Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Future Is Hopeless
It was always much easier to go down the mountain than to go up, but Qi Wuwei deliberately walked slower than when he went up the mountain, and when he walked halfway up the mountain, Yusheng's residence, he even wanted to go to the rocking chair to spend a few days in waste. Pen fun and court www.biquge.info but this is not nostalgia.
He was just trying to make things difficult for the monk who had no grievances. Although they didn't have much time together, they had only seen each other for a few days, and Qi Wuwei even forgot the appearance of the monk, but he was obsessed with such a procrastination and wanted to drive the monk away as soon as possible. A trace of doubt in his intuition could not be ignored in his undisguised intentions, and Qi Wuwei tried his best to delay, not only to make the possibility of the monk leaving, but also to think clearly about where he had gone in the past.
"Drive him away, don't kill him with your own hands! I'm afraid of dirty my hands!" Qi Wu explained to himself, and in a daze, he felt that it made sense, and his mood was happy, and his steps couldn't help but move faster.
And the scene that confirmed his ominous premonition did not happen after he arrived at the bottom of the mountain, when he passed a corner, and saw the figure that had been exposed to the rain for a few days, he couldn't help but fall into contemplation, in this world, but there are really people who have done these things for me Qi Wuwei, endure the wind and rain and wait hard, either a great favor or a great hatred!
Qi Wuwei thought about it, he couldn't help laughing, he stood still, waiting for the monk to continue to come over, Qi Wuwei knew that the monk couldn't see himself, or rather, Qi Wuwei believed that the monk couldn't see himself.
"Stinky bald donkey!" A shout came from behind Qi Wuwei, and before Qi Wuwei could look back, the speaker had already flipped to the monk's side, and a fist was swung out, and it had the momentum of smashing the monk's head.
Qi Wuwei recognized that it was Xi Singfeng, and he immediately shouted: "Wait!
The fist stopped in front of the monk's face, and Xi Songfeng looked at Qi Wuwei: "Brother Wuwei, this is an agreement a long time ago! If he dares to come up the mountain again, I will kill him!"
"Please spare him another life," Qi Wuwei said, "If you want to exchange something for it, what does Brother Singfeng think of this knife?" Qi Wuwei took out the knife of Lou Xingque and ran over and handed it to Xi Songfeng.
Xi Singfeng smiled, "That's right! Thank you for keeping it on your behalf!"
Qi Wuwei smiled and nodded, this is indeed a safekeeping, for this thing that he can't use, he hasn't even come out of the sheath to see the blade, he knows that the relationship between Xi Songfeng and the proud man's father and son is by no means shallow, and he also knows that the proud man's original plan to give the knife made by his father is to transfer it to Xi Sangfeng through his own hand, this knife must always be given, he can wait for Xi Songfeng to punch the monk's head before giving it, which is in line with the original intention of his own explanation, but he ......
Xi Songfeng's cat followed, and Xi Songfeng bent down and stretched out an arm to let the cat climb into his arms. Xi Songfeng said: "Brother Wuwei, don't you go up the mountain with me?"
Qi Wuwei shook his head, "No! I'm tired!"
I saw Xi Songfeng raise his head and shout to the top of the mountain: "Yusheng, just take me up with me!" A gust of wind rose from under his feet and led him to the mountain.
Qi Wuwei looked at the idealistic monk, the latter had been silent, he seemed to have only faced Qi Wuwei from beginning to end, he never turned his face, and the four eyelids were easily attached in pairs, which had always been like this.
"I should have gone back with the song. Qi Wuwei thought.
......
Although their enemies have never appeared, the war-hardened Xuning Mansion, as a soldier, has always lined up obeying orders before eating, drinking, and Lazar.
In the wide open city gate, a large number of people are pouring out of Pirong City, they are all people in the martial arts, and they don't seem to cherish this safest place at the moment.
On the city gate, a man dressed as a civil official had sharp eyes, and suddenly from the flow of people, he noticed three people who were crowding towards the city gate, and he shouted: "Someone!"
A soldier came running and answered: "Govern!"
The consul of Birong City ordered: "Go and call a few more people, go and do things separately, evacuate the crowd under the door, don't let them shout here, and call Liang Governor to come and guard it, he must go down with me to welcome the return of the prince." ”
"But the prince and his entourage are all riding high-headed horses, and now there is a group of people in Wuyang, and they really can't see anything. ”
The archon of Birong City kicked him on the lap, "Go!"
Even though the instructions issued by the ruling of Birong City were very simple, in such a group of soldiers with strong execution ability, after a while, the three people crowded in the crowd could no longer see the group of people who had just squeezed with them, and only the rulers and guards of Birong City who were ready to meet the battle and slowly walked out were left in front of them.
King Xuning said lightly: "I haven't seen you for a few days, so there's no need for such a big show." ”
The ruler of Birong City knew that he didn't like superfluous actions, so he said: "The three big horses when the prince went are not one left at the moment, and the journey should be tiring, so the next official will save the greetings and send the prince back to the house first!"
"No!" King Xuning stopped him, "I hope that you will have the strength to arrange such a big scene after you have dealt with the things I have explained." I still have some energy to listen to your report, inspect the results you have completed, and return home, but I am not in a hurry. ”
"So...... Please come with me, Lord Wang!" said the ruler of Birong City.
Along the way, King Xuning never needed to be carried in a sedan chair, and because of this, he saw clearly how many people he was surrounded by, and when he passed by the bazaar, he could see that the pedestrians on both sides knelt down and kowtowed, and he angrily said to Pirong City: "Tell them to get up! This is the etiquette to the Son of Heaven!"
"Lord Wang. The ruler of Pirong City said, "The Son of Heaven is their approved protector, in these times, please let them be like this, come with me first!"
A stone tower, with a spiraling staircase in it, only King Xuning and the consul of Birong City entered, and reached the top of the stone tower. On the wall, there are mottled windows the size of a pot, and the names of places are marked in black and red letters below. King Xuning swept it at a glance, and the place names were not bad as he thought.
"How about replying?" asked King Xuning.
"Here. "The ruler of Birong City took out a stone slab, and the red and black letters on the stone slab corresponded to the names of various places on the surrounding walls, and above each place name, there was a reply letter, looking at the size of the paper, it should be a flying pigeon.
King Xuning took it and looked at it, and he didn't know where to read it for a while, and the ruler of Birong City explained: "All the kings of the country, all agree with your opinion, the prince, you have entrusted the royal blood to the messenger we sent, the letter has been coming for a few days, I believe that the people of the royal family will arrive soon." ”
King Xuning looked at it, but he was suspicious, "What do the kings think about the affairs of Zhongzhou?"
The ruler of Pirong City looked embarrassed, "He ...... They agreed!"
"What?"
"The kings have moved here with their families!"
King Xuning's eyes were dark, and he was about to fall, "Heh...... They had never seen it with their own eyes, but they had no doubt that they would dare to abandon their fiefdom and seek refuge from someone like them who had never fought for anything?" he suddenly deflated, such a person who was proud of the ranks in the rivers and lakes, when he carried the burden of his family and country, he was powerless, especially after seeing that his blood relatives had no enterprising heart, he felt even more that his future was as uncontrollable as his family and country.
"Lord Wang......" said the ruler of Birong City, "do you need me to continue to report?"
King Xuning nodded, "I'm fine, you continue." ”
"Yes! The above is the domestic response, for foreign countries, the lower officials have issued letters recalling the princesses who have married off under your name. "The ruler of Birong City said.
King Xuning was puzzled, "This ...... Is it necessary?"
"Lord, if you don't recall those princesses, although this city seems to be unbreakable at the moment, if something happens to Xuning Mansion and the domestic royal bloodline is destroyed, the only remaining royal bloodline will have great control over the throne, and outsiders will naturally covet it, especially the neighboring monarchs who control these princesses who are married out. ”
When King Xuning heard this, he felt that there was some truth in his heart, so he didn't want to blame him for being open-mouthed, "Then how do they respond?"
"Except for the four countries, whose capitals are far away in the west pole of the sea and cannot respond for a while, all the other countries agree to this proposal, but they unanimously put forward a condition. ”
"Oh?"
The ruler of Birong City paused and said: "They learned that the prince was not married, so they made a request for marriage, and asked the prince to agree to this matter before he was willing to send the royal blood back." ”
"Hehehe......" King Xuning could only smile bitterly, he looked at the ruling of Birong City, "Luo Jingming, you say, is this a matter of chasing ducks to the shelves?"
"That's reluctance, but lord, are you willing to watch the dynasty fall?"
"This king is unwilling!"
"Then the prince only needs to show the common people a healthy appearance, an appearance that will not be defeated, just know this, and everything else will always be fine. ”
King Xuning was silent, as if he had acquiesced, he looked in the direction of the city gate through the window where the carrier pigeon landed, and there were still people in the martial arts pouring out.
King Xuning asked, "Why are so many people leaving this place?"
Luo Jingming replied: "A few days ago, it was rumored that An Qiuliang, who colluded with demons and evil spirits and caused a demon disaster in the sword duel, had a sister who was still in our country, and the woman was even mixed in with the third-rate fifteen heroes. ”
"Who will it be?, the one who carries the news, and the one who offers the reward?" said King Xuning to himself.
Luo Jingming has confirmed part of the authenticity of this matter from King Xuning's reaction, "The person who sent the news has no way to verify it, but the person who offered the reward, even if it doesn't exist, will come out when this thing is done." ”
"The people in the rivers and lakes are not restrained, but can anyone in the official army give an order to go to search?"
"The subordinate can guarantee that there is no such person in the army!"
"Okay!" King Xuning nodded weakly, "I'll be here today, this king will return to the house on his own, and you don't need to lead troops to follow." ”
"Yes!"
Walking slowly, the extremely high martial arts attainments made him gradually relax in this short journey, no longer bothered about these things, and when he returned home, he might not bother with these things anymore.
......
A city that had never been seen before was displayed in front of him, and the mediocre man's cane tapped lightly on the ground, suppressing his excitement.
He asked, "This is the capital of the Tomb Prison?"
The sisters and brothers of the Feng family nodded, and when the **** two left on the order of Canghui, they were surrounded by killers in the prison capital, and the two of them escaped with injuries, wanting to find Canghui, but saw that Canghui and his wife had been taken away by the people in the prison capital. They didn't dare to act rashly, so they followed quietly all the way, and came to this place, and by chance they bumped into a group of mediocre people who seemed to be looking for something.
The mediocre said: "But according to Canghui, the sky in the prison capital is eternally dark. ”
"This ......" The Feng family sisters and brothers looked embarrassed, and the two looked at each other and said, "We really don't know!"
The mediocre nodded, "Okay! I'll go in alone, black and white!"
"Here!" replied in unison, in black clothes and white brocade robes.
"Take care of the two strong men of the Feng family for me. ”
"Yes!"
After speaking, the mediocre man picked up the cane and the big knife he was carrying, and dragged the knife slowly into the prison capital.
He looked straight ahead, the scenes of the cells on both sides had been swept with his peripheral vision, and it was impossible for any possible threat, any possible murderous intent, to escape his perception. The knife was dragged on the right, and the door in front of him was gently pushed with his left hand, but the scene behind the door made him unforgettable.
It's like a three-dimensional picture, every place seems to be alive, but it's a real "dead thing", many, many people, the same dress, the same joyful and cruel expressions, are gathering around to watch something, as if they are going to cheer the next moment, but this "next moment" It will never come, because they are already dead, their feelings are deprived in an instant, and their life is slowly disappearing in an uncontrollable body, which may be the number one torture in the world, and the mediocre man has driven straight to the center of this prison capital, unhindered only because someone has stepped first and helped him clear the way forward.
The mediocre squeezed into the circle surrounded by everyone in the prison capital, there was a pool of blood in that circle, and the bleeding was not the death of everyone in the prison capital, his heart trembled, and he knew that something should have happened to Canghui and his wife, and he had no time to take care of Canghui's affairs, he looked at the faces of everyone in the prison capital one by one, but he never saw that person, so he could only walk towards the dungeon in the depths of the prison capital non-stop, hoping to find the person he was very familiar with, but he couldn't say anything familiar.
......
At the end of the dungeon, a weak figure slowly walked into the cell that had been used to hold Cang Hui and Jing Shuiyi, he staggered, walking extremely difficult, but he insisted on putting a smile on his face, but maintaining this smile was as difficult as he walked, he smiled far-fetched, laughed sadly, he was wearing the face that the mediocre was looking for, he was the lord of the prison capital, Xu Yuanjue.
Kneeling down at the end of the dungeon, kneeling beside the corpses of the lonely city that began to decompose, Xu Yuanjue reverently recited: "Jiling Prison Capital, my life belongs, the road of the hidden spring, for me to appear!" The surrounding scenery changed as he spoke, like an illusion but extremely real, the walls collapsed, the ground collapsed, and he fell into an infinitely dark dungeon like entering the void, and the only place where Xu Yuanjue knelt on his knees.
"Lord...... Zai ......" Xu Yuanjue's voice was already difficult to form, "You...... Come...... Pick-up ...... I...... Is it?"
"No," replied a voice, "you called me, not me to pick you up." The voice was in front of Xu Yuanjue, but Xu Yuanjue couldn't see it anymore.
"Listen," the voice continued, "I will not take you back, though you called me, but there is a man here who is better suited to enter the fountain than you. ”
The mediocre man who had witnessed the whole process with his ears slowly walked in, holding a torch in his hand, because this place was still a light-opaque dungeon in his opinion, and by the light of the torch, he saw the master of Youquan, and also saw Xu Yuanjue who collapsed in front of the master of Youquan. He originally came for Xu Yuanjue, but when he saw the Lord of Youquan at this moment, he was stunned, he had never suffered the calamity that everyone in the prison capital had encountered, but at this moment, his speech became fragmented, "You...... You!"
The Juggernaut of Youquan stood still, he was dressed in a red dress, he was handsome, he looked young, and there was an extraordinary wind like a king in his conversation, "Do you recognize me?"
The mediocre said: "You are the eldest son of the Kunpeng Thunder Emperor and the eldest prince of the Anlu Kingdom. ”
"Hah!" the Juggernaut of Youquan smiled, "Brother-in-law, don't you call me 'Brother Eldest King'?"
The mediocre man closed his mouth in surprise, after many years, even though they had experienced great changes in each other, the person in front of him who was older than him had not changed much, "Brother Changwang, why did you become the master of some Youquan, and why did you have these connections with him?" The mediocre man pointed at Xu Yuanjiao and asked.
"I didn't ask you, and you don't want to come and expose my scars. "Well," said the Juggernaut of the Spring, "then...... Brother-in-law, don't you go with my brother and me to the secluded spring to catch up with the old days?"
The mediocre man heard it clearly, he knew that behind this prison capital, there was still a force called "Youquan", so Cang replied that the power of the prison capital had been destroyed by the lonely city, but Xu Yuanjue was still able to bring out the new power of the prison capital to capture Canghui in such a short time, thinking that he borrowed the power of Youquan.
"No!" said the mediocre man, "I am not here to catch up today!"
The Juggernaut of Youquan smiled, "Are you sure?" He pressed his hand on the head of the collapsed Xu Yuanjue, stepped on Xu Yuanjue's body, took off Xu Yuanjue's head with a slight twist, and faced the mediocre man with Xu Yuanjue's reluctant smiling face, "Didn't you come to look for him to catch up?"
The torch fell to the ground, and the mediocre man seemed to be able to see those two faces without the firelight, he knew that it must be the same scorn, the same mockery, just like the eyes of all parties he had experienced over the years, he picked up a life from the demon cave in Fengyu Mountain, and never felt that he had lost anything, but at this moment, he suddenly understood.
......
The royal robe guest walked into the hiding place of Qingluo skirt and Lian Huangxi, and he felt that this way was only a group of people who hugged him compared to the momentum of the Son of Heaven.
His steps were not heavy, and the two people resting in the back room did not notice his arrival.
The royal robe cleared his throat and shouted for himself: "My emperor has arrived!"
There was a rush of footsteps, followed by the voice of Qingluo's skirt shouting, "Don't worry! I'll go see this first...... The Imperial Robe?"
"Well, it's me!" nodded the robed guest.
Qingluo skirt smiled politely, as if respecting the eldest lady of a rich and noble family who "a woman is virtuous if she is not talented", she made a gesture and said: "Oh!
The royal robe guest wiped his sweat and returned a salute.
But seeing that Qingluo's skirt smile remained unchanged, he suddenly raised his hand and sleeves, and three silver rays of silver light "swished" towards the imperial robe. The movement of wiping the sweat on his forehead with one hand did not hesitate, and the other hand only gently flipped his wrist, and a folding fan appeared out of thin air in his hand.
The laughing man turned into a royal robe, and he did not forget to mock: "The girl's welcome really caught me off guard!"
Seeing that she didn't succeed, Qingluo Skirt had to hide her embarrassment with an angry face, "Don't be polite, tell me what you mean, it's not okay after you finish speaking, no, no! I can answer you now! Then leave quickly, and return the girl to a secluded place!"
"Hehehe......" The royal robe guest couldn't say anything.
Qingluo skirt continued: "So it seems that you 'I' want to save all the trouble and go directly?" Qingluo skirt said, already walking in the direction of the imperial robe, this is the posture to send him away.
"Hey, girl! Wait!Listen to me, at least you have to wait for me to explain my intentions before bombarding me away!" "The imperial robe guest is in a hurry, he is really not good at dealing with women, and the Qingluo skirt in front of him is as difficult as he has never seen before.
Qingluo skirt didn't seem to hear it, and almost pushed the royal robe guest to the door, and said with a smile: "Okay, tell me what you mean!" The imperial robe guest knew that the meaning of Qingluo skirt was to push himself out directly after speaking, and he knew better that after he really talked about it, he would definitely be sent out by Qingluo skirt in a more unfriendly way.
"I'm here to ......," said the royal robe, "for the sake of proposing." ”