The rat demon's answer disappointed Changsheng. His original intention was to find the connection between the country's demise and the inevitable evildoers. If there was really any connection between the two, he could do something targeted to continue the development of the Tang Dynasty. National luck and luck.
Datou didn't know why Changsheng wanted to interrogate the rat demon at first. After listening to the two sentences he said before, he guessed what kind of information he wanted to get from the rat demon. Before Changsheng could speak, he asked the question on his behalf, "Let me ask you, How many years have you lived?"
The rat demon had been kicked violently by Chang Sheng before. Not only was his face bruised and swollen, but one of his two front teeth was also kicked out. His words were a little leaky, "Return to the hero, I have lived for more than 1,200 years."
After hearing the rat demon's answer, Big Head asked again, "It was the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. You lived from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible that you have never left Xixia Mountain, right?"
"I also traveled a few times during this period." The rat demon had been observing the expressions of Changsheng and the others while speaking. It didn't understand why Changsheng and Datou asked it such mindless questions.
Datou did not continue to follow this question, but changed another question, "From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, there were more than a dozen dynasties, large and small. After you have experienced so many dynasties, have you found that every time you want to change dynasties? , there will be more monsters coming out to cause trouble than in peacetime?"
The rat demon recalled for a moment and nodded, "That seems to be the case."
Hearing the words of the rat demon, Datou and Changsheng looked at each other, and then continued to ask, "Why don't you come out to do it in peacetime, but wait until the dynasty changes? Did you notice something?"
The rat demon was confused by the big head's question and said hesitantly, "We don't harm people for no reason. We only come out to look for food when the years are bad, life is difficult, and there is really no food in the mountains."
The rat demon was very dissatisfied with his answer and glared angrily, "Don't rush to make excuses for yourself. Just answer whatever I ask you."
There are not many people who can remain arrogant and strong even when someone holds a knife to their neck, and the rat demon is no exception. After being scolded by the big head, he couldn't help but trembled, "Yes, yes, yes."
"Let me ask you again, why are you more active than usual when the dynasty changes?" Datou asked again.
The rat demon replied, "Because when dynasties change, there are often wars and chaos. Even if someone goes to report to the officials, the officials have no time to send soldiers or hire Taoist priests to deal with us."
"That's all?" Datou Duoyou was disappointed, "Don't you monsters all have magic powers? Did you detect something or predict something?"
Although Datou tried to be simple and straightforward, the rat demon was still confused and didn't know how to answer. He could only secretly be nervous and trembling.
Datou had no choice but to keep saying white again and again, "When the dynasty is about to change, will you be able to detect it in advance?"
"There are precursors to changes in dynasties. Not only us, but also the villagers can notice it." The rat demon said.
Datou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked eagerly, "What's the sign?"
"Wars are raging and natural disasters occur frequently. These are the precursors of a change of dynasty." The rat demon replied.
Datou asked for a long time, but when he saw that the rat demon still didn't understand what he meant, he couldn't help but become a little anxious, "Damn it, you didn't answer the question, you just talked nonsense."
The rat demon has been interrogated for a long time, and even now he still doesn't understand what Changsheng and Datou want to ask. He was reprimanded again this time, with a look of helplessness on his face, "Hero, what exactly do you want to ask?"
Datou took a deep breath to calm down his impatience. He turned around and whispered, "What I want to ask is whether you can sense the change of dynasties in advance. Do you understand that perception is not judgment. We can also judge, so I don't need to ask you."
The rat demon finally understood what Big Tou wanted to ask, and shook his head eagerly, "No, no, I'm just an alien who has survived the catastrophe, not a god. How can I spy on the secrets of heaven and predict events in advance?"
Hearing the rat demon's words, the three of them looked disappointed at the same time.
Seeing the disappointment on the faces of the three people, the rat demon began to get scared. He failed to provide any useful clues to the three of them, and was afraid that his life would be in danger. In order to atone for his sins, the rat demon thought about it eagerly and asked, "Heroes, Are you officials of the imperial court, that’s why you care so much about the fate of the country?”
"Can't you feel who we are?" Changsheng regretted it as soon as he said it. This rat demon must not have noticed that his destiny was different, otherwise he would not have attempted an assassination.
The rat demon shook his head and asked again, "Do you suspect that the current war is raging because we aliens are behind it?"
Chang Sheng was depressed, so he did not answer the rat demon's question, and Da Tou and Yu Yi did not answer the question either.
Seeing Changsheng trying to leave his seat and stand up, the rat demon became more and more anxious, "Hero, I still have something to say."
"What else do you want to say?!" Big Tou said in a bad tone.
"Although I don't know when the dynasty will change, I know that when the golden dragon is born, there will be twelve earthly branches accompanying it." The rat demon said eagerly.
Changsheng was about to stand up, but his heart suddenly trembled when he heard the rat demon's words, and he sat down again, "What do you mean? Tell me in detail."
The rat demon swallowed his saliva and said, "Each of your dynasties is accompanied by a golden dragon. The golden dragon is the Nine Heavens Qianyang. When it is born, the twelve earthly branches corresponding to it will appear together. The twelve earthly branches are assisted by the golden dragon. The golden dragon transmits Kunyin earth energy. If all the twelve earthly branches die, the golden dragon will not be able to live."
Hearing the rat demon's words, Datou and Yu Yi raised their heads and looked at Changsheng.
This was the first time Mouse Yao had heard about immortality, so he couldn’t tell whether it was true or false. However, he studied a lot of Taoist classics in Longhu Mountain, which mentioned weather and earth energy. Weather is dry yang, and earth energy belongs to yin and kun. From this point of view, the rat demon's words are not nonsense.
The rat demon was eager to survive and continued, "As far as I know, the change of your dynasty is the replacement of the old golden dragon by the little golden dragon. If you want to continue the national destiny, kill the new little golden dragon and its twelve earthly branches. If you want If you rebel, go kill the old golden dragon and its twelve earthly branches."
"Do you think we look like rebels?" Big Head glared and scolded.
"It's not like that, it's not like that." The rat demon waved his hands repeatedly.
Changsheng waved his hand at Big Head, then turned to the rat demon and asked, "Where did you hear what you just said?"
"Listen to what our ancestors said," the rat demon added eagerly for fear of immortality, "I am a rat, and rats are also one of the twelve earthly branches." At this point, the rat demon was worried about getting angry, so he eagerly added again, "I can It’s not that the twelve earthly branches corresponding to the golden dragon, I’m a male, the twelve earthly branches corresponding to the golden dragon are all female.”
Datou observed the words and expressions, and saw the solemn look on Changsheng's face. He knew that the rat demon was not just talking about what he said. He was also familiar with Changsheng's temperament. For bad guys who surrendered and were willing to make amends, Changsheng would usually forget the blame. Su Pingcuo of Qingyang was a good example.
Thinking of this, he withdrew the Hanyue Knife from the rat demon's neck and said, "Tell me everything you know. My Lord is generous and tolerant. As long as you tell the truth and have nothing to hide, we will let you go later." go."
After saying this, the rat demon felt relieved and nodded repeatedly, thanking him profusely.
"Let me ask you, where are the twelve earthly branches that deal with the golden dragon?" Datou asked.
"I don't know," the rat demon explained fearfully, "It's not that I won't tell you, I really don't know."
Lest the three of them didn't believe it, the rat demon tried to remember, "I remembered it, I remembered it. I heard that the twelve earthly branches all belong to the five elements, and they are all in the place where the five elements are most abundant."
"What does the rat's five elements belong to?" Big Tou asked.
"Water." Changsheng and the rat demon said in unison.
Seeing Changsheng and himself saying the same thing, the rat demon felt a little more at ease, and then continued, "I also heard that all the twelve earthly branches facing the golden dragon have dragon-like features."
Chang Sheng nodded slowly.
"What else do you know?" Datou asked.
The rat demon didn't answer immediately, lowered his head and started trying to remember.
Changsheng's original intention was to find out the connection between the country's demise and the rise of monsters. Unexpectedly, the connection was not found, but he got another important information. The situation mentioned by the rat monster should be true and unknown. It's secret, and the reason why the rat demon knows the secret is because the rat is one of the twelve earthly branches.
After recalling it for a long time, the rat demon finally failed to recall any useful clues, and looked up in embarrassment and fear.
Da Tou did understand Chang Sheng, and the rat demon provided useful clues. Chang Sheng was indeed too cruel to kill it again. Seeing that it had a bruised nose and face and was missing one of its front teeth, he warned and reprimanded it, not allowing it to do evil again, and gave it to him again. With some gold and silver, let it return to Xixia Mountain. If you have any doubts in the future, you can go to it and ask for advice.
At this time, it was already bright in the east, and the rat demon escaped from death, took off the rope and fled.
"Sir?" Datou looked at Changsheng with questioning eyes.
Changsheng knew what Datou wanted to ask, so he said casually, "This matter needs to be discussed in the long run. We should go to Jeju first and deal with the corrupt officials there..."
