Chapter 652: Darkness Emerges (Nearly 3K)
This night, it snowed all night in Chang'an.
The cold wind was howling, and there were some weird howling sounds in the night, but they were also swept away by the roaring wind.
Everything finally returned to peace.
In the early morning, the snow has subsided, and tiny snowflakes are still falling on the branches, like snow plums, crystal white.
"The weather this year is really weird..."
In the yamen of Jinwu Weifu, Zhong Yuanzhi rubbed his hands and finally put down the pen in his hand.
He blew away the ink stains on the file, looked at it with satisfaction, then stood up and walked to the window, shutting out the cold wind and snow particles that blew in through the gap.
It’s good that there is no wind and snow for now.
He knew what was going on in the temple. Although Shangfeng no longer allowed him to continue investigating, what could he do?
It's better to just concentrate on the next case as Shang Feng said...
However, just when he was relieved, there were rapid footsteps outside the door.
The sound was rustling on the snow.
Zhong Yuanzhi leaned out of the window and saw his colleague on night duty walking towards him in a panic, as if something unusual had happened.
According to the time, the value should be lowered soon. How could this be?
Before he could ask, his colleague gasped and hurriedly said: "Mr. Zhong, something bad is going to happen! Something bad is going to happen!"
The colleague said a few words that it was going to be bad, obviously it was really a big thing. Not good anymore.
Zhong Yuanzhi had a serious look on his face and looked like he was going to the top.
"What's wrong? You're so panicked. Didn't the general say that no matter what happens, you must never mess up your position?"
The colleague held the door and took a few breaths before reluctantly saying: " Mr. Zhong, if you see me, I’m afraid you won’t be able to calm down...”
"A large-scale landslide suddenly occurred between the Imperial City and the Temple Mountain, revealing a huge corpse pit!"
"What?"
"Why is it the Temple Mountain again?"< br>
These short words were like thunder, making Zhong Yuanzhi feel dizzy for a moment.
"Yes..." The colleague took another breath, "Sir, go and take a look. I estimate that there must be hundreds of thousands of people lying in that pit!"
Zhong Yuanzhi heard this, is this okay?
“Have you notified other Jinwu Guard colleagues?”
He hurriedly put on his armor and rushed out of the government office.
"My colleagues who are patrolling are rushing over, and the others have not been sent on duty yet..."
Zhong Yuanzhi nodded, already having a solution in his mind: "I understand. I’ll go take a look first and then go find the general.”
So, the two of them harnessed their flying swords and quickly flew towards the Temple Mountain.
......
Priest Lou is currently in the huge cave.
The cave is in a mess, the magic circle has been destroyed, the bottom of the lake has dried up, and traces of brokenness are scattered all around.
The golden flowers that originally filled the lake have disappeared with the collapse of the magic circle, leaving only faint golden light spots floating in the air.
The temple hanging upside down from the ceiling was gone, replaced by aerial debris riddled with holes and broken blood vessels.
Scattered corpses lay everywhere, and rotten water flowed from top to bottom like a waterfall.
Higher up, the gray sky is exposed.
Snowflakes fell from the entrance of the cave.
There was also the sound of people making noises.
It seems that they are discussing how to come down for exploration.
It’s Jin Wuwei.
Priest Lou covered his empty heart.
No wonder she couldn't sleep all night, she always felt something was weird, and she always felt something was wrong after going through the deductions.
Now it seems that this is it...
Her eyes darkened slightly.
The pit of corpses was discovered.
The corpse was stolen.
The Upside Down Temple is gone too.
The Dragon Vein Sacrifice Formation was also destroyed.
It is impossible not to feel angry that all the hard work that has been done over the years has been wasted.
Even if she has no real emotions, her years of simulating people's emotions have taught her what she should be angry about.
At this moment, the only question she can think of is-
Who dares to destroy her arrangements for so many years under her nose?
No, it should be said, who in Chang'an City has such ability now?
For a while, repeated deductions failed to yield any results.
I thought about it with several people, but they all thought it was impossible.
This is an existence equivalent to a demigod...
How can there be an existence beyond this realm in the world?
No, unless it is a joint invasion of multiple Shenzang realms...
However, to enter here, you also need the power of the royal blood.
She couldn't help but wonder, could it be...
Although the possibility of this was very small, she couldn't help but think about it carefully.
As she pondered, she saw a flash of light at the entrance of the cave, and the Jinwu Guard was hanging from the ceiling of the cave.
Her eyes flashed and immediately turned into a wisp of ink, leaving the place.
...
The ink-colored light fell in front of the imperial city.
The Shence Army guarding the gate of the imperial city saw the golden robe on the high priest Lou and immediately saluted respectfully. Priest Lou often came into the palace to teach her the way of spiritual practice. Your Majesty always treated her with courtesy, so no one in the palace dared to stop her.
Otherwise, I’m afraid His Majesty will blame you.
When we arrived at the emperor's palace, as usual, green smoke was burning and curling up outside the palace.
Priest Mei glanced at the palace attendants guarding the door of the palace.
The palace attendants immediately came forward respectfully and said: "In the past few days, His Majesty has been refining elixirs behind closed doors."
Priest Lou slightly nodded: "Is there anyone else?"
< br>"No, only Your Majesty, the eldest princess will accompany the guardian, and the queen will occasionally come to deliver meals."
The palace man thought for a moment and then added: "The queen just came this morning and left just an hour ago."
"Is there anyone accompanying you?" Priest Lou couldn't help but ask more.
"No." The palace man shook his head, thought for a while and then said, "Only the eldest princess left with the queen and went back to the princess mansion to rest."
Priest Lou nodded and asked again: "Nothing special happened?"
The palace man suddenly remembered something and said hesitantly: "This morning, the furnace exploded in the palace."
So, Grand Priest Lou nodded.
“It is common to explode furnaces.”
Although Li Zhou is not good at alchemy, he loves this method.
This is considered daily life in the palace.
However, this is also a good thing.
Priest Lou nodded with satisfaction and signaled to the palace people to report.
As soon as Li Zhou heard that High Priest Lou was coming, he naturally walked over to greet him and hurriedly opened the door himself, with a smile on his face.
"Great Priest, you are here at the right time!"
As he said that, Li Zhou took out a jade bottle, poured out a few round, black pills, and handed them over in the palm of his hand. To the great priest Lou, his face was full of expectations.
“Please take a look, can this longevity pill of mine still save you?”
Grand Priest Lou picked one up and sniffed it carefully. The burnt smell was mixed with the aroma of medicine and scalding fire. It was obviously just made.
It should be the elixir that exploded the furnace just now.
Looking at the heat, it took seven days of practice.
"If you can control the heat a little, it will definitely be better." Priest Lou slowly put down the elixir and said in a calm tone, "It seems that the Holy Master's alchemy skills are becoming more and more superb."
Her eyes also glanced at the layers of curtains behind Li Zhou, which were full of smoke and dust, but there was obviously no other person.
When Li Zhou heard this, he was even more delighted and immediately enthusiastically invited the great priest to come in, saying that he had many problems in cultivation that he wanted to ask for advice.
But High Priest Lou was not here to talk to Li Zhou about these things today, so he naturally declined on the grounds that he had something to do.
"By the way, Your Majesty, have you heard about the huge potholes in the Temple Mountain?"
"Of course I have! General Han has already sent the message to me. I feel like it after listening to it. It’s really shocking.”
When he said this, Li Zhou looked really frightened, and his expression couldn’t be faked.
"It's not just shocking." Priest Lou said calmly, "If this matter gets serious, it may lead to investigation by the temple."
When he heard the word "temple", Li Zhou immediately became panicked. .
The world doesn’t know that there is a holy temple above the Four Kingdoms Temple. How could Li Zhou not know?
When High Priest Lou mentioned it this time, it was considered a slap in the face.
Fortunately, Li Zhou is indeed very good.
"The high priest is right. If the temple intervenes, it will be a bad thing. It must be resolved quickly. It is best to try not to let the news spread."
The high priest nodded with satisfaction: "If your majesty is at ease, since you are in the temple In the mountain area, it is naturally more convenient to be blocked by the temple.”
"It would be better if the high priest was willing to share the worries!" Li Zhou said happily, frowning again, "Not only that, but also to appease the people's emotions, arrange for the Ministry of Works to fill the hole in time, and find out the identities of the deceased. It's a big deal."
As he said this, he looked embarrassed.
“But I still have several batches of elixirs to refine in the past few days, so I’m afraid it will be difficult to get out...”
The high priest Lou also knew what Li Zhou meant and smiled: "It doesn't matter, I will help your majesty share your worries. What's the problem?"
After the high priest Lou left, Li Zhou slowly walked back into the room. , looking at the mess on the ground that has not yet been cleaned up, still feeling frightened.
A shadow floated faintly, with a long golden dragon behind it.
"She is testing you."
The voice was cold, with a chill that was not of this world.
The phantom Shi Shiran sat at the top, looking at the frightened grandchild with some disgust.
"It's...grandma, but my grandson has already dealt with it." Li Zhou replied respectfully.
“It’s okay to deal with it, take a step back for a while and get more space.” The shadow slightly nodded.
"Then when can we..." Li Zhou thought of what the temple had done and clenched his fists.
The circling shadow of the golden dragon whispered softly:
"Wait."
"Honghu plans to train our people."
"Unite the courtiers who can be united... General Han surrendered. Although it is suspicious, it can be used. Let's grab it first. Bring new strength."
"Also, Qingyun Pavilion must support it secretly. Whether it can reverse the belief depends on Skynet."
Li Zhou nodded in agreement, with a feeling in his heart. A fire of excitement.
Then I heard Xu Ying’s extremely soft voice and said:
“Finally, wait until she succeeds.”
“When she returns with strength...”
“ She should have left Chang'an, right?" He said with excitement.
"Yes." Xuying sensed it and nodded.
Li Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, the incident in the pit attracted all the attention, and Xi'er was also there to cover up her figure..." Li Zhou said.
"Well, she is really smart."
Xuying's tone was still calm, but there was a sparkle in his eyes.