Volume 3: Evil Ghosts Eat People Chapter 165 Dragon Locking Coffin
Qiu Dingtian.
A person who is famous in Daxuan and unrivaled in ancient and modern times!
Legend has it that he can call the wind and rain, tame tigers and elephants, and his Taoism is so profound that he is almost a god. With his own strength, he made the mysterious Taoism prevail and reach its peak!
"Ah?" Xu Zun was shocked. "Grand Xuan State Master Qiu Dingtian? Isn't he... isn't he dead?"
"He died in Xiazhou two years ago!" Cai Kun replied.
"Then..." Xu Zun was even more surprised, "Inside the iron coffin..."
"Of course it's a corpse!" Cai Kun gave an affirmative answer.
Gurgle...
Xu Zun swallowed his saliva, and felt his spine begin to chill again. He almost couldn't help asking, "Is Qiu Dingtian a woman?"
However, he held back the words. If he mentioned women first, it would most likely arouse suspicion and increase the risk of Ku Niang being exposed.
He searched his mind quickly and came up with the answer in no time, proving that Qiu Dingtian was not only a man, but also an old man who was nearly ninety years old!
What’s going on?
Xu Zun felt his mind was in a mess. Could it be that... Ku Niang was not the one in the iron coffin?
But... Ku Niang once said: The reason why the coffin was made of iron was because an ordinary coffin could not hold her!
That……
Xu Zun broke out in a cold sweat, becoming more and more aware that the word "Xuan" in the Great Xuan Dynasty did contain a hidden meaning.
Could it be that... there really are things in this world that cannot be explained by science?
"Xu Zun," Cai Kun reminded Xu Zun immediately after seeing him lose consciousness, "You must know that this secret cannot be told to anyone else no matter what!"
“Yes, yes…”
Xu Zun was ashamed, he had known for a long time that the iron coffin was not transported through official means, and there must be some hidden story behind it.
Now that I know the secret, I must keep it secret and not tell anyone even if I die.
"Actually..." Cai Kun looked around and whispered in Xu Zun's ear, "Qiu Dingtian went to Xiazhou not to find some elixir for the queen mother, but to... defect!!!"
"ah?"
Xu Zun's heart skipped a beat. He was not shocked by why Qiu Dingtian defected, but by the cruel fact he discovered:
Once he knew this secret, there was no turning back!
" It's not that ," Cai Kun added, "but even I don't quite understand them."
"That is to say..." Xu Zun asked tentatively, "The robbers in Xinye County only took away Qiu Dingtian's body?"
"We are also curious," Cai Kun nodded and said, "Why did they take away Qiu Dingtian's body?"
"Sir..." Xu Zun asked again, "Are you sure... that the Imperial Master is really dead?"
"Well..." Cai Kun thought carefully and said cautiously, "After Qiu Dingtian defected to Xiazhou, he was besieged and killed by Xiazhou's Ruan masters. He should not dare to lie.
“They were worried that Qiu Dingtian had some mysterious spiritual power and his ghost would linger around, so they used the local dragon-locking iron coffin to bury him.
“Because Qiu Dingtian ’s disciples were quite influential in the court, the Queen Mother decided to block the news and secretly transport his body back to the Holy Capital for disposal.
"Those who brought the bodies back were all experts in the inner guards who had traveled to Xiazhou that year. Unexpectedly, they were robbed and killed in Xinye County without incident, and the bodies disappeared!"
"This..." Xu Zun felt extremely uneasy...
"It is precisely because the body was snatched away," Cai Kun said, "that this matter has become a major concern for the Queen Mother!"
Xu Zun finally understood why the Queen Mother was not so concerned about the Xuanmen rebels.
Because Qiu Dingtian's influence is far greater than those Xuanmen rebels.
It is said that most of the bureaucrats in the court have various connections with Qiu Dingtian. Xuandao is prevalent today, and only those who believe in Xuandao can get more opportunities for promotion.
If one wants to believe in the Xuan Dao, then one must be approved by Qiu Dingtian himself or his disciples.
Shen Xinglian's elder brother, Shen Xingran, was qualified to enter Beijing and become an official because he took the initiative to show goodwill to Qiu Dingtian's disciples.
Xu Zun really couldn't understand why such a high-ranking figure, who was nearly ninety years old, would defect .
Did I... offend the Queen Mother?
Or... is there some unspeakable secret?
More importantly, where did Ku Niang come from?
"Yonghui is the border between Xiazhou and Tangzhou," Cai Kun pointed to Xu Zun, "The dragon-locking iron coffin also passed through there, so..."
"oh……"
Xu Zun nodded, and finally understood the Queen Mother's intention of sending him to Yonghui!
Under the pretext of investigating the incident of evil spirits eating people, they asked him to look for clues to the iron coffin case.
This errand...
Xu Zun suddenly felt that those gold, silver and treasures were not so attractive anymore. It was conceivable that this trip to Yonghui would be full of dangers. No wonder the empress dowager assigned him eight guards!
What Xu Zun was more worried about was the identity of Ku Niang.
Who is she?
No wonder I kept her by my side without arousing much suspicion. It turned out that the iron coffin contained Qiu Dingtian’s body.
Depend on……
His heart was beating fast. Could this poor mother be Qiu Dingtian in disguise? An old man in his 90s had ascended to heaven and turned a young girl?
Otherwise, how could this bitter mother be so strange? And she could even pull out Wei Beihui's trachea with one move?
Why?
Isn't that right?
When thinking of Wei Beihui, Xu Zun suddenly remembered an important thing. Wei Beihui clearly recognized Ku Niang, and left half of the word "demon" before he died!
So... since he recognized Ku Niang, that means Ku Niang can't be Qiu Dingtian?
Besides... this isn't Journey to the West, can he really perform seventy-two transformations?
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more confused he became. But no matter how he thought about it, he didn't dare tell Cai Kun the truth about his mother's misfortune.
Because if that happened, it would not only be tantamount to betraying Mr. Shen, but would also bring disaster to the Shen family.
What's more, Ku Niang is not someone you can easily mess with! If I tell anyone about this, won't my trachea be in danger?
"Jiying," Cai Kun said earnestly, "I hope you will live up to the Queen Mother's grace. I look forward to you bringing us surprises again!"
Xu Zun complained in his heart, I don’t know if there is a surprise, but you really gave me a scare!
How I longed to know the secret of the iron coffin before, and now, how I hope you won't let me know...
Afterwards, Xu Zun and Cai Kun reminisced about the past and talked about the fake Qiu Yongnian.
Cai Kun told Xu Zun that the fake Qiu Yongnian had recovered somewhat after being treated by the imperial physician, but his condition was intermittent and it was not appropriate to use severe punishment. No valuable information had been obtained so far.
However, they have asked people from the Hanlin Academy to come and identify him, and it has been confirmed that the person who was studying in the Hanlin Academy was not this person, but the real Qiu Yongnian.
This also eliminates the possibility of manipulation by someone in the court.
Cai Kun estimated that this group of people headed by the fake Qiu Yongnian should be related to the mastermind who ordered the Japanese assassins to assassinate the empress dowager.
The reason why they created a fake iron coffin incident in Xinye County was to make an attack to scare the enemy so as to find clues to the real iron coffin case.
From this we can see that the purpose of the planners of the two iron coffin incidents was the same, which was to find out what was inside the iron coffin.
Because of this, Cai Kun and others became more and more suspicious whether Qiu Dingtian's body was hiding any important secrets...
