Chapter 555: New News from the Twilight Plains

Usually, when people reached out to touch it, or even doodled or carved on it, the barrier wouldn't activate at all, which could be said to be quite generous, unless it endangered the entire emblem. He He Lingchuan saw a second war report.

This was after the fall of the Yuan Nation; the war report recounted the achievements of the war, only mentioning one sentence: The Yuan King committed suicide, Thousand Star City fell, and no black dragon descended to participate in the war.

This confirmed that the black dragon was indeed not a "guardian god beast," otherwise, having received good food and drink and spiritual energy offerings from the citizens, how could it not exert effort at the critical moment of the country's destruction?

He He Lingchuan flipped through the materials again and suddenly saw a page saying that a black dragon emblem had also appeared in the Mou Nation!

Mou Nation?

He He Lingchuan's heart stirred. The Mou Nation still existed today and was quite large, located to the east of the Between Beijia Nation, separated from it by the Earth Sea and two small nations.

Was this the only connection between the black dragon pattern and the present world he knew so far? The information Fu Fu Shanyue gave was not small, but after reading it, he found that the Chiyan Nation didn't seem to have reached any convincing answer either.

If the Chiyan Nation was like this, was Between Beijia any different?

But this thing had no effect on fighting, and it didn't seem to have any effect on enemies either, so the Chiyan Nation, while suspicious, didn't take it too much to heart, right? But why did the Yuan King and Zhong Zhong Shengquan value it so much? They not only knew what it was, but also knew what it was for.

Taking out all the materials, He He Lingchuan discovered that there was a circular roof tile at the bottom of the box.

The pattern on the roof tile was exquisite; it was the dragon head! Fu Fu Shanyue was quite generous, actually getting him a physical object!

An unexpected joy.

At the same time, his chest felt a burst of heat—

The Divine Bone Necklace was expressing its stance; it wanted it!

He He Lingchuan picked up the roof tile and checked it over and over again, confirming that there were no mechanisms or hidden compartments; it was just handmade with exceptional beauty, and its hardness far exceeded that of ordinary roof tiles.

He pinched the divine bone: "What exactly is its use?"

The divine bone continued to heat up.

"This wouldn't be a key to open some ruins or treasure vault, would it?"

The divine bone, of course, wouldn't answer him.

He He Lingchuan didn't indulge it either, just put the dragon head roof tile and the letters back into the box and stored them together in his storage ring.

Such an important lead, how could he just feed it away? In the evening, Fu Fu Shanyue came to find him again, clicking his tongue in wonder:

"Strange thing, even Cheng Yu has become a living dead man."

"Oh?" He He Lingchuan was startled, "Who did it, and how come even the Cloud Commandant couldn't save his life?"

"Who knows? Commandant Bai is probably also furious." Fu Fu Shanyue looked at him sideways, "The murderer has vented your anger for you."

"It has nothing to do with me." He He Lingchuan raised both hands to show his innocence, "He plotted against me, I brought him to justice, that settles it. I am a person who always acts impartially and is broad-minded!"

Anyone involved in the secret of the Great Fang Hu must die! This had nothing to do with personal grudges.

Fu Fu Shanyue looked up at the sky and smiled: "Alas, this incident, who knows how many more people will die!"

The deeper the investigation, the bigger the commotion.

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For the next four or five days, Baishajian was cloudless.

Tourists were like weaving on the embankment, and flowers were flying everywhere in the water city, all seizing the last brilliance of late summer.

No matter how turbulent the undercurrents were in this city, the lives of ordinary people went on as usual.

For several days in a row, it was calm, with no casualties, and even Bai Bai Ziqi was a little unaccustomed to it.

He had experienced many strange events, but to have people die one after another on the very first night he took over, and for them to be important witnesses, the Elixir of Immortality case definitely deserved a high ranking.

Now the case was no longer causing deaths, and he had already interrogated the accomplices of Wu Kai newly sent by Lady Cen.

Today, the news he had been waiting for finally arrived.

Now Bai Bai Ziqi was sitting in the inn room, with two subordinates kneeling in front of him, both dusty from the journey.

"Rise."

These two had rushed over from the Twilight Plains thousands of miles away.

When Bai Bai Ziqi left Lingxu City to head south, he brought many men, but they were basically left in various places to investigate cases.

"Any new developments?" He had investigated in the Twilight Plains for a long time, but there were few witnesses to the second scene of the Thousand Star City ruins, and they were all passing merchants who had scattered in all directions afterward. Bai Bai Ziqi's team could only go to nearby post stations to find second-hand news, which was all watered down and couldn't provide useful leads.

Being depressed was useless; the Twilight Plains were vast and sparsely populated, with no-man's-land everywhere.

If the anomaly of the Great Fang Hu happened there, no one would know at all.

The two looked at each other: "After you left, we stayed in the Twilight Plains for another five or six days, and then discovered that the grass around the Thousand Star City ruins had grown taller, vines were growing everywhere, and many bamboo plants had grown. Passing merchants reported that the mountain roads were not as easy to walk as before."

Bai Bai Ziqi's first reaction: "The evil energy has weakened."

The Twilight Plains had been barren of grass and trees for years, and the earth energy was not prosperous, because evil energy was rampant, which was unfavorable for people's livelihood. Now that plants were sprouting one after another, it conversely indicated that the earth's evil energy had weakened.

"Perhaps it is because the Imperial Flowing Pulp has erupted twice recently, and the spiritual energy of the weather is gradually becoming rich, dissolving the evil energy."

The eruption of the Imperial Flowing Pulp had a huge effect on improving the spiritual energy environment of the whole world. Most of the Imperial Flowing Pulp soaked into the earth, and the evil energy of the Twilight Plains had been much stronger a hundred years ago, and would be alleviated somewhat after each Imperial Flowing Pulp.

"Or perhaps it is because the anomaly of the Great Fang Hu that day, and the second scene of the Thousand Star City ruins, consumed a large amount of evil energy." Bai Bai Ziqi's eyes shifted, "After all, the Great Fang Hu has a deep connection with the Yuan Nation."

"We also obtained a secret piece of news from the checkpoint at the border between the Twilight Plains and the Chiyan Nation."

"Oh?" Bai Bai Ziqi liked secrets, "Speak."

"According to the minor official there, the Chiyan Nation Crown Prince, Fu Fu Shanyue, had passed through the border more than forty days ago!"

"Hmm? Fu Fu Shanyue?" Bai Bai Ziqi's gaze froze, "We investigated in the Twilight Plains before, how come we didn't find this out?"

"They don't register names when passing the checkpoint." The two said, "And the Inspector gave an order at the checkpoint town not to allow the staff to discuss this matter."

Not only Between Beijia, but border checkpoints of all nations would not record the people entering and exiting. Like the Twilight Plains checkpoint, where the number of people entering and exiting every day was at least ten thousand, if everyone's name were recorded, how many volumes would it take?

After recording, there had to be a place to store them.

Many refined methods were not that people couldn't think of them, but the cost of implementation was too high.

So the mainstream method was to stamp the passage document, and that was it, go ahead.

"Inspector? Then how did you find out?"

"That minor official loves wine, but has a low tolerance. We treated him to two cups of wine, and he told us everything." The two said, "Three days after the anomaly of the Heavenly Luo Xing, a lowly slave reported to this official that the Chiyan Crown Prince intended to take a six-year-old lowly slave through the checkpoint. The official ignored it, but the Inspector, Lord Zhongsun Mou, instructed them to go to the motorcade to secretly investigate the truth and make things difficult for the Chiyan Crown Prince when he passed the checkpoint the next day."

"Lord Zhongsun Mou?" Bai Bai Ziqi smiled, "This little merman is narrow-minded and has always been at odds with Fu Fu Shanyue. This time, he wanted to use public office for private revenge. Hmm, in the end, did Lord Zhongsun Mou catch that little lowly slave?"

"No. That person was not in the Chiyan Crown Prince's motorcade, but several pieces of contraband were searched out, and Lord Lord Zhongsun fined them several thousand taels of silver."

Bai Bai Ziqi pinched the ring on his left little finger, a habit of his when thinking: "Good fellow, framing them."

It had been several hundred years since the nation was founded, but these demons still acted too crudely and didn't bother to cover it up.

Thinking about Fu Fu Shanyue's temper again, Lord Zhongsun Mou really didn't die unjustly in the end.

"As for those missing government runners in the town." The subordinate continued, "It is rumored in the office that the Chiyan Crown Prince came back for revenge. But there is no solid evidence for this matter, and Lord Zhongsun Mou had already left at that time, so it was left unsettled."

"In other words, when the Heavenly Luo Xing anomaly occurred, the Chiyan Crown Prince was also on the Twilight Plains." Bai Bai Ziqi pondered, "His special envoy, He Xiao, was there any mention of this person?"

"Not at all." The subordinate said, "The Chiyan Crown Prince's team had many people."

"What about that lowly slave?"

"Died in a dark alley, and the body was thrown away somewhere afterward."

"Sure enough, strange things happen when the Heavenly Luo Xing moves." Bai Bai Ziqi gave a hum, "Fu Fu Shanyue's younger brother, Fu Fu Shanji, also died very strangely."

The subordinates didn't dare to answer.

"The Chiyan Nation claimed externally that he died of illness." Bai Bai Ziqi shook his head and smiled lightly, "A drought demon dying of illness? This reason is too half-hearted. And the time of Fu Fu Shanji's passing was also around the time of the Heavenly Luo Xing anomaly. So many things in the Chiyan Nation are all stirred together, it really should be investigated properly."

This was also the Emperor's intention.

The subordinate reminded him: "My lord, when the Heavenly Luo Xing erupted for the second time, the Chiyan Crown Prince had not yet arrived at the six counties of Yanbei."

"Not yet arrived?" Bai Bai Ziqi looked at him, frowning slightly, "Are you sure?"

"Uh..."

"Less than an hour after Lord Zhongsun Mou was murdered, Fu Fu Shanyue appeared in Baishajian, catching Cen Boqing off guard. Can you know the exact time he arrived in Yanbei?"

Fu Fu Shanyue must have set off from the Chiyan capital long ago; only he and He Xiao knew exactly when he left and when he arrived in Yanbei.

The subordinate lowered his head: "This subordinate was wrong. Where should we start investigating now, please instruct, Commandant."

"Investigate the cause of Fu Fu Shanji's death, that's the first; then investigate the background of the Crown Prince's special envoy, He Xiao, that's the second; go near the supply source of the shepherd's purse, look for eyewitnesses to the snail toad, and inquire about its hiding place, that's the third." Bai Bai Ziqi said slowly, "Also, transfer most of the manpower over, investigate what strange things happened in the six counties of Yanbei, that is, the area north of Zhitian Township and south of Xiangshan, on the night of the second Heavenly Luo Xing anomaly, even the smallest things."

"My lord, our manpower might not be enough." These investigations, every one of them took people and time.

"Then investigate the six counties of Yanbei first, I will request more manpower to be transferred over." Bai Bai Ziqi could distinguish between primary and secondary.

That night, Bai Bai Ziqi knelt facing east, praying to the gods.

This was the daily required lesson for the Cloud Commandant.

But tonight, he had only recited halfway when the candlelight suddenly flickered, stretching to half a foot high, and then returned to normal.

The candle spirit appeared and said something silently to Bai Bai Ziqi.

Bai Bai Ziqi's expression became even more pious: "My lord is wise! Then this subordinate will set off to return to Lingxu tomorrow. As for the six counties of Yanbei, I will leave people to continue the investigation."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 556 =====