Chapter 23 The Four
It was the season of clear and crisp autumn weather, but it was still a little chilly at night. The old monk, who was wearing two layers of autumn clothes, was so frightened that he broke out in a sweat, and his hands, which were holding the door frame, were trembling slightly.
Just as Tarona guessed, this Zen master named Wuchen was indeed a good man with great merits. He and his young disciple Liaowu came from a border town, and the Maitreya Zen Temple where they were located was just a small temple with less than 20 monks.
Border Town is a vast area with fewer people than Jizhou. The poor environment with little rain is one of the reasons why the people there lack food and clothing. Border Town, which is not valued by the court, lacks doctors. In addition, the surrounding villages are relatively scattered. Once the people there get sick, the doctors they can find are those who travel back and forth in a hurry and most of them are not good at medicine.
Eleven years ago, an epidemic broke out in a border town. Medical resources shifted towards the big city, and the small villages around it had no access to medical care. There was wailing everywhere, and every family had people dying of the disease.
At this time, Zen Master Wu Chen threw away life and death, and resolutely led less than twenty monks down the mountain to rescue the people.
Among them, there was enlightenment at the age of four.
The little kid didn’t understand the true meaning of death. He only knew that his master and fellow practitioners were busy day and night and had no appetite, while the donors who came and went were plagued by illness and suffered terribly.
Although he is small, he can do something.
Therefore, people who came to seek medical treatment often saw a little monk who was not even as tall as his thigh, holding a bag of medicine and bandages that were almost as big as others, and staggering among the crowd. He would refuse to help others, but would say seriously that he could do it, and then continue to stagger forward.
Some people who were seeking life but had little sense saw him, thought of their children who were either dead or alive at home, and their eyes filled with tears, and their hope for life was rekindled.
In times like these, there is a group of masters who risk their own lives to save them without asking for any money. If they can survive, they don't want to die either.
In the past six months, more than a thousand people have been saved at Maitreya Buddhist Temple.
Unfortunately, such a great act of kindness was forcibly claimed by some people who are content to keep silent about their mistakes.
Reputation can be taken by force, but virtue cannot. God is above all else, and what belongs to whom shall be his.
The Maitreya Buddha Temple has done countless good deeds, and the villagers who have received their kindness are all pilgrims. As long as their families are well-off and have tightened their belts to avoid starvation, they will bring precious food to the mountain to worship the Buddha.
Master Wu Chan would not accept the food. Even if the villagers insisted on leaving it, he would secretly return the food when he led the monks down the mountain to beg for alms and practice. Sometimes when they saw a poor family with no food, they would share the food they begged for with the family, which made the already tight life of the Zen temple even poorer.
This time, he came to Jizhou Prefecture with enlightenment from afar, which was Master Wuchen's practice once every ten years.
Master Wu Chen has a firm belief that walking thousands of miles to observe the lives of all living beings can help him comprehend Buddhist principles much better than just sitting in a temple.
Every monk in the Maitreya Buddhist Temple had traveled with him, cultivating their bodies and minds along the way, and comprehending the Buddhist principles that were very profound to them in the past among the masses.
Liaowu is the youngest disciple of Master Wuchen and the only monk who has not yet practiced for ten years.
However, this time of practice, the master and disciple were both exhausted for eight lifetimes.
——They were being targeted by the abnormality.
The Son of Luck is an irresistible tonic for the abnormal, while for the person with merits, it is a delicious dish with good color, aroma and taste, which tastes good and can also enhance strength to a small extent.
The most important point is that as long as you are careful, you will not be discovered by the world consciousness.
Because of this, Tarona was puzzled. The master and disciple had already arrived at the abnormal lair, so why hadn't they been eaten by the abnormal?
In this room, the great witch looked at the Zen master Wuchen and the snoring Liaowu with confusion and curiosity.
In the other room, Master Wu Chen, who was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat, became more and more doubtful and began to think quickly again about which scripture would be more likely to repel the inhuman creature before him.
Master Wu Chen believes in ghosts and gods. He respects heaven, earth, and ghosts and gods.
But who could have imagined that they would have the opportunity to see ghosts and gods with their own eyes in their lifetime?
Although one has no guilt in his heart and has nothing to fear, ghosts and gods are unreasonable. In strange stories, there are many ghosts and gods that cause chaos because of their bad mood.
Poor Master Wuchan, he is already in his sixties and he has seen two ghosts in succession, each one more terrifying than the last.
He himself is already old, so it doesn't matter when or how he dies, but his understanding is still young.
How could a child under the age of sixteen die?
He has not seen more of the scenery outside the border town, and there are still many truths in the scriptures waiting for him to comprehend. How can he die?
But people have no power to resist ghosts and gods, just like he and Liaowu entered the Changsheng Shengmu Temple and could not leave. If the ghosts and gods in front of them wanted to eat...
"Master, I don't eat people."
Seeing the sadness in the old monk's eyes becoming more and more serious, his old body trembling more and more violently, and a look of being willing to sacrifice himself to save his disciple, Taronafu, who did not have the ability to read minds, understood what he was thinking immediately.
This monk is amazing. He can actually tell that she is not human.
…Ahem, the vest she fused with wasn’t a human.
The wind outside was getting stronger and stronger, and the humidity in the air was also rising. Feeling that it would rain soon, the Great Witch said: "Master, they say that those who come are guests. You don't believe me, but you can't stop me. Why don't you let us go in first?"
Master Wu Chen hesitated for a few breaths, sighed, and opened the door.
Tarona nodded politely to him and walked in with a ruthless attitude as he transitioned from a state of self-abandonment to a state of pretending to be deaf and dumb.
The oil lamp was lit, and there was a beam of light in the dim room. The little monk on the bed was still sleeping soundly, and Master Wuchen had no intention of waking him up.
There were only two wooden stools at the table, and the remote room had the most rudimentary furniture, which made Tarona feel even more confused.
It's so simple and doesn't look like they are kept in captivity, so why didn't Anomaly eat them?
The seat of this wooden stool is smaller than that of ordinary stools. It would be no problem for ordinary people to sit on it, but Wuqing was not able to do so. His legs had no support, so he could not sit steadily on such a stool.
Tarona stretched out his toes and moved the wooden stool legs, and the simple wooden stool instantly turned into a larger and more comfortable mahogany chair.
Finally, I recovered from my overwhelming shame and embarrassment and saw this scene, and a warm feeling flowed through my heart.
He heard what Miss Luo had just said to the Zen master. Miss Luo would not speak without a purpose, so the meaning of this sentence was a bit broad. But no matter what, since he chose to believe Miss Luo, he would not be swayed by a few words.
The young man who couldn't walk was carefully and gently placed on the chair by the black and white nun. After the young man sat firmly, she stopped moving. Even though her eyes were covered by a black veil, the two people present could feel where her gaze was fixed.
Master Wu Chen's heart relaxed. He had lived for more than sixty years and had seen more people than he could count. He was startled when the door opened and had no time to take a closer look. Now, with the dim light of the oil lamp, he could not help but sigh in his heart.
This female donor with limited mobility had a righteous look between her eyebrows and clear eyes, with an inspiring spirit like ice. Although I didn't know why I couldn't see her entire face clearly, I could already tell that she was righteous inside.
Such a person would certainly not be an evil person.
only……
Master Wu Chan was still a little wary of the "person" standing next to her.
It's not that he was overthinking, but what he had experienced in recent days made him feel nervous and fearful.
Seeing that Master Wuchen was very afraid of her, Tarona handed over the leadership to Wuqing. Although she was an immortal, she still respected the elderly and loved the young.
The old monk is old and can't stand being scared.
Wuqing did not directly ask Master Wuchen why he was not influenced by the Holy Mother of Eternal Life. He changed the subject and talked about his experience in Yanggu Town, subtly highlighting the incident of Tarona saving people.
After Master Wuchen's expression eased a little, he took out the badge of the Beijing Judicial Office from his arms and said frankly that he was a constable sent by the court to secretly investigate Jizhou Prefecture.
Tarona took a look at the badge and found it was an ordinary badge from the Judicial Office, not his.
The badges of the Four Famous Detectives are very unique, and there is only one of their kind in the world.
After all, he is the leader of the Four Famous Detectives. Although he has confirmed that Master Wu Chan is a normal person, he will not easily tell his true identity and always remains vigilant.
This is tiring, but safe.
Zen Master Wu Chen could not tell whether the waist badge was real or fake. He first saw the ruthless nature of the face, and then heard that the female donor in front of him was a spy from the capital. The balance in his heart tilted again and again, and finally he relaxed and told the story of his experience.
Just as Tarona had thought before, Master Wuchen and Liaowu were indeed the ones who had been cursed for eight lifetimes, and were just sending food to the table from afar.
Jizhou Prefecture is where Zen Master Wuchen is practicing this time. He stopped here just to seek blessings.
The master and his disciple had planned to rest for a night in this big city and continue their journey at dawn the next day. However, before they even stepped out of the gate of Jizhou Prefecture, several strange monks suddenly appeared.
They only said that they were sent by the abbot of the Temple of the Holy Mother of Eternal Life to invite them to preach the Dharma and exchange experiences. It seemed that they were reluctant to refuse the hospitality, but in fact they forcefully dragged the master and disciple into this magnificent Temple of the Holy Mother of Eternal Life.
As soon as he entered the temple gate, Master Wu Chen felt a bone-chilling chill running from his feet to his whole body. Looking at the magnificent surroundings with carved beams and painted pillars, he felt that everywhere was filled with blood and murder.
The chill reached its peak when he saw the golden statue of the Virgin Mary enshrined in the temple.
Where is the kind-looking Virgin Mary statue? It is clearly a hungry Asura face that will choose its prey and devour anyone it wants!
看着身邊一無所覺的小徒弟，無嗔禪師強忍着恐懼，同滿臉詭異笑容的主持周旋。他在尋找逃出去的機會，言說無果後被主持強行留下，他又特意選了這間最偏僻的廂房。
長生聖母寺的院牆修得很高，他翻不出去，了悟也翻不出去。
無嗔禪師本想想外面的人求助，但當他第二日被僧人帶到大殿講經，看到這滿寺的香客後，他放棄了這一想法。
瘋了。
都瘋了。
這哪裏是什麽佛門之地，分明是惡欲熏心的攫金之所！
他不該來冀州府的。
逃不出去，無嗔禪師仍想救一救他的小徒弟，于是大殿講經之時總是借各種原由趕了悟出去。
這經文聽不得，那些香客進來時是正常的，聽了這經文就變了。
可身在寺中，猶如獵物困在籠中，他又能拖延得了多長時間呢？
兩日前的夜裏，無嗔禪師幾乎以為自己和小徒弟就要命喪于此了。
他不敢回憶那晚的經歷，只要稍稍一想起來，便覺身處霜雪之中，連渾身的鮮血都被凍得凝固了。
但他們沒有死，那道能将這間廂房吞入腹中的黑影不知為何突然退去了，他和了悟撿回了一條命。
無嗔禪師這兩日的心情就好似那臨刑前的死囚，他不知那黑影何時還會返回，也不知自己與徒弟何時會再次被吞吃入腹，短短兩日，清瘦的老者就又瘦了一圈。
只有被師父全然瞞着的了悟，還在因師父說自己學藝不精而失落。
這樣也好，總好過一直擔驚受怕，終日驚懼不已。
但世事無常，無嗔禪師這邊還沒有驚懼過，今夜就又遇上了一個比那道黑影更加可怕的非人。
在看到那身着黑白兩色裙裳的非人時，無嗔禪師已經把這輩子經歷過的事情全都回想了一遍，就連遺書該怎麽寫都想好了。
……如果他還能有機會寫下遺書的話。
只一眼，無嗔禪師便恍惚間覺得自己看見了無數痛苦哀嚎的魂靈，他們奮力地、扭曲地掙紮着，伸長了手臂想要從翻湧的血泊中逃離，卻只能被更加扭曲的長劍貫穿心髒，死死釘在泥濘之中。
他看見了一輪血紅的太陽，巨大的，沉默地懸在天邊，太陽正中矗立着一幢他未曾見過的建築，蒼白、扭曲又荊棘叢立。
他似乎聽見了極為悅耳的聖歌，用他難以理解的語言歌唱着歌者的虔誠與純潔，然而就在下一個轉調，這歌聲突兀地變得尖銳刺耳，聖潔的曲調變成了地獄的號哭。
那是一個女子的聲音，她無比的痛苦、極度的悲傷，像是陡然失去了最珍貴的寶物，于是她拼盡一切也要将兇手拽進地獄，哪怕這代價是違逆她的信仰。
無嗔禪師剛想要捂住耳朵，這號哭便消失了。
适才看見、聽見的一切就像是他的錯覺，唯有靜靜站立在他面前的非人才是真實。
——無嗔禪師的靈感很高。
倘若這個世界存在超凡因素，他會是一個很厲害的通靈者。
無嗔禪師接連的目光終于引起了沉默看着無情的黑白修女，她不情不願地從孩子身上移開視線，看向欲言又止、止又欲言的老和尚:“最後重申一次，我不吃人，你不必如此警惕我，我只為長生聖母而來。”
無嗔禪師念了一聲佛，半信半疑地收回了他打量的目光。
這時，無情忽然咳了一聲，黑白修女立刻看向她:“怎麽了？是着涼了嗎？”
說着，就要伸手去試他的額頭溫度。
無情的本意是轉移洛娘子的注意，聽了無嗔禪師這幾日的經歷後，他能夠明白禪師此刻的忐忑驚疑，但他心中的天平更偏向于洛娘子。
于是他刻意咳了一聲，想在洛娘子因無嗔禪師而憤怒之前将洛娘子的注意力轉移到自己身上來。
可他顯然還是低估了自己在黑白修女這裏的重要性。
冰冷的手指撫摸上自己的額頭，無情下意識就想躲開，但他及時忍住了。
有他自己的原因，也礙于無嗔禪師就在當面。
希望無嗔禪師能夠減輕對洛娘子的戒心，救人者遭被救者警惕懷疑，這并不是一件值得人高興的事。
待黑白修女疑惑地* 收回了手，無情才道:“洛娘子，你可聽清了大師方才說的？”
不怪他多此一問，實在是洛娘子的視線從頭到尾都未從他身上偏移分毫，讓人不禁懷疑她是否将方才的對話聽進耳朵裏。
雖然因為【血怨修女】的母愛buff，致使塔羅納在有陌生人的環境中一直在注視着無情，但該聽到的信息她還是聽見了的。
比如——
“你是說，長生聖母突然放過你是在兩日前的夜晚？”
無嗔禪師點頭:“是。”
但他并不能确定那道黑影就是大殿中供奉的長生聖母。
他不确定，塔羅納卻能确定，這座城池已經被異常的力量圈了起來，敢在這裏狩獵的只可能是異常本身，那些怪鳥的體型可沒有無嗔禪師說的那樣的大。
兩天前的夜晚啊。
無情也想到了:“難道是因為……”
楊姑鎮坍塌了嗎？
黑白的修女對他點點頭，肯定了他的猜測。
無情的臉色嚴肅了幾分，怪不得洛娘子要他們快些離開，原來是這個原因。
倘若他們離開得晚了，是不是就要和長生聖母正面對上了？
能被洛娘子稱作大妖的妖鬼，想來實力強大非常，屆時洛娘子想要護住他們所有人只怕是有些困難。
無情猜想的這些雖不全中，也中了一部分。
塔羅納當時要他們立刻離開的原因，主要還是楊姑鎮要塌了，一個小鎮塌陷時所産生的威能足以在幾秒內吞噬他們。
楊姑鎮坍塌會不會引來異常只在塔羅納的設想範圍內，她當時并不急着驗證，反正有氣運之子這個大餌在，她不怕異常不找過來。
激怒它，或許更方便她行事。
把兩廂原因聯系到一起，塔羅納合理懷疑，異常如今之所以還不返回冀州府，而是選擇在外面繼續盤桓，是因為它在尋找破壞它大計的未知存在。
根據剿異部這些年收集到的情報可以得知，降臨在各個世界中的異常之間是不存在任何往來的，從它們降臨在這個世界的那一刻開始，它們以前的全部聯系和勢力就通通不做數了。而只有它們在降臨到其他世界的那一刻起，它們才會進入剿異部的高度關注名單，被冠以異常之名，進而與時空平衡局産生交集。
因此，異常并不知道時空平衡局的存在，更不可能知道有專門剿滅它的幹員已經降臨此世界。
它只會以為破壞了它大計的未知存在和它一樣，是來自于其他世界的異常。
嗯，桦樹女妖怎麽不算是來自于其他世界的“異常”呢？
興許要不了多久，桦樹女妖就會和異常正面交鋒了。
塔羅納沉思了一陣，拍板道:“叫醒你的徒弟，我們立刻離開。”
無論異常會不會和桦樹女妖正面交鋒，亦或是什麽時候交鋒，無嗔禪師和他的徒弟都不能留在這裏，她絕不允許異常有任何變強的機會。
了悟被他師父從睡夢中叫醒，一臉的睡意朦胧，他還沒來得及搞清楚師父叫醒他做什麽，眼前便是一道靈光閃過，再回過神來時，他竟發現自己變成了一只橘色的小貍貓。
驚慌之下，他第一時間就是去找師父，結果師父沒有找到，探頭探腦的他就被另一只大橘貓伸爪按住了腦袋。
這個動作十分熟悉，是師父對他常做的。
了悟瞬間安靜了下來。
然後他就發現自己被一位女施主抱在懷裏！
女施主！
小橘貓刷地擡起頭看去，看到了兩張陌生的臉，其中一位女施主令他像是見到了天敵一樣，渾身的毛都豎起來了。
大橘貓慢慢地嘆了一口氣，感同身受，又擡爪摸了摸小橘貓的腦袋。
雖說從一個非人的地盤去到另一個非人的地盤，他這個當師父的也說不出是好還是壞，但另一位女施主向他保證，與她同行的非人是友非敵。
無嗔禪師在心中念了幾遍金剛經，逐漸靜下心來。
……
追命才在床上躺了小半個時辰，意識正是昏沉時，便聽到了窗外傳來輕微的敲擊聲，接着啪嗒一聲輕響，像是有人踩在了地上。
“……公子！”
他聽到金劍低聲喚道，當即清醒了過來。
合衣躺下的崔三爺一個鯉魚打挺從床上蹦了起來，張口就問:“回來得這麽快，是遇到什麽事了嗎？”
無情坐在輪椅上瞧了他一眼，先将懷裏一大一小兩只橘貓放在桌案上，才回答道:“并無，此行很順利。”
聞言，追命舒了一口氣，他揉了揉有些抽疼的太陽穴，站起身來，環顧四周，并未看到身着黑白裙裳的蒙眼美人，便問道:“洛娘子呢？怎麽沒同你一起回來？”
這話問得，無情确定他是累得不清了。
剛想說話，就見他朝桌案上的兩只橘貓伸出了手:“咦？這兩只貓哪裏來的？”
“等等！追……”
幸而追命想要撸貓的手并沒有落在兩只橘貓身上，一只戴着黑色蕾絲手套的手從斜刺裏伸了出來，及時地握住了他的手腕。
“好孩子是不會随便去摸來路不明的貓咪的。”
——給六十多歲的老師父留點面子吧。
蒙眼美人的聲音很好聽，也足夠冰冷，與深不見底的黑暗适配極了。
登時，被握住手腕後，才後知後覺反應過來身旁有人的追命冷汗都要下來了。
……她、是什麽時候……
誰也沒有看清她是怎麽出現的，直到追命的手腕被握住，客房內的人才發現她就站在追命身側。
而無情則注意到了“好孩子”三個字，這是第二次出現了。他記得，在剛出楊姑鎮的時候，洛娘子也是這樣調侃他的。
……不，那不是調侃。
倒像是，字面上的意思。
孩子？
難道在洛娘子眼中，無論是他，還是更年長些的追命，都算是孩子嗎？
無情悄悄看向松開追命手腕的蒙眼美人，怎麽看，她都不過是雙十的年華，比他，比追命年輕不少。
為什麽要叫他們“好孩子”呢？
無情沉思片刻，将這個問題暫時放在了腦後。
不急，他想，日後總會知曉答案的。
被攔住不讓撸貓的追命以為這兩只貓是洛娘子的，對不住三個字都到了嘴邊了，又被接下來的大變活人驚得噎回了喉嚨裏，不上不下的，卡得他難受得很。
誰知道！
這兩只貓竟然是人變的！
追命看了看蒙住眼睛瞧不出表情的洛娘子，又看了看眼含笑意的大師兄，再看看兩個想笑又不敢笑的劍童，這還有什麽不明白的？敢情不知道洛娘子能把人變成貓的就他一個。
崔三爺連忙拱手向護着徒弟的無嗔禪師致歉:“對不住，對不住！大師莫怪，我這腦袋不大清醒，險些冒犯了你們，還請見諒！”
無嗔禪師擺擺手，并未放在心上。
随手便能将兩個大活人變成貍貓這種事情，誰遇上了不會發懵？
這位洛娘子果然實力非凡，不是他們這些凡人能夠想象的。
塔羅納将無情送回來後又掉了個頭，飛快地回了一趟長生聖母寺，在寺廟下面埋下了一個“地雷”，只要不注入魔力激活，它就像不存在一樣隐蔽。
多漂亮的寺廟啊，放煙花一定很好看。
忒休斯:【……】
真是傳統藝能了，他的搭檔每到一個世界，就要随機挑選一棟幸運建築，把人家炸成天空中最靓的煙花。
【塔小姐，看在這個世界沒有超凡因素的份上，你炸煙花的時候動靜小點兒。】
他怕當前世界的世界意識因此扣他搭檔的報酬，以前也不是沒被扣過。
因為報酬被扣的搭檔每次都表現得喪喪的，看着有些可憐。
塔羅納給他發了一個ok的表情包。
事關她最愛的小錢錢，她一定會注意的。
大魔女示意無情幾人自己交流，她則推門下樓，找到宿在客棧一樓的掌櫃和小二，催眠了他們。
等第二天他們看到無嗔禪師和了悟時，就只會以為這一老一小是昨日才來的新客人，不過是進城務工的常見農戶，就住在那兩個少年旁邊的房間。
塔羅納上去的時候，發現無嗔禪師和了悟明顯放松了不少，尤其是無嗔禪師，看見她也不像先前那般緊張了，不曉得無情他們對這師徒倆說了些什麽。
但大魔女并不打算詢問，對自己不感興趣的事情，她向來沒什麽求知欲。
見她回來了，衆人止住了話題。
塔羅納道:“夜深了，去休息吧。”
她擡手點了點兩個困意上頭還在強忍的少年，“大師他們的房間在你們隔壁。”
聽她這麽說，更了解她的無情三人便知道她已将一切安排妥帖了，兩個少年對無情和追命行了一禮，一左一右指引着師徒倆下樓去休息了。
今夜可能是無嗔禪師進入冀州府後，睡得最安穩的一夜了。
客房內只剩下了塔羅納、無情和追命。
“哈——”
追命沒忍住打了一個哈欠，引來兩道目光。
倘若只有無情在，他是半點不會感到不好意思，可現在這屋裏多了一個人，還是一個美人，崔三爺略感尴尬，遂試圖轉移話題:“要不然……同我說說你們此行有何收獲？”
或者随便說點什麽，今夜他丢的臉委實已經夠多了。
黑白的修女朝窗戶的方向微微偏了偏頭，用行動表明:你來。
她沒有講故事的才能。
無情端起斟滿茶水的瓷杯，借着喝水的動作擋住了向上勾起的唇角，他喝了一口茶水，将自遇到洛娘子之後的所見及無嗔禪師師徒倆的遭遇娓娓道來。
追命聽得是驚異連連，眼中的瞌睡都被趕跑了。
精彩，實在是精彩！
大師兄這幾日的經歷，都快趕得上他看過的所有話本子了。
此前他還以為王大人遺筆所寫的“妖”指的是暗中行詭谲之事的人，誰曾想竟然真的有妖怪，還是一個了不得的大妖。
而被大師兄偶遇的洛娘子更是了不得，那天光般的一劍，他光是聽着都向往不已，更不用提親眼目睹的大師兄。
怪不得金劍和銀劍兩個小家夥對洛娘子如此崇拜，不僅僅是因為洛娘子的神通本事，還因為她那令人目眩神迷的天光一劍。
可惜，來的人不是小師弟，他與大師兄不比小師弟精于劍道，不然還能厚着臉皮向洛娘子請教一番。
但很可惜，就算來的人是冷血，塔羅納也指教不了他。
她的确是個近戰法王，武器這種東西，在她手裏就只有一個用處——殺敵，這和他們這些追求道之真意的俠士截然不同。
劍是他們的道，于塔羅納而言，劍不過是殺敵的一種工具罷了。
指教不了，指教不了，別給人帶偏了。
無情拿出那幾封信，交與追命細看。
追命接過來，逐字逐句地看了起來。
良久，他得出了一個和無情相同的結論，這是一份名單，牽扯之廣，幾乎覆蓋了整個冀州。
而冀州府如今的知州葛潼是蔡京的門生，從冀州到京城，不知又有多少人牽扯其中。
再聯想到洛娘子所說的，那些人俱是喝了稀釋的妖血，只是不知被稀釋了多少倍的妖血，便能厲害到那般地步，若是沒有被稀釋的……
追命不禁被自己猜想驚得頭皮發麻。
這正是無情擔心的事，也是塔羅納覺得有點棘手的地方。
異常殺了也就殺了，自己上來找死的異變者都可以慷慨地成全，那不想死的呢？不是自願異變的呢？
啧，麻煩事。
她可沒那個精力和時間去挨個兒甄別，工作量太大了，她幹不來。
要不然……
塔羅納朝天空望了望，這種事還是交給世界意識吧，祂應該不想無辜之人被牽連而死，能活着被迫牽連進來的，大約有些分量，比如有點功德在身的清官。
異常死了，因它而異變的人也會跟着一起死，在萬分之一秒的時間內搶下一部分人的命，于世界意識而言很簡單。
當塔羅納和異常打起來的時候，世界意識就可以去甄別那些被牽連進來的無辜者了。
她向世界意識保證:【我絕不會讓異常有用人類威脅您的機會。】
只要一開戰，她保證異常分不出任何精力，絕不會讓它有機會動用這滿城的人做它的人質和底牌。
世界意識同她達成了共識。
無情和追命也達成了共識，他們一致将下一個調查點定在了葛潼身上。
他們手中的名單還缺少一部分，這部分即是最重要的證據，只有将名單全部集齊，縱使冀州有妖的事實被官家認為是空穴來風胡言亂語，這份名單也足夠為王大人沉冤昭雪，讓涉嫌其中的人付出應有的代價。
但……這份名單一旦上禀，朝廷将迎來一番巨大的震蕩。
單單是他們現有的名單就已經涵蓋了整個冀州，完整的名單可想而知。
大宋經得起這樣的大震蕩嗎？
這樣的大震蕩真的能掀起來嗎？
無情不确定，追命也不确定，他們只能将最終的決斷交與他們的恩師，諸葛神侯定奪。
看着兩人憂國憂民的模樣，塔羅納說不出勸慰的話來，她接過無情才寫好的信，用柔軟的彩色皮革包裹好卷成小卷，在詢問過兩人神侯府的具體地址後，她将手中的小卷擲出了窗外。
小卷遇風化風，在三人眼前化作一道青色的流風，呼啦啦地往天空吹去了。
“你們該休息了，明日還要去府衙瞧瞧，需得養足了精神才好。”
尤其是追命，神經一放松下來，就感覺他整個人都要栽在桌上睡死過去了。
可憐見的，為了趕路這麽拼。
大魔女站起身來，大袖一揮，将屋內的一張床鋪變成了兩張，一個在左邊，一個在右邊，兩不幹擾，貼心得很。
Wuqing and Zhuiming suppressed the heavy look in their eyes, one nodded, the other bowed, to thank her.
The nun in black and white nodded to the two of them, turned around and disappeared into the ghost realm.
It was the first time for Zhui Ming to see a person disappear in front of him out of thin air. He touched his chin, yawned continuously, and sighed that he was indeed a man from the outside world, with great supernatural powers, not as superficial as written in the storybooks.
After a night of hard work, Wuqing was also tired. The two brothers chatted briefly and went to bed.
…
In the ghostland of [Blood Nun], there is neither day nor night. The time here is permanently frozen at dusk.
Tarona walked calmly through the wailing souls, her long skirt trailing the ground, and pushed open the mottled iron gate. She stepped onto the steps covered with dead leaves, and the heavy wooden door opened automatically.
There is no god inside the gate to guide people out of suffering, only the paradise that the "Blood Nun" dreamed of but never achieved during her lifetime. Here are the thirteen children saved by Tarona, and the household puppets are taking care of them diligently.
Tarona had no intention of handing these children over to Wuqing and his men for care. She wanted to save them, and it was she who should save them, so it was time for her to put an end to them.
After the matter is over, she will use the magic of affinity to find the best family in the Song Dynasty to adopt these children. In this way, it can be regarded as a cause and effect, after all, their mothers died in her hands.
The witch leaned against the door and watched for a while, then walked over and sat on her swing which was constantly swinging.
She sighed a little tiredly.
It's not the body that's tired, it's the heart that's tired.
Wuqing is worried about his country. He came here from the beautiful capital city for those who died unjustly. He is just one of the Four Famous Detectives, and there are many things he is willing to do but unable to do.
Those were things that even his mentor couldn't do, so what could he do?
The motherly love buff of [Blood Nun] clamored in Tarona's mind that she should solve all the troubles for her children and make her children live a worry-free life.
However, please forgive her for not being able to understand the worries of Wuqing and Zhui Ming at this moment. She was born and raised in the main universe, and has never been in a situation like Wuqing and Zhui Ming. The place where she was born does not require them to think about the future.
The greatest power in this era is the monarchy. If Tarona follows the influence of the Blood Sister and helps Wuqing, the emperor will become a hurdle she cannot get around. If she cannot solve the big problem of the emperor, then even if she helps Wuqing temporarily, she cannot help him forever, and things will soon return to the starting point.
Is Cai Jing evil?
Abominable.
Is there only one Cai Jing in this world?
will not.
As long as desires are endless and as long as those in power cannot suppress those below them, if one Cai Jing dies, there will be thousands and thousands of Cai Jings appearing again.
Tarona never liked beating around the bush, which was one of the reasons why she told Wuqing that she would not interfere in "people's affairs". If she was asked to solve this problem, the best and most direct way would be to change the emperor.
Wuqing will most likely not agree.
Because this was the ancient time when "if the king ordered his subjects to die, the subjects had to die."
Even without that exaggeration, it's not far off.
Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers. Apart from Heaven and Earth, the most important person in the people's minds is the Emperor.
Even if a wise emperor is replaced, he can only rule this generation. Who knows what the next generation will be like? Moreover, there has never been an iron-clad dynasty since ancient times.
The witch leaned against the back of the swing chair and sighed in melancholy: "Sure enough, Da Jing is right, vests are full of pitfalls."
It is useful, but it has some serious pitfalls.
This was only a synchronization rate of 23.something percent, and she was already worrying whether she should continue to work for Wuqing in vain. If the synchronization rate went up a bit more, she would die abnormally, and the source of all the problems in this world - the emperor - would also die.
A crazy mother can do anything. If someone makes her child unhappy, she will kill him.
When a person dies, there is no one left to make her children unhappy.
Theseus thought for a long time and comforted her dryly: […You’ll get used to it.]
Tarona rolled her eyes at him and lay on the swing like a dead fish, letting it swing her back and forth.
After a while, she let out her last sigh of the day.
Let’s solve the anomaly first, and we’ll talk about Wuqing’s matter later.