He turned his head to look at Tian Yinong, who had a calm face, and the look in his eyes was suddenly frightening, and said: "The master's early release from seclusion is a great event for our sect. In addition, the ghost mother will also be released from seclusion in the near future, so the sect leader decided Show up! What I didn’t expect is that it is said that the altar master Zhou Yi Zhou was killed!"
"What!" Tian Yinong felt a chill all over his body and looked at Shen Tufu in surprise.
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Sizhou City
Sizhou City under the darkness of night! There are many places shining with intoxicating lights.
In the east of Sizhou City, there are fewer shining lights.
A compound! In a large courtyard surrounded by scattered lights.
This place, which covers an area of about one acre, is inconspicuous among the numerous courtyards in Sizhou City.
At this time, there were about a hundred people standing in the dark. All of these people were wearing black masks and carrying various weapons on their backs. They stood there upright. Through the light scattered in the room, it can be seen that all of these people have serious eyes and are calm and calm.
In front of them, stood three similarly masked men in black. The eyes of these three men revealed wolfish nature, and their sinister eyes seemed to be looking at countless lambs waiting to be slaughtered in front of them. At this time, they were facing these mysterious men in black. They looked at the hundreds of people opposite them quietly without making the slightest sound.
And looking at these three masked men in black, staring at their own state, these men in black were as silent as sculptures. It was as if the invisible pressure these three people brought to themselves was completely non-existent to them.
This is a group of well-trained machines without any emotions. Of course, they may not have any feelings for the world. Maybe, no one knows what they are thinking, or maybe no one cares.
Next to these three men in black, there was an unmasked man standing. He was also the only unmasked man in the compound. His different clothes and appearance seemed out of place with these people.
Judging from his calm and kind expression, slightly plump figure, and well-tailored purple Shu brocade, he turned out to be Tian Hongjun, the governor of Sizhou City.
A seemingly friendly person and a group of mysterious and sinister men in black seemed a bit out of touch, but they happened to be together. Moreover, the three men in black on the side seemed to have some slight respect for Tian Hongjun.
In the courtyard, the atmosphere seemed a bit depressing, because Tian Hongjun's expression kept changing, as if he was suffering from something in his heart. Looking at him for a moment, it felt like his face was constantly twitching, which also made him look even more terrifying.
It seemed like a long time passed. Tian Hongjun stared at everyone closely. Although his expression was still so kind, there was something strange underneath the kindness. Even the hands behind his back were constantly twisting each other. Although his expression was still as calm as usual, the tangled hands in his back could also be seen in his heart.
In fact, everyone has two sides! If there is a positive side, there must be a dark side. If there is a smiling side, there must be a painful side.
People have two sides, which does not mean that there is a distinction between good and bad. Of course, people with two sides seem to have a harder life because they have to be two-faced!
Tian Hongjun is a very troubled person. He seems to understand this, but can he let himself get out of his heart? If someone is familiar with him and sees his current appearance, he will definitely feel that this is him!
It should be said that it is extremely rare to have been the governor of Sizhou for 20 to 30 years and become a person with prestige known to everyone in the area under the jurisdiction of Sizhou City. Of course, in the special place of Wuxi, it is within the Tian family's sphere of influence, and as a direct branch of the Tian family, it can be said to be the main force of the Tian family now. He will definitely hold a position in Wuxi, not to mention someone like Tian Hongjun who doesn't like publicity.
Being able to serve in one place and one state and control all local powers for such a long time was extremely rare in all dynasties. In the entire Central Plains region, apart from Wuxi and one place, it is difficult to find Ken fear anywhere else.
Tian Hongjun is very proud to have been in Sizhou for so long, but of course he is often sad to have stayed in Sizhou for so long. Of course, he understood better that among the forces, it was almost impossible for all the Wuxi barbarians to go to work outside Wuxi.
The Wuxi area has been populated by cave barbarians since ancient times. Today's Wuxi Thirty-six Cave barbarians, like Peng Shihao, are the only ones who can go out to serve for hundreds of years.
Tian Hongjun also wanted to go out, but there was no chance for him to appear. If he went out like this, who would know who he was? In Sizhou and Wuxi, at least everyone knows that they are the governor of Sizhou and a descendant of the Tian family.
However, knowing that there is Ran Mofeng in Sizhou seems to be a pain.
This seemed more like a thorn in Tian Hongjun's heart, more like a big joke, a pain that even the Tian family felt was painful. However, Tian Hongjun is a branch of the Tian family. Although he is a direct descendant, some people still feel that it is not enough.
Although Ran Mofeng had always been respectful to him, Tian Hongjun was deeply aware of the contempt behind it. Whether it was Tian Hongjun's own wishful thinking or the criticism of Tian Hongjun by those in the family, at this moment, Tian Hongjun didn't care anymore.
Back then, Meng Chang, who had just ascended the throne in Chengdu, waited for Ran Mofeng's help. After stabilizing, he was rewarded based on his merits and arranged for young Ran Mofeng to go to his hometown of Sizhou. On the surface, it was Meng Chang who saw the Ran Mofeng family and the relationship with the Tian family that day. It's probably the Tian family's acquiescence in order to gain recognition from Shu!
Now it seems that this is a deliberate arrangement, because the unruly Ran Mofeng, although because the Ran family is a subordinate of the Tian family, has always tried his best to assist Tian Hongjun, and Tian Hongjun is also very proud of having this help. But as Ran Mofeng stood firm in Sizhou, Sizhou and even the people around him knew of his existence, the Tian family and even Tian Hongjun regretted it, because Ran Mofeng was one of the two heroes of Wuxi.
The young Meng Chang had such scheming intentions in the past. It is conceivable that his subsequent success in Shu and the decades of peace were obviously not a fluke. Tian Hongjun and Meng Chang had never been in contact. Even during all Daqing events in Sichuan, Tian Hongfei, the head of the Tian family, and his elders went to Jinguan City. Tian Hongjun had no impression of Meng Chang, but he knew that he was not simple, and he had some deep thoughts about Ran Mofeng, whom he had been looking after.
Tian Hongjun couldn't even remember when he became jealous of Ran Mofeng. This kind of jealousy gradually burned Tian Hongjun's heart, and it became more and more intense. Later, Tian Hongjun felt like he was burning.
At this moment, looking at these hundreds of people, an invisible murderous aura filled the entire compound.
Tian Hongjun seemed confident. Looking at these men in black, who looked as cold as machines, his heart gradually calmed down. Knowing that after tonight, Sizhou City Secretariat will be rewritten again, he will no longer have this worry. There will be people around him who seem to be looking at everything with ridicule, but Tian Hongjun no longer cares. Because tonight these people will rush into Sima Mansion and take off Ran Mofeng's head.
The three men in black seemed to have seen Tian Hongjun's anger and looked at each other. A shorter man in black turned sideways to Tian Hongjun and said calmly: "There is no turning back when you open the bow. Brother Tian, there is no need." Worry, these brothers are all warriors who have been trained for a long time. As long as you give the order, they will charge forward without hesitation! What’s more, didn’t you say that there are internal agents in the Sima Mansion!”
"Brother Luo, I'm not worried about this right now. Instead, I'm imagining where to hang Ran Mofeng's head tomorrow morning! I want the whole Wuxi to know that I'm still at the helm of Sizhou City!" Tian Hongjun's voice was a little low, as if he wanted to release the last trace of fear in his heart.
Staring at the man in black, he seemed to have made his final decision. This man was an outstanding descendant of the Luo family, one of the four major families in Sizhou City. I heard that he was taken away by an expert when he was young. He and I were still young at the time, but this time he came back and was able to help me. It really is like chess in the world!
Looking at the dark night sky under the lights, it seems like a pair of empty eyes looking down at the restless human world. He stopped all the uneasiness in his heart, suddenly raised his right hand and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, tonight is a great opportunity for you to make a name for yourself in Sizhou City and make contributions for yourself. No matter who is here, as long as you kill Ran Mofeng I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold for your head!"
"One hundred taels of gold!"
There were hundreds of people in the courtyard who heard these last words! His breathing became rapid.
Money can make the world go round, and this is the same in any era. What's more, many people have never heard of such a large sum of money, and how many lifetimes it will take. Everyone stared at Tian Hongjun's eyes like wolves, as if they wanted to confirm whether this matter was true or false.
Tian Hongjun obviously didn't mean to be joking. He looked at everyone coldly, and his usually friendly face turned out to be a bit more violent. The three men in black standing next to him quietly watched him give orders without any expression, and these men in black also obeyed his orders.
Hundreds of people listened to the order and filed out in formation. The crowd was so dark that they quickly disappeared into the night.
The courtyard suddenly became empty, and two of the three men in black led the people out. Under the projection of the lights from the surrounding pavilions, Tian Hongjun and the man in black surnamed Luo who stayed behind stretched their figures very long.
"Brother Tian, why don't you go and see the excitement! This is a rare excitement!" The man in black surnamed Luo put his hands behind his hands and actually smiled.
"With Brother Luo's soul-eating ghost soldiers here, and the internal agent who has been lurking in Sima Mansion for more than ten years, there is no suspense about this matter!" Tian Hongjun rarely calmed down and looked at the man in black with confidence. It shows that he is the big boss of Sizhou City.
Looking at the man in black with the surname Luo, he unexpectedly flashed a rare smile. This man was a rare talent among the Luo family of the fourth surname of Sizhou. The young man was taken away and taught by an expert, and people in the world called him Ghost Slayer Luo Feng. Although Tian Hongjun was not a figure in the world, he was known to be famous in the Central Plains. The one hundred and eight soul-eating ghost soldiers under his command have always been invincible on the battlefield.
Thinking that he would be in charge of the operation this time, I felt a little more excited. However, his face was still calm and he said: "I am a little curious about what Brother Luo has gained from practicing in the Holy Cult these years and rarely having contact with the family! Your Luo family strongly recommends Brother Luo to cooperate with you in this operation. , which greatly increases my confidence. I guess now that the Luo family has you, its hidden power has already surpassed that of the other three families!"
"Wuxi has been the Tian family's world since ancient times. This is an indisputable fact through the ages. But now the world is even more chaotic. Even Wuxi can't help but be divided into two parts. Presumably both Shuzhong and Chu want to get this piece of fat. To be more precise, , that is, they all want to use this place as a buffer zone. Although Peng Shihao was born in the Peng family in Chu, there are more than ten governors of the Tian family in more than 20 states in Xizhou! It shows that the people still recognize the Tian family!" This Luo surnamed Hei The man in clothes said quietly: "Among the four surnames in Sizhou and the three major surnames in Wuxi, although the Ran family is the only one in Sizhou for the time being, it is only temporary. Besides, the Ran family is far inferior to the Peng family! Tian! Brother, with his great talent, he can revive the Tian family in Sizhou!"
Tian Hongjun seemed to see a glimmer of light in the dark night. Was that the light of hope?
He didn't notice the look in the eyes of the man in black named Luo, which was a trace of greedy pride and a kind of manipulative pride.
The mantis stalks the cicada while the oriole follows behind! Who is Mantis? Who is Oriole? Who is the cicada? But no one can know!
There was a fire in Sima Mansion, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger, and soon the whole city could see it.
Many of the people who had been partying all day fell asleep, and some were still intoxicated. But soon, the sound of running water and the continuous sound of gongs were heard in the city, mixed with calls for help.
Yin Lihua opened her eyes, not knowing what time it was. However, Yin Lihua could feel that she had been here for a long time. There was a damp smell all around, and Yin Lihua wanted to leave here.
This is underground, an underground cave that stretches for seven or eight miles. The whole place is in darkness, it can be said that it is truly invisible.
A cave completely hidden underground. Based on her own perception and observation, Yin Lihua knew that this cave went at least a mile deep into the ground and should have crossed the river under the cliff. As for where it really leads, with no way out, Yin Lihua doesn't know where it is going.
Yin Lihua was shocked when she met the enigmatic man in black. The other party didn't say anything at all, and just brought Yin Lihua in here. Yin Lihua had a hard time remembering things all the way to her new job. She was in this cave where she couldn't even see her fingers, and she had no way to fully grasp it. Although at Yin Lihua's level of cultivation, she could see at night as well as during the day, but remembering that the other party was a master of formations, Yin Lihua simply stopped thinking about it and did not dare to show off in front of the other party.
The man in black still admired Yin Lihua's cooperation. Although there was no communication yet, he still allowed Yin Lihua to be free and rest in this room with a stone bed, which was actually a small cave. He also told Yin Lihua that she still had something to do and asked Yin Lihua to stay alone. Without any other instructions, she disappeared.
Although she didn't see her true face, Yin Lihua already knew that she was a woman like herself. Although the other party did not reveal his identity, he did not know his age or appearance. But from Yin Lihua's several verbal tests of her, it can be seen that the other party's skills and cultivation are beyond her reach.
Moreover, since the other party was acquainted with the elders of her sect, Yin Lihua naturally regarded the other party as an elder.
When we walked out of the small cave, we saw strange rock stalactites everywhere. Move the power behind the eyes, and the surroundings will gradually become clearer. Yin Lihua did not choose the way she came, but saw a path leading to a deeper place.
After walking inside for about a quarter of an hour, I felt that the originally cool air had become even colder. Yin Lihua was a little surprised, but still walked forward, but the further she walked, the colder she became. After walking slowly for a while, the air around her was already as cold as the twelfth lunar month of winter. Even with Yin Lihua's cultivation, she felt that the hairs all over her body were standing on end.
Yin Lihua walked very slowly. Although she saw no danger, careful observation could see traces of artificial modification in some places along the way. It shows that these places are usually frequently visited by people.
The air is getting colder. Yin Lihua originally wanted to stop, but seeing the darker environment ahead and her natural attraction to the unknown, Yin Lihua continued to walk forward.
Suddenly, two stone doors appeared in front of them, blocking the way forward. Yin Lihua did not rush to check Shimen, but first observed the surroundings. The surrounding space is not large, about the size of a living room. Above the head are stalactites of different lengths hanging from the rock wall. And this stone door is opened on the rock wall in front, and it seems that it can be pushed to both sides. On the rock walls on both sides of the stone gate, there are two hand-hewn lamp holders, and there is actually pine wax inside.
Yin Lihua approached carefully and used a fire twister to light the pine wax on both sides. The surroundings actually became brighter, and the surrounding environment could be clearly seen. There was no abnormality at all, so Yin Lihua approached the stone door and reached out to test it. She discovered that the two stone doors were actually hewn from the stalactites of the rock wall. Although the door is tightly closed, a bit of cold air is coming from the door. It seems that the air inside is colder than outside.
The tentacled stone wall was cold, as cold as ice.
Yin Lihua leaned against the wall and felt it, but there was no sound inside. So he tried to push the stone door, but there was no response. The stone door was thick and cold. Yin Lihua couldn't help but use her inner strength, and to her surprise, the stone door opened slowly.
Looking at the stone door that slowly opened, Yin Lihua looked inside in surprise. Inside is a much larger cave, and a lot of cold air is coming out of the cave. Moreover, there are actually five fist-sized luminous pearls on the stone walls and on the roof of the cave, which emit a faint fluorescent light and illuminate the cave more clearly.
Yin Lihua, who was standing at the door, suddenly became nervous. Her penetrating eyes were quietly looking at a place in the cave. In this chilly environment, she suddenly saw someone. This sudden surprise was even more chilling than the cold air.
In the middle of the cave, there is a bunch of surprising things. There was a huge dead tree stump there, like a tree with its trunk cut off. On the surface of the object, which looked like huge dead branches and tree roots, there was a square stone bed that seemed to be about five feet high and more than ten feet long, dark and glowing with cold light. . And sitting quietly on this stone bed was a person, a pale person!
He sat cross-legged on the stone bed. There was nothing else on the stone bed, but a large amount of cold mist was faintly emitted. These mist were also extremely strange. They only invaded the man's abdomen and the entire stone bed, making his body My lower abdomen and legs were submerged in the mist. He looked extremely mysterious, and people were surprised how he could be in such a cold place without feeling any coldness on his body.
The cold air around is obviously related to this strange tree stump and stone bed.
Yin Lihua slowly approached the cave, but did not approach the stone bed rashly. Looking at the man on the stone bed, Yin Lihua had an inexplicable feeling, but she also felt a little panicked and uneasy.
She didn't know this person, but if Liu Jixing were here, she would definitely jump because he was very familiar with this person!
This naked man sitting cross-legged on the stone bed was his imperial uncle and cousin of the late Emperor Liu Sheng, King Yinqi Liu Hongda.
This is a dead person, a dead person who has been buried, how could he suddenly appear on this stone bed? It is really puzzling.
It can be said that Liu Hongda lost all his vitality that day and was obviously dead. Although due to some reasons, he was not buried in the Liu family's royal cemetery, but after the new emperor Liu Jixing ascended the throne, in order to win over people's hearts and out of humanity, he still ordered people to restrain him and bury him in a deep mountain on the outskirts of Beijing.
Because Liu Hongda's branch finally left a son, Liu Chengen, the still young prince of Jiangyin County, was lucky enough to follow Princess Duan Suqin of Longchuan into the palace that day and avoid Liu Hongda's rebellion.
Everyone is a descendant of the Liu family, and Liu Chengen is still a child. From Liu Jixing's perspective, he doesn't want to go too far. After all, Liu Hongda was plotting Liu Sheng's empire. Although he eventually took over the empire, Liu Jixing still wanted to gain some fame and did not want to be as ruthless as Liu Sheng who killed the clan when he first ascended the throne.
When the news of the death of Liu Hongda, the king of Yinqi, reached outside the palace, he treated the people with the scene of committing suicide out of fear of crime. The people still did not understand the cause of Liu Hongda's death. Some even thought that Liu Sheng deliberately killed Liu Hongda in the end in order to avoid death. future trouble.
Liu Hongda was finally able to be buried. This matter was arranged by Liu Jixing himself, because Liu Hongda died in front of several masters, truly extinguishing his vitality and vitality. With Xia Qinghou's cultivation level and the sense of perception present at the time, it was natural to know that Liu Hongda was completely dead without even looking. At this time, he appeared inexplicably in Shu, thousands of miles away, which was really creepy.
And at this time, Liu Hongda was completely naked and sitting cross-legged on the stone bed. His eyes were closed tightly and his face was deathly pale, obviously no different from a dead person. But what is surprising is that there are two puffs of white gas coming out of his nostrils. Because of the cold air, these two thick puffs of white gas are visible to the naked eye.
I saw these two puffs of white gas slowly blowing out from his nostrils. They looked like two puffs the size of a nose, and they didn't disperse like smoke. Instead, it stayed concentrated, and then slowly moved down from the side of his face, forming a stream at the back of his neck. It actually wrapped around the neck, chest and went downstream to the abdomen, forming a circle of white lines two fingers wide, wrapping around the body all the way down, and finally disappeared into the belly button, just like the belly button, like a swallowing mouth. .
His whole body was pale and his face was livid, just like a breathless corpse, but his belly button was like a living thing, and after the white gas entered his body, Yin Lihua looked closely, although his belly button was surrounded by white gas. , but the muscles around the belly button are actually squirming.
A person who looks like a dead person, but under the lights and pearls, he feels like he has a trace of vitality. The stone bed here is extremely cold, and the entire cave is filled with cold air, especially the chilling, low strange sounds coming from nowhere. In addition, Liu Hongda was sitting on this weird stone bed, which made it feel even more weird.
Boom boom boom!
Just when Yin Lihua was distracted, a slow and low sound suddenly came from the underground of the cave, as if the door to hell from Jiuyou was slowly opening in front of her eyes. The squeaking and low grinding sound made people feel The hairs all over his body stand on end.
Then I saw that two meters to the right of the strange tree stump, under the cold ground, slowly and automatically opened a two or three meter hole on the rocky stalactite ground not far from the stone bed. Tunnel entrance. The entrance of this tunnel is square in shape and is obviously man-made.
