Chapter 14: Qi Lu's Worries
Hu Yuxuan diligently sent Qi Lu to the car, and when he was about to say goodbye, he turned back and said: "Mr. Qi, I'm afraid your car has been used for many years, why don't I give you a new car?" ”
"It's not necessary, sometimes the car is like a wife, it's still good to be old, and you need to get used to it." Qi Lu rejected Hu Yuxuan's request.
"It's really a rich man, and he actually wants to send us a car." After Ding Xiaolan got into the car, she said to Qi Lu: "You have saved his life, even if you accept his gift, you should also accept his gift." ”
"I'm afraid that eating people with a soft mouth and short hands will have countless troubles in the future."
"Hehe, how dare he trouble you, I think it's almost as good as you are asking him for trouble." Ding Xiaolan took out the makeup mirror in her bag and began to touch up her makeup.
"Come on, don't talk about it, let's go find a place to eat." Lao Wu, who was sitting in the front row, replied to them angrily and started the engine.
Qi Lu looked at Hu Yuxuan's disappearing back, then looked up at the gloomy sky, and suddenly sneered.
"What are you laughing at?" Ding Xiaolan saw Qi Lu's expression in the mirror and felt a little strange.
"This group of fox demons is really cunning, and they have always refused to tell me the truth, even if I press step by step, they have reservations about me."
"You think it's too much, I think Mr. Hu is very honest with us."
"Don't you think it's strange?" Qi Lu turned around and asked her: "Hu Qingyun got sick not too early or too late, but he went crazy at the meeting to elect the patriarch; Also, friends and brothers who have known each other for many years suddenly turn their faces and even want to kill each other, do you think this is normal? ”
"It's really strange, but didn't Hu Yuxuan and Feng Qiniang explain the reason to us?"
"You're thinking too simply." Qi Lu shook his head and said: "I don't think Hu Yuxuan will be as humble and polite as he seems, this guy's scheming is not ordinary. ”
"He is very gentlemanly, do you think that people are more handsome than you, so you speak ill of him behind your back?" Ding Xiaolan was a little absent-minded, she suddenly thought that if Hu Yuxuan went to South Korea to be a star, with his handsome neutral temperament, he would definitely become popular.
"Do you remember how Hu Yuxuan cleaned up the mess after Hu Yu escaped?"
"Of course I do." Ding Xiaolan still remembers it vividly, recounted the scene at that time, and praised Hu Yuxuan for being safe and in danger.
Qi Lu said coldly: "But you neglected two details. ”
"What two details?"
"First of all, he is not in a hurry to check on the people who were killed by Hu Yu outside the door, but to appease us."
"What does this mean?" Ding Xiaolan smelled a strange aura from Qi Lu's words.
"If you put yourself in your shoes, if you are Hu Yuxuan, there is a guest at home, but someone suddenly dies outside, your instinctive reaction must be to go to see the excitement outside first, instead of calmly drinking and chatting with the guests."
"That's right!" Ding Xiaolan exclaimed. "Are you saying that he doesn't care about human life, he doesn't care about fox life, he is a person with an indifferent personality who takes life very lightly?"
"No matter how much a monster looks like a human, its thinking is very different from that of a human, and you can't completely use a person's way of thinking to speculate what he really thinks in his heart." Qi Lu paused for a moment and said, "But from this incident, it can be seen that he is an extremely calm monster. ”
After listening to Qi Lu's answer, Ding Xiaolan felt as if her heart had been hammered with some kind of blunt object, she couldn't help but glance at Qi Lu, and remembered what Hu Lei had said to herself. Could it be that this handsome boss is really a descendant of the demon clan? In a trance, Ding Xiaolan felt that Qi Lu had become a little strange in her eyes.
Qi Lu said again: "Hu Yuben and Hu Yuxuan have a good relationship, but after Hu Yuxuan became the patriarch, his attitude changed greatly, and he even wanted to kill him, which is also what puzzles me." ”
"Since ancient times, for the sake of the throne, brothers have killed each other, and there have been many cases of sons killing their fathers, and the temptation of power can easily blind people's conscience, and Hu Yu will naturally do whatever it takes to be the patriarch." As she spoke, Ding Xiaolan tried her best to calm down her emotions.
"Even if you are right, it shows that Hu Yu's desire to be the patriarch is not a momentary impulse, it must be an act that has been peeping for a long time." Qi Lu asked Ding Xiaolan rhetorically: "Why didn't he take a safe approach, but chose to kill Hu Yuxuan in front of everyone?" Even if he succeeds, the fox clan will regard him as a rebel, how can he give him the position of patriarch! ”
Ding Xiaolan was suddenly speechless by Qi Lu, and she realized that there were too many mysteries behind the seemingly simple things.
"And I am more inclined to think that Hu Yu has no ambition to usurp power." Qi Lu said leisurely again.
Ding Xiaolan asked, "Why?" ”
But Qi Lu didn't answer her question, but stretched forward and said to Lao Wu: "When I fought with that Hu Yu today, he used the Heavenly Thunder Trick to deal with me. ”
"Oh." Although Lao Wu's tone was flat, Ding Xiaolan saw that his expression was a little unnatural from the car mirror.
Ding Xiaolan had heard his uncle say that the Heavenly Thunder Technique originated from the Five Thunder Method, which was extremely powerful, but the requirements for cultivators were very high, at least those who learned this spell had to break through the threshold of Existence. When he was helping Qi Lu remove the money Gu that had strayed into his body, he had briefly felt the realm of thought, but when it came to mastering, Ding Xiaolan felt that he had no hope in his life.
But with such a powerful spell, isn't Qi Lu also broken today, why do they both have depressed expressions on their faces now? Ding Xiaolan wanted to ask for an explanation, but found that Qi Lu had closed his eyes and recuperated, so he had to keep his mouth shut and continue to touch up his makeup.
After eating at the restaurant, Lao Wu drove Ding Xiaolan home, and then returned to the company with Qi Lu.
When he returned to the company, Lao Wu's face became gloomy, and he took out the pendant from his pocket and returned it to Qi Lu.
After Qi Lu put on the pendant, when he saw Lao Wu's unhappy appearance, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong, I'm depressed today?" ”
"For the sake of a few fox demons, you make a big fuss, is it worth it?" Lao Wu took out a black box from the inner room and put it on the desk in a huff.
The box was opened by Lao Wu, and there was nothing inside.
Qi Lu was embarrassed, he scratched the back of his head and said, "It is indeed a troublesome thing to use the Zhu Pen of the Imperial Seal, and it must be used together with the Jin Hong Sword." ”
"The soul of the harvest has been sleeping for a long time, and of course he can't summon his divine consciousness with the magic pen left behind. And the Jin Hong Sword was originally a divine weapon tempered by him, and the sword was infused with a lot of his hard work, so the two artifacts could only awaken his divine consciousness when used together. ”
Lao Wu's expression relaxed a little when he spoke, and he continued to say to Qi Lu with anger on his face: "I still reserve my opinion, this group of fox demons is not strong in the first place, and you and I can completely deal with it together." Besides, with the jade pendant of Qianyehua, we can completely command the group of foxes, why use the magic pen? It's a one-time consumable, and it's a big waste to use it against the fox demon this time. ”
Qi Lu pondered for a moment and said: "The jade pendant of the King of Ten Thousand Foxes, I don't think it is as deterrent as you think, have you forgotten that the Liaodong Wei clan just treats the jade pendant as nothing?" To use the red pen to deal with the many masters of the Semitic race, I think it is still necessary to do so. ”
"Have you become less daring?"
"Since you and I exterminated the Liaodong Wei Clan, all the foxes in the world have been shocked, and I want to take the opportunity of meeting with the Semitic tribe this time to resolve the hostility, this is one of them." Qi Lu continued: "Second, although the Semitic race is the most friendly race to humans among the fox demons, the information we have received in recent years shows that they are not living in seclusion in human cities, and have been secretly fighting with other demon races for territory and expanding their strength. ”
"Isn't it just right for human fishermen to benefit from fighting and killing monsters and weakening each other's strength, so why should we get involved?"
"The point is that the situation is not developing in a good direction, and now the Semitic race is rapidly expanding its strength, and it has become a big trend, and we have to guard against it."
"You didn't look away at that." Lao Wu said: "But I don't see any necessary connection between this and the use of magic brushes. ”
"The Semitic race has become a bit ambitious after a series of victories, especially since many elders have suggested that the contract with the human race should be changed to no longer regard escapism as the primary creed."
"I don't think they dare to be bold, and they want to go back to the ancient era of wanton hunting and killing human beings."
"Not yet, but no one can guarantee it in the future." Qi Lu said worriedly: "The old patriarch who died was a pacifist among the Semitic tribes, and he has always opposed a head-on conflict with humans. But the new patriarch Hu Yuxuan has an ambiguous attitude, so I have to be both gracious and give him a vaccination in advance. ”
Lao Wu stopped talking, and only then did he understand Qi Lu's intentions. After being silent for a while, Lao Wu said: "Now we have even used the second treasure box, and only the last box is left of the three boxes, you have to be careful with your use." ”
"Do you remember what your master said?" Qi Lu pointed to the box and said, "Unless it is the moment when the catastrophe of the end times is approaching, we have the right to use the third box." ”
"yes, I hope I'll never get a chance to use that box." Lao Wu's eyes dimmed a lot, and he took the wine jug and drank it.
"But I had a windfall today." Qi Lu grinned and handed the note with the address of the Semitic Clan Elder Mo Chengcheng to Lao Wu, and then told him in detail everything that happened in the conference room today.
"Strange, do you think that werewolf killer specializes in killing fox demons who have refined the Divine Solidification Spell?" Lao Wu looked at the note, his eyes were a little wandering.
"The clues that have been given so far seem to support this inference."
But why did he do that? If these fox demons are all dead, then the remaining fox demons will not be able to use this spell" Lao Wu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said urgently: "Then these fox demons can be easily identified by the demon hunter when they appear in society!" ”
Hearing Lao Wu's words, Qi Lu's body trembled, and he said hesitantly: "The killer doing this will only benefit the human race, could it be that he was sent by the human demon eradication organization?" ”
The two immediately looked at each other and were silent, Lao Wu took another sip of wine and said, "Tomorrow, I'll go visit that Mo Cheng City first to see if I can get some useful clues from his mouth." ”
"No need, you're still secretly gathering information about him. By the way, at the same time, investigate Hu Qingyun, and it would be best to give me a detailed information. Qi Lu said in a deep voice: "It is said that this Mo Chengcheng has an arrogant personality, you may have a closed door if you go, or I will go to see him in person." ”
"It's fine." Lao Wu proposed again: "For that Hu Yu, we should find him as soon as possible, this fox demon must have clues that we are interested in." ”
Hearing the name Hu Yu, Qi Lu's brows furrowed, and he said, "You reminded me that I see that your main task now is to find Hu Yu." Hu Yuxuan must have arranged for a large number of men to hunt down Hu Yu, and I am afraid that before we find Hu Yu, he may be killed. ”
Lao Wu nodded in agreement, he stretched his waist and went to sleep in the inner room. Only Qi Lu was left alone to sit alone in the office chair, looking at the empty box on the table in a daze.