Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 306 The Fire Bearer... Dies! [Seeking monthly votes]

The original intention of Liu Bai and others was just to test and trick the butler.

But I never thought that the real culprit would be exposed?

There is no time to ask more questions at this point. The fight to prove the truth has already begun... against Guan Caifeng and who?

If the traitor Guan Caifeng really took action, the old marshal would definitely take action as well!

It's too late to say.

Thoughts flashed through Liu Bai's mind quickly, and when he took a step out to the door, he looked up.

Above the sky, the bloody avenue has begun to collapse.

This... is just a blink of an eye.

Has he already died?

The great way collapsed, and the way of enlightenment fell.

The last time I saw this strange phenomenon was when Liu Bai saw his mother killing the Bai family's ancestor, and now...

“How could this be possible!”

Hei Mu's eyes were filled with shock, and he even subconsciously uttered a surprised sound.

"what happened?"

It was the first time that Liu Bai saw Hei Mu so frightened, and he asked quickly.

"The one who died was... the Firebringer!"

Kuroki's voice was trembling.

"what?!"

After hearing this, Liu Bai said it subconsciously and almost thought he had heard it wrong.

"The fire messenger is dead?" Xiaocao also grabbed Liu Bai's shoulders and leaned over, sounding a little unbelievable.

Hei Mu took a deep breath, suppressed his emotions, and said, "I'm going to go see what happened first. Sir, please wait here for me."

Since Zheng Dao was dead, Hei Mu really didn't dare to take Liu Bai into the risk.

"it is good."

As soon as Liu Bai opened his mouth, Heimu disappeared.

Many people also came out from the door of the Red Candle Shop. Meng Dajiang and others whom Liu Bai had known before were all there, and they all looked at the sky above Zou Yin City with panic in their eyes.

The sound of fighting only lasted for a moment, and then there was no more sound.

But the evolution of this collapsed avenue continues.

This means that the Fire Bearer... is really dead.

But there was only one collapsed avenue, which meant that Guan Caifeng was not dead, but the Fire Bearer was?
Could it be that Guan Caifeng is even stronger than the Fire Bearer, and she has been hiding?

But here in Zouyin City, with the old marshal watching, how could this happen?

Hei Mu didn't come back, and Liu Bai didn't know what happened. He just had many questions in his mind.

I could hear the neighbors talking about what was going on.

"This... How can there be a proof of death?"

"Is it one of us who went to Yin City? Yu Cang died just before the New Year, how come another one died now? In the past few months, more people have died than in the past few hundred years."

"Didn't you notice that this disciple was also killed in an instant... Could it be that the old marshal is cleaning out the traitors again?"

"..."

The crowd said all kinds of things.

Meng Dajiang, who was slightly familiar with Liu Bai, stepped forward and whispered to him, "Master Liu, which senior is the one who died?"

"I don't know yet. Hei Mu went to get information."

Liu Bai said, shaking his head slowly.

When Hei Mu was talking to him before, he also blocked himself from the surrounding perception. It was obvious that there was something hidden behind this news that was not convenient for outsiders to know.

Liu Bai didn't tell the truth.

Meng Dajiang did not ask further questions. He nodded with deep awe in his eyes, "It is such a troubled time. Those who have achieved enlightenment have fallen so quickly."

There had been no deaths among the practitioners for hundreds of years, but now three of them died in such a short period of time.

"No one is immortal, including you and me."

Liu Bai turned his head and looked at Meng Dajiang, and told him the truth.

Meng Dajiang forced a smile and was about to say, "Mr. Liu, you are not that bad," but he saw Liu Bai flying up and disappeared in an instant.

Blackwood is back.

Just now, his voice rang in Liu Bai's ears, "Let's go, young master, let's go back first."

And just when Liu Bai appeared in Hei Mu's house, the old marshal's voice rang out throughout the city.

"Everyone return to your respective residences and are not allowed to go out!"

"This is……"

Liu Bai felt more and more shocked. What on earth was happening?

It even forced the old marshal to take over the entire Zouyin City.

"This is the first time in thousands of years." Hei Mu also sighed.

Then another figure fell into the courtyard, and his expression looked a little surprised.

"I was just about to go to the temple to take a look, why was I suddenly thrown back?" Zhu Yan said, turned around and saw someone, and asked quickly:
"Zheng Dao died? Who died?"

Liu Bai was also curious about this matter and what exactly happened.

How come the one who deserves to die the most didn’t die, but the one who shouldn’t die the most died?

Hearing this question, Hei Mu sighed again. He sat down on a stone bench nearby, isolating himself from the surroundings, and then said:

"Something big has happened. The one who died was indeed the Firebringer."

"What? The Firebringer is dead?"

Now it was Zhu Yan's turn to be surprised. Although she had just arrived in Zou Yin City, she still knew some basic situations and naturally knew the status of this Fire Bearer in Zou Yin City.

"Don't say Guan Caifeng killed him."

Liu Bai asked with some doubt.

After hearing this, Hei Mu also looked at him, and then... nodded slowly.

"This……"

Liu Bai didn't even say "what" anymore. Today's shock really made him full.

It even made him feel that these things were a little ridiculous.

It's just ridiculous.

Who is the Fire Bearer?
What is your identity?
He would actually die at this time, and die in Zou Yin City, and die at the hands of other Zou Yin people... How is this possible?

If the time really comes for a final battle against the forbidden, he will die at the hands of those thrones.

Liu Bai thought it was normal.

But now this matter, let alone being normal, is no longer normal.

But such a thing, which seemed ridiculous to everyone, happened.

what is this?
A black swan event?

Liu Bai was stunned for a long time before looking at Hei Mu, "Forget it, go ahead."

"Ah."

Hei Mu nodded and glanced at Zhu Yan again, "Until the old marshal has dealt with this matter, we are not allowed to leave, so it's okay."

He finished explaining before saying, "What I said to the young master at the time was actually not a big deal. The traitor was the steward."

"When you questioned Guan Zhong, he had already revealed his true colors. You didn't see it, but the Fire Bearer did. So after you left, the Fire Bearer went to interrogate him again."

"As the Fire Bearer expected, Guan Zhong was found out by him."

"When he decided on this, he wanted to see if he could catch some fish, and he had already discussed it with the old marshal."

"After that, Guan Caifeng somehow learned that Guan Zhong was in Chuanhuo Mansion, so she came to look for him and wanted to take him back."

"Now that Guan Caifeng has arrived, the Fire Spreader naturally has to go meet her, but I didn't expect that Guan Caifeng would start to attack the moment they met."

"They were extremely close, and coupled with the method Guan Caifeng used...even the old marshal on the top of the city wall didn't have time to stop them."

"What kind of method is needed to kill the Fire Bearer in an instant?" Xiaocao couldn't help but ask when he heard this.

In its opinion, this ability is something only the Queen possesses. Now, Guan Caifeng actually has this ability?

This is impossible.

Hei Mu pursed his lips, as if sighing.

"The trap set by Ren Tu, there was a throne in the taboos in the early years, which was a dying ghost. As soon as the ghost took the throne, he was taken down by Ren Tu and the old temple keeper, and it was used as a trick..."

"Is this the method Guan Caifeng got?"

Liu Bai asked.

Hei Mu nodded and said, "A needle, made by the old temple keeper himself with all the strength of the King's Bane Ghost. It was also the coffin that Ren Tu chose for the Fire Bearer. Now... he got it."

"Why didn't the old marshal kill Guan Caifeng?"

Zhu Yan listened to this huge secret, as if she was overwhelmed and asked foolishly.

"If we kill more and two thrones die in one day, the people in the city will lose their morale." Hei Mu stroked the stone table. "Now the old marshal has imprisoned Guan Caifeng. Let's wait and see what the old marshal says."

"We can only wait."

After listening to it, Liu Bai still found it a little unbelievable.

This news is indeed quite big.

And in the final analysis, this matter was caused by him, just like when two teenagers were digging loaches in the fields, but they ended up digging out a poisonous snake.

As luck would have it, the venomous snake also bit to death the adults in the two children's family.

"Ren Tu, what a good method." Hei Mu still sighed.

"..."

Outside the city walls, the gloating voices of the two kings, Old Water Ghost and Swing Ghost, had already echoed throughout the entire yellow sandy wilderness.

But they were all stopped by the old marshal.

Not a single sound could be heard in this Zouyin City.

To him, these were just casual things. His real place now was still fishing above the sea of ​​clouds.

But this time he was no longer alone. From the thatched hut with the door closed behind him, he could hear a woman's crazy laughter.

"Old Marshal, how is it? You didn't expect that after living for thousands of years, you would suffer such a loss before dying."

"You've never suffered such a big loss before, right? How do you feel? You've come to this day, old marshal."

Guan Caifeng was still laughing like crazy.

But the old marshal acted as if he didn't hear anything. He sat as steady as a mountain, holding the fishing rod.

Seeing this, Guan Caifeng laughed at him again, saying that he was pretending to be calm, but was actually very upset inside.

The old marshal still ignored him.

After a while, Guan Caifeng seemed tired of talking and finally shut up.

The old marshal then asked, "Did the old temple priest help you attain enlightenment?"

"The old marshal is the old marshal. Now he has a sharp vision." Guan Caifeng was like a victorious old hen, extremely proud.

"Can you tell me...why did you choose to join the forbidden area?"

The old marshal held the fishing rod in his hand, looking a little disappointed. "I have seen all of Yu Cang's experiences as a teenager, so I am not surprised that he made that choice."

"But you haven't had a hard life since you were a child."

"Even if you haven't attained enlightenment, you have been able to go smoothly from Yin to Shen all the way. Why do you still want to turn to the taboo?"

After hearing this, Guan Caifeng burst out laughing.

Then the laughter got louder and louder, and by the end, it seemed like I was laughing until tears came out.

"You really are sitting high on the city wall, not caring about the lives of us subordinates..." Guan Caifeng said and suddenly screamed, as if she was hysterical.

"Since I was little, I have been outshined by Shi Zhuojun in terms of appearance. No matter where I go, people will praise her for her beauty and talent. But when they see me, they call me 'the girl next to Shi Zhuojun'!"

"It has been like this since I was little. Have any of you ever looked at me, Guan Caifeng, straight in the eye?"

"Since it doesn't matter if I'm here to manage Caifeng, then I'll show you if it doesn't matter if I'm not here!"

The old marshal just listened to her silently.

Until the end, the old marshal suddenly said something completely unrelated, "Han Yuan approached Shi Zhuojun at that time because he was actually thinking about getting in touch with you."

"Wha...what?!"

Guan Caifeng, who was laughing wildly in the room, suddenly became quiet and was stunned, as if she thought she had heard it wrongly.

The old marshal did not repeat himself, and continued, "When he came to Zouyin City from the interior, the first person he saw was you. You may have forgotten that he is shy by nature. The reason why he dared to approach Master Zhuojun was because many people were like that at the time. Just like you said, one more person would not make much difference."

"It's a pity that Master Zhuojun didn't see it, and neither did you... That's fine, but in the end, it was you who sold him out in Mount Jumang."

As the old marshal spoke, he shook the fishing rod and pulled it up suddenly.

Unfortunately, the fishhook was empty and nothing was caught.

The room was quiet for a moment, and soon Guan Caifeng's voice was heard again, "Ha, ha, now that things have come to this, do you think I will believe you if you say this?"

"Since I chose to take action, I no longer thought about living. I have lived for thousands of years, fighting for life and death, and I am tired of it."

"How about taking this opportunity to kill two meteorites in one day?"

The old marshal said nothing.

The two were silent for a long time, and Guan Caifeng said hesitantly: "Old Marshal, do you mean that Han Yuan also liked me at that time?"

The old marshal seemed not to hear it and ignored it.

There was another long silence.

Guan Caifeng sneered and was about to speak.

But the old marshal interrupted him and said, "Things like feelings have nothing to do with beauty, ugliness, right or wrong. Han Yuan is happy to see you, and he is normal to see Shi Zhuojun, so what's impossible?"

Guan Caifeng, who originally wanted to speak, stopped talking. She stayed in the thatched hut, as if she was recalling something.

"Old Marshal, do you think it's stupid for me to manage Caifeng?"

"Who would believe such nonsense?"

But when she said this, Guan Caifeng's voice trembled a little.

"In the room, on the shelf on the right, in the second row from the top, there is a letter tucked inside the third book. It was written by him after you trapped him in Mount Jumang and I pulled his soul back."

The old marshal answered the question irrelevantly and kept talking about his own affairs.

As for this Han Yuan he mentioned... this was related to an extremely ancient event. According to the old marshal's observation, it was this Han Yuan that really made Guan Caifeng disheartened and finally bewitched by the taboo.

Han Yuan originally came from the interior of the country and was considered a genius from an ordinary family.

When he first arrived in Zouyin City, he became a celebrity. With his handsome appearance, he became the object of admiration of many girls. The young Guan Caifeng was naturally one of them.

Han Yuan also fell in love with Guan Caifeng, but unfortunately, he chose a detour and chose to get close to Shi Zhuojun, thinking that this would get him close to Guan Caifeng.

This is what caused Guan Caifeng to collapse...

There was no movement in the house, and the old marshal seemed to be unaware of anything and just fished in the sea of ​​clouds.

This went on for a long time until it was almost dark.

Then I heard the sound of rummaging in the house.

Half a cup of tea passed like this, and suddenly a woman's cry was heard in the house.

At first it was just some whimpering, and then it turned into sobbing.

"Old...Old Marshal, did you save him? Did you save Han Yuan? You must have, right?"

Guan Caifeng cried and grabbed the door frame frantically.

The nails rubbed against each other making a sharp sound.

She is clearly a proven being, but now in this room, she looks like an ordinary person.

"You were the one who led him to Mount Jumang and asked him to cover their retreat. You also watched helplessly as he was torn to pieces by the evil spirit. How can you expect me to save him?"

"I only left a suicide note because I saw that he was quite talented and his death was so strange."

The old marshal said expressionlessly.

Inside the house, Guan Caifeng was crying very loudly and miserably.

She banged her head against the wooden door, making a "bang bang" sound, but the door didn't move at all.

"Kill me, old marshal, please kill me, please."

Facts have proved that even if you have lived for thousands of years, even if you have already attained enlightenment.

But in the final analysis, there is not much difference between them and ordinary people.

At least that's the case in front of the old marshal.

"You can't die, at least not now. Don't you know that? It's unlucky for two people to die in one day, so just live your life well here."

The old marshal returned it to her using her own words.

"Oh, and you can see your people because you defected to the enemy. They will be paraded through the streets all day and eventually chained to the top of the city so that future generations can see them."

"you!"

Hearing the old marshal's "vicious" plan, Guan Caifeng cried out in anger, but her anger was limited to a short moment.

Her reaction made the old marshal laugh out loud.

"Guan Nizi, I haven't taken action for thousands of years. You don't really think I'm a kind-hearted old man, do you?"

Guan Caifeng was speechless.

"How easy is it to die? The hard part is to live."

The old marshal seemed to have thought of something, sighed quietly, and continued to fish in the sea of ​​clouds.

……

In the small mass grave on the forbidden front.

Human heads, embryo grave masters, little ghosts and many other throne embryos gathered in this stone hall, and their laughter could be heard from time to time.

"Okay."

"The fire bearer is dead. The entire Zouyin City must be seriously damaged." The water snake said sinisterly.

Aunt Kong's eyes couldn't stop turning.

"Shouldn't the point be that they were killed by their own people? That's the fun part."

The head couldn't help but feel happy, "Embryzinfen, did you know that Guan Caifeng was one of ours? Among the ten people who left Yincheng, two of them are our forbidden people. This is really hilarious."

"Anything else, anything else, not to mention that the Hanging Knife Officer is also on our taboo side!"

"Come on, why don't you just say that the old marshal is one of ours, too."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the ghosts in the room burst into laughter, and the entire mass grave was filled with cheerful laughter.

Waiting for the rest of the ghosts to disperse, until only the human head and the embryo grave were left.

The head stopped smiling and said, "Actually, the best time to take action is not now."

"indeed."

The owner of the embryo tomb also agreed.

The best time to take action is naturally to wait until the two armies are fighting, and Guan Caifeng will kill the Fire Bearer in full view of everyone.

Not only will it undermine the confidence of the human race, but the old temple keeper will be close by then, and he might be able to save Guan Caifeng.

Unlike now, it has fallen into the hands of the old marshal.

It is impossible to survive.

"But there is no other way. The investigation has almost reached the housekeeper. If we don't make a decision, we will suffer the consequences."

"Killing this Firebringer now will put an end to everything."

The owner of the embryo tomb waved his sleeves, showing no sign of suffering.

“That’s the only thing we can think of. But now that the Fire Bearer is gone… who do you think will be the next Fire Bearer, Embryo Tomb?” asked the human head.

The embryo grave owner put his hands together in his sleeves, seemed to look back, and then said:
"Master has discussed this with the First Throne. Once the current Fire Bearer dies, the next Fire Bearer... will most likely be Zhang Cang."

"Zhang Cang? This man might be even more difficult to deal with than the Fire Bearer who died now."

The heads all frowned when they heard this.

"It's okay, Master will take care of it."

Embryo Fen was quite relieved about this.

At this time, in the depths of the forbidden area, Ren Tu had once again arrived at the Zunshen Mountain.

He got up this time just to confirm one thing.

"So was the Firebringer really killed so easily by Guan Caifeng?"

Although this arrangement was originally his own, in the end, he was a little bit unconvinced.

I don't believe that this Firebringer can be killed so easily.

The old priest in front of the temple opened his eyes in a trance. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, dead or alive, we have achieved our goal."

Ren Tu frowned slightly, then bowed again.

"That being said, and the facts being true, I still want to get a definite result."

When the old temple keeper heard this, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, and then he said: "Even if he is not dead, it is not much different from being dead."

After hearing this, the butcher was completely relieved. He bowed and left the top of the sacred mountain.

Walk down the mountain.

……

The entire Zouyin City stopped for two days, waiting for all the Zouyin people to receive the voice of the old marshal again, saying that they could go out. It was already the morning of the third day.

When they were locked up at home and not allowed to go out, they didn't even dare to send a message.

Therefore, they still knew nothing about what happened during this trip to Yin City and which preacher died.

After being allowed to pass this morning, the entire Zouyin City suddenly came alive.

Countless people who were at the level of Yuanshen or above rushed straight to the top of the city, and messages were also flying over the sky above the Zouyin City.

Before Liu Bai even left the house, A Dao had already arrived.

He had obviously heard the news. Adao, who always smiled at everyone he met, now had an ugly expression on his face.

"Hei Mu, Liu Bai, do you know what the city's next plan is?"

It was rare to see Ah Dao being so serious, so Liu Bai replied: "I don't know what the city's plans are, but I want to hear what your plans are."

"You want to leave town?"

Hei Mu understood even better and saw through A Dao's thoughts at once.

"Well, I want to go out of the city and take him down. We humans can't let this loss go to waste!"

As Ah Dao said this, he punched the door frame, and immediately a lot of dust fell off with a rustling sound.

"Leaving the city? Okay, I'll go with you!"

When Zhu Yan heard that she could go to the forbidden place, she immediately became interested. She had wanted to go to the forbidden place for a long time.

"Go ahead if you want to, why are you demolishing my house?"

Kuroki remained unmoved.

Ah Dao glanced at Zhu Yan. As a know-it-all in Yin City, he naturally knew who the female ghost in front of him was.

Rumor has it that this female ghost is Mr. Liu’s childhood sweetheart.

Who dares to provoke this?

"I dont go."

A Dao shook his head. If he died, it would be fine. But if he didn't die and the little ghost girl died, then it would be the end of the matter.

There was a gargoyle guarding the shop, so Liu Bai was not in a hurry to go there.

The two men and two ghosts stayed at Heimu's house, but after a while, Xiao Xuandao led the remaining geniuses of Zouyin City here.

Hei Mu was called away by a voice transmission from the top of the city.

Another moment passed.

Lei Xu, whose body was still a little unstable, also came here with the geniuses of the eight families.

Huang Shangguan started complaining as soon as he entered the door.

"Liu Bai, why don't you go out? It's so hard for us to find you all the way."

So when Xu Wenyuan came over again, he saw that the yard was full of people, and those standing here were basically the strongest second generation of the human race.

Except for the Son of God in the religion of God.

And there is Adao.

Just as he stepped over the threshold, Xu Wenyuan stopped again.

He recalled vaguely that, unknowingly, Liu Bai had become the link between the geniuses of Zouyin City and the geniuses of the eight great families?
Liu Bai was also a little curious. He could understand why people from these eight families came here.

How come the group of people who left Yincheng are here too?

He hesitated for a moment, then saw Pi Jian leading Ma Chuanshi and the others forward, bowing to Liu Bai and saying:
"I didn't know the situation before, so I apologize for offending Master Liu."

Liu Bai didn't know why they suddenly changed their minds. Maybe they thought of something after hearing about the housekeeper's incident.

"It's okay. We are all family. We can't be so petty."

Liu Bai smiled. Although he said so, only he knew whether he really thought so in his heart.

"Hehe, Master Liu doesn't bear grudges against villains."

At this moment, Ma Chuanshi returned to his "hehe" look again.

Liu Bai also looked at him again.

If the housekeeper had not jumped out, the person imprisoned in the Chuanhuo death row would have been Ma Chuanshi.

"Now that Master Chuan Huo is gone, I wonder who will take over these matters next... and there should always be some revenge for the taboo."

Taoci then said.

"On the way here, we heard many people saying that it would be the old supervisor of the Chu State."

"Zhang Cang?"

"Yes, that's him."

"..."

A group of people gathered together to discuss the matter, and Liu Bai also felt that Zhang Cang was a good candidate.

At least he has a black heart.

As long as you have a black heart, you will not suffer a big loss.

What's more, he is strong and can protect himself. If we replace him with someone who is not as strong, he might be killed by some means used by the taboo side.

It would be so embarrassing then.

"How are these Firebearers selected?"

Liu Bai was not quite clear about this matter, so he asked Xiao Xuandao and the other "locals".

"It was appointed by the old marshal. Whoever the old marshal said is the one."

Pijian replied.

"That's not bad."

Liu Bai nodded slightly, indicating that the old marshal still had the final say in Zou Yin City.

If there were several sounds in a place like this, it would be a big trouble.

"How long does it usually take to select one?" Liu Bai asked again.

"Today, the old marshal should have made his selection, and we'll hear him announce it soon."

This was answered by Xiao Xuandao.

But as soon as his voice fell, everyone in the yard suddenly stopped moving.

It was as if I had turned into a sculpture. Although I had thoughts, I could not move or make any sound.

Then they saw a figure, an old man who had been sitting on the top of Zouyin City for thousands of years without moving, appeared in the yard.

Old Marshal.

He came to the yard.

Still appeared in front of Liu Bai.

Then they heard a voice, a voice that they would never forget in their entire lives.

I only heard the old marshal say to Liu Bai:

"Little Liu, from now on you will be the fire bearer of this Zou Yin City."

"..."

at the same time.

On an unknown hillside, on a protruding rock in front of a thatched house, the old marshal's fishing rod sank.

He grabbed it with both hands and swung it violently.

A figure was pulled up from the sea of ​​clouds and fell to the ground behind him.

He slowly turned his head, looked at the gray shadow on the ground, and sighed: "Without the shackles of the flesh, it's time for you to take that step on the throne."

The Fire Bearer... the previous Fire Bearer, the evil spirit on the throne named "Juque" nodded slightly.

"Thank you, old Marshal, for your help."

(End of this chapter)