Chapter 059 Only Silence
Jinyiwei, why are they following her?
Aren't they in cahoots with her?
But soon, Wen Shu understood that it was different. The Jinyiwei were different from all the time travelers. They directly served Shen Cuo and were a sharp blade in Shen Cuo's hands.
The compulsory course for every Jinyiwei is changing clothes, and the more advanced one is changing faces.
The Jinyiwei in the strange world has a mixed reputation. Wen Shu used to think that it was slander by some ministers, but it is obvious that there are objective reasons for this bad reputation.
They are really good at tracking and surveillance.
So the question is, how did she get into trouble? When did it start?
Was he targeted since he met Shen Cuo after entering the city, or after he met Aquarius, or when he went to the key point of the formation diagram?
Each of these three moments pointed in a direction that Wen Shu was completely unwilling to see.
"Come with me." Sui Niang held Wen Shu's hand with her jade-like, warm hand.
The Jinyiwei seemed to have discovered something unusual.
Sui Niang pulled Wen Shu along as they shuttled through the alleys. The deep or shallow shadows of the houses intertwined with their shadows. They quickly passed by the bustling streets, as if they were strangers to the outside world.
The movements of the Jinyiwei were also speeding up.
Both sides' breathing became rapid.
All the calm appearances seemed to be on thin ice, as if they could be torn apart with the slightest effort.
Quiet, fearful panting is the prelude to the ghost's hunt.
Wen Shu held the pen in his hand, and under his clothes, the portrait of Guandi was twisting.
A pair of hands suddenly reached out from the shadows behind him.
With a strange chill.
Sui Niang and Wen Shu looked tense.
“Pah—”
A sword handle suddenly inserted from the outside and blocked them behind them!
They took the next step into the warm light of lanterns.
In an instant, all kinds of noisy noises filled my ears.
The shadows had to retreat, and several pairs of eyes sank into the darkness.
Wang Yu retracted his sword and turned around again.
His cold expression softened, his resolute outline faded, revealing the grace of a young man. He asked with trust and concern, "What's wrong?"
Sui Niang put her hand down from the soul-calming bell and breathed a sigh of relief. Upon hearing this, she put her arm around Wen Shu's shoulders and said, "We'll have to ask our young friend about this."
Under the gaze of the two people, Wen Shu smiled a smile that was uglier than crying.
It’s terrible. Is there any lie in this world more sincere than “fellow countrymen don’t lie to fellow countrymen”?
***
In the study.
Diamond's eyes were red after staying up all night, but his back was still straight and dignified. He yawned tiredly, and the Jinyiwei outside the door knocked on the door and put down a document.
Diamond picked it up casually, opened it and was stunned.
Diamond was silent for a long time, then reached out and stuffed it into a stack of documents he had already read.
"You're still thinking of covering it up?"
A voice suddenly sounded.
Diamond paused and said with a smile: "Hua Tuo, are you spying on me?"
The man standing behind the desk crossed his chest and snorted. He didn't answer. His dark eyes were hidden outside the range of the light. He said, "You seem to be a bit two-faced. You have two different faces for me and Shencuo."
Diamond said without regard for etiquette: "Who could be more two-faced than you? You are against the boss, but on the surface you still appear to be fascinated by medicine. Before you exposed yourself, I never thought that you were among the group of people who opposed the boss."
"Hmm... maybe I really am a two-faced person?" Hua Tuo answered, and then he stepped forward with a smile, "I am exposing myself in front of you alone, isn't this showing my sincerity? The boss's right-hand man? Maybe I can't turn you against me, but it's not a big deal to do me a favor, right?"
Diamond warned: "You have to figure out who spent so much effort to revive you, and who controls the life and death of the puppet man!"
"You know how powerful the boss is. His talent has been tested for a long time and there are almost no blind spots. Not to mention that he is in Yujing now. The firewall has been surrounding the entire Yujing."
Hua Tuo chuckled and said in a brisk tone: "Of course Shen was wrong. I know he is very capable, but for me, one thing is another!"
"However, you found so many reasons to try to convince yourself, but didn't you still help us? In fact, your heart has been wavering, right?" Hua Tuo put his face close to Diamond's face, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Diamond.
The pair of bony hands slid across the documents on the desk: "After all, the reason why Yujing can reach its current size is not only due to Shen Cuo's contribution, but also because of your years of hard work."
"Diamond, can you really bear the thought that your way home is stained with the blood of the people?" Hua Tuo exhaled coldly, "Although you are a hypocrite, you are also a good person."
Diamond's jaw line tensed, and then he glared at Hua Tuo angrily.
He whispered, "The boss's artificial intelligence, Duanyun, can monitor Yujing. In the past, the boss rarely used it to prevent his brain from burning out, but now..."
"So instead of trying to convince me here, why don't you go back and check if your house has been robbed."
"We are all from the same hometown. He has been giving you opportunities all along. Now, there are only ten days left until the most important moment. No one wants to fail at the last minute. You'd better think it over and stop making trouble. It's not good for us, right?"
Hua Tuo tilted his head, looked at Diamond's face for a moment, and smiled as he pulled away: "Thank you, we will keep an eye on Duanyun, do you have the backdoor key?"
"You! Don't go too far." Diamond's veins popped out.
"Diamond, it's really interesting to see you in such a dilemma. It's unknown whether everyone can go home, but those are living lives." Hua Tuo said in a cheerful tone.
Diamond was silent for a moment, then he reached out and threw a small stone tablet over: "Don't come to me again, I have helped you enough. No one in our faction wants to be chosen. We choose to close our eyes and wait for the final moment to come."
Hua Tuo took the slate and whistled: "Close your eyes. This is truly a dramatic decision! Humans are probably all like this, so contradictory."
He raised an eyebrow and turned to open the door.
Diamond looked at Hua Tuo's back and suddenly asked, "Why don't you care about your brother? He came all the way from the North Province to the South Province just to see you. Why don't you go and show your brotherly love?"
Hua Tuo paused, but from behind he could see the corners of his mouth curled up: "No need, we have always been together."
Diamond's eyes narrowed slightly.
A look of doubt flashed across his face. Has Hua Tuo always been like this? How on earth did he escape back from Qing County?
The door was closed.
Under the silent candlelight, there was no movement in the house for a long time.
***
[21 years old: You understand, it’s time for you to take action again!
The process is very simple. When someone who needs help comes to you for help, you and Sui Niang will do a quick verification, and the nun will be responsible for the logistics. After confirmation, you will go straight to the door and let the evildoers know what justice is.
You appear indifferent on the surface, but your heart is filled with passion.
Life in Nanzhou is somewhat depressing, whether it's the continuous heavy rains or the strange plague. Not to mention that the sectarian organizations in Nanzhou really live up to the reputation of "the nest of evil cults" and can always shock you from unexpected angles.
How can you actually play like this? The people in Beizhou are really too simple and honest. Everyone is very simple, and the winner is determined by the size of the fist.
The complexity of this matter is comparable to a ball of wool, which makes people not know where to start at first sight.
The person who asked for help was a friend who had worked with me in the same field before, and he was reviewing my studies.
She brought you a thunderbolt.
She said that something big was happening in Yujing right now.
She guessed that there were about two factions fighting each other. One was the Jinyiwei headed by the national teacher Shen Cuo, and the other was the opposition to Shen Cuo within the Jinyiwei.
The opposition believes that Shen Cuo has gone mad and reveals a secret to Wen Shu. In order to "go home", Shen Cuo wants to sacrifice the entire Yujing. Everyone will die in this sacrificial ceremony, so they must act.
You are confused. In your impression, he is just a person who likes to say things that are incomprehensible.
Did you see wrongly? Your intuition clearly told you that he was not a man who had committed many evil deeds, and you could not smell the stench of blood on him.
But someone whispered in your ear that she didn't lie to you.
You take a pill and your hysteria strikes again, and it has become more frequent lately, which makes you distressed.
But you asked the nun, she said it can be cured after one course of treatment, which takes about ten days.
This time, the nun specially added Yujing’s unique hot and sour sauce to the pills, saying that it was to let people experience the regional characteristics.
You should take medicine actively and receive treatment as soon as possible.
***Slightly increased.
Everyone was wavering. This incident happened too suddenly and seemed extremely unrealistic, as if it was fabricated by some people with ulterior motives to throw mud at Shen.
After all, everyone in the world knows that only the State Master cares about the people the most.
You decided to ask your friends in Jinyiwei, Baitanggao and Youzhagui.
As a result, the next day, everything changed.
Wanted posters were posted from the streets to the end of the alleys, from the old lady to the nun.
Before you even went to find the Imperial Guards, you were already cornered by the enthusiastic people of Yujing.
Wen Shu gritted his teeth and said something despicable, like launching a mass war, "Do you know what an insult it is to be a wanted criminal like a model student?"
Her originally depressed mood was swept away in an instant.
He was just cursing and almost died once, and he was still afraid of this! Is this guy guilty?
OK, OK! Today, let Shencuo, this old wall lamp, know what it means for the post-00s to revamp the workplace!
You couldn’t quite understand, but silence was enough.
Wen Shu took you to find one of her fellow villagers, who lived in Yong'an Lane.
The fellow villager radiated a vigilant look. When he was about to call the Jinyiwei, he was pinned to the ground.
The fellow villager refused to cooperate and was very steadfast. It was said that he had no sense of pain. Wen Shu volunteered to give him a talk therapy session.
You both readily agreed, and during this time, you decided to look for someone you knew.
You are the only one among the four who escaped the disaster. I don’t know if it’s because you hold the official seal of Qilin and have the title of envoy of Zhongzhou.
As you walked, you collected all the wanted posters, many of which contained people you didn't recognize.
In your arms was the puppet that served as a substitute for your brother, and you couldn’t help but touch it.
Everyone is aware of the relationship between you, Sui Niang, and the nun. If you show up in front of the Jinyiwei without any hesitation, you will probably be placed under house arrest by them.
So, you flew over and kidnapped Youzhagui who was working at Jinyiwei.
Fortunately, the perpetrator was an acquaintance, and after a moment of panic, Youzhagui chose to cooperate.
He was kidnapped while holding the puppet representing Baitanggao. When asked, he said that Baitanggao had something important to do, so he used the puppet to replace him first, and then he started saying some incomprehensible words.
The white sugar cake had some cracks on its body when it was in Danniao Village. After being played with by the fox, it was completely destroyed. This guy really has bad luck.
For a moment you can't quite figure out whether it's your hysteria acting up or the fried dough sticks' hysteria acting up. In short, it's hard for you to judge.
Jinyiwei can be seen everywhere. It seems that Shen Cuo has gathered all the Jinyiwei of the entire Nanzhou Dynasty into Yujing. This is obviously not something that can be accomplished overnight. He has been planning for a long time.
You peek out from the eaves.
There was chaos ahead, as if someone had taken out something and caused something big. You could only hear several loud noises like thunder, and among the panicked figures, the Jinyiwei were trying hard to maintain order.
At that time, a certain title of Yujing seemed to be broken.
"Tsk, what's going on with Yujing lately? Is there a bug in the boss's program? How come there's still a ** that can be successfully fried?" The fried dough sticks next to you are even more confused than you.
You patted his shoulder.
The hostages should stop being so curious and just follow you and stop watching the fun.
It may be that the opposition is trying to use this action to force residents in the city to leave.
After returning to the courtyard and exchanging a few words with Wen Shu, who had used some unknown means to pry open the mouth of his fellow villager, the situation became as follows.
"What? You said the sacrifices needed for the ritual aren't spiritual creatures from all over the world? Damn it, are we brothers and sisters working for nothing?"
"What! You said the real ritual requires sacrificing the entire Yujing?"
"What! You said the boss has been lying to us all along?"
"What! You said Aquarius is bringing people to interrupt the ceremony?"
Youzhagui was filled with grief and indignation: "They say college students are easy to be deceived, and I am right! Damn it! How could the boss deceive us! We respect him so much! What a bastard!"
After a moment of silence, Wen Shu said calmly, "Now a third faction has appeared, the Red Bean Faction."
"Don't be so arrogant, you little high school student! As an old 2D person, I understand you!"
In short, fried dough sticks are not very reliable.
The silent fellow villager finally spoke.
"Knowing the current situation, can you still make a choice?"
The sound of Youzhagui's jokes paused.
The courtyard fell into silence for a long time.
Perhaps compared to being a member of the Shencuo faction, they are actually more of a "neutral faction". They cannot bear to make the decision to abandon the people in Yujing, nor can they give up the hope of "going home" that is so close at hand.
So, they closed their eyes and remained silent.
Herein lies the paradox of human nature.
All you know is that as a hero you will always stand firmly on the side of life.
You unconsciously develop a habit of thinking at night.
Time passed quickly, Wen Shu secretly contacted the opposition, they printed leaflets to expose the truth, but Yujing was Shencuo's territory, Feiyufu was the benchmark, Jinyiwei came out to refute the rumors, almost everyone laughed it off.
Shen Cuo calmly dismantled all the various methods one by one.
It seemed as if he had anticipated everything from the very beginning, and any trick in front of him was like an open book for him to read.
The teacher who led the children to release sky lanterns seems to be replaced by a new image.
He was like the moon of the entire Yujing, and his cold moonlight enveloped the entire Yujing in an unrivaled manner.
No one can escape his sight, no one can surpass his thoughts.
Everything about Yujing was in his hands.
All of this can easily give people a heavy feeling of powerlessness.
You tried to talk to Shen Cuo alone, but unfortunately failed, and you finally gave up.
Perhaps you can only find him when his so-called end comes.
In the blink of an eye, there are only three days left until the Sky Lantern Festival, and the spring is polished to a shine by you.
You suddenly discover that residents from outside are pouring into the city.
You received the news in confusion, saying that there was a great monster threatening the area outside Yujing.
The lady with her family was full of gratitude: "Fortunately, we have the Imperial Master here. He will protect all of us. With the Imperial Master here, everything is fine, everything is fine."
You were silent for a long time, confused.
Does Shen Cuo want to trap all the people of Yujing in the city?
You gave a bag of rations to the old lady.
On the way back, you stroked the sword in your hand.
Someone has been insisting on speaking in your ear, and the pills given by the nun don't seem to be of much help to your hysteria.
You look at the puppet in your hand that represents "brother" thoughtfully.
You are still thinking.
Your wisdom is greatly improving, and your stamina is greatly decreasing. 】
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