Chapter 68
However, Rong Jing quickly realized a key point remaining in this accident.
Uncle Changhe was seriously injured three days ago, and judging from the appearance of Yuan Jing and Hengyi, nothing seemed to have happened during these three days. Does this mean that Han Yu's master did not continue to attack?
Although no one knows why Han Yu's master is lurking in Huaqingmen, it is impossible that he does it just to seriously injure Uncle Changhe.
Could it be that——
Is he injured too?
This possibility resonated in Rong Jing's mind. He opened his mouth to raise it. Yuan Jing pursed his lips and said, "We've thought about it, too. That's why we went into seclusion and thoroughly investigated everyone after Uncle Changhe's accident. Unfortunately, we still haven't found anything."
"Then there can only be other reasons." Rong Jing didn't say much for a moment, but his head began to race and his brainstorming began.
He thought there were three possibilities.
First, Han Yu's master didn't personally take action. After all, given the Taoziguan style of operation, it's perfectly normal for him to have one or two powerful demons by his side. As for why there had been no further activity for three days, it's likely that he had achieved his goal.
Second, he is observing.
The time when these uncles from Huaqing Sect left was too coincidental. If it wasn't a trap set up by Tao Ziguan to deliberately lure them out, then it was possible that Huaqing Sect deliberately lured them out.
Third, he is waiting, but as to what he is waiting for, probably only he knows.
Rong Jing thought for a moment and asked, "Don't you know the content of the information that the uncles received?"
Hengyi and Yuan Jing exchanged a glance, the latter shaking his head. "The senior brothers rarely tell us disciples about their affairs, but before they left, they specially consulted a fortune teller. The fortune showed that Huaqing Sect was safe, so they left with peace of mind."
Now, looking at this situation, Yuan Jing even suspected that his uncle's fortune-telling had failed.
The three of them walked and chatted, and soon arrived at the reception room of Huaqing Gate. Several sacks were placed on the ground with a thud. Rong Jing squeezed his arm, politely accepted the cup of water that Hengyi handed him, and took a sip.
Halfway through, Yuan Jing was called away by a young Taoist priest, and Hengyi dragged the sack to the corner temporarily.
Since no one was disturbing them, Rong Jing talked to Si Liu in a low voice.
"Senior, do you know Huaqingmen?"
Si Liu sat cross-legged on the small chair next to Rong Jing, his chin propped up as he recalled the past that was crammed into his head. He had been dead for so long that many of his memories were already hazy, but the few names that appeared on the walls of the reception room had stirred a small lingering impression in his mind.
"I can't say I know them well, but it seems I've fought with their ancestor. Ask him if his ancestor's Taoist name is Taoist Xuancheng."
Rong Jing asked, and Hengyi's thin body twisted, slightly surprised, and nodded: "Yes, it is Taoist Xuancheng."
Rong Jing couldn't help but ask, "How old is your ancestor this year?"
Hengyi scratched his head: "I'm not sure either. I've been in the monastery until now, but I've never seen the ancestor."
Although no definite answer was given, Rong Jing became more and more suspicious about the age of his uncle Feng Si.
He didn't say anything more to Hengyi, but turned back to ask Si Liu: "Senior, why did you fight with Taoist Xuancheng?"
Si Liu: "Do you need a reason to fight?"
Rong Jing: “?”
Si Liu: "I only remember that when I fought with Taoist Xuancheng, Huaqing Sect was already very powerful. He couldn't beat me and even called for reinforcements. Those reinforcements came from a branch of Huaqing Sect that was tens of thousands of miles away."
Huaqing Gate, divided into gates?
Noticing Rong Jing's wide eyes, Si Liu blinked, a light flashing in his mind, and then he stretched out his hand to poke the young man's cheek and asked, "You don't know that Huaqing Sect has Taoist temples all over the country, right?"
Then Si Liu said, "It's normal not to know. After all, Huaqing Sect is a large sect, unlike your Xuantian Temple, which hasn't accepted a single disciple for decades."
Anyway, when he met Feng Si, there were only a few people in Xuantian Temple.
Rong Jing heard this and said, "It's not a question of whether there are many people or few people."
But he suddenly realized that he seemed to have overestimated the overall strength of Yanhe Huaqing Sect. According to Si Liu, since Huaqing Sect has Taoist temples all over the country, it means that powerful Taoist priests will be scattered all over the country.
Later, Hengyi, who was talking to Rong Jing again, heard Rong Jing asking about the situation in the temple. Although he was a little confused, he answered truthfully: "The Taoist temple in Yanhe now has five masters, that is, five uncles. Aside from Uncle Changhe, the other four uncles are best at magic spells and talismans, and exorcising ghosts and catching monsters."
"Didn't they say earlier that a senior uncle had a fortune-teller?"
"Uncle Changyun, his fortune-telling skills are just average." Hengyi lowered his voice, as if he was worried about being heard saying bad things about Uncle Changyun. "He's only half-baked."
Rong Jing: “…”
Noticing Rong Jing's strange look, Heng Yi's face flushed slightly. He quickly waved his hand and said, "That's what he said himself. He always said that the Heavenly Dao thought he was ugly, so they always prevented him from prying into the secrets of Heaven."
After saying this, he fixed his gaze on Rong Jing's face and said after a while, "I used to think he was talking nonsense, but now I think it makes sense... The uncle who is the most capable of prying into the secrets of the heavens in our Huaqing Sect is now traveling abroad. He is the most handsome man in our entire sect!"
Rong Jing is also good-looking.
So the ancestor really only looks at appearance.
Hengyi added, "But our uncle-in-law may not be very good at fortune-telling, but he's amazing at catching ghosts and drawing talismans!"
Rong Jing actually saw this from Aqiu.
Aqiu was very good at drawing talismans, and Chi Bai said that his face, which was half human and half ghost, was because he lived in symbiosis with evil spirits.
If the Yanhe Huaqing Sect's ability to catch ghosts was not strong, it would be impossible to force the evil ghost to live with humans willingly.
Rong Jing stayed at Huaqing Gate for nearly half an hour before finally asking, "Can I go see Uncle Changhe?"
Hengyi was slightly stunned and scratched his head: "I have to ask Brother Yuan Jing first."
Yuan Jing is the oldest among their generation. After Uncle Changhe was seriously injured, Yuan Jing became the one in charge of the temple.
Rong Jing naturally would not refuse when he heard this.
After a busy day, Yuan Jing returned to the reception room and agreed without hesitation. He let Hengyi rest and took Rong Jing to Changhe's cemetery. As they walked in, Yuan Jing said, "In fact, even if you didn't ask, I would have come to you for help. Aqiu said you are very capable and might be able to help us."
Rong Jing didn't know what kind of image Aqiu had helped him establish, but facing the difficulties encountered by Huaqingmen, he would definitely help if he could.
After all, he still has to work hard to accumulate merit.
Arriving at the cemetery, Rong Jing saw Chang He lying quietly on the bed. This uncle Chang He also looked very young, no more than forty, but perhaps because of the injury, his face was a little pale and he looked very thin.
Si Liu stepped forward faster than Rong Jing. He lowered his head and moved the man's arm that was bound with gauze. His eyes then swept to his chest. As if he had noticed something, he said to Rong Jing, "Take off the gauze and let me see."
Rong Jing: "Senior, you are so presumptuous."
Then he turned around and asked Yuan Jing to remove the gauze.
Yuan Jing: "..."
Just think of it as changing the medicine for Uncle Changhe.
Yuan Jing resigned himself to his fate and stepped forward, carefully removing part of the gauze. When he was about to continue, his finger was grabbed by Rong Jing, and the boy said to him, "No need."
Because Si Liu has confirmed the information he wants to obtain.
Si Liu silently grasped a faint scent of evil spirits in his palm. He said, "It seems that the man from Taozi Temple does have helpers."
It's still a powerful evil ghost.
This was within Rong Jing's expectations.
He didn't say much, but just looked down at Chang He and asked, "Master Chang He hasn't woken up yet? What did the hospital say?"
"The hospital could only find some external injuries on Master Changhe's body, which they cleaned and bandaged. Besides that, they examined Master Changhe's entire body and couldn't find anything wrong. Realizing this was a problem the hospital couldn't solve, I decided to bring Master Changhe back."
"If that person goes to the hospital to cause trouble for Uncle Changhe, we may not be able to arrive in time. If other ordinary people die, we cannot afford it."
Rong Jing expressed understanding.
He directly moved a chair and sat down in front of Changhe's bed, then asked Si Liu: "Senior, can you tell why Senior Changhe is unconscious?"
Si Liu took a closer look and said after a while, "It must have been cursed."
Cast a curse?
"Can you tell what the curse is?"
Si Liu shook his head: "I won't learn this. If your uncle Feng Si were here, he would probably be able to see it."
As he spoke, he seemed to have thought of something, his expression rather strange. "Can't these young Taoist priests from Huaqing Sect see that? I remember they're most famous for their talismans and spells, right?"
Rong Jing: “…Hmm?”
Si Liu: “Yeah!”
Rong Jing and Si Liu turned their gazes to Yuan Jing at the same time. Yuan Jing looked back at Rong Jing with a confused look on his face and asked, "What's wrong?"
Rong Jing repeated Si Liu's words.
Yuan Jing: "...I can't see it."
When these words came out of Yuan Jing's mouth, Yuan Jing's face turned red.
Rong Jing came to Huaqing Gate today, but they didn't know anything about anything he asked. He felt more and more that he knew nothing and was like a piece of trash.
Seeing the young Taoist priest wanting to dig a crack in the ground to crawl into, Si Liu felt a rare pity for him and comforted him, "It's normal that he doesn't know. He's young and doesn't have enough ability."
Rong Jing thought, it’s a good thing that Senior Si Liu was not allowed to come out to meet people.
Otherwise, this "comfort" will make people feel cold.
…
Rong Jing wanted to help, but after seeing the situation, he couldn't help. In the end, he just told Uncle Changhe's fortune. After confirming that the other party's life would not be in danger, he breathed a sigh of relief and went to the hospital.
But before going to the hospital, he asked Senior Si Liu to stay in the Taoist temple just in case.
And he didn't tell anyone.
When they got in the car and arrived at the hospital ward, Huai Wenmin and the others were there. Rong Jing stood in front of the bed, looking at the young boy's pale face and heaving chest, and asked Huai Wenmin: "How is Xiaoxiao?"
"The doctor just came to see me again and said that I would probably wake up in the afternoon." Huai Wenmin hadn't slept all night and looked extremely tired, but he still looked tall and secure as he stood in front of the bed with his wife in his arms.
He said to Rong Jing, "But there is one thing..."
Huai Wenmin frowned, his expression looking a little ugly: "Just now, the Fenping Special Department called and said that Tao Xian and Shi Meng ran away."
Rong Jing: "...ran away?"
Huai Wenmin nodded. "I sent someone to the Yanhe Police Station to inquire about the situation. The police officers at the Yanhe Police Station helped me call the Fenping Police Station. They said that the special department took Tao Xian and Shi Meng away under the pretext that they were involved in supernatural events, and that their department was responsible for this matter... Actually, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with the special department being responsible for this matter, but..."
Rong Jing took a deep breath.
His fists were clenched so tightly that they made crackling sounds.
This idiot Zhao Ping must have done it on purpose.
What special department could not even keep an eye on Tao Xian and Shi Meng? Shi Meng was not some powerful Taoist priest!
After contacting Shi Meng, Rong Jing was certain that the man had no connection to Taoziguan and his abilities were average, with his paper figurines being more elaborate at best. Even the special authorities couldn't handle a suspect like this, so he should just die.
"Don't worry, Tao Xian and Shi Meng can't cause any trouble anymore." Rong Jing comforted.
If these two really "ran away", they should have run far away if they had a better brain and not come to provoke the Huai family again.
After all, they had already suffered at the hands of the Huai family.
It’s just that... he committed a crime but was taken advantage of because of the conflict between him and the special department, resulting in him not having to accept punishment. This is unacceptable.
Rong Jing's bright eyes flickered as she reassured Huai Wenmin again: "They will definitely pay the price for their actions, Mr. Huai, don't worry."
"good."
Rong Jing rescued his child, and Huai Wenmin had absolute trust in him.
Rong Jing stayed in the hospital until the afternoon, and successfully waited for Huai Xiao to wake up. The little boy lay on the hospital bed, his face pale, but his eyes dark and bright. He smiled at his parents and Rong Jing, looking pitiful and adorable.
The other side.
In the office of Fenping Special Department.
The office was a bit more spacious than the others, with two long sofas facing each other and several desks on the other side. Zhao Ping was leaning on the sofa, legs crossed on the coffee table. He put out the cigarette between his fingers, but the lingering smoke obscured most of his face. He asked, "Did Rong Jing show up at the hospital?"
The team member who came to report nodded: "Shortly after you and Deputy Captain Feng left the Huai family villa this morning, Rong Jing took the Huai family's car to Huaqing Gate. He then stayed in Huaqing Gate for a while before going to the hospital."
Huaqing Gate?
Zhao Ping's slightly wrinkled brows were quickly smoothed out.
He could probably guess why Rong Jing was connected to Huaqing Sect.
He had a bad relationship with Chi Bai, so when he investigated Chi Bai, he would naturally find out about Chi Bai's follower named Aqiu. Aqiu was a disciple of Yanhe Huaqing Sect.
In fact, he had previously considered starting with the Huaqing Sect, letting Chi Bai and A Qiu see what would happen if they provoked him. Unfortunately, the Yanhe Huaqing Sect had the Huaqing Sect's ancestor in charge. Although the other party was now old and in seclusion for many years and would not appear, the five leaders were not to be trifled with, especially the Taoist priest named Changting.
He and Aqiu are master and apprentice. Among the five leaders, he is the most capable and the most cruel.
If Zhao Ping had really provoked him, he would probably have become a grave by now.
"I heard that Huaqingmen has encountered some problems recently." Zhao Ping said.
The reporting team member nodded: "One of the five masters, Chang He, was injured and was still unconscious when he returned from the hospital."
This news is not something I learned today.
Instead, the news reached them that night when many Huaqing Sect disciples rushed Chang He to the hospital. However, their special department had a bad relationship with Huaqing Sect, and according to their leader Zhao Ping, he probably hoped that all the Huaqing Sect members would die.
"It seems that even if Rong Jing encounters any problems, Huaqing Sect won't be able to help." Zhao Ping raised his hand to disperse the smoke in front of him, tossed the remaining cigarette butt into the trash can, and sneered. "He should know by now that Tao Xian and Shi Meng have escaped. What's his reaction?"
The team member hesitated for a moment and said awkwardly, "It seems there's no special reaction."
No?
Zhao Ping didn't believe it.
Rong Jing worked so hard to rush here from Yancheng, and went to Julin Mountain to rescue people in the middle of the night without even settling down. He finally captured the person, but now he has been let go. Even a clay man would have a temper, right?
"You're quite good at pretending."
Apart from this, Zhao Ping couldn't think of any other reason.
Just as he was laughing sarcastically, there was a sudden, impatience-filled knock on the office door. Zhao Ping instinctively looked up. It had been a while since their special department's door had been knocked so hard. Anyone who came to ask for help would always be polite, knocking twice gently and then calling out, "Boss Zhao, are you there?"
He narrowed his eyes and was about to speak, but the person outside the door could no longer hold back and kicked the door open.
The door slammed against the wall with a loud bang, and the vibration echoed throughout the entire floor. Then, with a click, the wooden door panel cracked under the gaze of everyone and began to shake.
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I saw no one opened the door for so long, I thought no one was in the office. Turns out one, two, three... well, everyone's here." At the door, the man with a crew cut looked in with a smile, his fingers steadying the shaking door, and he groaned again, "The quality of this door is really poor. We should learn from our Jinfeng special department and install an iron door that no one can kick down."
Zhao Ping looked at him, a hint of surprise flashing across his eyes, and then he frowned: "Lu Gang?"
Lu Gang's smiling expression remained unchanged. He simply said, "I didn't expect Minister Zhao to still remember me. I'm so lucky."
Zhao Ping: “…”
Why doesn't he remember Lu Gang?
After Chi Bai knocked out eight of his teeth, Lu Gang spread the news to everyone. He sent an email to the mailboxes of every special department, and also attached a photo of him with a bloody mouth.
In other words, Chi Bai and Lu Gang have the same status in Zhao Ping's heart.
Zhao Ping stared at him expressionlessly with a cold smile on his face. "So, Minister Lu, is there something important that you came to visit?"
"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot." Lu Gang clapped his hands, and two team members picked up two figures and threw them in with a bang.
Zhao Ping looked down and met the panicked eyes of Shi Meng and Tao Xian.
...Why them?!
Although Lu Gang stood aside with his arms folded, he was still watching Zhao Ping's expression attentively. Noticing the slight twitch of his eyebrows, a smile quickly crossed his lips, and he continued with a smile, "It seems Minister Zhao recognized them. It's quite a coincidence that we happened to see these two acting suspiciously on the way from Jinfeng. Thinking it's better to be safe than sorry, we stopped the car and planned to ask someone up to question them. And guess what, we actually got some secrets out of him."
"However, I'm a little curious about how Fenping's special department is so incompetent that they can't even keep an eye on these two guys?" Lu Gang sighed. "Minister Zhao, this won't do. Be careful that the Tianshi Alliance and the relevant departments will remove you from your position as minister tomorrow because they think you're incompetent."
Lu Gang seemed completely oblivious to Zhao Ping's darkened face as he continued to chatter, "If this were to be dismissed, it would be so embarrassing, wouldn't you say? Our Minister Zhao is the youngest minister since the establishment of the special department, and he was also the minister dismissed the fastest. It's hilarious."
"Lu, Gang!" Zhao Ping kicked the coffee table in front of him away, stood up from the sofa, his eyes filled with coldness, "Are you fucking sick?"
"Am I sick? You're the one who's sick, aren't you, Minister Zhao?" Lu Gang's smile turned cold. "You threatened the Huai family because of a personal grudge and deliberately let Shi Meng and Tao Xian go. Do you think you're worthy of your position as the Minister of a special department?"
"If you really want to deal with Chi Bai, you should fight him openly. You're targeting his friends? Are you crazy?"
Lu Gang really couldn't understand how Zhao Ping's brain circuit worked.
He could understand the grudge between Zhao Ping and Chi Bai.
In fact, Zhao Ping did not belong to Fenping at the beginning. He was from Yancheng and was once a member of Yancheng's special department.
Later, Yancheng's special department needed a deputy minister. Zhao Ping thought that the position would definitely fall on him, but he didn't expect that Chi Bai, who had just started college, would show up.
Zhao Ping was furious and from then on he targeted Chi Bai.
But if you want to target Chi Bai, then you should target Chi Bai. You're targeting others and making fun of serious matters. Isn't that completely stupid?!
"You know nothing." Zhao Ping sneered, "So you're here to pick a fight with Rong Jing?"
"You can think so." Lu Gang pulled up a chair and sat down. "Or does Minister Zhao want to practice on me first? I wouldn't refuse. However, if Minister Zhao can't beat Chi Bai, and can't beat me either, then it would be really... embarrassing."
Zhao Ping stared at him intently.
If looks could kill, Lu Gang would have been hacked into pieces long ago.
Unfortunately, Lu Gang remained calm. He kicked Shi Meng on the ground with his toes and said slowly, "By the way, I don't plan to hand these two people back to your Fenping Special Department. I just want you to know that these two people will be taken over by our Jinfeng Special Department. Minister Zhao, do you have any objections?"
"Lu Gang, you keep provoking me, do you really think I'm a coward?"
Bang!
The peach wood sword was drawn out and stabbed straight into Lu Gang's face.
Lu Gang narrowed his eyes and chuckled, not panicking at all.
…
at the same time.
Aqiu, who was far away in Yancheng, lowered his head and looked at his phone with an inexplicable expression.
Three minutes ago, he contacted Yuan Jing, who told him that according to Rong Jing, Uncle Changhe was in a coma because he was under a curse.
But they have little knowledge and do not understand the mantra.
He pursed his lips and turned to walk out of the office. Chi Bai called out to him from behind: "It's working hours, where are you going?"
"Go back to the dormitory."
After saying that, without paying any attention to Chi Bai's expression, he walked all the way to the dormitory arranged by the department, and then pulled out an ancient book that looked very worn out from the drawer.
The cover of the ancient book was tattered, with only half of it left, and only two words could be vaguely seen on it: Ancient Curse.
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