After Qi Jingzhi finished speaking, Cui's old servant did not answer immediately.
He raised his head slightly and glanced at Cui Zitao first. Seeing that his young master had no objection, he lowered his eyes again, turned his body to Qi Jingzhi, and bowed slightly.
Compared with the reply to Cui Zitao just now, Cui's old servant was very precious about his words this time, and only said four words softly: "I don't know."
"oh?"
Qi Jingzhi looked at the old servant, nodded thoughtfully, and turned to look at Wei Bao. They both saw the doubts in the other's eyes. After all, they were the only two people present who knew that Baiyun Palace was interested in Golden Sword Wei. The meaning of surname is quite unusual.
Cui Zitao did not doubt that he was there, so he immediately turned to look at Wei Bao and said, "The adults have thought carefully about it. If there are so many remains of the Wei clan at home, how can you take care of them by yourself? Not only are things easy to make mistakes, but also It will make the neighbors uneasy, after all...all your relatives and relatives will die violently."
"Looking at the city, only the back garden of Baiyun Palace is large and clean, and it is also a place of divine protection. In the past, when the families of large families in the county chose to rest their souls temporarily there, most of them would stay there. By the way, I heard that Duke Wei every year We all have to offer a large amount of sesame oil money to Baiyun Palace. Now that the Wei family has to hold a funeral, everyone in Baiyun Palace must do their best."
These words sound very reasonable and reasonable. Even if it is just to protect the corpses of the tribesmen from being infested by snakes, insects, rats, ants, robbers, thieves, and even evil things, they cannot continue to lie at home like this, not to mention the Baiyun Palace of Jinling. In fact, Jin Dao Wei, who was left alone, did not have the confidence or room to refuse the orders from the big shots in the county.
So Wei Bao paid for it and the Changle County government came forward to call all the Gangfang people in the county who were engaged in the burial business.
The government officials guarding the entrance of the Wei family's alley shouted a few times, and after a brief screening, they let in the relatives and neighbors of the Wei family.
When collecting the deceased, because the matter was too hasty, except for a few older Wei family members who ordered coffins early, even if Wei Bao collected all the stocks of coffin shops all over the city, the coffins were still far behind. Many Wei family members, together with their status, The lower servants could only be placed on the temporarily removed door panels, wrapped tightly in the bedding and clothes they had been in when they were alive, and hurriedly carried out. Looking at them, they felt desolate and shabby.
After working for a long time, the huge corpse-carrying team finally set off.
On the road from Weijia Alley to Baiyun Palace, there were crowds of people on both sides of the street, and the crowds of onlookers were crowded. At first, there were many people exclaiming, laughing, and pointing, but as the coffins and door panels passed by, , as if there is no end, the spectators gradually became silent, and finally became silent.
By the time all the deceased were placed in the largest garden in the backyard of Baiyun Palace, the sky was already dark.
During this process, Wei Bao was so busy that he never touched the ground.
He first summoned his relatives and neighbors and suppressed their strange thoughts with a red gold knife. Then he counted and identified the corpses of the deceased, distributed the coffin door panels, directed the people in the room to carry them away, and then closed and locked each of the Wei family's houses one by one. I asked the watchman Tuoli to take more care of me. He also had to patrol along the way, communicate with the supervisors of Baiyun Palace, etc. Finally, I had to settle the money one by one and express my gratitude to the Changle County government officials and everyone who was busy with their work.
Qi Jingzhi, on the other hand, followed the corpses of the deceased members of the Wei family, and then sat in the back garden of Baiyun Palace in the name of the Demon Suppressing Academy, not allowing anyone else to approach.
Until the evening, Wei Bao still did not return. The people in the back garden gradually became thinner, and finally only he and Ban Nu were left.
What makes Qi Jingzhi feel strange is that as soon as a day passes, the Jiuzhen County Zhenmodu Lieutenant's Office has not sent anyone from the beginning to the end.
Not only that, there was also no movement from the Anfenghou Mansion, the County Guard's Yamen and the County Army's Dutong Yamen. I don't know if they really didn't care, or if they had other plans.
Qi Jingzhi raised his eyes and looked around, but saw that under the cover of the trees in the courtyard, the red sky light fell on more than a hundred coffins and door panels. The bleak evening wind blew by, blowing down the fallen leaves, and he felt infinite sadness in his heart.
On the way to Liaozhou, the young man had imagined more than once what the Baiyun Palace in Jiuzhen County looked like, and what the dragon-clawed locust tree with a tree hole looked like, but he never imagined that when he actually arrived here, what he saw in front of him was like this. A sight.
In the unspeakable silence, someone stepped on the fallen leaves, walking slowly and slowly, making a rhythmic rustling sound.
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The young swordsman who was sitting on Ban Nu's eyes condensed and looked at the old man walking towards him following the sound. After a moment of silence, he said: "It's so late. My father-in-law didn't go back to the Yamen with Magistrate Cui, but at this time I’m here alone, what advice can I give you?”
Cui's old servant stopped when he heard this, and remained as obedient as when he first met him. His seemingly humble behavior revealed the arrogance buried deep in his bones.
He lowered his eyes and did not look at the deceased people of the Wei family in the garden, nor did he look at Qi Jingzhi. He bowed slightly to the young man and said calmly: "Qi Jishi, you peeked at my young master for no reason today. This is extremely unreasonable." Courtesy! If I don’t come here to ask for an explanation, won’t it make outsiders think that my Cui family has no one?”
Hearing this, Qi Jingzhi's face showed no strange color. As early as when he was in the Wei family, he had noticed that this old servant of the Cui family had some cultivation skills, but he didn't know whether the peep in the other party's mouth was referring to the time of Yin Sha Xueyan or the subsequent one. That time when you observed the wind and color?
He smiled casually, cupped his fists and saluted this somewhat loyal old servant, and said bluntly: "There is something evil around Magistrate Cui. Qi was surprised for a moment and took a second look. I hope I don't blame him!"
After hearing this, Cui's old servant finally couldn't help but raise his head and glanced at Qi Jingzhi in surprise, as if he didn't think that the young man in front of him was worthy of being looked at by him until now.
Qi Jingzhi was also surprised, because he could see clearly that what surprised the old servant of the Cui family was not that his young master had been possessed by evil spirits, but that Qi Jingzhi could see through it at a glance.
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Qi Jingzhi immediately became vigilant and slowly stood up. .z.br>
Unexpectedly, the look of surprise on Cui's old servant's face disappeared in an instant, and he returned to his previous arrogance and indifference almost in the blink of an eye. He was not anxious or worried because the master's family was beset with evil spirits, nor did he look like he was being blamed for killing his master's family. When the person was exposed, he didn't look angry or angry, let alone getting angry and murdering people to silence them.
The old servant of the Cui family seemed to have considered his words, and then slowly said word by word: "I didn't expect that Qi Jishi was so young, but his moves were so vicious! But the old man had a word of advice... "
"Like the so-called big clans like the Jindao Wei clan, which rise and fall suddenly, Qi Jishi is willing to mess with it, and no one will really care. I, the Cui clan, am not one of those small families who can be manipulated by others. It’s just some housework, no need for outsiders to comment!”
"Housework?"
Qi Jingzhi couldn't help but frown, always feeling that the other party's understatement was not the same thing as what he said.
"That's right! The good teacher Qi Jishi knows that the Holy King of Jiuhe has a legitimate son, Ding Gong, who is the ancestor of the Ding family with the surname Jiang. Ding Gong also has a legitimate son, so he placed the head of the family behind his younger brother and started a new line of his own, thus becoming the Cui family with the surname Jiang. Ancestor of the family. My Cui family has a long history and has always been close to An Fenghou. No one can get involved in family affairs casually!"
This became more and more like a chicken-and-duck talk, and Qi Jingzhi suddenly felt dumbfounded.
The old servant in front of him talks about his family background but never talks about his origins, but he only uses his name as Marquis Anfeng of the Ding family to pressure others. This shows that the Cui family does not have any prominent figures now.
The young man really looked down upon these old guys who clung to the glory of their ancestors, especially those who were just a servant who pretended to be powerful.
At this moment, there were footsteps again at the garden gate, but it was Wei Bao who looked tired and came wearing the stars and the moon.
"That's all I've said, I hope we all can take matters into our own hands."
Cui's old servant said this lightly and then retired respectfully.
When he and Wei Bao passed by each other, although he bowed, he didn't even raise his eyelids.
Wei Bao glanced at the old servant strangely, and then saluted Qi Jingzhi with clasped fists: "Thank you for your kindness today!"
Qi Jingzhi shook his head, and did not ask how well this tall and thin young man took care of the many trivial matters outside. He just said with emotion: "I once fell into a dream with Mr. Wei, and in that dream there was a White Cloud Temple, and the owner of the temple was born like this. He looks like a tiger, even the little Taoist priest in the temple has a tiger head and a tiger head."
"Today I passed by the temple and saw that the God of Si Qiu had a tiger face and a human body, with white hair and tiger claws. He was wrapped with a long snake and held a bronze ax in his hand. Only then did I realize that the White Cloud Temple in the dream was born out of Wei Gong's thoughts. It just comes from the snake and tiger on the red gold sword, and the white cloud
The palace also has a lot of origins. Presumably, over the years, Duke Wei has been thinking hard about the golden punishment method of the God of Autumn spoken by the immortal. "
Regarding the dream in the pillow, Qi Jingzhi said something vague, and Wei Bao seemed to understand it, but he just thought that he wanted to be like Wei Gong and would start from this aspect in the future.
So the second-generation Golden Sword Wei nodded and said: "I once heard my uncle say that if we look at Daqi, the six states of the East China Sea have the largest number of Baiyun Palaces, and among the six states, Liaozhou has the most. Among them, Jiuzhen County has the largest number. Baiyun Palace is the largest among the counties in Liaozhou, and it cannot even compare to the one in Zhouzhou City, so there must be some tricks."
When Qi Jingzhi heard this, he secretly thought that it was true.
In the words of Master Meng, "the holy king teaches with Shinto", its purpose is not only to educate the people of the world, but also to tame the wild nature of the earth with the people of the world. Therefore, it is enshrined in the six states of the East China Sea where the golden spirits and golden evil spirits are most active. Qiu Shen's Baiyun Palace is also the most prosperous.
It can be deduced from this that the so-called eight gods should all have similar functions. They do not appear holy, just because they do not really have their gods, but only exist in the human heart.
Perhaps because of this, these God Lords don’t even have names because they are not needed.
King Wu Chengsheng consecrated the Eight Lord Gods, not to support the high gods based on the thoughts of the people, but to gather the power of the people to subdue the wild nature of the earth and let Shengjiang's Dharma take root deeply.
"Well, the only exception is the military leader Chi You. Like the Flame Emperor, this divine master has the head of an ox and the body of a human body. I'm afraid he has some secrets."
When Wei Bao saw that the young man was silent, he continued: "It's getting late now, and my benefactor has been tired for two days and one night without a wink of sleep. Please go eat and rest quickly. I said hello to the prison guard of Baiyun Palace. I have already done this for my benefactor. The public has prepared a guest house, wine and food."
Qi Jingzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Since you are here, I just have to go out for something. The food and wine will be available when I get back."
Wei Bao was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said decisively: "If my benefactor has something to do, you can just ask Wei Bao to handle it. Although the Wei family is only one person now, we are willing to fight to the death!"
"It's nothing serious, I just didn't expect that I would meet an old enemy here thousands of miles away from home!"
Seeing Wei Bao's sudden change of color, Qi Jingzhi waved his hand again: "I just think it looks like it, but I'm not completely sure yet. I'll go over and check it out, but you don't need to pay attention to it. Just stay here to keep vigil."
As he spoke, he had already climbed onto Ban Nu's back.
The man and the beast did not go through the main entrance of the garden, but ran directly towards the wall on one side.
Wei Bao stared blankly, and saw Bannu leaping up under the wall, kicking his four claws, and grabbed a large piece of wall skin. At the same time, his fat body suddenly rose up again, and he was almost above the top of the wall. .
Immediately afterwards, Wei Bao felt a flash in front of his eyes, and the person and the beast suddenly disappeared.
Seeing this, he immediately remembered his benefactor's elusive ability during the day, and most of the anxious look on his face disappeared. He turned to look at the clansmen who were separated between life and death, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
But Qi Jingzhi left the Baiyun Palace, held Bannu's neck with one hand, and ran wildly on the street holding the Yinsha candlestick with the other.
The streets were deserted, with few shops still open and few pedestrians visible. It seemed that the more than a hundred corpses of the Jindao Wei family had really frightened the people in Jiuzhen County.
When passing by the City God's Temple, Qi Jingzhi took a quick glance and saw that the temple was dark, with no light shining through the walls.
Even if he held the blood flame high and stepped on the underworld, rushing past the temple gate, no ghosts or gods appeared to stop him.
Qi Jingzhi shook his head secretly, not intending to get to the bottom of it.
Now that the red gold sword has been returned, there is no clue about the Wei family's murder case, so it is better to go and see his enemies first.
Not long after, he drove Bannu to a government office. The plaque in front of the door clearly stated: "Changle County Government."
One person and one beast quickly went around the back street. Bannu went to lie under the wall of the back office, while Qi Jingzhi climbed up the wall and looked around, already spotting a bright light.
In a small courtyard that is not too big, Cui Zitao looked slightly tired, sitting in front of a stone table under the moonlight, with several dishes of wine and food in front of him.
A beautiful woman was sitting at the bottom, holding a wine pot and pouring wine for him.
liquor.
The two looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of tenderness and sweetness.
There was a seven or eight-year-old child sitting on the other side of the woman, but he didn't look at the two people and just stuffed food into his mouth.
Qi Jingzhi squatted on the wall, taking in this scene, and then his eyes only focused on the child.
Through the Yinsha blood flames, he could see clearly that there was a child in green sitting inside the child with his eyes closed. Although his facial features and body shape were human-like, his whole body was green and full of evil energy.
Every time the child stuffed food into his mouth, the child in Tsing Yi would raise his head and open his mouth as if chewing.
After watching quietly for a moment, Qi Jingzhi suddenly grinned: "This is really a narrow road for enemies!"
He paused and then uttered another sentence: "It's really a very troublesome housework!"
