Yao and Shunyu stared at him, not daring to relax at all. Now he was seriously injured and his left eye was almost blind. If they really wanted to fight, he and Li Bai might not be their opponents.
"Don't be nervous. If I want to take action, you will have no chance to cross the bridge." Lu Zhangyuan looked at the two of them calmly.
This sentence sounded provocative, but Li Bai, Yao, Shun and Yu all tacitly agreed not to deny it. After all, it was Lu Zhangyuan who proposed the method of leaving.
"I have no intention of harming you. I am from the secret force under the Night Watch, specializing in handling some difficult incidents. But I can't understand why you two don't choose to serve the country with your abilities, but instead go with those crimson beasts. ." Yao Shunyu was stunned when he heard these words, but he quickly realized that Lu Zhangyuan might have also been deceived. No, no, his memory was modified. They also had a similar experience during the Shui Grandpa mission.
Li Bai pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Lu Zhangyuan, what is the code name of your secret force among the Night Watchmen?"
"We don't have code names, only numbers. My number is 1." Lu Zhangyuan didn't hide this. He really wanted to persuade the two people in front of him to change their ways, so that capable and kind-hearted people should serve the country.
The code name of Shao Tong who was parasitized by the Night Watch President was Zero, and the code name of this Lu Zhangyuan was 1, which is the person second only to the President among the second generation Crimson. Such a person would not be a match even in the heyday of Yao, Shun Yu and Li Bai. .
"Lu Zhangyuan, do you believe me?" Li Bai asked. Lu Zhangyuan nodded,
"you say."
"Have you ever wondered why your code name is the same as Crimson?"
"Because we are trained according to the methods of those demons in Crimson. Our highest goal is to kill all Crimson." Lu Zhangyuan took a deep breath.
"If you want to kill the devil, you must first become a devil. Although we have good intentions, our methods are more vicious than the devil."
"But you were deceived. You are also Crimson, the second generation of Crimson. This is the real code name given to you by the Night Watch!"
"The top brass of the Night Watch have been betrayed. They are just using you to achieve their ulterior secrets!"
"You are tools, tools that can be abandoned at any time. We have seen Ling among you before. His name is Shao Tong. He died with the president in order to save us." Li Bai paused, and the last shout of Shao Tong emerged in his mind. The words he uttered and his pale face,
"Of course, it's also to save himself. He doesn't want to be a puppet. He wants to be free." Lu Zhangyuan frowned. What the other person said made him feel strange.
"I don't know what you are talking about. There is no zero among us. My code name is the highest." Li Bai explained quickly,
"The memories of all of you have been modified by the president. You are the second generation of Crimson. Jiangcheng Wang Fugui and the others are the first generation of Crimson. It is true, but they are also poor people, and they are both good people. The information you have received is still Your memories are all fake!" He didn't have high hopes that Li Bai could persuade Lu Zhangyuan, Yao, Shun and Yu. It was basically impossible for Lu Zhangyuan to change his inherent memory in a short time. He slowly stretched his hands behind his back, just in case. In case he also hid a quantity of explosives, if things changed, he decided to pounce on him and hug Lu Zhangyuan, or they would both die together.
Thinking of this, Yao, Shun, and Yu's patience was about to be exhausted, and their expressions became more ferocious.
"What do you want?" Lu Zhangyuan was silent. He looked at Li Bai with a complex expression in his eyes.
"I don't know why. Although what you said is incredible, I have an inexplicable trust in you."
"Someone among us must have been deceived. I will go back and look for evidence." Even Li Bai was stunned for a moment after hearing this.
"go back?"
"Yes, I will go back and report to my superiors what happened during this mission, including the information you fed back. There must be an error in the intelligence at some point." Lu Zhangyuan's expression became serious.
"They also portrayed you as murderous demons, but as far as I can see, you are definitely not evil people." Thinking of Shao Tong's experience, Li Bai couldn't help but become nervous.
"No, you can't go back. If the Night Watchmen know that you have discovered their conspiracy, they will not let you go!"
"That's enough, Miss Li. After all, the Night Watchmen are serving the country. The internal situation is definitely not as bad as you imagined. On the contrary, it is Jiangcheng King Fugui and other crimson remnants. I advise you not to get involved with them, so as not to harm Chi Yu." It can be seen that Lu Zhangyuan has also endured Li Bai's slander against the night watchman to the limit.
After finishing speaking, Lu Zhangyuan cupped his hands towards Li Bai Yao and Shun Yu.
"Boy, let's say goodbye. See you later!"
"Farewell, see you later!" Li Bai returned the favor. But it was Yao and Shunyu's turn to be much more embarrassed. He broke one of his arms, leaving one hand still hidden behind his back to hold the bomb, and he couldn't take it out for a while.
"Well... I'll see you later, have a safe journey!" Yao Shunyu pretended to wish loudly. He didn't dislike Lu Zhangyuan. What he disliked was his identity as the second-generation crimson.
Fortunately, Lu Zhangyuan didn't care. After saying goodbye, he turned around and left. He got into the woods and disappeared in a few breaths.
It wasn't until Lu Zhangyuan's figure completely disappeared that Li Baiyao and Shunyu breathed a sigh of relief. The two understood that according to Lu Zhangyuan's character, he would never disdain to ambush them and wait for an opportunity to attack.
After a moment of silence, Li Bai looked back and looked at Yao and Shunyu with complex and regretful eyes.
"You said...you said Li Maochun was also deceived. He was thinking about killing us until the end. I remember the look in his eyes. He was not afraid of death. He just regretted not killing us two before he died. ." Recalling Li Maochun's last performance, Yao, Shun, and Yu didn't know what to say for a while. The night watchers really deserved to die. Those second-generation crimsons whose memories had been modified thought they were punishing rape and eradicating evil and delivering justice. , little did they know that they were just a tool, and they were being deceived until they died.
Shaking their heads, they temporarily suppressed the complicated things in their minds. They had more important things to do.
"By the way, how do we get out of here?" The bridge has been broken, and now they are facing a forest in the night.
"Let's go. Since Empress Zhusheng has fallen into the water and died, this deadlock has been solved. I think we can find Jiangcheng Wang Fugui and the others no matter which way we go. Let's meet up first." Li Bai didn't have any idea about this. Too much worry.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yao, Shun, and Yu suddenly turned their heads to look at the river. The river was dark and very calm, with a waning moon reflected in the water.
"What's wrong?" Li Bai suddenly became alert.
"I...I felt like something was staring at me, just for a moment." Yao Shunyu explained hurriedly, his eyes still searching the river surface inch by inch, as well as the broken bridge piers.
Looking at the dark river, Li Bai also had a bad premonition. He pulled Yao and Shunyu's sleeves and urged: "Don't wait any longer. Let's leave here first and then make plans." Then the two of them went into the forest together. , and soon disappeared.
The river surface, the riverside, and the vicinity of the bridge piers were all quiet. After Li Bai Yao and Shun Yu left, it seemed that all living things had been lost here, and it was very deserted.
But after this continued for about 10 minutes, Yao Shunyu slowly poked his face out under a big tree. He stared at the lake with an increasingly strange expression.
"There is nothing..." Under the other tree was naturally Li Bai. She pulled Yao, Shunyu and walked towards the depths of the mountain forest.
"Okay, don't think too much, let's go find Jiangcheng King Fugui. To be honest, I'm still quite afraid of the guy named Wu, but if I don't see him during the mission, I'll be very panicked." Wu said to fight. The index is obvious to all. Those who have been able to fight him back and forth for such a long time are all top-notch weirdos, and they can be counted on one hand. As long as Wu wakes up, their lives will be strongly guaranteed.
"I don't know what happened to King Fugui of Jiangcheng. There is also Tang Qisheng Zhujie and the others. They correspond to the information of King Fugui of Jiangcheng, but they..." As Li Bai Yao and Shun Yu trekked in the mountains and forests, none of them could Unexpectedly, there is a waning moon floating on the Blackwater River at this moment.
The waning moon is like the reflection of the moon in the sky, but when I slowly look up at the sky, I see that there is no moon in the sky. The large dark clouds are very low, blocking the stars and the moon. After looking at it for a long time, it even makes people feel faintly depressed, as if there is something going on. Big things happen.
Zooming out and raising the angle of view, not far from the waning moon in the water, there is a place in the dark lake that is obviously different in color from the surroundings. There is a piece of black and blue, and the black and blue is motionless, as if a huge monster is lurking.
...In the former Jiji Temple, now the Qingyun Temple, night has fallen. This is the first time for the three of them to see the temple at night, and they can't help but feel strange.
Jiangcheng fat man Ye Qiutang and the other two were walking on the path inside Qingyun Temple, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"What's the point?" The fat man couldn't help complaining,
"Look at that Taoist Xuande, that is, the monk Huide before he was affected. I think they are both the same thing. Why can't you explain the truth clearly even though you have said it over and over again!" What happened just now was still in the fat man's mind. Stop flashed by and he was so angry that he couldn't breathe.
Just now they secretly found the accommodation of the Taoist priests they had visited during the day. Monk Huicong, who should now be called Monk Xuancong, was recuperating here, and Xuancong was said to be the only disciple of Taoist Lingxiao who survived the disaster.
The explanation given by Taoist Lingxiao is that Xuan Cong stabbed a demon-suppressing picture on his back, which saved Xuan Cong's life in times of crisis.
Just now, they sneaked into the room while the guarding monk went to relieve himself, but before they could ask any questions, they were caught by Xuande Taoist priests who happened to come to check the room. It was a coincidence. , Xuan Ming and several old acquaintances were also there, and the scene was very chaotic for a time.
Just like what Ye Qiutang said just now, there is no such coincidence in the world. They had been observing for a long time before they found an opportunity to sneak in. Moreover, they had scouted the surrounding area beforehand and there was no one at all. Xuande and Xuanming seemed to have come from underground. Same as drilled out.
Even the fat man could tell there was something wrong inside. Xuande Xuanming seemed to be leaving them alone. He turned to look at Jiang Cheng and saw Jiang Cheng frowning slightly, clenching and unclenching his fists slightly. He had been with Jiang Cheng for a long time. , Fatty knew that he was thinking about the problem, and the process was not smooth, there were disagreements to a large extent, and he was making up his mind.
"Stop thinking about it yourself, talk to us." Ye Qiutang was also anxious. After all, there were only three of them left tonight, and if nothing else happened, this would be their last night in Qingyun Temple.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng looked at Ye Qiutang,
"Have you seen the picture behind Xuan Cong?" Ye Qiutang became furious when he thought of this.
"No, the angle at that time was only for you to see a little clearly. Just as I was about to take a look, Xuande Xuanming appeared and drove us away." The scene was tense for a while, and as soon as I entered the door, I saw a disheveled man Xuan Cong, the most important thing is that Jiang Cheng was pulling Xuan Cong's clothes hard. Xuande and Xuanming exploded at that time. No one expected that he would lose such a big temper, and the two parties almost clashed.
"Doctor, if you hadn't stopped me, we would have started fighting just now. Do you remember that Xuan Ming? That kid was not a good guy. He had a knife in his arms. It wasn't big, but I saw him reaching in to touch the knife. I saw it when I was here." Fatty emphasized.
Jiang Cheng frowned and his voice became louder,
"That's not what I'm saying. The angle you were standing at just now was wrong. I saw the tattoo on Xuan Cong's back. Although I didn't look carefully, the tattoo has definitely changed." After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng continued to recall,
"The Taoist tattoo became bigger than before, and I could faintly see a symbol under the Taoist tattoo."
"Yes, that's right, that's the symbol!" Jiang Cheng nodded firmly.
"What symbol?" Ye Qiutang asked with wide eyes.
"It's the cross pattern of Buddhism, just under the demon-suppressing picture of that gate." Jiang Cheng recalled. As soon as these words came out, Ye Qiutang's expression changed instantly. Xuan Cong was a Taoist priest, and there was a Taoist demon-suppressing picture behind him. This could be explained, but it was strange to have a Buddhist cross pattern.
"Is it possible that Xuan Cong had converted to Buddhism before joining Ling Xiaozi?" Ye Qiutang's tone was strange. Obviously she also felt that this statement was untenable.
However, Ye Qiutang couldn't understand, but the fat man seemed to understand a little better. He slowly opened his eyes wide, and then looked at Jiang Cheng with a face full of disbelief. The latter nodded to him with an ugly expression.
Fat man's heart
There was a "thump". If this was really the case, then tonight would be complicated. No monk or Taoist priest could be trusted.
"Do you think this looks like a competition?" Jiang Cheng said,
"Whether it's Abbot Fuji or Taoist Lingxiao, they are all competing for the body of Monk Huicong."
"Their competition is to gain our trust." Jiang Cheng added.
"So...so the rumors about Taoist Lingxiao and Abbot Fuji are all fake. They are actually two fierce ghosts!" Thinking about this, Fatty suddenly felt that everything made sense.
Shaking his head, Jiang Cheng corrected him with a serious expression: "It's not a ghost, it's just two weird things that have become the climate."
