Chapter 18: The Man in the Dark
Winter in Kyoto is not extremely cold, and as soon as the snow powder hits the ground, it melts into water again, wetting the ground and making it look unusually slippery.
A brand-new Emperor Zun quickly pressed over the slippery ground and stopped in front of this Western-style house in the southwest corner of the capital, and out of it came a delicate woman in ordinary clothes. The girl's teeth are white and her lips are red, her face is like a peach blossom, and her long hair in her shawl is gently raised, making her look as warm and lovely as the little girl next door.
The woman got out of the car and looked up at the not tall building, her expression became solemn and gloomy, and she was completely devoid of the charm and charm of the talent.
Like a death row inmate about to be escorted to the execution ground, she walked towards the door of the villa with heavy steps.
The tall, heavy gate opened automatically, revealing the doorway of the black hole, like the open mouth of a man-eating beast. She felt like a lamb sent into the jaws of a tiger, but she could not escape her fate.
The corridor in the basement of the bungalow was cold and damp, and the droplets of water that dripped from time to time ticked on the ground, each of which struck her heartstrings and made her feel terrified for no reason.
The high heels walked out of the rhythmic rhythm on the concrete floor, and she often laughed at herself, thinking that maybe this was the melody from hell!
Pushing open the heavy iron door, she stepped inside. This is a flash of hell gate, separating the two worlds of yin and yang, the inside of the door is the boundless darkness of the day, but the outside is bright and clear.
There was no light in the basement, but she knew that he was sitting in front of her. She took two steps forward and got down on one knee.
"Father-in-law!"
"The operation failed?" A voice that seemed to come from the netherworld sounded, and the voice seemed to be deep and ethereal, as if it shook the temple, and she couldn't help but shiver.
"Yes......"
"You look up!" The voice could not be heard with joy or sorrow. But there is no doubt about it.
She looked up slowly. Look at the seat in front of you. You shouldn't be able to see anything in the dark. But she clearly felt that there was a pair of eyes in the seat that glowed with a terrible light, like poisonous snakes, watching her, and those eyes looked at her clearly, as if she had no secrets to speak of.
"Not only did you fail, but you lost your most precious thing......" The voice sounded playful, as if telling an ancient story.
"My daughter is incompetent!" She lowered her head again and lowered her voice, as if she could ignore the invisible pressure that the other party brought him, she didn't know what kind of storm her answer was about to bring her.
The storm did not come as expected. There was a deathly silence in the basement, and all she could hear was her own heavy breathing, even her heartbeat. As the minutes passed, the invisible pressure in the silence overwhelmed her, and she would rather endure the storm than the painful depression.
After a long time, the voice suddenly became softer, and said, "Is that the person?" â
She was a little ashamed, but she didn't dare not answer: "It's him!" She knew he didn't have to ask her at all, there was nothing he didn't know.
The voice laughed strangely. The laughter grew louder and louder, to the end. She even felt the whole basement tremble.
"So, what I want is already in your hands?" The voice was a little excited, "In exchange for this harvest with the failure of the action, the father-in-law has to think that it is a lost harvest of the East." â
Her body trembled a little, and a creepy shiver came from her heart, which was a kind of unwillingness and resistance from the bottom of her heart that had been hidden for many years. Maybe it's hate, maybe it's rebellion, she can't tell, but her subconscious resistance has brought her to the brink of collapse.
"You're hating me?" The voice asked.
"My daughter doesn't dare!"
"It's been more than 20 years......" The voice seemed to fall into memory, "What you have heard, seen, and felt in our Li family for more than 20 years, can there be a person who is so carefree and dissensive like you, but there is a woman who can keep her innocence and not have to become a bargaining chip in politics?" â
The woman shook her head and said nothing, what could she say?
"With your qualifications, you have come to this point in cultivation, you can know that my Li family has put a lot of effort into you, why do you say this?" The voice seemed to become a little excited, but it was quickly calmed down, "Your mother is the woman I love the most, but I killed her with my own hands. I will never hide this from you, and I will tell you that as long as you have the ability to kill me one day, you can avenge her. â
"My daughter has no such heart." The woman's voice was a little obscure, but firm.
"The cause and effect of this matter do not need to be repeated, and you know it very well. As a cheating and cheating fate, I can keep you to this day, and I have never kept the purpose secret from you. The voice was calm, but it made her sweat.
"The secret hidden in that man can only be obtained by those who are of his kind. You are the same person as him, I want you to get close to him and obtain his Yuanyang, but you have never done it. I didn't expect that when I was about to give up, you suddenly came back and sued me that you succeeded. The voice wafted through the basement, making her feel ashamed.
"The matter of the true blood of the reverse scale is not in a hurry, although you did not complete this mission as planned, but you also helped He Qiang successfully capture Hashimoto Ryuichi, and the things he promised will naturally be done, but ......" The voice said this, paused, and continued for a long time, "In comparison, these are not important to me." â
Hearing this, she trembled obviously, but she could only continue to lie on the ground, not daring to show a little.
But even so, it was not possible to hide from the person on the other side.
"Are you scared?" He asked.
"Daughter......" she didn't know how to phrase.
He interrupted her and said, "You went to him and asked him to give up his power." â
Nothing could hide from him, though he didn't leave here. She felt the fear from her heart, the kind of decadence that everything she had been mastered by others, made her feel that everything she had done was in vain.
Her voice trembled a little: "As long as we master the underworld of the entire Beiqin Sea, then his storage zĂ i will not hinder us." â
"I can understand that you are interceding for him?" His voice was a little angry.
She hurriedly denied: "No, he is just a passerby to me, just a donor of Yuanyang." â
"That's all?" There seemed to be a sneer in her voice, which made her feel a little chilling, what else in this world could hide from him?
She didn't speak again, and what she said might not have any power at all, and his words were oracles, and there would be no wavering because of her.
But this time, she couldn't figure it out again, and her voice suddenly laughed and said: "Since you intercede for him, then as long as he is willing to give up the power in his hand, I can spare him once." (To be continued......)