Chapter 209: Quid pro quo
Shen Zhiyou felt a trace of vigilance in her heart, endured the pain of her temples jumping, sat up from the bed, looked at the people around her and asked:
"Who are you?"
The man at the head looked at Shen Zhiyou with a faint expression and said, "It doesn't matter who we are, the important thing is that you know that we saved you." ”
The vigilance in Shen Zhiyou's eyes increased instead of decreasing.
The corners of her lips curled up in a warm arc, and she said to the group of people who didn't even show their faces, "I don't seem to have anything to do with you, do you? Are you sure you just wanted to save me, and didn't come here for some purpose?"
A look of surprise flashed in the man's eyes.
"You're really smart, and it gives me a little more confidence in your chances of completing the task. ”
The man's tone softened a little, but only a little.
He clapped his palms, and another young man walked in through the door.
The man did not use a face mask to cover his face, and a baby face made him look unusually young. Seeing Shen Zhiyou, his eyes lit up quickly, and he said, "Are you awake?" When I brought you back before, I almost thought you were going to die!"
Shen Zhiyou didn't know why the baby-faced man was so happy to see her wake up, but she still smiled politely at the other party, and said, "Really, then thank you." ”
"No thanks, no thanks, I still have to rely on you to prove that my divination is correct!"
"Divination?"
Shen Zhiyou raised her eyebrows.
"Xiao Wei is the only soothsayer in our organization, let him tell you what's going on. ”
The man in the lead said, turning and leaving the room first.
The others also left one after another.
It's just that before they left, some conversations still came into Shen Zhiyou's ears intermittently - "Snort, what kind of soothsayer, ten times the divination has made nine mistakes, and he hasn't been driven out yet, it's really a good young master." ”
"The previous divination was plausible, but this time the divination results are very unreliable at first glance, and they actually put the hope of our entire organization on a yellow-haired girl, what does he do with this?
"Forget it, don't be angry. This time, if his divination results go wrong again, we will expel him from the organization, and we will no longer need to waste manpower and material resources on him. ”
"That is, the old city lord will believe in his so-called divination power......"
As those people walked farther and farther, Shen Zhiyou couldn't hear their conversation anymore.
Shen Zhiyou came back to her senses and found that the baby-faced man in front of her was deflated and lowered his head, looking listless.
Obviously, he also heard the voices of those people talking.
"Will you tell me what your divination is all about, and what is going on with this organization?"
The baby-faced man raised his head and glanced at Shen Zhiyou, muttering, "You are Shen Zhiyou, right?"
"I'm Shen Zhiyou. ”
"That's good, at least I'm not mistaken about this, am I?" the baby-faced man scratched his cheek.
"And what about you? Who are you?"
Shen Zhiyou didn't like the people in this so-called "organization", and she didn't have any ill feelings towards the baby-faced man.
"My name is 'Wei Xiaozhen', and I am a soothsayer in this organization. Wei Xiaozhen introduced himself, and then, smiling slightly bitterly, "But you also heard, I'm just a half-fortune teller." Nine times out of ten, the divination results were inaccurate, and they didn't want to believe me at all, and if it wasn't really impossible this time, they wouldn't have accepted my proposal to bring you into the organization. ”
"What kind of organization is this?" asked Shen Zhiyou curiously.
"This is the anti-city lord alliance, and it is the current city lord Qiu Mutian. We were originally all subordinates of the old city lord, and the one you saw just now was the son of our old city lord and the former young city lord. It's just that Qiu Mutian is really too hateful, our old city lord kindly saved him and brought him back to Flame City, and within a few years, he occupied the magpie's nest, put our old city lord under house arrest, and drove us out!"
The baby-faced man Wei Xiaozhen waved his fist angrily and said, obviously being angry with that Qiu Mutian.
"Then what's the matter with your divination, why does it have anything to do with me?" Shen Zhiyu raised her eyebrows.
Wei Xiaozhen scratched his head and said, "We have been working hard to find various ways to rescue the city lord in the past few years. It's just that we have found almost all kinds of methods, but we have not succeeded in rescuing the old city lord, but it has made Qiu Mutian have the mentality of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots of us, and the pressure on us is getting bigger and bigger. ”
"Recently, Qiu Mutian has been in retreat. If he succeeds in retreating, his strength will reach a very terrifying level, and it will be even more difficult for us to rescue the city lord. Wei Xiaozhen sighed.
"Originally, a few years ago, I calculated that the city lord could be saved by a woman named 'Shen Zhiyou'. It's just that they don't believe my divination results......" Wei Xiaozhen said aggrievedly.
"This time, I calculated that you would come to the Flame City and encounter danger, so I took the risk of sneaking into the City Lord's Mansion on my own initiative I didn't expect that I would really save you. ”
Wei Xiaozhen said, grinning at Shen Zhiyou.
To be honest, he has been very aggrieved in the organization over the years, no one wants to believe his words and don't say it, and he treats him as a liar who eats and drinks, and he doesn't have a good face for him at all.
It was rare to meet a Shen Zhiyou who was willing to face him with a pleasant face, and Wei Xiaozhen was about to cry with emotion.
Looking at the baby-faced big boy looking at him with tears in his eyes, Shen Zhiyou inexplicably remembered his four subordinates who had stayed in the Xuanwu Academy.
To be honest, she would love to be with such a real person.
"Since your organization is now asking me to help you rescue the old city lord, can you provide me with some clues?"
"I don't know the specific clues, I need to ask the young city lord to find out. ”
Wei Xiaozhen touched the back of his head and said.
Shen Zhiyou smiled helplessly and said, "Okay then, then I will trouble you to find your young city lord to come over." ”
"No trouble, no trouble~" Wei Xiaozhen waved his hand and said, looking at Shen Zhiyou with starry eyes, "I also hope you can prove that my divination is not wrong!
Wei Xiaozhen shook his fist at Shen Zhiyou.
"Poof......
Shen Zhiyou couldn't help but smile.
However, her good mood didn't last long, and when the young city lord with his face covered and an unsightly look walked in, Shen Zhiyu's happy mood dissipated a little.
There is no way, this young city lord feels so gloomy that the air within five meters can be frozen by his breath.
"It seems that Xiao Wei has already told you the cause and effect of the whole thing. I don't want to detour too much, so how about getting straight to the point? I'll give you a clue that you rescued my father, the old lord of Flame City. ”
Shen Zhiyou raised her eyelids lazily and said, "It's not good, your attitude makes me so unhappy, I don't have the heart to use your sword to deal with others." ”
"Hmph, I can't help but refuse. Don't think I don't know, you have the power of a curse in you. No one but my father can help you break the spell. If you don't save my father, you will die. ”
Shen Zhiyou's eyes narrowed in displeasure.
Even if saving the old city lord is something that must be done, she doesn't like to be threatened like this!
Shen Zhiyou squinted for a moment, then lazily hooked the corners of her lips and said, "Do you think I have to ask you to provide clues to save the old city lord? After I die, Qiu Mutian will be out of the customs, and I am curious how long your organization can still exist. When the time comes, I will not lose my organization to accompany me to the funeral. ”
The man had obviously never seen this kind of scoundrel, and his pupils shrank violently when he was stimulated by Shen Zhiyou.
He weighed it for a moment before softening his tone and saying, "Tell me, how can I save my father?"
"Give me some of the men, I don't want to run to my death alone. And it's better to tell me everything you know, or if I fail, you won't blame me, but yourself. ”
Shen Zhiyou said unhurriedly.
"Good. ”
After pondering for a moment, the young city lord agreed to Shen Zhiyou's conditions.
So, he told Shen Zhiyou the clues he had found out over the years.
"Qiu Mutian, this bastard, should have imprisoned my father in his secret room. The entrance to the secret room,I've finally figured it out over the years.,The only thing that's more troublesome is that there are many mechanisms on the periphery of the secret room.,If you don't know the correct route.,There's almost only a dead end to get in.,Over the years,We've lost a lot of people and horses on it.。 ”
"So you want me to break into the trap?"
"If you go straight to the mechanism, I'm afraid there is only one dead end. I've heard of another way...... Qiu Mutian's subordinates have seven hall masters. Each of these hall masters has a part of the mechanism map in their hands, and if they can collect the mechanism maps in the hands of these seven hall masters, they will be able to break in unscathed. ”
"It's easy to say, to get the mechanism map from the hands of these seven hall masters, I'm afraid it's not as difficult as breaking into the mechanism directly, right?" Shen Zhiyou said mockingly.
"It's really difficult, at least, we haven't figured out a perfect solution yet. Therefore, there is also Miss Lao Shen, you are out of the horse. ”
Although this young city lord said "there is labor", there was really not much respect in his tone.
Shen Zhiyou sneered: "So many of you have not succeeded, but you have pinned your hopes on me, a nobody, don't you think it's ridiculous?"
"Xiao Wei calculates that you are the only one who has any hope of rescuing my father. ”
"Come on, you never believed in Xiao Wei's divination, did you? You just thought that a dead horse should be used as a live horse doctor, so let me give it a try, anyway, I don't have anything to lose if I die. ”
Shen Zhiyou said with a sneer, and glanced at the young city lord mockingly.
The young city lord's eyes flashed, and he did not deny Shen Zhiyou's words.
The ridicule on Shen Zhiyou's face was even worse.
"Don't you think that since it's a cooperative relationship, you should give some sincerity?
The young city lord thought for a while and said, "In this way, I will give one more condition." I have a magic weapon that can temporarily suppress the power of the curse in your body, ensuring that you will never attack the cold poison within a month. However, in a month's time, if you still can't find my father to undo the spell for you, the power of the curse in your body will be further enhanced, do you dare to use this magic weapon?"
Shen Zhiyou raised her eyebrows and said, "Why don't you dare?"
She firmly believes that she can't help the wolf with her child, but it may make the situation worse, and if she doesn't fight, she will have no hope at all.
So, Shen Zhiyou curled the corners of her mouth and said, "Okay, deal." ”
I don't know, which one is better for the hall master she dealt with first?
That's it, how's that?
As the saying goes, where you fall, you get up.
Shen Zhiyou thought like this, and a dark light flashed in her eyes.