northernbook #435 - Siamese monster
#435 - Siamese monster
"It's actually very simple. I just need you to help us take a meat bun to the Prince so he can fill his stomach."
Xue Feng looked at Liang Jin with sincere eyes and said slowly:
"If you are willing to agree to this, we can find a quiet place to talk in detail tomorrow when you are off duty."
After speaking, he quietly waited for Liang Jin's response.
Liang Jin's lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile, but he did not speak immediately.
Xue Feng seemed to suddenly remember Liang Jin's previous complaints and quickly added:
"After it's done, I am willing to offer one thousand taels of silver to show my appreciation and as a reward."
Xue Feng knew that Liang Jin was not easy to fool, so this time he did not beat around the bush and directly gave a solid price.
Liang Jin waved his hand:
"Brother Xue, what kind of person do you take me, Liang Jin, for?"
"It's just taking a meat bun to the Prince. For me, it's just a piece of cake."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of it. As for the money, don't mention it."
This time, it was Xue Feng's turn to look confused.
Clearly, Liang Jin had previously accused him of not offering anything substantial to bribe him, but now that he had offered a generous reward, Liang Jin refused.
Liang Jin's thoughts were really hard to fathom.
However, the good news was that Liang Jin was willing to help, which could be considered as achieving the purpose of his visit.
Then, he quickly sat down cross-legged and adjusted his breathing.
"Hoo--!"
Liang Jin exhaled a long breath, as if to exhale all the frustration of today.
Today, he almost failed to restrain the impulse in his heart twice.
The first impulse was when facing Xi Rong's challenge on the drill ground.
At that time, a strong thought surged in Liang Jin's heart. He really wanted to defeat Xi Rong severely first, and then challenge Hong Wei, the Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards, on the spot, and defeat him with his true strength in one fell swoop.
In this way, he would be able to make a name for himself completely in the Imperial Guards and even the entire capital.
After all, a martial artist with Third Grade strength is enough to attract the attention and wooing of various forces, and can truly participate in the power struggles of the higher-ups in the future.
The second impulse was when facing Xue Feng just now.
He was eager to immediately show his value and have Xue Feng recommend him, so that he could firmly stand on the side of Prince Huaiyang, Zhao Yu.
As the saying goes, farming yields tenfold profit, pearls and jade yield a hundredfold profit, and establishing a national ruler yields countless profits.
Now that the Emperor's life is not long, and there is no crown prince, and Prince Huaiyang, Zhao Yu, happens to be in the capital, from a legal point of view, he is fully qualified to inherit the throne.
Prince Huaiyang, Zhao Yu, is like a rare commodity to be hoarded. If he can be supported to ascend the throne, the return will be immeasurable.
However, Liang Jin suppressed both of these impulses.
Because he quickly realized that many things did not necessarily have to be done by himself.
His main body is the core and key to everything and must not be easily put in danger.
As long as the main body is safe and sound, even if the clone or battle puppet is damaged, it doesn't matter.
But once the main body encounters an accident, everything will turn into nothing.
Although Liang Jin obtained the [Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill], which is equivalent to having an extra life.
But this [Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill] is used to deal with life-and-death emergencies, and it is not worth risking its use for a moment of impulse.
The main body should be hidden behind the scenes, hidden in a place that everyone easily ignores.
And many things can be safely handed over to the battle puppets and clones to handle.
As for Prince Huaiyang, Zhao Yu, Liang Jin was not in a hurry to completely rely on him.
After all, the information he can currently obtain is too little, and most of it is low-end information. In this case, rashly taking sides will inevitably face huge risks.
Therefore, he did not accept Xue Feng's money, but had other plans.
If he accepts the money, it is equivalent to taking people's money and doing things for them, and in the future, he will be tightly bound to Xue Feng and others.
And if he doesn't accept the money, it can make Xue Feng and others owe him a favor instead.
After all, now Xue Feng and his group are being squeezed out everywhere in the Imperial Guards, and their actions are difficult, and they have even been reduced to asking him, a small soldier.
Liang Jin's help at this time is undoubtedly a timely help.
Of course, one cannot be responsive to all their requests.
He will help them this time, and then refuse subsequent help when appropriate, and then take action at a critical moment, so that he can better grasp the situation.
"It is said that in martial arts cultivation, the state of mind is very important."
"If the state of mind is unstable, it is easy to become obsessed."
"I didn't realize it before, but today I realized that my state of mind really needs to be cultivated."
Liang Jin smiled self-deprecatingly.
He used to be as stable as an old dog, but now that he got the news that the Emperor was going to die, so many impulses actually surged in his heart. This state of mind cultivation is indeed not enough.
But then again, how many people in the world can remain indifferent after receiving this news?
Although Liang Jin had impulses, he was able to suppress them with reason and not lose his composure, which is far better than most people.
Just then.
Some information popped up again on Liang Jin's system panel.
He opened it and saw that it was the radar interface of the [Nine Empty Realms] feature panel, and there were some more bright spots on it.
This information showed that some Nine Zenith People who could be pulled into the [Nine Empty Realms] had appeared near Liang Jin again.
"This capital is indeed a treasure land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers."
Liang Jin couldn't help but sigh:
"All kinds of Nine Zenith martial artists are gathering here, and new people are arriving every day."
"It seems that making good use of the [Nine Empty Realms] will definitely allow me to gain more say in this capital."
Liang Jin knew that in a complex and expert-filled place like the capital, the [Nine Empty Realms] had great value.
It can not only achieve private conversations and value exchange with others, but also spread information.
This is like a unique platform that can gather some martial artists in the capital together to form a unique force.
At the moment, Liang Jin entered the [Nine Empty Realms] again, preparing to calm down and think carefully about how to further modify and improve it so that it can play a greater role.
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Zhao Bao only felt his consciousness, like silk threads, slowly winding back to his body.
Pain!
His whole body was in severe pain!
The intense pain surged like a raging tide, as if to completely submerge him.
The bones all over his body seemed to be broken one by one by a heavy hammer, and every inch of muscle seemed to be torn apart by an invisible big hand, the tearing pain almost made him faint.
At the same time, he felt dry mouth and throat as if scorched by a raging fire, almost smoking with thirst.
"Where am I?"
Zhao Bao's thoughts were in chaos, his mind was like a ball of tangled hemp, and he couldn't sort out his thoughts at all.
He had no idea where he was, let alone how he got here.
Gradually, more sensory information surged like a tide.
Zhao Bao felt the hardness and dampness of the ground beneath him, and the chill penetrated his clothes, seeping into his bones bit by bit.
A gloomy atmosphere permeated the surroundings, and the darkness was like a heavy curtain, tightly wrapping him.
He tried his best to slowly open his eyes.
When he saw the surrounding situation clearly, a sense of helplessness weighed heavily on his heart like a boulder.
At this time, he was in a deep cave.
At the broken opening above, the bright moon in the night sky sprinkled a clear brilliance, like a layer of tulle, gently draped in the cave.
With the help of this faint moonlight, Zhao Bao saw that he was lying on a large rock at the bottom of the cave.
The walls of the cave were covered with moss, and in the light of the moon, they glowed with a strange light. A stream of water flowed down from the broken hole and meandered towards the darker part of the cave.
"Ugh… …"
Zhao Bao suddenly felt a splitting headache, as if a heavy hammer was frantically hammering in his head.
When he painfully covered his head with his hands, those temporarily lost memories, like a flood that burst a dike, surged into his heart.
He remembered!
On the way back to the capital, he encountered a request for help from a colleague from the Jishi Factory, saying that he wanted to arrest a court official.
The official was convicted by the Factory Director for offending the Factory Director with a memorial, and was forced to escape from the capital, and was chased all the way here by the Jishi Factory's spies.
Because the official was guarded by martial arts masters, a fierce battle ensued between the two sides.
Zhao Bao also threw himself into the battle.
Initially, he thought the battle would end easily, but he didn't expect the opponent's martial arts to be extremely powerful. The two sides fought all the way into the depths of the mountains.
During the battle, Zhao Bao was careless for a moment and was spotted by the opponent's expert, who directly knocked him off the cliff.
Zhao Bao still clearly remembered that during the fall, he broke several branches in succession.
It was these branches that cushioned his fall, preventing him from being killed on the spot.
In the last moment, he thought he would crash heavily on the ground and be smashed to pieces.
But unexpectedly, he broke through the ground and fell into this underground cave.
The injuries on his body were sustained during the fall from the cliff.
"Hmm?"
Zhao Bao quickly discovered in surprise:
"My injuries... how have they been bandaged?"
He saw that the bones he had broken had been fixed with splints, and some wounds had been carefully wrapped with strips of cloth to stop the bleeding.
Who bandaged him?
It was... himself!
Zhao Bao held his head, and more memories flooded in like a tide:
"Uh... so I've been trapped in this place for three whole days!"
He then remembered that he had fallen here three days ago, and he had bandaged himself.
Zhao Bao struggled to crawl to the water flow, lay on the ground, and eagerly drank a few mouthfuls of water.
The cool water flowed down his throat, slightly relieving his thirst.
The next moment, a strange sound suddenly rang out in the silent cave.
"Woooooo..."
The sound was like someone crying softly in the dark, filled with endless sorrow and strangeness.
The sound collided and echoed continuously between the stone walls, as if it came from the deepest part of the cave, like an invisible hand, tightly gripping Zhao Bao's heart.
Zhao Bao suddenly turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
In the darkness, he couldn't see anything, only the faint weeping sound, like a maggot attached to a bone, constantly swirling in his ears.
"Who is it?!"
Zhao Bao questioned sternly, his voice trembling.
But after asking, he suddenly remembered!
That's right!
Three days ago, he had already discovered that there was something in this cave!
That thing was terrible!
In an instant, Zhao Bao felt all the hairs on his body stand on end, and a creepy feeling shot straight from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
He hurriedly struggled, trying to get away from the direction of the crying sound.
However, the next moment, a cold and bone-chilling aura suddenly surged from the darkness in the depths of the cave, as if carrying endless malice.
Along with this aura, there was also a strong, nauseating stench of decay, which made Zhao Bao almost suffocate.
This startled Zhao Bao and he hurriedly knelt on the ground with a "plop!", constantly kowtowing and begging for mercy in a trembling voice:
"Senior, spare me! Senior, spare me!!!"
He remembered, he remembered everything.
There was a monster in this cave!
That monster was about to come out, and Zhao Bao knew that he couldn't resist at all, so he could only keep kneeling and begging for mercy.
Because in the past three days, he had tried to resist, but with his sixth-grade strength alone, facing this kind of monster was undoubtedly like hitting a stone with an egg, or an ant trying to stop a chariot.
The monster attacked him frantically, breaking his bones and torturing him with various cruel and painful methods.
This made Zhao Bao completely understand that he was not the monster's opponent at all.
The next moment.
"Whoosh—!"
Zhao Bao only felt a powerful wave of air coming like a landslide, and he was like a light leaf, lifted into the air by the wave.
"Bang!!!"
When he fell heavily to the ground, the old wounds all over his body were pulled fiercely, and the excruciating pain made him grimace and cold sweat poured from his forehead like rain.
When he opened his eyes with difficulty, he saw the monster.
The monster was floating quietly in front of Zhao Bao.
The moonlight pouring down from the hole in the top of the cave shone on the monster, allowing Zhao Bao to roughly see its appearance.
The monster looked like an old man!
His face was extremely thin, his cheekbones were high, as if to pierce his pale, paper-like skin. His eye sockets were deep-set, like two black holes, but his eyes emitted a strange green light, sinister and full of戾qi, staring at Zhao Bao on the ground as if to devour him alive.
He was naked, so thin that he was almost skin and bones, and his limbs were as thin and long as dead branches, making people shudder.
Suddenly!
Behind the monster, two more slender arms and legs slowly swayed out!
Following closely, there were two more equally slender and emaciated legs!
This monster actually had four arms and four legs!
"Speak! Are you a spy sent by that dog emperor Zhao Wuji?!"
The person's voice was hoarse and deep, as if it came from the Nine Nether Hells, and could make people's souls tremble.
The next moment, the monster suddenly turned around.
Only to see that his back... actually had no back!
On his back, there was actually an old woman!
No wonder Zhao Bao felt that this monster had four arms and four legs. It turned out that this monster was actually a man and a woman joined together.
To be precise, they were a pair of conjoined twins with their backs connected!
This congenital malformation caused their movements and postures to be different from ordinary people, presenting a distorted and strange coordination. Although the heads and upper bodies of the two were independent, their backs were closely connected, forming a symbiotic relationship.
This made them even more terrifying and frightening, as if they were monsters walking out of a nightmare.
"You are an eunuch! You are wearing the uniform of the Jishi Factory eunuchs!"
The woman facing Zhao Bao at this time was full of阴冷 and resentment, her voice was extremely sharp, as if it could cut through this dark space:
"You are that dog emperor's dog! A lackey!"
And this pair of heterosexual conjoined twins exuded an妖异 and evil aura, as if they were the embodiment of evil.
Zhao Bao was so frightened that he desperately kowtowed and begged for mercy:
"Two seniors, Zhao Wuji has been dead for decades!"
"I was really knocked off the cliff and accidentally fell here. It really has nothing to do with Zhao Wuji!"
Zhao Wuji was the founding emperor of the Daqian Dynasty and had already passed away for more than forty years.
While kowtowing and begging for mercy, Zhao Bao also noticed the abnormality of this pair of heterosexual conjoined twins.
Although the heterosexual conjoined twins had a powerful aura, many of the bones in their bodies seemed to have been drawn out, especially their limbs.
Their hands and feet could only droop softly and weakly, as if they had lost all their strength.
At this time, they were able to float in the air entirely by relying on their powerful internal strength.
"Liar! You are a shameless liar!"
The old woman screamed, her voice as sharp as a night owl:
"That dog emperor Zhao Wuji crossed the river and demolished the bridge! When he wanted to conquer the world, he knelt in front of our siblings like a dog and begged us for help, a docile and obedient dog! Our siblings could make him eat shit and he would eat it without hesitation."
"But after he became emperor, he immediately turned his back on us! He broke and drew out the bones of our siblings, and then poured poison that would burn when exposed to sunlight into us, and then locked us in this dark underground."
"We must kill him! We must peel his skin, draw his tendons, eat his flesh, and drink his blood!"
Following closely, she turned around, and the old man behind her faced Zhao Bao.
Only to hear the old man say grimly:
"You are Zhao Wuji's lackey, we will eat you first!"
"After eating you, a little eunuch, we will go and eat your dog emperor!"
Saying that, the old man opened his bloody mouth, revealing a mouthful of jagged yellow teeth, and bit towards Zhao Bao fiercely.
At this time, the old man was like a恶鬼 who had escaped from hell, exuding an extremely strange and evil aura.
Zhao Bao's eyes widened in shock, and he screamed in terror:
"Don't... don't!!!"
However, no matter how miserably he screamed, it was impossible for him to escape the old man's clutches.
The old man only moved his mind, and a vast internal force immediately enveloped Zhao Bao's whole body, making him unable to move.
The next moment, Zhao Bao's shrill screams resounded through the cave...