Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 626 Fish Fly Puppet

Chapter 626 Fish Fly Puppet
Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The sun had just risen, the color of the scenery turned from gray to bright, the flowing water was not frozen, and the long stream was sandwiched between the white rocks on both sides. In the winter in Chang'an, such a clear and cool sound was not easy to hear.

Even though the lotus stems have long since withered, the stream is still dotted with green. Cold-blooded fish lurk in the depths, and will not move even if food grains have fallen onto the surface, just waiting to slowly sink.

In the round pupils of these creatures, the previously empty stone bridge on the water surface now had a large, fluctuating purple shadow. Every time it shook slightly, clear circles would ripple on the water surface.

"Didn't you win both battles? He didn't even leave a scratch on [Mercury Floating Raft]." Another undulating shadow walked down from the pavilion and stood beside Ziying. "Are you so anxious?"

Yu Sicheng threw away all the bait in his hand and flicked his palms: "Victory or defeat is always just a thin line away. It seems like a series of barriers and ravines, but sometimes they are penetrated in an instant."

He looked at the young man beside him, his eyes narrow and deep: "Wasn't there any sign the day before the late queen was assassinated?"

There were no signs of a fight in the mansion anymore, the walls had been repaired and the floors had been replaced, only newer colors still told of evidence of what had happened.

Yong Ji put his arms on the railing and said, "Then let's do it earlier. There's only about a month left anyway."

His two sharp black eyebrows were motionless. "This guy is really reckless. Once he gets some information, he executes it with amazing speed. He is quite like the Crane Jiayi back then... He seems to have seen "Finding the Ferry in Luochuan". After going down, did he find anything?"

"I have used what I can in Luochuan. I'll just see what I have seen." Yu Sicheng looked at the fish that began to swallow the bait. "He has reached the depths of the Twelve Suspension Stream and swallowed the scale flower. He has discovered what he should have discovered. I'm afraid he has also discovered some things that I haven't discovered."

Yong Ji turned his head and looked at him: "According to what you said, this man is a god."

"But it's useless." Yu Sicheng said indifferently, "I have stood in front of that water curtain for more than ten years. I know better than anyone what it is waiting for. I used every possible means to enter it... You know what kind of power we used and how much we paid."

Yong Ji nodded.

"Let him go in if he wants to, and let him see whatever he wants. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was never locked, and the South Pond was never covered." Yu Sicheng said, "My biggest feeling in the past few years is that whenever I try to stop His Highness Jinyang from wanting to know something, the gain is always greater than the loss."

"But he will never be able to enter Luoshen Palace first." Yu Sicheng stood quietly, his robe swaying slightly in the cold wind.

"The long years and complicated steps cannot be overcome by shortcuts." Yu Sicheng closed his eyes, "He can't take my path, and there is no other path in the world... Instead of worrying about him, it's better to focus more on His Highness Jinyang."

"Try it again, can you succeed?" Yu Sicheng opened his eyes, and the white mist at the corners of his lips dissipated in the winter wind.

Yong Ji didn't say anything, but looked up at the sky.

After a while, he withdrew his gaze, but did not continue the previous words: "You said that you are very sure that you can enter Luoshen Palace?"

"If not 90%, at least 80%."

"Tell me, is there anything I can help you with?" Yong Ji tilted his head and said, "If it weren't for the last step, no one wants to go through it again. The Tang Dynasty is like a boat sailing in a dangerous sea, it's not suitable for it to shake too much."

"No. I can do what you can't do in the palace. I can do what you can do." The purple-robed eunuch still looked at the stream. "Just take care of your side."

"You are in the palace, and I am outside the palace. I have always provided whatever you want. I really don't know what you are going to do." Yong Ji looked at him, "Sixty years are almost up, why don't you talk about it."

"..."

"When we found Luoshen Palace, you said there was no way to get in. You said it had no locks, no doors, only a circle of walls, and only people who were destined to enter could get in." Yong Ji said, "Why did you find a ladder now?"

Yu Sicheng was silent for a while: "Because the queen will always show leniency."

"……Um?"

"I know that the queen is that kind of person." Yu Sicheng remained motionless, speaking in his usual voice, "She would open the window to let the trapped butterflies fly away, even if it would let in many mosquitoes and flies."

He looked at Yong Ji expressionlessly, with a faint frost of the morning on his left cheek: "I have always been a fly."

……

……

Zhu Jing is in the side hall, same morning.

Guo You's head was full of needles, but he was holding the piece of purple gold fragment in his hand, staring blankly.

"Do you remember this material? It's the Jiaojin used to make the Mercury Hua Fu Raft." Pei Ye sat cross-legged beside him, drinking porridge while repeating the information to him in a low voice according to Qu Xin's instructions. "Can you identify where it comes from?"

With Li Xianfang in the palace, Pei Ye finally didn't have to worry about the food sent from the imperial kitchen. Pei Ye didn't know whether Li Xizhou intended to keep her, but he hoped that the dancer could stay during the days he stayed.

Guo You said nothing, just turned the fragment over and over again, his mouth sometimes opened, and he uttered some strange sounds that did not form words.

"Yesterday, I only cleared his mental blockage, allowing him to perceive the outside world again." Qu Xin sat aside, also eating a small bowl of porridge with a porcelain spoon, "But his mind is still confused, mixed up, unable to distinguish between the present and the past, and he can only answer subconscious inquiries. It seems that the question you asked is too deep, requiring inference and thinking, which he cannot do yet."

Pei Ye sighed softly and lowered his head to concentrate on drinking the porridge.

While swallowing, he glanced at the girl's desk and said, "Then what are you doing?"

It was still the same desk as that day, with the thirty-two fine threads that had been placed in Guo You's mind connected and arranged in an orderly manner on it. On the other side of the desk, there were seven extremely delicate little puppets.

It is the size of a palm, with all five limbs and joints intact. At first glance, it is obvious that the craftsmanship is very precious. At a glance, there are twenty or thirty kinds of materials used. The turns are smooth and fit, almost like a real person.

As soon as Pei Ye came in, he set his eyes on this rare toy, which was a thousand times better than the crude figurines he played with when he was a child. He had no doubt that if Qu Xin was willing to lend it to him, and if he paired it with a few finger swords, he could use it to perform a nice scene like "The four Pei brothers beat up the three sisters of the Qu family".

"Tie the puppet." Qu Xin said vaguely, "The second step of treatment is to find out the traumatic event he has experienced, and let him recall and accept it again when he is emotionally at ease... Only by exposing the wound can it be sutured. If it is allowed to rot in the dark of memory, the healed part will collapse again, which is why this type of disease recurs."

"What does that have to do with these villains?"

"The Lingshu Heart-Knocking Needle combined with the Pulling Machine can convey his thoughts to a certain extent. It can not only make his memories more detailed, but also allow the doctor to get a glimpse of his traumatic events." Qu Xin glanced at him, "It can also let you see some things you want to know."

Guo You had a lot of things in his mind that Pei Ye wanted to know. He could not help but nod slowly: "I didn't expect these little people to be so magical... How much is one?"

Qu Xin glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"If it's not expensive, I want to buy two to play with." Pei Ye said, "Here, Zhenxuan can't show it, but outside, let it hold the sword on its finger, then it will be a little swordsman, it feels quite interesting."

Qu Xin thought about it, lowered his head and drank the last mouthful of porridge without saying anything.

Pei Ye was stunned: "I'm asking you a question."

Qu Xin put down the bowl: "The porridge is good."

"…You are deaf."

The gray-clothed girl looked at him calmly and said, "Based on my past experience, you are poor and stingy, and the cost of the traction puppet is more than two taels of silver. It would be useless to report it, so I don't bother to talk to you."

"..." Pei Yeben was unable to refute for a moment. He really couldn't spend two taels of silver to buy such a villain, but at this time, the words "the girl is poor and stingy" accurately hit him. His brows knitted deeply, and he was really ready to give up steaming the steamed buns to save face: "Who said I won't buy it after two taels? How much more do you want for two taels? I'll buy it no matter how much!"

Qu Xin raised his head and thought for a moment: "Two taels and another eighteen thousand coins."

After saying that, he lowered his head and began to tie the first puppet.

"...This is twenty taels for you." Pei Ye said seriously.

Qu Xin nodded: "It was originally twenty taels."

"Then you say two taels."

"I said more than two taels."

"..."

"I said that because two taels is the upper limit of your payment." Qu Xin tied the silk thread and said calmly, "I carved and assembled these puppets myself, and the cost was fifteen taels. I didn't ask you for more - how about buying them?"

Pei Ye folded his arms and sat beside her desk, leaning over to look at it: "So you did it yourself, you're pretty good at it."

"I can't afford to pretend anything."

"…Who would spend so much money to buy a little man? Isn't that crazy?"

"Can you call it a troll?"

"No, I can't remember."

Pei Ye watched it quietly for a while, and suddenly said: "Hey, Qu Xin, I suddenly have an idea. You said that you have already made the core of the torso, so it shouldn't be a problem to modify the body shape, carve the face, and make some small clothes for it to wear. After this set, I think your little man can be sold for thirty taels. Do you know why?"

Qu Xin paused and looked at him.

Pei Ye smiled, feeling quite proud of his idea: "Because you can carve the faces of some powerful people, such as Yan Feiqing, Yang Zhenbing, Zhu Gaoyang... There are many people in Shenjing who like them. Just think about it, if there is a little Yan Feiqing who can use [Infinite Self and Others], how many people would be willing to buy it?"

"But you can't be Miss Ming's," he added.

However, Qu Xin remained silent and just looked at him quietly. That look made the young man feel inexplicably uneasy. He frowned and asked, "...What are you doing?"

Qu Xin lowered his head, picked up a new puppet next to him, and handed it to him: "This is for you."

"...?"

"Regarding the puppet thing, I've decided to adopt your idea." When Qu Xin raised his head, his face was cold and indifferent again. He carefully tied the other puppets to the strings. "But the examples you gave are not good. I'm not familiar with Yan Feiqing, Yang Zhenbing, and Zhu Gaoyang, and I can't beat them."

"Who do you work for, then?"

"Don't worry about it."

Pei Ye was slightly confused, but it was great to get such a precious puppet for free. He smiled and waved it: "Are you really giving it to me?"

"Ah."

"...I'm sorry Qu Xin, I always thought you were quite cruel." He said a little embarrassedly, "Yesterday in the palace you said you would not accept Gao Lu, I thought you were acting, but it turns out you are really so generous... Just don't lie to me and Piao Qing like you did last time."

"Ah."

Pei Ye carefully put the puppet away, sat cross-legged on his ankle, and looked at Guo You who had tied up the six puppets. The old man seemed to have once again entered a state where he could not perceive the outside world.

Still driven by his Chihuo, the six puppets actually stood up in his astonished eyes. Pei Ye immediately tilted his head and said, "Little cat, quickly call Li Xizhou over."

Li Xizhou arrived later than expected and had obviously gotten up from the bed, but it was no big deal because the main show with the six puppets started even later than expected.

Sometimes they moved together, sometimes others collapsed to the ground, and only one or two performed inexplicable actions. Except for Qu Xin who kept recording, they could not understand the old man's memories... until the sky outside the window dimmed.

Guo You's body suddenly began to tremble slightly, his lips kept opening and closing, and his heart seemed to be filled with emotions that were difficult to express.

On the table, all the puppets jumped down, except for one puppet that started running wildly on it.

The table top was obviously flat, but it kept raising its legs upwards, leaping over the non-existent obstacles. After about half a quarter of an hour, it suddenly stood still. In front of it, another puppet suddenly jumped onto the table.

Behind the new doll, the third doll was hanging on the edge of the table in a graceful and dying posture, motionless and could fall at any time.

Li Xizhou's eyes narrowed slightly first, and Pei Ye followed suit and raised his eyebrows.

The two looked at each other, and without saying a word, they realized at the same time which scene was about to be repeated before their eyes.

Being able to witness the fight between the two sides, even from a third-party perspective, even if the chaotic memories are transmitted to this unarmed little doll, is a rare and precious material.

Guo You's emotions seemed to have reached a certain extreme. He stared at the two puppets, his eyes almost bloodshot. Then the two puppets really started fighting under his gaze.

But in the next few breaths, Pei Ye was unexpectedly stunned, and Li Xizhou was also slightly stunned and slowly frowned.

This fight was too short.

When the first puppet suddenly swung its fist and rushed forward, Pei Ye recognized this posture - only when the steam of [Mercury Hua Fu Cha] exploded would a person exert force like this, because that power did not come from muscles, but was conducted from deep within the bones.

Then when the punch came down, the second puppet did not dodge, but raised its head and caught it with one punch.

The next moment, the puppet raised its other hand and swept it - there should be a gun in that hand - and the first puppet was knocked away.

Then it climbed up, revealing a posture of extreme pain. Even though the puppet had no face, everyone present seemed to hear its anger and screams of pain.

'Has the Qilin Fire taken effect? ​​' Pei Ye thought.

It charged forward again, and after two rounds of fighting, it was knocked away by another shot. This scene was repeated three times. The puppet collapsed on the ground, its body seemed to be damaged, and it could no longer stand up.

From beginning to end, it was only six breaths.

Guo You began to tremble violently. Qu Xin quickly stood up and pressed several acupoints on his head. In the sight of Pei Ye and Li Xizhou, as the first puppet fell, the third puppet hanging beside the table also fell down, making a crisp sound when it hit the ground.

It was like the sound of the curtain falling at the end of a play.

(End of this chapter)

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