12th day of the first lunar month
Ryuanji, Hall. Li Sanlang and others saw that it was the prince who came, and hurriedly led the people of Long'an Division to greet him, the prince looked nervous, saw Li Sanlang, did not wait for him to salute, and hurriedly pulled him up and down to look at it, and then took a long breath and asked with concern: "San Lang, I heard that you were held hostage by gangsters, but you were injured." ”
Li Sanlang bowed down after hearing this, gave a salute, and replied: "His Royal Highness Prince Xie is concerned, and Sanlang is fine." ”
Li Sanlang can be regarded as the right-hand man under the crown prince, and when he heard that he was being held hostage, he was worried, and continued: "This palace originally planned to call you to the East Palace to discuss the matter discussed by His Majesty today, but I never thought that you were actually held hostage by gangsters, and this palace rushed over in a hurry, fortunately, it was okay!" If you make any mistakes, then this palace has a broken arm! After the prince said that, he looked Li Sanlang up and down carefully to confirm that everything was fine, which made him a little relieved.
Seeing that the prince cared about him so much, Li Sanlang was happy in his heart, so he bowed again with a smile on his face and said, "San Lang is indeed fine, please don't worry about it anymore." ”
When the prince heard this, his face sank, and he asked, "Who is the murderer?" Have you been caught, and where are you being held? ”
"It's Chen Wuji of Long Ansi, who has now been imprisoned in a cell by Chen Xuanli!"
"What! Chen Wuji? Didn't you personally select him to join the Dragon Ansi? This palace only heard that you were held hostage by gangsters, but I didn't ask in detail, how did things develop to this point? ”
"The reason is indeed a bit complicated, let's let Li Duwei report in detail for His Royal Highness the Prince." Li Sanlang said, looked around, and whispered to the prince again: "There are many people here, please move His Royal Highness the prince, and we will wait for the meeting hall to be detailed." ”
The prince nodded, so he returned to the council hall with Li Sanlang, Li Ke, and Zhang Jiuling. After entering the chamber, Li Ke reported today's events to the prince in detail, the prince listened to it in a cold sweat, and finally finished the story, the impact of this matter on the prince made him unable to calm down for a long time, he never thought that this matter was so complicated, he was silent for a long time, and finally said to Zhang Jiuling: "This matter is too dangerous, go and invite Lord Zhang Kazhi here to discuss together." ”。
"Whoa!" Zhang Jiuling bowed and retreated.
The room fell silent again, and the three of them did not speak again, and finally Li Ke broke the silence and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Li Sicheng, according to the following opinions, the top priority is to search for Keduo as soon as possible, and what does it mean to crack Kule Duoti as soon as possible?" I think that's the crux of the case. ”
The crown prince listened to Li Ke's words and muttered to himself, "Kule Dotina? What does this mean? ”
Li Ke replied: "Back to the prince, I heard that this is a vicious curse in the Western Regions, which means a beast that eats bones!" ”
Before the prince could speak, Li Sanlang took the lead in asking: "I just wanted to ask Li Duwei, why is Li Duwei so panicked every time he hears this, what is this bone-eating beast referring to?" Could it be that what kind of monster can't be? ”
Li Ke pondered for a moment and replied: "It's not a secret, I don't know what this specific thing is, but there is such a saying in the Western Regions, as long as it is the place where Kule Duoti has been, there will be no grass and white bones everywhere!" Therefore, this language is the most vicious curse in the Western Regions, and it can be said that it is a change of color in the Western Regions, so I am out of shape, and I hope to forgive it. ”
Li Sanlang said: "Li Duwei's words are serious! Even something that is feared by a master like Li Duwei must be extremely dangerous, but I don't know if in addition to rumors, but someone has indeed seen it? ”
Li Ke thought about it carefully for a moment, and continued: "I really haven't seen it, but I've heard insiders mention that there was once a group of camel merchants who passed through Broken Leaf City to avoid Kul Dotina; The caravan originally had more than 20 people, but when they encountered a sandstorm on the road, they finally found two broken temples, and because the broken temples were too small, these 20 people lived separately; At night, I suddenly heard another piece of screams in the temple, some people were exclaiming Kule Duotina, but at that time the sandstorm was too big, and the people in the temple here were not good enough to go over to check, when the sandstorm was smaller, and then went to check, in less than an hour, there were only piles of white bones left in the temple, and there was not even flesh and blood left on the white bones, and the camels that traveled with them did not survive, and everyone was shocked, and fled to Broken Leaf City overnight, but in the end they didn't know what this Kule Duotina was, I was just frightened by the white bones of my companions and camels. ”
After listening to Li Ke's words, the crown prince and Li Sanlang couldn't help but show a look of fear, and Li Sanlang said slowly: "No wonder Li Duwei was so panicked when he heard that Kule Duoti was at that time, this thing is so dangerous!" If Naktor really brought this thing to the Divine Capital, it would be a disaster. ”
The prince shook his head incredulously, and said, "Even a tiger cannot eat a man in an hour until only bones and flesh are left, and this Kuledotina is indeed unbelievable; It seems that we must find out what this thing is as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a matter of endless trouble. ”
Li Ke naturally also knows the danger of Kule Duotina, but it is not easy to find out this thing, if it is according to Chen Wuji, there are only two days left, how to find out this, they don't even know what this is, thinking of this, Li Ke couldn't help but sigh and stopped talking.
Li Sanlang suddenly asked: "Li Duwei, I think of that friend of yours, I think that he should also be a master in the world, does he know about this thing?" ”
Li Ke knew that Li Sanlang was asking Pei Min, but he shook his head and replied: "This friend below, if it is about martial arts and wine, he can be said to know everything, but if you ask him about it, he must not know." ”
After hearing this, Li Sanlang couldn't help but be a little disappointed, and continued: "What about the red-haired Yama? Does he know about it? ”
When Li Sanlang said this, it reminded Li Ke that the first person to mention this to him was the red-haired Yama, so he replied: "Xie Li Sicheng reminded me, I just remembered that the Kule Duoti in the Divine Capital was the first to be told by the red-haired Yama, how could he forget him when he was so nervous." But Li Ke's expression of excitement was fleeting, and he continued: "But he has a strange temperament, and even if he knows, he probably won't tell him, and I really don't know whether this person is friend or foe." ”
Li Saburo continued: "It is about the safety of the gods, I am willing to give it a try, otherwise it will be difficult to find out in a short time." ”
Li Ke heard Li Sanlang say this, so he nodded and replied, "I am willing to accompany Li Duwei to the ghost market together." ”
The prince was about to speak, but suddenly a shout came from outside the house: "Oh no, come on, it's on fire!" ”
When Li Ke heard this, he was shocked, could it be done... He didn't have time to think further, so he hurriedly rushed out of the door, only to see that smoke was already billowing from Long Anji's backyard, and the direction from which the fire came was the cell; Li Ke secretly shouted in his heart: "Not good! A trace of uneasiness gathered in his heart, and he hurriedly ran towards the cell without looking back.
He ran to the cell, the smoke was so thick that people couldn't open their eyes, the Yulin Army guarding nearby rushed over to prepare to put out the fire, Li Ke didn't think much about it, and was about to rush to the cell, but just after running a few steps, he tripped and almost fell, he leaned over and looked, it was actually Chen Xuanli, Li Ke touched it and breathed, he just fainted to the ground, there was blood on his head, as if he was injured; Li Ke hurriedly lifted Chen Xuanli from the ground and dragged him out, at this time Li Sanlang also rushed over, seeing that Chen Xuanli was unconscious and shocked for a while, Li Ke hurriedly said in order not to let Li Sanlang worry: "It should be dizzy, and I hope Li Sicheng will take care of it." After that, Li Ke put Chen Xuanli down.
At this time, the fire was getting stronger and stronger, Li Ke couldn't care about it, snatched a bucket of water from Yulinjun's hand and drenched himself from head to toe, and then rushed into the cell. Li Sanlang was in a hurry, and he also planned to rush in with Li Ke, but he was dragged down by the Yulin Army beside him.
Li Ke rushed into the cell, but the cell was so smoked that he could barely see anything, and there were several Yu Linjun guarding the cell lying on the ground, Li Keqiang endured the smoke and searched for Chen Wuji everywhere in the cell, and finally he saw Chen Wuji lying on his stomach in the cell outside a cell door, motionless at the moment; Seeing this, Li Ke opened the cell door with a palm, rushed in, and hurriedly turned over Chen Wuji's body to confirm his condition, but the scene in front of him caught Li Ke off guard, the person lying on his stomach was not Chen Wuji, but was wearing Chen Wuji's clothes, Li Ke said silently in his heart: "Is it a trick?" ”
Li Ke was thinking, suddenly a palm came from behind him, Li Ke reflexively waved his hand to block, the attacker's palm power was amazing, by no means an ordinary master, if this palm was not Li Ke, he would have been injured a long time ago, but Li Ke had been smoked for a long time, and his physical strength had declined, and at this moment he couldn't help but make him lean back, Li Ke just wanted to get up and fight back, but another palm came from behind him, and the palm power of this palm was no less than the previous palm, Li Ke didn't have time to guard for a while, and was hit firmly on his body, Li Ke suddenly realized, The person who attacked this attack is definitely a top master, Chen Wuji will never have such martial arts.
There are two of these top masters, and one of them is Keduo? And who is the other one? Li Ke didn't have time to think about it, because the two didn't give Li Ke the slightest respite, after Li Ke was slapped in the face, they rushed up and launched a siege on Li Ke, these two people had very high martial arts, and they had prepared an ambush in advance, Li Ke was injured at this time, and after a few rounds, he was already a little unable to parry, so Li Ke retreated outside the cell in a flash, and the two were not busy chasing Li Ke.
Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, Li Ke had no choice but to run out of the cell, preparing to find another opportunity to arrest the two outside the cell.