Chapter 1403 The Secret in the Shadows

Many people on the street stopped to look at the bright red and gold Xia Mi with her phoenix crown and harem. She became the most dazzling scenery on the street. Many girls who had not yet changed their clothes couldn't help but gather here. Coming over and looking into the store, the photographer picked up the Sony and Canon and kept pressing the shutter to capture. The owner at the door of the store stood there with his hands folded and humming with confidence. He seemed to be quite satisfied with Xia Mi, an amateur with a discerning eye. investment.

"I originally wanted to choose the phoenix robe that Wu Zetian wore when she ascended the throne, but I couldn't bear it. The shop owner insisted on letting me try on this phoenix robe. So I gave it a try." Xia Mi carried the robe and skirt and walked down the stairs to Chu. Next to Zihang, there was a pleasant scent of incense, sandalwood mixed with some cloves, which added a lot of texture to the golden and red luxurious clothes.

"Didn't I say I'm not noticeable?" Chu Zihang whispered, noticing the vague commotion and countless eyes on the street.

"Senior brother, are you admitting that I look beautiful in this outfit?" Xia Mi showed a naughty smile in the fur of the fox fur. This outfit always gave her a sense of superiority and sinisterness.

Chu Zihang looked at Xia Mi's gorgeous makeup with a critical eye, probably estimating how much it would cost to rent this outfit. They didn't have much cash left on them, and they were worried that Zhengtong would capture them from the bank and credit card transactions. Location, they have been using the cash given to them by Su Xiaoqiang in advance since they escaped. After shopping and eating and drinking in the past few days (mainly Xia Mi), there should not be much left. In the end, they will be in a pinch. People have to go and spend the night under the overpass.

"Okay, this outfit was rented to me for free by the boss, but the condition is that I have to advertise their store, and if anyone asks me where I rented the clothes, I have to tell them that it is here - don't just stand here like an idiot, Go in and change your clothes." Xia Mi leaned close to Chu Zihang and whispered,

"Change clothes?" Chu Zihang was startled for a moment, and then turned around to see two makeup girls staring at him like wolves at the door of the store, as if they wanted to tie him into the store and make drastic modifications.

"I also rented your share. Although I didn't spend any money on my share, your share did! If we produce costumes, we have to team up together, otherwise it would be boring for me to dress up!" Xia Mi knows how to keep company. Those who travel will never forget their senior brother if something good happens, but now Chu Zihang would rather she forget him.

"I don't need it." Chu Zihang declined the offer.

"I've spent all my money!" Xia Mi's fingers under Hong's sleeves poked Chu Zihang's hard arms, "It's not just for junior sister's sake, it's also for our room fee tonight!"

"Did you use the room fee to rent clothes?" Chu Zihang asked in a low voice.

"This is called a reasonable investment! I signed a verbal betting agreement with the boss. As long as his passenger flow tonight can more than triple due to our promotion effect, the rental fee for your clothes will be free of charge. They will give us a part of the rebate, so that our travel funds will be guaranteed in the next few days! ”

Xia Mila dragged Chu Zihang and handed him into the hands of the little girl who was wearing makeup. She stood on the stone steps in front of the store and watched with a smile as he was dragged in. The red lantern made the shadow of her clothes blurry in the night. Very long and beautiful.

Chu Zihang was brought into the store, and before he said anything, he was pressed on a chair and pointed at the mirror. The makeup girls opened their arms left and right, and painted all kinds of colors on his face. I can actually meet a naturally handsome guy. His nose bridge is so straight that he doesn’t need any shadow. However, his eyebrows can still be trimmed and his jawline can be more prominent and appear more textured.

Chu Zihang didn't say anything, and sat on the chair quite cooperatively, because this scene somewhat awakened his ancient memories. At that time, he was still young, and his mother and a group of beautiful aunts played with him like this in the villa as a child. , everyone liked to put some weird makeup on his face when he was a child, and after a long time of fiddling with it, they rolled on the floor laughing at their own masterpiece.

After putting on makeup, almost the entire store staff gathered around Chu Zihang and sighed that he could still be so handsome. Then the store manager came to chase them away in person, took a set of clothes and handed them to Chu Zihang Hang asked him to go to the dressing room alone to change clothes, and repeatedly told the female hooligans in the store not to peek or knock on the door to molest the customers.

After Chu Zihang walked out of the dressing room, almost everyone in the store's eyes lit up, and many people were already ready to exchange contact information with their flashing mobile phones.

When passing by the floor-to-ceiling mirror, Chu Zihang saw the style of clothes he was wearing. It was actually a black official uniform, embroidered with silver flying fish patterns. It was shaped like a python with fish fins and tail. It was not a real flying fish shape. , is a pattern similar to dragon head, fish body and wings. The whole outfit is quite tight, and the common leather fabrics add a lot of texture to the whole. There is also a dark black Suan Ni belt around the waist, revealing the red rope and jade beads on the waistband.

This is a flying fish suit, an official uniform that was later modified. According to real history, the flying fish suit in the Ming Dynasty was either red or yellow, but not black. However, this piece of clothing is mainly black. There are dark black wristbands on both hands, and a brown hat is also given, which adds a mysterious flavor to the whole, reminiscent of those mysterious institutions called "Jinyiwei" hidden in the shadows of history.

When Chu Zihang was about to leave, the store manager reached out to stop him, circled around him twice, kept mumbling that something was missing, and finally slapped him and said that he was missing a few props! So I personally took Chu Zihang to the store's warehouse to get a suitable prop.

Chu Zihang followed him to the deepest warehouse of the store. After opening the warehouse, he walked in and looked up to find that there were many carefully made one-to-one imitations on many shelves, such as "Golden and Gem-Inlaid Dragonfly Hairpins." There are everything from tourmaline and aquamarine beads, to gold-embedded gemstone phoenix picks, to black satin-embellished emerald phoenix and peony millinery. I believe that even if they are imitations, the rental price must be high.

I don't know why, when seeing those beautiful props, Chu Zihang can't help but think of how they looked when they appeared on Xia Mi. Some decorations were rejected, and some decorations were deeply remembered by him. The girl's smile kept appearing in front of her, as well as her beautiful appearance in the phoenix crown and red robe.

When he was looking at the dazzling array of props in the warehouse, a sheathed sword was thrust into his hand from behind, and a woman's voice said:

"In ancient times, a qualified Jin Yiwei must always carry his Xiuchun Dao with him. He could directly drive the guards and patrol and arrest. He would kill first and then report. This is authorized by the imperial power."

Chu Zihang picked up the scabbard in his hand. The moment he took it, the heavy weight, familiar center of gravity and texture made him suddenly look up.

Holding the scabbard tightly in his hand, Chu Zihang stepped sideways and stared at the person behind him.

The store manager had quietly left the warehouse at some point. Standing behind him was a woman, a woman he was no stranger to.

Standing at the door of the props warehouse, Li Qiuluo looked at Chu Zihang, who was facing him sideways and was ready to draw the sword. His eyes fell on the handle of the sword in his hand that had been pushed out by an inch of dark gold and said calmly, "I've delivered the things to you. I hope you won't forget important belongings easily before leaving next time. This will be a headache. Orthodox does not provide home delivery service."

Chu Zihang stared at Li Qiuluo, and at the same time cast a ray of his peripheral vision on the scabbard of the waist knife he held in his hand. His thumb gently pushed out more blades. After seeing the electric light-shaped "rice wife" folds inside, he realized This sword is his own magical sword, Murasame.

Before leaving the orthodox underground facility, he didn't take the reforged sword with him. Maybe it was because he didn't care about it in desperation, or maybe because since he chose to betray, he shouldn't accept the previous gift from the enemy. It is a certain personal principle of distinguishing public and private.

But no matter what, the knife returned to Chu Zihang's hands, and was personally delivered to him by the orthodox commander Lang Juxu, or now the interim commander-in-chief of the entire orthodox army.

The props warehouse fell into silence. After a long time, Chu Zihang asked, "What do you want?"

He thought he and Xia Mi had gotten rid of Orthodoxy, but he didn't expect that when Orthodoxy really came to them, they didn't even notice it at all. He overestimated his anti-reconnaissance capabilities and underestimated Orthodoxy's local control. .

Now that the other party has found them, they must want to get something from them, either as hostages or to silence them?

"Don't think about taking action. Lang Juxu's last remaining strength has surrounded this neighborhood, including this store. Although the number of people is not too large, it can be regarded as the highest level of response that orthodox can now deal with." Li Qiuluo pointed out. Pointing to his ear, indicating that their call is now being transmitted to the outside world.

Chu Zihang removed his thumb and sheathed the blade. He silently threatened Li Qiuluo, because the other party could approach him quietly, which meant that the credibility of her words was beyond doubt, and it was indeed not a wise choice to take action now. If there had been a net over their heads, then the opponent has already reached the final stage of closing the net, and it is too late to do anything.

"'Jiuzhou' has been observing your movements in the past few days. I have to say that you are really carefree. You have visited almost all the must-see attractions in Bei'an City in a short period of time without being hunted down at all. Tension." She sat on a box near the door of the prop warehouse, clearing the way to leave.

Chu Zihang remained motionless. He was not sure about Li Qiuluo's trump card, and he had no idea about this woman's strength. He only knew that the other party had a high status in the orthodox and knew the exquisite ancient acupuncture. But his subconscious told him that if If he starts here with the idea of ​​capturing the thief first, he may not be able to gain the upper hand.

"You've been watching us, why?" he asked.

The whereabouts of himself and Xia Mi have always been under the control of Zhengtong. There is no such thing as being confused and blind. The other party did not find them, but they just didn't want to do so.

But now, the other party suddenly seems to have a reason to do so. There must be room for negotiation. He needs this space as a turnover before his bloodline is fully restored.

In response to Chu Zihang's question, Li Qiuluo was quiet for a few seconds before answering, "This city is very big and prosperous. It is the homeland we have always wanted to protect. Orthodox nature cannot allow a time bomb to drop randomly." Running around the city, especially if we have no confidence in demolishing it.”

Chu Zihang seemed to understand something, his eyes darkened.

Li Qiuluo looked at the quiet Chu Zihang and suddenly asked, "Is that girl named 'Xia Mi' still waiting for you outside?"

Chu Zihang didn't know why the other party suddenly asked about Xia Mi. He thought it was a threat and subconsciously wanted to reply with some cold words. But before he could speak, he saw Li Qiuluo's cold golden face. Hitomi.

He suddenly realized that there seemed to be a discrepancy between the other party's meaning and his own understanding.

Li Qiuluo stared at Chu Zihang and said softly after a moment, "You don't think that the time bomb I mentioned refers to yourself, do you?"

A strange, cold, and uncomfortable feeling arose in Chu Zihang's heart. He still remembered that the last time he felt this kind of discomfort, his mother led him to the door. After the door opened, standing there was no longer that man, but a new "dad".

He could already smell the fear of being at a loss before the door was opened, and it was exactly the same as he felt now.

"Chu Zihang, you have an out-of-control bloodline. I remember that I gave you a full prescription. As long as you take the medicine on time, there will be no problems. Even if you interrupt the medicine, the hidden dangers of your bloodline will not break out at this time. At most, you can only It can be regarded as a thorn in the blood vessel, but it is far from a time bomb." Li Qiuluo said slowly, every word was extremely clear and calm, "I came to you now to deal with a more serious and important issue. , this matter goes beyond the potential conflicts between the secret party and orthodoxy, and also goes beyond the internal minor chaos that orthodoxy is currently facing. Nothing is more urgent than this matter. I hope you can understand this and listen carefully. What I’m going to say next, answer my question.”

Li Qiuluo must be stopped from continuing to speak, even if he does not hesitate to draw a knife now to force the other party to shut up. This idea appeared in Chu Zihang's mind inexplicably. Otherwise, he would probably regret it.

But in the end, he did nothing but stood there and listened to the other person continue talking.

Li Qiuluo took out a mobile phone from his pocket, lit it up, drew a photo and handed it to Chu Zihang, "Do you know the person in the photo?"

Chu Zihang glanced at the photos on his phone, and then couldn't take his eyes away. It was a photo of a train station. He recognized this train station, South Railway Station! The facility was destroyed in the battle.

The strange thing is that in the photo, the train station that has been reduced to ruins is still standing there. The time stamp in the lower right corner is exactly early that afternoon, an hour before the earth-shattering battle took place. And the focus of the photo is It's not the train station itself, but the person he knows and is familiar with under the shade of a tree next to the South Railway Station clearly captured in this photo.

Someone who should never have been there at that time.

In the quiet warehouse, there was one less breath.

Li Qiuluo looked at the motionless Chu Zihang in front of him indifferently, lowering his eyes slightly.

"A reliable ally provided us with a piece of information, a quite shocking piece of information. As the orthodox commander-in-chief, I was even a little unbelievable when I received that piece of information! After all, no one would have thought that, no matter the secret party, Or is it that the time bomb that Zhengtong has been looking for that can detonate the entire Bei'an has been hidden beside us, hidden in the most inconspicuous place?" Li Qiuluo said calmly, looking at the girl who looked clearly in the photo on the phone. ,

"Xia Mi, how much do you know about this girl's life?"

In the reflection of Chu Zihang's eyes, the hooded girl named Xia Mi in the cell phone photo stood under the shade of the tree, her molten red golden eyes looking at the South Railway Station indifferently, as if waiting for that moment. The farce that was going on inside was over, and she was waiting for the opportunity to appear on stage for the first time.

ps: Open the box!