The master said not to judge people by their appearance

"Master Xie, the whole city has been roughly checked, and no traces of monsters have been found."

"Master Xie, we have gathered all the wounded in the city to one place and sent imperial doctors to treat them, but there are too many wounded and there are not so many medicinal materials in the warehouse..."

"Master Xie, the collapsed and damaged houses in Beijing last night have been counted, how do you see how the people should be resettled..."

"Thank you sir..."

They had Mr. Xie on the left and Mr. Xie on the right, and they flew around like countless flies buzzing around their ears. Prince Yuan Lang presided over the aftermath, but Yuan Lang knew very little about these monsters and didn't know how to deal with them. In the end, Xie Yunlan had all the power.

Xie Yunlan was very busy, but there were still many people who came to ask him for instructions, and it was not easy for him to find time to respond one by one.

"Check again, don't miss anything."

That unstoppable army of tens of thousands of monsters burned to ashes in an instant after the phantom of the dragon holding the candle appeared, but Xie Yunlan was worried that there would be fish that slipped through the net. Cause great damage.

"If you don't have enough medicinal materials, go to the pharmacy in the city to buy them. What? Where will the money come from? Go ask the prince!" Xie Yunlan said angrily, "There are also problems about house damage and people's resettlement. Don't ask me about such things that have nothing to do with demons!"

He is busy enough!It's fine for the rest of the people to ask him if they don't understand about monsters, why do they ask him to deal with all the messy things!There are so many officials in the DPRK and China who can't make a living!

Someone came up again, and before the other party spoke, Xie Yunlan gave him a warning look, don't bother him with things that have nothing to do with demons.

He hadn't slept all night, but the aura around him was sharper and more aggressive than usual. After going through a life-and-death battle, his sharpness had not yet fully subsided.

The official's heart trembled when he saw it, but he still said under pressure, after all, they really didn't know how to deal with this matter.

"Master Xie, how do you deal with those pregnant women? How can you tell whether they are carrying a demon fetus or a human fetus?"

The demon fetuses were destroyed together with the demon army, but because they were not yet fully born, their bodies did not burn out together, and they still remained in the pregnant woman's body, and they needed to take abortion pills to abort, but the problem was that ordinary people couldn't tell Whether the womb is a human or a demon, it doesn't matter if you abort a demon fetus, but if you abort an innocent human fetus, isn't it a crime for no reason?

This is indeed a problem.Xie Yunlan pondered for a moment, but he couldn't tell the difference. There was only one person for this matter.

"Where's Shen Fan?" Xie Yunlan asked the subordinate beside him.

The subordinates looked at each other, but they didn't know either.

Wang Tai searched for a long time before finally finding Shen Fan in the Dragon Temple.

Before yesterday, the Dragon Temple was in dilapidated condition, and few people cared about it, but everyone saw the scene where the flaming dragon repelled the monster dragon last night. All of them were killed by the dragon god, so they came to pay homage one after another. Apart from thanking them, they did not forget to ask the dragon god to continue to bless them.

The Dragon God Temple was full of people, and everyone even lined up to offer incense. Shen Fan was not among the worshiping crowd. When Wang Tai found him, he was standing alone outside the hall, not far or near. Looking up at the dragon statue on the top of the temple, I don't know what I was thinking.

"Master, I found you!" Wang Tai was so excited when he saw Shen Fan. Although he was not in the city at all last night, he could see the situation inside the city clearly. Arrived at the candle dragon that broke through the dark night.

Ordinary people don't know that the shadow of the candle dragon was summoned by Shen Fan, but Wang Tai knew it from Xie Yunlan, so he just said, the master has real skills!

No one else believed it, so what now?Only he, Wang Taihui, knows how to be a hero!

"What's the matter?" Shen Fan's attitude was a little cold because he didn't know if his thoughts were interrupted.

But he is also like this usually, so Wang Tai couldn't see it, and continued without realizing it: "Master Hou asked me to come, and those pregnant women in the city don't know which one is the demon fetus and which one is It's normal, I want to ask Master to identify it."

Shen Fan didn't immediately agree: "What about others?"

Wang Tai: "Master Hou is dealing with things in the palace, he is too busy to take time off, otherwise he will definitely come here in person!"

Shen Fan said "oh", nodded, and signaled Wang Tai to lead the way.

The imperial court has put up notices and sent soldiers to spread messages in various streets in central Beijing, ordering all pregnant women to gather in a military training ground.The scene of monsters crawling out of pregnant women's belly last night was staged everywhere in Beijing. Even if the common people didn't witness it with their own eyes, they had heard about it more or less. They all came over on their own initiative.

When Shen Fan arrived at the place, there were already officials waiting outside the school grounds.

The common people know very little about what happened last night, but there is no one in the officialdom who is not well-informed. Even though Xie Yunlan only explained what happened last night to a few people, most court officials still know Shen Fan's role in it .

Therefore, when he saw Shen Fan, he was very considerate, he hugged each other, and tried his best to get closer to Shen Fan.

It's a pity that Shen Fan didn't want to talk much today, his attitude was indifferent, and he only responded occasionally. The officials were afraid that they would offend him if they didn't get closer, so they didn't dare to continue to disturb him.

But when Shen Fan was helping those pregnant women identify the demon fetuses, they still came over from time to time to give some tea and cakes, trying to make them familiar.

However, it was useless. Shen Fan's attention was never on them from the beginning to the end, not even on these pregnant women. In a daze.

The aftermath work was numerous and messy, and I was busy until the application time in the afternoon. When the evening approached, some urgent matters were finally resolved, and the rest could be put aside for a while.

Xie Yunlan was finally able to catch his breath. After resting for a while, he was ready to leave the palace to look for Shen Fan, but when he arrived at the gate of the palace, he was stopped by the eunuch sent by Yuan Lang.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, His Royal Highness asked the slaves to come and meet you. Your Majesty is awake and wants to see you."

The Yaojiao's body was completely burned in the flames of the candle dragon, but perhaps because the union was not long ago, Yuan Shuo was not reduced to ashes along with it. He was found among the ruins and rocks.

Few people knew the truth about the evil spirits, and most of them believed Xie Yunlan's frivolous nonsense. The person who made the trouble was a fake Yuan Shuo, and the one found among the ruins was naturally the real Yuan Shuo. Therefore, in name, Yuan Shuo is still the emperor of Daxia.

Xie Yunlan was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Only see me?"

The eunuch replied: "I also summoned the envoy of the Dragon God."

Once Yuan Shuo's plan that had been arranged for several months was shattered, his dream of eternal life came to naught. As soon as he woke up, he summoned the two men who destroyed his plan. Xie Yunlan was not sure what Yuan Shuo was going to do. is something else.

Now that the prince has taken over the affairs of the palace, Yuan Shuo expected that there would be no disturbances, so Xie Yunlan thought about it and agreed.He waited at the palace gate for a while, and after Shen Fan was also called into the palace, he went to Yuan Shuo's bedroom together.

"The heart demon is dead, Yuan Shuo doesn't have any magical powers now, right?" Xie Yunlan confirmed with Shen Fan again on the way to the sleeping hall.

"Yes." Shen Fan replied lightly.

Xie Yunlan was relieved, and when the palace servants led her into the bedroom, she saw two brothers Yuan Lang and Yuan Yi kneeling in front of Yuan Shuo's bed.

What Yuan Shuo did was unknown to others, but Yuan Lang and Yuan Yi knew about it. Their father was so cruel and completely disregarded the relationship between father and son. It stands to reason that even if they don't hate, there should be some estrangement between father and son.

But Yuan Shuo didn't know what he said to them. The two brothers' eyes were red at the moment, and they were crying "Father Emperor" in front of the bed.

Noticing the arrival of outsiders, Yuan Shuo patted the backs of the hands of the two sons: "You guys go down first...cough..."

He coughed while talking, his voice was weak and weak, no longer the arrogance of last night.

Yuan Lang and Yuan Yi stood up, wiped their tears when they passed by Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan, nodded their heads, and then left the bedroom.

Yuan Shuo waved his hand again, ordering all the maids and eunuchs who were waiting on the side to go down, and there were only three of them left in the bedroom, the scene was silent for a while, no one spoke.

Shen Fan was the same as before, never knowing what etiquette is, but Xie Yunlan, who is a courtier, did not salute this time, he looked at Yuan Shuo.

In just one night, Yuan Shuo seemed to have aged a lot, with gray hair, many brown old age spots on his face, and sagging skin, like an old man in his eighties or nineties, but he is clearly only 58 this year.

His pupils were also filled with dying air, cloudy and yellowish, as if he could no longer see clearly what was in front of him, and he had to squint his eyes when he looked at Xie Yunlan.

He raised his arms, as if he wanted to sit up from the bed, but even such a simple movement was so difficult for him at this time, he lost strength in his hand for a moment, and almost fell off the bed.

"Your Majesty!" Xie Yunlan couldn't help but took a step forward.

Yuan Shuo trembled, as if shocked by the words Xie Yunlan: "You still want to call me Your Majesty..."

"Your Majesty will always be your Majesty." Xie Yunlan's expression was complicated. What Yuan Shuo said last night was correct. He was able to be what he is today, thanks to Yuan Shuo's appreciation and promotion.

Although his fame in battle is inseparable from his bravery, he may not be invincible without the support of the monarch.

The relationship between ruler and subject is to help each other. Xie Yunlan once thought that Yuan Shuo would be the master he followed all his life. If Yuan Shuo hadn't been so mad, Xie Yunlan would never have confronted each other.

And even if Yuan Shuo did all the evil things, his past kindness to Xie Yunlan could not be wiped away all at once.

Yuan Shuo stared blankly at Xie Yunlan, trembling, stretched out his hand to Xie Yunlan: "Yunlan, come here, come to me..."

Xie Yunlan went over as promised, and knelt down on one knee beside the bed.

Yuan Shuo held his hand, fingers clenched tightly, and he tremblingly said: "I know, what I have done is against the law of heaven, and I am not worthy to be a king."

Xie Yunlan didn't deny it, but just listened silently.

"I know that I have sinned deeply, but I still want to explain something to you when I call you here today." Yuan Shuo choked up and said, "I don't want to."

"How can I bear the heart of those women who gave birth to demon fetuses and died tragically? It's a heart demon. After it came to my body, it began to control me. I also tried to struggle, but it was too powerful, and I couldn't match it. You understand Do you?" Yuan Shuo's cloudy eyes were filled with tears, and he was already a little incoherent, "Yunlan, do you understand? I don't want to..."

"Your Majesty, I understand." Xie Yunlan shook Yuan Shuo's hand back, and Yuan Shuo seemed to have received some kind of amnesty. He lay down again and gasped a few times.

It took him too much energy to say these few words, and after he calmed down a bit, he looked sideways at Shen Fan who had been standing aside, watching quietly.

Xie Yunlan was moved by the former friendship between the monarch and his ministers, but Shen Fan remained unmoved from the beginning to the end, his eyes were cold and transparent, and when Yuan Shuo looked at him, there was a sense of timidity that could not be hidden.

He let go of Xie Yunlan's hand and said, "Yunlan, you go down first, I want to talk to the master alone."

Xie Yunlan hesitated for a moment, looked at Yuan Shuo, then at Shen Fan, and thought that there should be no problem, so he went outside the hall and waited.

There were only two people left in the hall, Yuan Shuo didn't say any refutation to Shen Fan, he just asked: "Master, how long can I live?"

"Less than March." Shen Fan said.

Although Yuan Shuo did not die in the raging flames along with the Yao Jiao, after this battle, he suffered too much damage and was doomed to die soon.

Yuan Shuo himself knew this, he knew his body very well, but he still had one thing to ask: "If I didn't do these things, how long would I live?"

Shen Fan said: "You are the emperor of the world, you have the merits of calming the chaos and calming the people, and creating a prosperous world, even if you don't live to be a hundred years old, eighty or ninety years old will not be a problem."

"Eighty or ninety, less than three months..." Yuan Shuo murmured, "Retribution, this is my retribution..."

He closed his eyes, with an expression that seemed to be smiling or crying: "I have tried my best to live forever, but I still can't escape death after all."

"Where there is life there is death, and where there is death there is life." Shen Fan said flatly, "It's just like flowers blooming and withering, the tide ebbs and flows, and the cycle of life and death is nothing ordinary."

"I know... I'm just... just..." Yuan Shuo looked at Wei Wei's gorgeous dormitory, and all the honor and status after reincarnation disappeared, he murmured, "I just can't see it."

"Master, what about you?" A few small black air suddenly appeared between Yuan Shuo's brows, and the black air covered his face, outlining a ferocious and distorted face with strong malice.

"Can you see it?" he asked.

Shen Fan looked at the changes in Yuan Shuo's body calmly, without answering.

Yuan Shuo waited for a long time, but he couldn't wait for an answer. The remaining demonic energy in his body seemed to be unable to support his old body anymore, and began to collapse. Yuan Shuo also fell down, closing his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.

In the silence, Shen Fan said softly: "I can't see it..."

"So, I'm here." He stretched out his hand to grab the broken devil energy and crushed it in his palm.

But there is still a sound echoing in this bedroom, it is a cold laughter, like a ghost, it is difficult to get rid of, and the ghost lingers.

There was a dull knocking of the bell in the distance, Xie Yunlan looked up, it was the evening bell used to tell the time in the palace, the golden crow was falling to the west, and it was getting late, I don't know what Shen Fan and Yuan Shuo were talking about inside, but they talked so much Long.

Just when Xie Yunlan was wondering if something would happen, the palace door behind him opened with a "squeak", and Shen Fan walked out in the shadow of the boundary between morning and evening.

The golden sunset reflected his white robe, and the last light and heat in the world could not dispel the coldness between his brows.He kept walking, as if he didn't notice Xie Yunlan who was waiting at the door, and walked straight towards the outside of the palace along the steps at the door of the bedroom.

Xie Yunlan chased after him and shouted, "Shen Fan!"

Shen Fan's pace slowed down slightly, but he still didn't stop.

"Where are you going so fast?" Xie Yunlan chased after him and asked.

"Find the next heart demon." Shen Fan said.

His tone was as flat as usual, but Xie Yunlan inexplicably felt that Shen Fan at this moment was a little colder than usual.

"The next demon?" Xie Yunlan was stunned for a moment, remembering that Shen Fan said that there were four demons in total, he asked, "Where is the next demon?"

Shen Fan: "I don't know."

Xie Yunlan: "... I don't know where you can find it?"

Shen Fan: "Anyway, if you're not in Beijing, it's useless to stay longer."

This makes sense, but... Xie Yunlan suddenly thought of an excellent reason: "What are you doing in such a hurry? I haven't bought the cherry wine that I promised you before. How about eating it tonight?"

Shen Fan stopped and looked at Xie Yunlan face to face, but he didn't have the expression of being moved by the cherry wine, maybe it was caused by the dark sky, his eyes were dark and seemed a little bottomless.

Xie Yunlan had an illusion for a moment under this gaze, and felt that the reason he was looking for was very ridiculous, but Shen Fan looked at him for a while, and finally answered:

"it is good."