Chapter 25: The Past

Du Rukang held the teacup in his hand, but he didn't put it in his mouth, and stopped on his chest. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info a pair of bright eyes were staring at Li Muqi, and a hint of flush appeared on his face at some point. The wind outside the window hit a gust of wind through the open window, blowing the corners of Du Rukang's clothes and making a shuddering sound. He didn't seem to notice it, he was still looking at Li Muqi - tasting tea carefully, his movements were so gentle, the tea gas floating in the tea cup lingered in front of him, blown away by the wind, and slowly condensed, and then disrupted. Perhaps because of the gust of wind blowing, Li Muqi's eyes were attracted by something, and he slowly moved out of the window, and a smile gradually bloomed at the corner of his mouth. It seems to be like the spring breeze that blows the peach blossoms in March and April.

Du Rukang's eyes gradually blurred, and the figure of Li Muqi in front of him was constantly changing, and at some point, Li Muqi's figure had overlapped with the figure that Du Rukang saw for the first time:

What year was that year, Du Rukang can't remember clearly, what season it was, it's a little vague, I only remember that the flowers were all over the place, the fragrance of flowers was already full of gardens, the green leaves were shady, the wind blew, and there was a rich fragrance of leaves.

That year, Du Rukang had just bought Baicui Pavilion, and at that time Baicui Pavilion was not yet called Baicui Pavilion, and Du Rukang called it "Jade Garden" at that time, just because there was a jade-like garden in the backyard. The items were exactly the same, the same, but completely different, and almost none of the items in the store at that time were genuine.

Du Rukang can't remember what day Li Muqi first came, but he remembers that it was an afternoon, and there was no one in the store, even on the street, and only occasionally there was a panicked voice. The hot air current, through layers of obstacles, finally stubbornly attacked, leaving people with nowhere to hide but to bear the torment and pain. A burst of sleepiness gushed out from the bottom of his heart, and he first climbed above his eyes, and his eyes became too thick to be lifted, so he could only hang down, and his head seemed to have become much heavier in that moment, so he had to lie down and let go to relieve the pressure. After lying down for about a cup of tea, Zhou Gong appeared in front of Du Rukang's eyes, and he had not yet sat down. I suddenly heard a voice in my heart, and suddenly woke up, opened my hazy sleepy eyes, and vaguely looked at the figure standing in front of me, dressed in a gorgeous outfit, wearing a purple and gold crown on his head, and an extremely gorgeous jade belt around his waist, and the gems on it reflected the sun, which was even more dazzling.

Du Rukang hurriedly rubbed his hazy sleepy eyes and shook his head slightly. After a lot of effort. At last, he was more than half sober, with a smile on his face that he thought was very kind, the corners of his eyes were curved so much that he could almost hang a lantern, and even his eyebrows were full of thick smiles, and he could hardly find a smile like this in the world. is not only a little exaggerated, but also has a thick obscenity, but Du Rukang himself doesn't know.

How could Du Rukang know how obscene that smile was, he only thought that the smile had moved Li Muqi at this time, because he had already seen Li Muqi's shallow smile and nod at him. People always seem to be unable to see their own shortcomings and excesses, and always rely on their great imagination to persuade themselves, comfort themselves, and tell themselves that it is true, but they don't know that such thoughts are deceiving themselves. It seems that people just like to deceive, no matter how deceitful.

Li Muqi really looks like a nouveau riche, almost doesn't understand anything, no matter what Du Rukang says, what kind of introduction he just blindly nods and agrees. Du Rukang was also too excited at that time, and he didn't notice the elegance of Li Muqi's gestures, nor did he realize that he had an unconcealed aristocratic atmosphere. At that time, Du Rukang only saw a pile of gold coins and future ideas in his eyes, as well as a smile and ridicule that could not be concealed in his heart - mocking the ignorant nouveau riche in front of him.

Du Rukang was indeed not disappointed, he did see the money he wanted to see very much, and he also saw the proud and satisfied smile on Li Muqi's face when he turned around. In Du Rukang's eyes, how ridiculous and ignorant that smile was. Du Rukang almost wanted to laugh out loud, but he didn't, he still has a good professionalism.

Looking at Li Muqi's back and disappearing around the corner, Du Rukang finally laughed. At this time, he couldn't tell whether he was laughing at Li Muqi's ignorance or laughing at the gold and silver in front of him.

About half an hour later, Li Muqi's figure reappeared, caught in the crowd. Looking at that figure, Du Rukang's face was full of smiles again—a smile that was even stronger than Fang Cai. But when he saw the person who was following Li Muqi, the smile on his face was inexplicably stiff, the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally, the muscles in the corners of his eyes beat violently, and the words that were about to blurt out suddenly stuck in his throat, as if he had swallowed a rotten egg, he couldn't spit it out, but he couldn't swallow it. The original ruddy color on his face suddenly became the color of pork liver, and two or three green energies floated on his forehead. His eyes looked straight at the officials behind Li Muqi, Du Rukang knew all those people, and each of them had taken the benefits of Du Rukang. But at this moment, their expressions only show one problem - they are not familiar with Du Rukang, and they are only here to enforce the law. How could Du Rukang not recognize such an expression when he saw it, he could only secretly complain in his heart, and his hatred was repeated.

After a long time, Du Rukang finally spoke, wanting to pour out the words that he had woven dozens of times in his heart, and even he had completely designed what kind of tone to use and what kind of expression to match, he thought that he was absolutely perfect and impeccable, and anyone who saw it would be very sympathetic to him. Even if he's a liar. Du Rukang only said one sentence, and was interrupted by the officer, Du Rukang's expression and words had to be fixed at that moment, listening carefully to the officer's ruling. The more I listened, the more angry I became, and I didn't dare to show a trace of dissatisfaction on my face, so I could only nod my head seriously, and I had to say something against my heart.

The ruling of the officials was actually very simple: pay reparations, apologize. It's just that the amount of compensation really frightened Du Rukang, and it was very painful, almost making him can't help but spit out a mouthful of blood. Full of hatred turned into a thick anger and looked at Li Muqi, almost wanting to dismantle Li Muqi at this time, but he didn't dare to show the slightest on his face. I have to pile up a lot of apologies and give Li Muqi a big gift. When he raised his head, he saw Li Antong carrying four or five ancient jade and treasures that Du Rukang regarded as his life—those were items he had hidden in a very secret place in the backyard. Seeing those objects, Du Rukang finally understood one thing: this incident was not accidental, but had been planned for a long time. I really hated it to the extreme, and I only thought that this matter was just a collusion between officials and businessmen, and nothing else. Immediately followed Li Muqi to come, and when he saw the official leaving Li Muqi with a salute, he was a little surprised in his heart, but he didn't take it to heart, and he was angry in his heart at that time, and he didn't think about it. Seeing Li Muqi and Li Antong walking outside the city, he was a little happy in his heart, and he didn't think about the things he ignored.

Turning through a dense forest outside the city, he suddenly remembered a burst of angry shouts, followed by two sharp screams, and before the cries stopped, there were two more muffled sounds. Hearing these two sounds, Du Rukang hurriedly looked for the source of the sound and ran.

I saw that in an open field of weeds, there were two corpses lying on their backs, two cold lights flashing on their backs, and there was a trace of dark red blood hanging on top of the cold light, and there was thick blood flowing under the black clothes, and the blood was not scarlet, mixed with black things. The wind blew and sent a fishy smell. Apparently they had died of the poison, and it must have been the two poisoned arrows that had been left in their bodies at this time and passed through their chests.

At the moment when Du Rukang blinked, a black figure rushed down from the tree and stopped steadily between dozens of steps in front of Li Antong and Li Muqi. A pair of eagle-like eyes stared at Li Antong tightly, his pupils slowly contracted, the light was also condensed sharply, and a smile of appreciation appeared at the corner of his mouth. "Sure enough, it's just a little bit close. Otherwise, I would have been lying in a pool of blood by now. Luckily, it's a little bit worse. ”

"You have to leave a living mouth, otherwise, do you think you can avoid my attack?" Li Antong's mouth showed a wicked smile, his constricted pupils stared at the man in black in front of him, and he sighed lightly, "Otherwise, how can you know the mastermind behind the scenes." ”

"What a big breath," the man in black snorted coldly, disdainfully. As soon as the words fell, people were already looking at Li Antong as quickly as a flying swallow. The clothes on his right shoulder, which had been cut by a sharp weapon, shook in the wind. The black-clothed man's right hand had a short blade at some point, facing the sun, glowing with a cold light.

That short blade suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning and stabbed towards Li Antong's chest, and the action was so perfect and fast that it was impossible to dodge. A crisp sound of "ding" echoed in the air, flashing a burst of sparks in Li Antong's chest. The blade collided with a dagger. The blade of the dagger was cut by a short blade. "Good knife" At the moment when Li Antong just spit out these two words, the short blade slashed at Li Antong's throat again. The knife was so swift and from an unimaginable angle that almost no one could dodge it.

There was a crisp sound, the sound of sharp objects cutting through the flesh and piercing the bones, and a burst of blood splashed out. Scarlet blood flowers, blurring eyes and staining weeds red.

Before the screams were fully uttered, there was another crisp sound of bones shattering. The short blade in the black-clothed man's hand had fallen into the grass, reaching the handle, and his right hand had hung down weakly, and the blood was constantly flowing down in the grass, dyeing the unknown wildflowers bloody. The black-clothed man's eyes glistened with tears of pain, his jaw had been dislocated, and his nose had been completely shattered and crooked to one side. There was a layer of innocence floating on his face.

Li Antong punched out the poison embedded in his teeth, and closed his dislocated jaw fiercely. After this toss, the man in black had fainted three times and was awakened by pain three more times. The fierce light in his eyes looked at Li Antong, and his eyes seemed to tear Li Antong apart in order to relieve the hatred in his heart.

Li Antong looked at the eyes of the man in black and said slowly, "To say or not to say?"

The man in black endured the severe pain, shook his head, and did not say a word. When Li Antong saw such a scene, he was not angry, but smiled, and laughed very happily. Obviously, Li Antong also didn't want the man in black to recruit the mastermind behind the scenes.

Seeing Li Antong's expression, the man in black unconsciously gasped in his heart, and the fierce light in his eyes slowly turned into a trace of fear. Just when the man in black was still struggling, Li Antong had already broken all the joints on his body and was slowly helping him to connect his bones. The back of the man in black was already like a wash of water at this time, and the muscles on his body were numb, and he kept pumping himself. The tears in the corners of his eyes had wet the clothes under him, and his nose was crooked to one side, dripping with clear snot, mixed with tears.

Li Antong stared at the man in black who slowly woke up, and said coldly, "Now, to say or not to say?"

The man in black nodded hurriedly, and was just about to speak, when suddenly his eyes bulged, his pupils dilated instantly, the muscles on his face were twisted and deformed due to pain, and a trace of black blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, with a strong smell of rancidity.

Seeing such a scene, Li Antong was stunned and looked blankly at the man in black who had died.

"Regardless of the success or failure of the matter, he has only a dead end in the end. Li Muqi sighed softly, "It's a pity that a human life ends like this, and he doesn't know that it will end like this." ”

After a long time, Li Antong said slowly, "I think only one person will be like this." ”

"You're talking about her?"

"Yes. Li Antong nodded. "Who else but her, who else is like this, who has the strength?"

"Whether it's her or not, we're just guessing at the moment, and we're just suspecting," Li Muqi looked at Li Antong and smiled "We can't convict someone based on our own guesses, and we can't judge that person based on our own imagination." After all, we need evidence, not just doubt and imagination. ”