Chapter 547: Deceit and Treachery

"Did the rope-bell ever ring?" "Yes." The guard recalled, "It was when Wu Bo just called me over, the rope-bells inside and outside the courtyard and in the room were all ringing, and it took a long time to stop. Wu Bo said, something was looking for Mr. Cheng."

"What thing?"

"Wu Bo didn't say." The guard added, "The red lantern in that bottle was always lit, until the last time I saw it today, it never went out."

Fu Fu Shanyue immediately said, "Three-Talent Hanging Bell Array? Cheng Yu's enemy couldn't be seen, it should be some evil spirit."

This array was used to detect the whereabouts of enemies.

"Look at that bottle."

Fu Fu Shanyue ordered Commandant Lu, who immediately rushed out.

He didn't dare to let the two big shots wait for a long time, and returned with a wooden box in about a quarter of an hour.

Opening it, it was indeed that transparent bottle, but the bottle body was full of cracks, and it looked broken at a glance.

"It was like this when they found the bottle." Commandant Lu emphasized.

Bai Bai Ziqi carefully examined this bottle, and even relit the white-gold candle, pinched off the Lamp Spirit, and threw it in.

The Lamp Spirit, which had been showing off its power by the lake, didn't make a sound after entering the bottle, and went out.

Residual smoke curled up, all drifting out of the bottle, as if guided by an invisible force.

With a light "pop" sound, the bottle shattered into countless glass shards, covering the table.

The small house originally placed in the bottle disappeared into the air like fine sand blown away by the wind as soon as it touched the outside world.

Only bottle shards remained on the table.

Bai Bai Ziqi sighed lightly, "What a pity, it's broken just like this."

Fu Fu Shanyue was curious, "What is this?"

"This place is self-contained, instinctively resisting the addition of the Lamp Spirit." Bai Bai Ziqi put away the candle, "The Lamp Spirit in this form is the most gentle and harmless, and except for places of emptiness and evil spirits, it shouldn't be rejected."

He He Lingchuan had seen the violent side of the Lamp Spirit, but it seemed that most of the time it was gentle and elegant.

This also matched its positioning in the Zhaixing Tower.

"Combined with what Xue San said, Cheng Yu was always unconscious, the bottle stopper could only be pulled out when the light was dark, and the rope-bell array rang once, this bottle is likely a..." Bai Bai Ziqi thought cautiously, "Dreamland?"

Fu Fu Shanyue wondered, "I heard that dreamlands are all formed spontaneously, how can there be man-made ones?"

When many living beings gather together, thinking and dreaming, dreamlands are formed.

"Dreamlands have different forms, some large and some small, some growing, some decaying." Bai Bai Ziqi explained, "Some villages were originally prosperous, so the dreamland was prosperous, and later the population withered or wars occurred frequently, with fewer and fewer living people, and the dreamland weakened. When only three or five living people were left in the village, this dreamland ceased to exist."

He pointed to the glass shards in front of him, "This should be a decaying dreamland. Cheng Yu used a special method to seal it, preventing other things from entering. When a crisis comes, his divine soul can hide in it to avoid disaster."

He He Lingchuan was also seeing this kind of bottle dreamland for the first time, but combined with the past words of the Monster Head Nightmare, he also felt that Bai Bai Ziqi's words made a lot of sense.

Knowledge about dreamlands was very obscure. The Envoy knew more than ordinary people.

Bai Bai Ziqi said slowly, "Dreamland bottles are not easy to get. What I am curious about is, why did Cheng Yu prepare such an unusual thing in advance? Did he think he might encounter a divine soul attack?"

He He Lingchuan's heart beat two beats faster.

Close, his guess was very close.

Cheng Yu dealt with the Hundred-Faced Nightmare on a daily basis, and he must have been very cautious. He knew very well the power of that monster, and although there was a contract, he still prepared a refuge for himself.

After all, if the monster that could overturn a country's monarch suddenly turned against him, Cheng Yu probably wouldn't be able to take the move either.

The attendant added, "The first night I took over, Mr. Cheng's chest was stained with blood, maybe he sprayed it himself, and his face looked as ugly as a dead person."

Bai Bai Ziqi asked for the specific date again.

The attendant answered truthfully.

He He Lingchuan knew that something big was wrong as soon as he heard it.

Sure enough, Bai Bai Ziqi's gaze swept to him in the next second, "Cheng Yu was injured, and Wu Kai brought him back to the Cen residence with Bili Cave Heaven. He Xiao—"

He looked at He He Lingchuan, his voice gentle, "Cheng Yu failed to plot against you that night, fled to the Cen residence later, and used the bottle dreamland. The strangest thing is that the rope-bell rang, and something was really chasing him, wanting to take his life! Do you have any inside information to state?"

He He Lingchuan heard the hidden knife in his cotton, but still said with a blank face, "State what?"

"The thing chasing Cheng Yu couldn't be seen but existed, what exactly was it?"

"How would I know?" He He Lingchuan said inexplicably, "I am not proficient in these ghost and god ways. Besides, what connection does the guy surnamed Cheng's encounter have with the Cen Boqing case? Except for being hired by him to plot against me."

"Yes." Fu Fu Shanyue also spoke, "This person failed, why is it that my special envoy has to be interrogated?"

His tone raised suddenly.

In Lingxu City, he absolutely could not speak to the Cloud Envoy like this; but this is Baishajuan, and he still has the advantage of being the local host.

Strong dragons don't suppress local snakes. Bai Bai Ziqi's temper was surprisingly good, not taking offense at all, "Cen Boqing brought Cheng Yu with him even when fleeing for his life, which shows how much he values him. Such a suspect, how could he be an idler?"

"Yes." He continued, "Cheng Yu fled for his life before being arrested, but didn't use very powerful curse spells, which is inconsistent with his cultivation. He Xiao, was the thing chasing him sent by you?"

He He Lingchuan gave a bitter smile, "That thing could even force a great curse master to hide in a dreamland and seal himself. Just based on this move, it could rank in the top tier in the whole Between Beijia nation? If it could still listen to my command, Cheng Yu would definitely know my name."

There is a specialty in the arts; curse master's work is something others just can't do, even Bai Bai Ziqi couldn't.

Someone who could force a great curse master to this point in a professional field, probably only a peer could do it.

It was indeed as He He Lingchuan said, someone with this kind of ability, how could they be an unknown person? Even if others hadn't heard of it, how could Cheng Yu not know?

The so-called "sweeping monk" wasn't non-existent, but rare. Except for various X-second and third generations, the status and reputation of most people in this world ultimately had to match their ability. Of course, He He Lingchuan also knew that this kind of reply definitely couldn't satisfy Bai Bai Ziqi, so he added another sentence, "However, I do remember a detail."

Bai Bai Ziqi's attention was immediately attracted, "Please speak."

"I chased to the inn, Cheng Yu's trap was activated, and the purple evil fire swallowed the whole inn clean." He He Lingchuan frowned, "But I remember, there was a square table in the middle of his room, and there was a wooden carving on the table that looked very ferocious, and incense was even offered in front of it. As soon as I touched the wooden carving, it scattered into several pieces."

"I guess, just a pure guess, if that wooden carving was the evil spirit golden body invited by Cheng Yu, but was burned by him, the other party must be very resentful."

"Therefore, it went back to find him for revenge!" Fu Fu Shanyue snapped his fingers, "The one who could finally deal with Cheng Yu was the thing he invited himself. This deduction is very reasonable."

He He Lingchuan continued, "Cheng Yu knew very well what that thing was and how powerful it was, so he prepared the dreamland in advance."

Bai Bai Ziqi asked him, "You didn't bring out the wooden carving?"

"I wanted to, but Commander Fan was chasing behind me with an axe. Life is more important, where would I have time to do this?"

Bai Bai Ziqi looked at these two people quietly.

He He Lingchuan looked ahead, while Fu Fu Shanyue simply stared at him.

For a long time, Bai Bai Ziqi said softly, "No matter, anyway, Cheng Yu will wake up tomorrow, and we will hear what he says then."

He He Lingchuan and Fu Fu Shanyue were both cursing inwardly: then you were in such a hurry to interrogate this and that tonight, what were you interrogating for? However, Fu Fu Shanyue still had to spread his hands on the surface, pretending not to care.

Bai Bai Ziqi looked out the window, "There is still an hour or so until dawn. This has been tossing for half the night, let's go back to wash, change, and rest first, and re-interrogate Wu Kai tomorrow afternoon, how about it?"

Fu Fu Shanyue yawned, "Very good!"

Both sides walked out, parting ways at the entrance of the county government office.

Bai Bai Ziqi watched Fu Fu Shanyue and He He Lingchuan mount their mounts and trot away, the smile on his face slowly disappearing.

Fan Sheng only then rushed to the entrance of the county government office, saying awkwardly, "Envoy Bai, just now Cen Madam..."

Bai Bai Ziqi raised his hand to interrupt him, "Follow me."

Fan Sheng followed him back into the county government office and walked into Cheng Yu's separate room.

There were no windows in the room, and two attendants stood at the door.

"If I am not mistaken, he might encounter some accidents tonight." Bai Bai Ziqi pointed to Cheng Yu, "From this moment on, you stay here and guard him until the interrogation tomorrow afternoon."

Fan Sheng hurriedly responded "Yes," and added, "Where will the accident come from? I will go and eliminate it!"

Bai Bai Ziqi laughed, "No need, let me test him."

Fan Sheng was not a stupid person, and soon came to his senses, "Envoy Bai wants to use this person as bait to fish?"

Bai Bai Ziqi nodded, "Just a little guess, it's worth verifying."

Fan Sheng followed him in, unable to help asking, "What if the accident doesn't come?"

"Either, this person is innocent." Bai Bai Ziqi laughed again, "Or, this person is actually even harder to deal with."

Leaving the county government office, He He Lingchuan took a deep breath. This city born by the water was full of humid water vapor in the night wind of August.

Today was too fulfilling, even someone as energetic as him felt tired.

One emergency after another, overwhelming.

Galloping on the empty street, he asked Fu Fu Shanyue, "Why is everyone afraid of this Cen Madam?"

The Grand Minister of Agriculture was indeed powerful, and small officials and commoners had to look up to him, and perhaps even the Chi Yan monarch respected him by three points. But what was Bai Bai Ziqi's status? The Envoy serving the gods! Fan Sheng could command troops under the feet of the Imperial City, and was also deeply trusted by the Monster Emperor.

Why were these two also helpless when facing Cen Madam? Fu Fu Shanyue scratched his neck, "Yao Yao Xingning has been gifted since she was young, practiced hard, and joined the army very early; her military exploits are much richer than her husband's, and she happens to be the sixtieth female general of our Between Beijia nation, although she is a miscellaneous general. Of course, this is not the point—"

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