Fang Yuan thought carefully about Song Jian's words, and collaged the small fragments in his mind. Basically, they could be numbered one by one. Looking at Song Jian's expression, he didn't seem to be lying.

Fang Yuan leaned against the wall, the "walls" on all sides were made of iron, he bent a finger and tapped on the iron wall, making muffled sounds.The two were silent, Zhong Lijing didn't know what else Fang Yuan wanted to do, he stood there waiting for the next sentence.

"Master Song..." Looking at his face, Fang Yuan changed his tone and said, "Zhonglijing, you are a person from Pingzhou City, why have you stayed in Xiaoshan for so many years? Zhongliyi never looked for you ?”

"Aren't you pretty good at guessing? Why can't you guess this simple question?" He sat on the ground when he was tired, and looked up at Fang Yuan.

"It's so tiring to guess. It's exhausting. You say it's more comfortable for me to listen to."

"You should have heard some rumors about Pingzhou City, right?"

"I've heard it, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"It's half true and false, Zhong Liyi's usurping the throne is true, but I escaped from Pingzhou City after he gained power," Zhong Lijing paused for two seconds, his eyes rolled for a moment as if recalling, "I fled to the foot of Xiaoshan Mountain It happened that your master came down the mountain with Xuanwen. At that time, I was terrified of being chased. I begged him to take me away. He was very soft-hearted and picked me up after less than a day. But he was also very cruel. Yes, take me back to the mountain and throw me to other elders, from now on I don’t care about asking or asking. That’s why I hate it, do you think we are the same? But why is it so different now?”

Fang Yuan leaned against the wall and chuckled, blaming Xiao Zijun for picking up trash and bringing it back to the mountain, he picked up two of them.

Zhong Lijing went on to say: "I came up with the name Song Jian casually, and I got used to it after so many years. It didn't take long for Zhong Liyi to know that I was hiding in Xiaoshan, and he couldn't do anything on the surface, so he sent someone to spy on me secretly. Me, as long as I don't threaten him, he doesn't have to make trouble with me. Until five years ago, he started contacting me during the trip to Heqingshan, and later called me back to the mountain to disclose my identity because he needed my help. Although the magic energy is strong, it will counterattack, there are many ways to stabilize the mind, but the most effective is Xiao Shan's heart-purifying mantra."

In this way, it generally makes sense. Fang Yuan only needs to think a little more to understand that Song Jian was coerced and moved between Pingzhou City and Xiaoshan. In order not to expose his identity so quickly, he changed his appearance and even changed his voice It has changed, he always wears a high collar to protect his neck because he is afraid that others will find that there is still a piece of skin on his face.

But I always feel something is wrong.

Fang Yuan crossed his arms and thought for a while, then suddenly got up from the wall: "Isn't it?"

Zhong Lijing was obviously taken aback, his brows were locked together.

"Zhong Liyi's attachment to this power is by no means a day or two. You may not even know that the Fang family was planted in his hands. If he hadn't been obsessed for a long time, how could he have snatched the black sword? The problem is here , because he snatched the sword, so I saw him in the illusion, I was only 13 years old at that time, he looked much older than me, you are at most the same age as my senior brother, how could you be his cousin?"

Zhong Lijing was originally tense, but when he heard Fang Yuan asking him this question, he calmed down and explained: "If you have to count him, he is also much older than me. His father and my father have been at odds for many years. Although we are a family, we always have a secret relationship. My uncle used to bully my father for a long time because of his higher status. Once my father founded Pingzhou City, he was superior to their family even with the title, so I am his cousin. .”

Fang Yuan shook his head and sighed: "Your family really love each other and kill each other."

"It's an old story, so I can't tell."

"Then it's closer," Fang Yuan walked over from the wall, and said seriously to Zhong Lijing, "The last question, does my brother's death have anything to do with Pingzhou City?"

Zhong Lijing said calmly: "I said I don't know if you believe me? Apart from clearing my heart for Zhong Liyi, I have never participated in any of his affairs. I really don't know anything about Xuanwen."

Nothing has changed on Fang Yuan's face, and it's a good thing that Zhong Lijing doesn't know, otherwise Fang Yuan really doesn't know if he will be like him, hesitating for a few seconds when killing people.

"Forget it if you don't know." Fang Yuan replied, and walked towards the door of the dark room.

Zhong Lijing looked at his figure, turned around and asked, "Didn't you say to let me go back?"

Fang Yuan didn't look back: "Don't worry, I said I would never lie to you if I let you go." When he walked to the door, the closed door opened by itself, and the light of the purple fire at the door shone on his face.

"I won't go back for too long, Zhong Liyi will definitely not be able to bear the backlash of the demonic energy, and he will definitely come to look for him."

"Then let him come. I can also do the Purifying Mantra. I will read a passage to him personally." The door opened and closed, and the dark room returned to silence. Fang Yuan went outside and met the second envoy waiting for him. Stop, the two followed him, and asked as they walked, "Your Majesty, what do you do with this person inside?"

"Let him stay for now, as long as there is nothing abnormal, don't let anyone touch him. Is Tongshi in the palace?"

"The envoy has always been in your palace."

When Fang Yuan returned to the hall, he was flipping through a thick book with his head bowed. His footsteps were too light, and he was absorbed in reading. The messenger came back to his senses tremblingly: "Your Majesty."

"What are you so scared for?"

The envoy sorted out the things he had found, and when Fang Yuan was seated, he presented them up: "I thought it was someone else who entered the palace, and I was afraid that the King's affairs would be exposed. This is all about the 'Peeping Mirror'. After looking at it carefully, there is really no special value.”

Fang Yuan took it. The book was as thick as half a palm, and there were only two pages marked by chamfered corners.He flipped through the pages, and on one page it said "The mirror of the world is revealed", and on the other page it was written: "The mirror of the world emerges, there is a vision." Fang Yuan froze for a moment, flipped through it several times, I thought there was something wrong with my eyes.

"No more? That's all?"

Tong Shi nodded: "That's all."

Fang Yuan bit his lip in hatred, the world is already in the world, can't you write more, at least write about its appearance and its approximate location, so as to benefit future generations.What is written now is like nonsense, how can it be considered a vision, what kind of vision?

Fang Yuan leaned back in the chair weakly, closed his eyes and rubbed the center of his brows, feeling restless and clueless.

Seeing this, Tongshi wanted to say something but stopped several times, and finally couldn't help but said: "There is one more thing."

"Go ahead."

"I sent someone to check Chengbei Village. The village has been abandoned for too long, and the location is relatively remote. In recent years, no one has appeared there, not even passing by."

"sure?"

"determine."

"How is this possible? On the day I went, the soil on the tomb was refurbished, and the coffin was completely empty. If no one had visited the corpse, it would still be able to stand up and run by itself?" Fang Yuan said without answering. Very light, exhausted: "Let me think again."

Fang Yuan stayed in the dark room for half a day, and had a conversation with Tong Shi again, and now he was dizzy and couldn't tell the time.

"When is it?"

The envoy said, "Zi Shi, it's almost time for Chou Shi."

"Master is asleep?"

"Not sure, other people are taking care of it."

Fang Yuan propped up the chair and got up: "I'm going out to get some air, you don't have to follow."

After passing the Nail Gate, Fang Yuan stood alone at the door, it was pitch black outside, no matter what time of day it was, he looked the same.He casually took a few steps to relax, and suddenly saw a person sitting under the dead tree in the distance. The white clothes were more conspicuous than other colors at night, and he could tell who it was at a glance.

Walking over, I saw clearly that the man was sitting against the trunk.

"It's late at night, Master still not asleep?"

Xiao Zijun turned his face when he heard the voice, saw that it was Fang Yuan, and smiled slightly: "Day and night are chaotic, I can't sleep."

Fang Yuan simply sat under the tree with him: "I can't sleep either, I'm in a mess." Fang Yuan leaned against him, resting his head on his shoulder, "Master, people say that preaching is a karma to solve doubts. My head is full of doubts, can Master explain it to the disciple?"

"What do you want to answer?"

"I always feel that brother's death is very strange. I went to Chengbei Village a few days ago and found a strange thing. The corpses of the villagers buried there disappeared, and the graves were turned over, but I later asked people to investigate , they said no one had been there in recent years."

He got up from Xiao Zijun's shoulders: "I guess there must be something wrong with those corpses, and the person who stole the corpses may have something to do with what happened back then, but I can't figure it out for a while, if no one came, why did those people suddenly disappear?" ?”

"Two possibilities." Xiao Zijun had been listening to him carefully, thinking while listening, and reacted quickly.His eyes were dark, as if they could capture people's hearts and souls, and Fang Yuan couldn't move them away when he looked at them, "The first possibility is that your people lied to you and deliberately concealed something."

"Probably not." Tongshi's figure flashed in Fang Yuan's mind, and he quickly denied this possibility. Tongshi had nothing to do with this matter, and there was no reason to lie to him.

"The second possibility is that no one has been there, it doesn't mean that no spirit has been there."

Xiao Zijun's words were like a torch, igniting Fang Yuan's train of thought. He had been looking for someone, and he was completely stuck in a dead end.

"Master means..."

"Spiritual things, any spiritual things, do you still remember the grass that Xingluo picked up on the North Cliff of Xiaoshan? A little spiritual power can open their spiritual consciousness, and even change their form. If you firmly believe that your people are not lying to you , that Chengbei Village may indeed have been visited by no one, because they may be a pebble, a piece of grass, a dog or a cat."

cat? !

Fang Yuan's pupils shrank, and the scene at that time suddenly flashed.

……

"East, west, north, south, open the coffin...!"

When he turned around, a cat faced him. The envoy from the North and the South hugged the cat and stroked it from head to toe: "Your Majesty, I picked it up from the grave. I'm walking around. The fur is quite good."

"Open the coffin, when I tell you the third time, you two go in and lie down!"

……

Fang Yuan came back to his senses, "Master, I seem to have some clues, I will look into it tomorrow." He found a breakthrough, he was so happy that he couldn't help the smile on his face.

"Master, won't you go to sleep?"

"Wait a little longer."

Fang Yuan looked up at the messy branches, "Master seems to be very interested in this tree?" Since he came out, he has been paying attention to this dead tree.

"I always think it looks like the one in front of my door, and I can think of something when I look at it."

The tree in front of Xiao Zijun's gate falls bare every winter, and the branches under the shade are as messy as this one, but there is the best memory under that tree.

He will always remember that snowy night, when the boy wore thin clothes and buried a jug of wine under a tree. When he looked back, heavy snow fell on him. So heart-thumping.

In the deepest memory, Xiao Zijun murmured unknowingly: "Will it snow again this year?"

Fang Yuan has excellent hearing, "No, there are no four seasons here, and there will be no snow."

There was a moment of disappointment in Xiao Zijun's eyes, he looked at Fang Yuan and said, "Whatever you say, go back."

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