A person who is famous in Daxuan and is the most powerful person in ancient and modern times!
Legend has it that he can call the wind and rain, control tigers and elephants, and his Taoism is so profound that it is almost like a god. With his own power, Xuan Tao has become popular and reached its peak!
"Ah?" Xu Zun was shocked, "Daxuan Kingdom Master Qiu Dingtian? He... isn't he already dead?"
"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 answered in the affirmative.
Gulu...
Xu Zun swallowed and felt his spine start to feel cold again. He almost couldn't help but ask: "Is Qiu Dingtian a woman?"
However, he still suppressed these words. If he was the first to mention women, it would most likely arouse suspicion and increase the risk of Ku Niang being exposed.
He searched his mind quickly and quickly came up with the answer, which proved that Qiu Dingtian was not only a man, but also an old man who was nearly ninety years old!
What's happening?
Xu Zun felt confused in his mind. Could it be that... Ku Niang is not a thing in an iron coffin?
But... Ku Niang once said personally: The reason why the coffin was made of iron was because an ordinary coffin could not contain her at all!
That……
Xu Zun broke into a cold sweat, and he became more and more aware that the word "Xuan" in the Daxuan Dynasty indeed hid a mystery.
Could it be that...there are really things in this world that science cannot explain?
"Xu Zun," Cai Kun reminded him immediately when he saw Xu Zun lost his mind, "you must know that this secret must not be told to another person under any circumstances!"
"Yes Yes……"
Xu Zun was ashamed. He had known for a long time that the iron coffin had not been transported by the official government, and there must be a hidden secret in it.
Now that he knows the secret, he must keep it secret even if he dies.
"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. What shocked him was not why Qiu Dingtian wanted to defect, but what he discovered was a cruel fact:
Once he knew this secret, there was no turning back!
"It's not that I don't want to tell you the specific details," Cai Kun added, "but even I don't know much about them."
"That is to say..." Xu Zun asked tentatively, "The robbers in Xinye County only took Qiu Dingtian's body?"
"We are also very curious," Cai Kun nodded and said, "Why did they snatch Qiu Dingtian's body?"
"My lord..." 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 surrounded and killed by the Ruan family masters in Xiazhou, so he shouldn't dare to lie.
"They were worried that Qiu Dingtian had a mysterious spirit and his ghost was still there, so they used the local unique dragon-locked iron coffin to bury him.
"Since Qiu Dingtian's disciples were very 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 transported the corpses back were all internal security experts who went to Xiazhou back then. Unexpectedly, everything went smoothly, but they arrived in Xinye County and were robbed and killed, and the corpses were also missing!"
"This..." Xu Zun felt extremely uneasy...
"It is precisely because the body was snatched away," Cai Kun said, "that this matter has become a serious concern for the Queen Mother!"
Xu Zun finally understood why the Queen Mother was not so concerned about Xuanmen's rebellion.
Because the influence of Qiu Dingtian is far greater than that of those Xuanmen rebels.
It is said that most of the bureaucrats in the court have various connections with Qiu Dingtian. Nowadays, Xuan Dao is prevalent, and only those who believe in Xuan Dao can get more promotion opportunities.
And if you want to believe in Xuan Dao, you must be approved by Qiu Dingtian himself or his disciples.
Shen Xinglian's eldest brother, Shen Xingran, was qualified to become an official in Beijing because he took the initiative to show friendship to Qiu Dingtian's disciples.
Xu Zun really couldn't understand why such a high-ranking figure, who was nearly ninety years old, wanted to defect.
Have you...offended the Queen Mother?
Or...is there any hidden secret?
More importantly, where did Ku Niang come from?
"Yonghui is the junction of Xiazhou and Tangzhou," Cai Kun pointed out to Xu Zun, "The original dragon-locking iron coffin also passed through there, so..."
"oh……"
Xu Zun nodded, finally understanding what the Queen Mother meant by sending him to Yonghui!
This was under the guise of investigating the evil ghost cannibalism incident, and asked him to look for clues to the iron coffin case.
This errand...
Xu Zun instantly felt that those gold and silver treasures were no longer so fragrant. It is conceivable that the trip to Yonghui must be full of dangers. No wonder the Queen Mother sent eight guards to herself!
What Xu Zun was more worried about was the identity of Ku Niang.
Who is she?
No wonder he didn't arouse too much suspicion by taking her with him. It turned out that the iron coffin contained Qiu Dingtian's body.
Depend on……
He was wondering in his heart, could it be that this bitter mother was Qiu Dingtian who became an immortal? A nearly ninety-year-old old man transformed into an immortal and turned into a young girl?
Otherwise, how could this bitter mother be so strange? And she could also pull out Wei Beihui's trachea with one move?
Why?
Right?
When thinking of Wei Beihui, Xu Zun suddenly remembered an important thing. Wei Beihui clearly recognized Ku Niang, and he even left half of the word "devil" behind before he died!
So...since you recognize Ku Niang, does it mean that Ku Niang cannot be Qiu Dingtian?
Besides...this isn't Journey to the West, can it really be changed into Seventy-Two?
The more Xu Zun thought about it, the more confused he became, but no matter how much he thought about it, he did not dare to tell Cai Kun the truth about Ku Niang.
Because in that case, not only would it be tantamount to betraying Mr. Shen, but it would also bring disaster to the Shen family.
What's more, Ku Niang is not someone to be trifled with! If you really tell me, will your trachea be saved?
"Jiying," Cai Kun said earnestly, "I hope you will live up to the Queen Mother's grace, and I hope you can surprise us again!"
Xu Zun complained in his heart, I don’t know if there are any surprises, but you really gave me a shock!
How I longed to know the secret about the iron coffin before, but now, how much I hope not to let me know...
After that, Xu Zun and Cai Kun reminisced about old times and talked about the fake Qiu Yongnian.
Cai Kun told Xu Zun that the fake Qiu Yongnian had recovered somewhat after being diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, but the situation was good and bad, and it was not appropriate to use severe punishment. No valuable information had yet been obtained.
However, they have asked people from the Hanlin Academy to come and identify him, and they have confirmed that it was not this person who was studying in the Hanlin Academy, but the real Qiu Yongnian.
In this way, the speculation of manipulation by someone in the DPRK is eliminated.
Cai Kun estimated that this group of people headed by the fake Qiu Yongnian should be related to the black hand who instigated Japanese assassins to assassinate the Queen Mother.
The reason why they wanted to create a fake iron coffin incident in Xinye County was to shock the mountain and find clues to the real iron coffin case.
It can be seen that the planners of the two iron coffin incidents had the same purpose, and they both wanted to find the contents of the iron coffin.
Because of this, Cai Kun and others became increasingly suspicious of whether Qiu Dingtian's body contained any major secrets...
