Chapter 17: Rumors
Seeing Huaxing ask about this, Xiao Quinoa immediately lowered his head and said with his fingers:
"No, nothing happened, and no one was hiding from you. You must be overthinking. ”
"I'm thinking too much?" Huaxing doesn't believe in the perfunctory words of the little quinoa:
"Now in the entire palace, only you are willing to talk to me, and when the others see me, it is like seeing a plague god. I really don't understand, what went wrong? Am I doing something wrong? ”
"No, I didn't do anything wrong." Little Quinoa still had her head down.
"Why? You'll have to make it clear to me today. If you don't say it, huh! See how I clean you up! In order to find out the reason, Huaxing pretended to be a murderous threat.
was so frightened by Huaxing, coupled with the rumors I heard recently, Xiao Quinoa was weak in both legs, and knelt on the ground with a poof:
"Spare your life! I said, I'll say it! People avoid you because, because ...... They are afraid of you! ”
"Afraid of me?" Hearing this answer, Huaxing was still puzzled:
"What am I afraid of? Also, I wasn't all fine a few days ago, why am I suddenly afraid of me in the past two days? ”
Seeing that Hua Daren broke the casserole and asked to the end, Xiao Quinoa knew that if she didn't say it clearly today, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to leave, so she dispelled the idea of concealing it and replied truthfully:
"Everyone is afraid of you because there are some rumors about you in the palace in the past two days......"
"What rumors?"
"It's about...... Where you come from. Little Quinoa's shoulders trembled slightly as she spoke, and it was obvious that she was also a little scared.
"Origin?" Hua Xing said curiously: "What is the origin?" ”
They said...... Adults are demons that fall from the sky, and they are not only brutal by nature, but also bring bad luck to those around them. ”
"Oh, say I'm a demon? Huh, is there anything else? ”
Seeing that the adults were not angry, but laughed, the little quinoa became more bold and continued to preach:
"And, there's more...... They say that when the adults fell into battle, they stoned hundreds of soldiers to death. Later, he fled from the coalition forces and killed hundreds of soldiers with his own hands. Say, say you are...... The demon descended from the sky, and everywhere he went, he would be bleeding like a river. Even privately call you ...... Hua Demon King! ”
Hearing this, Huaxing couldn't help frowning.
He had heard about the rumors of "demons" in the coalition camp as early as before, but he did not take them to heart.
Not to mention that in the Three Kingdoms period, even after 2,000 years, it was normal for people like him to fall from the sky for unknown reasons to be demonized.
However, the statements of "stoning to death hundreds of soldiers" and "killing hundreds of soldiers" have attracted the attention of Huaxing.
Obviously, this is someone deliberately adding fuel to the fire, and it is not a good intention!
Thinking of this, I heard Huaxing ask seriously:
"Who told you that?"
Seeing that the adults looked displeased, Xiao Quinoa became scared again. While complaining about his own mouth, he said apologetically:
"Your Excellency! That's how it was passed in the palace. But、But I never believed it! I also tell them every time that adults are not demons, and that Huada people are very kind......"
Seeing the anxious look on this little girl's face, Hua Xing couldn't help but want to tease the other party, and scared with an evil smile:
"How do you know I'm not a demon? Believe it or not, I'm ...... I'll eat you! ”
As soon as these words came out, I saw that Xiao Quinoa's mouth was wide open, his eyes widened, and he didn't say a word for a long time, and his face was full of horror!
Seeing this, Hua Xing immediately smiled with satisfaction, waved his hand and said:
"Hehe, I'm scaring you! If I were a demon, I would have eaten you a long time ago, and I wouldn't have left it until now. By the way, tell me, where did you hear these words? ”
As soon as she heard that the adults were joking, Xiao Quinoa breathed a sigh of relief.
But for the sake of safety, I saw her licking her lips again and asking:
"Then, the thing that killed thousands of soldiers is also fake?"
"Do you need to ask? It's true that I fell from the sky, but I'm not a bomb, how could I kill so many people? What nonsense! ”
Although he didn't understand what the "bomb" was, seeing that Hua Daren denied it, Xiao Quinoa was completely down-to-earth, and told Hua Xing that these rumors were heard from other palace maids.
As for the source, she didn't know.
She only knew that everyone who lived in the palace now knew about it, so everyone would avoid Huaxing.
Now that the reason for this matter has been clarified, Huaxing let Xiao Quinoa leave the room.
As soon as the man left, his eyebrows were tightly wrung together, and he muttered to himself:
"Who the hell is spreading the rumors? He did it...... And for what purpose? ”
……
In the next few days, Huaxing continued to inquire about intelligence in the palace as planned.
But because of the rumors, he often hit a wall and made slow progress.
On Lu Pu's side, although he has a lot of influence in Luoyang City, he can involve Dong Zhuo's information, and there are really not many people outside the palace who know about it.
Therefore, seeing that a week has passed, the two have not made substantial progress.
One day, as soon as Lu Pu saw off Huaxing on his front foot, the housekeeper Zhao Ren knocked on the door and entered, clasped his fists and said:
"Lord Lu, the blacksmith Yang outside the East City has arrived and said he wants to see you."
Hearing the words "Blacksmith Yang", Lu Pu hurriedly raised his eyes to look out of the door, and saw that Huaxing had already walked away, so he asked Zhao Ren to lead Blacksmith Yang into the study.
"Wait, no one is allowed to come in!"
After telling Zhao Ren, Lu Pu closed the door.
"Sir Lu, I've shot the dagger you wanted, do you think it's OK?"
When only Lu and Yang were left in the house, Blacksmith Yang took out a black dagger wrapped in linen cloth from his arms and handed it to Lu Pu.
Blacksmith Yang looked to be in his 20s, not low, with a square bun, a high nose, deep eye sockets, and blue eyes, which gave him a mixed race. He was wearing a sheepskin vest and his arms were bare, looking very strong.
"How many times have I told you not to speak English here, and I forgot?" Lu Pu squinted at Blacksmith Yang.
"Sorry, sir, I won't do it again next time."
Seeing that the other party admitted his mistake, Lu Pu didn't pursue it anymore, and looked down at the dagger in his hand:
"Your craft...... It's getting better and better, so I'll give it to the one surnamed Hua when I catch up with Ming'er. Last time, I let him bump into Zhao Ren out of the city, so I had to make up nonsense and say that I was going to give him a weapon, which is really cheap for this kid. After shaking his head, Lu Pu turned his gaze to Blacksmith Yang again, touched the eight-character nonsense on his lips and said:
"The news is out?"
"All of them have been sent, and they can be rushed to Luoyang within seven days." Blacksmith Yang replied respectfully.
"Excellent! After the people arrive, they will gather at your place first, and they must not let the surnamed Hua see it! ”
“Ye…… Uh, knowing sir, I'll arrange it! ”
"Well, if you have something to contact by letter, you can go."
"Yes."
After saluting Lu Pu, Blacksmith Yang hurriedly left the place.