The rat demon's answer was quite disappointing. His original intention was to find the connection between the country's demise and the inevitable evildoers. If there was really any connection between the two, he could do something targeted to continue the national destiny of the Tang Dynasty.

Harmony number.

Datou didn't know why he wanted to interrogate the rat demon at first. After listening to the two sentences he said before, he guessed what kind of information he wanted to get from the rat demon. Before he could speak, he asked on his behalf, "Let me ask you, are you alive?"

How many years has it been?"

The rat demon had been kicked violently before. Not only was his face bruised and swollen, but one of his two front teeth was also kicked out. His words were a bit leaky, "Ask the hero, I have lived for more than 1,200 years."

After hearing the rat demon's answer, Big Head asked again, "It was the Han Dynasty more than a thousand years ago. You lived from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It is impossible that you have never left Xixia Mountain, right?"

"I also traveled a few times during this period." The rat demon kept observing the expressions of the others as he spoke. It didn't understand why He Datou asked it such mindless questions.

Datou did not continue to follow this question, but changed another question, "From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, there were more than a dozen dynasties, large and small. After you have experienced so many dynasties, have you found that every time you want to change dynasties?

, there will be more monsters coming out to cause trouble than in peacetime?"

The rat demon recalled it for a moment and nodded, "That seems to be the case."

Hearing the words of the rat demon, Datouhe looked at each other, and then continued to ask, "Why don't you come out to do it in peacetime, but wait until the dynasty changes? Did you notice something?"

The rat demon was confused by the big head's question, and said hesitantly, "We don't harm people for no reason. We only come out to look for food when the years are bad, life is difficult, and there is really no food in the mountains."

The rat demon was very dissatisfied with the answer, and glared angrily, "Don't rush to find excuses for yourself, just answer whatever I ask you."

There are not many people who can remain arrogant when someone holds a knife to their neck, and the rat demon is no exception. After being scolded by the big head, he couldn't help but trembled, "Yes, yes, yes."

"Let me ask you again, why are you more active than usual when there is a change of dynasty?" Datou asked again.

The rat demon replied, "Because when dynasties change, there are often wars and chaos. Even if someone goes to report to the officials, the officials have no time to send soldiers or hire Taoist priests to deal with us."

"That's all

?" Datou Duo was disappointed, "Don't you monsters all have magic powers? Did you detect something or predict something?"

Although Datou tried to be simple and straightforward, the rat demon was still confused and didn't know how to answer. He could only secretly be nervous and trembling.

Datou had no choice but to repeat his question again and again, "When the dynasty is about to change, will you be able to detect it in advance?"

"There are precursors to changes in dynasties. Not only us, but also the villagers can notice it." said the rat demon.

Datou's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked eagerly, "What's the sign?"

"Wars are raging and natural disasters occur frequently. These are the precursors of a change of dynasty." The rat demon replied.

Datou asked for a long time, but seeing that the rat demon still didn't understand what he meant, he couldn't help but became a little anxious, "Damn it, you didn't answer the question, you just talked nonsense."

The rat demon was interrogated for a long time, and even now he still doesn't understand what He Datou wants to ask. He was reprimanded again this time, with a look of helplessness on his face, "Hero, what exactly do you want to ask?"

Da Tou took a deep breath to calm down his impatience, turned around and whispered, "What I want to ask is whether you can sense the change of dynasties in advance. Do you understand that perception is not judgment. We can also judge, so I don't need to ask you."

The rat demon finally understood what Big Tou wanted to ask, and shook his head eagerly, "No, no, I'm just an alien who has survived the catastrophe, not a god. How can I spy on the secrets of heaven and predict events beforehand."

After hearing the rat demon's words, the three of them looked disappointed at the same time.

Seeing the disappointment on the faces of the three people, the rat demon began to get scared. He failed to give the three useful clues, and was afraid that his life would be in danger. In order to atone for his sins, the rat demon thought about it eagerly and asked, "Heroes, what are you doing?"

Is it because he is an official from the imperial court that he cares so much about the country's fortune?"

"Can't you sense who we are?" He regretted it as soon as he said it. This rat demon must not have noticed that his destiny was different, otherwise he wouldn't have attempted an assassination attempt.

The rat demon shook his head and asked again, "Do you suspect that the current war is raging because we aliens are behind it?

"

Feeling depressed, he didn't answer the rat demon's question, and Datou and Yu Yi didn't answer either.

Seeing the rat demon trying to leave his seat and stand up, the rat demon became more and more anxious, "Hero, I still have something to say."

"What else do you want to say?!" Datou said in a bad tone.

"Although I don't know when the dynasty will change, I know that when the golden dragon is born, there will be twelve earthly branches accompanying it." The rat demon said eagerly.

I was about to stand up, but my heart suddenly trembled when I heard the rat demon's words, and I sat down again, "What do you mean? Tell me in detail."

The rat demon swallowed his saliva and said, "Each of your dynasties is accompanied by a golden dragon. The golden dragon is the Nine Heavens Qianyang. When it is born, the corresponding twelve earthly branches will appear together. The twelve earthly branches are assisted by the golden dragon.

The golden dragon transmits the Qi of Kunyin. If all the twelve earthly branches die, the golden dragon will not be able to live."

Hearing the rat demon's words, Da Tou and Yu Yi looked up one after another. .??.

This is the first time Mouse Yao has heard what he said, and he cannot tell whether it is true or false. However, he has studied a lot of Taoist classics in Longhu Mountain, which mentioned weather and earth energy. Weather is dry yang, and earth energy belongs to yin and kun. From this

From one point of view, the rat demon's words are not nonsense.

The rat demon was eager to survive and continued, "As far as I know, the change of your dynasty is the replacement of the old golden dragon by the little golden dragon. If you want to continue the national destiny, kill the new little golden dragon and its twelve earthly branches. If you want

If you rebel, go kill the old golden dragon and its twelve earthly branches."

"Do you think we look like rebels?" Big Head scolded with a glare.

"It's not like that, it's not like that." The rat demon waved his hands repeatedly.

Chong Datou waved his hand and turned to the rat demon and asked, "Where did you hear what you just said?"

"I heard what my ancestors said," the rat demon feared not to believe it, so he added eagerly, "I am a rat, and the rat is also one of the twelve earthly branches." At this point, the rat demon was worried about getting angry, so he added eagerly, "I am not

The twelve earthly branches corresponding to the golden dragon, I am the male, and the twelve earthly branches corresponding to the golden dragon are all female."

Datou is observant of words and expressions, and has a solemn expression when he meets them. He knows that the rat demon is not just talking about what he says. He is also familiar with temperament. For bad guys who surrender and are willing to make up for their mistakes, they usually forget about it. Su Pingcuo of Qingyang is a good example.

son.

Thinking of this, he withdrew the Hanyue Knife from the rat demon's neck and said, "Tell me everything you know. My Lord is generous and tolerant. As long as you tell the truth and have nothing to hide, we will let you go later."

go."

After saying these words, the rat demon felt relieved and nodded repeatedly, thanking him profusely.

"Let me ask you, where are the twelve earthly branches that deal with the golden dragon?" Datou asked.

"I don't know," the rat demon explained fearfully, "It's not that I won't tell you, I really don't know."

For fear that the three of them would not believe it, the rat demon searched his intestines and tried to remember, "I remembered it, I remembered it, I heard that the twelve earthly branches all belong to the five elements, and they are all in the place where the energy of the five elements is most abundant."

"What does the five elements of rat belong to?" asked Datou.

"Water." He and the rat demon said in unison.

Seeing the same voice as him, the rat demon felt a little more at ease, and then continued, "I also heard that the twelve earthly branches facing the golden dragon all have dragon-like features."

Nod slowly.

"What else do you know?" Datou asked.

The rat demon didn't answer immediately, lowered his head and started trying to remember.

The original intention was to find the connection between the country's demise and the rise of monsters. Unexpectedly, the connection was not found, but another important information was obtained. The situation mentioned by the rat monster should be true, and it is an unknown secret.

, and the reason why the rat demon knows the secret is because the rat is one of the twelve earthly branches.

After recalling it for a long time, the rat demon finally failed to recall any useful clues, and looked up in embarrassment, mostly frightened.

Datou did understand that the rat demon had found useful clues, and he really couldn't bear to kill it again. Seeing that it had a bruised nose and a swollen face and that it was missing one of its front teeth, he warned and reprimanded it, not allowing it to do any more evil, and gave it some gold and silver.

, let it return to Xixia Mountain. If you have any doubts again in the future, you can go to it and ask for advice.

At this time, it was already bright in the east, and the rat demon escaped from death, took off the rope and fled.

"Sir?" Big Tou looked at him with questioning eyes.
Chapter completed!