Nan Chan

"In the ninth year of Tianjia, Chu Lun went to Beijing to take the exam. This trip made him fail for the second time, so the return trip was mainly for relaxation. He did not take the Xijiang waterway, but went south by horse-drawn carriage. When he left Beijing, he had nothing to lose. I took care of him, and arranged for him a station along the way. This year was originally ordinary, but I thought about it later, and it was from this year that Chu Lun got to know Liu Chengde."

Qian Yu leaned against the side of the coffin, looking at Zuo Qingzhou.He hid Zuo Qingzhou's body under the Huashang Inn, filled it with ice and incense, surrounded by the collection of books in front of Zuo Qingzhou.

"How do you know it's this year?" Cang Ji put on the new clothes that Xi Yan brought, and when he was wearing the belt, he glanced sideways, and saw that although Jing Lin was dozing off with his head propped up, he didn't really doze off.

"I checked the records of the Procuratorate. In the ninth year of Tianjia, Liu Chengde's tour to the south not only coincided with Chu Lun's route, but also the time coincided. The two of them became acquainted in the south after this trip. , Chu Lun frequently mentioned in the letter that Liu Chengde can be trusted." Qian Yu said softly, "At that time, the situation was in crisis, and some people in Beijing began to suspect Zuo Lang. When he met Zuo Lang via Chu Lun, he told Zuo Lang that the difficulty of the case was not in Yahang, but in the court. Because of this meeting, Zuo Lang also believed that Liu Chengde was outstanding in virtue, so he specially worshiped under Liu Chengde , In the name of teachers and students, it is convenient to act."

"Since he can fool Zuo Qingzhou, it's not surprising that he can fool Chu Lun." Cang Ji sat down and said, "What happened next?"

"In the tenth year of Tianjia, Zuo Lang used the hands of his father and brother to play impeachment, and under the inspection of the inspectors, the inspection was not effective, and the abduction and trafficking were rampant in various places. At that time, the emperor would still go to court. He heard that the government officials involved in the case were summoned to Beijing to report, but Everyone who went there insisted that there was absolutely no such thing, and the Zuo family suffered disgrace because of this, and was criticized." Qian Yu said, "Zuo Lang is cautious by nature, and he would never act rashly unless he had some definite evidence. At that time, Liu Chengde secretly forced It made Zuo Lang even more grateful. But it was also at this time that Liu Chengde persuaded Zuo Lang and Chu Lun to temporarily cut off contact, so that all subsequent news exchanges between Zuo Lang and Chu Lun had to be relayed by him."

"Bridge." Jing Lin suddenly opened his eyes and said so.

"Bridge?" Cang Ji thought about it for a second, and suddenly remembered their conversation in the copper bell void.Jinglin once speculated that Zuo Qingzhou and Chu Lun still had news contacts ten years after Tianjia, but they no longer relied on letters, but some kind of channel, but they didn't expect it to be Liu Chengde.

"I never thought of it." Jing Lin frowned, pinching the center of his brows, "As an inspector and censor, Liu Chengde can use his duties to go in and out of the capital, and he has won the trust of these two people. It could be him."

"Yes, it can only be him." Qian Yu said, "The news of Tianjia's 11 years was delivered by Liu Chengde, and the situation became more and more tense. The situation in Zhongzhong is getting more and more difficult. The case is imminent, and after a few months of stalemate, Liu Chengde was ordered to go to Dongxiang to inspect, and he met Chu Lun again. But this time, he did one thing."

"What's the matter?"

Qian Yu stood up, poured a cup of tea at the table, lifted it up to Jing Lin, and said, "Liu Chengde gave Chu Lun a pen."

Jing Lin's heart sank suddenly, his expression remained unchanged, and he said, "A pen?"

"It was the pen demon that brought about the change." Qian Yu raised her head and drank it down. "Although I have never investigated Chu Lun's life tree, I know Zuo Lang's life tree well. According to the life tree, Zuo Lang In 12 years, the number one scholar, in 17 years the emperor died suddenly, and in the third year of the new emperor Zuo Lang will thoroughly investigate these cases, and no one in Zhongdu can escape! Dongxiang, Xitu, Qunbei, and south, all officials involved in the case are all Dali Temple is on display. The government and the public are cleared up, the old case is brought to light, Zuo Lang ascended to the top of the cabinet, and he is magnanimous for the rest of his life! There is no Chu Lun in it, and there should be no Chu Lun, but Liu Chengde gave Chu Lun this pen at an emergency." Qian Yu's eyes were full of hatred, "This pen tampered with the life book, disturbed the life of mortals, and caused Zuo Lang to be wronged and imprisoned, and suffered all kinds of torture!"

"This pen." Jing Lin vaguely had a bigger guess, which caused his firm thoughts to be overturned again and turned into a mess.He raised his eyebrows and said, "How do you know that this pen has the ability to tamper with fate?"

"I don't know." Qian Yu leaned over the table, the fox's eyes were vicious, "If I knew, I would kill Liu Chengde first, and then break this pen. It is precisely because I don't know that I let him fall into the trap." It was written by Chu Lun. Later, when I entered the underworld, I found that the scriptures of life records were flipped and changed beyond recognition. The only pen in this world with such a special ability is the sage Yi Ning’s! How strange! Yin Ning Doesn’t the sage know half of it? He threw this pen into Zhongdu—could it be that the gods in the Nine Heavens Realm have been reduced to participate in human affairs and work for tigers?!”

Jing Lin said: "Yining is upright, there may be twists and turns in this matter."

"I don't believe it." Qian Yu said word by word, "I don't believe in all the gods, Buddhas and monsters in this world. I only believe in my eyes. If they all participate in it, even the sages of Yining and even Jiutian Junshen, I will list them one by one, and let them pay for Zuo Lang's life one by one."

Jing Lin half-covered his long and narrow eyes with his finger, staring at Qian Yu, said: "If you have such ability, Zuo Qingzhou will not die in prison."

Qian Yu's lips were flushed, he was short of breath, and his fingers were tense.

"You privately bond with mortals, and then indiscriminately kill creatures, and go through the Soul Chasing Prison or the Boundary Division to hunt you down, and you will enter the animal way. As long as you put a few strokes in your life tree, let alone being a demon, even being an animal will not guarantee your life. Jing Lin closed his eyes wearily, and after a while, he said, "Do you know why I came here?"

Qian Yubie started with a shy voice: "I heard it was for a bell."

"It's just an excuse." Jing Lin said, "I came for Zuo Qingzhou."

Qian Yu immediately retreated and said, "You, you..."

When Jing Lin opened his eyes again, it was deserted. He said: "To be honest, the two of us are entrusted. Zuo Qingzhou's entrustment is only three words. If you can still calm down, I will tell you." Qian Yu looked at Jing Lin, but Jing Lin turned up the teacup and changed the topic, "But you can't follow the two of us to continue investigating the case."

"I won't let..."

"How long can Zuo Qingzhou's body last, one month, one year? He is dead." Jing Lin said coldly, "He will rot and disappear before your eyes, and you won't even have a chance to return to your soul."

"What does this have to do with you! I have my own way."

"This has nothing to do with me." Jing Lin said, "It's just related to Zuo Qingzhou's commission."

"You lied to me." Qian Yu stared at him, "Zuo Lang is inseparable from me, he will not make any commission without telling me."

"It's like you think your life chart is safe." Jing Lin said.

Qian Yu was puzzled and said, "If you really want to help, why don't you allow me to investigate!"

"I'm not helping you." Jing Lin said, "Zuo Qingzhou's mortal body is useless, and your top priority is not here. Even if I allow you to investigate, you will stop here. As a fox demon, you have already crossed the line. Now Follow up these things again, unless you are like Hua Chang, and you have a replacement. But your fox tail is broken, and now it will only hinder my investigation. I entrusted you with Zuo Qingzhou to show you a way out, and buried this With a dead body, go to Huangquan Lijinkou and wait for someone."

"Wait for who?"

Jing Lin smiled half-smile: "Who will you wait for in this life."

Qian Yu's eyes widened suddenly, he grabbed Jing Lin's sleeve, and said anxiously: "The ghost guard took his soul, and it was already the wrong time when I chased after him to the underworld, has he not been reincarnated yet?"

"Ghost knows." Jing Lin pulled his sleeves out of his hand and said, "Ghost messengers always like to be lazy when doing things. Wait a minute, maybe."

"If you lie to me," Qian Yu said, "you..."

Jing Lin suddenly turned serious, and said: "There are many souls coming and going from Lijin, there are eight thousand if not ten thousand. You have to look for them one by one, and recognize them one by one. But if you miss this time, you really won't be able to see them again."

Qian Yu was startled, Jing Lin got up and said: "Zuo Qingzhou's entrustment is only three words."

Qian Yu said: "...you say it."

Jing Lin said: "I can't let go."

Qian Yu's eyes turned red suddenly, he turned his head to look at the coffin, choked speechlessly, and believed it.

When he came out, Cang Ji bumped into Jing Lin, put his chest on half of his shoulder, and whispered, "Didn't you say that Zuo Qingzhou left early?"

"Yeah." Jing Lin said, "Not bad."

Cang Ji looked at his calm eyebrows, said "ah", and said, "You lie to him."

"Yes." Jing Lin said.

"Tell him what to do." Cang Ji said, "If he can't find it, wouldn't it be more painful than not looking for it?"

"Didn't you say that?" Jing Lin raised his head, "Don't let him forget Zuo Qingzhou, since he doesn't forget, let's remember until he dies."

"No." Cang Ji relied on his height to block Jing Lin's way, and said, "You see that the sage Yi Ning has been investigated in this case, and he is afraid that he will be silenced if he is involved in the follow-up. So, this case is indeed related to Jiu Tian. People in the environment?"

Jing Lin barely moved the corners of her lips.He saw that the rain would never stop, so he stood side by side with Cang Ji under the eaves, pondered for a while, and said: "In the brothel, Liu Chengde released a gatekeeper to stop you, right?"

"The Horse Whip God." Cang Ji said, "It tastes like paper."

Jing Lin looked at him unbearably, and said, "Have you eaten?"

Cang Ji felt that something was wrong, and answered after deliberation: "...After eating half of it, I vomited it out again."

"That's indeed paper." Jing Lin thought for a while, then calmly patted Cang Ji's back shoulder, silently reassuring.

Cang Ji's complexion changed, and he said, "Paper?!"

"That's the art of drawing magic." Jing Lin raised his hand as he spoke, and painted Cang Ji in the air, "Infuse the pen and ink with the spirit, and the drawing survives. Those who are powerful in the Nine Heavens Realm can draw things off paper. Drunk mountain monks can't, but Dongjun can."

The blue light swam with Jing Lin's fingertips, and a fat carp suddenly appeared between the rain curtains.The carp jumped into the rain with a "plop", swam a few times in mid-air, and turned into green light and scattered.

"In other words." Cang Ji leaned on the pillar and looked down at Jing Lin, "Only the emperor can draw things off the paper, but the horsewhip god that day was covered on the paper."

"This is where the mystery comes from." Jing Lin said, "Even if it is painting objects, not everyone can draw so exquisitely. Above the Nine Heavens, there are not many people with this skill in painting."

"Since that demon is your brother, could it be that he can't draw it?"

"Brother Tao has been naughty since he was a child." Jing Lin paused for Cang Ji, and said, "Except for the most exquisite painting of the old turtle, the rest are all painting cats into mice, wolves into rabbits. Such fine to armor patterns are all available The door god, even if he lives another 500 years, he may not be able to draw it."

Cang Ji looked at the rain and said, "Sure enough, the Nine Heavens Realm will be involved."

"Not only that, but we know more."

"for example?"

Jing Lin wiped off the splashed raindrops on the back of his hand, and said: "As far as I know, there is only one person who can draw to this extent."

Cang Ji said: "Yining sage?"

Jing Lin didn't answer, but said: "The Drunken Mountain Monk hasn't shown up for a few days, I really miss him."

"Are you missing the drunk mountain monk, or are you missing his uprightness?" Cang Ji laughed inexplicably, "It seems that we, Jing Lin, will also be blind for a while."

Jing Lin hugged his shoulders and said, "I'm not familiar with him at all."

Cang Ji imitated: "Who said swearingly, 'I don't believe in Le Yan, but I believe in Yining'? No old acquaintances are reliable." He patted his strong arm to show his magnanimity and let the past go.

Jing Lin kicked his calf, Cang Ji backed away.Jing Lin went one step further, kicking was kicking, but Cang Ji's upper body was stretched out and pulled into the crook of his arm.With a loose shirt and a hood over his head, he walked into the rain with Jing Lin.

After a few steps, Jing Lin said, "...there is an umbrella."

Cang Ji looked at Ye Yu, and said to Jing Lin: "It takes a few steps." He paused for a moment, and said, "This way, it looks like you have the same smell. There is me in you, and you in me. Hurry up and squeeze the fox out." The incense on my body, I smell the best."

Jing Lin stabbed him halfway up with an umbrella, and opened the plain paper umbrella with a "bang".