Pawn Crossing the River

Qi Xuansu opened the file.

The person who secretly worships the demon from outside the territory is named Mengmai, and he is a principal. He once participated in the war in the Western Regions, made meritorious service, and was seriously injured. Finally, he was placed in the Taoist Mansion of the Western Regions. He basically didn't have to do anything on weekdays, just a sinecure.

After all, he was a person who had made great contributions to the Taoist sect. It was impossible for the Beichen Hall branch to check him out, and they didn't think there was anything unusual about him. It wasn't until the insider leaked the secrets that the real person in charge, Chen Zheng, was attacked and killed first, and the entire Taoist government began a major review. Only then did they discover that he had secretly set up an altar in his home to worship demons from outside the territory.

In fact, the people in the branch of Beichen Hall did not know what an extraterrestrial demon was. They wrote in the file that it was an unknown ancient immortal. Qi Xuansu made a judgment based on the description in the file. It should not be an ancient immortal, but an extraterritorial demon.

The branch of Beichen Hall sorted out Meng Mai's past experience and found that Meng Mai was not like this before. After returning from the battlefield, he became taciturn and did not communicate with others. Others thought that he became like this because he walked between life and death. Now it seems that it may have been from that time that he began to secretly believe in extraterrestrial demons.

Qi Xuansu asked Yan Yongzhen to invite the Jiashen Lingguan, handed the file to him, and said, "You participated in commanding the war in the Western Region. What do you think?"

After reading the dossier, Jiashen Lingguan's expression changed slightly.

Qi Xuansu stared at him: "It seems you know something."

Jiashen Lingguan looked solemn and said in a low voice: "This matter seems to have nothing to do with the ghosts in the Taoist mansion."

Qi Xuansu said directly: "I will judge whether it is relevant or irrelevant. Now you only need to answer my questions."

Jiashen Lingguan's face began to look uncertain, as if he was hesitating about something. He made a fist with one hand and then unclenched it, as if he wanted to grab something. Finally, he gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and said to Qi Xuansu : "Master in charge, I do have a guess about this matter, but there is no evidence. If the master in charge hadn't mentioned it today, I would have died in my heart."

Qi Xuansu didn't speak, just looked at Jiashen Lingguan.

Jiashen Lingguan looked hesitant, as if he didn't know where to start. After all, there are thousands of words to say, and they must have a beginning. He pondered for a long time, and then slowly said: "The Golden Tent has a four-season alms bowl system. In autumn and winter, it is cold, and in spring and summer, it is summer. The royal court is divided into four buildings according to the southeast and northwest directions. People live in the east court in the first ten days of the first month, and the spring comes in the middle of April. After that, they moved to the North Courtyard to escape the summer heat, and then went from the North Courtyard to the West Courtyard in early July. When the weather turned cold, they left the West Courtyard and went to the South Courtyard to escape the cold. Therefore, there are four royal courts in total. Wherever the Khan is, there is the Golden Tent. "

Qi Xuansu frowned slightly: "Is this related to the golden account?"

Jiashen Lingguan nodded: "To be precise, it is related to the West Court among the four royal courts. This is the closest royal court to the Western Region and belongs to the descendants of Batu Khan. I was ordered to attack the West Court and the battle was very difficult. However, due to the power of firearms, Daomen still has an absolute advantage, and it is only a matter of time before they take over the West Court."

Qi Xuansu realized a problem and interrupted: "Where was my master at that time? He was the highest commander of the war in the Western Regions and the real person in charge of the army. Does he know about this?"

Jiashen Lingguan said: "At that time, Master Donghua was leading an army to attack the base camp of Shamanism. In fact, Master Donghua took away most of the Taoist priests and spiritual officials in the Taoist sect, including the alchemist camp. I only have a small number of Taoist priests and spiritual officials in my hands. Lingguan, the main force in attacking Xiting is actually the men in black from the imperial court, mainly the Xiting Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, so Master Donghua doesn’t know about many things.”

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Why didn't you report it afterwards?"

Jiashen Lingguan whispered: "Because there is no evidence and some things are too absurd and bizarre, I don't know how to report it. In the end, I thought that more things are worse than less things, so I didn't report them."

Qi Xuansu stared at him for a long time. It wasn't until beads of sweat broke out on Jiashen Lingguan's forehead that Qi Xuansu looked back and said, "Continue."

Jia Shen Lingguan stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat, and then said: "The current Batu Khan who was guarding the West Courtyard at that time saw that the situation was over, so he asked his men to release the news, saying that he saw the Changsheng Heaven in his dream, and the Changsheng Heaven would protect the West Courtyard. Help defend the city. If you avoid fighting and waste the blessing of the Immortal God, everyone will be cursed and die."

"At first, I just thought it was a clumsy lie used by Batu Khan to boost morale and fight for the last time, but I didn't expect it to be really effective. The soldiers of the Golden Tent seemed to have received some kind of blessing. Not only were they not afraid of death, but they were also very difficult to kill. Death is very fanatical. Even if we have the advantage of firearms, it will be very difficult to deal with them. "

"In the end, the Shenji Battalion of the men in black brought in heavy artillery and plowed the entire West Courtyard into ruins. The Great Protector of the West Courtyard Protectorate, the Great Protector of the Beiting Protectorate, and me, the three of us They entered the city and found a complete Immortal Temple in the inner city, but it was very different from the ordinary Immortal Temple. There were many indecipherable words inside, full of hostility and very strange. "

Qi Xuansu fell into deep thought.

Changshengtian is different from ordinary ancient gods. It is an extremely special existence. There is no kingdom of gods and no cave. It has not even shown its divine power for a long time. It seems that it is no longer in the world. It is more like Taoist, Buddha, and Supreme Will. exist.

But according to the narration of Jiashen Lingguan, it seems that the Immortal Heaven is still in the world.

Qi Xuansu's heart moved: "Could it be that the 'Eternal Sky' in the West Courtyard has the same nature as the 'Cangtian' and 'Huangtian' in the Central Plains?"

The names of the demons outside the territory seem to have the word "天" in them.

Because they are a world in themselves, they naturally do not need the Kingdom of God.

Jiashen Lingguan continued: "Many people chose to surrender, and we did not kill the prisoners. However, a large-scale epidemic actually occurred in the West Courtyard after the city was destroyed. It seemed to correspond to the curse, and we had no choice but to withdraw from the West Courtyard. Let him die on his own. There were also people in our army who were infected with this curse, but after being dealt with by Huashengtang, they were fine, so the two guardians and I did not continue to investigate the matter further, and just assumed it was Batu. What kind of evil method did Khan use, and it eventually came back to bite him?"

Qi Xuansu asked: "Where is Batu Khan?"

Jiashen Lingguan replied: "Dead. When we found him, he was in the hall dedicated to Changshengtian, maintaining a posture of worshiping and motionless. When we stepped forward to check, we found that he had been dead for a long time. "

Qi Xuansu said: "In this case, Mengmai probably contracted this curse when he attacked Xiting. After being dealt with by Huashengtang, it seemed that nothing happened, but in fact, his temperament has changed drastically and he has become a demon from outside the territory. The believers began to secretly worship the Heavenly Demon outside the Territory. The 'Eternal Life Heaven' enshrined in the West Court is probably not the normal Heavenly Immortality Heaven, but the Heavenly Heavenly Demon outside the Territory."

Jiashen Lingguan gritted his teeth and said: "It should be like this."

Qi Xuansu stared at him for a moment and said: "If you encounter something like this in the future, you must report it. Forget it this time, it won't be the same next time. You go ahead."

The Jiashen Lingguan breathed a sigh of relief and bowed before leaving.

After a while, Yan Yongzhen came in.

Qi Xuansu ordered: "Go and invite the Jiachen Spirit Officer, don't let others know."

Yan Yongzhen responded, turned and left.

After Jiachen Lingguan arrived, Qi Xuansu got straight to the point: "I have one thing for you to do. Investigate the details of the attack on Xiting in the last war in the Western Regions, as well as the details of how the Taoist priests, Lingguan and the men in black in the army were infected with the curse. Condition."

Jiachen Lingguan was startled: "Jiashen Lingguan is in charge of this battle."

Qi Xuansu said: "The targets of your investigation also include Jiashen Lingguan, mainly to see whether he may be contaminated by the curse."

Jiachen Lingguan's face suddenly became solemn: "Yes."

Qi Xuansu finally said: "We have been friends for many years, so I leave this matter to you. Remember, it must be confidential and don't let others know."

Jiachen Lingguan took the order and left.

Qi Xuansu closed his eyes, reviewed the whole thing from beginning to end, stood up and left, going directly to the underworld.

Mengmai was imprisoned here.

The Taoist priests in charge of the underworld were all frightened when they saw the real person in charge of the prison coming.

Qi Xuansu didn't say much and just asked them to bring Meng Mai over.

In the interrogation room, Qi Xuansu was sitting, with an altar behind him. This was a common practice in the underworld. On it was the Divine Master Tablet of Taishang Dao Ancestor, which suppressed all evil spirits. Below the Taishang Taoist God's main tablet are three more God's main tablets, which are the founders of Sanqing.

What about "Yellow Sky"? Wasn't it suppressed by the Jinque Emperor who was transformed by Taishang Daozu?

Soon, Mengmai was brought in, wearing heavy shackles that could seal off his cultivation. Not to mention getting angry, even walking was difficult, and he was still held over by two spiritual officers.

Qi Xuansu sat in the shadows, looked directly at Meng Mai, and asked: "Meng Mai, as a Taoist priest, why don't you believe in Taishang Taoist?"

Meng Maai's eyes were dazed. Hearing Qi Xuansu's voice, he finally had some reaction. He squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Tao Ancestor, cannot bless me. Only the Immortal Heaven can... Only then can you protect me.”

Qi Xuansu then asked: "Why do you ask for blessings? Who will harm you?"

Mengmai was still a little crazy and didn't reply for a long time.

Qi Xuansu had no choice but to use some martial spirit: "Where did you see the 'Eternal Life'?"

The sound was like a thunderous explosion.

Mengmai finally had some reaction, his eyes moved sluggishly, looking upwards, as if he wanted to pass through the hell and see the sky outside, as if he was looking for something, and as if he was trying to remember, he said He murmured and repeated Qi Xuansu's words: "Where... saw the 'Eternal Life Sky'?"

After a while, Mengmai said to himself: "Xiting... I saw the 'Eternal Life Sky' in the West Ting."

Qi Xuansu's eyes became deeper and deeper: "Were you seriously injured while attacking Xiting?"

Although Meng Mai's eyes were still distracted, he slowly looked at Qi Xuansu: "I died, I died under the West Court City, it was the 'Eternal Life' that saved me, and it was the 'Eternal Life' that made me live. ...I must worship the 'Changsheng Heaven'... I must worship the 'Changsheng Heaven'... to repay the 'Changsheng Heaven' for its great kindness..."

Qi Xuansu froze and stared at him: "So you sacrifice a living person to the 'Immortal Heaven'?"

Meng said: "I... I don't have... divine power... I can only use living people to replace it."

Qi Xuansu's heart couldn't help but move.