"How could it be so coincidental?"

Carefully recalling what Shui Luo said when he came back, doubts also appeared in Zhou Qian's heart, looking at Shui Luo, who was full of grievances and gloomy expression, she thought about it repeatedly for a long time, and asked tentatively: "Shui Lao, can't you tell if the main thing is injured before you go or after you go?"

"If it were an ordinary person, I would just take it down and take a look, but He Qiufen is different. At that time, the two sisters sang and harmonized. And when I asked, there was nothing unusual about their reactions and expressions. Coupled with the events of last night, my mind was already a little chaotic, but they were haunted by them. After coming back and thinking about it, Shui Luo also felt a little strange.

"Otherwise, the old man will go again, and use the excuse of helping her investigate the injury to see if the injury she suffered is a new injury, or an old injury left last night?"

Slowly shaking her head, Zhou Qian denied: "As a woman, He has many excuses to refuse politely, and now things are really not clear, you won't use force directly, right?" After all, she has been in Xihe City for nearly ten years, and she is also a figure with a head and a face, once the matter spreads, I am afraid it will be another blow to your reputation." And it's about Zhang Hao, once she is moved, won't she immediately attract the attention of the former?"

Looking at Shui Luo's face changing slightly, Zhou Qian, who clearly knew that the other party had always paid attention to reputation, lowered her head slightly, and her mind turned quickly.

From the very beginning, Zhou Qian's ultimate goal was not to confront Shui Luo and He Qiufen. Because the latter has no wheel, relying on his strength or status, he can't compete with the powerful summoning heavenly master in front of him. And at present, the only person who can oppose Shui Luo and make him ruined and even die is Zhang Hao! This young man of the Zhang family who has made her wait for nearly fifteen years can help her complete the deepest secret buried in her heart!

"Shui Lao, in fact, you have lost your previous calm now, just now when you got up to ask what was the crime, I wanted to stop you. ”

Considering her words, Zhou Qian groaned: "The matter of the six-eyed demon tarantula is not the most important thing for you at the moment. The six-eyed demon tarantula was captured, you can completely explain to the headquarters, anyway, the eight-star high-grade blood pill will still be submitted in the end, and you just have to get some share. ”

"And the most important thing for us at the moment is to determine if one of the two black-robed people last night was Zhang Hao. ”

Things have developed to this point, and it is indeed a bit out of Zhou Qian's control. She didn't expect that just a spy at the city gate reported the news of Zhang Hao's entry into the city this morning, and Shui Luo, who seemed to be disturbed by the blow, lost his usual calmness and didn't think about it at all, so he arbitrarily ruled out Zhang Hao's suspicion. Therefore, she had to pull out He Qiufen's investigation of the six-eyed demon tarantula, and pull things back into the orbit related to Zhang Hao. After all, the Youth Lifting Competition is approaching, and the time is very urgent, if this teenager participates in the competition and gets a quota and returns to the Tianshui Empire, then everything will be in vain.

"Qian'er, if you have anything to say, you don't need to be so twisting and turning with me. ”

A series of things happened that did make Shui Luo lose his usual calm, but this didn't mean that he was stupid, and he couldn't help but feel a little weird when he went through the matter in his mind a little at the moment.

In Shui Luo's heart, it seems that the girl in front of her does not have any deep hatred with He Qiufen and Zhang Hao, but when it comes to it, she would rather be suspicious or far-fetched, but the other party must link the two with the two black-robed people last night. And she was the one who proposed the investigation of the six-eyed demon tarantula, and she was the one who blamed He Qiufen at this time, but no matter what, in the end, the other party always wanted to let the whole thing be entangled with Zhang Hao, which had to make Shui Luo have some vigilance about Zhou Qian's attitude.

Feeling Shui Luo staring at him tightly, his face flashed with suspicion, Zhou Qian smiled peacefully, and said in a calm tone: "Shui Lao, you don't need to think about it. Raising doubts about who is in charge is the inference that I should infer after the secret line of the main branch of the Chamber of Commerce discovered the situation, and it is also my responsibility to tell you. And I think that before the captured man comes to Xihe City, if you can, try not to have a misunderstanding or conflict with the principal, after all, she has been with you for ten years. And at the moment, the person we should be most afraid of is Zhang Hao, no matter what, we should focus all our attention on him. ”

"What can you do?" Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, Shui Luo nodded and asked when he saw Zhou Qianwu's fixed expression.

"Visit him first!"

Zhou Qian stood up and said confidently: "Compared to what is in charge, I believe that Zhang Hao will be better to deal with." These days, there is an endless stream of major shili in Xihe City to visit this legendary young man, and you are the only one who has an awkward relationship with him. Now, you just take this opportunity to probe his tone, I believe that if one of the black-robed people last night was him, knowing that you had murderous intentions against him, the attitude of that family would not have changed in the slightest, right? Of course, if it is a misunderstanding, then everyone can at least ease the relationship with each other on the surface, and then after the picture, it can be said that killing two birds with one stone. ”

If there is indeed Zhang Hao among the black-robed people, how can he figure out the future? If he stays at home all day, how can he have a chance?"

Shui Luo let out a long sigh: "In just two days, how did things develop to this point?"

"You don't have to think too much. After the Youth Lifting Competition, Zhang Hao always had to go to the Tianshui Empire, and now the escort team is getting more and more unbearable, are you still afraid that you won't be able to find an opportunity along the way?"

Hearing this, Shui Luo's heart moved.

As early as 3,500 years ago, Zhengyuan Dalu was also unified in a super empire, the Zhengyuan Empire. But with the Zuihou War of Good and Evil Illusionists, the Zhengyuan Empire suffered heavy losses, countless masters died, and the national strength declined rapidly, which was split into three empires. In the following hundred years, after several major wars, the three empires divided the surrounding countries that were originally attached to the Zhengyuan Empire.

During the Zhengyuan Empire, there were often small countries that gave birth to top masters, and there was no country for a while, and cholera border incidents occurred. These masters are very cunning and often hide their whereabouts, and it is very difficult for the Zhengyuan Empire to destroy them. And these people are not dead, and the empire with a big family and a big business does not dare to force the small country too tightly, after all, it is not fun to let a master who summons a saint master or even a master of summoning a god master secretly make up his mind to take revenge.

Therefore, the three divided empires accepted the previous lessons, and in order to control the vassal countries more haode, concentrate cultivators, stabilize the jurisdiction, and even more confront each other, they set up the Youth Preservation Competition. Specially designed to attract talents. Even if the ordinary tournament ends, each empire will take it very seriously, and then send experts to escort it to the imperial capital and arrange for a stop. For these escorts, the empire will give a part of the funding, and after they are admitted to the hospital, if the family conditions are difficult, they will also give priority to work-study.

However, with the development of the tournament in the past 3,000 years, small countries have become weaker and weaker, and there are fewer and fewer talented juniors, coupled with the frequent competitions, and this kind of escort task has gradually lost its previous attention. Therefore, in addition to the major events every ten years, the Empire has delegated the ordinary escort tasks to the various affiliated countries where the tournament is held. From the previous screening of key talents to concentrate on escort, it has developed into a state of grasping a beard, after all, some small border countries are far away, and the cost of a trip is very huge.

Approaching a few hundred years, these small countries have to spend a lot of manpower and material resources every year to escort the escort to the empire, not only need to open up some relationships on the way, but also have to face unknown dangers, sometimes Yujian's powerful demonic beasts, may also damage a few good hands. In the long run, these small dependent countries have also been troubled. And some of the powerful shili, after the competition, all sent the younger generation to the empire through their own channels, and the people who were really escorted were the kind of poor children who had no roots and no bottom. Therefore, this escort was finally handed over to the merchants who walked the empire, and the cities that hosted the tournament were to draw some good hands to help.

Don't underestimate these traders, they travel between Dalu all the year round, and the relationship between them is very smooth on the business route they are accustomed to, and the horse thieves and border villages on the route are quite face-saving. And these people are well versed in the way of strange goods, and they are already walking between countries, so they are also happy to escort those who are escorted, and they do everything possible to establish good relations with them along the way.

"Although the empire is paying less and less attention to the youth protection competitions of these small countries, every ten years the event still sends experts to assist in escorting. This year, only two large-scale cities, Xihe City and Xiran City, are qualified to hold the competition, but I don't know what the strength of the two auxiliary escort teams sent by the empire is?" Seeing Shui Luo's brows gradually relaxed, Zhou Qian continued.

"The strength won't be very high! at most, it's just a master of summoning grandmasters with a few summoning masters or famous masters. Judging from the last few hundred years, even if it is a once-in-a-decade event, the number of illusionists in the escort team sent by the Empire will never exceed five. What's more, the country of Xiran is only a middle-stream existence among the subordinate countries of the Tianshui Empire, and I don't think the people who come this time will be much stronger. Now the people have not arrived, and they will not know until after the New Year. ”

After that, Shui Luo slapped his thigh suddenly, and said in a somewhat excited tone: "The weather is enough to choke, and last night's incident has always made me palpitate, and it is really messy to do things." If it weren't for Qian'er's reminder, I would have really ignored the matter of escorting the empire, if that were the case, then we wouldn't have to go to great lengths to find a gap and find an opportunity to start now. ”

As the head of the general branch of the Shuishui Chamber of Commerce for so many years, Shuiluo has to organize the head of the branch every three years to report to the headquarters of the Tianshui Empire. One of the most common roads on this road is to pass through two of the four dangers of Dalu, which is long and remote. If you look for an opportunity to kill someone, you will have a lot of opportunities. Thinking of this, his face couldn't help but relax a lot.

"Shui Lao, the method I just said is good, but don't forget, Zhang Hao's identity is different. As early as three days ago, I received news that, according to Wang Haikou, Zhang Hao's participation in the Youth Lifting Competition was only a temporary need, and the old man who had to rush back to the Zhang family had promised that if the time came, he would personally come and take him back to the empire!" Shaking his head, a touch of solemnity appeared on Zhou Qian's face at the right time, and after saying this, Shui Luo's heart sank again.

"How can such a thing happen?"

Perhaps it was numbness, what happened in this short night made Shui Luo suffer repeated blows, first he almost died, but in the subsequent shock, he could not determine the identities of the two black-robed people, and in between, the strong worry that the Zhang family might eventually lead to the destruction of the Shui family has also been faintly hovering in his heart. It was precisely such a complicated mood that made his usual ruddy and energetic face look tired at the moment, and it looked like an indescribable vicissitudes of life.

With a sneer in her heart, Zhou Qian's expression on her face remained unchanged, and she comforted: "Shui Lao, so now we have to hurry up and prepare for the worst of everything, if we allow, we have to get things done as soon as possible before the arrival of the old man of the Zhang family." ”

"Hey! I blamed the old man for being impulsive at the beginning! Now there are so many things!"

Feeling the bitterness on Zhou Qian's face, a touch of remorse rose in Shui Luo's heart again, and he looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh......