Chapter 62: To save or not to save
That night, in the chamber of the Ming Zhu Mansion, the lights and candles were brilliant, shining like day. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć The INFO hall was crowded with people, and everyone on the island with some status came to the meeting.
Although I know who my opponent is and what the cards are in my opponent's hand, I don't know where to start when it comes to rescue. Because they didn't know where the chameleon tiger was hiding, let alone where he hid Song Qi.
This Dream Island is not big, but it is not small. Finding one or two people on a huge island is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
Although the hall was crowded with people, it suddenly became quiet, and it could even be said to be somewhat silent.
It was a brief lull after a heated argument and a prelude to an even more violent quarrel that was about to erupt.
Ming Zhu Gonggao sat on the Taishi chair in the middle, without saying a word, looking at the people below with empty eyes. And the people below also looked at each other with empty eyes.
This silence lasted for a long time with a cup of tea.
At this time, I saw Fan Yinao, the captain of the Wanjiu sea ship, clear his throat and break the peace in the hall. I saw him arch his hand to Ming Zhu Gong, and said loudly: "Grandpa! That chameleon tiger has only captured two nobodies who are insignificant, where is it worth us to be so excited? He wanted to threaten his grandfather and Yumeshima with this, but he was simply miscalculated. As long as we ignore him, he will not be able to use his cunning! ā
This remark won the approval of some people. Someone chimed in: "Yes, one or two nobodies, whatever he does!" ā
"I don't think so!" Hua Meng glanced at Fan Yinao, then slowly glanced at the faces of the people around him, and said excitedly: "Although they are two nobodies, they are also two living people. These two big living people, one of them is the government soldier of the fourteenth prince, disappeared alive in the Ming Zhu Mansion, if we ignore it, won't we let the world laugh at our Dream Island for being afraid of bandits and ignoring human life and morality? ā
Of course, Hua Meng's words have also won the approval of some people. "Yes, we have a lot of talent here, how can we be afraid of a bandit?"
Fan Yinao immediately retorted: "It's not that we are afraid of bandits, and it's not that we are careless about human life. The problem is that Dream Island is so big, and we don't know where the bandits are hiding, how to save them? Besides, the bandits want a book from heaven. On one side there are nobodies, and on the other hand, there are priceless treasures, which is more important than the other, and even a three-year-old child can clearly understand. Could it be that in order to save the nobody, let the grandfather dedicate the book of heaven to the bandit? ā
"Grandpa! Captain Fan was right. The Book of Heaven is a priceless treasure and must not be given to that bandit! Ximen Liu, who had not spoken, coughed dryly, stood up, arched his hand to Ming Zhugong, smiled slightly, and said in a calm tone: "Then Song Qi's origin is unknown, can we save him at any cost?" ā
"What do you think?" Ming Zhugong waved his hand to Ximen Liu and motioned for him to sit down.
Ximen Liu sat down and said slowly: "I've been thinking about it from last night to today, what is the origin of Song Qi? As soon as he landed on the island, there were a series of accidents on the island. First, there was an incident of hijacking by bandits, and now it is an incident of bandits threatening it. Isn't that doubtful? ā
"Shopkeeper Simon, what do you suspect?" Feng Dan asked Ximen Liu through a few people.
"Last time, Song Qi was kidnapped by bandits, and in the end, he was unscathed." Ximen Liu said, his tone was a little excited, and his hand kept waving into the air, "This time I was kidnapped by bandits again." Of course, no one witnessed it with their own eyes this time, so whether it was hijacked or something else this time is unknown. But the grandfather did receive a threatening letter from the bandits. ā
Fan Yinao nodded in agreement and said: "Yes, we are all attending the birthday celebration, and we don't know what happened at all, whether anyone has been hijacked or not, it is completely based on the bandits' arrow book." ā
Seeing that someone had listened to his words, Ximen Liu continued to analyze the case and said: "Today is the 60th birthday of my grandfather, and all countries have come to congratulate him. If Song Qi was abducted at the scene of the birthday celebration, how could no one witness it? If he was kidnapped outside the birthday celebration site, then why didn't he come to the birthday celebration? Where exactly did he go? What is he going to do? We don't know. Was the last hijacking a farce he staged on his own? And this time, there may not have been any hijacking at all. ā
Mao Yong frowned and asked, "No hijacking?" Then why did Song Qi disappear? Where did the threat letter that Grandpa received come from? ā
"That's where he's so smart." Ximen Liu glanced at Mao Yong, and then glanced at the audience, "He directed a hijacking scene for us before, which impressed us. And then this time he played a game of disappearance, which made us think that he had been kidnapped. In fact, he was not hijacked, he just disappeared after shooting the threatening letter. ā
"Are you saying that this threatening letter was shot by Song Qi, not a chameleon?" Someone in the crowd asked.
Ximen Liu's hand waved hard into the air, and said categorically: "Yes! This threatening letter was shot by Song Qi, and it was also shot by a chameleon tiger. Because they're the same people! ā
"You say that Song Qi is a chameleon tiger, what basis do you have?" Feng Dan stared at Ximen Liu and asked.
Ximen Liu smiled and said, "According to General Hong, the chameleon tiger disappeared from the seashore of Donghai County three months ago, and Song Qi came to the island at that time. According to this, they are the same person, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence? ā
Feng Dan retorted: "According to General Hong, that chameleon tiger has strong martial arts, while Song Qi has no martial arts. How could they be the same person. ā
Ximen Liu raised his hands and drew a circle on his face, explaining: "General Hong also said that the chameleon tiger has extremely high disfigurement skills. He can completely disguise himself as if he has no martial arts. Besides, if any of you have fought against him, how can you be sure that he has no martial arts? The voice paused, and then said: "And after Song Qi came to the island, he stayed with a few girls almost every day, and never met with a man, why did he do this, isn't he afraid of revealing his true face." ā
Mao Yong nodded, then shook his head again and said, "Although what you said makes sense. But Song Qi landed on the island with Ling Xue. Previously, he had been living in Huanglongling in Chen State, and was not in Donghai County in Weiguo at all. ā
Ximen Liu's eyes froze, staring at Mao Yong, and said aggressively: "This is his cleverness." Of course, he knows how to take twists and turns to win trust. Otherwise, how could he freely enter and exit the well-guarded Ming Zhu Mansion? How could it be so easy to shoot a threatening message at the gate of the Ryuyin Pavilion? ā
Feng Dan sneered and said, "Song Qi has lived in Huanglongling for three or four months, does Ling Xue know if he has martial arts?" Judging only by the time you landed on the island, you can conclude that Song Qi is a chameleon tiger. You're far-fetched! Besides, Song Qi has been accepted as an apprentice by his master, how can he be a chameleon tiger, do you mean that Ling Xue is also a chameleon tiger? ā
Ximen Liu smiled and said, "It's not impossible!" So who is Zhai Wang? Isn't he also a member of Huanglongling? ā
Feng Dan's eyes widened, and he pointed at Ximen Liu's nose and scolded: "Ximen Liu, you are too much!" How dare you slander the master! ā
Ximen Liu spread out his hands and said with a smile: "Don't misunderstand, I don't mean to slander your master at all." Zhai Wang is a bandit, this is a fact, he is also the apprentice of the head of the Ling sect, this is also a fact. I'm just being honest and have absolutely no other meaning. ā
"Is there a truth-seeking person like you? If it is only based on the time of going to the island, then your son Ximen Liu, Ximen Yun, also returned to the island before the Mid-Autumn Festival. And his martial arts are not low, and he is even more suspicious of being a chameleon tiger! Mao Yong was furious, and leaned towards Ximen Liu angrily, as if he had the intention of punching a few punches, but was stopped by Fan Yinao.
Ximen Liu also glared at Mao Yong and shouted, "What do you want?!" ā
Ming Zhugong listened quietly, his two eyebrows were twisted together, and at this time he waved his hand downward, and said in a deep voice: "Okay! Don't be noisy! Will arguing solve the problem? Regardless of whether Song Qi is a chameleon or not, the top priority is to find him as soon as possible, so that all the problems will be solved! ā
At this time, I only heard a shout from outside: "His Highness the Fourteenth has arrived!" ā
When Ming Zhugong heard this, he was about to get up to greet him, only to see the crowd below quickly move closer to the two sides of the hall, and a passage more than three people wide was made in the middle. The fourteenth prince hurried through the passage surrounded by Hong Yu and other eight or nine people, and had already come to Ming Zhugong.
"Your Highness has arrived, you have missed the distance, forgive your sins!" Ming Zhugong left his seat and led the fourteenth prince to sit in the middle of the main seat. Immediately, someone brought a chair and added it to Ming Zhugong's side.
"Don't dare, don't dare!" The fourteenth prince conceded a little, then sat proudly, then looked at Ming Zhugong with a sideways face, and asked with concern, "Have you found out who the person who was kidnapped by the bandits?" ā
"Just found out." Ming Zhu sighed, "There are two missing, one is our guest Song Qi, and the other is His Highness's palace soldier. ā
The fourteenth prince was not surprised to hear this, apparently he already had a partial grasp of the situation.
He nodded, then patted down the chair and said angrily, "This bandit is too rampant!" He is not only threatening Ming Zhu Gong, but also demonstrating to Xiao Wang! He looked up at Hong Yu again and said, "General Hong, you are here to assist Ming Zhugong, no matter where the bandits are hiding, they must be pulled out and the hostages will come out!" ā
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Ming Zhu Gong hurriedly waved his hand to stop, "This incident happened in Dream Island, we are enough to deal with it, how can we let His Highness bother!" ā
The fourteenth prince pressed Ming Zhu's hand, his eyes were fixed, with a solemn expression on his face, and he said, "I believe that Dream Island is capable enough to deal with bandits. But the time limit given by the bandits is too short, and our people are caught, how can we sit idly by? ā