The bright moon sits on the ground

Fang Qisheng knew how important this tassel was to Nie Qiu.

At the beginning, Nie Qiu didn’t even see the last side of her senior sister, but only got this amulet-like tassel. ,? Bearing all Yin Qingqing's expectations.

And now, Nie Qiu gave the tassel to Fang Qisheng.

He said that he wanted to say a lot, but he only did one thing. He handed over all the blessings and love words to Fang Qisheng.

Fang Qisheng was silent, looked at Nie Qiu for a while, and then took the tassels.

It was precisely because he knew how important this tassel was to Nie Qiu that he wanted to accept it all the more.

So, he untied the tassel from Canfeng's hilt and gave it to Nie Qiu in exchange.

After returning to Wangshan Inn, Fang Qisheng stared at the tassel that Nie Qiu gave him all night. Although he looked tired, he didn't feel sleepy.

Nie Qiu was lying beside him. He slept peacefully. His breathing was shallow. This man slept very well. He didn't snore or grind his teeth. He stayed in the same position all night. When I woke up, I was still angry after waking up, and I was very good-tempered.

The culprit fell asleep right away, leaving him here to wait for dawn without sleepiness.

Fang Qisheng glanced at him, and the bad water in his stomach gushed up almost instantly.

Then?

Then Nie Qiu woke up, touched the clearly visible tooth mark on his neck, looked at him blankly, and looked at him blankly, with a strong nasal sound in his usual gentle voice, fascinated He asked vaguely, "Did you bite me?"

After asking, he woke up completely, and found that Fang Qisheng looked uneasy, and asked concerned: "Why, can't you sleep?"

Fang Qisheng lay beside Nie Qiu, propped his body on his elbows, lowered his eyes, looked down at him, licked the slightly sharp canine tooth - the one with the tooth mark just now, and said, "You think I Whose fault is it that you can't sleep?"

He bent his knuckles, gently scratched Nie Qiu's chin, and said a slow and provocative "Huh?"

Nie Qiu felt itchy, but did not avoid Fang Qisheng's hand, "Are you blaming me?"

"Don't blame you, who do you blame?" Fang Qisheng turned over and lay back, squinted his eyes, and looked at Nie Qiu in the darkness, "Seriously, Nie Qiu, since it is the amulet given to you by the senior sister, you should keep it for yourself Yes. As for the sword spike you said you wanted to give me, I don’t care about it, just throw it away if you lose it, and buy it when you see a suitable one in the future.”

"So, will you pay me back?"

"I'm sorry, I'm not going to return it to you." Noticing a trace of surprise in Nie Qiu's eyes, Fang Qisheng simply refused to pretend to be with him, "I've said so much before, but I just want to remind you that since you have already given it to me, I will give it back to you in the future." It will never be possible to get it back from me."

"It's too late for you to regret it now. And... I'm still a little happy. I didn't expect you to take me so seriously."

Fang Qisheng tapped Nie Qiu's chest and felt his heart beat faster.

Nie Qiu's brows and eyes stretched, as if relieved, and his voice was very soft: "Yes, it's very important."

"I was actually trying to say 'you don't have to give it to me, you just need to be my talisman'."

Nie Qiu smiled: "Very vulgar."

"Vulgar?" Fang Qisheng couldn't help but started to move his hands and feet, and said while touching the deep tooth marks left by himself, "Then let me put it another way, and I will be your amulet in the future, is it enough? I The Right Protector?"

It's really vulgar, what kind of love talk is this, it's similar to what the domineering prince said in the storybook when he robbed the women of the people.

In the last life, although it was not voluntary, Nie Qiu had more or less read the stories written about himself in the market.

Why did the sect masters of all the righteous sects fight for him? What Qi Qianyuan used to go to Nie’s house to propose marriage. Nie Qiu estimated that after his death, this story should develop into love and hate. What Nie The unethical adoptive father-son love between Chi and him; what kind of devil sect leader couldn't get it, so he decided to destroy it if he couldn't get it... There are countless such things.

It is worth mentioning that Nie Qiu now hopes that the last one is true.

If it weren't for the fact that those stories were not circulated until a few years later, Nie Qiu really thought that Fang Qisheng had read them.

Otherwise, how could you say such similar words.

Obviously, in his last life, he felt uncomfortable after reading those stories for two or three sentences, and felt a little nauseous, but...

"Your words can only be used to deceive those kind of innocent little girls at most, and maybe they can also make them spring up."

Immediately afterwards, Fang Qisheng heard Nie Qiu continue to say: "But, I have to admit, I was indeed deceived by you."

Fang Qisheng laughed until he beat the bed, with tears in the corners of his eyes, calling Nie Qiu "little girl" in a nonchalant tone like a hooligan.

Although Nie Qiu didn't like people misidentifying him as his gender, he didn't get angry when he heard Fang Qisheng shouting that. Fang Qisheng said, "Little girl, smile", and he laughed; Fang Qisheng said, "Little girl, let me kiss", and he cooperated Opened his mouth; Fang Qisheng also started to play in the back, and teased, "Little girl, you are good-looking and kissable, would you like to marry into the Demon Cult?" Nie Qiu couldn't hold back after hearing this, and left the little girl's reserved and shy Set up, tightly wrapped Fang Qisheng's hands, and kissed until both of them were out of breath.

In short, the phrase "little girl" yelled all night.

The next day, he called Nie Qiu the same way, which shocked Xiao Xueyang's pair of chopsticks.

Xiao Xueyang frantically went to pick up the pair of chopsticks, crackling, almost hitting an allegro on the table.

Fang Qisheng has hickey marks behind his ears, which are not too obvious, but as long as you look carefully, you can see it except for the blind.

There are teeth marks on Nie Qiu's neck, crescent-like marks, barely bleeding from bites, I really wish everyone could see it.

Not to mention Xiao Xueyang, Lang Zhong Diandan, who has always been very open-minded, also felt blinded by the show.

Huang Sheng?Huang Sheng never came over to sit at the table with them, he had the foresight to look at himself and feel sorry for himself.

Of course, this easy and comfortable life did not last long.

Because the other end of the palace is not peaceful.

After noon, Meng Qiuze came to Wangshan Inn and told them to leave the imperial city quickly, Qi Qianyuan was ready to do it.He didn't explain why he came to say hello, nor did he explain what Qi Qianyuan was going to do. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry, out of breath, and ran very fast, disappearing in a flash .

Meng Qiuze's tone was filled with unconcealable urgency, so Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng were also worried.

They told several other people about the current situation in advance, although they didn't go into too much detail - after all, the fewer people who know about this kind of thing, the safer they are, but the others knew more or less that the situation was not good, and they didn't procrastinate Hey, followed Nie Qiu and Fang Qisheng out of the room, and the five of them left the imperial city quietly, ready to go their separate ways.

Let's talk about Meng Qiuze.

When several people left the imperial city, he just returned to the palace.

Seeing that he was late at last, the messenger could not help reminding in a low voice: "Master Meng, you have been on this trip for too long, and His Highness is getting impatient. If it wasn't for you, I think His Highness would have lost his temper a long time ago... ...You can say a few more nice words."

Meng Qiuze felt his temples throbbing, and stretched out his hand to press it. He was really annoyed, but he could only put on a gentle and talkative appearance, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, I will help you to say a few words in front of His Highness."

Then, he smoothed out the wrinkles on his clothes, straightened his posture, and walked towards the East Palace.

As soon as he arrived, he received news that Qi Qianyuan couldn't wait any longer and had just left on his back foot, so he was told to find a way to keep up.

After the guard finished speaking, he saw that the eyes of this Master Meng, who never showed his flaws, suddenly changed. It was very cold, unlike the expression that ordinary people can show. It was completely devoid of emotion. It should have been angry, but Except for the white and empty snow field in those eyes, there is nothing left, not even living things left.

But that was just a flash, and the guard thought he was wrong.

But when he thought of that look, he still had lingering fears, and felt fear for the first time in decades of life.

Meng Qiuze smiled softly, with a perfect mask on his face, "It's okay, I'm sick, and I should stay in the palace to rest, so I won't follow. If His Highness asks you where I have been, you Just tell him the truth."

He guessed right, Qi Qianyuan really wanted to ask him where he went at this moment.

And, Qi Qianyuan also wanted to ask, he obviously didn't send anyone to tell Nie Qiu, why when his secret guards arrived at the Wangshan Inn, they found that they had gone to the empty building, and the waiter said that they had left half an hour ago up.

Qi Qianyuan suspected that Meng Qiuze had gone to report the news in advance, but no one at Wangshan Inn had seen him appear.

According to the guards in the palace, Meng Qiuze just took some time to go to the toilet. He came back just after he left, and it took only half a stick of incense. In such a short time, even a master of lightness kung fu would not be able to get from the palace to the bathroom. The inn took a back and forth.

What's more, Meng Qiuze has been weak and sick since he was a child.

Physical weakness can't be faked by just pretending, after all, even the imperial doctor said that his body is innate and cannot be cured.

Therefore, Qi Qianyuan had no choice but to exclude Meng Qiuze from the candidates he suspected. Only then did he feel that he was surrounded by enemies and murderous intentions were all around him. He felt like a traitor when he saw anyone, and wanted to put himself to death.

He raised his head, No.20 once, and looked at the creepy thing in front of him again.

What he said to Nie Qiu back then, "shatter the altar with his own hands", was not a joke.

Since Nie Qiu didn't do it, Qi Qianyuan brought the dead soldiers and hidden guards to invite Xiantai in person to smash the altar into pieces.

Counting the time, on the other side of the palace, Xiao Wuyin should also be ready to attack.

Everyone knew that he was not in the palace at this moment, and if he justified a few more words and found some scapegoats, the suspicion would naturally be removed.

But what was in front of him, which had never been exposed to the sun before, completely disrupted Qi Qianyuan's plan.

When the first hammer was struck, they found out.

The altar is empty.

After touching the bricks one by one along the fragile wall, it didn't take long for a dark guard to find the entrance of the secret passage.

Qi Qianyuan originally thought that there were some traps inside, so he asked the dead men to go in to explore the way first, but it turned out that the journey was safe and there were no traps, only a gloomy and greasy scent of incense filled the air, which was not mixed. any poison.

When he saw something at the end of the dark room, Qi Qianyuan's eyes froze.

Then he understood that the thing above is not the altar, but the thing below is.

The shrine is filled with piles of gold and silver treasures, which shows the piety of its believers.There are gold-plated lampstands hanging on both sides, and the milky white liquid inside is probably the legendary "mermaid candle". There is no strange aroma, it's just a special candle that burns a little longer.

Behind the altar, tightly attached to the wall, is a cold statue.

Logically speaking, the statues used for sacrificial offerings should have blurred or uniform faces, with kind brows and kind eyes, round and wide earlobes, full lips, plain clothes, and immortal demeanor, to show Close to the mundane.

But the statue in front of him was different.

This is obviously the image of a man, his face is like a crown jade, his eyes are like bright stars, his eyes are as bright as cold pearls of cold jade, and like a plum blossom in the snow, standing alone and arrogantly, looking down upon all living beings.He should be a general, with long hair tied up high, moving without wind, wearing solid armor, with star patterns on the corners of the skirt, swimming slowly under the swaying candle shadows, holding a long//spear in his hand , randomly vertical to the ground.

The biggest difference is... the eyes of ordinary idols should be looking at the ground.

And its eyes look towards the sky, unwilling to give the world the slightest bit of peripheral light.

Similarly, Qi Qianyuan didn't want to give his eyes to this proud statue.

He gave the order without hesitation, and asked the dead soldiers waiting on the side to come forward and destroy the statue.

Although the statue was exquisitely made and lifelike, the cold-faced general was gradually reduced to pieces under the hands of mortals.

It's also very strange to say that when the first gap in the statue was split, Qi Qianyuan actually had a feeling of clarity in the spiritual platform.

When half of the statue's face was destroyed beyond recognition, Qi Qianyuan suddenly thought, why did he let Nie Qiu go?

He obviously wanted to deal with Nie Qiu directly - after all, for him, the fewer people who know the secret, the better - but why did he temporarily change his mind?Qi Qianyuan felt a splitting headache, and countless thoughts that did not belong to him grew and withered, and finally returned to calm, turning into a silent forest in the dark.But he still couldn't think of the slightest reason.

Qi Qianyuan pressed his forehead and called the secret guards to look for Nie Qiu at Wangshan Inn, but the news he got was that they had left the imperial city long ago.

He was restless, and went forward to look through the things on the shrine again, as if blasphemy, messed up the tribute, and threw it everywhere.

Then he saw what Qi Song hid at the bottom.

It was a small wooden box, more exquisite and special than any box Qi Qianyuan had seen in the palace.

Qi Qianyuan held the idea of ​​"see what stupid things this lunatic Qi Song has done", and opened the wooden box casually and without reverence, but was stunned when he saw the contents clearly.

He felt that decades of faith were destroyed in an instant, shattered into pieces together with the idol, and then vanished into thin air.

There was only a small piece of clothing in the box, with neat edges, cut off by a sharp weapon.

Words cannot describe what kind of fabric it is. It is soft and hard, cold and warm. There are brilliance flowing on it, and water patterns floating on it. The pattern of the Big Dipper flickers on the corner of the clothes. The tail light is particularly bright and conspicuous.

This is not an exaggeration.

The water pattern on it really flows like water, and you can even feel the cold wetness when you touch it with your hands.

Qi Qianyuan looked at it, and even had a strange idea: he felt that this simple piece of clothing was a living creature.

Then he found that this piece of clothing was familiar to him no matter in style or texture.

The moment he remembered where the source of this familiarity came from, he felt as if he was in a world of ice and snow, his hands and feet were cold.

Qi Qianyuan suddenly looked at the god statue that was almost destroyed and couldn't see what it was.

The broken stone statue lay silently on the ground, its body torn apart, and only the corners and corners could be traced.

This piece of clothing is clearly the same as the corner of the statue's cuff.

More than just the same.

It's almost like it was taken from above.

Qi Qianyuan suddenly felt that it was difficult to breathe, so he grabbed the corner of the clothes in his hands, pressed his chest, and breathed heavily.

He thought, Qi Song must be very proud, even death did not leave him any peace.

He always felt that Qi Song was wrong, after all, Qi Song was stupid and confused, anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was living in a ridiculous dream.

Then, before dying, Qi Song slapped him loudly, smiled, pointed at him, and said——

The world is wrong.

You are all crazy, only I am sober.

The author has something to say: Don’t panic, there’s still sugar in the next chapter

I finally got the key plot point out, I'm happy

There are quite a lot of cryptic foreshadowing here and there, if you are interested, you can look for it