Chapter 39: Arnold's confession
Arnold came back to his senses and knelt in front of Ziyu with a thud. Zi Yu was stunned by Arnold's sudden action, and was at a loss to pull him up: "What are you doing, you have something to say." ”
But Arnold was motionless, still kneeling straight: "Arnold is wrongly loved by the princess, and it is Arnold's luck that the princess wants to raise Arnold as a favor." However, Arnold had vowed to recognize only one Lord in this life. Raising his head, he looked at Ziyu's eyes full of hope: "Therefore, Arnold hereby implores the princess, hoping that the princess will take back Arnold as a pet, so as to make Arnold loyal to the old master." ”
"Do you have a master? Why didn't you say it earlier? Ziyu scratched her head a little embarrassed, "I promised you everything you said, you get up quickly." ”
Arnold was relieved at this time, and when he saw the raccoon head standing behind Ziyu, he nodded at him, so he stood up obediently.
Before Arnold could speak, Zi Yu immediately asked, "Arnold, can you tell me about your master, is she a very powerful immortal?" Where is she now? Why not by your side? ”
Arnold suddenly had a little longing in his eyes when he heard this, and his whole person became sad: "My master, she is just an ordinary mortal, and now she has passed away. ”
"I'm sorry." Ziyu stuck out her tongue, a little embarrassed, and then couldn't help but add: "In that case, what are your plans in the future?" ”
"I want to stay in Hefu."
"But the identity of your cat demon has been exposed, where does He Fu dare to take you in." Zi Yu couldn't help but say, "Why don't you go to Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, where there is abundant spiritual power, and it is the best place to cultivate, plus with me, no demon dares to bully you." ”
"Thank you, princess, for your kindness." Arnold shook his head, turned around and looked into the distance, his mind seemed to be a little ethereal: "I want to stay in He Mansion because my master, she is also here." ”
Zi Yu's heart suddenly moved, and she suddenly remembered something, and couldn't help but say: "I remember that when I was eyeing you, it was because you wanted to suck He Jieying's soul, which was nothing. Because I also know that many goblins who don't follow the right path will increase their cultivation by absorbing the essence of human beings, and I thought that you were the same, because you didn't succeed, so I didn't ask too much about it. But now it seems that you have another hidden reason for absorbing the soul, right? ”
Arnold was slightly stunned when he heard this, and his face showed embarrassment, as if he was unwilling to answer Ziyu's question.
Seeing this, Zi Yu was even more sure of what she was thinking, so she said, "If you don't tell me the truth, do you think I will let you stay in the mortal world?" I don't know if you know, absorbing the essence of human beings is a big crime in the demon clan. ”
Zi Yu said this sentence because it already had a threatening taste, and Tanuki also released a trace of demonic power just right when Zi Yu's words fell, which suddenly pressed Arnold's face pale.
"Arnold, you should know better than me about the sentence that people can't look like." Zi Yu suddenly smiled and said, "Although I am nominally the princess of the demon clan, I am by no means as simple as you think. ”
Arnold felt that he might have underestimated Ziyu. When Ziyu restored him to his original form before, he was a little afraid of this girl, but when he learned that she was Ziyu, he took it for granted that it was just because of the raccoon dog, so he naturally put away that fear.
Coupled with the way he saw Tanuki treating Ziyu later, he only regarded Ziyu as a little girl who was spoiled by the demon king, and there was nothing to be feared except for his noble status.
Arnold is really afraid of Tanuki, a hundred years ago, a random palm almost killed him, he was afraid of the strength of the demon king, and he was willing to surrender to this terrifying strength, but this does not mean that he will also willingly surrender to Ziyu.
Cats are arrogant by nature and rarely obey anyone's orders. His obedience to Ziyu is just because of the presence of raccoon dogs.
"Tanuki, don't meddle in this matter." After Zi Yu finished speaking, she still looked at Arnold with a smile when she turned around, as if she had seen through his thoughts, "It doesn't matter if you don't take my words seriously, and I won't use magic to hurt you to prove my own strength." However, since you obey me only because I am a princess of the demon clan, then I will use the power of this princess against you, how about it? ”
Zi Yu stretched out his finger to the river as he spoke, and a beautiful purple light suddenly appeared, jumping on Zi Yu's fingertips, winding and extending into the water.
Arnold hadn't understood yet, only to see the corners of Tanuki's mouth slightly raised, and his eyes were full of doting. Immediately, the water of the river swelled into several streams, and flew in four directions around the water rope, and flew towards Arnold.
Arnold immediately flew up to pinch, secretly glad in his heart that the chain that Zi Yu had worn on his neck last night had been taken away.
Arnold, who was in mid-air, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the rope colliding and turning into droplets of water, and saw that Tanuki had already stood at the other end of the boat, as if he really didn't intend to meddle in this matter.
Arnold looked down at Ziyu below, only to see that Ziyu was still standing in place, and the hand that was originally stretched out had been retracted. The scattered droplets of water fell a foot in front of her and bounced off, turning into bundles that merged into the water in an orderly manner, and then turned into eight strands of rope and flew towards Arnold.
Arnold effortlessly dodged the rope, and although he didn't understand what Ziyu was doing, he was a little slack.
And at the moment when Arno relaxed, the flowers and trees on the rockery suddenly hit Arnold, and a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the river at Arnold's feet, and countless water bombs flew out of it, attacking Arno with those plants and trees.
While Arnold struggled to deal with these spirits, Ziyu yawned lazily, and the purple light in his hand disappeared. Zi Yu raised her head slightly, looked at Arnold, who was gradually losing because she had spent too much demonic power, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a faint smile.
Not long after, Arnold ran out of demonic power and was tied up by several water ropes and thrown to Ziyu's feet.
Arnold who fell in front of Ziyu again was even more embarrassed than the last time, his messy hair was tangled with leaves and weeds, and his clothes and face were dirty and messy with mud and water, just like the man who stood on the boat before and watched the breeze of the moon.
"What are you capable of doing this!" Arnold glared at Ziyu angrily, with hidden anger in his voice.
Zi Yu looked at Arnold funny, took a step back slightly, patted the non-existent soil on his sleeve by the way, and put on a harmless look of humans and animals: "How can my ability, which was taught by the Demon King of the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain and Nansu, the head of the Spirit Seeking Sect, be wasted on you. What's more," Zi Yu paused, her eyes moved away from Arnold, but the smile on the corner of her mouth became more and more mocking: "I am a dignified princess of the demon clan, if I want to catch you and have to serve me, why do you have to take action yourself?" ”
Arnold was extremely angry, and a faint color of blood appeared on his pale face. He wanted to scold Ziyu for being despicable and shameless, but he couldn't deny Ziyu's words. After all, at the beginning, he was dissatisfied with Ziyu because he felt that she was just pressing him with the identity of a princess, and now when Ziyu really used her identity as a princess to deal with him, he couldn't refute it.
"It is a great sin to harm the people for the sake of demons, to take away people's spirits and hurt people's lives; In the face of this princess's disrespect and disrespect, she assassinated her three times and twice, adding to the crime. Zi Yu said coldly, "To be honest, you can choose one of your own if you are imprisoned in the demon clan's prison." ”
Arnold looked at the little girl in purple in front of him, and the man in red standing behind her, with a relieved face, bit his lower lip, and retreated: "If I tell the truth, can I stay here?" ”
Ziyu sneered and asked, "Are you qualified to bargain with me?" ”
Arnold looked at the cold-faced Ziyu in front of him, and finally gave up struggling, lowered his head and whispered, "Whatever you want to know, I'll say it." ”
Ziyu nodded with satisfaction and raised her hand towards Arnold. Immediately, the water rope on Arnold's body let go of Arnold, gathered into a strand, and fell into the river.
Arnold, who was suddenly untied, was a little difficult to adapt, got up from the boat, and asked with some puzzlement: "If you let me go, aren't you afraid that I will resist?" ”
Ziyu didn't even give Arnold a look this time, turned around and walked towards Tanuki: "You don't have this ability." ”
Arnold choked on this sentence, and followed silently: "Go to my house, it's better to see with your own eyes than to say it." ”
Ziyu nodded: "Lead the way." ”
This time, the three of them did not take the boat again, but the raccoon dog tricked the clouds. The three of them stepped on the clouds one by one and flew towards a small courtyard in He Fuzhong.
The courtyard is not far from the back garden of He Mansion, although it is small and simple, it is very bookish in arrangement. A loquat tree was planted in the yard, and the pavilion was like a cover.
Arnold led Ziyu and Tanuki straight into his bedroom, and he strode to the side of the bed and pressed a mechanism, and then the bed slowly moved away, revealing a secret passage.
"Come with me." Arnold said and took the lead into the dark passage, Ziyu and Tanuki looked at each other when they saw this, and followed into the dark passage. After all three of them entered the secret passage, Arnold pressed another mechanism, and the entrance to the secret passage immediately returned to its original state.
The entrance to the tunnel is a narrow staircase, not spacious, but just big enough for a person to walk. Dim candles burned around the tunnel, barely illuminating the steps. Arnold took a candlestick from the side wall and walked to the front to lead the way: "This is the road to my master's grave." ”
"Cemetery?"
"Hmm." Arnold replied, "The original site of the He Mansion was actually the house of a large family, which was later relocated, and the house was sold to the ancestors of the He family by the descendants of that family. ”
At the bottom of the stairs is a passageway, as wide as the staircase, and candles are burned on the ledges on either side. Zi Yu carefully walked the last step, glanced at both sides of the aisle, and said, "I've heard people talk about these. ”
"My master was the only daughter of the family, and after her death her family secretly buried her here, they transferred the house and moved the family away." Arnold said lightly, and suddenly stopped, "It's here." ”