Demolition

Regarding Boss Mo's deeds, even a well-informed crow like Ji Chuan couldn't help being amazed.

This Boss Mo was originally the head of a hundred households in Rongcheng, the northern country. There was a famine in the north one year, and the people were in dire straits. He took the opportunity to flee to the south with dozens of soldiers. Passing caravans make a living, but the government is strictly guarding against bandits, and within a few years this business cannot continue.Boss Mo began to study other methods, but he did not expect to be able to do so.

It is said that when he escaped back then, he brought out a secret from the Northern Army. There is a secret technique to control crows, but this method is very complicated and has not been well realized. By chance, Boss Mo actually succeeded.No one knew how he did what the Northland army failed to do, but one day the streets were suddenly plastered with evidence of corruption and bribery by the county magistrate who held Boss Mo's lair.The next magistrate also wanted to punish Boss Mo after he took office, but his third aunt's bellyband was hung on the stone lion in front of the magistrate's mansion.So far, the government no longer dared to provoke Boss Mo.

But not only the government, but even the famous families in the whole Xidi obediently made offerings to Boss Mo on a monthly basis, as if they were the local emperors of this area.Some people say it's because Boss Mo can always find what you fear most.

Boss Mo has been domineering for more than ten years. Unexpectedly, Zhang Qianren suddenly appeared half a year ago. This Master Zhang is extremely capable. After fighting Boss Mo for a few times, Boss Mo really died down.The fact that Boss Mo stumbled made the people in the city very excited, and Zhang Qianren also became a big devil who met people, murdered Buddhas, and Buddhas.

Lu Chen glanced at Ji Chuan, and the two got up and left tacitly. At this time, it was already dusk outside, and the curfew time was not far away.According to what I heard, I arrived in Hongcun before the curfew.The whole village was sunken like a bowl, with farmland in front, villages in the back, and towering trees around. The two found one of them and hid it in the crown of the tree.

"Is there really a way to control crows in this world?"

"The world's great wonders."

If crows can be controlled, can the war between humans and crows be stopped?Lu Chen thought to himself.

"What is the little boy thinking?"

"I'm thinking..." Lu Chen hesitated, a vague consciousness swirled in his mind. Is it too crazy to control crows? What about controlling crows?

"It's nothing."

"Actually, it doesn't matter, controlling crows or something."

"kindness?"

"People are also controlled. They obviously have everything in their minds, but they have to live according to other people's wishes."

"It's not like that..."

"Haha, one prospers and one loses, and many things cannot be avoided by standing aside."

Lu Chen was silent, but Shen Jichuan talked about something else

"Young master, do you think that the North Congress will let the deserter go so easily? A deserter who stole an important secret."

That's right, Lu Chen had a flash of inspiration. If Boss Mo escaped from the army as he said, how could he make such trouble in the south.

"Is he not a deserter?"

"No, it's also possible that he really stole something good."

Ji Chuan gave Lu Chen a meaningful look, "Young master, think about it, where is the safest place when you are being hunted down by the enemy."

Lu Chen was surprised, but Shen Jichuan nodded

"An enemy's enemy is an ally, and interest is what brings the two sides together more than anything else."

"You mean Boss Mo exchanged the stolen things for his own safety?"

"But that alliance was replaced by a larger interest half a year ago."

Zhang Qianren is the one who will replace him.

"Does the young master have any impression of this person?"

Lu Chen shook his head.If that guy was right, Zhang Qianren could only be sent to Yin Xiao Tower, but Lu Chen had never heard of the Zhang family, a Huizhou merchant.Either Zhang Qianren changed his name, or there is still a place to train crow destroyers.

"If this Zhang Qianren is more capable than Boss Mo, then they should not be a master."

"But why do both of you have to come here?"

"Young master, think about yourself and Jiang Ye."

They are looking for something.

What is there in Xidi that is worth such a big fight?

"This thing is probably the secret of Boss Mo's success, and it has a more secret role. Zhang Qianren knew it, so he wanted to grab it. Boss Mo wanted to know and had to stick to it."

While speaking, the sky was getting darker, and the surroundings were completely integrated with the night, and everything was silent, as if something was conceived in the darkness, and there were wild beasts hiding in unknown corners.Ji Chuan suddenly felt cold fingers grabbing his wrist, and just as he opened his mouth, he was stuffed with a pill. The touch of his fingers remained on the tip of his tongue, and bitterness and stability spread at the same time.

With a tightening of his wrist, Ji Chuan immediately became extremely alert.The fluttering sound gradually became clearer, and they couldn't see anything, they could only hear a group of crows swooping into the field, making a muffled sound, like a knife piercing into the flesh, '噗嗤', '噗嗤', the bloody smell quickly dissipated, and the flesh and blood spattered everywhere The sound of bones being snapped was harsh in the silence. Not far away, there seemed to be a glutton waiting for its food with its mouth wide open, while the crows flocked to death one after another without knowing what was in front of them.

Even Lu Chen felt cruel, he turned his head and glanced at Shen Jichuan, the other's expression was hidden in the darkness, Lu Chen unconsciously grabbed his hand, but was held back.

When the movement subsided, a strange scene appeared in front of my eyes. Several white silver spots floated out of the corpses, as if they were summoned by something, and gathered in one direction. Lu Chen slid down from the tree neatly, walking like flying towards Running to the same place.

The two didn't dare to show up rashly. Lu Chen jumped on the spot, put his feet on the turning wall and hung himself under the corridor. He crawled forward with his elbows bent, nimbly like a snake, and Ji Chuan was not bad either. The seemingly tall body is not aggrieved in the small space.Lu Chen took out a paper crane and made a trick. The paper crane flew in along the window, and the voice in the room came out clearly.

"Have it?"

"Go back to my lord, I didn't find it."

'啪啦', something was knocked to the ground, obviously the answer was unsatisfactory.

"Impossible, it must be here. Where are the crows left?"

"All the crows in a radius of a hundred miles have been found, and there are only a few scattered crows left. They must not be successful."

"Could it be that there's something else that Beijiazi is hiding from us?"

"Hmph, it seems that I still feel that my life is too easy. If I don't skin him alive, I, Zhang Qianren, won't be in vain."

"Okay, the most complete thing on his body is his tongue, are you going to cut off his tongue too?"

"If you don't tell the truth, what's the use of keeping it."

"It's not that he didn't say it, but we really didn't find it."

"In the past few months, the people under me have almost turned over the mountain. I didn't see any lake at all. I even drained the pond and looked at it."

"I see him talking nonsense and delaying time."

"The time Mr. Qi ordered is coming soon, you might as well think about whether you can keep your tongue."

This is a voice that did not appear just now. This sentence is very important, and everyone immediately fell silent. After a while, someone said sharply

"I'll interrogate him again tonight."

Lu Chen silently analyzed that Boss Mo should have been arrested by this group of people and told them the secret, but they still couldn't find him.It took so much effort to find the golden elixir, so what is the golden elixir?This Mr. Qi should be their mastermind behind the scenes, what is the origin?Lu Chen called the paper crane back, and the little piece of paper flipped with his fingers and turned into a vivid villain again. The villain crawled in from the old place and quietly stuck to the shoe rack of the person who wanted to cut off Boss Mo's tongue just now. .Ji Chuan couldn't take his eyes off, but Lu Chen was a little embarrassed, and explained in his ear

"Be frugal when you're away from home."

The people in the room were silent, and after a while, there was the sound of pushing and pulling tables and chairs, and everyone filed out.Lu Chen's attention was on one of them. He was wearing a hood, but his figure had a sense of familiarity.Lu Chen felt that he knew this person, but he didn't hear the familiar voice just now.The group quickly disappeared into the darkness, and Lu Chen waited for a while before jumping off the beam.

Ji Chuan saw him raise his hand, closed his eyes and recited the mantra silently, the air around him suddenly flowed, Ji Chuan felt a gust of wind blowing past his waist, and some bright spots appeared around him, and those bright spots flickered a few times It went out, and the wind came and went several times, but no light appeared again.

Lu Chen frowned and opened his eyes

"what happened?"

"They were not sent by Yinxiao Tower."

Zhang Qianren is not from the Yin Xiao Building, so where did he learn the skill of dismantling crows?The south is different from the north, the management of the crow breakers is very strict, and even family heirlooms will be registered.Could it be that he is from the Northern Department?Why do the people from the North Country want to join in the fun?

"Then what do we do now?"

"Wait."

Waiting to find the whereabouts of Boss Mo.

The two did not stay in the yard, but sat outside on the field ridge, the smell of death still in the air.

Sealing magic power, taking pills, and dismantling crows, the level of cruelty increases step by step.If dismantling crows involves their own safety, so no one dares to do it, then taking pills is because it is too cruel and few people get involved.Slaughtering a life just to get a useless thing sounds like an excuse for killing.Lu Chen was a little depressed. The most he had been in contact with was the magical power of sealing. The crows turned into ordinary animals. Even if they were reintroduced, they would not be unable to survive. However, because they were afraid that they would do evil again, they would be locked up in the Xiaolou Tower. .After Lu Chen took office as Executive Jinwu, he seldom even took care of this aspect himself.

In fact, the crows and the Southern court had always been in a delicate balance. Unless the crows took the initiative to attack, Yinxiaolou would rarely catch crows, and would even interrogate the crows that were captured, not to mention killing them casually.

What exactly is Jindan?Why do these people kill so many crows to find it?

"Little Master, have you seen my loyal servants?" Shen Jichuan lay half on the side, but he had nothing to say about the tragic death of his own kind.

"Um... I've seen one." Lu Chen's train of thought was interrupted, and those eyes flashed in his mind.

"Did he say anything?"

"No, he didn't change back to his original body. I didn't know it at first. I put a spell on him, but the medicine backfired and he died."

After a moment of silence, Lu Chen added

"sorry."

"Ha, what's your apology, young master? You didn't inflict the poison. Besides, if you killed him, he might still be grateful to you."

This is true, if I know that I will become a long-haired beast immediately, it would be better to stop it once and for all, but I can't say this.

"It's a pity for those people, they are all top masters."

"Why did your uncle poison you? Why did they desperately send you...to the south."

"Ah, why?"

Lu Chen felt that Shen Jichuan's tone was a bit strange, as if he was thinking of something funny.

"Because of greed."

"what?"

"Because I want everything, my uncle wants to poison me, so I want to come to the young master."

"...Didn't you say you came to protect me?"

"Isn't that also a kind of greed? Young master, I'm just a crow, but I still want to protect you, and I'm overestimated."

"No, uh, you did, uh, protect me." Lu Chen said awkwardly

"Is the young master comforting me?" Ji Chuanqi asked.

Lu Chen felt Hao Ran even more, and Ji Chuan smiled lightly.

"My adoptive father, well, he is also a crow. He has always taught me that people and crows are equal to all life in the world. I have always believed in it. Later, my uncle discovered the place where I lived, and he dissected a hundred square meters. The inner alchemy with tens of thousands of crows in it threw a large amount of poison to my three thousand guards, just to force me to show up. At that time, I understood that all living beings are not equal, and vicious people live better, without any scruples, And no guilt."

"But you, well, you are a very good crow, you will repay your kindness."

"Ha, that's because I have always accepted this kind of thinking. Even if I know that living like this is very hard, I can only live by inertia."

Lu Chen thought about it

"No matter what, victory is always on the side of justice. If you do unrighteous actions, you will die."

"Justice? What is justice? For humans, crows must not be justice."

"But didn't you say that there is no difference to you between a man and a crow?"

"Young master, do you always remember what others have said?" Shen Jichuan avoided answering, and asked Lu Chen instead. Lu Chen realized that he was being teased, and turned his head in embarrassment.Ji Chuan sighed lightly.

"He raised you well."

"What did you say?"

"I said Engong must be very proud of you."

Lu Chen was silent for a while, then whispered

"He won't."

"Why do you say that."

Lu Chen didn't know how to answer, maybe he wouldn't blame him.Lu Jie was only nine years old when he died, and he had only seen the words "family ruined and dead" in books, so he would never have thought that it would happen to him overnight.Lu Jie is a real "living in the temple is high, worrying about the people". He was born in Yinxiao Tower but ended up as a prime minister. He never forgets his job if he is under one person and above ten thousand people. He was called "Xiezhi" when he was alive. He was dismissed and died, and the Dingfeng Pavilion of Yinxiao Tower did not remove his portrait.He is one of the most powerful crow crackers in the world, and one of the few crack crackers who can get rid of the control of Yin Xiaolou. There are even rumors that he once cracked crows.

But he has no chance to know these, and he can't achieve the height of his father.

"Young master?" Ji Chuan called out tentatively, thinking that it touched on his sadness

"My father is a good official for the country and the people."

"That's natural."

"I can't do what he does."

"Why do you have to do it, you can do what you want to do, don't you?"

I just want to avenge my family, and even the identity of the Crowman is a helpless choice. I am not worthy of holding this Taiyi Xuanmen sword.Lu Chen was a little frustrated, he took a deep breath

"What choices did my father make?"

"what?"

"Choices that keep you alive."

"Benefactor, he didn't kill my mother." Ji Chuan glanced at Lu Chen's puzzled expression, "My mother was a crow, and she was very weak when she was pregnant with me, but your father let her go."

"why?"

"My father begged him."

"Isn't your father, doesn't he deny you?"

"If he doesn't recognize me, he can't recognize me. Maybe he wants to recognize me, but I don't know. He died before I was born, and my mother died before I can remember. I don't know much about it."

"Did your adoptive father send you to come to me?"

"kindness."

Lu Chen didn't understand this relationship. Isn't Shen Jichuan's adoptive father also a crow? How could he know that his father knew about him?

"Eun Gong should have written a letter to my adoptive father before the accident."

Lu Chen turned around

"What letter? What was written in it?"

Ji Chuan shook his head, "It only says that you will be in danger, let me repay him at a critical time."

"At that time, am I in danger?"

"At that time, I didn't know anything about you, and I didn't have any news about you. I looked for you everywhere, and only later did I find out that you have been kept in..."

Lu Chen glared at Ji Chuan, and Ji Chuan quickly changed the subject

"In recent years, the crow and the people have not been at peace. I dare not look for you rashly. It was not until my uncle hunted me down that I took this opportunity to come to the south."

Lu Chen didn't allow him to cover up, and asked

"You know Sakura Yuanzhi!"

"It turns out his name is Ying Yuanzhi." Ji Chuan nodded, Lu Chen was depressed, even if Shen Jichuan found him early, so what, do he really want to live with a group of crows?Shen Jichuan saw his depression, grabbed his arm and said

"Actually, the past is the past. Don't worry about it, young master. It's more important now, isn't it?"

Lu Chen powerlessly refuted

"Then tell me what the golden core is for."

Ji Chuan secretly thought that the young master was too cunning to use the trick of pretending to be pitiful, but he still explained

"The inner alchemy is a tool for crows to communicate. If the inner alchemy can summon nearby crows with a special method, the more powerful the magic power of the crow inner alchemy will be, the stronger and more realistic the summoning will be. The golden alchemy is probably the most powerful inner alchemy. " He added, "I've never seen a golden alchemy, even a very powerful crow is just an ordinary inner alchemy, it's just like human beings speaking and writing, just in a different way, there is no difference, you can hear Who can turn stones into gold if they write well?"