"Guard Zhan, how are you?"
Chen Jing's words were not cruel. He didn't even want to pretend, and told Zhan Zhao clearly that Bao Zheng (Gongsun Ce) was in his hands.
But Zhan Zhao really can't do anything to him. Now that Mr. Gongsun's trace is unknown, he is afraid that if he is not careful, Gongsun Ce will die. This is a situation that neither he nor Bao Zheng wants to see.
However, how could he put the Chu Qi girl in danger!
Even though his hand was touching the giant tower, Zhan Zhao still tried hard to resist his murderous intention. He looked at Chen Jing and couldn't help but mocked:
"Master Chen is really affectionate and loyal to Master Bao."
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. I am a person who values love and justice. But Zhan is guarding you. What should I say? Do you have any clues about the goddess?"
Facing Chen Jing's inquiry, Zhan Zhaohan said coldly, "Please allow Zhan to think for a moment."
He now wished he could split himself into three parts.
One stayed here to delay Chen Jing, one went upstairs to take Chu Qi out of this dangerous situation, and the other could rescue Gongsun Ce as soon as possible.
But, he can't.
Therefore, he could only watch Chen Jing curl his lips at him, then return to the altar table, and muttered:
"Okay, then I'll ask Guard Zhan to think it over carefully."
"Come here, um, housekeeper, hurry up and prepare incense for me to sacrifice to the goddess. Come here with a few more people, go and call out all the people in the guest room! It's a big mistake to not come to worship when you are in a place of sacrifice. Disrespectful, do you understand?”
"Yes, sir!"
Chen Jing gave an order, and several soldiers came out in response, and then dispersed to chase people away. Seeing a man trying to go upstairs, Zhan Zhao's heart suddenly jumped. When he passed by Zhan Zhao, He immediately reached out and stopped him.
Seeing Zhan Zhao blocking the stairs and preventing anyone from going up, Chen Jing couldn't help but sneer and said:
"What's going on, Guard Zhan, what are you doing? Is there something shady hidden upstairs?"
"How could it be... Zhan just wanted to go up with this little brother to call someone."
"Okay, okay! Guard Zhan is such a warm-hearted person!"
Ignoring Chen Jing's thumbs up and taunting him, Zhan Zhao turned around and went upstairs first, while the soldier followed closely behind him conscientiously, refusing to relax at all.
Juque shook his waist lightly, and he was already prepared to knock the soldier down as soon as he entered the door, and then buy time for Chu Qi.
No matter whether Chu Qi wants to leave or stay, Zhan Zhao will respect her.
And he himself was ready to do his best to save Gongsun Ce, even if it meant coercing Chen Jing, an official of the imperial court, into telling him the whereabouts of Gongsun Ce.
He is willing to be wanted and pay his life for this, as long as friendship can be achieved.
However, when Zhan Zhao opened the door and saw an empty room, he couldn't tell what emotions he was feeling inside at this moment.
I just felt more or less relieved.
The accompanying soldiers reluctantly entered the room again and searched carefully, but found nothing, so they had to come out silently.
The sword no longer buzzed, Zhan Zhao quickly went downstairs, and saw the soldier who had been following him silently shaking his head at Chen Jing.
Seeing this, Chen Jing didn't say much. He just raised his eyebrows at Zhan Zhao, and then asked people to light incense.
After the incense was lit, he took the incense with both hands, raised it above his head, then knelt down and bowed respectfully to the incense table.
Although he always talks dirty, because of Master Xuanji, Chen Jing still believes in the things about gods and ghosts in his heart. Therefore, he can just talk about it in his own house. When he really gets here, he He was determined not to show any disrespect.
After kneeling three times and prostrating nine times, it’s time to insert the incense into the incense burner. Something unexpected happens at this moment!
Chen Jing had just inserted the three sticks of incense. The next second, a gust of wind blew from nowhere, and the incense was blown out.
"……How is this going?!"
"S-Sir, it seemed like it was windy just now?"
"Didn't I ask you to close the door for me? I have to say it again -"
Chen Jing looked back angrily at the closed doors and windows around him. For a moment, he felt the hairs on his hair stand on end and the back of his neck felt cold. He turned his head back stiffly. After a while, he said hoarsely:
"... Relight the incense. It must have been loosely closed somewhere. Master Wang, go and check it again!"
Master Wang left in response, carefully checked the doors and windows again, and after confirming again that they were all tightly closed, he lit three more sticks of incense and handed them to Chen Jing.
Chen Jing took the incense and swallowed. This time, his actions were more pious than before.
"The villain Chen Jing of Jiangzhou Prefecture, under the entrustment of Master Xuanji, who is under the seat of Jingxin Bodhisattva, came to pay homage to the goddess. I hope that the goddess will take pity on you and beg you to meet me."
His posture was very low and his words were sincere, but these were of no use. As soon as he inserted the incense into the incense burner, the incense went out again.
Everyone present shivered when they saw this scene, and they all huddled together in twos and threes, shaking like chaff.
Only Zhan Zhao's eyes lit up when he saw this, and then he quietly took half a step back. He just waited for a moment, but never felt the familiar feeling of his clothes being pulled.
He couldn't help but frown again, feeling a little worried in his heart.
Let's talk about Chen Jing. When he saw this situation, he just felt a little numb all over. He was sluggish for a moment. The balance in his heart swung between the unknown ghosts and gods and the mysterious Master Xuanji for a while, and finally fell back to Master Xuanji. over there.
So he took a deep breath, stood up from the ground with determination, and asked Master Wang to light incense for him for the third time.
Only this time, before he could bow down, the three animals on the altar flew up out of the air one after another, and then they all hit him.
No one at the scene reacted, and watched helplessly as Chen Jing was knocked to the ground by three huge livestock heads, and then the incense table fell over, and all the incense ashes were sprinkled on him.
After suffering this, Chen Jing was shocked and frightened. He lay trembling in the pile of incense ashes and kept shouting "Goddess, spare my life!", "Master, save me!", "I don't want to die!" and so on. Words of mercy.
"Insolent! Again and again, not only did you ignore the warning, but you also dared to be stubborn!"
Just at this moment, a ethereal female voice, like a warbler's cry, came from the air. Everyone looked up with trembling hearts.
Then I saw a mist suddenly rising in the hall. When the smoke dissipated, a woman was standing out of thin air.
She looked down at all living beings with neither sadness nor joy in her eyes.
"Who do you think you are, you are worthy of kneeling down to me."
