My enemies became my companions

Chapter 366 Be careful of that nun
"Before entering the underworld, you encountered a female corpse in a coffin?"

"That's right, and the eldest prince Yin Xing also calls her sister..." Chen Yi paused and added to Zhou Yitang: "So I can't figure it out."

The one-armed woman lowered her eyes and pinched her fingers, as if calculating.

Finally, she shook her head.

Obviously, it can't be calculated.

Chen Yi did not force it, and Yu Zhen Yuan Jun, who was half a step away from becoming an immortal, was also unable to figure it out.

At that time, after Chen Yi told him this, Yu Zhen Yuan Jun was greatly shocked. When he found that he could not calculate the result, he said goodbye and flew away.

I think he went to see the remains in the coffin and confirm their identity.

Although the late emperor was dead, Chen Yi vaguely felt that although the matter was over, something strange remained.

Although they are just some insignificant little anomalies.

Chen Yi thought for a moment and said, "I want to interrogate the Demon Sect elder, Li Yangong."

Zhou Yitang would naturally not object. She also realized that everything in the underworld was different from her previous life.

Even if she had never been to the underworld at this time in her previous life, she could still deduce it through some clues.

After thinking about it, Chen Yi asked, "How did you use that trick?"

"Which one?"

"I know." Chen Yi grinned at her, "That's the only trick."

"..."

The one-armed woman did not blush like the little girl, but after a moment of silence, she said:
"Use with caution."

"I know too."

Chatting with her was never difficult, so Chen Yi strode towards the Yama Palace.

………………

Inside the dark prison.

The azure will-o'-the-wisp fire burned on the iron hook, and the Ox-Head and Horse-Faced Guardians of the dungeon led Chen Yi into the dungeon.

Deep in the dungeon, one could see a white-haired old man sitting on the dry floor.

The white-haired old man closed his eyes and crossed his legs, as if he was meditating.

Although he looked demure, his face was terrifyingly pale, with beads of sweat falling into the lights not far away.

That's called the cold lamp of the underworld.

Ordinary lights in the world use lamp oil as fuel, but this kind of light is different. It uses people's cold sweat caused by fear as fuel.

The light it emits is dark in color.

If this lamp is extinguished, the prisoner will be surrounded by darkness. After a long time, he will be terrified and break out in cold sweats. Then the cold lamp of the underworld will be lit again. When the prisoner gradually loses his fear, the lamp will be extinguished again, and he will be surrounded by darkness again.

And this is just one of the lightest tortures in the hell of hell.

The Demon Cult's elder in charge of punishment sat cross-legged for who knows how long, when he suddenly heard footsteps.

When he opened his eyes, a figure he had never expected appeared in front of him.

"Song Shengbao?"

Chen Yi, wearing a prison guard uniform, stood outside the prison and said in a deep voice:
"When the great Buddha of the Ming Dynasty is born, he will surely restore the world of ignorance."

Li Yangong seemed to be suppressing the joy on his face. He moved closer, grabbed the railing and said:
"You...are here?"

When the former emperor of Dayu ascended to heaven, all the souls in the ghost town were sucked into the soul-calling banner. Li Yangong had no idea that Chen Yi had killed the former emperor.

"Silence," Chen Yi, who was dressed like a jailer, whispered, "When I entered the underworld by chance, I arrived at the ghost town and learned that the elder was used by King Chujiang. But when I arrived at the ghost town, I didn't expect that the elder would become a prisoner overnight."

After hearing this, Li Yangong's face darkened and he let out a long sigh.

He was about to say something when Chen Yi raised his hand to interrupt him, "The shift will be changed in less than a quarter of an hour. To make a long story short, Elder, I can't rescue you. I can only bring the news back to the headquarters."

Li Yangong hesitated for a moment.

Chen Yi lifted a corner of his collar at the right time, and seeing the golden light ripple slightly on the gold paper, the Demon Cult elder's breathing became rapid.

"What great achievements have you made while lurking in the capital?"

"I don't deserve the credit for this. I just saved two saint ladies."

After saying that, Chen Yi shook his head and said:
"Time is running out. I'm afraid the elder will die in vain."

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard outside the door.

Li Yangong nodded repeatedly and explained a series of things one by one.

And just as Chen Yi thought, most of the changes in the underworld were caused by the butterfly effect of taking Yin Tingxue away.

When the Demon Cult entered the underworld, it was the critical time for the late emperor to seize the body of King Chujiang. King Chujiang struggled hard, and in desperation, he invited people from the Demon Cult to come.

The evil cult that viewed the physical body as a cage had always been good at manipulating souls, and they quickly stopped the late emperor from taking over another's body.

But at the same time, Li Yangong was secretly communicating with the soul of the late emperor.

The final result, of course, seemed that King Chujiang had expelled the soul of the previous emperor and began to employ the members of the Demon Cult, but he was betrayed by the Demon Cult instead. The soul of the previous emperor belonged to a paper man, and with the help of the Demon Cult and others, he seized power and usurped the throne.

The late emperor's plan, naturally, was to activate the long-prepared formation to revive the capital.

"The Goddess Taihua was originally going to be summoned to the underworld as the center of the formation, but something went wrong and she slipped out of control."

Li Yangong explained this.

"deviation?"

"The Goddess Taihua was originally looking for a golden boy as her Taoist partner, so the late emperor used him as bait to lure her into the underworld." Li Yangong paused and added, "Of course, there was no real golden boy, but he used a secret method to mess up her hexagrams, making her mistakenly believe that the golden boy was in the underworld. It's just that the situation has changed. For some reason, even though her hexagrams were messed up, she was not led into the underworld..."

Listening to Li Yangong's narration, Chen Yi understood that this was just another insignificant butterfly effect.

The reason why Yin Weiying was not led into the underworld in this life was probably not because of others, but because of his own appearance.

Chen Yi, who has memories of two lives, understands.

To me, Yin Weiying was a person who had never appeared in my previous life, and to Yin Weiying, I was the same.

Now that I think about it, no matter how you look at it, it was a strange fate.

Li Yangong explained a lot in succession. After Chen Yi listened, he stood up and said:
"Elder Li, we will say goodbye now."

After saying that, the footsteps outside the door became more and more rapid, and Chen Yi turned around and left the dungeon.

Staring at Chen Yi's departing back, gusts of cold wind blew in the prison.

A cold wind blew in his face, and Li Yangong stared through the railings at the direction where Chen Yi left.

After a long time, the elder in charge of punishment sneered and said to himself:
"He actually thinks that after so many years in the underworld, I don't know who the real Song Shengbao is."

The cold wind blew, setting off Li Yangong's smiling face.

From the moment Chen Yi walked in, he became suspicious.

Even when he showed the gold paper later, Li Yangong still had doubts.

He was worried that telling a lie would be predicted by divination, so although he did not lie, he did not explain some things that seemed insignificant but were actually very important.

For example, how could the late emperor trust the Demon Cult...

In the dark dungeon, cold lamps were burning, fueled by the cold sweat of terror.

When the cold wind blew past, the cold lamp suddenly burned brightly.

Li Yangong's pupils widened and his hair and beard were trembling.

Chen Yi emerged from the wind: "You actually think that I can't guess that you know."

Li Yangong felt a chill down his spine and said, "You didn't leave?!"

Chen Yi smiled and said, "What else? Let's continue talking about something I don't know yet..."

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Soon after.

Chen Yi walked out slowly from the Netherworld dungeon.

We have discussed almost everything that needs to be discussed.

The cold and chilly floor tiles were right under his feet. The wind in the dungeon was mixed with the howling of ghosts and wolves. I don't know how many souls were tortured, but they were not more miserable than Li Yangong's experience. If he was tortured severely from the beginning, Li Yangong would never tell Chen Yi what he wanted to know, but would keep his mouth shut.

You have to know that people are always emotional. If a person doesn't explain 10% of things out of 100, then he will never say a word even if he dies.

But if a person confesses 80% out of 100%, then it is only natural to force out the remaining 20%.

With the addition of some rhetoric, even if Li Yangong doesn't want to explain, he will tell everything one day.

When they were halfway out of the Nether Dungeon, Chen Yi stopped and listened.

Then, I heard a familiar voice:

"Namo Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, I didn't expect to meet you here."

Chen Yi turned around and saw Concubine Dong walking slowly towards him. Judging from the direction she was coming from and the expression on her face, he guessed that she had obtained the information from someone.

"What are you doing here?"

"I would like to ask the donor instead."

The answer from Master Jueyin was neither friendly nor cold. The monk looked so humble, as if nothing had ever happened between them.

Chen Yiwei pondered for a moment and said, "Exchange of information?"

"That's exactly what I meant." Concubine Dong clasped her hands together and said.

"I went to ask about the Demon Cult. Have you ever heard that... Prince Xiang's mansion was confiscated because of the Demon Cult?"

Chen Yi thought of her status in the palace, so he threw out some ideas to stimulate discussion.

How could Concubine Dong not have heard about the confiscation of Prince Xiang's property? She nodded slightly and said, "I heard that Prince Xiang was the son of the previous emperor and lived lavishly, but he had no talent or ambition, so he turned to the Demon Cult after the death of the princess, and thus brought disaster upon himself."

"Don't you see anything wrong with the question?"

"wrong?"

Seeing the long-haired nun's puzzled look, Chen Yi pointed out:

"How can a paper man have a child?"

Concubine Dong's pupils widened as she realized something.

Chen Yi said coldly: "Prince Xiang is originally a member of the Demon Cult."

"Donor, you mean... the late emperor adopted a member of the Demonic Cult as his son and made him the prince?"

Concubine Dong suddenly had a bolder guess, but she didn't dare to say it out loud for the moment.

Chen Yi said calmly: "The late emperor had already had a connection with the Demon Cult."

This is why the Demon Cult was able to gain the trust of the late emperor in the underworld. The two had already been connected, so there was no question of whether they could gain the trust or not.

Dong Guifei Buddha sang a few times and sighed deeply.

After she digested it a little, she saw Chen Yi staring at her.

It was her turn to give information. Imperial Concubine Dong said, "I think you are more concerned about the things in the capital, so I will give you one thing today, which concerns the Empress Dowager."

"explain."

"The Empress Dowager...has always been a devout believer in Buddhism, so every year she would order people to go to various temples to burn incense and worship Buddha on behalf of the palace."

Queen An was the mother of a country and it was impossible for her to leave the capital at will. There were so many temples and monasteries in the world, so it was common to send people to represent the palace to worship Buddha. So Chen Yi was not surprised when he heard it, but the next moment, his face changed suddenly.

Imperial Concubine Dong paused and said word by word:

"The person sent to worship the Buddha was given the Dharma name Zhihui, and was Zen Master Zhihui."

Chen Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and asked:
"Do you know more?"

Concubine Dong shook her head and said:

"I am trapped in the cold palace, and this is all I know."

Monks do not tell lies. Even though the two of them had only had an in-depth exchange for a short while, after going through so much, they still had some trust in each other. So after Chen Yi calculated with his fingers, he no longer had any doubts.

Chen Yi walked in front, and Concubine Dong followed closely behind him.

Walking out of the dungeon, Chen Yi saw Zhou Yitang waiting not far away.

Chen Yi walked up quickly, and before he could say anything, Zhou Yitang said:
"Who is that?"

Chen Yi blinked his eyes. He knew she was talking about Concubine Dong without turning his head.

I haven't explained my marriage to Yin and Yin Xiao yet. If she knew that I had hooked up with a nun again...

Chen Yi didn't dare to imagine how she would express herself.

He said calmly: "The friends I made on the road are Koreans."

As the one-armed woman listened, she noticed that Concubine Dong only glanced at them and then turned and left, which dispelled any doubts in her heart.

"That woman is a nun. It would be fine if she kept her hair, but she also broke her vows."

Zhou Yitang warned:

"I don't know who she lost her vital energy to, so be careful not to have close relations with her."

The master gave earnest instructions and Chen Yi nodded solemnly.

Seeing him listening attentively, Zhou Yitong's eyes flashed.

He was like this when he first went up the mountain in his previous life. He would listen to everything she said.

Although many things in this life are different from before, but seeing him holding up the Living Sword at that time, perhaps everything has returned to the way it was before.

It always takes time for a perfect match to go through the ups and downs.

"How are you going to leave Beijing?" Zhou Yitang asked in a clear voice.

Chen Yi lowered his eyes as if thinking.

It is easy to say that you want to leave Beijing, but it is also difficult.

His name had been crossed out from the Spring and Autumn Annals, and he just found a random case as an excuse to leave Beijing.

But the problem is, after leaving Beijing, how can we stop the pursuit in Beijing?

There is only a thief who can steal for a thousand days, but there is no such thing as a thief on guard against a thousand days...

"We should paralyze the Queen Mother first..." Chen Yi paused and continued, "Then find an opportunity to force her to let me leave Beijing."

Zhou Yitang said: "Impeachment?"

Chen Yi nodded. He had indeed thought of this method. Now that he was half-son-in-law of King Ren Jing, it would not be a problem to ask him to help impeach him and force him to be expelled from the capital.

But impeachment alone is not enough. It certainly is not enough.

To the woman in Jingren Palace, he was an excellent knife. Even if all the officials impeached him, how could she discard him?
As for what to do, Chen Yi already had a vague idea in his mind.

He turned his head, looked at Zhou Yitang and asked with a smile:
"Master, will you help me?"

"Find your own way out." Zhou Yitang said.

Chen Yi was not surprised by her answer. Back then in the secret realm of the capital, she had already said that this time of teaching him Taoism would be the last time she would help him.

If you count carefully, Zhou Yitang has helped him countless times since leaving the underground palace. Now that he is practicing the Living Sword again, the grudges between them about their past lives are getting smaller and smaller. Chen Yi is no longer as unscrupulous as before, and is more and more afraid of making her angry.

What's more, she has helped me so much.

So Chen Yi sighed resignedly:

"I didn't really want you to help me, I just thought that the Queen Mother wanted to keep me here and force me to marry."

Zhou Yitang said coldly: "I'll help."

Chen Yi: "..."

He burst out laughing, then felt a little scared.

His wife in his previous life didn't even know about the engagement...

Now that it has come to a critical moment, he doesn't want to create more trouble. If he makes Zhou Yitang angry again, it's hard to say whether she will turn around and cooperate with An Hou.

Furthermore, Zhou Yitang seemed to have not completely given up the idea of ​​beheading his three corpses.

All in all, you have to take it slow and make the engagement a smooth transition. Make her happy first, then let her know, so that nothing goes wrong.

After a long while, Chen Yi calmed down. No matter how he wanted to leave the capital, he had to leave the underworld first and see the light of day again.

(End of this chapter)