Honghuang on the tip of the tongue

Fajiu Palace really lives up to its name, occupying an entire hill, the whole palace is like a big garden, full of green trees, gurgling water, and clusters of flowers.

But Rong Ze always felt that something was wrong.

"What's the matter with you?" Fei Yi noticed Rong Ze's preoccupied appearance, so he came up to him and asked.

Rong Ze frowned slightly: "Fei Yi, do you think it seems too quiet here?"

He came all the way, and heard no other sound except their own footsteps and conversation.

In such a vast mountain forest, there are no birds singing. Is this normal?

"Quiet?" Fei Yi was taken aback, shrugging, "It seems a bit, maybe a silencing spell or something. You know, some people like to be quiet."

Is that right?

Rong Ze felt that something was still wrong, as if something was ignored by him.

At this time, the chief executive who was leading the way stopped, turned around and smiled at them: "Guests, we are here."

"Is this the residence of Fairy Jingwei?" Fei Yi asked, looking up at the beautifully shaped courtyard in front of him.

"This is the resting place for the guests." The chief executive summoned two servants, a man and a woman, "If you have anything to do, just tell them."

Rong Ze glanced at Yuan Shi and asked, "Then when can we visit Fairy Jingwei?"

"It's not in a hurry, it's not in a hurry." The head manager smiled kindly, "Everyone is tired from the turmoil all the way, it's better to rectify it first, or let people outside know it, and think I'm not polite when I send Jiugong."

He said so, and it was not good to continue to urge, so everyone had to agree to stay first.

Compared with when he was in Heishui City, the room Rong Ze was allocated has made a qualitative leap.The house has all the facilities, and the window is facing the garden, where the flowers are fragrant and the scenery is elegant.

Also, it's also very quiet here.

Rong Ze played with Xiao Xiaobai for a while, and the little guy soon got tired of playing, and fell asleep soundly.He gently smoothed its hair with one hand, and flipped through the "Shan Hai Jing" with the other.

Finally found the passage that recorded Jingwei, he collected himself, and read each word carefully: "The mountain of Fajiu... there is a bird... the name is Jingwei, and its song is self-proclaimed."

Its name is self-deprecating?

Rong Ze's pupils shrank, and the hand that combed Xiao Xiaobai's hair froze immediately.

Xiao Xiaobai hummed unconsciously, leaned over automatically, and rubbed his body against his hand.

Rong Ze came back to his senses and continued to smooth its fur, but his eyes were firmly glued to the page of the book, and fell on the sentence "Its sound is self-defeating".

詨 is a pseudonym for "called".

The meaning of this sentence is that Jingwei's tweet is the same as her name.

He finally figured out what was wrong: Jingwei belonged to the Yu family, and as we all know, most birds like to sing.

According to the records in the book, Jingwei is not the kind of bird that does not sing.

However, in Fajiu Palace, not a single bird call could be heard.

Could it be that Jingwei didn't like other birds and didn't like to hear their calls, so he drove them away?

This possibility is not impossible. After all, some birds are very territorial and do not like to live in groups, such as thrushes.

It's a pity that the book didn't say whether Jingwei lived in groups or alone.

However, maybe someone will know.

Rong Ze immediately went to Fei Yi, but there was no one in his room.

"Brother is not here, he said he wants to go out for a stroll." The insider said to Rong Ze, "Is there anything wrong, I will tell him when he comes back."

"It's okay, then I'll wait for him here." Rong Ze said.

After all, this is Jingwei's territory. It's a bit disrespectful to ask whether the owner's family lives in a group or alone. It's better not to let too many people know.

As a result, he waited until it was dark, only to see Fei Yi come back in a hurry.

"Aze, I heard you were looking for me?" Fei Yi's fiery red hair was a little wet, and he held up a ball of phoenix real fire to roast his hair, "Sorry for making you wait so long."

"..." Rong Ze stared at his hair tremblingly, for fear that this brave young man with high skills would accidentally set his hair on fire.

Fei Yi didn't think there was anything wrong, apparently it wasn't the first time he had done this kind of thing, he finished drying his hair and then drying his clothes, complaining: "The fog in Hatoyama at night is really heavy."

"Why did you come back so late?" Rong Ze couldn't help asking.

"Hey, don't mention it." Fei Yi's face was full of depression, "I wanted to go out for a stroll, but there were many guards nearby, so I was almost discovered. Fortunately, I was clever and hid in the tree canopy. I waited until night, waited I didn’t get a chance to come back until after they changed the guard.”

"No, what are you doing hiding from them? You are a guest, not a thief." Rong Ze couldn't laugh or cry.

"Cough!" Fei Yi coughed heavily, with an unnatural expression on his face.

"Huh?" Rong Ze felt something was wrong.

Fei Yi said awkwardly: "Who told them not to let me go out? So I had no choice but to sneak out..."

Rong Ze raised his eyebrows: "They won't let you out? Why?"

"Who knows?" Fei Yi became annoyed when he mentioned this matter, "I sneaked out to have a look, there is nothing unusual outside, I really don't know what these people are guarding against!"

Rong Ze's heart moved: "You said there are many guards nearby, how many are there?"

"I estimate that there must be one or two hundred people."

"so much!"

"I think the people from Fajiu Palace think of us as thieves." Fei Yi yawned again with an angry face on his face, "I'm exhausted today. Ze, please comfort me and feed me."

Facing Fei Yi's pitiful gaze, Rong Ze couldn't laugh or cry: "Okay, I'll prepare a supper for you right now, but you have to tell me carefully what happened today."

"No problem," Fei Yi readily agreed, "I want to eat that egg man, what is it?"

"You mean egg burger? Okay, I'll make it for you."

***

Egg burger, a common street food.

There was a time when Rong Ze, in order to pay off the debt owed by his adoptive father as soon as possible, studied and helped in the back kitchen of a five-star hotel during the day, and went to the night market to sell various snacks at night, including egg burgers.

The molds are ready-made, a round frying pan with seven holes less than ten centimeters in diameter.

Pour oil into the hole to heat, beat in eggs, and spread a layer of meat paste prepared with ham and chopped green onion.After the eggs are half-cooked, take them out, pour in the prepared flour paste, and quickly put in the eggs.

Repeat this twice so that both sides of the eggs are covered with the batter.

Fry slowly over low heat throughout the whole process, turning over several times, and the egg castle gradually takes shape.

"I want hot sauce, heavy spicy!" Fei Yi's eyes lit up, staring at the golden and delicate egg burgers, swallowing hard.

Rong Ze pursed his lips and smiled, brushed a layer of hot sauce heavily, wrapped it in leaves and handed it over: "Here, your heavy spicy egg burger."

"It's so delicious." Fei Yi took a big bite, and it was so delicious in an instant, "Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it's still my favorite taste."

"By the way, Aze," Fei Yi suddenly remembered, "You haven't said anything yet, what are you looking for me for?"

Interrupted by Fei Yi's incident earlier, Rong Ze almost forgot his purpose of coming, and hurriedly said: "Fei Yi, you and Jing Wei are both of the Yu family, so do you know whether she lives in groups or alone?"

***

Before Rong Ze could knock on the door, the door of the room was opened from the inside.

"... Tianzun?" Rong Ze was astonished, apparently he did not expect Yuan Shi to open the door suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Yuan Shi turned his back to the light, and Rong Ze couldn't see his expression clearly.

"I..." Under the gaze of those smoky purple eyes, Rong Ze felt inexplicably nervous, "I'm here to deliver this."

He awkwardly handed over a lunch box, and...

Cough, a pair of chopsticks.

Yuan Shi was silent for a second, took it, and saw that Rong Ze was still staying where he was, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Is there anything else?"

Rong Ze nodded, took a deep breath without any trace, and fixedly met Shang Yuanshi's eyes: "Tianzun, I suspect that there is something strange in Fajiu Palace, and it is related to the tide of wild beasts."

The room was quiet, Rong Ze waited anxiously for a long while, and finally waited until Yuan Shi spoke again: "Oh? Tell me your opinion."

It sounds like he didn't mean to blame himself for "babbling".

Rong Ze suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and his voice was not as tight as before: "I heard from Fei Yi that there are many powerful guards outside the courtyard where we live, and they don't let him go in and out at will."

"It's also understandable. Right now Jingwei is retreating, and the world is in chaos due to the beast tide outside. The people in Fajiu Palace are careful in doing things, and they can't make mistakes." Yuan Shi half-closed his eyes and said affirmatively, "You have other evidence."

"Tianzun is wise." Rong Ze was surprised by Yuan Shi's understanding of himself, but he didn't think much, and continued, "I don't know if Tianzun found out, but in this Fajiu Palace, there is no strange beast, not even a bird." I asked Feiyi, and he said that Jingwei is a gregarious bird, and it is impossible that there are no Yuzu in the place where she lives. There must have been beasts in Fajiu Mountain, but where are they now? "

"A strange beast that disappeared inexplicably?" Yuanshi's eyes flashed brightly, "It's interesting, you continue."

"I also find that Director Jiang very suspicious. Although he is respectful to us, he obviously doesn't welcome us. When I asked him when he would pay a visit to Fairy Jingwei, he pushed back and then sent so many guards to watch looking at us, as if afraid that we might sneak out."

"So I suspect that there must be some weirdness in this Fajiu Palace, and it is also related to the rampant beast tide."

Yuan Shi stared at Rong Ze's eyes, his eyes were heavy, like a deep well that could not see the bottom.

"Rong Ze, do you know?"

"What?" Rong Ze's heart was pounding, and his back felt cold.

You know, Jingwei is a fairy, or a second-generation fairy with background and background.His unsubstantiated remarks just now, if they were true, would be enough to strike him several times a day.

The corners of Yuan Shi's lips curled into an undetectable arc: "I think so too."

***

"Qingmei, we want to pay our respects in front of Fairy Jingwei's bedroom, please inform us."

The maid named Qingmei kept her face stiff from the beginning to the end, and her tone didn't fluctuate: "I'm sorry, this needs the approval of the chief executive."

Rong Ze and Fei Yi exchanged glances: "Then you go and find the chief executive."

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry." The chief manager arrived soon, and immediately apologized, with a sincere expression that made people unable to lose their temper, "Fajiu Palace is really busy recently, and I have neglected everyone."

"Director Jiang, didn't you say that Fairy Jingwei is in seclusion, so what are you busy with?" Fei Yi asked with a half-smile.

The chief manager's face changed momentarily, but it quickly returned to normal.

"This..." He rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly, "This matter is related to the interior of Fajiu Palace..."

"Understood, the chief executive doesn't have to feel sorry for this." Rong Ze smiled slightly, "We have no intention of inquiring about your palace's private affairs, but just want to pay a visit to Fairy Jingwei, and to know when is the most suitable time."

"We promise not to go in and disturb Fairy Jingwei, but just pay respects outside the palace." Fei Yi showed a pleading look, "Please, Chief Manager, I have worshiped Fairy Jingwei since I was a child, and finally came to Fajiu Palace. Let me make a dream come true."

Rong Ze desperately bit the soft flesh on the inside of his cheek, afraid that he would accidentally laugh out loud.

I usually don't realize that Fei Yi is quite talented in acting.

"This..." The head manager looked embarrassed.

"I beg you, Chief Manager." Fei Yi sang three chants and almost shed two lines of tears.

"Okay, then I'll go back and make arrangements." The chief executive was so tortured that he finally agreed.

"Thank you Chief Manager, you go slowly." Fei Yi enthusiastically waved goodbye, and his face immediately collapsed as soon as he turned around, "This Chief Executive tried every means to prevent us from visiting Jingwei, what is his intention?"

"Won't you know when you go to Jingwei Hall?" Rong Ze shrugged and whispered in his ear, "When the time comes, you will..."

***

Jingwei Hall is a building with a green roof and yellow walls, and its shape is a bit familiar.Rong Ze looked at it for a long time, and finally thought of what it looked like.

like a bird's nest.

"This is master's father, Lord Yandi specially designed it for master." The chief executive introduced.

Next to Jingwei Hall is a large lake with a famous name, "Donghai Lake".

It turns out that there is no lake in Fajiu Mountain. Emperor Yan felt sorry for his daughter and went all the way to the East China Sea to reclaim the sea, so he built an artificial lake here according to the appearance of the East China Sea. The water in it was transported from the East China Sea.

In this way, Jingwei can also "fill the sea" at the door of his house.

"My dear, Emperor Yan is really generous." Fei Yi gasped, "I must tell my father about this, so that he can learn how people love children."

"Come on, junior brother, your parents are not good enough for you, right? I remember when you first came to Kunlun Mountain, you were afraid of life, cried loudly, and refused to let your father go. He really stayed here for several years. Wait until you get used to it before leaving." Someone joked with him.

"Hey, that happened a long time ago." Feeling embarrassed, Fei Yi immediately changed the subject, "You still talk about me, isn't your father the same, back then..."

Rong Ze lowered his eyes slightly.

What they said was something he had never experienced before.

Yuan Shi's footsteps paused, and his eyes stopped on Rong Ze calmly.

"Aze, why don't you speak?" It was Fei Yi's voice.

"Nothing. Let's go, we'll be there soon."

"Oh……"

"Everyone, please stop here." The chief steward led them to a place still some distance away from Jingwei Hall.

Rong Ze winked at Fei Yi, who understood, drooped his eyebrows, and looked disappointed: "It's so far... Manager Jiang, can we get closer?"

This time, the chief executive refused to give in no matter what he said.

Everyone had no choice but to dawdle, facing the direction of Jingwei Hall, pretending to worship.

Fei Yi also took out a large stack of letter paper, saying that he wanted to read his poems to Fairy Jingwei.

"Heavenly Venerable."

In the hustle and bustle, Yuan Shi heard someone calling him in a low voice, the voice was low and soft, as light as a feather scratching the palm of his hand.

Inexplicably, he remembered that night, the sauce spread on the surface of the egg burger was sweet and sour, with the fragrance of fruit.

"Did you find anything?" Rong Ze didn't dare to speak too loudly, for fear of attracting the chief executive's attention.

Just at this time, a gust of wind blew in, causing slight ripples on the calm surface of Donghai Lake, sending salty and humid water vapor.

His response was also crushed in the wind.

"What?" Rong Ze didn't hear clearly, so he took a step forward, tiptoed slightly, and got as close to Yuan Shi as possible.

As long as Yuan Shi lowered his head slightly, he could see Rong Ze's left ear hidden in the black hair, which was light pink, and there was a not so obvious mole at the base of the ear.

His throat rolled unconsciously, and he said in a low voice: "No, I can't detect the situation inside the hall with my spiritual sense, it seems to be blocked by something. Besides, there are a lot of guards outside the Jingwei Hall, at least five of them are hidden inside the hall. A master at the level of Jinxian has also arranged a lot of magic weapons. Once we do it, we will be the ones who suffer."

In fact, at Yuanshi's current level, it's not difficult to sneak into the Jingwei Palace secretly.

But the difficulty is that Yuan Shi is not the only one present, there are more than a dozen disciples of Chanjiao, and Rong Ze.

"Ah!" Rong Ze whispered, shaking his head slightly, and the mole trembled accordingly.

Yuan Shi moved his eyes away calmly, as if he caught a glimpse of something, his eyes froze suddenly.

Rong Ze didn't pay attention, and was still sighing: "It seems that we have to find another way, but is there still time?"

Sure enough, on the way back, the chief executive asked them when they were leaving.

Fei Yi and the others couldn't answer, so they had to go and see Yuan Shi.

Rong Ze clenched thin sweat in his palm, and didn't know how Yuan Shi would respond.

Yuanshi said, tomorrow.

leave tomorrow!

Confusion flashed across Rong Ze's face.

Fei Yi vaguely knew some inside information, and was also dumbfounded.

Only Yuan Shi still looked calm, and there was nothing unusual about it.

"Ah Ze, why do you think the master agreed to leave tomorrow?" Flying wings were like ants on a hot pot, circling around in a daze, "Didn't you say that you should investigate the secrets of Fajiu Palace?"

Rong Ze smiled wryly: "Otherwise, what can we do? We have also paid a visit to Fairy Jingwei, there is no reason to stay any longer, or we should be suspicious."

"Then why don't I tell the Chief Manager that I love Fairy Jingwei and want to stay in the place where she lived for a few more days?" Fei Yi suggested.

"Then if you can't even stay today, people will kick you out." Rong Ze couldn't laugh or cry.

"Uh, I was just joking." Fei Yi also knew that his idea was too bad, touched his nose, "Then what do you think we should do?"

"I'll ask Tianzun." Rong Ze clenched his hands into fists, "Since he dares to promise, I think he will have a way."

***

"Knock knock knock."

"Enter."

Rong Ze took a deep breath, pushed the door open and entered.

The next second, his exclamation came from inside the house: "What is this!"

In the center of the room is an animal skeleton about a person's height.

The beast's head was facing forward, and the eyes were empty, leaving only two huge holes facing him.

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