Towards evening, Du Jie finally returned to Yongzhou. When he arrived in Yongzhou, he rushed to Li's Mansion. As soon as he entered the door, he met Mu Yanbin.
When Mu Yanbin saw Du Jie coming in from the outside, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and said, "Mr. Du...little Mr. Du, Mu Yan is so polite." As Mu Yanbin said this, he was about to lift his clothes and kneel down.
Du Jie thought to himself that you were too slow to get the news. It took so long to find out about it, but he still grabbed him and said politely: "Brother Mu, we are almost the same age. I am not in the court for you." Officer, don’t be so polite.”
Mu Yanbin cupped his hands and said apologetically: "I haven't seen you for two days, and I thought you had left Yongzhou City. I just learned today that Mr. Du is a descendant of Marshal Du. How did I meet you for the first time? It looks so familiar at that time. My adoptive father and Marshal Du are old acquaintances. This time I really trouble little Duke Du."
Mu Yanbin was always polite. Du Jie was anxious to see his senior brother, so he walked inside while talking to Mu Yanbin. While walking, Mu Yanbin looked at Su Xiaodie behind Du Jie. The moment he saw her, Mu Yanbin's hands visibly shook, but only for a moment. Recovered again.
Du Jie saw him shaking and felt a little strange: "Mr. Mu, what's wrong with you?"
Mu Yanbin quickly waved his hand: "It's okay, I haven't had a good rest these past few days. By the way, I haven't asked this girl yet..."
When Du Jie saw him pointing at Su Xiaodie, he remembered that she was still following him: "I met this on the road. I also need to trouble Mr. Mu to find a maid to come over and freshen her up."
"Okay, come here." Mu Yanbin shouted to the side, and a maid hurried over to take Amelia Su to freshen up. Su Xiaodie looked at the maid timidly, and then pulled Dujie's sleeve. Du Jie nodded at him: "You go first and come to meet me at the Yingbin Building later."
Su Xiaodie then followed the maid reluctantly. When Du Jie returned to the Yingbin Building, Chu Mu and the three of them happened to be there. Chu Mu was frowning when he saw Du Jie and Mu Yanbin coming in. She raised her eyebrows and smiled.
: "Lao Qi, you're back. Brother Mu is here too."
Mu Yanbin said politely: "I saw Brother Du at the gate, so I came over with him. You brothers must have something to say, so I'll take my leave first. I'll have a banquet tonight, so please be sure to enjoy it."
Chu Mu nodded after hearing this: "Definitely."
After seeing Mu Yanbin off, Du Jie asked, "Senior Brother, what's wrong? What happened? You look so worried."
Chu Mu let out a long sigh and said, "It would be great if you came back. Something happened to the second and sixth sons. Huo Ling has not come back today. This is a bit abnormal. And last night, there was a loud noise in the south of Yongzhou City. Today, the city The government officials here have gone out of the city to find out the news."
"Fire Spirit?" Chu Mu said to Gu Wu and Kong Miaozhi when they were parting, the seventh child was going to the northwest camp and the third child was going to Wuliang Villa. None of this is dangerous. It might be risky for them to go to Mount Bulao alone. Give them the Fire Spirit. Deliver messages regularly. Make sure both of them are okay. But two days and one night have passed. The fire spirit hasn't come back yet.
Du Jie suddenly lost his mind. When Kong Miaozhi assigned tasks, he seemed to be impartial. But he kept the most dangerous things to himself. Du Jie had a bad feeling in his heart for no reason.
While several people were talking, laughter came from outside: "Sir, are you worried about us already?" Following the sound, the door of the room was opened, and Kong Miaozhi and Gu Wu walked in from the outside.
When Chu Mu saw them, he jumped up on his chair in excitement and hurriedly ran two steps to them: "Are you okay? Didn't you agree to give me news this morning at the latest? Why hasn't Huo Ling come back yet?"
Kong Miaozhi gave a bitter smile: "Fire Spirit? That guy is frightened now. He doesn't know where to hide to recuperate. Senior Brother, please be gentle..." As he spoke, Kong Miaozhi suddenly grinned and cried out in pain.
Chu Mu's heart suddenly started to calm down: "What's going on? Are you injured?"
Gu Wu said apologetically: "I didn't take a good look at Lao Liu. He was hit in the arm by a flying stone and was delayed on the way."
"Injured? Were you attacked?"
Kong Miaozhi shook his head: "It's more serious than the attack. The Everlasting Mountain is gone."
Chu Mu was a little confused after hearing Kong Miaozhi's words. He repeated: "Bu Lao Mountain is gone? What is gone? What do you mean is gone?"
Kong Miaozhi then explained: "The entire mountain of Bulao Mountain collapsed last night. Now the location of Bulao Mountain is in a mess."
"What? The loud noise last night was the sound of Mount Burao collapsing? Mount Burao collapsed? How is this possible?" Chu Mu was so shocked when he heard that Mount Burao collapsed.
Kong Miaozhi asked Chu Mu to sit down again. After seeing Du Jie, he felt happy: "Lao Qi, are you back too? Just in time, we can get the news right."
Du Jie looked at Kong Miaozhi worriedly: "Lao Liu, are you okay? How is your injury?"
Kong Miaozhi shook his head: "It's a big loss. My little body and bones will not be able to recover after this torment in half a year."
Changsun Wufang came over and gently rolled up Kong Miaozhi's sleeves. He saw that the inside had been wrapped with gauze, but the blood penetrated the white gauze and dyed it red. Changsun Wufang said distressedly: "Sixth, does it hurt? Don't move for now. I'll give you medicine and bandage again."
Several people were waiting for Changsun Wufang to give Kong Miao the medicine again. Kong Miaozhi was strong, except for grinning when applying the medicine, he was laughing the whole time. It's like someone else is hurt. After Chang Sun Wufang finished, he turned around and asked Gu Wu: "Second Senior Brother, what about you? Are you injured anywhere?"
Gu Wu shook his head.
Kong Miaozhi wiped the cold sweat from his head and said: "I don't know if those flying stones have eyes. The second one is bigger than me, so I didn't touch any of them. Hey, senior sister, please stop being busy." Sit down and let’s finish the business first.”
All the people sat down. Kong Miaozhi stabilized his mind, turned around and asked Du Jie: "Old Qi, why don't you tell me if there is any news in the northwest military camp?"
Du Jie nodded and recounted everything that happened after he entered the northwest camp and met the imperial master. When all the dead bodies on Taobulao Mountain disappeared overnight, everyone was a little surprised.
Chu Mu then asked: "Everyone disappeared overnight?"
Du Jie nodded: "Yes, they are all gone. General Jia said that except for blood stains and traces of fighting, the dead bodies on the Burao Mountain seemed to have evaporated."
Chu Mu tapped the table with his fingers: "This is a strange thing. In this way, although the army has been to Mount Burao, the dead bodies on Mount Burao have nothing to do with the army."
"That's right. What's more troublesome now is that once the location of the cult is determined, the northwest army cannot recruit. Now we have nothing to rely on, and we can't confront the cult head-on."
Chu Mu thought for a moment and nodded, then said to Kong Miaozhi and Gu Wu: "Where are you over there? What happened?"
Kong Miaozhi smiled bitterly and said: "Senior Brother, there is indeed news about a cult on Mount Burao. And last night, a huge formation was used to cultivate the living dead. This is also the reason why Mount Burao collapsed."
Kong Miaozhi explained everything about meeting Master San Duan on the mountain and encountering a black shadow at night.
Chu Mu was horrified when he heard that such a thrilling thing happened yesterday.
"Master San Duan? He arrived at the Immortal Mountain at this time. This..." Chu Mu closed his eyes and thought for a while. Kong Miaozhi spoke at this time.
"Elder brother, I have a bold hypothesis. Please listen to it."
"you say."
"The formation that can make the Burao Mountain collapse cannot be accomplished overnight. Master San Duan said that the formation is called the Thirty-Three Layers of Luo Hua Formation. The layout of the Burao Mountain is based on the layout of three chambers and three heavens. Is that possible? It is said that when the Burao Mountain sect was first established, it was just to feed the dead. If you think this way, then the Burao Mountain must be inextricably linked to the cult, or it itself is a branch of the cult. Even this time the Burao Mountain secret The hidden information is all bait for the cult, just a preparation to feed the dead.”
Kong Miao stated her guess word for word.
The others were frightened when they heard this. It took several people a long time to digest the news. Kong Miaozhi said again
"Senior Brother, I still have something to say. When I saw Master San Duan in Burao Mountain, I was wondering why he appeared there. He came for revenge. Burao Mountain has some relationship with Penglai Immortal Island. , at least from what he said, the layout of Bulao Mountain is exactly the same as that of Penglai Island, which is too abnormal. And we don’t know who the last black shadow is, but Master San Duan recognizes it. Not only does he recognize it, but he also listens very well. That guy’s words. It gave me another, worse idea.”
"Would Penglai Island be the same as Burao Mountain? The original massacre was also for the purpose of trapping the living dead."
Kong Miaozhi said another shocking idea, and several people felt a little incredible when they heard it.
Chu Mu swallowed his saliva and said, "Lao Liu, the news you said is too unbelievable."
Kong Miaozhi shook his head and said: "These are all my own speculations. There is no actual evidence, but this matter is full of weirdness. This cult seems to be more difficult than we thought. Senior Brother, I'm done, Li Mansion Any progress?"
Chu Mu told the story of his visit to the Madam's Buddhist temple, and then took out the note.
Kong Miaozhi took the note and looked at it, then gave it back to Chu Mu. His eyes kept blinking. Chu Mu knew that he was thinking about something, but no one bothered him. The room was quiet for half a stick of incense. Kong Miaozhi then said: "Senior Brother, now there is one good news and two bad news. This will have a good result and a bad result. Which one do you want to hear first?"
Chu Mu was a little angry when he saw that Kong Miaozhi was still bored even thinking about it. But seeing the wounds on his arms, I felt a little unbearable.
"It's time, Lao Liu, if you have anything to say, say it and let's discuss it together."
