treacherous world

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang arrived at Bao Zheng's study, they were surprised to find Dead Ye sitting there frowning, beside him, Tian Zun and Yin Hou sat on the left and right.Yinhou was drinking tea, and Tianzun was tasting the bitter bamboo shoot paste that Gongsun gave him with his chin resting on his chin.This bitter bamboo sticker is the real thing, Gongsun got it by chance once, because he liked calligraphy and painting since he was a child, and he has a unique vision, so he has found a lot of good things, and now he gave the bitter bamboo sticker to Tianzun, which is also regarded as a reward The apology for lying to him just now made the old man's eyes narrowed because of his beauty.

Bai Yutang saw it, and secretly raised an eyebrow at Zhan Zhao, which means - there is something real!

Zhan Zhao walked up to Yin Hou, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you catch the dead leaves?"

"What dead leaves, didn't I say he looked familiar the other day, because I met his elder brother." Yin Hou pointed to the withered leaves, "His elder brother is called Cen Li, and he is a child of mine. He was quite fond of drinking once. Temper."

Zhan Zhao frowned, thinking how old is Yin Hou, no matter how old Withered Leaf's elder brother is, how could he become friends with Yin Hou?And looking at it like that, it seems that Tianzun also knows it.

"Who is Cen Li?" Bai Yutang asked.

Tianzun poked himself, "My apprentice."

Everyone was stunned for a moment, then opened their eyes wide to look at Tianzun.

Bai Yutang frowned, "How many apprentices do you have?"

Tianzun smiled, carefully rolled up the bitter bamboo shoots and hid them in the brocade box, and waved to Bai Yutang, "Look at your child who is still jealous, isn't it you who loves me the most as a teacher?"

Bai Yutang got goosebumps all over his body, "You also took the blood Amitabha, and this time another Cen Li appeared..."

Tianzun held his chin and thought for a while, "Well...Actually, I can't be regarded as an apprentice completely. I wanted to confiscate the harvest, but then I went crazy and died. It would be nice if I was still alive."

"Crazy?" Zhan Zhao wondered.

"I've seen Cen Li back then." Yin Hou held the cup, "A good-looking talent in his teens, with two little children by his side, but the age difference is not much. The one at the time was him, and I remember the name of the younger one. , especially easy to remember, called Cen Jing." He said, pointing to the dead leaves.

As soon as Yin Hou's words came out, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang froze at the same time, then suddenly raised their heads, "Cen Jing!"

Yinhou and Tianzun looked at them in puzzlement, why were they suddenly surprised?

Zhan Zhao looked back at Bai Yutang, "Does it sound familiar?"

Bai Yutang nodded, a problem that both of them had been troubled by for the past few days was finally solved... The man in black that they met in the ruined temple that day was called Cen Jing!By the way, Shen Yuqing seemed to be called by this name that day.

Dead Leaf looked up at Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, seemingly puzzled.

Bai Yutang stared at him for a long time, "It doesn't seem like he looks alike."

Withered Ye lowered her head and sneered, "You may not know what I look like."

Bai Yutang didn't speak anymore, it's also...

Zhan Zhao frowned, the dead leaf was nagging, and seemed to have some interest in Bai Yutang.

"Cen Jing, Cen Li, what is the real name of the dead leaf?" Gongsun asked Tianzun.

"Hmm..." Tianzun poked at the dead leaves, "What's your name?"

The dead leaves were silent.

Yin Hou thought for a while, "Farewell, Cen?"

Withered Leaf frowned slightly, but said nothing.

"Have you ever parted?" Zhao Pu read aloud, and felt that the name was quite good, but he didn't know what new clues the three brothers had.

"Cen Li is a once-in-a-century genius." Tianzun said in a low voice, "He has a pair of special eyes, and he is the only descendant of the Ghost Fox Cen family."

"Ghost Fox Cen's family?" Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang frowned—is there such a person in Jianghu?

When everyone was clueless, Gongsun seemed to understand something, "Ah! I've read about the ghost fox Cen's family, it's in the book!"

"The Ghost Fox Cen family is a family highly respected by the former emperor." Bao Zheng said in a low voice, "The Cen family is good at deduction and calculation. The reason why it is named Ghost Fox is because the head of the Cen family has a pair of eyes that can emit green light at night, and the face is relatively thin, so it was once considered to be the reincarnation of the fox. It reached the point where people had to wonder if it was the reincarnation of the demon fox. After the Chai family was destroyed, the late emperor began to strangle all the members of the Cen family. First, he burned all the family members of the Chai family, and then hunted and killed the relatives and friends of the Cen family. All the people with the surname Cen have changed their names one after another, so as not to get into trouble."

"Then Cen Li and Cen Jing are also descendants of the Cen family?" Bai Yutang was puzzled, "But this happened more than a hundred years ago, why are there still green-eyed people alive?"

Yin Hou looked at Tianzun.

Tianzun sighed, "Green eyes are not born with you, but formed the day after tomorrow."

Everyone was surprised.

"To be exact, it's a generational rotation." Tianzun looked at the dead leaves, "If the previous generation's leader is dead, then the candidate for the next generation's leader in his mind will have a pair of green eyes and the ability to capture souls. By analogy, it will continue to reproduce from generation to generation...Of course, it's just a legend."

"Cen Li has such eyes." Tianzun said, "Back then he was hunted down by many parties and hid in Tibet with his two younger brothers. I happened to rescue three of them and hid them in the valley behind the Tianshan School. , by the way, give Cen Li some work."

Bai Yutang was surprised, and there was such a paragraph... Shouldn't the dead leaves recognize Tianzun?

Tianzun looked at the dead leaves, "You can't remember, it's normal."

"Why?" Zhan Zhao was curious.

"They were still children, and Cen Li was afraid that it would be too hard for them to hide and hide all day long, so he used some soul-hunting techniques to make them think that they were just playing hide-and-seek in the compound, saying that even if they died suddenly, they would die as quickly as possible. There is no pain." Tianzun held his chin, "Oh, it's a pity, he is a very good child."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other - he is a good brother, but...

"That green-eyed person just now is Cen Jing?" Bai Yutang asked.

"No."

At this moment, Dead Leaf suddenly spoke.

Everyone looked at him, did he really admit it?

"Cen Jing doesn't have tattoos on his face, what's the matter with the tattoo on your face?" Bai Yutang looked at the half-covered face of the dead leaf, "Also, why did you kill Guo's bodyguards back then? Why do you want to help Zhao Cong now? ?”

Withered Leaf slowly raised her head to look at Bai Yutang, "Why aren't you affected by the soul-stirring technique?"

Bai Yutang didn't speak, he still wanted to know.

But Tianzun and Yinhou were slightly taken aback... A trace of doubt flashed in Tianzun's eyes, and then he looked at his apprentice.

"No one can escape, why?" Dead Leaf seemed very puzzled.

Just as he was thinking, Zhan Zhao asked him, "You haven't answered the question just now, why did you kill Guo's family, and... why did you follow Zhao Cong?"

Before Dead Leaf could speak, Yinhou and Tianzun looked out the window at the same time, and Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao also sensed that someone was coming.

Only a carefree voice came, "Don't ask him, ask me, he doesn't remember as much as I do."

Zhao Pu who was standing at the door opened the door and saw a man in black standing in the yard.This person was tall and thin, with short hair, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang recognized him at a glance - it was the man in black in the ruined temple that day - Cen Jing.

As soon as Cen Jing fell into the courtyard, Ziying and others also arrived. They just let him in on purpose. The surrounding area of ​​Kaifeng Mansion was airtight, and Cen Jing could easily come in. It was entirely because the shadow guards thought it would be easier to let him in.

Along with Cen Jing, there were several men in black, who seemed to be protecting him.Cen Jing waved his hand, signaling for everyone to back down, and then walked in generously, knelt down beside Tianzun and Yinhou and saluted them first, "Tianzun, Yinhou, I haven't seen you for many years, how are you two elders?"

Tianzun nodded, and Yin Hou also looked at him. He was indeed one of Cen Li's little followers who was unreasonable, small and smelly.

Zhan Zhao lightly touched Bai Yutang, motioning him—look!

Bai Yutang had noticed a long time ago that Zhan Zhao was letting himself look at Cen Jing's eyes—even though there was interference from the lights in the room, he could still see that Cen Jing's pupils were green with a green, lustrous luster ... This layer of luster is very natural, it's hard to notice if you don't look carefully, it's not obtrusive!

The so-called not being afraid of ignorance, but afraid of comparing goods, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao suddenly felt that this green-eyed person seemed to be different from the green-eyed person they had seen before.

"Can you see clearly?" Cen Jing looked at Zhan Zhao and smiled slightly, "You should be very familiar with it."

Zhan Zhao was stunned, then frowned.

Indeed, he had seen green eyes a few times, but that time when he was in the prison with the fourth son, he had a illusory feeling when he saw those eyes, and he didn't feel uncomfortable afterwards, could it be...

"It was you that day?" Zhan Zhao was surprised, the consciousness he lost for a while was caused by Cen Jing.

"Yeah." Cen Jing nodded, and saw Bai Yutang's face turn cold in an instant, and quickly stretched out his hand, "I didn't touch him and that little fat man, I just took the Eighth Prince away, otherwise, the Eighth Prince was not Killing Zhan Zhao is suicide, it's no small matter."

Yin Hou didn't quite understand, he was puzzled, "When? Where?"

Everyone tacitly kept their mouths shut and prepared to skip this paragraph, lest Yin Hou find out that Zhan Zhao had been imprisoned before, and that would be the end of it.

"So..." Zhao Pu helped to change the subject, "There are two people with green eyes who can instil the soul again?"

"There are two descendants of the Cen family?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"There can't be two heirs of the Cen family." Cen Jing whispered, "The other one is a fake."

"Counterfeiting?" Bao Zheng felt strange, "How can you pretend to be so talented?"

"It's exactly the same as the so-called Nightmare Chaotic Imperial City back then." Cen Jing sneered, "Does your lord know why the late emperor wanted to destroy the Cen family?"

"Is it because of this ability?" Bao Zheng asked.

"The first emperor is so shrewd. My Cen family didn't say to be loyal to the Chai family. It's the same to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. Originally, we continued to stay in office." Cen Jing frowned, "It's just a side issue. Mouren, messed up the world! It caused countless deaths and injuries in the palace, so we were also treated as monsters, and our family was exterminated. The eldest brother and we are both posthumous children. We followed the tribe to avoid hunting and killing since we were young, and gradually our family members died. Only the eldest brother led us to flee here and there, but we were still chased and killed... In the end, if Tianzun hadn't kindly taken us in, he might have been arrested, and his eyes were gouged out for research.

Everyone frowned upon hearing this.

"So, it's not the royal family who arrested you, but the fake green-eyed man?" Zhan Zhao recalled the young master he met just now, and couldn't help asking, "Who is the young master?"

Cen Jing shook his head, "Only one person may know."

"Zhao Cong?" Bai Yutang asked.

Everyone also frowned—is that why Withered Leaf worked as an undercover agent beside Zhao Cong?

"Back then, you asked the fourth son, which is more important, revenge or repayment... you want to get revenge on that green-eyed man?" Zhan Zhao asked Dead Leaf.

Withered Ye frowned and glanced at Zhan Zhao, with a complicated expression, she turned her head and ignored him.

Zhan Zhaoxin said why the dead leaves are so weird, as if they have a grudge against him.

Yin Hou saw it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and pouted at Zhan Zhao, motioning him to look at Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao looked over in the blink of an eye, and saw Bai Yutang was holding the cup, thinking in a daze, and then looking at the dead leaves... His eyes almost fell on Bai Yutang.

Zhan Zhao curled his lips—a rat that attracts bees and butterflies!

Bai Yutang felt a jolt, looked up at Zhan Zhao, and saw that the cat was looking at him with squinted eyes, as if he had some objections in his eyes.

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao dumbfounded, did he make trouble again?

"Killing so many people for revenge?" Bao Zheng looked at the dead leaves, "That's also unforgivable."

Dead Leaf said indifferently, "I didn't ask for forgiveness, nor did I ask for a good death, it's just a matter of dying sooner or later."

Everyone looked at him, he was young and had a gloomy and ruthless personality, it was difficult to see through his mind.

Withered Ye finished speaking and stood up, "I want to go back to Zhao Cong's side."

Everyone looked at Bao Zheng, as if asking for an opinion—whether to keep him, or...

Bao Zheng was also in a bit of a dilemma. Withered leaves staying by Zhao Cong's side was the best chance to find the "elder young master" behind the scenes. If he was caught, it would be a failure.

Therefore, everyone did not stop, and the dead leaves did not stop, and walked out quickly.

Seeing him walking out, Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao were a little puzzled. It would be understandable to say that he became weird because of a catastrophe, but Dead Leaf seemed to be hiding something.In order to get revenge, he did not hesitate to kill the whole family of Guo's bodyguards, as well as the countless Jiang Hu people he had killed as killers... Most of them are innocent!Why so cruel?

"You don't have to blame him." Cen Jing said in a low voice, "Sometimes human life is as cheap as paper, and such things as extraordinary talents are simply more terrible than disasters. It is a blessing that cannot be expected."

Everyone frowned and said nothing, the past was like smoke, it was difficult to pursue and did not want to pursue it, no matter what kind of past it was, it must be extremely miserable, that's why they were so resentful.The top priority is to catch the real culprit with green eyes and stop this disaster.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang, "Yutang, about that small building..."

"That's right." Bai Yutang nodded, remembering what he had just said to Zhan Zhao.

"What small building?" Bao Zheng was puzzled.

"The building in the Eighth Prince's Mansion..." Bai Yutang said, "It's called Wulou."

Everyone has never heard of it, "Fog?"

"I saw this kind of blueprint when I was young, and my fifth aunt told me about it." Bai Yutang took out the blueprint and put it on the table, showing it to Bao Zheng and Zhao Pu.

"This building is the strongest mechanism, and no one has ever built it before." Bai Yutang continued, "If the building in the Eight Princes' Mansion is not just a pretense but has been completely completed, then the Kaifeng Mansion will definitely be turned into a building." Purgatory on earth."

Bao Zheng's heart trembled, he had been sleepless for the past few days and nights and always had some bad premonitions, could it... come true?

……

Withered Ye lowered her head and walked quickly out of the yard. Just as she turned around the porch, a small figure bumped into her with a "bang".

Withered Ye was taken aback, and subconsciously reached out to help the little baby who hit her calf just now.

A basket fell to the ground, and the oranges in it rolled all over the ground, round and yellow.

"oops."

It was Xiao Sizi who hit the dead leaf.He was chatting with Xiao Liang and Xiao Rui in the backyard just now, today Xiaoyu and the others bought Huangyan tangerines, which were very sweet, so he wanted to give some to Gongsun and the others, and Xiao Liang and Xiao Rui seemed to have a lot of old things between brothers to think about. Said, so he ran out.

He bumped into someone, he saw that his pants were black and thought he had bumped into Hei Ying, rubbed his forehead while picking up oranges, and chatted with Hei Hei, "Hei Hei, have you eaten yet?"

A hand reached out to help him pick up the oranges and put them into the basket. The fourth child reached out and took an orange and raised his face and handed it over, "Do you want to eat oranges?"

Looking up, I was stunned...

Withered Ye looked at the orange in Xiao Sizi's hand, and looked at herself in surprise.He didn't make a sound, turned around and walked forward.

The fourth son held the orange and watched him go out, inexplicably feeling that this man was so lonely, just like when he was picked up many years ago, like a big dog that was thrown away.

"Hey!"

When the dead leaf turned around, an orange was thrown head-on, so I quickly picked it up.

The fourth son looked at him with the basket in his hand, and muttered in a low voice, "The oranges are very sweet, please eat."

Withered Ye was slightly taken aback, and the fourth son puffed his cheeks and didn't know why he did this, this should be a bad person.But he couldn't figure it out, so he waved his hands at the dead leaves, turned around and ran into the yard.

Withered Ye stood in the yard holding the oranges and watched the little four run away, lowered his head, put the oranges in his arms, walked out of the gate of Kaifeng Mansion, and walked into the dark alleys.