Chapter 39: Rhy's Cross-examination
Crossing the Qingxia Gorge is like swimming from a rapids to the source of the lake, and the wind is much calmer.
Mo Bei and Luo Hong took off the hood on their heads, and a little breeze blew up and down their red hair, swaying on their chests.
Mobei stopped, looking at the picture that suddenly unfolded as soon as he passed through the canyon.
It's the height of summer, and the foothills are lush with trees. And the mountains are still shrouded in a world of ice and snow. The mountains on both sides stretch parallel to the depths of the Yongsan mountain range.
On the branches of the mountains in front of you, a line of white stone steps stretches upward. It stretches like a ladder to the majestic stone buildings on the mountain. The wide temple gate and the rough relief stone statues. Even at the foot of the mountain, you can still feel its powerful aura.
Not only those reliefs, the dragon carvings of the stone statues, but also the back of the palace is the abyss cliff.
This is the Dragon Temple, the abode of the Dragon King Turanster, and the center of all the Dragons' military networks.
Mo Bei shook Luo Hong's hand and smiled comfortingly. It's time to meet the king, even if he is now the top combat power of the dragon clan, he will feel daunted every time he meets the king.
For this moody king, who often gives ridiculous orders for his subordinates to die. Luohong always feels nervous, and Mobei understands, after all, they have experienced it together.
The former and present members of the Burning Sky have also experienced and will never forget.
They walked slowly towards the towering staircase of the Dragon Palace.
The palace is built on a nearly vertical mountain vein, with wide corridors. On one side near the cliff is a row of stone pillars hugging several people, supporting the huge palace above.
On the mountain rock wall at the top of the palace is a statue of a giant dragon, rough but imposing. It is said that it is the guardian deity of the dragon clan for generations.
From the steps at the bottom to the Dragon Hall, there are more than 100,000 steps in total. For their Wyverns, they didn't need these steps in the first place. It was only for the need to transport stone and building materials during the construction of the Dragon Palace, and the steps were built. Since the palace was built, the king ordered all dragons to walk up the steps to show the king's prestige in the country. Even countries that have just encountered a big war and are facing reorganization.
This is especially true for Luohong and Mobei. No one can get past this rule. All dragons had to walk to reach the Dragon Temple, and it would be disrespectful to the king to violate it.
But there is one category of people in the dragon clan who can break this rule, and that is the dragon guard's communicator. They need to send information in and out quickly, and this requirement is gradually becoming their prerogative.
Compassion is not always a good thing, and those abuses of compassion often blind a wise man and even become a fatal weakness.
Rhys knows this very well, and for him sanity has always been his principle of conduct.
It's been the second day since I came back from the cave, and I still can't figure out some things about the Suo Lan family. Now the only clue is that Suo Lan is moaning!
They were still in the hotel in the city of Aura, because Duroc was still unconscious, and they didn't know why. According to the poisonous bug, the Soul Eater lock in Duroc's body had been taken by the two Groot. There had never been a case of a fusion artifact being taken directly from his body before, and although his physical signs were normal, it was not a good thing to be unconscious.
Yesterday's torrential rain washed away the black city and washed the city's once most powerful family into hell.
The sun is like golden wheat, sweeping the city in waves. As if nothing had happened, a book turns to another page and a new day officially begins.
Rhys carried a tea tray topped with a pot of freshly boiled Essaouira coffee and several porcelain cups for coffee.
He walked to the door of a room and stopped. Politely knocked on the door.
The door was slowly opened, and the lock that opened the door was soft, with a tired countenance, as if he had not slept all night.
"You didn't sleep, did you last night?"
"Uh-huh........." Suo Lan replied softly, and the tiredness on his face seemed to make the girl in this flower season more than ten years old. "Come in, Mr. Rees!"
Suo Lan moved softly, making way for Rhys with the tea tray to enter.
"You don't seem surprised I'm looking for you?" Rhys sat down leisurely next to the coffee table and poured the rich coffee into the porcelain cup.
"You're trying to ask some questions, don't you!, Sir is so smart, how could he easily let others lie in front of you?" Lock Blue whispered and closed the door, and sat down across from Rhy.
"I'm sorry to disturb your rest, but there are some things I really can't figure out, and I hope Miss Suo Lan can tell you the truth!" Rhys handed the coffee to Suo Lan and whispered.
"You don't have to be so polite, after all, we are not friends, maybe we are enemies!" Suo Lan took the coffee softly, and then put it back on the coffee table.
"The best Essaouira coffee, my favorite coffee, try it!" Rhys picked up a cup of coffee that he had poured and put it on the tip of his nose, sniffing the fragrance of the coffee gently, and looked at Suo Lan with an inquiring look in his eyes.
"I don't like coffee, thank you!" Suo Lan pushed away the coffee he had placed on the table and looked straight at Rhy: "If you have anything, just ask! Don't worry about anything, I'm in your hands anyway, aren't I?"
"Alright!" Rhys put down his coffee in embarrassment and cleared his throat, "I want to ask who you are, why do you work for the dragons, and how many other Terrans are doing things for the dragons like you?"
Rhys is very direct, he is not so pretentious, he wants to take into account the emotions of Suo Lan and whispering.
Suo Lan took a deep breath after chanting a series of questions from Rhys. Tucking a trace of sea-blue hair behind her ear, her blue eyes staring at something. "I don't want to say it, but I don't think it will end well!"
"Don't worry, we'll set you up a good place!" Rees, thinking she meant she was being hunted by dragons, and tried to reassure her. However, for her, it seems that everything has long been nothing to love.
"My name is Wayne, a Terran girl who grew up in the dragon family. As for why I became Suo Lan again, I have to talk about it from eleven years ago. In order to collect the holy weapons, the dragons trained me, who was only seven years old at the time. Let me infiltrate the Lock Blue family to gather intel for them. They hired a wizard to change my appearance and allow me to infiltrate the Suolan family. ”
"But you can run away, can't you?"
She shook her head and said with a wry smile: "The dragon clan is much more powerful than you think, and you can't imagine the things you control. If I move, I'll probably be dead. ”
Rhys nodded understandingly.
Wayne adjusted his sitting posture and continued: "In order to make me the only heir, the dragon clan sent elite assassins to poison Suo Lanqing's younger brother, who was three years younger than me at the time. I've memorized all the names of people close to me, so I haven't shown my stuffing. ”
However, the key to the opening was never mentioned in the clan until the death of the old patriarch, who was the grandfather of Suo Lan Qingyin, and mentioned that the key was a sword, with the carvings and shapes on it. However, the sword had long been lost, and the old patriarch told Suo Lan's father and juniors to find the sword before he died!"
Rhys wondered, "And how do you know that the key is Duroc's?"
"The dragons have been investigating for a long time, and they have long suspected that it was Duroc's sword. Until that time the lock Lan family was intercepted!"
"By the way, the dragons should not move the Blue family until they get the Soul Eater Lock!" Rhys wondered
"The dragon clan is not as united as you think, and it is just another force in the dragon clan that robbed the Suo Lan family!" Wayne smiled coldly.
Rhys picked up his coffee and listened intently to Wayne's description.
"When Duroc found me, I carefully observed the sword in his hand and was almost sure that it was the key!"
Rhys answered, "So you planned all this?"
"The conditions for opening the Soul Eater Lock are harsh and risky, and I can't find a suitable person for a while, so I ......"
"So you're forcing Duroc to do it?"
"Hmm!" Wayne nodded, "I don't want to apologize to you for my actions or anything!" ”
"And how many dragons are there like you?" Rhys added
"I'm trained alone, and I don't know much about this question of yours, maybe it's just me!"
"Thank you!" Rhys got up and politely thanked him, "Don't worry, I'll send you to a safe place!"
Wayne smiled bitterly: "You don't have to worry about safety, if they want to kill me, it's the same everywhere!"
"I think you're still ........."
"I'll leave today, and you don't have to bother arranging it!"
"Alright!" Rhys wanted to make sure she was safe, but since she was so insistent, she had to give up. As for what other purposes she has, it doesn't seem to be too much of a threat to herself. After all, the dragons have obtained the Soul Eater Lock.
Rhys closed Wayne's door and strode away.