Nightwatcher

"Heavenly Gu Granny, what's wrong?"

Lina heard her father's voice, turned her head, and saw a tall, tall middle-aged man with muscles as hard as rocks and a rigid facial contour coming over.

He is nine feet tall, he stands out from the crowd, he is two heads taller than the surrounding Gu people, his arms are thicker than Lina's waist. (Conscience author's note: Since the Northern Wei Dynasty, the length of a foot has been between 29.6 and 31.1cm)

While walking, the eagle stares at the wolf, feeling full of oppression.

The hunched Heavenly Gu Granny is like a child compared to this one.

The Heavenly Gu Granny raised her head, nodded slightly, quickly turned her gaze back to Lina, and said in a trembling voice: "Girl, tell me, Granny is waiting."

The mother-in-law is a little anxious what's wrong with her, do you want to pick up money every day like friend number three? Lina felt a little uncomfortable because of the fierce reaction of the Heavenly Gu mother-in-law.

The Heavenly Gu mother-in-law refused to leave, and the large army stopped. The elites of the Heavenly Gu Department set their sights on Lina. People from other tribes whispered to each other, not knowing what happened here.

The Heavenly Gu Granny turned her head, and said to a young man from the headquarters behind her: "Go and inform the leaders of the various departments to take a break. Come on, girl, let's talk to Longtu over there, you are not allowed to follow."

The leader of the Power Gu Department named Longtu stopped in his tracks, silently watching his daughter being taken away by the Heavenly Gu mother-in-law.

The leaders of the other five ministries came together, walked up to Longtu, and looked at the old and the young leaving side by side with him.

"Longtu, what's going on."

The leader of the Power Gu Department shook his head: "Perhaps, you should ask the people from the Heavenly Gu Department."

The leaders looked behind them.

"Lina just joked with her mother-in-law, who knew her mother-in-law was so excited."

"What did you say?"

"Lina has a friend who picks up money every day."

""

Holding a torch, the Heavenly Gu Granny came to a tree, which was already far away from the main army, and could only see the tiny flames behind it.

The crescent moon hangs in the sky, casting a pure white radiance, and the firelight shines on the wrinkled and old face of Grandma Heavenly Gu. At this moment, she no longer has anxiety and excitement, and has calmed down.

"Girl, talk to your mother-in-law about what's going on."

Lina pursed her lips and said, "I recently met a friend. He said that he has a friend who always picks up money for no reason. He feels distressed about it and doesn't understand why."

The Heavenly Gu Granny narrowed her eyes and asked for proof: "How do you pick up money and how much do you pick up? Besides picking up money, what else is special? Everything is in detail, please tell me clearly."

Lina scratched her head delicately, and said apologetically, "I don't know about this, after all, I'm a friend of a friend, but my friend said that it seems that as long as you pick up money, you can live a life of food, clothing and affluence."

Out of curiosity, Lina thought that the Heavenly Gu Department can observe everything and know many things, so she asked casually.

Who wouldn't be curious about picking up money every day?

"Where is that person?"

No. 3 is in Dafengjing City, and his friend should be there too. Lina said uncertainly, "It seems to be in Dafengjingcheng."

"Great Fengjing?!" Heavenly Gu Granny was taken aback, shaking her head again and again: "Impossible, it shouldn't be, it's impossible anywhere in Dafengjing, it doesn't make sense"

Grandma Heavenly Gu frowned, her expression fluctuated from moment to moment, sometimes surprised.

"Mother-in-law, what's going on here." Lina felt that she was a very smart woman, and she had already noticed that the situation was different. If it was just a trivial matter like picking up money, the Heavenly Gu mother-in-law would not drag her to a secluded place to talk.

Not to be so concerned.

But she felt that it was absurd that an interesting incident that happened in Dafeng capital made Grandma Tiangu so serious and cared so much.

It's like she accidentally met a good friend, only to find out that she is the long-lost child of Grandma Tian Gu.

"That friend of yours should be the one who picks up money every day, not the so-called friend of a friend." Granny Tiangu glanced at the simple and silly girl.

Lina slightly opened her ruddy mouth, her light blue eyes froze.

No. 3 actually lied to her. She didn't expect him to be such a villain who likes to deceive others. Fortunately, she still thinks No. 3 is a chivalrous and courageous scholar.

Didn't the elders in the tribe say that scholars are all upright and upright?

Grandma Tiangu sighed softly, looked up at the moon, and said in a deep voice: "Many years ago, two thieves sneaked into a rich family's house for a certain purpose and stole a very important item. The whereabouts are unknown, and the thief who stole the things has never appeared again.

"In the big family, some people know that things have been stolen, and some people still don't know about it."

Lina blinked, "Stole what?"

The Heavenly Gu Granny didn't explain, but repeated that it was very important.

Soon, the 100-person elite team of the Gu clan came to Jiyuan, a bottomless rift valley.

Poison barriers permeated the rift valley, giving birth to toxic vegetation and various poisonous insects and beasts. This is a natural Gu insect breeding farm, which provides the Gu clan with an endless supply of "raw materials".

Lina has been here more than once, but they always catch Gu worms on the outside, never going deep.

The team walked forward in silence, and the insect repellent powder and anti-poison pill sprinkled on their bodies made them immune to the harassment of poisonous barriers and poisonous insects.

The clansmen of the Poison Gu Department are like a fish in water here, and their faces are radiant.

Following the path stepped on by the predecessors, we went deep into the Great Rift Valley. Gradually, the scenery began to change. The dark brown land was covered with deformed and strangely shaped plants.

There was a "rustling" sound among the dense branches, leaves and grass, and the poisonous insects living here were startled by this group of uninvited guests.

"Ah!" Suddenly, someone screamed, it was a man in civilian clothes, his skin was red all over

"Woman, I want a woman" he yelled at the male companion who fell beside him and hugged him tightly.

But because of the clothes, he was so anxious that he almost lost his mind.

Strange cries sounded everywhere, and people kept showing strange behaviors. There were men and women. The men hugged the tree, and the women hugged the tree too.

Lina knew that these people were poisoned by desire.

The Gu people didn't panic at all, they retreated consciously, and even pointed with a smile.

The tribesmen of the Desire Gu tribe dispersed to treat the poisoned tribesmen. They took out black, leech-like molluscs from the cloth bags and sprinkled them on the chest, neck and crotch of the poisoned person.

"leeches" adhere to the surface of the skin, their mouthparts pierce blood vessels, and swallow blood frantically.

After a while, these leeches swelled one by one and fell off the skin surface contentedly, and the symptoms of the poisoned people improved immediately.

Except for those who are faster and have the weakness of being hollowed out, those who last are almost unaffected.

The further you go to the depths of the rift valley, the more Gu worms you encounter, and the variety is richer. For example, a big worm as strong as a cow; a colorful butterfly all over its body; a snake with twelve eyes; a group of walking dead animals; a male wild dog with three genitals, etc.

Finally, the team stopped on a flat ground, where there were no plants, only jagged stones.

In the midst of the poison, Lina saw a tall stone statue, vaguely a man, wearing a loose robe and a tall crown, with one hand behind his back and the other on his abdomen, with his head slightly lowered, looking at the gap in the abyss .

The seven tribal leaders came forward tacitly and walked towards the stone statue.

"Mosang, who is that man?" Lina tugged at her brother's sleeve.

Mosang, who had a scar on his left cheek and had an unruly temperament, said in a deep voice, "I don't know his name, but you should have heard of his title."

He paused, and his tone was respectful: "Confucian sage."

In the small courtyard, the candlelight is like beans.

"I have been searching for Hengyuan's whereabouts, but so far, I only know that he is still in the city, but I don't know where he is." Daoist Jin Lian said while sitting cross-legged on the bed, shaking his head.

"You can't locate yourself through the book from the ground?" Xu Qi'an remembered that "No. 9" was able to locate himself through the book from the ground, and it didn't take long.

It stands to reason that it has been nearly ten days since No. 6 disappeared, and Daoist Jin Lian should have found him.

"I guess number six, or the book from the ground is sealed."

ah? What should I do if I am sealed? This is embarrassing me, Fat Tiger. Xu Qi'an was a little confused.

"Unless I can get close, in the past ten days, I have walked through half of the outer city on foot, using the most stupid and safest way to search. If the fragments of Hengyuan's Book of Earth are less than thirty feet away from me, I will It can be sensed immediately, even if it is sealed." Daoist Jin Lian said with a confident smile:

"There is no need to doubt, this is the personality inherent in the Supreme Treasure of Heaven and Earth."

It was forcing Ge Xu Qi to say it with peace of mind, and at the same time he was relieved.

It's a stupid idea, but it works. My worst fear is that there is nothing I can do.

"If there is news on the 6th, I will notify you immediately. Hehe, it is better for you to come forward than me. I also need the power to fight the Gengren. After all, this is the capital, and it is the territory of the Gengren." Speaking of this, Daoist Jinlian seems to have remembered something:

"By the way, what's Wei Yuan's opinion on this case?"

"I don't have any opinion, just let me work hard." Xu Qi'an shook his head and sighed.

At this time, he found that Taoist Jin Lian had a strange expression, because his expression was like this:(“)

The corner of Xu Qi'an's mouth twitched, and he said depressedly: "Why does the Taoist priest look at me like this?"

Daoist Jin Lian said: "Wei Yuan probably wants to turn you into a dark thread to beat people up, or drive you out of the capital."

Xu Qi'an's eyes widened in surprise.

Daoist Jin Lian seemed very satisfied with Xu Qi'an's reaction, and explained with a smile: "Being able to hand over the fragments of the Book from the Earth to you shows that he values ​​you enough. But he doesn't give you any advice on the case.

"This proves that he wants you to offend Emperor Yuan Jing and make it difficult for you to stay in the capital."

Xu Qi'an was not convinced, and wanted to defend Wei Yuan, but couldn't get the words out of his mouth, because Wei Yuan was very calm and had indeed revealed his thoughts in this regard.

"No, Wei Yuan is a little bit on the sidelines, but at most he is letting his own way, neither caring nor interfering, and doing it according to my own ability."

"You underestimate Wei Yuan too much. This man wields great power as an eunuch and leads hundreds of thousands of troops to win the Battle of Shanhaiguan. The best of the world. I'm sure he knows more about the Sampo case than you do."

"" Xu Qi'an sat there for a long time without speaking.

Is it really a plastic father-son relationship?

Daoist Jin Lian looked at him, "But I can't figure it out, why did Wei Yuan force you to leave the capital? He doesn't lack eagle claws."

There was silence in the room for a while, Taoist Jin Lian finished inserting the knife and wanted to slip away, "Is there anything else?"

"Yes!" Xu Qi'an didn't let go of the opportunity to pluck the wool: "I want to go to the Uncle Pingyuan's mansion, but it is heavily guarded. I have the means to get in, but I don't have the means to subdue people silently. I want to ask the Taoist priest for help. "

"You want to find Uncle Ping Yuan's son." Daoist Jin Lian understood.

"Hengyuan said that junior brother Henghui was abducted by Yazi, and he will not be indiscriminate. Since you can't find Hengyuan now, let's try to find a breakthrough from Uncle Pingyuan first." Xu Qi'an said.

"But he's dead."

"He still has a son."