Nocturnal

"I have read the report, and I have some disagreements with the final inference."

There was a silence in the meeting room, and everyone looked up at the first old man with a solemn face.The old man's surname was Hu, and he was not from the "Special Affairs Section", but a consultant specially hired by their director, who would only show up when serious cases occurred.Not to mention newcomers like Qin Mochi and Li Yedu, even Qu Zhi Yuqing and others rarely had the chance to meet him.

Qu Zhi sat in the last row of the conference room with his team members, taking notes in a serious manner. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Qin Mochi and Li Yedu whispering together, and couldn't help kicking each of them under the table. .

Li Yedu, "..."

Qin Mochi, "..."

Qin Mochi is asking Li Yedu about the old man's background.Li Yedu said that he had met this old Hu once when he was running around with Zhu Quan.Qin Mochi is wondering whether this pious old guy is loyal or traitor... He is deeply influenced by the "Eternal Ming School" and Hai Yunsheng, and now he has a suspicious attitude towards everyone who has contacted Zhu Quan.

Qu Zhi lowered his voice and said: "Mr. Hu was born in an orthodox Taoist school, and his cultivation is quite deep. How many people want to see him can't see him at all." The implication is, you two ignorant bastards, don't embarrass me here .

Qin Mochi immediately straightened his back, but Li Yedu was unhappy that his ongoing conversation was interrupted.He was able to do odd jobs in the "Special Affairs Department" purely to take care of Qin Mochi nearby.He is just a reserve soldier, so what does it matter to him whether the work report of the "Special Affairs Section" can win the praise of the boss?Besides, the old man knew Zhu Quan, and he was also afraid of being tossed about by Zhu Quan. He always felt that those who knew Zhu Quan were not likely to be good people - from this point of view, his brain circuit and Qin Mochi's were quite consistent.

Qin Mochi watched the old man talking eloquently, but stretched out a hand, and wrote quietly in Li Yedu's palm: wait and see what happens, and listen to what he has to say first.

Li Yedu nodded and sat down obediently.

Qu Zhi turned his head contemptuously, thinking to himself that this loyal dog look is really blinding.

Mr. Hu coughed softly, and the director next to him hurriedly took the teacup politely.Mr. Hu took two sips of water, looked up and said: "The report said that Tianquan and Tianji had shifted at that time, and this shift caused a time difference, so Zhu Quan's plan was to go back to before he and Zhu Di raised troops, but when he When I walked into the formation, the time had already shifted to after Zhu Di ascended the throne." When Mr. Hu said this, he glanced at Li Yedu who was sitting in the corner of the meeting room intentionally or unintentionally.

Hu Lao and Zhu Quan are both practitioners, so they naturally know each other.Li Yedu, as Zhu Quan's young apprentice, used to run around with him, and he was not familiar with Mr. Hu, but he was familiar.But the old saying is reasonable, knowing people, knowing faces but not knowing the heart, he can't imagine that Zhu Quan would do that kind of thing to the apprentice he raised with his own hands.No wonder the young man is young, no matter who he looks at, there is a bit of fierce guard in his eyes.

Seeing everyone staring at him, Li Yedu nodded slightly displeased.The work report was indeed written by him, and the age of Zhu Quan's random wearing was also estimated by him.The old guy didn't seem to have any malice when he looked at him now.

Mr. Hu's attitude is very kind. In his eyes, Li Yedu is still a child.It is normal for children to have some stressful reactions when they are frightened and wronged.Mr. Hu's gaze stayed on Li Yedu's face for a while, and he even smiled when he moved away, "Everyone guessed that the 'Seven Palaces' is a formation that can communicate time and space. But how is the so-called time and space defined?" What about the coordinates? We don’t know this point, if time can produce deviations, will the spatial position also produce deviations?”

Everyone in the meeting room showed expressions of thought.Qin Mochi was also confused. The deviation means that Zhu Quan returned at the wrong time, so what is the spatial location?

"The word 'virtual realm' was used in the report," Mr. Hu said, "this word is used very well. No one knows whether the scene in the formation that the witnesses saw is real, because there is no There is no way to prove it. Then, can we also guess that Zhu Quan did not go back to the real Ming Dynasty he lived in?"

There was a buzz of discussion in the meeting room, and everyone felt that his guess was too unbelievable.

"Just in case, we used arrays to protect several collection points before the operation. Judging from the data sent back from these collection points, the space we are in has not shifted..." Mr. Hu said with a smile: "That's why I guess that Zhu Quan didn't really go back."

Someone in the conference room asked in surprise, "Then where did he go?"

Mr. Hu shook his head, "Perhaps the seven weapons are just fictionalized scenes that he most desires to see, or another parallel space, or..." He paused, his gray eyebrows frowned slightly, "No There is another way of saying it, called mirror space?"

There was a buzzing discussion in the meeting room.

Qin Mochi and Li Yedu looked at each other in disbelief.If Mr. Hu's conjecture is true, then wouldn't Zhu Quan's troubles for hundreds of years be in vain?

"Of course, in this 'virtual realm' constructed by his mind, his wish is likely to come true," Qin Mochi said to Li Yedu in a low voice, "He has entered a time and space where he can't tell the truth from the fake. , and then show off their grand plans, and finally ascend to the throne of God and achieve supremacy... Oh, how do you say it is so funny?"

Li Yedu showed a helpless expression, "Do you think you are writing a novel?"

Qin Mochi added: "If the time and space he entered was entirely from his fantasy, then what is it to be an emperor? Maybe he will dominate the entire universe in the end."

Li Yedu, "..."

Whose brain hole is bigger?

"You don't need to call me at the next meeting." Li Yedu said to Qu Zhi wearily: "I wrote the report very clearly, and I don't want to hear his name again, and I don't want to know what's going on..."

Qu Zhi knew that he was talking about Zhu Quan, so he nodded in understanding.

Li Yedu greeted Qin Mochi, stood up and quietly slipped out through the back door of the meeting room.During this period of time, he was always in a state of confusion. Apart from arranging training for a few of them, Corey held endless meetings and made summaries, which left him with no time to be quiet.

Li Yedu walked out of the office building used by the "Special Affairs Section" as a cover, and walked aimlessly with his head down.Pedestrians and vehicles come and go on the street, and everyone is in a hurry. Only he stands in a corner of this bustling city, not knowing where he should go.

He always thought that the remote small courtyard in the corner of the Taoist temple in the depths of Lishan Mountain was his home, and there were his master and senior brother there, but everything that happened later made this cognition subverted sadly.It was not a home, but a cage that Zhu Quan used to raise chickens and ducks.Li Yedu didn't even dare to think how much of Zhu Quan's kindness to them was mixed with sincerity.

Li Yedu stood on the side of the street for a while, feeling a little confused gradually.

Pedestrians walked past him, like flowing water bypassing a stubborn stone in the middle of the river.Some people who were in a hurry felt that he was in the way standing there, and would unconsciously glance at him, showing a not-so-friendly look.

In the eyes of these strangers, I am actually a bit redundant...

Li Yedu subconsciously stepped aside.At this moment of turning sideways, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a very familiar figure.Li Yedu was stunned for a moment, and ran after him without even thinking about it.

Familiar figures quickly shuttled through the crowd, gradually moving away from the bustling streets.Li Yedu rushed out of the narrow alley, and saw the man standing by the flower bed across the street from a distance, and even waved at him.Before Li Yedu could react, he turned around again and walked into a popular-looking Sichuan restaurant behind him.

Li Yedu ran across the road in three steps and two steps, and before he entered the restaurant, he saw the man sitting at the table by the window, smiling at him through the glass window of the restaurant.

The same smile as before, tolerant, gentle, with a little tease.

Li Yedu's throat choked up.

"asshole……"

The bastard waved at him.

Li Yedu wanted to rush over to punch him, yell at him, grab his collar and question him...but in the end he just walked in with a gloomy face and sat down on the seat opposite him.

The man closed the menu and said to the waiter at the side, "I want these first... By the way, I will add a dry pot spicy chicken."

Li Yedu snorted.

The man pushed the water glass in front of him to him, and said with a smile: "Hey, the chrysanthemum tea is refreshing and refreshing. You must order it every time you eat Sichuan food."

Li Yedu gritted his teeth and looked at him, "What did you do? During this time..."

"What do you think I did?"

Li Yedu looked at his calm expression, and his eyes suddenly became hot, "Do you still regard me as a junior?"

Na Kun was silent for a moment.

The words have been spoken, and the anger and hesitation that Li Yedu has been suppressing in his heart for a long time seems to have found a breakthrough, and even the suppressed voice is full of pain that has never been experienced before, "You have known for a long time that Zhu Quan took senior brother What, you also know what Master raised me for, but you never said, not even a little hint, is it in your eyes that I am also a domestic animal raised in your yard?"

Na Kun raised his hand to pat his arm, but Li Yedu unceremoniously opened it.

"You've known Eldest Brother for so many years, and you just watched him die, that's the way to die... Then Kun, is your heart made of stone?"

Na Kun's expression changed, "When I knew Wu He, he had already..."

"It has been regarded as a furnace for warming weapons, so you can stand on the sidelines confidently? Without the slightest guilt?" Li Yedu sneered, "What about me? Does being with me have a sense of superiority over others? ?Like watching chickens and ducks being slaughtered in cages?"

Na Kun said angrily, "It's not like that!"

Li Yedu looked at him, knowing that there was a bit of envy and jealousy in the complicated feeling in his heart.Because only this person is regarded as an apprentice by Zhu Quan, and he can entrust him with what he is secretly doing-if there is something to do, the disciple will do his job.In Zhu Quan's deep-rooted old-fashioned concept, only such people who run errands for him without complaint or regret can be regarded as his true disciples.

Li Yedu struggled to calm down the anger in his heart.Or he has been waiting for such an opportunity, a chance to let him vent his anger, and then really make a clean break with the past.

"I previously……"

Li Yedu interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "There is no need to talk about your grievances and grievances with Zhu Quan. In my opinion, the concept of repaying your kindness you mentioned is ridiculous. Zhu Quan saved you , and then you throw away your conscience, put aside propriety, righteousness and shame, and commit murder for him wholeheartedly—you will really spoil the words "repaying for your kindness."

Na Kun lowered his head slightly, his face paled slightly.

"The 'Special Affairs Section' didn't arrest you because there was no clear evidence to prove that you participated in this incident." Li Yedu looked out the window, with a vague emotion in his eyes, and he was quickly suppressed again, " As for you and me... Ever since Zhu Quan killed Senior Brother, I no longer consider myself his apprentice. Of course, maybe he never regarded me as an apprentice."

Li Yedu stood up and looked at him as if looking at a stranger, "Na Kun, from now on we will return to the bridge and return to the road,"

"A'Du!" Nakun almost flipped over the stool next to his legs in panic, "A'Du, I never thought of you as... how I treated you in the past, you really can't see?"

Li Yedu turned his back to him and remained silent.In his heart, he was not only aggrieved by his own experience, but also unable to let go of Na Kun watching their elder brother die helplessly and humiliatingly in that way.Although he is not close to Wu He, he regards him as a family member in his bones. What he can't bear is that cruel things like fighting in the same room happen to him.

Li Yedu shook his head, "What does Master raise me for...you already know?"

Na Kun's body shook slightly, "He never said it clearly, although I guessed something, but I don't want to believe it is true." I couldn't believe it, so naturally I wouldn't go to Li Yedu to say these things. Unfounded words.In his subconscious mind, he would rather believe that all this is just his own overthinking.

"What about senior brother?"

"It was too late for me to know all of this," Na Kun said with a painful look on his face, "That thing was nourished in his body, and there is no way to peel it off..." Wu He's thin vitality was completely attached to the weapon. Regarding weapons, even if there is a way to take out the weapons, Wu He can't escape death.

But that doesn't excuse his silence.he knows.

"Let me ask you another question," Li Yedu asked without looking back, "What did you do?"

Na Kun knew what he was asking, and replied without hesitation: "300 years ago, in order to snatch the Tianxuan Spear and Yuheng Sword, I killed the two elders of the 'Qianjimen' for him, and finally provoked the cultivation It was a great battle between sects and demon cultivators. In this battle, the comprehension world suffered heavy casualties, and Master was a fisherman who benefited and collected two magic weapons in one go." He took a deep breath, "I have sinned deeply."

Li Yedu was shocked, "300 years ago?!"

It turns out that the unknown disaster in the legend was also caused by these seven weapons.

"You knew what he was planning then?"

A regretful look flashed in Na Kun's eyes, "I have a guess in my heart, but...but I'm not sure."

Li Yedu was silent.Didn't he never question Zhu Quan's behavior before the Changmingguan kidnapping incident broke out?What reason is there to accuse Na Kun?

Na Kun stared at his back, the trace of extravagant expectations in his heart slowly dissipated, Na Kun's mood calmed down a lot, "I'm leaving here the day after tomorrow, the reason why I want to see you is because I have a few words to say." tell you."

Li Yedu's heart trembled slightly.

Na Kun waited quietly for a moment, seeing him silent, his expression turned gloomy, "'Yipintang' will continue to operate, and you know the people inside, if there is anything they need to do, whether it is to employ people or For money, just go to the supervisor directly. I have already greeted them."

Li Yedu lowered his eyelids to hide the dazed look in his eyes.

Behind him, Na Kun's voice trembled slightly, "A'Du, believe it or not, I have always regarded you as my younger brother. This has never changed."

Li Yedu walked on the street for a long time, and when it got dark, he found himself downstairs at Qin Mochi's house.I don't know if it's because he has lived here for a long time, so he has formed a habit, or because there are people who make him miss him.

The phone rang.

Li Yedu answered the phone, imagining the calm face of the person on the other end of the phone, and his ups and downs gradually calmed down.

"Momo?"

"When are you coming back?"

"I'm downstairs." Li Yedu sat down by the flower bed, "I want to be quiet."

"not in a good mood?"

Li Yedu was silent for a moment, then said softly, "I saw Nakun."

"Oh," Qin Mochi asked, "What did he say?"

"It's nothing." In fact, before he had time to say anything, Li Yedu ran away.If he stayed any longer, he didn't know what he would do to Na Kun.

The crisp sound of porcelain colliding came from the phone, and Qin Mochi didn't know what he was doing.After a while, he said softly, "That Kun has done a lot for Zhu Quan?"

Li Yedu didn't say a word.Isn't this obvious?

Qin Mochi said again: "If Zhu Quan said: Go and kill so-and-so for me and snatch his treasure back. I guess even if that Kun has no brains, he would think it over carefully. But if he said: So-and-so is a murderer Thief, in order to rob a certain treasure and kill someone's family, you go to do justice for the heavens and clean up this disaster... If it were you, would you take it without hesitation based on the trust your master and apprentice have in Zhu Quan? Knife out?"

Li Yedu's mind was confused for a moment, "What do you want to say?"

"It's nothing." Qin Mochi said, "I just want to remind you that Kun is not mentally retarded."

Li Yedu, "..."

Qin Mochi asked again, "What about Kun?"

"He said he was going abroad."

Qin Mochi thought for a while, "It's also good, you brothers also need to calm down."

Li Yedu buried his face in his palms, feeling slightly regretful that he was too impatient just now.Maybe Nakun really has something inside to tell him...

"Stop thinking about it, go home quickly." The range hood hummed faintly from Qin Mochi's side, "I'm frying steak, come back and open a bottle of wine for me. "

Thoughts that had been depressed all the way, were distracted by Qin Mochi's interruption.Maybe he's right, they both need to cool off.

"Is it up?" Qin Mochi urged impatiently, "Dinner is about to be served."

Li Yedu stood up, looked up to the direction of the twelfth floor, and agreed with some helplessness, "Come up now. By the way, don't tell Qu Zhi and them about my encounter with the second senior brother."

Qin Mochi asked him innocently, "What second senior brother? Did you meet him? When?"

Li Yedu choked on him, then laughed, "It's nothing, I haven't met anyone. That's it."

"Move faster."

"I'm coming……"