Chapter Ninety-Eight
Looking at the ground that had been burned as black as night, there were more than a dozen corpses lying horizontally. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ InfoThe masked man in the lead never imagined that what he thought was a simple task of killing a guy and a few children would suddenly become so tricky.
Seeing that the people and horses he brought were about to be completely killed, he knew that if the confrontation continued, the masked leader who he couldn't please was retreated. Although the criminal law in the sect is strict, it is better than losing your life here.
"Han Fei, you're lucky today! Your life, I, Yan Zong, will come back in a few days! The aroused internal force shook the embarrassed figure of Zhuqing back a few feet, and the leader dropped a cruel word, stomped on one foot, and his whole body rose into the air.
The sharp flying knife was sent forward, and another masked man who was restrained by the long whip instantly returned to the west. Ling Xue was on tiptoe, and her blue-gray figure immediately followed, and while chasing, several cold rays of cold light attacked the back of the leader who intended to escape.
Seeing that the other party couldn't dodge because of the escape, and was stabbed three times in a row, she stopped and didn't plan to pursue it again.
"Why don't you chase it?" The black-clothed young man who followed immediately asked suspiciously.
Seeing the masked man who was about to flee for his life despite several wounds on his back disappear into the darkness, Ling Xue turned around and hooked her lips and sneered. "Put a long line and catch a big fish."
As early as when she sensed that the masked man was about to escape, she applied a special poison that was specially used to track by the Poison Sutra on her knife, the fragrance of thousands of miles. Although the poison is not toxic, it gives off a unique smell that will never be removed when it is incorporated into the blood and bones. And as long as there is this smell, even if the other party escapes to the ends of the earth, he still can't escape from the palm of her Beishan Youxue.
The most uncurious painter nodded silently and didn't ask any more. The two turned around and flew to the man named Han Fei.
Through the light of the fire that had not yet been extinguished, Ling Xue saw the appearance of this person clearly. Although after a hard battle, there were many blood marks and wounds on his face, and his hair was very messy, but this did not damage Junyu between his eyebrows. A fair face, a thin figure, and a bamboo-blue round-necked robe. If she hadn't known that this person's identity was a thief, she really wouldn't have associated such a weak scholar with a palace thief.
Seeing that the front chest of his shirt was stained with a large amount of blood that was black under the dancing flames, Ling Xue took out an elixir that replenished qi and blood from the package and handed it over. "Give."
"Thank you!" The man struggled to his feet, took the pill gratefully, and swallowed it.
When his pale face improved slightly, Ling Xue took the two of them to the hiding place he agreed with Qingge to meet him.
The place where Qingge and the child are hiding is at the end of the alley, which is a large mansion that has been abandoned for many years that Ling Xue accidentally discovered. Hiding there doesn't guarantee complete escape from the masked man, but it can at least give the children a temporary safety. After all, just looking at its tall and deep courtyard walls and gorgeous eaves, no one would have thought that such a mansion, which seemed to be worth a lot of money, would have been abandoned for many years.
Since I reported my safety in the team channel before I came, I heard the sound of footsteps in the courtyard. Qingge Enchanted, who was hiding in a side room with the children, immediately opened the door and went out.
"Are the kids alright?" As soon as he saw Qingge's enchantment, the injured Han Fei immediately rushed over and asked with a worried expression.
Subconsciously glanced at Ling Xue, and nodded invisibly. Qingge is enchanting, and then he reluctantly pays attention to the person in front of him. "It's fine. Heyβwhat are you doing? β
Reaching out to stop the man who wanted to open the door, the delicate moon eyebrows frowned tightly, and the tone that was originally deliberately suppressed was unconsciously raised several degrees due to anger, "They were frightened because of you, and now they finally fell asleep, do you plan to go in at this time and wake them up again?" β
"Han is ashamed." Hearing the dissatisfaction in Qingge's enchanting words, Han Fei hurriedly retracted his hands that were about to open the door, bowed down slightly, and clenched his fists in apology.
"Hmph-" Qingge snorted softly and coldly, tilting his head away, ignoring his apology.
"Okay, let's get down to business." Ling Xue, who hadn't been able to wait for the end of the dungeon, tugged on her friend's sleeve and reminded her that they were only facing a task NPC, and Qingge Enchanted turned around unwillingly.
At Ling Xue's suggestion, the four of them sat down in a pavilion not far from the side room. While guarding against the masked man's return and return, he began to ask Han Fei about the origin of the palace thieves and the group of masked people who called themselves Yan Zong.
"You are here to arrest the palace thieves on the orders of the imperial court, right?" As soon as he sat down, Han Fei asked straight to the point.
"Yes." Ling Xue bowed her head, and her clear eyes stared at each other coldly. "It looks like you really stole that paperweight?"
"That's right, the Qingtian Huangshi carved beast paperweight was stolen by Han." The man nodded helplessly under her fierce gaze.
As soon as he heard Han Fei's confession to the palace thief, Qingge, who felt sorry for the children, immediately jumped to his feet in anger and pointed at him and scolded fiercely. "You said that you are a widow, and you usually steal some little people who are rich and unkind, so why do you have to steal them into the palace? Forget it if you steal it into the palace, you still have to steal it from the emperor! Do you think you're dying too long!? β
Faced with repeated questions, Han Fei sighed with a complicated and bitter expression, "Yes, I think my life is too long, and I will actually believe the promise made by that ** evil villain." β
Raising his hand to signal his emotional friend not to speak, Ling Xue hurriedly asked, "Did the people of the Yan Sect force you to steal?" β
"Yes." The man continued to nod, recounting the whole story as he recalled. "About a month ago, this group of people who called themselves Yan Zong approached me and asked me to go to the palace and steal the pair of paperweights at a high price. Originally, I would not have done this kind of heinous case, after all, my original intention of stealing things was just to make the lives of those poor children a little better...... But I didn't expect that they would threaten me with the lives of Xiaoman and others. After several times when I tried to secretly transfer the children were discovered by them, I didn't dare to gamble, so I had to respond to the matter in desperation. β
"Didn't you get it? Why are they still hunting you? Hearing this, Qingge enchanted that she couldn't understand the direction of the plot.
"Kill people and kill people." The painting who was silent on the side said coldly.
"Kill people?" Qingge suddenly realized, "You mean that they are also afraid that the emperor will investigate this matter?" β
"Whether they are afraid or not, Han doesn't know. However, if it weren't for Han Mou's hand when he left the palace, he didn't immediately hand over the stolen paperweight to them, but hid it somewhere. I'm afraid that at this moment, you won't be able to see Xiaoman and them anymore. β
This surprised Ling Xue, "The paperweight is still in your hands?" β
No wonder he disappeared for so long. Come to think of it, he thinks that as long as he doesn't show up, those people will be bogeyed.
"Well," the man straightened his folded robe and smiled reluctantly at Ling Xue, "Actually, the main purpose of my appearance today is to lure you over. I didn't think about it, but the people of their Yan Sect arrived faster than you. β
"You're going to turn yourself in with us?" Hearing this, Qingge Enchanting, who was the slowest among the three, also understood the ultimate purpose of his appearance this time, she looked at Han Fei with a surprised face and asked. "You plan to report to the imperial court by turning yourself in, and let the officers and soldiers encircle and suppress them?"
"You're too naΓ―ve!" Seeing that the other party nodded as she expected, she immediately rolled her eyes angrily. "Did you know that if you turn yourself in with a paperweight, there will only be one! That is, the palace thief was caught by the government, and the treasure was recovered. Then close the case! Perfect! β
"......" Putting aside her friend's exaggerated imitation of a certain Sister Jin's actions, Ling Xue had to admit that all this she said was indeed very in line with the consistent style of the government.
"How...... How could this be......" Han Fei was a little unacceptable in shock, but he couldn't refute it. He looked at the other two beside him as if asking for help, but saw that both of them had solemn faces, obviously not thinking that what Qingge said enchanting was just a joke. Shocked, he suddenly sat down on the stone bench in a gloomy manner, and muttered to himself with empty eyes: "Xiaoman them...... In the end, I will be dragged to death...... Is it? β
"Not necessarily," Seeing a big man's attitude, Ling Xue, who really couldn't look at it, suddenly spoke. "You tell me where the paperweights are, and then take the children to hide in this house for a while. I'll take care of the rest. β
"Does the heroine really have a way to bring those beasts to justice?" Han Fei was skeptical.
He squinted coldly at the man with a worried face, and his thin lips curled slightly, "You can only choose to believe me now, don't you?" β
"......" Han Fei, who could only be silent when he was refuted, had to hesitate for a moment and then tell the location where the paperweight was buried. And as soon as his words fell, along with the painting silent, the three players, while hearing the system's prompt to complete the dungeon, they also had an additional task called "Solving Han Fei's Dilemma" on their task panel.
In other words, in addition to the task of "catching the palace thief" accepted by Ling Xue and Qingge Enchanting, the three of them accepted a completely opposite task......
"Make no mistake!" This task made Qingge, who has always pursued scolding and should not bring dirty words, instantly had the urge to burst into foul language.
"There's snow, what should I do?" Suppressing the 10,000 grass and mud horses that were crumbling in her heart, she looked at her almighty friend.
It's a pity that the reaction given to her by her almighty friend was-
Shoulders shrugged indifferently, "Let it be." β