After the immortal disappeared

In the past few months, Qingyang has seldom played against King Yao, and they are not as tit-for-tat as they were when they first arrived. King Yao figured that she would not be able to make any waves, so the monitoring of her was greatly relaxed. At most, he would send someone to Staring from a distance.

This shop is not big in appearance, but it is a time-honored brand in Tianshui City. The carving work is exquisite and it is a hereditary craft. For weddings and funerals, nearby residents like to use it to get a few pieces of jewelry.

Qingyang walked into the jewelry shop. The guards stayed outside and the shop was empty.

She walked to the back of the store, lifted the cloth, and entered the compartment inside.

There was no waiter in the cubicle, which was less than five square meters in size, but there was one person sitting there.

When Qingyang came in, the man didn't get up. He just bowed his head to her and said, "Master Qingyang, are you okay?"

"I'm not a national master." This man had a weird temper, and Qingyang didn't take it seriously. "You're more than a month late! Doesn't the famous owner of the Red House have a good reputation with the outside world?"

By the time this person arrived, the day lilies were already cold!

"I had a major breakthrough in my research, and I couldn't leave for a while." The owner of the red house stretched, "I was halfway done with what I was doing, and I rushed over. Well, I heard that the target moved to the east of Tianshui City Yongquan Villa in the suburbs?”

It seemed that this guy had already checked out the spot. Qingyang picked up the unfinished jewelry on the table and played with it: "Since you have been late for so long, there is no need to rush to take action now."

Hey, aren't you in a hurry to take action? Then Feixin was urging him a few days ago? The owner of the red hut frowned: "It doesn't take much effort to kill just one or two people."

"Did you do your homework beforehand? This person is not easy to kill."

"I just arrived, and I didn't take many orders in Tianshui City before." The owner of the Red House shrugged, "Will this goal be more difficult than Situ He?"

"I think it's more than that." Qingyang said matter-of-factly, "Situ He didn't know that someone was plotting his life, but He Xiao was always on guard against me. King Yao also sent him a guard of 900 people, which lasted almost ten days a day. Protect him for two hours."

King Yao's move of sending out guards was in itself a warning to Qingyang.

"Personal protection?" the owner of the red hut said hey, "do you also wear it when squatting in the pit?"

Qingyang glanced at him and knew that he had many weird methods: "He Xiao himself has good fighting ability. A few months ago, Xuanlu Ghost King ambushed him and was eliminated by him; when he served as the special envoy of Bejia Chiyan Kingdom, he defeated The second in command of Tongxin Guard in Guo Lingxu City is also the second in command of the Pan family. "

The owner of the red house still looked disdainful: "Defeating a ghost and adding a straw bag to support the appearance, this resume is only mediocre. It is not as good as defeating the leader of the Qingwei under Lord Supervisor."

It's okay for him to look down on the Xuanlu Ghost King who can stop a child from crying at night. After all, he has the arrogance of the Bejia people; but he doesn't even look down on winning. The three Pan brothers can take charge of the Tongxin Guards in Lingxu City. This shows that he is deeply trusted by the Demon Emperor.

This guy didn't even think about his status. There was a reason why he was sent to the Golden Plains. He was a bitch! Qingyang raised his eyebrows: "If you, Cao Wendao, could arrive as scheduled and complete the task, how could He Yang be harmed by He Xiao?"

These words hit the target. After all, the owner of the Red House was really late. He touched his nose: "Since you changed your mind, why did you ask me to come over?"

"Your mission is only postponed, not canceled!" Qingyang said slowly, "Wait patiently, you will have a chance to take action soon."

Her plan was already in motion, and she could only succeed and not fail. Everything else has to give way to this plan at this moment!

She has been holding back for so long, and she doesn't mind letting King Yao and He Xiao be proud for another half month.

"Don't move He Xiao for the time being?" The owner of the Red House touched his chin, "What about the people around him?"

Qingyang sighed secretly, a little regretful that he asked the owner of the red house to take action. Almost all the upper echelons of Lingxu City knew that this guy was really a troublemaker. He was the type who was looking for trouble when nothing happened, and they were starting to bargain with her now. "Who is next to him?"

"It seems that he was a reclusive guy, his surname was Wei, and he kept a monkey." The owner of the Red House always remembered this incident, "I heard that in the battle between He Xiao and the Xuanlu Ghost King, the monkey turned into a monkey with two heads and four heads. A giant ape with arms, and a strange bird appeared in the sky. He Xiao jumped down from the strange bird and attacked the Ghost King. "

"So?" Qingyang asked casually, and then remembered this guy's identity and research. After all, his focus was on monkeys and strange birds, "Do you think this guy named Wei is a puppet master like you? "

"I wasn't there and didn't see it in person, so I can't make a judgment. After all, there are too many kinds of monster apes in the world and they have too many magical powers. However, there are very few birds that can carry people. I heard that the bird looks very weird." These weird and absurd creatures are the easiest to arouse his interest. "Anyway, there is still time, so let's observe them carefully first."

Qingyang hummed: "Don't show your weakness."

The owner of the red house shook his sleeves and stood up: "Don't worry, I am a law-abiding businessman here."

Seeing him turning around to leave, Qingyang stopped him again: "Have you made a breakthrough in your research?"

"Of course!" the owner of the Red House said confidently, "The shapes of several demon puppets I created are closer to humans. One of them managed to survive for more than half a year! Before coming to Tianshui City, I created another one with a smaller shape. , a more stable demon puppet.”

"You said the humanoid demon with the longest lifespan is still alive?"

"It's gone." The owner of the red house stopped smiling, "It was gone seven days ago, and it was one hundred and eighty-three days old!"

"If we only talk about lifespan, the demon puppets made by Qiandufang could have lived for more than seven and a half months." Qingyang glanced at him, "It may be a bit difficult for you to rely on this achievement to return to Lingxu City."

The face of the master of Honglu changed: "When did Qiandufang produce this achievement?"

"Last winter. The Heavenly Palace was very happy and allocated an additional 7 million taels. Don't you know?" Qingyang was at ease, "Oh, yes, you have been in the Flashing Gold Plain."

The news and progress are both behind.

The master of Honglu said angrily: "I lost a very important experimental subject here, otherwise the progress would be faster."

Qingyang shrugged.

What's the point of telling her? The higher-ups only look at the results. As long as there are results, any reason given by the master of Honglu is an excuse.

What should be said has been said, and this meeting is over.

Looking at the back of the master of Honglu disappearing outside the back door, Qingyang picked out a peach blossom hairpin, took it outside to pay, and then took a car back to Youhu Cottage.

"Demon puppet master?" She was thoughtful all the way.

The owner of Honglu deduced that there was a demon puppet master around He Xiao.

It is not ruled out that he was wrong, but if the insignificant Wei Yishan was really a demon puppet master, when did he follow He Xiao?

From the time point of view, He Xiao had just arrived at the Golden Plains and killed the Ghost King Xuanlu. So this Wei Yishan might have been brought by him from the Yangshan Islands.

He Xiao, a demon puppet master? Hmm...

On the way back, the carriage was always covered with curtains, and Qingyang was too lazy to open them.

Outside, there were either barren mountains and wild ridges or rotten yellow mud. There was a road from beginning to end, and the clanging sounds on both sides never stopped.

City people felt very novel when taking a car on this road, and they leaned on the car windows to point and gesture;

Qingyang walked every day, but he only thought it was noisy and dusty.

Just endure it for another half a month, and it will be almost enough.

After returning to Youhu Cottage, she had just changed her clothes when Yuan Xuan hurried to report:

"Palace Master, Lingxu City has reported back about He Xiao."

"Oh?" She put the newly bought hairpin into her bun, "What did they say?"

"He Xiao first appeared in Chiyan Country, but our people checked and found that he was next to Prince Yue as soon as he showed up. When the officials saw him, he had been appointed as the Prince's special envoy." Yuan Xuan continued, "Now Prince Yue lives in Yangshan Islands, and we can't ask him."

"What about before that? What did this person do before, and what identity did he use to enter Beijia?" Qingyang frowned, "When he entered Lingxu City with Bai Ziqi, didn't he say that he was from Fu Country?"

He Xiao and Bai Ziqi took turns to investigate the case. As the mastermind behind the scenes, she would of course conduct the most basic background investigation on He Xiao. But after He Xiao arrived in Lingxu City, he stopped investigating the case, and Fu Shanyue also went to the capital with him, asking the Demon Emperor for an explanation every few days. Qingyang's attention was all on Fu Shanyue and Bai Ziqi, and she didn't pay much attention to He Xiao, a small figure.

Now she knows how wrong she was at that time.

"We also sent people to Fuguo, but there was no such person."

Qingyang frowned: "In such a big Bega, can't we find a person who knows his origins?"

"His past seems to have been erased by some force, basically blank."

"Erase?" Qingyang nodded, "It's possible."

As long as he is a living person, he will breathe and live in this world, he will leave clues. People like He Xiao, whose past is blank, as if he fell from the sky, are mostly hiding their unbearable past.

"But we also have another discovery." Yuan Xuan said, "The fluorescent spores used for lighting in the main street of Lingxu City at that time came from the Demon Nest Swamp on the edge of Fu Country. They were produced by the giant spider queen Zhu Erniang!"

Why did this information only get fed back to Qingyang, the regent, now? Because it is time-consuming and laborious. To dig deep into He Xiao's background like this, they have to send someone to Fu Country in person for an on-site investigation.

All kinds of tiny clues must be collected before they can be sent to Qingyang.

This information also made Qingyang's face change color: "What! You mean Zhu Erniang?"

Who is Zhu Erniang? No, spider?

It's the giant spider queen that Qingyang chased in Xushan!

Qingyang was originally imprisoned in the back prison of Xushan. In an emergency, he released her to dispatch Yuanli and hunt down the invaders.

At that time, it was this spider queen who went to meet the masked man who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and ran all the way to get rid of Qingyang and Baizhantian's pursuit.

Although fluorescent spores are common in Lingxu City, Qingyang was a busy person at that time, so how could she care about where it came from? She was not interested in such trivial matters.

But when she heard it today, she immediately felt something was wrong.