treacherous world

At the gate of the palace, Zhao Pu welcomed the safe and sound Zhao Zhen and Concubine Pang.

Zhao Zhen entered the palace and ordered the demolition of the fog building in the Eighth Prince's Mansion first. On the other hand, the stoves in Jiang Hongyue's old house were also inspected one by one, and the mechanism was removed to take out the magic eye fruit inside.

Bai Yutang led the people to solve those traps with ease. Just like their previous analysis results, it was indeed just an illusion caused by the magic eye, and there was no danger.

In addition, there were some special circumstances this time - Zhan Zhao was not affected!Neither dizziness nor hallucinations.As for whether the blood from Bai Yutang just now is still effective, or whether it is caused by changes in the eyes, it is not known.

Next, Zhan Zhao took people to capture Zhao Cong.

The Eighth Prince was very anxious, because not long after Zhao Cong disappeared, Princess Chai also disappeared.However, Zhan Zhao reassured him that Princess Chai and Zhao Cong were together, and they were all in a dock near Kaifeng, waiting to board a boat and go out to sea.

When Zhao Cong was caught, he had already lost his usual ambition and calmness, and he seemed very surprised.Princess Chai was distraught after being treated by Gongsun and woke up. She knew that her own son Zhao Cong's assassination of the king in an attempt to seize the throne was a punishable crime, so she cried a lot.

Zhao Cong was arrested in the hall, and Zhao Zhen was concerned about the feelings of the Eighth Prince and the Princess, so he asked Mr. Bao to come to a secret interrogation, not allowing too many people to know about it.

Zhao Cong knelt in front of the hall, repeating one sentence—impossible, why is it so early? !

After being asked by Mr. Bao, Zhao Cong replied that Lin Qiluo was just a container for raising the magic eyes. His eyes would explode after three days, and all the vitality in his body would be sucked away by the magic eyes. He didn't understand why Lin Qiluo died at the time Earlier.

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang thought it might be the effect of the "Blood Banyan Tree" in Wu Ming's room.Gongsun has already taken the blood banyan and is ready to study it carefully. It may have some characteristics that are compatible with the magic eye fruit.

Asking about other things, Zhao Cong knew very little, their plan was very simple, to make a deal with a group of mysterious people with great skills.He helped kill Zhao Zhen, used Lin Qiluo to get the magic eye, and the other party helped him get the throne.

He used the eight kings and princesses to build fog towers, and tried to assassinate the king to create chaos when the nightmare was trapped in the city, but it was Lin Qiluo who really killed the man, and it was that mysterious figure who came up with the idea.

Zhan Zhao asked him if that person was Zhan Hao, Zhao Cong said he didn't know, he had always listened to Lin Qiluo, and Lin Qiluo was the young master.

"Will Lin Qiluo let you watch him kill himself?" Bai Yutang felt puzzled.

"In the end when Lin Qiluo went away, I realized that he was just a container." Zhao Cong explained, "The man who came to me was a man in black, a man who should be around 30 or [-] years old, masked, and told me that Lin Qiluo was just a container. They were all taken advantage of by others, and I was told to run quickly, take shelter at the dock, and wait for the boat to go out to sea."

Everyone felt strange when they heard this, but Zhao Cong didn't have any magic eye power, nor did he have Bai Yutang's blood to avoid being deceived, so no one knew whether what he saw was real or an illusion.

Zhan Zhao always felt that something was wrong, so he and Bai Yutang went to Liu Xi's mansion in time, wanting to investigate the second young master again, but found it was a mess.According to Liu Xi, his unjust son stole a box he had saved for his good brother Gong Xue.As for what was inside the box, he had no idea.

Zhan Zhao and the others were full of suspicion, so they had to send someone to continue to monitor Liu Xi, but found that Liu Xi was packing his bags with his children and the Shen brothers and sisters, as if he wanted to travel far.The Shen brothers and sisters are also a problem. Shen Baiqing was originally recommended by Zhao Cong and arranged for an official position, but now it has disappeared, but the two are indeed not involved in this case.

"One Eldest Young Master has exploded, and the other Second Young Master is clearly alive, but he is treated as a ghost. These two are not related by blood, so why are they related?" Zhan Zhao walked back, Ask Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang shook his head, this time the Kaifeng Mansion arrested many people, besides Zhao Cong, there were also some villains involved in this matter, but Zhan Hao disappeared.Bai Yutang graciously asked Zhan Zhao to bite him again...but Zhan Zhao couldn't keep his mouth open no matter how sharp his teeth were, and this strange power always felt ominous, so Zhan Zhao refused to use it, "I did see my elder brother, He did tell me that Lin Qiluo is just a container, and he is cultivating the fruit of the magic eye. But he doesn't seem to be in Kaifeng."

"Then where did you see him?" Bai Yutang was curious.

"Hmm... It's on a turbulent river, and there are cliffs on both sides. In short, looking at the terrain, I don't think it's Kaifeng or somewhere around it." Zhan Zhao was also very troubled.

Back in Kaifeng Mansion, Zhao Cong's trial was over, and a bunch of his henchmen were bitten out, many of whom were officials in the court. As for Zhao Cong's punishment, Zhao Zhen will make a decision.But from the point of view of Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, it is estimated that they will not die, but they will inevitably be imprisoned for a lifetime, and I am very sad for the Eighth Prince and the Princess.

"Cat."

Seeing that everyone was busy, Bai Yutang suddenly pulled Zhan Zhao and asked him, "Did you see the dead leaves?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned, then frowned, "Yes, why didn't you see the dead leaves? Isn't he with Zhao Cong?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked Zhao Cong, and Zhao Cong said, that kid withered leaf went somewhere.

Zhao Cong has many people around him, but he seems to use dead leaves the most. When asked why, he said that it was introduced by Lin Qiluo, and he has always been with him, and he seems to have some background.

When Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang went out, they found that Cen Jing was also looking for dead leaves, so the three of them searched together, chatting about some past events while searching.

"Back then, Dead Leaf and I followed Cen Bie. Life was hard, but the three brothers had deep feelings. Cen Bie passed away early. After all, it was also because of these eyes. Dead Leaf did not inherit these eyes in the end because he I really hate it. If we didn’t have this weird ability, our Cen family would never have achieved this kind of fate.” Cen Jing said, sighing softly, “This so-called ability is actually not good, it’s like a curse It seems that we cannot get rid of it from generation to generation. Now the Cen family is left with me and him. We have these eyes, we will inevitably be hunted down, and our children will also have children. Even without children, if we fall in love with us or There will also be close people, it is more terrifying than being haunted by wronged souls."

"It's not surprising that the dead leaves hate these eyes or the fate of the Cen family, but who is he going to seek revenge on?" Zhan Zhao didn't quite understand, "Aren't your Cen family's eyes born with you? Could it be that you seek revenge from God?"

"Everything has a cause and an effect. We separated a long time ago. I don't know what he has been investigating all these years. But he will kill so many people, even innocent children. I really can't figure it out. The reason. As far as I know, he belongs to a certain faction and follows a certain person. This person is mysterious, and he seems to be the key to the dead leaves to find out the mystery of the magic eye."

"As a well-known killer in Jianghu, he has indeed been rumored to be a member of a killer organization with a strong background." Zhan Zhao frowned, "Could he have finished his work and left?"

Cen Jing shrugged, "I will continue to look for him, but..."

"But what?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang asked in unison.

"He has a weird personality, and I have long been unable to guess what he is thinking." Cen Jing smiled softly, "If he doesn't leave some clues, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find him."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and felt that this matter was a bit tricky.

At noon, Nangong Ji came over and whispered a few words to Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang, saying that it was the emperor's confession. Although the two felt strange, they couldn't say much, so they had to give up.

In the afternoon, Zhao Pu led people to continue working outside, and Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang helped Bao Zheng sort out the case.

Gongsun studied the blood banyan tree for a while, went out of the house and turned around, and found that the fourth son was missing, asked Xiao Liang and Xiao Rui, Xiao Liang said, "The fourth son has gone to the stable."

"What are you doing in the stable?" Gongsun was puzzled.

Xiao Liang "hush" to him, saying that Mr. Bao's birthday is coming soon, and Jin'er wants to give him a gift, after much deliberation, he decides to make a writing brush by himself.

The corner of Gongsun's mouth twitched, "How does he make a brush?"

"Use the manes of the three BMWs in the stable to make manes." Xiao Xiaorui's answer made Gongsun jump three feet high, "Isn't he afraid to let them kick?!"

Xiao Liang waved his hand, "No, those three horses are reluctant to kick Jin'er."

Seeing that Xiao Rui was carrying a burden, Gongsun asked him, "Do you want to go?"

Xiao Rui nodded, he was going back to the desert with the elders, this time Zhao Pu gave them shelter, and the Zhao family army also built a new home for them in the northwest, there are still many things to do when they go back.

Gongsun asked Xiao Liang to send Xiao Rui off, and went on to find the fourth son himself.Went to the stable for a walk, but the little guy wasn't there, so he was so anxious that he turned around.

Where is the fourth son at this moment?He ran to the alley behind the kitchen in Kaifeng Mansion.There are a few bamboos there, the mane has been cut, black, white and red, I grabbed a lot of them carefully and put them in my arms. Now I want to get a bamboo to make a penholder.He pulled the bamboo pole, grabbed a section and tried to hold it, but he felt that it was still in his hand. Just as he was about to go back, he heard some movement in the rainproof shed where the firewood was piled up.

The fourth son mewed there, and saw a man... sitting leaning on the woodpile.

The fourth son moved to the back of the woodpile again, thinking how could there be anyone here?At a glance, he saw a broken knife.The owner of the broken knife turned his face slowly, and when he saw the fourth son, he was also a little surprised, and then laughed, "You little fat man, you are really destined."

The fourth son glanced at the half mask and the group of dead leaf butterflies on his lap, and recognized that this person was the dead leaf.

He was a little curious as to why the butterflies gathered on him, and looked carefully, "Are you injured again?"

Withered Leaf looked up at the sky, "I'll leave after a short rest, it's safer here."

When the fourth son walked up to him, the group of dead leaf butterflies got startled and surrounded the sky without leaving.

"Oh! They are cleaning your wound." The fourth son looked at the knife wound on his body with great interest and found that the wound was very clean. "Daddy also said that raising some insects to clean the wound is the best way gone."

Dead Leaves looked at him.

The fourth son took out a jar of golden sore medicine from his pocket, and knelt down beside him to apply the medicine to him.

Withered Leaf frowned and said in a low voice, "I just came back from killing someone."

The fourth son glared at him, "Don't do bad things."

Withered Ye couldn't laugh or cry, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

The fourth son snorted, finished wiping off the medicine quickly, and bandaged his wound.

At this time, there was a series of bells ringing outside, and the fourth son stood up, clasped his hands together and bowed, then knelt down and continued to bandage his wound.

"It looks like the bell is ringing in Fahua Temple on the top of the mountain." Dead Leaf said in a low voice.

"Yes." The fourth son nodded, "Has Master Abbot passed away? He was killed."

"You look sad. Is he a good man?"

The fourth son treated the last wound for him, felt his pulse, and said, "Well, when I knew him, he came from a very good man."

Dead Leaf didn't quite understand, "What do you mean when you knew him, could it be that he wasn't a good person before?"

"Well." The fourth son bowed to the sky again, "The great monk himself told me that he was bad when he was young, sneaking around and sneaking up on the little wife's kang..."

Before he finished speaking, Dead Ye raised his eyebrows, and the fourth son covered his mouth, "Daddy said you can't say this."

Withered Leaf shook her head, "Is it so wicked?"

"Yeah." Little Four nodded, "But when I knew him, he was a good guy."

"You said it twice." Withered Leaf looked at him, "I was not a good person when you knew me or not."

The fourth son squinted at him, sat down beside him, and asked, "Can you do carpentry?"

Dead Leaves looked at him puzzled.

The fourth son took out a needle and thread to curl the horse's mane, and handed the bamboo pole to the dead leaf, "Help me shorten it."

"How short?" The dead leaf took the bamboo pole, "I am a wounded patient."

"Well, it's about as long as a pen." The fourth son took out a small dagger and gave it to him, "It's better to carve a flower or something."

Dead Leaf looked at him amusedly, "Do you really think I'm a carpenter?"

The fourth son brought a bowl of water and carefully arranged and curled the horse's mane.

Dead Leaf had no choice but to help him carve with bamboo...

At this time, the sound of the bell ringing outside ended, and the sound of chanting came again. From far to near, it seemed that a large number of blessing teams passed by.

"It's really grand." Withered Leaf said to herself, "Where the loess doesn't bury people, what's the matter?"

"Well, that's true. The old monk probably wouldn't like it." The fourth son nodded, "He said that if he died, his ashes should be scattered under a pine tree behind the temple to make compost."

Withered Ye raised her eyebrows, "Then if I die... let's sprinkle it in the Black Water River."

"Where is the Black Water River?" It was the first time the fourth son heard it.

"A very fierce river," said Dead Leaf to herself, "in the midst of high valleys, and flows all the way to the sea!"

"where?"

"Dali." The dead leaves crossed their legs and carefully carved them on the bamboo poles. "The mountains on both sides are very steep, and the water is louder than ten thousand horses galloping. The local girls and old women carry a Carrying a basket, stepping on a rope, walking up and down the canyon like that."

"Won't it fall?!" The fourth son was surprised.

"So what if you fall?" Withered Leaf laughed, "When you get on the rope, you will be prepared to fall and be smashed to pieces, and you won't even need to be cremated."

The fourth son rolled up the horse's mane, took out a string to tie it, and asked, "You've recovered from your injury, where are you going?"

Dead Leaf handed him the carved bamboo pole, "Go and finish the unfinished business."

The fourth son took a look at the bamboo pole, and felt that the engraving was quite good, and the landscape surrounded by clouds and mist was like a dream.

"Do you want to eat candy?" The fourth son took out a small pouch for snacks and rewarded the dead leaves.

Withered Leaf smiled, took a candy and stuffed it into his mouth, and stood up.

The fourth son looked up at him, "Are you leaving?"

Dead Leaf nodded, "Little Fatty."

"I'm not a fat man."

"Help me send a message to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao."

"what?"

"Come to Heishuihe." The dead leaf jumped onto the wall.

The fourth son looked up at the backlight, his figure, with the blood on the knife, stood up, and patted the dust on his buttocks.

The corner of Dead Leaf's mouth moved slightly, jumped off the fence, and left.

The fourth son pursed his lips and sighed, inexplicably feeling a little lost, looked at the bamboo pole in his hand, turned around and walked back... turned around the firewood pile, and bumped into a person.

Being supported by someone, he looked up, only to find that it was Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

"Meow~ Baibai."

Zhan Zhao knelt down and poked his nose, "Can you chat with Dead Leaves like that?"

The fourth son rubbed his nose, "I remembered something."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang glanced at each other, looking at him, "What is it?"

"A killer, with half of his face masked and covered in blood, killed the whole family of Guo." The fourth son stretched out another finger, "I picked up a man in the backyard with me, he happened to be a killer, and he happened to be half His face is covered and his body is covered in blood, but isn't he the one who killed him?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang slightly raised their eyebrows.

The fourth son shook the writing brush in his hand, "In Xiao Baozi's words... there is not enough evidence, there is not enough evidence." After speaking, he wandered in proudly.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, and they both frowned and folded their arms—indeed, they still haven't figured out what happened back then!

"Heishuihe..." Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang walked back, "Do you have any familiar friends in Dali?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, "Yes, I know Qi Heming, the owner of Konghe Valley."

"Friend or foe?"

Bai Yutang replied quite straightforwardly, "Friend."

Zhan Zhao narrowed his eyes and looked at him.

Bai Yutang was also a little speechless looking up at the sky, and asked him, "You know each other all over the world, will Dali have no friends?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "I know the owner of Cangjiu Villa, Cang Momo."

Bai Yutang frowned, "Cang Momo, is that the ghost girl?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, "Yes."

"Mao'er, do you really want to go to Dali?" Bai Yutang frowned, "Just because of what the dead leaves said?"

Zhan Zhao nodded with a smile, "I really want to go, but it's not based on a word from the dead leaves." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and lightly twitched the writing brush in the hands of Xiaosi in front of him, and pointed to the bamboo pole. Carved with dead leaves, the misty mountain scenery, told Bai Yutang, "I saw this, when you gave me a second bite just now."

Bai Yutang was surprised, "The time you saw Zhan Hao?"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao smiled lightly, "Zhan Hao is standing on a thin rope in the middle of this river, and the river below is resounding like thousands of horses galloping by. I have never seen such a rapid river. The river water seems to be full of anger and wants to swallow everything."

Bai Yutang nodded, "It seems that we must go."

"Also, I have a feeling." Zhan Zhao muttered to himself, "My elder brother, Dead Leaf, Lin Qiluo... none of them are the real young master."

"Why do you think so?"

Zhan Zhao smiled, "When I saw the scene, I always felt that there was a person hiding in the darkness, like a ghost.

Bai Yutang nodded clearly, "Okay then, let's go to Dali after finishing the matter at hand."

……

Outside the city of Kaifeng, at the ferry head to the south, a small boat picked up the dead leaves carrying the luggage and sailed away.Soon, in the fog in the center of the lake, a three-story ship appeared.

The boat approached the big boat, and as soon as the dead leaves jumped onto the deck, two girls were talking on the deck.

"Huh? Dead Leaf, are you back alive?" A girl asked with a smile.

"Did you get the things?" Another girl asked, looking carefully, the two looked alike, they should be sisters.

"Where's the young master?"

"My brother is upstairs." A young man ran down the stairs lightly and delicately, and asked the two girls, "Three Phoenix and Four Phoenix, do you have anything to eat? I'm starving to death."

"Yes, Second Young Master." Sanfeng ran to the inner room to prepare meals for him, while the servant behind Second Young Master was busy clearing the table.

Withered Leaf glanced at him and went upstairs.

On the top of the cabin on the third floor, there is a very elegant cabin with windows on all sides. Standing by the window, one person seems to be admiring the scenery in the distance.

"Master."

"Are you back?" The man turned his head, the afterglow of the setting sun passed through the window, leaving a shadow in the corner of the wall, and the man stood in the shadow.Withered Leaf looked expressionlessly at the man who had always been hiding in the darkness.

"Where are things?" The man slowly stretched out his hand.

Dead Leaf put a cloth bag in his hand.

The man withdrew his hand, opened the cloth bag, and saw two round black jade stones lying inside, with lifelike eye pupil patterns on them, and when the sun shone, there was a strange vitality.

The man raised his lips, "I thought you couldn't get it, Lin Qiluo died earlier, it seems that Zhan Hao is not really omnipotent."

Dead Leaf didn't answer him, "It's okay, I'm going out."

"Hehe." The man raised his hand to stop him, "I want one more thing...to be exact, a person."

Dead Leaves looked at him.

"Well, Zhan Zhao, you know him?"

Dead Leaf frowned.

"What I need most now is him, by the way...he will come to Dali, right?"

Smiling but not smiling, serious and just joking, Dead Leaf had no choice but to face it coldly, but sighed in her heart—this old fox.

"Zhan Zhao is not that good, besides, what's the use of you?"

"Of course I have my use, that's right." The man tapped lightly on the edge of the window, "And that Bai Yutang..."

There was a slight strangeness in Dead Leaf's eyes.

"Hehe." The man smiled, the smile was not very clear in the darkness, only his lips were slightly opened and closed, and he said with a smile, "We can't let him live."

"Do you think you're sure you can deal with them?" Dead Leaf looked at him mockingly.

"Not in Kaifeng, but in Dali, maybe not." The man stretched out his hand and gently stroked his forehead, "Have a headache, go out, I want to sleep for a while, tell them to sail and go back to Dali!"

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Volume Nine: Black Water Fury Demon