Chapter 2256: Longevity is a blessing, early death is a disaster.

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Longevity as a blessing, early death as a calamity.

Among Zhuge Yixian’s Twelve Yellow Path Star Gods, the one least fitting the atmosphere of Fengdu should be Shou Xing, yet he is precisely the star god he has descended as. Gu Chi cannot help but ponder the meaning behind this.

As a powerful figure of the same generation as Xiong Yizheng, and having fought alongside Xiong Yizheng to become a founding meritorious noble, Zhuge Yixian's strength is profound and immeasurable.

At this moment, with Shou Xing descending the Ghost Country, in an environment that should be extremely opposed, an inexplicable harmony is actually manifested.

This is an expression of a realm far surpassing that of the Fengdu ghosts by more than one level.

Street-side ghost shadows crouch low without a sound, the rustling dark sounds flowing like mist.

The Star God's glory does not possess aggressiveness; instead, it brings a hard-to-describe feeling of safety, making the gathered ghosts want to sleep — or it could also be seen as ease before danger.

Gu Chi's footsteps suddenly stop, and he adopts a cautious attitude: "The Yueguo people have never been honest from beginning to end. Wen Jingxiu has always made small moves continuously, but hasn't dared to make big moves... What does Star God adult refer to?"

Shou Xing is straightforward: "These days I've retracted some mental effort and thought it over and over — I see there are some problems with Gao Zheng's death."

The so-called Twelve Yellow Path Star Gods, having guarded the Chu land for how many years, continuously perishing and continuously being repaired, each has its own will and power. But Shou Xing's words at this moment are obviously completely taken over by Zhuge Yixian.

Gu Chi shows a dangerous expression and says in a low voice: "The transaction with Luochasi Mingyue Jing and the subjugation of the Southern Dipper is the highest secret of this country; absolutely no leak beforehand. The former was known by even fewer people. What suspicions does the Great Witch have?"

"Don't be nervous, Fengdu Yin," Shou Xing looks at him lightly. "I have no intention of criticizing intelligence work; the informed high-level officials are also absolutely incapable of leaking it. Reaching a transaction with Luochasi Mingyue Jing to have her kill Gao Zheng — this matter was personally led by Fu Wang, and he only communicated with the Tianzi, and the Tianzi then asked me. My meaning is — Gao Zheng, such a smart person, trapped in the quagmire of Yue country, did he have expectations for his death? Did he or did he not prepare some things in advance to activate after his death?"

The Star Witch is not an enemy of Fengdu; everyone is serving the Chu Tianzi. This also conforms to the Chu country's national condition, "Regardless of god or ghost, all obey the monarch's command."

Although Gu Chi has his dissatisfaction, he still knows what should and should not be done. Moreover, the Star Witch's thinking is very necessary.

"We have never held back against the Three Points Fragrance Building. Until Luochasi Mingyue Jing made a move to kill Gao Zheng, Fengdu always set the Three Points Fragrance Building as a target for extermination. Even I did not know about this matter; Gao Zheng absolutely could not have known beforehand. But your consideration is right. Gao Zheng should have had expectations for his death, or rather, even if he was confident he would not die, it's very possible he made worst-case plans — this kind of smart person just likes to lay out in advance. Many are useless efforts, but many are also means of overturning."

This Fengdu Yin says ponderously: "Then, analyzing with the worst possibility, Gao Zheng did indeed have pieces for his death. This person's influence in Yue country is unmatched. If he schemes, the entire Yue country is his chessboard..."

His thinking becomes clearer and clearer: "I think even if he has dragon-slaying techniques, he must borrow force from Daizi; he cannot cook without rice. Fengdu has been closely observing the key figures in Yue country during this period. Such as the Yue country Emperor Wen Jingxiu, the Yue country Prime Minister Gong Zhiliang, Jia Kui Bian Liang who commands the three thousand Yue armor, Water Force Governor Zhou Sixun who commands the Qian Tang water force, and we have not discovered any big movements."

"What about Bai Yuxia?" Shou Xing asks. "Didn't he return to his country to visit relatives?"

Gu Chi is stunned for a moment and says: "Bai Yuxia has already abandoned his country. The death of Bai Pingfu that year was due to Ge Fei's malicious oversight. Fengdu even specially presented related evidence to make him cut ties. We expect he should not return to the Yue Court. And Bai Yuxia is currently managing affairs in Star Moon Plain, representing Jiang Ge Lao. The friendship between Jiang Ge Lao and the Huai Guo Gong Fu is known to the world; he should not possibly be an enemy of Chu country for Yue country."

Shou Xing looks at him: "You, the dignified Fengdu Yin Gu Chi, why would you say 'expect' and 'should'? Is Jiang Wang's name enough to scare the wits out of you? When Jiang Wang is in Qi, he represents Qi country. When Jiang Wang is in the Mountain Sea Realm, he represents the Huai Guo Gong Fu. When Jiang Wang is in Star Moon Plain, he represents himself. Can national affairs be considered as usual?"

These words are already very severe criticism!

Although you, Zhuge Yixian, are a founding meritorious minister, although you are the only Great Witch of Chu country, although you have obtained the respect of successive Chu Emperors... do you have the right to rebuke the highest responsible person of Fengdu in this way?

Fengdu is the Tianzi's dark sword!

Gu Chi endures his anger and says: "Langya City is also within Fengdu's surveillance range. We are also paying attention to Bai Yuxia, but the importance is slightly secondary, not at the highest level."

Shou Xing says: "Give him the highest level of attention. We have already underestimated Gao Zheng once; do not be careless a second time."

He stares at Gu Chi indifferently: "Before coming here, I communicated with the Tianzi."

Gu Chi no longer speaks a single half-sentence of nonsense and bows directly: "Respectfully obey the command!"

Shou Xing says again: "Gu Chi, ah, Gu Chi, you are very smart. Zuo Hong said that year, among the insidious people in the world, there is no one more insidious than you, Gu Chi. I deeply agree. These days I have been playing chess with Song Huai and calculating chess with Wang Xiyu, distracted and lacking technique. This game of chess in court has been played to this point, repeatedly picking the fruits of victory, the great situation is almost formed, yet I am a bit uneasy. Help me think a little — is Gao Zheng not using his death to cover something?"

"Left General is mistaken in his praise!" Gu Chi responds with a sound, then says: "Gao Zheng is no ordinary person. As you say, we can indeed find some doubts. Allow this humble official to summarize various intelligence reports, consider them carefully, and then report to you separately."

"Then I will not disturb your work." Shou Xing lightly taps the ground with his peach staff, and then disperses into formlessness, only the starlight returning to the sky.

Gu Chi stands in the center of the ghost street, silent for a long time.

"Look at his tone! And he frequently communicates with the Tianzi!" In a ghost shed by the street, a gloomy ghost voice rings out in dissatisfaction: "The current Tianzi has held power for many years and has held power for a long time! Even if he respects him as an elder, how can he speak so casually?"

Gu Chi suddenly looks over: "Talk too much! How dare you provoke the relationship between Star Witch adult and His Majesty! Send someone to pull out his tongue!"

White flames flash inside the ghost shed, and the ghost voice gradually turns into a scream.

The scream gradually fades and disappears, but a roar that breaks the long sky rapidly approaches Fengdu.

Gu Chi narrows his eyes and looks up at the high sky —

The starlight has just dispersed, and an arrogant figure descends from the sky.

Piercing the starlight, smashing the ghost mist.

Heavily smashing onto the ghost street.

Zhong Liyan, specially wearing a suit of heavy armor, carries the South Yue heavy sword. A circle of blood energy like flames steams around his body, and he slowly stands up in the ghost mist.

Short beard and hawk eyes, evil like a god or demon.

It's good that he is not arrogant to that extreme, and has not completely scattered the martial artist's blood energy to consume this human ghost country.

The contemporary Fengdu Yin's eyelids twitch directly.

He endured Wei Guo Gong, he endured the Star Witch, and now even a young empire figure like Zhong Liyan dares to not take him seriously in this way, arbitrarily intruding into the human ghost country without even greeting him.

Is there still king's law?

Gu Chi, whose evil name could stop children from crying at night, when did he become so useless?

"Zhong Liyan!" Gu Chi grits his teeth and says sinisterly: "Have you thought about it, arbitrarily intruding into the heavily guarded Fengdu, you should—"

Zhong Liyan raises his armored hand high, and in his palm is a luxurious gold order with a phoenix pattern, naturally possessing the dignity to subdue the ghost country.

"You should sit down and chat slowly!" Gu Chi says affectionately: "You child, so hurried, where is the appearance of doing great things? Come and tell Uncle Gu, what help do you need?"

"The situation is urgent, Gu adult, I won't sit." Zhong Liyan says in a proper manner: "I obey the Tianzi's order to go as an envoy to Yue country, to worship the Wen family's ancestral temple — I came here to coordinate related intelligence with the esteemed department. Please cooperate."

Zhong Liyan considers himself a smart person. He is not the same as brutes like Dou Zhao and Jiang Wang, who have brains full of muscles. He acts according to rules, and his actions rely on wisdom.

He already knows the intelligence from Jiang Wang, and he knows that Jiang Wang's intelligence is that something has happened in Yue country.

Then, as long as he investigates Jiang Wang's whereabouts in Yue country, he can determine the place where the abnormal situation occurred, and finally follow the vine to find the melon in one go!

And to find intelligence, what place is more convenient than Fengdu?

Of course, Fengdu is not a pleasant place to talk, and Gu Chi is not a good person — Zhong Lizhao Jia's original words.

So it's best to have a proper official duty, to ask Fengdu to help coordinate some intelligence work.

Going as an envoy to Yue country is just right.

Even if there is real danger in the Yue land, no one dares to kill a Great Chu envoy.

As for the reason for being an envoy... it's too easy to find.

Gao Zheng has been dead for quite a while; going to mourn again is not too appropriate. But if you flip through the history of Yue country a bit, it's not hard to discover that in two days, it will be the death anniversary of the founding emperor of Yue country.

As a good neighbor of the Yue people, separated by a strip of water, it is also very reasonable for the Chu people to go and console them and offer some incense — even if the Yue country people themselves don't remember this day too much.

Although the Xian Gu Zhong Li clan cannot compare with the four great enjoyment-of-the-country families, operating such a small matter is not considered difficult.

It's the first time Gu Chi has heard "going to Yue country as an envoy" linked with the four words "situation emergency." His heart is ten thousand times annoyed with him, but his mouth only says: "Yes, virtuous nephew, this trip represents the country. Fengdu will definitely cooperate fully."

"That feels good!" Zhong Liyan is very satisfied: "Gu adult is much more straightforward than my dad!"

Gu Chi 'hehe' laughs: "Zhong Lizhao Jia must not scold me less, right?"

Zhong Liyan is not a fool, of course he won't admit it, but he also doesn't want to deny it against his will. So he pretends not to hear: "Gu adult, you see, regarding this intelligence matter, who should I find?"

"Come follow me. With our relationship, I must personally entertain you, ah." Gu Chi puts his hands behind his back and floats like a bamboo pole in the air. Zhong Liyan follows behind with big strides, each step clanging and powerful, very confident.

Gu Chi slightly tilts his head, seemingly inadvertently saying: "Adding the title of envoy specifically, that was your dad's idea, right? You shouldn't be this complex — do you yourself have something to do in Yue country?"

Zhong Liyan is of course unwilling to let this old ghost steal the merit, so he only laughs: "As the facade of Great Chu, the court called me as an envoy, so I'll go! National affairs, my duty!"

"Come, walk this way. This is Fengdu's facade." Gu Chi casually pushes open a short door by the street with the tip of his foot and bends down to drill in.

"This facade is not too good, ah!" Zhong Liyan mutters.

"Yes, ah!" Gu Chi says faintly.

"Star Witch has come to the Ghost Country."

In the Ghost Prison, Xiong Zidu suddenly lifts his head. In that instant, splendor and light fill the room, and golden glory circles like a dragon.

But Wang Wei blinks his eyes, and Xiong Zidu is still the ordinary person sitting in the opposite prison room. All kinds of anomalies are like illusions, missed in a daze.

"Who is Star Witch?" Wang Wei asks seriously.

"This is really hard to introduce," Xiong Zidu thinks seriously for a while, and finally says: "An old person who is in a position that is laborious, physically demanding, and also has a lot of bitter merit."

Wang Wei says "oh".

"You seem not to care too much?" Xiong Zidu asks.

Having stayed in the Ghost Prison for so many days, Wang Wei is also used to his neighbor's talkativeness: "If you want to talk, talk."

Xiong Zidu 'haha ha' laughs: "I've discovered that in the vast Chu country, you only care about the matters of the Huai Guo Gong Fu, ah. Star Witch's status in Chu country is no less than Huai Guo Gong!"

"No—" Wang Wei wants to deny it, but hasn't learned to lie yet: "I care about everything. I'm idle anyway. You can talk about anything. Talk, then."

Xiong Zidu continues: "You especially care about my cousin — Zuo Guanglie!"

Wang Wei makes no sound.

Anyway, he doesn't know what to say.

He couldn't out-talk his master, and he couldn't out-talk his junior brother. If he couldn't out-talk, then he wouldn't talk.

But not being able to out-talk his master is as it should be. Not being able to out-talk his junior brother is irrelevant. Not being able to out-talk an outsider... is just very angry.

He pinches his fist.

Xiong Zidu acts as if he doesn't notice, leaning lazily against the wall. He naturally has a kind of noble air that prison clothes cannot cover, and with a posture of controlling the overall situation, he says leisurely: "You actually want to know what the relationship between Grandmaster Ku Jue and Zuo Guanglie is, why he must take Zuo Guanglie as a disciple, right? You are looking for a kind of connection that you think should exist, or rather, cause and effect!"

This voice shatters the sky!

Wang Wei is shocked on the spot.

Xiong Zidu asks again: "Am I right, Liuli Buddha Son, Zen Master Jing Li?"

Wang Wei suddenly wants to cry very much.

This is the first time he has disguised himself in his life, and he failed in his first major action.

He clearly worked very hard to do things, ah!

He was very serious, very serious about wanting to do something. But he did nothing well.

Master is gone, junior brother suffers all the bullying, and he can only listen, only watch. He is in the central Saha world, a clay statue unmoved. He is still not as good as a small blade of grass on the Three Treasures Mountain, which can still face the fierce wind and storm with his junior brother!

Jing Li thinks more and more sadly, and the sadder he is, the less he can speak.

Xiong Zidu tries to change the subject: "Zhong Liyan has also come to the Ghost Country!"

Jing Li makes no sound.

Xiong Zidu asks again: "Do you know Zhong Liyan? The one who's very punchable."

Jing Li continues to make no sound.

"Hey, don't cry, ah!" Xiong Zidu waves his hand, very helpless: "You make it seem like I'm bullying you, like I'm unforgivably evil! If I even bully you, this harmless little monk, how will I not be a muddled ruler later?"

Jing Li grips the cast iron railing engraved with dense symbols with both hands, preparing to escape from prison. The words in the books all describe it this way: after the identity is exposed, one is silenced. He doesn't want to be silenced; he still has things to do.

"Little monk!" Xiong Zidu suddenly shouts: "You have someone you want to protect, right? You are working very hard to do some things, even if you are not skilled, because you don't want that person to be hurt again, you feel you have a responsibility."

Jing Li grips the railing and doesn't speak.

Xiong Zidu continues: "As for me, I also have people and matters I want to protect. I deeply love this land, love its history, love its culture, love its spirit, love its mountains and rivers. I have known since I was little that I came to this world with such a mission. Let's make a transaction — you help me, and I help you. How about it?"

Jing Li holds the railing without letting go, lowers his head and rubs his tears with his sleeve, then lifts his head and asks firmly: "Where exactly did this humble monk reveal a flaw?"

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