Chapter 385 Seal the mountain, catch the demon!
"Night King Zhu Dian?"
Zhao Xing grew up in the capital since he was a child, so he naturally knew what the four words "Zhao Wang Zhu Dian" meant, and he also understood the history of the two dragons fighting for the throne.
When the late emperor passed away without any descendants, King Gaoyang Zhu Dian of King Gaoyang had the highest call for inheritance of Dabao and received the support of civil and military officials. However, Empress Dowager Zhao first claimed to win the title of Prince Xingxian into the capital and sat on the chair. As the failed King Gaoyang, more than 400 people were starved to death, and the remaining remnants were all liquidated. The sensation caused by this case was not inferior to the later ceremonies. Although it was deliberately erased, Zhao Xing knew a lot.
Zhao Xingdao: "Nei Wang Zhu Dian, wasn't your adoptive father killed by his adoptive father in the battle between good and evil?"
Fan Xiaodao then told Zhao Xing about meeting the evil king Changqing Peak and the ghost king Li Zhishan in Jiangnan. "To count it, the night king Zhu Dian still saved me. However, at that time, he was wearing a Confucian shirt and a scholarly spirit, but just now he was wearing a fairy-like style. There were two completely different styles, which were hard to remind people of."
"If Xiao Tang Guanzhu is really the Night King Zhu Dian, then what is his purpose for hiding here?"
After thinking about it carefully, the two of them were secretly surprised.
What is the relationship between Xiao Tang Temple, Taiping Taoist Temple, and Princess Taiping?
Zhao Xing said again, "If you talk about Zhu Dian, you will be very hated for the current royal family. More than 400 people in the Gaoyang Palace were slaughtered back then. He had an irreconcilable hatred with His Majesty today, but now he has become a Taoist priest who refines the emperor's immortality pill, which is ridiculous." Thinking of the upcoming sixty-year-old birthday ceremony, he suddenly said, "No, something big is going to happen."
It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.
Zhu Dian has endured for so many years. If he wants to avenge his family, what is more enjoyable than killing His Majesty on the day of his birthday?
But what will they do?
Fan Xiaodao said: "That's not simple. Isn't Xiaotangguan responsible for refining elixirs? At that time, just move your hands and feet in the medicinal materials."
Zhao Xingdao: "First, from the elixirs that Your Majesty took, countless people helped him try it out from the elixirs to the elixirs. Even Princess Taiping often helped him test it out, which is not feasible. Second, the elixirs are Taiping Taoist Temple. They are His Majesty's confidants and should not do such a thing. It is very likely that even Taiping Taoist Temple doesn't know that this Xiaotang Temple owner is the Gaoyang King back then."
"How did he get away with it?"
"As the saying goes, dark under the lamp. What's more, everyone is rumored that the Night King died in the battle between good and evil. Who would have thought that he would lurk in the capital?"
Fan Xiaodao said again, "Does Princess Taiping know?"
Zhao Xingdao, "I don't know." He added, "I don't know if she knows."
"You won't forget the rest of you, right?"
Zhao Xingdao: "I am the elder of the Demon Sect. He had a high status in the Demon Sect back then and had a good relationship with the Night King. He died at the hands of the two of them. He entered the Prince Consort's Mansion. If he had not been Zhu Dian's arrangement, the two would never believe it. However, Princess Taiping is His Majesty's own sister, so how could he bend his elbows and help outsiders deal with his family?"
Fan Xiaodao said: "If you become the emperor, will you let Princess Taiping go?"
Zhao Xingdao, "Be careful of your words!"
However, this sentence reminded the two of them.
The conflict between Princess Taiping and His Royal Highness of the Crown Prince is well known. She severed the autocracy in the capital, suppressed Prince Zhu Yan so hard, and even sent the Iron Arrow to assassinate the prince. If Zhu Yan ascended the throne, the first person to be killed would definitely be Princess Taiping.
Taiping himself knows this.
Therefore, she also has to make arrangements for her afterlife, and will the Night King Zhu Dian be one of the links?
The two completely relaxed their restraints and made some deductions about what happened in the capital over the past six months. If Your Majesty really died on the day of the Holy Book, there would be a major change in the world. Whether it was the prince's party or the princess party, it would inevitably set off a bloody struggle.
"Do you want to remind Your Highness?"
Zhao Xingdao, "It's all the things we imagined. What do you say? If you hadn't recognized the Night King today, we would have been kept in the dark. But in a sense, this is also your family matter, and you can make your own decisions."
Fan Xiaodao said: "I never regard myself as a member of the Zhu family. Besides, let us two constables worry about those things? The most urgent task is to catch the cat demon who is causing trouble for one side and give an explanation to the people of Changping Prefecture!"
Zhao Xing nodded.
What are the Night King Zhu Dian, what are the Taiping Taoist Temple, what are the birthday deeds of His Majesty? Are these things that they should worry about?
It is their duty to arrest evil and rob theft.
The horse walked three or four miles and passed by a forest.
Zhao Xing suddenly pulled the reins and stopped. He sniffed his nose and said, "It has been here!"
It naturally refers to a cat demon.
Zhao Xing's sense of smell is very sensitive and his recognition of smell is top-notch. Last night, after the cat demon appeared and killed Du Wukui, Zhao Xing had chased him for a while, but the opponent was too fast. Finally, after passing a river, the cat demon's smell disappeared, and it should have been the help of the river to cover up the smell and escaped.
Now outside the city, he smelled the smell again.
Zhao Xing turned over and got off the horse, tied up the horse, and came to the stream. After careful investigation, he finally found a strand of sticky hair that smelled of rotten in a crack of a rock. The smell just now came from here. He looked around and said, "The cat demon was extremely fast. Last night, he chased half of Changping City by smell. The guy was extremely cunning. He had a strange smell on his body and couldn't get rid of me. He finally escaped from the moat. He should have got ashore from here."
Fan Xiaodao said: "It's not just about going ashore."
Not far away, he pointed to a pile of fish bones on the ground, a half-eating deer, and some bones of unknown beasts, "It may live nearby."
Zhao Xing picked up the hair with a branch, put it into a bag, and then looked around for a while, then confirmed Fan Xiaodao's inference. There were a lot of footprints here, and several strands of hair that the cat demon had fallen off were found. The two of them did not expect that they would accidentally hit the cat demon's nest. Even if it was not, it should be considered a stronghold.
According to Xiao Tang Guanzhu, cat monsters are no different from ordinary people during the day, but at night, they mutate into cats and become bloodthirsty.
If this is true, it should have already started killing in the city.
Why only those who take kiwi?
This puzzled the two of them.
In any case, since it can be concluded that the cat demon had appeared nearby, in order not to allow it to continue doing evil, there is only one way, "Closing the mountain and catching the demon!"
The two returned to Changping Mansion and informed Yu Hailong about the matter.
When the prefect Yu heard that the two had found the cat demon's nest, he immediately ordered two hundred people and wanted to go with Fan and Zhao to catch the cat demon.
The purpose of the mountain blocking operation was to let the officers and soldiers surround the mountains and forests to prevent the cat demon from escaping. Then Fan and Zhao took action to subdue or kill the cat demon, but the cat demon was very cunning and killed people invisibly. If the prefect Yu went in person, the two of them would have to spend their energy to protect him, which was not good. So they advised: "Master Yu, this trip is extremely dangerous. Master Yu just need to sit in the city and hand us over the matter of catching the monster!"
Yu Hailong said, "As the parents of the people, such a big thing happened in the city. If I don't come forward, how can I convince the people and let my subordinates obey the orders? Don't worry, I have also practiced martial arts. I am an ordinary man who can't get close to me. Besides, Qin Xing and others are there. You can just let go."
Yu Hailong also likes to work hard in the school field on weekdays. He learned some simple long fist with Qin Xing and others. The sword technique can only be said to be more robust than ordinary civil servants. If he had learned martial arts, he might have any misunderstandings about the word "无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无无�
However, since he was so persistent, this place was his territory, and the two of them didn't say anything anymore.
A group of officers and soldiers, holding weapons, drove out of the city gate in a mighty manner.
It was already afternoon when I arrived at the hilly area where Zhao Xing stopped.
"This mountain is called Luanshan. It is made of three large and small peaks. The highest is thirty or forty feet and the lowest is more than ten feet. It covers an area of more than ten acres. It has ravines and dense forests and complex terrain. If there is no guide to lead the way, it is easy to get lost." Qin Xing handed over a terrain map to the two of them.
Yu Hailong's trip was to boost morale, and the entire action was handed over to Fan and Zhao.
To deal with the cat demon, Fan and Zhao also need to do it themselves, but the premise is to trap the cat demon in the mountains. Otherwise, with its speed of movement, no one can stop it if it wants to escape.
Zhao Xing divided more than 200 people into twenty groups, each with ten people, and they were not allowed to separate. The cat demon was afraid of fire. After nightfall, each person held a torch and took a police whistle to guard the exit of the mountains and forests. Once the cat demon was found, he would promptly warn him and use the torch to trap him at the end of his life. The rest of the matter was handed over to the two of them.
After the deployment was completed, it was getting late and everyone took action separately, surrounding the mountains and forests.
Zhao Xingdao: "I can sense that the cat demon is in the mountains."
Fan Xiaodao said, "You have a sharp nose, I believe you."
There are three small peaks and ten thousand acres of forests. It is not easy to find a place for cat demons to hide, but with Zhao Xing, it is possible.
After nightfall, the torch lights up.
More than 200 people, in groups of ten people, the entire forest was filled with torches.
With so many people dead, the officers and soldiers were all excited. They knew that what they had to deal with tonight was different from the past, so no one dared to be tired, let alone act without permission.
The autumn wind blows.
The leaves rustled.
Fan Xiaodao and Zhao Xing had already drawn out their weapons to gather internal strength, integrate their internal breath with the outside world's true energy, so as to detect the dangers that might come at any time in time. Starting from the riverside, Zhao Xing followed the pictures to follow the horse and entered the mountains and forests.
After half an hour of walking, the two of them kept going around, and Zhao Xing suddenly stopped.
Fan Xiaodao asked, "Why don't you leave?"
Zhao Xingdao: "That guy is too cunning and knows that he has a lot of taste, so he set up a suspicion array in the forest, which leads us to the trap."
Chapter completed!