Chapter 338 Night Talk

Chapter 338 Night Talk

Chapter 338 Night Talk
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After realizing this, Zhao Duan subconsciously rolled his Adam's apple and swallowed his saliva.

It was really just a subconscious action, without any other thoughts. After all, I had just drunk so much, and it was an instinctive action for people to calm down when they are surprised.

But when Xu Zhenguan saw this look, there was a hint of "disdain" in the empress's eyes.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty...I..." Zhao Duan was a thoughtful man. He realized that his actions might cause misunderstanding, so he wanted to explain. However, he found that it was really inappropriate given the current atmosphere and occasion.

In the past, when the two met, they often had private moments, but the only exception was the time when he was bathing in the palace and the empress personally gave him abhisheka.

The other few times, both of them were fully clothed and the atmosphere was serious.

The king is the king, and the minister is the minister.

The difference is clear.

But at this moment, it was already late at night.

He was only wearing "pajamas" and talking to the empress in her bedroom. The other party did not have a dignified posture, but a lazy posture as if she had fallen asleep and was woken up not long ago.

At once……

It's quite weird.

"Okay, no need to explain anything, I ordered someone to bring you here."

Xu Zhen looked at Zhao, who used to be eloquent and eloquent but now was at a loss and stammered, and smiled.

The cold look just now also melted away like ice and snow.

She walked to the door, kicked off her shoes and threw them at the door.

In a hurry, Zhao Duan only caught a glimpse of two lotus-white jade feet stepping on the knitted carpet, which were then covered by the mopping gauze skirt, and there was a fleeting flash of red on the soles of the feet.

Not wearing socks... This was the first thought that popped into my confused mind.

Somehow, his mouth became dry again after drinking a pot of water. It must be because of the swelling in his brain. Zhao Duan found that his thinking was particularly slow tonight.

He is not as agile as before, and he is not able to handle himself well in front of the female leader, and his reaction speed has become much slower.

It was like suddenly returning to the clumsy time when I had just graduated from college and entered the workplace.

"Sit down. You risked your life tonight and performed a great deed. I have no time to reward you, so why would I care about a little impoliteness on the part of a meritorious official?"

Xu Zhenguan said lightly, and while speaking, he took the initiative to walk over and motioned for him to sit down.

When the empress behaved generously and naturally, the strange atmosphere was eased, and Zhao Duan felt relieved and felt much lighter.

He hurriedly thanked him respectfully, and then the king and his subject sat opposite each other on either side of the tea table.

Zhao Duan was sitting cross-legged.

Because Xu Zhenguan was a woman, and considering it indecent to sit cross-legged in front of her ministers, she bent her legs and sat sideways, with her calves sticking out from her gauze skirt and submerged under the coffee table.

"Tell me, what happened tonight?" Xu Zhenguan asked seriously:
"Ma Yan told me something, but he has never been there. I want to hear the whole process without missing any details."

"Yes!"

Seeing that they were talking about serious matters, Zhao Duan took a deep breath, gathered his distracting thoughts, and said:
"This matter has to start from the day when the demon controlled the rebel 'Ballast Stone' to come to see me..."

The empress wanted to hear the details, and Zhao Duan indeed explained them in great detail.

He had been preparing to take action against the rebels since a few days ago, and when the demons showed up, he was worried that things would get worse, so he closed the net in advance...

He kept talking about how he was forced into a dream.

He did not hide anything in the previous part, but changed his statement when it came to the dream:
“I was still conscious at the time, and the evil Taoist was still in a dream. He tried to further deceive me, saying that the reason I found him was because I was bewitched and influenced, trying to scare me.

I have never experienced such strange magic before, and fearing that I might be bewitched, I did not dare to say more to him. I followed the method Your Majesty instructed me to use and visualize the Six Chapters of the Sutra.

After that, the dream was full of twists and turns. I couldn’t remember clearly, I only remembered that the demon Taoist roared repeatedly, and then exploded into a ball of white light..."

This was the rhetoric he had prepared long ago.

Xu Zhenguan raised his eyebrows and nodded:

"If you contemplate the Six Chapters Sutra, it is equivalent to entering a state of meditation. If the demon invades your dream, it will be dragged into it together with you. The scroll left by Emperor Taizu can only be used by those who practice this lineage.

If outsiders break in, they will be repelled by the power within the scroll... The spinning world you see is probably caused by the collision of the two."

As she spoke, she frowned:

"But I have never experienced it, so I don't know the details. Well, I heard from Ma Yan that you met a female sorcerer in red in the Six Chapters Sutra? Was it she who came and defeated the demon's soul?"

No... Xiao Ma, are you so open-mouthed? You tell everything... Zhao Duan complained and nodded without hesitation:
"I went to the armory to look up some information, and temporarily guessed that the sorceress's name was Pei Niannu."

He didn't expect to conceal the matter at all. Firstly, Ma Yan knew about it, and secondly, he couldn't hide the fact that he came to the palace to look up information.

Since the empress asked, I might as well be honest.

"Pei Niannu..." Xu Zhenguan's eyes were filled with surprise, and he suddenly realized, "The number one female sorcerer in the martial arts world six hundred years ago? My ancestor did have an encounter with her, but I didn't know there was such a person in the Six Chapters Sutra."

This statement is a bit difficult to understand.

Zhao Duan could only smile awkwardly, but he had already made it clear to the empress that he was the new master chosen by "Dragon Soul".

Therefore, it makes sense that there are some special things in the practice of the Six Chapter Sutra.

Moreover, this makes it easier to explain the killing of the demon.

Since the empress did not know about Pei Niannu's situation in the Six Chapter Sutra, she could not estimate her strength. This made it something that could not be confirmed unless Zhao Duan said it himself.

Anyway, the wedding dress sorceress who loves to listen to stories about cultivating immortals can’t come out to clarify…

"Your Majesty, do you know this person's background? I tried to look it up, but the information is very limited." Zhao Duan changed the subject smoothly.

Xu Zhenguan was indeed led astray. After thinking for a while, he said:

“I don’t know exactly. Six hundred years ago, it was a time of chaos. There were wars all over the world, and many classics and even inheritances were cut off. It is very difficult for later generations to explore, especially for people in the martial arts world who don’t have court historians to record. Many things are completely buried in time after a generation dies.

However, I vaguely remember seeing in an ancient book that Pei Niannu was a pseudonym, and his true identity was suspected to be a prince of the ancient country of Xiliang..."

The ancient kingdom of Xiliang?

Zhao Duan was stunned.

He knew that during the six hundred years of chaos, many countries, large and small, had been destroyed, and the Xiliang Kingdom seemed to be a small country in the Western Regions.

Its old site is estimated to be west of Yumen Pass or west of Yangguan Pass, which is quite far away from the capital.

A noblewoman from a small country in the Western Regions?
How expensive is it?
Could she be a princess or something... Zhao Duan's imagination ran wild, and he thought secretly that he could look up information about this ancient country when he had time.

"Put this aside for now and continue talking." Xu Zhenguan interrupted him and almost went off topic.

"Oh, that's it... the demon's soul exploded. Then I caught a glimpse and saw two scenes before those memory fragments were completely annihilated."

Zhao Duan continued the story, first recounting the entire conversation between Guhuo Zhenren and Zhuang Xiaocheng.

Then he said that he had a quick glance and saw the sorcerer taking out statues and candles from a place that looked like a treasure house.

He didn't mention the jade leaf because he wanted to hide some private money in front of the empress.

Secondly, he was also worried that if this leaf could really resist the "Martial God Visualization", then his lie would have a huge flaw.

"Is it this?" After hearing this, Xu Zhenguan flicked his sleeves, and on the coffee table between the two of them appeared a palm-sized black and ferocious statue and three extinguished purple candles.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhao Duan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and asked curiously:
"What is this? Is that demon using this thing to control the puppet?"

Xu Zhenguan nodded slightly, his face frosted, "This is the magic weapon of the Dark Sect."

"The Dark Cult? That evil sorcerer organization in the martial arts world?" Zhao Duan was shocked.

After traveling through time, he is no longer the naive newbie he used to be, and he usually reads some information.

Although there are still many knowledge gaps, I have heard of several evil organizations.

Xu Zhenguan said "yeah", and seeing his eagerness for knowledge, he had to explain:
“The three major evil sects are the Wuchang Sect, the Ming Sect, and the Baiyi Sect. They worship the gods of arrogance, death, and death respectively… This demon is a follower of the Wuchang Sect, which is different from the other two.

The people of the Dark Sect and the White Clothes Sect often appear in groups, similar to sects or gangs. But the Wuchang Sect is very loose, and its members, apart from believing in the God of Chaos and indulging their desires, have no sense of superiors and subordinates, and often act alone..."

She briefly explained the difference, then said seriously:

"It seems that the demon Taoist cooperated with the people of the Dark Cult, or at least got help, so he could have this item. This can also explain why he died in the palace three years ago, but was able to return now."

Zhao Duan asked the question he was most worried about:
"Your Majesty, do you think that this demon is really dead this time? Or is there still a possibility of resurrection? If he is not dead and is alive again, will he remember me?"

Xu Zhen looked at him and thought he was worried, so he comforted him:
“Although I am not sure whether this person is dead or not, even if he can still live, he must have paid a heavy price and may fall into a long-term weakness. If it is really the Dark Cult that helped him, then if he really comes back to life, he will not remember that he was killed by you.

I won't even remember anything since coming to the capital.

Haha, the reason why he knew who to seek revenge on when he came to Beijing this time must have been learned through subsequent investigations."

Hey, it sounds like you, my wife Zhenbao, are very familiar with the resurrection method of the Dark Cult... your tone is so certain...

Zhao Duan was surprised, but also felt relieved.

Although he didn't care much about his dream being exposed... After all, who would believe the words of a crazy Taoist priest?

But it is still safest for him if the other party loses this memory.

even……

If Guhuo Zhenren can be resurrected, and we don't know how he died this time, then when he recovers, can't Zhao Duan do the same thing again and reap the rewards?
Just like fattening leeks over and over again... Hey, I suddenly hope that he is not dead. What's going on...

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Next chapter around midnight
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