19. Murder (1)
Dugu Mansion.
"Where has Qu Qianren gone? ”
King Yan looked proud, sat down, and asked the people around him.
In the huge living room, Dugu Dragon, Gui Yihu, the two and Yan Wang Qiwurong sat together. Around them, Dugu Long, Dugu Xin, and a group of natural disaster masters were sitting in danger, not daring to slack off.
"Why don't you speak?" King Yan looked a little angry and roared at the people around him. "You are the top master of Dongsheng Shenzhou, and the most powerful person in Dayu, can't you handle such a simple matter?"
"What about Qu Qianren? Didn't the master of the first natural disaster of Dayu say that he wanted to take the Hou of the Overlap back to Feng Ho? Why did the Hou of the Overlap run back by himself, but Qu Qianren was gone?"
In the roar of King Yan, everyone still didn't say a word.
Dugu Fei and Gui Yihu were calm and calm, Dugu Long's eyes looked left and right with fiery eyes, but he didn't come out, Dugu Xin lowered his eyebrows and honestly did what a junior should be. Among those natural disaster masters, some looked left and right, and some pretended to be calm.
Only Lian Fei looked at them with disdain, and said confidently: "Perhaps, Qu Qianren was killed by the Hou of the Overlap?"
"Killed?" said King Yan with an exaggerated expression of surprise. "You mean Qu Qianren was killed by a kid in his twenties?"
Lian Fei also felt that his words were a little unbelievable, hesitated for a moment, and chose to be silent.
King Yan seemed to be a little reluctant, and shouted at Gui Yihu and Dugu Yong: "Two, it's been a month since I came to Feng Hao, and I can see that the two of you haven't seen you do anything specific except for connecting other members of the Eight Pillars Kingdom and the royal family. ”
"Also, this coincident marquis had fought with Gui Yushi at the beginning, why didn't you deal with him in the first place? He was just a poor ghost at that time!"
The more he spoke, the more excited he became, his face began to be a little hideous, and his gaze became fierce.
Gui Yihu regretted inviting King Yan to Beijing, but he couldn't stop it. Long before he wrote the letter, King Yan had already contacted the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven and applied to enter Beijing, and the Emperor of the Mandate of Heaven actually agreed.
Gui Yihu suspected that the Emperor of Heavenly Destiny was going to catch them all!
"I sent someone to assassinate him once, but it didn't work. Gui Yihu explained calmly. "He was a minor player at the time, and there was no need to assassinate him a second time. ”
King Yan sighed and laughed mockingly: "Isn't Gui Yushi famous for his revenge and insidious revenge? How could he spare a little character who provoked you? Or were you frightened by him?"
Gui Yihu had to admit that King Yan was really insightful. He shook his head, his hands trembling as he picked up the tea bowl and drank the tea, and continued to be silent.
"What about the Eight Pillars?" King Yan turned his head and asked Dugu Yao with an exaggerated expression.
"He Shi Yuanji built a dragon pattern academy to teach the poor to read and learn dragon patterns, isn't this adding to the blockage of your Eight Pillar Country?
"The patriarch of the Eight Pillars Kingdom is here for you, and the others are all drinking and eating meat in Hanoi, drunk and dreaming of death, right?"
In the face of the aggressive King Yan, Dugu Ling was unhappy, and sneered: "I heard that Shi Yuanji is doing what kind of tuntian and what kind of beggar army is building in Guisui Town. ”
"He collected a lot of cattle, and by the will of His Majesty took the land of the Marquis of Jingming, and distributed the land and cattle to the victims, gave them seeds, and said that he would implement the same policy in other places east of the river. ”
"Then I want to know, there are so many royal families in Hedong, are they watching Shi Yuanji do this?
Everyone present could see that for the sake of leadership, King Yan was pressing step by step, Gui Yihu took a step back, and Dugu Yao did not give in. If this continues, today's meeting will probably break up unhappily.
But no one dared to come out and dissuade them!
King Yan flicked his sleeves and opened his eyes angrily: "Are you complaining about me?" Okay, then let's see who dies first, anyway, I don't care." It's a big deal that I'll go back and be a rich man, and Your Majesty won't do anything to me. ”
"It's your Eight Pillars Kingdom, those so-called peerless learnings, only the true meaning of your Dugu family, Qingyan, has not been abandoned by the times. The younger generation is becoming more and more wasteful, I heard that only Dugu Xin has learned the true meaning of Qingyan, but it is the children of the foreign family who are all brilliant. ”
"I don't care!"
King Yan almost stuck it on Dugu Fei's face and said viciously.
Dugu Yao glared at him, snorted fiercely, closed his eyes and recuperated, and ignored him no more.
"Have we reached a consensus?" King Yan looked around at the silent crowd. "Everything doesn't matter now, only that Shi Yuanji is a big problem. ”
"The Emperor of Heavenly Mandate is still sick, insignificant. And Shi Yuanji, kill him, and everything will be solved. ”
"Who wants to go?"
King Yan looked around domineeringly, and shouted with full anger.
All the natural disaster masters looked at each other silently, and they all seemed a little lacking in confidence. Qu Qianren's disappearance is too weird, and when the situation is unknown, no one wants to be a bird.
Lian Fei snorted heavily, as if he was afraid that others would not hear him: "I'll go, a young natural disaster will scare you like this?"
King Yan clapped his hands and showed an appreciative attitude: "Good man, is there anything else?"
Perhaps inspired by this, Lai Eyi stood up, his demeanor fluttering: "A certain wish." ”
"Good, good. King Yan clapped his hands happily.
......
Shi Yuanji stood in front of the gate of the Flowing Frost Mansion, his expression was entangled, and he raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, but suddenly shrank back. He folded his arms over his chest and muttered for a moment, before finally knocking on the door.
"Master Hou, why did you come back?" the gatekeeper recognized Shi Yuanji and said respectfully. "I've heard that you've been back to Fengho, but I can't see you left and right. ”
"I'm going to do something else. Shi Yuanji said with a smile as he walked towards the house.
After passing the arched bridge, Shi Yuanji looked at the main room uneasily, stopped and was hesitating, but saw Nuying with resentment in her eyes, and floated in front of him in an instant.
Shi Yuanji was startled, sat on the ground, and said in surprise, "Are you going to scare me to death?"
"Where have you been since you returned to Fenghao?" said Nu Ying as she lowered her body and almost touched Shi Yuanji's face.
Seeing this, Bi Lan hurriedly ran over and helped Shi Yuanji up.
Shi Yuanji immediately stood up with Bi Lan's support, subconsciously took two steps back, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Just go and see how Your Majesty is, hehe." ”
"By the way, I have something important to tell you. He tried to appear kind, carefully bypassing Nuying. "Let's go to the study and say. Senior Bi, take me to the study, I haven't been there yet. ”
Bi Lan looked at the two of them worriedly, answered, and led the way.
Nu Ying looked at Shi Yuanji sadly like a python staring at its prey, and followed him all the way to the study.
"It's big enough. As soon as Shi Yuanji entered the study, he let out a surprised admiration. "Mom, such a big house, there are six big study rooms in Jinwuguan. ”
The study room of the Flowing Frost Mansion was full of bookshelves, and the space between the bookshelves was enough for two people to go side by side, and Shi Yuanji only felt dazzled at a glance.
He had no choice but to say to Bi Lan: "Senior Bi, I have something to say to Nuying. ”
Bi Lan agreed: "Master Hou, just call me Bi Lan, if you have anything, just call me directly." ”
Shi Yuanji smiled and nodded, and after seeing Bi Lan leave, he cautiously smiled at Nuying: "How about living here......?" Didn't kill anyone, did you?"
Nu Ying's eyebrows jumped, and a flattering smile appeared on her face: "So you're still afraid of me?"
"What's the matter?" Shi Yuanji waved his hand exaggeratedly, and immediately began to change the subject. "Didn't you say that you wouldn't be the shadow of the Xuanming, I just thought that only my wife's name was probably not enough. ”
"I thought, my beggar army lacks a master to sit in, aren't you suitable? This identity is called the protector of the victims of the Hedong disaster, how about it?"
Nu Ying was stunned for a moment, looked sideways at Shi Yuanji, and asked curiously: "Just like those heroes who are chivalrous and righteous in the novel, rob the rich and help the poor?"
How is it a novel again, Shi Yuanji said helplessly.
"You can understand it that way. The muscles on his face were sore in order to maintain his smile. "Now, if you choose to live the same life as a mortal, then you have to be a mortal. ”
"Wouldn't it be beautiful to live like a mortal and to experience their joys, sorrows, and sorrows? ”
Nuying looked at Shi Yuanji with interest and said jokingly: "It's okay if you want me to agree, but you have to answer me a question, and you have to tell the truth." ”
Shi Yuanji frowned slightly, and asked in a low voice, "What do you mean...... Tell the truth, from the heart or the truth?"
"I think it's the truth, it's the truth. The female Ying's eyes were like silk, and she said confidently.
Shi Yuanji smiled bitterly and spread his hands helplessly, only to feel a chill in his back.
"Is that banshee named Nayu cute?" Nuying asked with deep meaning as she pinched Shi Yuanji's cheek.
Shi Yuanji just thought about taking two steps back, but the vigilance in his heart made him stop, and he had to say in a panic: "Cute...... No, I mean to say...... She's so good-looking......"
Just when he was panicking, Nuying lowered his cheeks and said with a smile: "It's the truth." ”
"I promise you, sit in that beggar army, and be the protector of the victims of the Hedong disaster. ”
Nu Ying said sincerely.
"Really?" Shi Yuanji was overjoyed and almost jumped up excitedly. "On behalf of the victims of Hedong, thank you, thank you very much. The beggar army has no masters in charge now, and it is really dangerous. ”
He had been very worried that Nuying would see mortals as ants, but now, his worries had completely disappeared.
Speaking of this, his face suddenly darkened, and he said seriously: "In addition, I will not be the shadow of others, just like you." ”
Nuying's smile disappeared little by little, and the pain at the corner of her mouth was clearly visible, looking pitiful: "Have you seen him?"
"Chang Gung told me. Shi Yuanji looked around and found a chair to sit down. "You've always known that, haven't you?"
Nuying shook her head: "I just guessed, I always hoped that you weren't him." ”
"I am not Him. Shi Yuanji said solemnly.
Nu Ying stood up and walked towards the outside of the study, and said, "Then don't disturb your cultivation, improve your strength more, and don't drag me back." ”
Shi Yuanji looked at Nuying's back and nodded invisibly.