There was a commotion outside the conference room, and the sound of being stepped on the floor became more and more intensive. All the Plutos also temporarily pulled away from the mood of saying goodbye to the Pluto Palace, and they all raised their eyes and looked outside.
Soon, Bai Wuchang pushed the door open and came in. His expression was the same as before. He glanced at everyone present calmly: "We are back."
"oh."
Several Hades responded briefly, while more people just lowered their eyes and clasped their fingers, or looked at the torches in a daze. The originally bright clothes on their bodies were now dull, and their beards seemed to have lost their energy, hanging limply on their chins, precariously.
They seem to be much older now. To them, who are hundreds or even thousands of years old, age was originally just a number, but now they are visibly haggard.
After all, they have to say goodbye to the home they have lived in for thousands of years and move to a new home. The pressure of life is suddenly thrown on their shoulders.
Li Jianguo remembered a saying, and how it came to be: Boys will become men only after they bear the pressure of life.
Then this meeting should be the coming of age ceremony for these Plutos after they take power.
Obviously, they were not in the mood to communicate about other matters at the moment. Only King Yama turned his eyes and asked: "How is the situation over there?"
Bai Wuchang replied: "Indeed, most of the lost souls in Yangjian are in Hanguang Town, a border town in the demon world to the north of Shaking Sky Cliff. We didn't encounter any problems in the past and have brought all the souls back. But a few The souls of the sinful people have been annihilated by Cui Ling, and besides... we have not found any ghosts."
Li Jianguo was shocked.
"Didn't you find them? Have they been wiped out by people from the demon world?"
Bai Wuchang shook his head.
"Probably not. Except for the traces of the battle between you and Huang Si that Mr. Li mentioned before, there are no other signs of subsequent battles. It should be that the Minggu people moved on their own, and their whereabouts are still unknown."
Li Jianguo looked at the Plutos, who were mumbling sadly about moving matters.
Qingxian took a deep breath helplessly, exhaled it slowly, leaned out of the chair, walked to Bai Wuchang, and whispered: "The Plutos should have their own affairs to deal with now, let's go and find them." Master Bao, let’s discuss the next thing.”
Bai Wuchang nodded, but his eyes swept across the faces of the Plutos in confusion, and he asked doubtfully: "Plutos...what's wrong?"
Qingxian shrugged: "Mid-life crisis, it should be. After working for most of my life, I had a meeting and my family is gone. Please understand."
…
Bao Zheng was still at Cui Mansion, and the conference room was still full of people. Li Jianguo suspected that Bao Zheng might not have rested at all, because he could now see tired dark circles on his dark face.
But Bao Zheng still said hello to everyone who came in with a smile, very briefly, he just raised his head from the desk, and soon he was buried in the dense files: "You are here, the progress is good, right? ?”
"I wonder if this is good news," Qingxian said, taking out a volume of documents from the desk and reading it, then casually responded, "Thanks to Mr. Li, the Palace of Hades is going to be demolished."
Bao Zheng was stunned for a moment.
He slowly raised his head, fixed his eyes on Li Jianguo, and looked at Li Jianguo again carefully before lowering his head again and whispered softly: "Awesome."
Li Jianguo thought about it and remembered that when he first met Bao Zheng, Bao Zheng once said that the key to the problem in Hades was the Palace of Hades.
It's less than 48 hours from that time, and Pluto's palace will be gone soon.
It’s really mine, Li Jianguo.
But Li Jianguo was actually not very happy.
When he got up from the conference room just now, he had already discovered the yellow hair that fell on the chair. Afterwards, he found a mirror and double-checked that the yellow hair had indeed fallen off by himself.
In other words, his ability to guide the country and fight with the kings was actually the result of the great sage's hair.
The great sage gave me a hair this morning, but in the afternoon, I lost one hair.
Poor vellus hair, he died young before he even had time to say hello to the other hair people around him or even get to know each other well.
Now I only have two chances to save my life. I must be careful with my words and actions. Never use it again unless absolutely necessary!
"Let me also report on the progress." Bao Zheng leaned on the back of the chair, organized the files in front of him with both hands, and handed them to a staff member next to him. He looked at everyone again and motioned for everyone to sit down.
Bao Zheng's eyes paused on Lin Ling: "Oh? There is a new member in the team. Are they Mr. Li's family members?"
Li Jianguo waved his hand quickly: "Master Bao, be careful with your words and deeds! Be careful with your words and deeds! This is the Onmyoji who can't find a job I told you before. Do you still remember it, Master Bao?"
Bao Zheng suddenly nodded and greeted politely.
Lin Ling obviously had not yet integrated into the Hades environment. She just nodded blankly and stood behind Li Jianguo awkwardly. Li Jianguo had no choice but to turn around and say to Lin Ling: "Hey, you are going to find a job soon. You are a bit discerning." ! Come on, say hello and say hello to Mr. Bao!"
"Hello, Mr. Bao..."
Bao Zheng smiled and waved his hand, signaling Lin Ling to sit down with everyone. After sitting down, Bao Zheng put away his smile and said in a deep voice:
"This sudden disaster in the Three Realms has caused many changes in the underworld. The soul hunting organization that was originally expected to start operations today has only completed the screening and training of the first batch of staff, and is expected to officially open tonight. The Central Bank matter has been cleared due to Princess Xian went to rescue and provide disaster relief, so the whole work was temporarily suspended. I believe Princess Qingxian has made arrangements for this. Po Meng has carried out relief work for the victims in several larger disaster-stricken spots. In terms of defense, he is currently working under Hei Wuchang Fan. It will be carried out in an orderly manner under the leadership..."
Li Jianguo sighed secretly: As expected of Mr. Bao, it sounds like everything is in order.
However, Bao Zheng's brows did not relax: "The biggest problem now is Cui Ling's problem. Regarding the annihilation souls hidden in the Three Realms that Cui Ling mentioned to Mr. Li before, we explored several locations and found that they do exist, but... We don’t know the exact number and location of it at all now. Moreover, Cui Ling is unwilling to explain in any case, and said that he only wants to talk to Mr. Li."
Everyone focused their attention on Li Jianguo again.
Li Jianguo let out a long sigh.
"Then what else is there to say? Let's go."
…
For a moment, in the dungeon of Hades, Li Jianguo, accompanied by the jailer behind him, looked at Cui Ling who had changed into prison uniform through the prison's heavy wooden door.
Perhaps unlike what many people imagine, the dungeons of the underworld are not a rancid, dirty and dilapidated scene. On the contrary, the dungeon can be described as spacious and spacious, with a faint fragrance of pine wood. Both the passage and the cell are fresh and refreshing, without any damp odor. Torches were neatly scattered on the walls, and there were almost no dark corners where light could not be seen.
This is mainly because the design of Hades was not considered when designing the dungeon. After all, there are eighteen levels of hell next to it. If you commit a crime, you can just throw it in. As the judicial system of Hades continued to improve, it was necessary to set up a place to hold prisoners awaiting trial and administrative detention. Unfortunately, the architects who came down from the earth later did not have any shocking imagination, so this dungeon fully embodies A civilized concept of the rule of law that is incompatible with hell.
Some of the cages have iron windows and some have wooden windows. The one in front of Li Jianguo now is a wooden window, and Cui Ling inside doesn't seem to have any shackles on his hands and feet.
"Master Cui," Li Jianguo carefully kept his distance from the cage, "Long time no see."
Cui Ling lowered his head and looked at Li Jianguo with calm eyes: "Didn't we just meet him in the early morning?"
"Ah, that's true. Can you think of a way to say hello?"
Cui Ling looked at Li Jianguo's face and seemed to be thinking. Soon, Cui Ling said: "Forget it. Let's change the topic. By the way, when you came out of my house today, was my house still bright?"
"It's on. I'm still curious as to why your house is the only one in the underworld that is brightly lit. I can't find the source of the light."
Cui Ling smiled: "It seems that you really came out of my house, that means...you did come here after discussing with someone." Cui Ling's smile became a little bit charming, "Master Li, since you Coming here means that you don't know where the annihilated souls I prepared in the Three Realms are, doesn't it?"
Li Jianguo also nodded without hesitation: "How about it, are you ready to tell me everything?"
Cui Ling raised his head, an excited smile hung on the corner of his mouth, his eyes were like a weak hungry wolf, fierce and crazy.
"Then I haven't lost yet," Cui Ling said with a smile, "You still have time to consider my proposal about the new Hades. Otherwise, disaster in the Three Realms will still be inevitable."
ah. Li Jianguo wanted to understand why Cui Ling wanted to see him.
As long as he sees himself, it proves that Hades is still powerless against Cui Ling.
Li Jianguo thought for a while, turned around and whispered to the jailer behind him: "What, can't we torture him or something?"
The jailer shook his head innocently.
Li Jianguo was a little surprised: "You are the underworld! Is the underworld still enforcing the law in such a civilized way? Where is your gloominess? Where is your violence? Now you are pushing back and forth?"
"I heard everything, Mr. Li."
Cui Ling lay on the prison railing and said unhappily.
Li Jianguo chuckled awkwardly, turned around, and suggested to Cui Ling hopefully: "Master Cui, there is no point in resisting. Think about your father, think about your mother..."
"Shut up!"
Li Jianguo thought about the social connections he could use: "You just need to tell me the location of the Annihilated Soul. I still have some friendship with a small group of gods in the Three Realms. I guarantee that you will be fine. You can also be your judge in the underworld. How about we all just laugh away our grudges and pretend that nothing happened?"
Cui Ling just stared at Li Jianguo, smiled, and said nothing.
"Okay, it seems we can only take a step back." Li Jianguo sighed helplessly and continued to negotiate.
"Why do we each take a step back?"
"How about you, tell me about the souls that are about to be annihilated in the world of the world, and I won't use my connections or guarantee that you will be okay? How about this?"
The crazy smile on Cui Ling's lips softened a lot. His eyes were a little confused. He moved his mouth and was about to speak, but stopped when he was about to lose his voice.
"Forget it," Cui Ling finally said tiredly, "You can think it over before you talk to me, but you only have one hour. I'm tired, Master Li, please please."
Li Jianguo shrugged.
Okay, I did my best.
Although he knows that the Three Realms are about to be in catastrophe, he has no good solution now.
Hurry up and reply to Bao Zheng to finish the matter.
Li Jianguo turned around, shook his head slowly and artificially twice, expressed regret, raised his legs, and prepared to walk out energetically.
I watched a ray of light pass by the tip of my nose.
He got into the wooden railings of the prison and hit Cui Ling on the back of his neck. With a bang, smoke and dust flew everywhere. When the dust and smoke clears, the aroma of meat will overflow.
Li Jianguo's expression froze on his face.
He turned his neck slowly and mechanically, and with difficulty moved his eyes downwards, and saw Cui Ling lying motionless on the ground.
Li Jianguo retracted his neck and looked in the direction where the light waves flew out. On the steps of the prison entrance, he saw a petite and frail figure holding a fly whisk!
Li Jianguo felt that his emotions could not even be properly mobilized. Should he be shocked, angry, speechless, or helpless now?
Li Jianguo, who had mixed feelings, asked Lin Ling in a low voice:
"Lin Ling!? What...are you doing? You...how did you get in!?"
Lin Ling was stunned by Li Jianguo's reaction: "It wasn't you...did you ask me to go with you?"
Li Jianguo thought for a while: He really said this in the morning.
Okay, okay, great.
Li Jianguo turned his attention to the jailer again: "She...how did she get in!? You didn't stop her?"
The jailer was so frightened by the loud noise that he collapsed to the ground. He raised his head and looked at Li Jianguo tremblingly: "I...I saw that she was following you, and I thought she was with you..."
Okay, okay, great.
Li Jianguo froze in place for two seconds, waiting for the emotions in his mind to decide a winner. During this period, Li Jianguo's eyes slipped back and forth across Cui Ling, Lin Ling and the jailer as if they had lost their sight.
Two seconds later, anger occupied Li Jianguo's mind.
I've really seen a ghost!
Li Jianguo walked up to Lin Ling in two steps, snatched the fly whisk from Lin Ling's hand, and scolded Lin Ling and asked: "Why are you blasting him so well!?"
Lin Ling bit her lip and turned her eyes red. She lowered her head and looked at Li Jianguo's boots with lowered eyelids: "I heard you talk about being tortured or something... You told me before that you wanted me to have some eyesight... I think I can help I'm busy...I'll just..."
Li Jianguo thought for a while: Damn it, he really said this just now.
However, Li Jianguo's anger has not diminished at all:
"You just slapped him until he was charred on the outside and tender on the inside? I'm talking about severe punishment, not execution! It's not the death penalty either!"
Li Jianguo almost shouted. He felt like the world was spinning, and he even had a speculation: Zhen Yuanzi's clone should have a grudge against him. Lin Ling had only been down for so long, and how much trouble he had caused!
I also blame myself, it would be nice to let her stay in the Palace of Hades! Anyway, the Palace of Hades is about to be demolished, and if she really releases a few light waves, she might be able to help a lot.
The anger left his mind and was replaced by regret. Li Jianguo stamped his foot hard. But there was no time to sigh now. He hurriedly rushed to the jailer who was still sitting on the ground, yanked the key from his waist, turned around and opened Cui Ling's cell door.
Cui Ling lay on the ground, motionless.
Li Jianguo thought over and over in his heart:
Cui Ling, you must not be killed at this time!
If Cui Ling really died at this time, he wouldn't be able to escape even if he jumped into the Yellow River! I went into the dungeon, and then let my men kill Cui Ling in front of the jailer. How could this look like I was killing people and silencing them? Moreover, they had doubts about themselves when they demolished Pluto's Palace. He fooled them into lameness and was able to eliminate the suspicion. Now that he is involved in this matter again, unless he fools them to death, he will definitely die. Got it!
Li Jianguo turned Cui Ling over and put his hand to the tip of Cui Ling's nose to feel his breath.
My heart suddenly fell to the bottom.
It's over, no breathing.
Li Jianguo made a prompt decision.
"Quick, call 120!"
