Chapter 221 Asking for help
Chapter 221 Asking for help
He is a dead man... a dead man...
Inside Zuiyue Tower, Zhao Duan stood there in a daze as he listened to Hai Gongfeng's words. This was the only sentence that kept echoing in his mind.
So, this Thousand-Faced God is a dead man? No...
Zhao Duan's face changed, and he thought of a possibility. He raised his hand and picked up the maid Qingniao, supported himself on the railing with one hand, turned over and jumped down the stairs, and came to the side of the Thousand-Faced God who was lying on the ground.
At this moment, as Eunuch Hai turned him over, the handsome young man lay on his back on the ground covered with exquisite carpet.
His eyes were wide open and bloodshot, his face was pale, he was not breathing at all, and a small amount of blood was leaking from the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, as if with the "death", the appearance of the corpse suddenly began to distort.
Gradually, he turned into another man with ordinary appearance and unknown identity.
"Is he the Thousand-Faced God?"
Zhao Duan threw the maid to the ground and asked in a deep voice.
The beautiful maid codenamed "Blue Bird" had only reached the mortal realm, and was already weak after being hit in the dantian by Zhao Du'an.
Seeing Eunuch Hai beside him, he had no intention of running away.
Hearing this, he looked at the person on the ground with a blank expression and shook his head:
"I don't know... I followed him for a year and never saw his true face..."
real or fake?
Zhao Duan expressed doubt.
Eunuch Hai narrowed his eyes and said:
"She probably didn't lie."
As a master of the Imperial Court, he can detect lies to a certain extent simply by observing the speed of the other person's heartbeat and blood flow when they are speaking.
Of course, there is no evidence and it may not be accurate.
Zhao Duan asked again with a stern face:
"He's dead, and you don't know?"
Bluebird's expression became more and more confused. He was also frightened at this moment and shook his head: "No..."
Zhao Duan sneered:
"You'd better think it over carefully. Even if a corpse is protected by some means, it shouldn't be flawless. How could you be following him without noticing? Or do you want to wait until you are thrown into the imperial prison and tortured before you tell the truth?"
The maid named Qingniao was obviously not as loyal as Zhuang Xiaocheng's stupid apprentice, the hot-blooded girl Yunxi.
Without any hesitation, he said:
"There has indeed been no abnormality in the past ten days since we entered the city, but... he came back a little late last night, and his demeanor was a little strange. He didn't let me get close to him. In the morning, he looked normal again."
Zhao Duan and Eunuch Hai looked at each other and understood each other's thoughts.
"Eunuch, is there any magic in the world that can make a dead body look like a living person and requires considerable skill?" Zhao Duan asked in a low voice.
The old eunuch in the dragon robe was silent for a moment, then said:
"Yes. But most of them are the methods of evil sorcerers. And I didn't notice anything wrong just now. His methods are indeed extraordinary. As for this disguise, it is his specialty."
Zhao Duan said:
"Last time, when Han Shuang Jian entered the capital, Kuang Fu Society gave him a scroll as a trump card. This time, when the Thousand Faces God entered the capital, I'm sure Zhuang Xiaocheng and other rebels also prepared some means for him.
So, the Thousand-Faced God is not dead, and he just used some means to control this corpse to talk to us."
He exhaled, and said with a complicated expression:
"That's normal. According to intelligence, this person is good at assassination and is very careful. Even if he used the You family to trick me, he was worried about repeating the same mistake as Frost Sword. He hid his real body and used a fake body to deal with me... It's really hard to deal with him."
Eunuch Hai also looked a little embarrassed.
With his status, he was actually dazzled by a junior. He would save his dignity by saying:
"However, the more powerful the method, the greater the price. If we destroy his fake body, his real body will definitely be injured."
But no one caught it...
Zhao Duan sighed, feeling anxious as if he had let a tiger return to the mountains.
At this time, outside Zuiyue Tower, soldiers suddenly swarmed in.
Apparently they were patrolling soldiers who had heard the noise and came here.
The leader was stunned when he saw the eunuch in the dragon robe, but he couldn't recognize him for a moment.
When he saw Zhao Duan, his face changed drastically and he clasped his fists and said:
"Zhao Jisi, we have been ordered to patrol the streets..."
"No need to talk nonsense," Zhao Duan waved his hand, interrupted him, and ordered:
"Take those who have fallen to the ground to the infirmary for treatment, and send people to search the area to see if there are any suspicious people around."
He lowered his eyes and looked at the big black umbrella on the ground that was pierced by violence, and his heart twitched.
I thought it was a waste of such a good thing.
But as the talisman was forced out, the power of the curse was eliminated, the pain of the innocent people in Zuiyue Tower was relieved, and nothing serious would happen.
As for the You family...
Zhao Duan glanced at You Zhande who was seriously injured and fainted, shook his head and said:
"Take them all away for treatment."
The officers and soldiers responded and became busy for a while.
Eunuch Hai patrolled the area again.
Not finding any trace of the Thousand-Faced God, he returned to the imperial court with Zhao Duan and the captured maid.
Soon after, he returned to the palace alone to report.
……
"Run away? In a fake body?"
In the imperial garden, the empress listened to the report from the eunuch in dragon robe, her beautiful eyebrows frowned.
Asked: "How is Zhao Duan?"
Eunuch Hai twitched his lips and said:
"That kid is very good. He seems to have guessed that someone is secretly protecting him. I wanted to see his true colors... but he was forced out by this kid."
The old priest was extremely confident in his ability to hide his tracks and absolutely did not believe that he had been discovered.
Then the news can only be leaked through other channels.
The empress nodded when she heard that Zhao Duan was unharmed. She was not surprised:
"That's good. The thief was cunning and was able to hide from you. I guess Zhuang Xiaocheng and others gave him a way to save his life. Although we failed to kill him, it's good that he was seriously injured."
Hai Gongfeng understood that this was the Empress trying to save his face, so he sighed and turned away. After the others left, Mo Chou said worriedly:
"Your Majesty, now that we have scared the thief away, it will be difficult to catch him again."
说着，她又叹了口气：
“If Tianshi Mansion and Shenlong Temple were willing to make an exception and send experts to help, they would not allow such a person who hides his head and shows his tail to be so arrogant.”
Xu Zhenguan remained silent.
How could she not know this?
Not to mention her own cultivation, she is a palace attendant, the commander of the imperial guards... and has many powerful men under her command.
What can we do? They are all warriors.
If it is a head-on fight, he is not afraid of anyone. Even if he faces two major cultivation forces, he has the confidence to defeat them.
But I am a bit overwhelmed by this kind of sorcerer's method.
Of course, over the years, the royal family has also kept its own sorcerers. In Houhu Lake alone, there are two powerful ones hidden.
But each sorcerer has his own specialties, and most of them are not good at fortune-telling and finding people.
To the extent that, although he was clearly just a small fry, he managed to stir up trouble in the court and make people panic.
"Order the soldiers of the capital to search more frequently. If the fish does not take the bait, drain the pond water so that it has no place to hide and force it out."
Xu Zhenguan lowered his eyes, looked at the scattered fish in the pond, and gave orders calmly.
……
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Imperial yamen.
Inside Lihua Hall.
In the "office" that belongs exclusively to the police department.
Zhao Duan pushed the door open, threw himself on the Arhat bed, and cleared his mind.
Looking back on today's experience, he felt that he had been a little too aggressive, and his vigilance had dropped for some reason.
——He didn't know that this was the result of the Thousand-Faced God secretly cursing him since the first day he entered the city.
Looking back now, the reason why I was so bold was mainly because I thought I had enough cards up my sleeve and I would be able to escape even if I encountered the enemy.
Moreover, the significant improvement in his martial arts during this period also made him eager to try.
"Now it seems that the Divine Chapter Realm cannot be underestimated. Unless all the trump cards are played, it will be difficult to win."
He concluded silently.
As for the eunuch Hai in the dark... he was indeed not sure.
It was just based on reason. I thought that with the Frost Sword in front of me, there might be experts guarding me.
However, what really made him shout out those words at that time was the induction conveyed by the dragon soul.
"At that moment, the dragon soul in my body was about to wake up, but I could clearly feel the fluctuations of the Martial God's aura coming from the rooftop... So, one of the abilities of the dragon soul is that it can sense 'kindred spirits' who are also practicing the Great Yu Ancestor's heritage within a certain range?"
"No... Not only that, when Eunuch Hai attacked, I even had a vague feeling that as long as I awakened the dragon soul, I could even suppress him... Yes, I seem to be able to suppress Eunuch Hai...
Is it because Longpo represents Old Xu, and the imperial palace priests are all Old Xu's disciples? The ancestors are in front, and the descendants must kneel down? "
Zhao Duan was lost in thought.
Unfortunately, he was so focused on suppressing the dragon soul at the time that he didn't dare to really try.
"Hmm...if Longpo can suppress Eunuch Hai, can he suppress Zhenbao?"
Zhao Duan shook his head and drove this bold idea out of his mind.
How could a strong person in the realm of heaven and man be so easy to deal with?
I am a little bit drifting...
"Think about what is happening right now! A thief can steal for a thousand days, but there is no reason to be on guard against thieves for a thousand days.
The Thousand-Faced God is clearly here to kill me... If I don't kill him, even if he temporarily hides and escapes, when he comes back from his wounds, he can use his disguise to kill me at any time...
My stepmother and sister can no longer go out without any worries... How can this be possible?"
Zhao Duan frowned and thought hard.
The servant girl named "Blue Bird" has been interrogated by his subordinates, but Zhao Duan doesn't think that many clues can be dug out.
"When the Thousand-Faced God fled, he threw the maid out to use as a shield... It was similar to how Zhuang Xiaocheng abandoned his female disciple... It was clear that it was impossible for him to obtain key intelligence."
"My Fengyue Treasure Mirror can detect others, but I have no idea what the Thousand-Faced God looks like right now... I can't use it at all."
"The other party was frightened and has probably already hidden himself. Where can we find a master of disguise hiding in a capital city with a population of one million?"
Zhao Duan had no clue.
"Unless... we find a professional."
Zhao Duan's eyes lit up, he turned over and sat up, took out the silver scroll, and gently poured out a half-burned yellow incense.
He is ready to shake people!
This idea did not just come to his mind at this moment, but he had not implemented it before because he did not know whether the other party could help.
Secondly, I don’t want to use my connections to help.
But now, the Thousand-Faced God has clearly posed a threat to him.
"It's all you who forced me..."
Zhao Duan muttered to himself, as if he was rolling away the beast possessed by him. He lit a yellow incense and watched the smoke curl up, passing through the roof and tiles and disappearing into the sky.
One minute……
three minutes……
five minutes……
The incense was suddenly disturbed and the room was half empty.
A petite girl with pale skin and a distracted gaze, wearing a black priest robe embroidered with gold thread, slowly emerged.
One of the Red Dot Boys this year, the Golden Tablet Priest of the Tianshi Mansion, looked alert:
"What do you want from me?"
She suspected that Zhao Duan came to collect the debt.
(End of this chapter)