Chapter Ninety-Nine - The Hidden Insider
The huge water dragon instantly devoured the fire dragon released by the man, and rushed towards the guards blocking the man with a violent sweeping momentum, but it was suddenly frozen and shattered by the ice dragon summoned by the man again.
However, the ice dragon that suddenly appeared did not stop there, and surrounded Zi Jing and the others with a cold dragon body at lightning speed, forming a huge ice shell and holding them in it.
Just as the man was proud of trapping the enemy, a dazzling lightning bolt suddenly split from the black rain clouds that had accumulated overhead, and slashed straight on the ice shell that held Zi Jing and the others, followed by several dazzling lightning bolts, accompanied by a roaring rolling thunder that illuminated the entire treetop main city.
"Chun Yulu, you ignorant old thief, do you really think that we will blindly come to capture your Phantom Wing City before we understand anything clearly? Don't forget, I have breached all the dozen or so complex defensive barriers outside your city within a month!"
The lightning that fell on the surroundings illuminated Zi Jing's angry face even more majestic, and the guards surrounding them were all a little overwhelmed by the sudden thunder and lightning, and Chun Yuxi, who had a smug look on his face before, also showed a little panic at this moment, although his hands began to tremble slightly, he continued to try his best to hide it.
"Qiu Zijing, because the previous city lord had a word in the past, let the old man let you live, and now although the old city lord has passed away, the old man still follows his promise to him, and has repeatedly tolerated you lowly thieves, but you have always been eyeing my Phantom Wing City, and now you are attacking on a large scale, killing how many guards of my Phantom Wing City, and now you are still arrogant here, making a lot of nonsense! Guards! Don't take them all down!"
Chun Yujing's interrupted drink made the stunned guards come back to their senses, and they approached the dozens of people who were surrounded by them, but at this moment, Qiu Zijing's face showed a sneer that made Chun Yulu frightened, only to see that on the ground around Qiu Zijing and others, a circle of lightning suddenly appeared, and the guards who surrounded were all bounced out of the moment they touched the aperture.
"Chun Yuxi, I'm not the little girl who only hid and shivered back then! Didn't you just say how many of your Phantom Wing City guards I killed? Although we only knocked them unconscious before, but now that you say so, I really want to start the killing ring and make your words come true!"
Qiu Zijing sneered and approached Chun Yuxi, raised it with one hand, and then actually received a lightning bolt that went straight down in her hand, and danced out of several sword flowers like a dancing sword, and quickly slashed towards Chun Yuxi, and the companions behind her also scattered out at this time, entangled with the guards.
Chun Yulu was frightened, and hurriedly used the staff in his hand to resist with all his might, but the jade staff was gradually cut out of the crack by the sharp blade formed by lightning, and it was still slowly deepening, just as Chun Yulu looked pale and saw that the staff in his hand was about to be cut off, but suddenly heard the angry roar of the snow qilin and the loud voice of Chi Muyan in the air.
"Stop all of you! All of you lay down your arms! All the guards are back in the barracks of the main city and stand by!"
Everyone was shocked by Chi Muyan's stern shout, and even Qiu Zijing, who had been a little despised since they met, and felt that he was a weak scholar, was completely impressed by Chi Muyan, who jumped down from the snow qilin and stood in front of them with frowns.
However, when Qiu Zijing was slightly distracted, Chun Yulu suddenly grabbed this gap, deliberately broke the long staff in his hand that was about to be cut off by lightning immediately, and stabbed the sharp section at an extremely fast speed to Qiu Zijing's chest.
In the flash of light, Chi Muyan reacted immediately, and in an instant, he used his staff to pick up Chun Yulu's broken staff, and scolded with a slightly angry face: "What does Uncle Chun Yu mean by this? To make such a conspiracy move, it is inevitable to lose his identity, didn't you hear me say stop everything?"
Chun Yulu argued without shame: "City Lord, you must not be merciful to such hopeless traitors and thieves! They invaded our city and killed countless guards in our city, and they are really to blame!"
"Killed countless guards, so are these guards who were 'killed' by them now considered to be fraudulent corpses?" Chi Muyan looked at Chun Yulu coldly, and before the aftermath of his words fell, everyone saw that the guards who were knocked out by Qiu Zijing and them just now had all woken up at this moment, and they came to them one after another.
Chun Yulu watched the guards who were not in a big problem gather here, his face became more and more difficult to look at, and after all the guards were assembled, Chi Muyan spoke again, "Since the guards are all fine, let's all go back to their posts, and please ask Uncle Chun Yu to patiently listen to the reason for Qiu Zijing and the others to attack the city, and then express his opinion." β
After Chi Muyan finished speaking, he looked up at the black clouds that were still pouring rain overhead, wiped the rain off his face with his hands, and looked at Qiu Zijing with that cynical smile.
"Miss Zijing, can we also stop this rain? If this continues, my Phantom Wing City will not be breached by you, but will be flooded by you!"
"Hmph, who knows if you deliberately sang with the old thief to show us, you have to come up with something so that we can trust your credentials, just as you are the owner of Phantom Wing City to protect the safety of one side, I, as the leader, also want to keep my men safe." β
Qiu Zijing looked at Chi Muyan's smiling face, snorted coldly, and suddenly took out a dagger from his sleeve between the words and stabbed it straight at Chi Muyan's throat.
Chi Muyan seemed to have expected her to make this move, standing in place and not dodging, just quietly smiling and waiting for her sharp blade to stop in front of her throat, tilting her head and teasing in a low voice: "How can this girl's family be like this now...... What about the alternative? Either encirclement and interception, or blades facing each other, can't we be a little calmer?"
Qiu Zijing glanced at him, retracted the dagger into his sleeve, and waved his hand again, the originally torrential rain in the sky stopped instantly, and the black clouds gradually drifted away, revealing a warm sunset.
Chi Muyan noticed from the corner of his eye that Chun Yuxi's complexion had been constantly changing, and his heartbeat was gradually accelerating, although he had already sensed that he was trying his best to hide something, but Chi Muyan still pretended to know nothing, turned to Qiu Zijing and the group, and asked: "Now please Zijing girl, why do you want to attack my Phantom Wing City, and go to such great lengths not to hurt my soldiers?"
Qiu Zijing watched Chi Muyan pacing between her and Chun Yulu in casual words, and she also knew his intentions, so she took a deep breath and began to talk about the cause of the incident.
"When my father Qiu Yangfeng was young, he was originally a guard captain in your Phantom Wing City, and when he was inspecting things in the city, he accidentally got acquainted with Ling Wanfeng, the sister-in-law of Ling Caidie, the wife of the previous city lord, that is, my mother. The two made a big joke because of the word 'maple' in their names, and they chatted speculatively while being embarrassed, and then they fell in love with each other. After a period of time together, the two fell in love, and also received the support and blessing of the previous city lord and his wife. But just when the two were about to get married, Chun Yuxian, the son of Chun Yuxi, who had always admired Ling Wanfeng, deliberately framed my father, saying that he colluded with thieves to attempt to sneak attack Phantom Wing City, and spread rumors in my father's hometown, saying that my father was opposed and imprisoned by the previous city lord because he wanted to marry my mother, and instigated them to bring weapons to Phantom Wing City to ask for an explanation for my father. Kind-hearted folks, no one thought that this was a trap set by Chun Yu's old thief, and after they rushed to Phantom Wing City with great momentum, they happened to meet my father and mother who were chased and killed by Chun Yu's father and son, and finally found out that they had fallen for a trick. β
Qiu Zijing's past was talked about here, but she was suddenly cut off by Chun Yulu's loud voice, "Shut up! You thieves don't talk nonsense here and spray people with blood! Say that I framed you, can you get any evidence?"
Ji Muyan, who was standing between the two of them, was listening to the story and hearing Xingtou, and was startled by his sudden snort, frowning and looking at Chun Yuxi, "Uncle Chunyu, you are old, don't be excited and loud, besides, if you recruit all the other old ministers in the city and lose your own face, it's not a good thing, right?"
After Chi Muyan finished speaking, he turned to Qiu Zijing and made a gesture of invitation to her, "Miss Zijing, please continue, I think that since I am the city lord now, I should also listen to all the remarks of both sides before making a decision." β
Qiu Zijing glanced at Chun Yuxi, who was so angry that her face turned pale, and suddenly became a little interested in the seemingly cynical son in front of her, but when she saw the casual smile on Chi Muyan's face, she couldn't help but sigh helplessly, and looked away and continued.
"When the incident happened suddenly, and I don't know if it was a coincidence or deliberately, it happened to be in time for the production period of the previous city lord's wife, the city lord was flawless, and the old thief covered the sky with one hand to violently expel my father and mother and the villagers from Phantom Wing City, and sent troops to chase and kill all the way, everyone was powerless to resist a large number of pursuers, so they hid in a hurry into the giant wood ghost forest on the edge of Phantom Wing Island, and resettled in a hollow old tree. But when I was five years old, this old thief found our settlement again, and attacked the soldiers at night, and I watched as a young man killed my parents, and when he was about to continue to slaughter the village, the previous city lord finally came to stop his atrocity, which my father and mother had already ......."
Qiu Zijing recalled this, her voice was choked, and after pausing for a moment, she glared at Chun Yulu hatefully and continued: "For some reason, the previous city lord hurriedly came forward to stop him, and hurried back to Phantom Wing City, but after he left, this old thief set a ban for us not to step out of the giant wood ghost forest, and imprisoned us like rats in the dark ghost forest. At first, when I wanted to avenge my parents, I was disgusted by the sight of the villagers living happily and richly in the giant tree cave, and thought that it would be easy to live a life there without any disputes. But just a year ago, the hollow old tree for us to stay suddenly showed signs of withering and decay, and the ground at the bottom of the tree also appeared in the black mud that would sink in the rain, and we at first just thought that this was a normal phenomenon for old trees, until a year ago, a bard who accidentally passed by the cave of the giant tree kindly told us that this old tree was caused by a trap deliberately set by someone, and said that she saw with her own eyes the appearance of the person who set the trap, and showed us her memory of the person's appearance, and what appeared in her memory was the hideous face of the old thiefοΌβ