no puppet

In fact, logically speaking, the Rong family and the Bi Yu family have been in an embarrassing relationship of lukewarm, friendly on the surface, and mocking each other behind their backs for decades.

...Then this relationship was completely disrupted by the sudden news of Rong Yin's death.

On the same day when Rong Buzhi returned to the town after reporting the letter, Rong Yin's body happened to be carried down the mountain not long ago—at the same time, it was not the person from Yin Zhen who followed him, but his precious stone, which he had never left. sword.

As for the blood on the sword, it was almost all blood from Rong Yin, and some of it hadn't even fully dried.

The first reaction made by Rong Buzhi at that time almost made all the townspeople who had seen the situation...all stare blankly.

——A majestic seven-foot man, with a plop, knelt down as soon as he said it, and cried into tears in front of hundreds of people, shouting "Second Uncle, Second Uncle, Second Uncle" in his mouth until later His voice was hoarse, but it was Chengdaofeng who sent someone to pull him away, so he could barely settle down a little.

In short, that night, none of the residents in the entire small town, including Fuze Mountain, could sleep soundly.

Including Cheng Daofeng and the entire Bi Yu Mansion behind him, they stayed up all night because of the matter between Yin Chu and Rong Yin.

Until the next morning, it was still dark.Rong Pan, the grand master of the Chengrong Mansion in the Ping Dynasty, led nearly a dozen people in the mansion at full speed, and a mighty family surrounded the entrance of Laifeng Town, and almost missed the threshold of the Biyu Mansion.

The only surprising thing is that although they said they came aggressively, they didn't know what it means to be polite, but when Rong Pan saw Rong Yin's body at that time, he didn't say anything, just kept silent for a while, turned around and sighed, and said to his followers He said: "...Bring it back to the capital, so that it can be buried."

Then he raised his head slightly, and under the gaze of everyone around him, he looked into Cheng Daofeng's equally complicated and deep eyes from a distance.

——Rong Pan is over fifty this year, and compared to the gray-haired Cheng Daofeng in front of him, he is still a generation behind.Rong Yin is his biological half-brother, he is still young and handsome, even not much different from his own son, Rong Buzhi, so Rong Pan treats him with extra respect, and Rong Buzhi is also the same as this The second uncle gets along very well.

Unexpectedly, natural disasters and man-made disasters make life and death uncertain.Rong Pan didn't know that sending him out for such a trip would lead to such an irreversible tragedy, and at the same time, some respected elders in the Rong Mansion also felt bursts of grief and regret when they heard about it.

Afterwards, when asked about the ins and outs, Rong Buzhi insisted that this matter must have been done by Yin Chun.

"When I came back from the town, they had just pulled the stone sword from my second uncle's chest." Rong Buzhi said with red eyes, "It was Mr. Cheng who sent his good apprentice up the mountain... the townspeople said, That stone sword belongs to Yinzhu. I have seen him recite it before, and it will never be fake!"

"You spitting blood!" Kang Wen jumped three feet high on the spot, "My brother is such an upright person, how could he do such indecent things!"

Rong Buzhi's face twisted, and he roared hoarsely: "Bao Xiaoguan, destroying the god statue, deceiving teachers and exterminating ancestors with his little lover - this is what you call integrity?"

Kang asked suddenly a little choked: "You...you...that was all forced by the young man, and has nothing to do with the brother himself!"

But Rong Buzhi said: "I think they both have problems, if you don't believe me, go up the mountain to search, maybe that love will also run away together!"

For some reason, Kang asked, his eyes turned red, and he yelled, "Shut up!"

After all, he was like a crazy monkey, entangled with it with claws and teeth.Cheng Miling yelled "Ai ai ai" for a long time, but couldn't stop her. Turning around, Rong Buzhi happened to be distraught, and even got entangled with Kang Wen fiercely, scolded a few words, and gave another After a few punches, each had a bruised nose and swollen face, and was finally pulled aside by Huo Shitang and Rong Pan's servants, Cheng Daofeng picked up Kang Wen by his collar, and shouted angrily, "What time is it?" , still so ignorant?"

Rong Pan also pretended to set up his folding fan, and beat Rong Buzhi's shoulder fiercely: "Things that don't live up to you, don't cause trouble for me outside!"

Rong Buzhi couldn't help retorting loudly: "What I'm telling is the truth, if you don't believe me, you can ask Mr. Cheng... He knows best about the good apprentices he has taught."

"In the final analysis, this matter is indeed inseparable from that evil obstacle."

Cheng Daofeng's eyes lowered slightly, but it was the first time that he voluntarily subdued in front of outsiders.He took a step forward, arched his hands solemnly and solemnly, bent down and gave a deep bow to Rong Pan, and said in a deep voice: "The stone sword was given by the old man himself back then. Now if he hadn't encountered an accident, he would probably have abandoned the sword and fled away. Collude with that evil heretic, and completely make an enemy of our Bi Yufu."

Rong Pan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he said in an unclear manner: "Then Mr. Cheng thinks... which is the most likely outcome?"

Cheng Daofeng didn't speak, Kang Wen wanted to take advantage of the situation to refute something, but he directly stopped him by reaching out his hand.

But Rong Pan smiled lightly and said, "I never thought that so many years have passed...Mr. Cheng still misses his old love like this."

Cheng Daofeng remained silent, and only raised his eyes slightly, indicating the relatively quiet compartment outside the courtyard.Rong Pan understood what he meant, waved his hands away from the left and right, then followed Cheng Daofeng's footsteps, the two walked into the door alone, leaving behind a group of people waiting outside the door.

Cheng Daofeng and Rong Pan were comrades-in-arms who were born and died together back then.Although there were many rumors of discord between the Rong Mansion and the Bi Yu Mansion, when the ban on demons was in vogue more than 20 years ago, Cheng Daofeng and Rong Pan had some conflicts on the battlefield due to a certain consensus reached by each of them. A lot of mutual benefit and mutual assistance.

Their thinking is one extreme close to the same degree.

Cheng Daofeng believes that all people with seals in the world, whether they are humans or ghosts, are evil spirits and should be eliminated immediately.

But Rong Pan secretly served the imperial court in Beijing.At that time, the imperial court believed that the existence of the Yesheng seal was bound to become a threat, so Rong Pan would use all means to eradicate all the things with the seal.

As a result, many irreversible tragedies were caused by the Chengrong family's single-handedly covering up, jointly creating a certain illusion of peace and well-being.

——This is why Rong Yin knew that Cheng Daofeng was deliberately concealing the truth about the puppet, but he did not stubbornly expose him directly, but waited for him to give a more reasonable explanation, which would not only appease the townspeople Being restless, and being able to tell the whole story, is the perfect solution to the problem.

But unfortunately, the problem has not been resolved, and now all the townspeople have panicked to the point where they cannot sleep or eat.

At that time Rong Pan pushed the door open and entered the room, Cheng Daofeng handed him a cup of brewed hot tea and said: "Sit down."

But Rong Pan didn't sit down as he said, he stood there with his arms folded, his expression indifferent, just like when he was in front of the door just now.

Cheng Daofeng originally thought that he would pursue the matter of Rong Yin's tragic death in Fuze Mountain, but he didn't, he didn't even mention it, he just looked at Cheng Daofeng calmly and said: "It's been more than 20 years, the whole building No one in the town knows that there is a thing called a puppet—how powerful is your old man.”

Cheng Daofeng drank his hot tea in a wooden way: "There are some old things... I don't want to mention it, so naturally I don't want to let other people talk about it."

Rong Pan knew that Cheng Daofeng had always been brooding over his dead wife, and over time, he had gradually developed a heart disease.He doesn't like to talk about this matter, Rong Pan naturally won't take the initiative to expose old scars, so he changed the subject a little bit, and continued to talk to Cheng Daofeng: "What should come will always come...I said it more than 20 years ago, If those things can’t be removed cleanly, there will always be some left behind, and they will try their best to come back and wait for an opportunity to take revenge.”

Cheng Daofeng said, "Fang Yan is dead, and I killed him with my own hands."

Rong Pan's eyes suddenly became a little cold: "Fang Yan is dead...but you can't guarantee that there are still 'those things' alive."

Cheng Daofeng sighed, and said: "That's as you said, some of 'they' survived. But how do you explain to the townspeople, and how do you teach them how to prevent it? If the explanation is inappropriate, it will easily cause trouble. There will be chaos—when people will kill each other, it is hard to guarantee that the battle will not be as tragic as it was back then."

"Is that why you let it go?" Rong Pan asked.

Cheng Daofeng was silent for a while, and suddenly stretched out his hand to touch the center of his eyebrows, his appearance was always tired and helpless.

After a while, he still sighed, and said, "I thought they would never come again. So many years of grievances, now that I am old, what do I have to work so hard?"

"You are back alive." Rong Pan sneered, "The puppets have crawled to the door of their own house and stared at them. Are you still planning to sit and wait for death?"

Cheng Daofeng raised his eyes to stare at his face, his pupils were cold and gloomy: "Do you think I will sit and wait for death?"

Rong Pan let out a long sigh of relief, and finally brought the topic to the right track. : "There have been frequent accidents inside and outside Laifeng Town. I guess it may be that monsters have built their lairs in private."

Cheng Daofeng said: "I checked everything inside and outside the town, and I didn't find any flaws."

"No, there must be, otherwise, where did those puppet birds come from?" Rong Pan said firmly, "Isn't the place where Li Haishuang was hiding in the first place just overlooked?"

Cheng Daofeng looked sideways, as if thinking of something.

"Maybe their lairs and our place are not in the surface space, but a special barrier inside. Just like Li Haishuang and the 25 wooden puppets she raised, outsiders on that level cannot find it, like It is an inner world opened up inside Fuze Mountain, as long as you live well inside, you can be completely isolated from the outside world."

"Then they are there, growing and multiplying wantonly. Just like the batch of flying puppet birds, the number will only increase, more and more..."

"Stop talking." Cheng Daofeng interrupted his thoughts, and suddenly felt a layer of cold sweat seeping from his back.

"It's scary, isn't it?" Rong Pan's eyes were burning, and he whispered in his ear, "In the end, they collectively captured the entire town just like today. Mr. Cheng, your Biyu Mansion, and the Cheng family The centuries-old history and honor behind it will be destroyed at this moment..."

"I told you to stop talking!" Cheng Daofeng knocked the teacup against the table.

But to Rong Pan, this has no deterrent meaning at all.He fixedly stared into Cheng Daofeng's eyes, and his tone even had a hint of order and coercion: "Mr. Cheng, I advise you to put away the trick you used to train your apprentices. I, Rong Pan, am not afraid of this. Besides, you yourself I believe you have a clear understanding of what the disciples brought out look like."

Chengdao Fengliang said in a cool voice: "...Rong, how clean do you think you can be?"

But Rong Pan didn't answer his words: "Puppets and barriers are just one aspect...After today, how should your good apprentice Yin Chun be dealt with? Everyone in the Rong Mansion is watching, and the townspeople who came to Feng Town are also watching." They are all watching... I think you should know how to choose."

Cheng Daofeng said: "I didn't identify the murderer as Yin Chun."

Rong Pan asked, "Then what do you think other people will think?"

Cheng Daofeng was silent and did not give an answer for a long time.So Rong Pan continued: "It's just an abandoned son left behind on the battlefield. It's unknown whether his parents are clean or not. You really raised him as your own apprentice?"

"...I know what to do, it's not your turn to give Jiangshan advice." Cheng Daofeng stopped him coldly, "Call the townspeople the next day, at least say what should be said clearly, so as not to cause panic. It's a mess that no one can clean up."

In the early morning of the second day after Yu Rongpan came to Fengzhen, Rong Yin's body was personally escorted back to the capital by Rong Buzhi, and finally buried with his biological mother Zheng.

Immediately afterwards, Biyu Mansion and Pingchao Chengrong Mansion quickly issued a wanted arrest warrant, offering a huge reward of at least 500 taels to Yin Chu, the former great disciple of Chengdao Feng's sect - the reason for this, most people wondered Knowing it well, the few others who don't know it hide behind their backs and talk about it, secretly making infinitely possible conjectures.

However, guessing is reckoning, and no one has been able to find the specific trace of Yin Chun so far.Ever since he went to Fuze Mountain, he seemed to have evaporated from the world and disappeared completely.

Some people said that he must have abandoned the light and turned to the dark, and followed the way of demons and goblins. Since then, he has been separated from the entire sect behind him.Some people also said that he was more likely to be ill than good, and lost his life hastily like Rong Yin, and he might even end up in a dismal end without a whole body.

But Kang asked himself not to believe the first statement.He grew up with Yin Chun since he was a child, so how could he not know what his senior brother's character is?

Not to mention that the acceptance of the young man from the brothel was purely out of kindness and intolerance.Later, the destruction of the statue was an unwarranted crime. Now that Rong Yin died in the Rong family, it was really a serious crime, even if he wanted to hide it, he couldn't hide it.

So that night, Kang Wen sneaked up the mountain road without telling everyone, and almost went around Fuze Mountain inside and out.In the end, he found nothing, walked back to the courtyard gate in disgrace, and cried secretly in a corner alone.

When Yu Cheng Miling heard this, he naturally didn't believe it.But in such a situation where people say what they say, if they refute one more sentence, it will only deepen the resentment and suspicion of the people towards Bi Yufu.Cheng Miling didn't want her father to be in a dilemma, so most of the time, she chose to keep her mouth shut about certain things.

It wasn't until the evening of the third day that the turmoil in the town gradually calmed down. The Biyu Mansion closed its doors for several days for secret discussions, and then opened the door to accept the townspeople again.At the same time, a falcon was dispatched from Rongfu in the capital city to send a complete box of special talisman papers with new talismans painted on them. Rong Pan and Cheng Daofeng handed them out to ordinary people, and explained in detail how they used to suppress demons. .

Afterwards, in Feng Town, the story of the humanoid puppets coming to the world again finally kicked off a long and complicated prelude.

"Such monsters were circulated in Middle-earth to a certain extent as early as 20 years ago. At that time, a group of princes and nobles appeared in the capital, and they spent a huge amount of wealth to raise them at home as playthings for entertainment."

"But later, the ban on demons began to prevail, and the dangerous monsters raised by those princes and nobles became one of the objects that must be eradicated in everyone's eyes-so what you see now, most of them survived in the first few years slipped through the net.”

At that time, in front of the gate of Biyu Mansion, many townspeople gathered together, their eyes wide open in confusion and horror, looking at a wooden black bird slightly held in Rong Pan's hand.

This is the only clue they can grasp so far.Now the puppet bird has been pierced through the bird's belly by Cheng Daofeng's arrow. Although there is no possibility of resurrection, its general appearance has not been completely damaged, at least people can barely recognize a similar shape.

"Those nobles in the capital raise... birds?" Someone in the crowd asked.

"No, birds are just one of the simplest examples. The existence of wood can replace any kind of moving living things in the world, no matter birds and beasts, or...wooden human figures with certain thinking consciousness."

After Rong Pan finished speaking, he glanced at Cheng Daofeng beside him with a cold expression, but Cheng Daofeng raised his chin and signaled him to continue with his eyes.

But at this time, everyone voiced doubts: "Master Rong, you mean that those big monsters lying on the roof that day were all the wooden figures just mentioned?"

"That's right." Rong Pan's voice was firm, as powerful as a heavy stone falling to the ground, "But there is a big difference between them and ordinary monsters."

"What's the difference?"

"Ordinary monsters are living creatures. The karmic marks on their heads are all refined by themselves." Rong Pan's eyes were gloomy, and then he picked up the black bird again, stretched out his hand and pointed directly at the top of its head , "And this kind of monster, we call it 'puppet'. Most of the puppets are made of wood, which are dead objects, and the seal of karma is transplanted and grafted by people - as long as they lose the support of the seal of karma, they will be Immediately lose the ability to move."

"According to Elder Rong, these puppets... are not so scary." A townsman said, "Since there is no karma seal, it will lose its effect. Isn't it easy to destroy a piece of wood with a karma seal? ?”

But Rong Pan said: "You think it's too simple, the biggest difference between puppets and ordinary monsters is not here."

"Where is that supposed to be?"

"Humanoid puppets are good at reading minds, can exercise deep spiritual control over living people, and can even confuse your thoughts and force you to do things that are completely opposite to your inner thoughts."

When these words came out, Cheng Daofeng couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly, and looked at Rong Pan for a brief moment when he just looked back.

As expected, when this group of timid townspeople heard this, they immediately screamed like a group of mice whose tails had been trampled on.

"What are you talking about mind control, there is such a terrible black art, if it is really controlling someone, how can you survive after this!"

"There is such a thing, why didn't you tell us earlier?"

"Mr. Cheng, it's too unkind for you to keep this little thing under wraps!"

"That's right, how many lives have been caused back and forth, why are you only willing to speak out until now?"

All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise and discussion around, some scolded, some cried, not to mention those who complained, but more of them naturally huddled in the corner and shivered.

The panic in their hearts has accumulated to the extreme.

Ever since Liu Zhou'er's incident caused a few deaths, the comfortable life they have been relying on until death has been ruined in such a straightforward manner, ruined to pieces, ruined to a horrible degree, ruined to the point where their big dream cannot be realized, must You have to face the cruelty and helplessness brought by reality.

Cheng Daofeng guessed that it would be such a scene early in the morning.Anyway, sooner or later, they will all look alike.Fortunately, although people were making trouble, they experienced several sudden disturbances, but now they are not making a big fuss, everyone is exhausted, and only a few voices are left to howl in place.

Rong Pan and the others had had enough of their distress, so they clapped their palms together, raised their voices, and began to stabilize their emotions: "Everyone, be quiet first, be quiet, these spells are not completely unsolvable... Since you have the ability to stand up and resist, Do you still want to sit and wait to die?"

The crowd gradually quieted down, but there were still some unavoidable chattering sounds.

"The ones I brought from the capital just now are the talismans used by the army during the war, and now they have been distributed to you - this talisman is useless to human beings. It will only have the strongest response to the seal of karma, you guys Keep it with you for a long time, firstly, when encountering any monster approaching, the talisman paper must warn in advance, and secondly, the incantation in the talisman is special, it can play a certain role in resisting if you are under the control of puppets."

Rong Pan took a piece of talisman paper from his hand, and then slowly revealed the complicated mantras painted with dense mountain patterns on the paper in front of and behind the crowd. Everyone saw them one by one, but they still had worried and anxious expressions on their faces: "It's just a certainty." Resistance, that is, there is a high possibility... that it will not have any effect?"

"Then what do you guys do?" Cheng Daofeng stood up at this time, "I've given you the talisman paper, and I've said everything that needs to be said. You are counting on me, an old bone, to go to the battlefield alone, for all of you. Are people working hard?"

Everyone immediately looked at each other in blank dismay, and wanted to refute whenever they wanted to, but they didn't dare to speak out.

"That's right, catching monsters is obviously everyone's business! At the critical moment, if you don't unite to resist foreign enemies and rely on my master and Rongfu to live a comfortable life, isn't that just a daydream?" Kang Wen also said.

"Then how do you think you can catch it? We are a group of ordinary people who don't know magic tricks or martial arts. Isn't catching monsters the same as sending them to death?"

Soon someone's eyes were red, he took a step forward, pointed at Kang Wen's nose and said hoarsely.

——They are all used to living a peaceful life in the past, and now no one wants to rush out and lose their lives.

But when he thinks of the raging war in Laifeng Town in the future, he can't help but feel sad, resist, and even deeply painful and uneasy.

"It's not as serious as sending them to death." Rong Pan said calmly, "Most humanoid puppets are originally from playthings, and their fighting power is not much higher than that of ordinary people. As long as they are not under mind control, killing them is as easy as mowing grass."

"That's what you said."

At that time, there was an uproar among the crowd, and most of the townspeople had a relatively strong resistance to war. Suddenly, a masculine male voice sounded, and then a tall and burly figure walked out with big strides.

Kang Wen noticed that it was Brother Song Yang who drowned his younger sister some time ago.

This person acted righteously and decisively, and usually hated evil the most. Now that the townspeople urgently need someone to take the initiative, he stood up without fear, clapped his arms, and said in a cold voice: "I, Song Yang, have long wanted to avenge my little sister. Yes, but I have never been able to find a chance. You said that this puppet can be killed, so I will kill [-] of them. Anyway, if they don't die, then I, Song Yang, will die!"

What Rong Pan wanted was a strong and powerful character like Song Yang. He smiled slightly and immediately echoed: "...Young people are so courageous, the town needs a hero like you."

Song Yang looked sideways, and Ling Ran glared at the shrinking townspeople behind him: "What are you afraid of?"

"It's because no one has ever died, so it doesn't matter if you let these evildoers run amok?"

Everyone was speechless, but their faces turned slightly pale.

"Mr. Cheng, I would like to assist Bi Yufu to capture all the puppets." Song Yang turned around with a solemn expression, then clasped his fists together and stared at Cheng Daofeng and Rong Pandao, "Demons and ghosts are not what our town should have. If you really hesitate to make a move out of fear, one day you will become a meal in their belly. I, Song Yang, will not be that shrinking turtle, whoever wants to do it can do it!"

I don't know if it was because of his persistence that stirred up the surrounding atmosphere, or because the townspeople themselves also had a certain degree of resilience. It didn't take long for the townspeople around to change their tone after speaking. In time, it is inevitable that there will be a little more temptation.

Rong Pan nodded, and said, "Those remaining scumbags are not hard to kill. It's just that the place where they were hiding has not been found yet... If we want to find them, things will be relatively easy."

Song Yang said: "Master Rong has any requirements, just come and ask, but if I can do it, I will do my best... There are also a few guys in our shop, they will come to help."

Rong Pan turned his head to look at Cheng Daofeng, remembered something, suddenly smiled mockingly, and said, "What do you think of Mr. Cheng?"

Cheng Daofeng still said coldly: "...you ask me what to do? You still can't make up your mind about this kind of thing?"

"I just want to say that Yin Chun, your good apprentice whose whereabouts are unknown so far, is the key person in the whole matter." Rong Pan narrowed his eyes, and said quickly, "...you, as a master, must be Wouldn't you want to cover it up?"

At that time, there were countless pairs of eyes around, with fear, haste, and the suspicion and doubt they once had about Biyu Mansion.Cheng Daofeng stood alone in the middle of all of them, the sharpest and most prominent point.

He was silent for a while as usual, before he brushed his sleeves for a while, he still said without any expression: "The arrest warrant has been issued, come and tell me, how should I cover it?"

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A very meaningful transition... The reason why it is so long is actually because it is two chapters, which were merged by me.

My best friend told me that these two chapters may be a bit boring, and the foreshadowing is so deep that it may not be so interesting to read, so when I write, I will highlight the interesting parts for everyone to read.

1. Rong Pan's attitude towards his brother's death is very calm.Later, Cheng Daofeng said that he was "not clean", which was actually a pun - and one of the meanings was that Rong Pan himself was looking forward to the death of his brother, and even had a little gloating mood. (Well, a famous family, half brother, young, handsome, and very good) But this is a small dark line, after all, this article is not about house fighting, just click it, everyone can Imagine for yourself.

2. The reason why Rong Pan and Cheng Daofeng are so harmonious is because they have a little secret in common (it’s not that kind of secret, I don’t write the old sunset red cp).

3. Cheng Daofeng's attitude towards Yin Chun is actually a bit controversial. You can see from his performance that he is not so...indifferent.I said that this character will have n-level reversals, whether it is good or bad, it is hard to say now.

[There is another update at 9:[-] p.m. This chapter is considered to be the end of Juan [-], and the story of Yin Chun and Xiao Xie will follow]