up the old blood-stained boots and put them on his feet.

"Then let's all stand together and make money!"

Li Jun pushed the door open and returned to the ground along the steps.

The morning sunlight shines in from the door of the house, drawing a clear dividing line between light and darkness in front of Li Jun's toes.

[504 mastery points remaining] (originally 364 points were left, 60 points were obtained by killing Chu Ke, and 80 points were obtained by killing Luo Tian)

"We need to get the fifth-grade injector as soon as possible."

Li Jun looked at the small black words appearing on his retina, took a deep breath, crossed the boundary in front of him without hesitation, and strode outside.

In front of the Jinyi Guard House in Himeji Castle, Baihu Qiulong and all the Jinyi Guards were already waiting here.

Silent as a cliff and solemn as a mountain.

The general's heavy armor took a step forward and personally opened the door for Li Jun.

"Farewell to Mr. Yan!"