The master said not to judge people by their appearance

The guards in the courtyard on the east side were several times tighter than other places. Xie Yunlan walked around the outside several times, but couldn't find a gap to sneak in.

Just when he was hesitating whether to return without success, he accidentally saw an acquaintance outside the courtyard, Hongyu was passing by with a box of meals.

Xie Yunlan thought about it, hid in a secluded corner, and when Hongyu passed by, she dragged him over.

Hongyu was so frightened that she wanted to scream, Xie Yunlan covered her mouth and nose in time, and pulled off the black scarf covering her face, while observing the surroundings, she whispered: "It's me."

"Master Hou?" Hong Yu was startled when she saw Xie Yunlan's face clearly, obviously surprised.

She said: "Master Hou, when did you come back? And why are you dressed like this..."

Hongyu still doesn't know what Mu Qingyun and Yin Wang were doing when they led the troops out of the city that day. She thought Xie Yunlan hadn't come back outside the pass.

"It's a long story," Xie Yunlan didn't intend to explain at this moment, he went straight to the point, "Do you know who lives in the other courtyard to the east?"

"Young master said he invited the sorcerer, but..." Hongyu hesitated, "There seems to be another person in the yard. I heard from the maid who was serving inside that he was a son in his thirties. Both my uncle and Mr. Yin Very respectful to that young man."

Xie Yunlan's heart moved, could it be Yuan Yi?The uniforms and weapons of the officers and soldiers outside the courtyard do look a bit like those of Yunzhou, but why did Yuan Yi come here in person?

Yunzhou is his territory, even with guards, it would be too risky to leave Yunzhou, just to kill him?

Xie Yunlan felt something was wrong. He was very important, but he should not be so important. Why did Yuan Yi come here?

When he was thinking about it, Hongyu finally realized from the astonishment when she saw Xie Yunlan for the first time, she still had one important thing to say, and said quickly: "By the way, Lord Hou, miss, she..."

"I know, Wang Tai told me." Xie Yunlan interrupted.

"Miss, I was fine before I went to fetch the medicine, and my complexion was also good. I don't know why..." Hongyu wiped her tears as she spoke. She is Xie Yuzhen's maid, but Xie Yuzhen is kind and never treats her like others Calling and drinking, the two of them are like sisters.

Xie Yunlan was silent for a moment, then said: "Yuzhen has a kind heart, and she will definitely be reborn into a good family in her next life."

He didn't tell Hongyu the truth, because Hongyu was still in the mansion, and once she knew the truth about Xie Yuzhen's death, she couldn't guarantee that she wouldn't show her flaws in front of Mu Qingyun.

"Miss is such a good person, she will definitely..." Hongyu wiped away the tears from her face, and she said again, "Master Hou, the mage my uncle found said that he can bring the dead back to life, is it true?"

Hongyu actually had some doubts in her heart, how could the dead come back to life?

"No, this may be some kind of evil method." Xie Yunlan said, "Have you seen that mage?"

Hongyu shook her head: "After the mage came to Jeju, he lived with that young master in the courtyard on the east side, and never came out. I heard from the servant girl inside that this mage looks very powerful, as if he is really capable. .”

There are many magic sticks that look powerful, but they only look powerful.Hongyu's news is not very informative, and Xie Yunlan is still not sure whether this Miaofa real person will know the soul-returning method.

Maybe he still has to see it in person, but he can't get in because of the tight security of the courtyard, so he probably can only wait for tomorrow's Fa conference to find out the truth.Xie Yunlan told Hongyu not to reveal the matter of meeting him tonight, and prepared to leave the prefect's mansion.

Before he left, Hongyu couldn't help but said: "Master Hou, aren't you going to see my uncle? Do you have some misunderstanding?"

She also didn't understand Mu Qingyun's act of asking Wang Tai and the others to be locked up, but Mu Qingyun didn't really do anything to Wang Tai and the others. , the food box in Hongyu's hand was to deliver food to Mu Qingyun.

"There is no misunderstanding." Xie Yunlan smiled at her, "Now is not the time. One day, I will see him again."

That day is the time to settle grievances and enmities.

The next day, it was finally the ninth day of the first lunar month, and there were a lot of people entering the city today. Whether it was residents of the towns around Jeju or passing merchants, they all wanted to come and see this so-called soul-returning ceremony.

People are dead when they die. I have never heard that the dead can be resurrected. Regardless of whether it is true or not, they all want to come and watch the fun.

In an open space in the center of the city, a stage for the Fahui meeting had been set up, and everyone was standing under the stage. The crowd was crowded and noisy, and there were even hawkers selling tea and snacks mixed in and selling along the way.

Xie Yunlan and Shen Fan stood behind the crowd, the hats on their heads covered most of their faces, making them inconspicuous.

They waited together with the others, and when it was three o'clock, they heard a commotion from behind. Some officers and soldiers cleared the way ahead, while the other carried a sedan chair on which sat a man wearing a black robe and wearing a black robe on his head. Nuo face man.

Judging by his posture, this should be the Miaofa Daoist.

Master Miaofa pinched his fingers, as if he was reciting some spell, but the crowd was too noisy, and Xie Yunlan couldn't hear it clearly. He saw several mages in similar costumes following the sedan chair, who might be the disciples of Master Miaofa.

These mages walked and danced, their dances were bold and weird, making it hard to understand, but the people didn’t come here to understand, they just wanted to watch the fun, although these mages’ dances were weird, they were still interesting to watch, and the crowd became more and more crowded. They were all trying to get a closer look, but some young children couldn't see them and cried out in anxiety, so the parents picked up the children and sat them on their shoulders.

Xie Yunlan was still standing behind the crowd, he didn't push forward, and his attention wasn't all on the mage, his eyes stayed on a wooden coffin carried by officers and soldiers behind the sedan chair. Who is obvious.

Xie Yunlan clenched his fists tightly, he was angry for Xie Yuzhen's death, and he was also angry about what happened to her afterwards, but he couldn't get angry right now, so he could only suppress his anger and continue searching.

He saw Mu Qingyun and Yin Juan in the guard of honor, but he didn't see anyone who looked like Yuan Yi.

That's normal, even if the young man that Hongyu said was really Yuan Yi, if he came to Jeju secretly, he would definitely not show himself in public, but he didn't know where he was hiding.

As Xie Yunlan was thinking, the guard of honor slowly came to the altar, the officers and soldiers raised the sedan chair, and Master Miaofa walked directly from the sedan chair to the altar.

After standing still, Master Miaofa counted for a moment, as if it was time, he shouted: "Who is going to die?"

This is the beginning of the practice. Everyone in the audience was quiet and stretched their necks to watch. Several disciples of Master Miaofa took the wooden coffin from the officers and soldiers and carried it to the altar. After they opened the coffin, they asked When carrying Xie Yuzhen's body out, Mu Qingyun suddenly yelled to stop him, he jumped onto the stage, shouted everyone away, then did it himself, carefully carried Xie Yuzhen out.

He turned his head to Master Miaofa and apologized, "Master, please forgive me. Yuzhen is my wife, so it is inconvenient for outsiders to touch her."

Master Miaofa wore a Nuo mask and couldn't see his expression, but he probably wasn't angry. He nodded to Mu Qingyun and signaled Mu Qingyun to put the body down.

Mu Qingyun put Xie Yuzhen on the altar, and then stepped aside.

The Dharma meeting continued, Master Miaofa picked up a Dharma bell from the Dharma altar, shook it in his hand, and at the same time, together with his disciples, danced a weird dance around Xie Yuzhen's body.

They danced and sang: "The soul is back—"

The common people watched intently, for fear that they might not see how the mage used the supernatural power to bring the dead back to life in the blink of an eye.

Xie Yunlan frowned. After looking at it for a while, he turned to Shen Fan and asked, "Can you see anything?"

Shen Fan shook his head: "He has no magic power."

Whether it's this weird dance, or the magic bell held by the mage, there is no trace of any mana, and it doesn't have any function at the same time.

From this point of view, this real Miaofa is just a simple liar?Is it the bait that lures them into the bait?

Xie Yunlan noticed that Mu Qingyun was standing on the altar with an anxious and expectant expression. He really hoped that Master Miaofa could bring Xie Yuzhen back to life, but Yin Wang was in the audience. He was whispering something to the officers and soldiers of Jeju. When the people were ignorant, this area had been secretly blocked by officers and soldiers.

Listening to the footsteps in the dark, Xie Yunlan probably had already set up a net around him, waiting for him to show up.

Yuan Yi's plan was very good, but it also had shortcomings. He used this method to attract so many people. As long as Xie Yunlan didn't take action, it would be almost impossible for them to find people directly from the tens of thousands of people.

As for a fake mage, Xie Yunlan didn't need to make a move.

But the question is, is he really a fake?

Reverend Miaofa was dancing on the platform, and the pitch of his chanting was getting higher and higher. At a certain moment, it seemed that he had reached a critical point, and one of his disciples wearing a blue exorcism mask presented A conical artifact.

At the same moment that the cone-shaped magic weapon appeared, Shen Fan's eyes moved to it, and he murmured: "It's the magic energy..."

Magical energy?Xie Yunlan also looked at the cone-shaped magic weapon. They have not found the whereabouts of the fourth heart demon. Could it be that the Miaofa Daoist is the last person possessed by a heart demon?

But he also felt a little strange. In the past, people possessed by demons had strong obsessions, and they also acted with a strong purpose, but what is Master Miaofa going to do?Before he had time to think about it, Master Miaofa took the cone-shaped magic weapon and shouted loudly: "The soul is back!"

He came to Xie Yuzhen's body, as if he wanted to stab this magic weapon into her heart.

"Don't let him stab it in." Shen Fan warned, "That devilish energy does have the ability to call back the souls of the dead."

Xie Yunlan's expression changed. Seeing that Master Miaofa had pressed down his hand, he ignored the danger of being exposed, and shot a hidden weapon straight for Master Miaofa's throat.

He didn't expect this to kill the other party. People who are possessed by demons are very difficult to deal with. They won't be afraid of such hidden weapons. But unexpectedly, Master Miaofa didn't even respond like an ordinary person who doesn't know martial arts. When he came over, his throat was cut by a hidden weapon.

Blood gushed out from the throat, and the cone-shaped magic weapon in Master Miaofa's hand fell to the ground, and there was another corpse on the magic table in an instant.

Everyone was silent for a moment, they were still confused by the incident, Yin Wang was the first to break the silence, and shouted: "Catch him!"

Countless officers and soldiers ran out from their hiding place. Xie Yunlan took off the hat on his head and pulled out the hidden weapon. He also had a lot of doubts in his heart. A person possessed by a real demon would never die so easily. The real person is not, so where did the magic weapon with the magic energy come from?

But he didn't care about these for the time being, he whispered to Shen Fan: "According to the plan."

Immediately, he rushed out, as if he wanted to break through alone.

Yuan Yi's plan was only to trap Xie Yunlan. They didn't know that Shen Fan would also be in the city. Xie Yunlan had already been exposed after making a move, but Shen Fan hadn't. Xie Yunlan broke through alone at this moment to attract the attention of officers and soldiers. After chasing him away, Shen Fan can leave safely among the common people.

Right now, as planned, the officers and soldiers all chased after seeing Xie Yunlan appearing, but no one cared about the people where they were.

The common people were startled by this accident, and they were already a little scared. Swordsmen don't have eyes, even if the matter has nothing to do with them, they may be accidentally injured, so they all pushed and wanted to run out.

They should have run out smoothly, but someone on the platform suddenly shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to leave!"

Xie Yunlan turned around and saw that it was a disciple of Master Miaofa. This disciple was wearing a blue Nuo mask on his face, and he was the one who handed the conical artifact to Master Miaofa just now.

As soon as the green-faced mage made a sound, Yin Wang, who was eager to lead his troops to hunt down Xie Yunlan, stopped, and together with Mu Qingyun who finally came to his senses, turned around and returned to the altar, besieging the people who wanted to escape.

They are so obedient, is this person...

The mage with the blue Nuo face took off his mask, and it was the king of Yunzhou, Yuan Yi!

Yuan Yi scanned the crowd, and ordered in a cold voice: "Find out the person who is traveling with him!"

The officers and soldiers went to search the crowd, there were still people chasing Xie Yunlan, but only a small part, most of them were searching for the person who was traveling with Xie Yunlan, namely Shen Fan.

Xie Yunlan looked back while fighting with the officers and soldiers. At this moment, he suddenly realized that he might not be Yuan Yi's real target. Whether it was the ambush on Kunlun Mountain or the siege on the edge of the cliff, the person Yuan Yi really wanted to kill was actually another.And why did he want to kill Shen Fan so much...

In the blink of an eye, Xie Yunlan figured everything out.

Shen Fan probably had the same thoughts as him. When the officers and soldiers searched in front of him, he suddenly raised his hand, and the soul fire illuminated Yuan Yi's shadow. Just like when he first saw Yuan Shuo, the shadow that should have been in human form was distorted into a A huge monster shape.

There are two scarlet lights in the shadow, looking at Shen Fan with fear and murderous intent together with Yuan Yi.

This is the last demon.