Chapter 1684 Symbols
Yao, Shun, and Yu stared at him, not daring to relax at all. Now he was seriously injured and his left eye was almost blind. If they really wanted to fight, he and Li Bai might not be opponents.
"Don't be nervous. If I want to do something, you will have no chance to cross the bridge." Lu Zhangyuan looked at the two of them calmly.
This sentence sounded outrageous, but Li Bai, Yao, Shun and Yu all tacitly agreed not to deny it. After all, it was Lu Zhangyuan who suggested the method of leaving.
"I have no intention of harming you. I am from the secret force under the Night Watch, specializing in handling some difficult incidents. But I can't understand why you two don't choose to serve the country with your abilities, but instead Join those crimson beasts.”
Yao Shunyu was stunned when he heard these words, but he quickly realized that Lu Zhangyuan might have also been deceived. No, no, his memory was modified. They also had a similar experience during Shui Laoye's mission.
Li Bai pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Lv Zhangyuan, what is the code name of our secret force in the Night Watch?"
"We have no code names, only numbers. My number is 1. ”
Lv Zhangyuan did not hide this. He really wanted to persuade the two people in front of him to change their ways, so that capable and kind-hearted people should serve the country.
The code name of Shao Tong who was parasitized by the Night Watch President is Zero, and the code name of this Lu Zhangyuan is 1, which is the second-largest figure in the second generation of Crimson after the President. Such a figure is even Yao, Shun, Yu and Li Bai. Even in his heyday, he was no match for him.
"Lu Zhangyuan, do you believe me?" Li Bai asked.
Lu Zhangyuan nodded, "Say."
"Have you ever thought about why your code name is the same as Crimson?"
"Because we follow those devils in Crimson We are trained in this way, and our highest goal is to kill all the crimsons." Lu Zhang. Yuan took a deep breath, "If you want to kill the devil, you must first become a devil. Although we have good intentions, our methods are more vicious than the devil."
"But you have been deceived, and so have you. Crimson, the second generation of Crimson, this is the real code name given to you by the Night Watch!”
"The top leaders of the Night Watch have betrayed. They are just using you to achieve their ulterior secrets!"
"You are tools, tools that can be abandoned at any time. We have seen zero of you before, His name is Shao Tong, and he died together with the president to save us." Li Bai paused, thinking. The last words Shao Tong shouted emerged in the sea, as well as a pale face, "Of course, it is also to save himself. He does not want to be a puppet, he wants to be free."
Lv Zhangyuan frowned, What the other party said made him feel strange, "I don't know what you are talking about. There is no zero among us. My code name is the most." "
Li Bai explained quickly, "The memories of all of you have been modified by the president. You are the second generation of Crimson, and Jiangcheng King Fugui and the others are the first generation of Crimson, yes, but They are also poor people, and both of them are good people. The information you received and your memory are all false! ”
Li Bai didn’t have high expectations for Lu Zhangyuan’s ability to persuade Yao, Shun and Yu. It was basically impossible for Lu Zhangyuan to change his inherent memory in a short time. He slowly stretched his hands behind his back, just in case he returned. He hid a quantity of explosives, and if things changed, he decided to pounce on him, hug Lu Zhangyuan, or die together.
Thinking of this, Yao and Shunyu's patience was about to be exhausted, and his expression became more ferocious, "What do you want?"
Lv Zhangyuan was silent, and he looked at Li Bai, with a complex look in his eyes. , "I don't know why, although what you said is incredible, I have an inexplicable trust in you."
"Someone among us must have been deceived, and I will go back to look for evidence."
Hearing this, even Li Bai was stunned for a moment, "Go back?"
"Yes, I will go back and report to my superiors what I encountered during this mission, including the information you fed back. , there must be an error in the intelligence at some point." Lu Zhangyuan's expression became serious, "They also portrayed you as murderous demons, but from what I have seen, you are definitely not evil people."
Thinking of what happened to Shao Tong, Li Bai couldn't help but become nervous, "No, you can't go back. If the night watchmen know that you have seen through their conspiracy, they will not let you go!"
"That's enough. Miss Li, the night watchman serves the country after all. "The power inside is not as bad as you imagine, but it is the crimson remnants of Jiangcheng Wang Fugui. I advise you not to get involved with them, so as not to harm Chi Yu." It can be seen that Lu Zhangyuan was also concerned about Li Bai's slander against the night watchman. Endured to the limit.
After finishing speaking, Lu Zhangyuan bowed his hands to Li Bai, Yao, Shun and Yu, "Two, let's say goodbye, see you later!"
"Goodbye, see you later!" Li Bai also bowed his hands in return. .
But it was Yao and Shunyu's turn to be much more embarrassed. He broke an arm, leaving one hand behind his back holding the bomb and unable to pull it out for a while.
"I'll see you later, have a nice journey!" Yao Shunyu pretended to wish loudly. He didn't dislike Lu Zhangyuan, but he was repulsed by his identity as the second-generation crimson.
Fortunately, Lu Zhangyuan didn't care. After saying goodbye, he turned around and left. He got into the woods and disappeared in a few breaths.
Until Lu Zhangyuan's figure disappeared completely, Li Baiyao and Shunyu breathed a sigh of relief. The two understood that according to Lu Zhangyuan's character, he would never disdain to ambush them and wait for an opportunity to attack.
After a moment of silence, Li Bai looked away and looked at Yao Shunyu with complicated and regretful eyes, "Tell me. Do you think Li Maochun was also deceived? He was thinking about killing us until the end. , I remember the look in his eyes, he was not afraid of death, he just regretted not killing both of us before he died."< br>
Recalling Li Maochun’s last performance, Yao, Shun, and Yu didn’t know what to say for a while. The night watchers really deserved to die. Those second-generation crimsons whose memories had been modified thought they were punishing rape and eradicating evil. , justice, but they don't know that they are just a tool, and they are being deceived until they die.
Shaking their heads, they temporarily suppressed the complicated things in their minds. They had more important things to do, "By the way, how do we get out of here?"
The bridge has been broken, and now there is night in front of them. in the forest.
"Let's go. Since Empress Zhusheng has fallen into the water and died, this deadlock has been solved. I think we can find Jiangcheng Wang Fugui and the others no matter which way we go. Let's meet up first. "Li Bai didn't have much worry about this.
As soon as he finished speaking, Yao, Shun, and Yu suddenly turned their heads and looked at the river. The river was dark and very calm, with a waning moon reflected in the water.
"What's wrong?" Li Bai suddenly became alert.
"I feel like something is staring at me, just for a moment." Yao Shunyu explained hurriedly, his eyes still searching the river inch by inch, and the broken bridge piers.
Looking at the dark river, Li Bai also had a bad premonition. He pulled Yao and Shunyu's sleeves and urged: "Don't wait any longer. Let's leave here first and then make plans."< br>
Then the two of them went into the forest together and quickly disappeared.
The river, the riverside, and the vicinity of the bridge piers were all quiet. After Li Bai Yao and Shun Yu left, it seemed that all living things had been lost here, and it was very deserted.
But after this continued for about 10 minutes, Yao and Shunyu slowly poked their faces out under a big tree. He stared at the lake, his expression became increasingly strange, "There is nothing"
Naturally, Li Bai was under the other tree. She pulled Yao and Shunyu towards the depths of the mountain forest. "Okay, don't think too much. Let's go find the king of Jiangcheng, Fugui. To be honest, I'm still quite afraid of the one named Wu." Guy, but if I don’t see him during the mission, I’ll panic Very good.”
Wu’s combat index is obvious to all. The people who have been able to fight him back and forth for such a long time are all top-notch weirdos, and they can be counted on one hand. As long as Wu wakes up, then Their lives will also have a strong guarantee.
“I don’t know what happened to King Fugui of Jiangcheng, and Tang Qisheng Zhujie and the others. They corresponded to the information of King Fugui of Jiangcheng, but they.”
With Li Baiyao and Shunyu in While trekking through the mountains and forests, none of them would have thought that a waning moon was floating on the Blackwater River at this moment.
The waning moon is like the reflection of the moon in the sky. But slowly I looked up at the sky. There was no moon in the sky. The large dark clouds were extremely low, blocking the stars and moon. After looking at it for a long time, it even made people faint. I feel depressed, as if something big is about to happen.
Zooming out and raising the angle of view, not far from the waning moon in the water, there is a place in the dark lake that is obviously different in color from the surroundings. There is a piece of black and blue, and the black and blue is motionless, as if a huge monster is lurking.
In the former Jiji Temple, now the Qingyun Temple, night has long fallen. This is the first time for the three of them to see the temple at night, and they can't help but feel curious.
Jiangcheng Fatty Ye Qiutang and three others were walking on the path inside Qingyun Temple, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
"What's the point?" The fat man couldn't help complaining, "Look at that Taoist Xuande, the monk Huide before he was affected. I think they are both the same thing. How can they be so big? The truth has been explained over and over but I can’t explain it clearly!”
What happened just now kept flashing through Fatty’s mind, making him breathless.
Just now they secretly found the accommodation of the Taoist priests they had visited during the day. Monk Huicong, who should now be called Monk Xuancong, was recuperating here, and Xuancong was said to be the only disciple of Taoist Lingxiao who survived the disaster.
The explanation given by Taoist Lingxiao is that Xuan Cong stabbed a demon-suppressing picture on his back, which saved Xuan Cong's life in times of crisis.
Just now, they also sneaked into the room while the guarding monk went to relieve himself, but before they could ask any questions, they were caught by Taoist Xuande who happened to come to check the room. , it was a coincidence that several old acquaintances like Xuan Ming were also there, and the scene was very chaotic for a time.
As Ye Qiutang said just now, there is no such coincidence in the world. They had been observing for a long time before they found an opportunity to sneak in. Moreover, they had scouted the surrounding area beforehand, and there was no one at all. Xuande, Xuanming and a few others It's like it came out of the ground.
Even the fat man could tell there was something wrong inside. Xuande Xuanming seemed to be leaving them alone. He turned to look at Jiang Cheng and saw Jiang Cheng frowning slightly and clenching and unclenching his fists slightly. , having been with Jiang Cheng for a long time, Fatty knew that he was thinking about problems, and that the process was not going smoothly. There were disagreements to a large extent, and he was making up his mind.
"Stop thinking about it yourself, talk to us." Ye Qiutang was also anxious. After all, there were only three of them left tonight, and if nothing else happened, this would be their last night in Qingyun Temple.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Cheng looked at Ye Qiutang, "Have you seen the picture behind Xuan Cong?"
When Ye Qiutang thought of this, he burst into anger, "No, at that time Only you can see the angle a little bit clearly. Just when I was about to take a look, Xuande Xuanming appeared. They drove us away.”
The scene was tense for a moment. As soon as he entered the door and saw Xuan Cong in disheveled clothes, the most important thing was that Jiang Cheng was pulling Xuan Cong’s clothes hard, and Xuande Xuanming exploded at that time. No one expected that they would lose such a big temper, and the two parties almost clashed.
"Doctor, if you hadn't stopped me, we would have started fighting just now. Do you still remember that Xuan Ming? That kid was not a good guy. He had a knife in his arms. It was not big, but I I saw it when he reached in and touched the knife." Fatty emphasized.
Jiang Cheng frowned and his voice became louder, "I didn't mean to say that. The angle you were standing at just now was wrong. I saw the tattoo on Xuan Cong's back. Although I didn't look carefully, the tattoo had definitely changed."
Think for a moment, Jiang Cheng continued to recall, "The Taoist tattoo became bigger than before, and I vaguely saw a symbol under the Taoist tattoo."
"Yes, that's right, it's that symbol! "Jiang Cheng nodded firmly.
“What symbol?” Ye Qiutang asked with wide eyes.
“It’s the cross pattern of Buddhism, just under the demon-suppressing picture of that gate.” Jiang Cheng recalled.
As soon as these words came out, Ye Qiutang's expression changed instantly. Xuan Cong was a Taoist priest, and there was a Taoist demon-suppressing picture behind him. This could be explained, but it was strange to have a Buddhist cross pattern.
"Is it possible that Xuan Cong had converted to Buddhism before joining Ling Xiaozi?" Ye Qiutang's tone was strange. Obviously she also felt that this statement was untenable.
However, Ye Qiutang couldn't understand, but Fatty seemed to understand a little better. He slowly opened his eyes wide, and then looked at Jiang Cheng with a face full of disbelief. The latter nodded to him with an ugly expression.
The fat man's heart thumped. If this was really the case, then tonight would be complicated. No monk or Taoist priest could be trusted.
“Do you think this looks like a competition?” Jiang Cheng said, “Whether it is Abbot Fuji or Taoist Lingxiao, they are all competing for the body of Monk Huicong.”
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"Their competition is to gain our trust." Jiang Cheng added.
"So all the talk about Taoist Lingxiao and Abbot Fuji are false. They are actually two fierce ghosts!" Thinking about this, Fatty suddenly felt that everything made sense.
Shaking his head, Jiang Cheng corrected him with a cautious expression: "It's not a ghost, it's just two of them that have become the weirdness of the climate." (End of Chapter)