Chapter 104: It's Cruel
An Chengli's answer was very affirmative, so An Zheng knew that this matter was not as simple as he imagined. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoOriginally, judging from all the evidence, it was simple and direct to speculate about the Queen Mother. But An Chengli said that everyone was present at the time, so it was not the Songhai Jing that Chen Shaobai killed.
When An Zheng walked back, a terrible thought suddenly popped up in his head, which made him shudder a little.
Zhuge Yan, an old minister of the Three Dynasties, died, and people suspected the Queen Mother. The military department Shangshu Hao Ping'an died, and people suspected the Queen Mother, and now that the president of the Martial Academy, Sang Haijing, is dead, people will still habitually doubt the Queen Mother.
An Zheng thought back to what An Chengli said, and suddenly grasped a key point...... An Chengli said that the people he saw on the surface were there, but the guards in the secret didn't know.
Is this a reminder?
Yes, it was An Chengli who was reminding himself that the Queen Mother still had a secret force.
When An Zheng returned to the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect, it was already dark, and there were many fewer people watching him on this street. An Zheng knew that in the shadows of this street, there were still some people watching themselves and watching every move in the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect. The Heavenly Apocalypse Sect is mysterious and shallow in the eyes of outsiders, which is a contradictory phenomenon, so it makes more people curious.
The Heavenly Apocalypse Sect has hundreds of majestic men, and many people speculate that there are many masters among them. However, the sect master is such a young man as An Zheng, and it doesn't seem to be anything to be afraid of.
This is the contradiction, why should An Zheng be the suzerain?
In fact, this is exactly the atmosphere that An Zheng deliberately created to make people doubt, so it is impossible to determine the background of the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect. In fact, what is the background of the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect, when it comes to cultivators, there are only a few of them.
And to say that there is no background is obviously wrong. There is an old Huo in the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect, who is a master of artifact making. There is a cat good man, and it is a nine-turn reincarnation eye. There are also several purple artifacts, which are enough to make the hearts of people who stand on the pinnacle of cultivators in this world move.
Qu Liuxi sat at the door chatting with Lao Huo, she was waiting for An Zheng to come back. In the past few years, she has become accustomed to waiting for An Zheng to come back before going to sleep, although when An Zheng came back, she didn't even say a word, and she didn't plan to let An Zheng know that she was waiting for him.
And on the side of the martial arts arena, Gu Qianye, who was sitting on the wall and dangling his feet, saw An Zheng's figure enter the door, jumped down from the low wall, put his hands behind his back, and returned to his room. Then, as always, he dug a hole in the quilt and pillow on the bed, buried himself in it, and slept on his back without heart and lungs.
Qu Liuxi is different, she will go back to the house and read a book quietly, reading her favorite medical book pharmacopoeia. After waiting for the dead of night, she will also enter the alchemy in the Heavens Seal. She doesn't have a husband, her medical skills have already surpassed Qu Maniac, and everything she does can only rely on herself.
In fact, the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect itself is a strange existence, incompatible with this world.
In the eyes of normal people, who are the people who can achieve success without spending a lot of time on cultivation? Of course, people from prominent families have a strong background, and their families can prepare everything for them. It includes the exercises of the practice, including the elixir.
And everyone in the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect is from a humble background, but they all look very idle, which is created for them by An Zheng.
An Zheng sat at the window and looked at the bright moonlight outside, his brows furrowed slightly.
In his mind, for a while, was the kind and kind face of Song Haijing, the face of Sangrou pear blossoms with rain, and the beautiful but impenetrable face of Chen Shaobai for a while.
An Chengli was more or less reminding An Zheng that the person who killed Songhaijing might be the Queen Mother's person.
At least not Chen Shaobai, isn't it.
But An Chengli underestimated An Zheng, of course he couldn't know that An Zheng was once the first seat of the Da Ximing Law Division, and what he was best at was solving cases.
An Chengli made two mistakes, the first was to remind An Zheng that the murderer should be the secret power of the Queen Mother, and the second was to mention a few words about the guards and ministers...... Is it necessary to bring it up? Of course there is no need, but he mentions it because he feels the need to mention it. He wanted to tell An Zheng that Chen Shaobai, the minister of the guard, was there, and it was not him who killed people.
Chen Shaobai is the Queen Mother's person, the commander of the guards of the Splendid Palace, and must be a person that the Queen Mother trusts very, very much. But why is An Chengli defending Chen Shaobai?
It was dark outside, and An Zheng left his room and climbed out of the courtyard wall like a ghost. His body blended perfectly into the night, and no one was aware of his presence.
In a small alley, two people squatted there and whispered. They are one of the secret sentinels staring at the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect, and they don't know what force they come from. An Zheng quietly leaned over from behind the two of them, standing behind the two people, and neither of them felt it.
"I don't know when the hell will be done. ”
One of them said in a low voice, "What can you do staring at that broken yard all day, you should have withdrawn us a long time ago." ”
The other sighed: "Who told us that we are not from a good background, of course the drudgery is given to us." ”
An Zheng shot out from behind them, one by one, knocking the two people unconscious. Then An Zheng crouched down and rummaged through the two of them for a while, but did not find what he was looking for.
Soon after, An Zheng appeared behind another secret whistle and stunned the man in the same way. He rummaged for a while, but still found nothing.
When An Zheng brought down the fourth outpost, he finally found what he was looking for.
The fourth sentry was also the only one who noticed An Zheng, and the moment An Zheng made his move, he turned around and tried to resist.
An Zheng found a brand from this person, took out the brand on his body and compared it, it was almost identical.
It's just that the word engraved on An Zheng's brand is Suzaku, and the sign on this person's body is engraved with Xuanwu.
An Zheng sat on the ground, untied the wine gourd from the man, and poured a sip.
About half an hour later, the man woke up, clutched the back of his neck and groaned in pain. When he saw An Zheng sitting in the dark staring at him, he was suddenly frightened. An Zheng sat in the dark shadow in the corner, but those eyes were so bright and murderous.
"Take me to your chief. ”
An Zheng threw the iron plaque engraved with Xuanwu over: "Go now." ”
"Let's ...... We're all the way, and I'm here to protect you. ”
The man said.
An Zheng waved his hand a little impatiently: "Take me to your leader." ”
The man hesitated, but finally relented. He took An Zheng away, walked through one alley after another, and finally stopped at the door of an ordinary-looking ordinary person's house.
The man turned back to An Zheng and said, "You think about it, although you and I are both people who do things for the king, we have different division of labor. Once you force your eyes on us, your position will be a little precarious. ”
An Zheng didn't say a word, just pushed open the door and walked in.
The yard is not big, and by the moonlight, Anzheng found that a lot of vegetables were planted. The lights were still on in the room, and a few figures could be vaguely seen.
"I can't hide it from you. ”
An Zheng heard a familiar voice, but he was not happy at all. The terrible thought came to him again, piercing his heart like an awl.
Chen Shaobai pushed the door out of the house, carrying a cucumber in his hand, and clicked to eat: "I planted it myself, do you want one?"
When he said one, he accentuated his tone, revealing a bad taste.
He pointed to the cucumber stand not far away, seemingly pleased with his achievement.
An Zheng turned to leave, because he didn't want to see the other people in the room. And those people in the room obviously didn't want An Zheng to know their identity.
Chen Shaobai walked out with a cucumber and picked two tomatoes from the side. As soon as he shook his hand before he walked out the door, the cucumber head was thrown into the trash can in the distance. He rubbed the tomato on his clothes, nibbling on it as he went.
The two men left the alley one after the other, and then came to a wooded area in the middle of the city.
Chen Shaobai couldn't help laughing: "You invited me to the woods at night, you don't have any good intentions." Luckily, I'm willing, otherwise it wouldn't be boring if you force me. ”
An Zheng turned around: "I want to ask you a serious question. ”
Chen Shaobai found a big tree with a horizontal fork and jumped up and sat down: "Yes, some are, some are not." ”
For such an answer, An Zheng didn't know what to say for a while. He thought that Chen Shaobai would quibble, and he thought that the process would be very complicated, but Chen Shaobai obviously knew what he wanted to ask and answered directly.
Chen Shaobai took out a few more cherries from his cuffs as if he were juggling, and said while eating: "I already knew that I couldn't hide it from you, and the first person in this world to discover the truth must be you. ”
An Zheng was slightly angry: "So many people have died, you are still in the mood to joke?"
Chen Shaobai shrugged his shoulders: "How many people died have anything to do with me? I didn't kill the first person, and I didn't let others kill the second person." So...... What is the reason why you are angry with me?"
An Zheng was stunned, because he really didn't know how to treat Chen Shaobai.
Chen Shaobai suddenly smiled: "If the person was really killed by me, would you kill me?"
An Zheng did not answer.
Chen Shaobai smiled brighter: "Hahahaha...... You actually hesitated, you still lied to yourself that you didn't treat me as a friend? According to your jealous and hateful nature, you actually hesitated. ”
An Zheng said: "I was just thinking about how to kill you. ”
Chen Shaobai pouted: "Okay, in fact, you don't need to be so heavy, because all this has nothing to do with you, isn't it?
An Zheng asked, "Why?"
Chen Shaobai asked rhetorically: "Don't you really think of the answer?"
An Zheng knew the answer, and the answer was the terrible thought in his heart.
Chen Shaobai spit out the cherry pit: "A king who is unwilling to be a puppet, what can he do besides such a secret struggle? On the surface, he wants to be obedient to the powerful queen mother like a cat, but deep down he doesn't want to press the queen mother under him all the time to and then kill." It's actually quite pitiful, but people who can endure to this extent are also terrifying. ”
He ate the last cherry, and then spit out the nucleus like a bullet: "Do you think that people like him will have any fair and honest way to fight against the Queen Mother? Of course not, there is no one." ”
An Zheng said: "So he sent people to kill Zhuge Yan, Hao Ping'an, and Songhaijing, just to blame the Queen Mother? Those people are still afraid of the Queen Mother, and they still don't dare to help him!"
Chen Shaobai: "An Zheng, your temperament is too down-to-earth, so you can't understand this kind of darkness." Mu Changyan did this, hurting those people's dependence on the Queen Mother. Those people will think that if one day the Queen Mother wants to get rid of me, will they be merciful? Those people will also think that if one day I do a very small thing for the king, will I be eliminated? Of course, the consequence of this is not that they are more loyal to the Queen Mother, but that they are more afraid. What happens when people are terrified of the other person?"
An Zheng: "I want to know, who killed Hao Ping'an, and who killed Songhaijing." ”
Chen Shaobai: "No one did it. ”
An Zheng's eyes widened: "What do you mean?"
Chen Shaobai: "I said that no one killed anyone...... Again, no one has ever done anything to kill. Zhuge Yan died of medicine by himself, this was what he and Mu Changyan discussed, he was too old to live for a few days, so his death caused the first wave of the chain reaction. It was I who entered Zhuge Yan's house that day, but I just walked in and walked out without saying a word, and Zhuge Yan knew what he had to do. ”
"There is a kind of loyal minister, you can't understand their thoughts, the whole thing was brought up by Zhuge Yan, and he set his own how to die. Not only is he his own, but he also designs how others die. Some old people who are almost useless should die. ”
Chen Shaobai's voice was a little low, like An Zheng's mood.
"I don't know how Hao Ping'an died, and I'm not interested in knowing, but Hao Ping'an's death should be an accident, at least Mu Changyan didn't mean to let Hao Ping'an die in the short term, after all, it was one of his helpers. By the way, Hao Ping'an also knew about the death from the beginning. ”
"Then there is the Songhai Sutra. ”
Chen Shaobai gestured on his chest: "Such a big hole, it looks terrible......, right? To this day, I can't understand how an old man who has no power to tie a chicken can stab a dagger into it, and how he can still turn his heart around ruthlessly. You should know that people who commit suicide often do not choose to use a knife, that is because pain can make a person's willpower drop dramatically, and severe pain can make people lose strength. So many people use knives to commit suicide without success, think about it, how ruthless Songhai Jing is......"
He jumped down from the tree: "I can't understand a loyal minister even more than a traitor. ”
He patted An Zheng's shoulder: "It's cruel, isn't it?"