Chapter 26 Returning to the Old Place
Qi Xuansu, under the influence of alcohol and stepping on cotton, relied on his memory and staggered out of Taiqing Square. When it was almost dawn, he finally arrived at Haichanfang.
Fortunately, Yujing did not implement the market system, there was no curfew, and the gates would not be closed, allowing Qi Xuansu to enter Haichanfang smoothly. Fortunately, he did not meet the patrolling spiritual officer, otherwise he would have been interrogated.
When the night fell, the sky turned dark blue, and a touch of fish belly white appeared at the end of the sky. Qi Xuansu finally saw a stone tablet.
The moment he saw the stone tablet, many memories of the past rushed into Qi Xuansu's heart, making Qi Xuansu, who was still a little drunk, have the illusion of not knowing the past and the present.
It seemed that he had returned to many years ago, just an ordinary Taoist priest who was ignorant of the world. What escape, revenge, and Qingpinghui were just a big dream.
Qi Xuansu stood in place and calmed down.
That trance-like illusion receded like the tide, the past is the past, and the present is still the present.
Then he walked towards the stone tablet.
The stone tablet was erected when Haichanfang was first built. It is considered an ancient artifact, recording the origin and history of this square. Next to the stone tablet is the entrance to a quiet alley. It is not wide, and it is not as expensive as Nanhuafang, so the alley is full of single-family courtyards.
This alley is a dead end and does not lead to other streets. Qi Xuansu walked all the way to the deepest part of the alley. There was a dilapidated courtyard here. The gate was closed, and most of the door gods on the door fell off and fluttered in the wind.
Qi Xuansu looked at the door gods on the door and remembered the past when he saw his master posting door gods. At that time, he asked his master, does a master who subdues demons and catches ghosts still need door gods? Besides, what kind of demons and ghosts dare to run to Yujing City to make trouble? The master just smiled and said two words, custom.
Qi Xuansu walked forward and stretched out his hand to smooth the door god that was about to fall off, but when he let go of his hand, the door god began to sway in the wind again, just like the past could not be pursued, let alone reversed.
Qi Xuansu no longer insisted, took out the key that he had been carrying for so many years from his bag, unlocked the door, and walked into the yard.
There was a phoenix tree in the yard, which was where the master used to take a cool.
Now the yard is covered with a thick layer of fallen leaves, and some of them have even turned into mud.
Qi Xuansu walked on it, and the dead leaves made a sound of breaking under the weight.
When passing by the phoenix tree, Qi Xuansu stopped for a moment, and then went straight to his room.
Somewhat beyond Qi Xuansu's expectation, his room was still the same except for the dust, as if no one had been there. But he thought about it again, this was reasonable, after all, the master died in a vendetta, not here.
Yujing City is right under the nose of Beichen Hall, and no one is so desperate that they dare to kill people in Yujing City.
If they want to do it, they can only choose to do it outside the city.
Qi Xuansu was ambushed on the way back to Yujing with his master. His master was the main target of those people and was surrounded.
As for Qi Xuansu, he was not even a congenital person at that time, and no one cared about him at all.
Qi Xuansu slowly closed his eyes. He would never forget everything that happened that day.
His master was injured and covered in blood, but he still struggled to break through the siege, then grabbed his collar and threw him out, shouting at him to run fast, his voice like rolling thunder.
At that time, Qi Xuansu was a rookie who had never seen blood, not a member of the Qingping Society who killed more than ten Qingluan Guards without changing his face. He was already scared silly, so he turned around and ran subconsciously.
He ran as fast as he could, and could only hear his heavy breathing and heartbeat.
The assassins in ambush didn't pay too much attention to the little guy, and only sent one person to chase him.
That man was a congenital person, and it was easy for him to kill a postnatal person in the Baodan stage.
However, he didn't kill him with one blow, but drove away the panicked Qi Xuansu like a cat playing with a mouse.
It wasn't until Qi Xuansu was exhausted and couldn't run anymore that the assassin decided to kill the little guy completely.
Qi Xuansu lay on the ground, trying to resist, but he didn't even have the strength to draw his sword, and his eyes were black, and he could only watch the assassin stab the long knife in his hand into his chest.
Just before he fainted, the assassin who was about to draw his knife couldn't move.
The assassin slowly lowered his head.
He saw a hand knife piercing his entire chest from the back.
It was a woman's palm, white and tender, but extremely sharp.
Then a head popped out from behind the assassin, with a face like a full moon and still charming.
Qi Niang first appeared in Qi Xuansu's world in this amazing way.
Everything that happened next was logical. Qi Niang took Qi Xuansu, who was unconscious, away. Because Qi Xuansu was seriously injured and dying at that time, the Qingping Society transformed Qi Xuansu's body, not only saving his life, but also making his physique extremely tough. This is why Zhuge Yongming didn't kill him with two punches.
After Qi Xuansu woke up, he begged Qi Niang to save his master, but Qi Niang brought back his master's body.
So Qi Xuansu was determined to take revenge.
Qi Niang often said: "Qingping Society has great magical powers and can do everything."
For Qi Xuansu, Qingping Society is indeed like this.
Qingping Society can realize a wish of "predestined people", but the price is that the "predestined people" must sell their body and mind to Qingping Society.
Qi Xuansu, who was transformed by Qingping Society in a coma, was the "predestined person".
Qi Xuansu, who was full of revenge at that time, sold himself to Qingpinghui without hesitation.
Qingpinghui quickly found out the details of Qi Xuansu's enemy. His name was Shen Yuxi. He was born in the Shen family of Taiping Road. He was neither a direct lineage nor a remote branch. His status in the clan was neither high nor low. He was involved in Without being involved in the core affairs of the family, he can only manage his own business and power through the family's brand name.
Three years ago, Shen Yuxi had a conflict with Qi Xuansu's master due to official business, and he always held a grudge. So he took advantage of Qi Xuansu's master and apprentice to leave Yujing and hired murderers. The assassin hired came from another secret society, the "Inn".
Then Qingpinghui created an opportunity for Qi Xuansu to kill his enemy with his own hands, and Qiniang was responsible for the aftermath.
Qi Xuansu remembered clearly that it was in a courtyard in Jinling Mansion. Shen Yuxi was already very drunk. The wine contained Qingpinghui's special Qi-dispersing drug. He could not perform 30% of his cultivation, and he was in the possession of an oiran. Tossing for half a night - the reason why he was so careless was because he felt that no one knew his whereabouts, and he was surrounded by his bodyguards.
But Shen Yuxi didn't know that those guards were already unconscious and his whereabouts had been known by the Qingping Society a month ago.
In this way, Qi Xuansu came to Shen Yuxi's bedroom with a sword. Although Shen Yuxi woke up at the last moment and kicked Qi Xuansu on the chest, Qi Xuansu, who had experienced the transformation of the Qingping Society, resisted the kick and then kicked him. The sword pierced Shen Yuxi's chest, completely smashing his heart and lungs.
This was the first time in Qi Xuansu's life that he had killed his enemy directly.
Qi Xuansu didn't expect that his revenge would be so straightforward. He didn't have to wait ten years, or even ten months.
Then Qi Xuansu quickly fled the court amidst the screams of the oiran.
From the beginning to the end, Shen Yuxi's relatives and friends did not know who killed Shen Yuxi. They thought it was a murder because Shen Yuxi's belongings were looted. In addition to official tickets, there were also several spiritual objects with a total value of approximately Three thousand peace money.
To this day, Qi Xuansu still believes that Qi Niang, who was responsible for the aftermath, took the opportunity to make money. Qi Niang denied it, accused Qi Xuansu of spewing blood, and refused to give Qi Xuansu half of the peace money.
Shen Yuxi's relatives and friends reported the matter to Beichen Hall. After Beichen Hall sent people to investigate, they located the Qingping Society, a secret society. , Qingpinghui simply took the blame, and no one would think of that little fish that slipped through the net. After all, with Shen Yuxi's character, there are many enemies. There are not a dozen enemies like Qi Xuansu, but seven or eight .
In this way, Qingpinghui fulfilled Qi Xuansu's wish perfectly, and Qi Xuansu began to work for Qingpinghui until today.
This is a deal. Qi Xuansu is a debtor. If he wants to pay off his debts and leave the Qingping Society, he must collect nine thousand meritorious deeds. Now he only has six hundred meritorious deeds, which is not even ten percent.
Qi Xuansu recovered from his past thoughts and went to the courtyard to get water first.
Because Yujing is located at the top of Kunlun and cannot drill wells, the water in the city comes from mountain snow water, which is then sent to Yujing City through pipes and canals. It is not known whether the snow water can enter Yujing City because of the work of the government or the formation of the formation. The merits of the law.
Qi Xuansu had heard some information that was not considered insider information. It was said that the Taoist sect was divided into two groups regarding the future development direction. One group advocated focusing on mechanical mechanisms, while the other advocated focusing on the talisman formation. The two groups argued endlessly.
For example, the Tianji Wheel that Qi Xuansu saw on Taiping Mountain was the handiwork of the Guan sect. The flying boat flying in the clouds and mist is the work of the formation school.
This has caused the development of the world to become very strange and fragmented, as if it were a painting. The left side is a Western realistic oil painting, and the right side is an Eastern freehand ink painting. Although both are paintings, their painting styles are completely different.
The same is true when it extends to the entire world.
Some people have begun to use fire blunderbuss to kill people, while others still insist on using crossbows. The men in black began to equip breech-loading rifled artillery and explosive shells on a large scale, but the cavalry was still a weapon on the battlefield, because the armor blessed by the talisman could be mounted as long as it was not hit directly by the artillery.
However no damage. The Taoist sect used the bones of dragons to create flying boats that went up to the sky and into the earth, and the imperial navy was also equipped with warships made of iron armor to travel across the seas.
At the same time, the two sides also have overlapping cooperation, such as the "Dragon Hand Cannon", which is considered a masterpiece of the machine school. The equipped fixed ammunition is also engraved with talismans used to break the body's protective aura.
There are so many more.
I really don’t know which faction can finally gain the upper hand and win, or whether both sides will continue to coexist like this and eventually merge into one.
However, these have little to do with Qi Xuansu, a little person. He is only a seventh-grade Taoist priest and cannot participate in the Taoist decision-making.
After Qi Xuansu received the water, he cleaned his room first, then boiled a pot of water, and ate all the cakes from the wedding banquet with plain water.
He then fell on his bed and fell asleep while taking advantage of the last lingering linger of the wine.