Chapter Ninety-Two: The Iron Bull 1
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There had been no news for several days, and tonight was already the eighth night they had come to the Half Immortal Island, and there were only three days left before the deadline for handing over the Qilin Fire. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info In the past few days, the strange kidnapper has not brought any news to Tao Xiaozhi.
Isn't this strange? Even Tao Xiaozhi couldn't figure out this question, so he just smiled bitterly.
Although he heard about the strange kidnapper, in fact, Tao Xiaozhi didn't know this person at all, and he didn't even know if this person was pretending to be crazy or really crazy.
Is it true that the thousand-year-old monster is about it? Both Wu Liang and Wu Liang have heard of this, and it is indeed true that there have been frequent earthquakes and tsunamis caused by earthquakes on Banxian Island and its nearby waters in recent years, but is this caused by the thousand-year-old monster? Perhaps this question is known only to the people of Banxian Island. However, if you ask the people of the Half-Immortal Island, their answer is unanimously resolute: No! From this, it is further inferred that the thousand-year-old monster exists! Because the matter of the thousand-year-old monster is related to the safety of the entire Half-Immortal Island, the matter of the thousand-year-old monster must not be leaked out, otherwise it will bring a lot of internal turmoil and external unrest: the throne of the half-immortal queen may be overthrown, and the ghost empire will also take advantage of the situation! Obviously, the half-immortal queen has given a death order, and the matter of the thousand-year-old monster must not be leaked out. Therefore, when he asked about the people of Half-Immortal Island, they would not hesitate to deny, and no one even answered "I don't know" or anything, not even a three-year-old child!
Although the above is just speculation, Tao Xiaozhi has already received a positive answer, and he believes what the strange kidnapper said.
But why hasn't the kidnappers acted yet? Is it just that "the time is not ripe"? Or is there another reason? It's even harder to guess!
It stands to reason that the strange kidnapper should be a liar or a madman! There is no need for him to help the half-immortal queen at all, let alone help Tao Xiaozhi! The half-immortal queen is his love, but this is more than thirty years ago, and the lingering love has already turned into endless hatred, because she is the one who caused such a crazy drunkard and the lame old man, she is the one who pushed him from the throne above ten thousand people to the endless abyss, and she is the one who makes him destitute! Doesn't he want to take revenge on her? Even if he has tolerance and great love, it is difficult to do this! The thousand-year-old demon has come out, isn't it right in his hands? He can just take advantage of the rare opportunity of the thousand-year-old demon to regain his throne! There is an even bolder guess, he will even uncover the thousand-year-old immortal talisman and let the thousand-year-old demon come out, even if he can't take back the throne, wouldn't it be a great pleasure to ruin all this? This is something that a normal person wants to do, not to mention that he is a madman! Saying that he wants to help Tao Xiaozhi is even more ridiculous: He has no friendship with him at all, and he has neither a common language nor common interests, so how can he help him keep the Qilin Fire? The Qilin Fire, the world's strange sword, is something that everyone wants! If the strange abductor gets it and controls it, then he will have a powerful force, and it will be easy for him to regain the imperial power at that time! Could it be that he is scheming so much in order to gain Tao Xiaozhi's trust and then obtain the Qilin Fire? This is extremely likely! And of course, there is one more thing, and that is that he is for his people. But this point is also very unreliable, because Tao Xiaozhi heard that when the monster kidnapper was in power, he was not a very good monarch, and even was labeled as a "tyrant" for a certain period of time, to say that he was for the people in order to get rid of the thousand-year-old monster, it would be a bit far-fetched, after all, he is not a person who cares about the people and the country.
So why did he do this? Tao Xiaozhi didn't understand, and he didn't want to understand, but he still chose to believe in the strange abductor, maybe he had no choice, maybe it was just an intuition, even if the above three inferences did not support the latter. Is he also a madman, and has reached the point of sympathy with the strange kidnapper? It's an interesting question.
Thinking about these things is enough to make my head uncomfortable, but fortunately, tonight's night is quite beautiful, which makes Tao Xiaozhi's mood not too bad Tonight is the thirteenth of the month, the bright moon in the sky is shining, bright and dreamy, and fairy-tale beauty. The moon is not the roundest, but who says that the roundest moon is the most beautiful?
It was already the middle of the night, and Amu and the iron bucket around him were snoring in response to each other, and he looked thoughtfully at the moon in the sky outside the window, and had to think of some other things, and these things were difficult to end at the beginning, and even sacrificed the whole night to no avail. Seeing the moon, especially such a beautiful one, both poets and blacksmiths think of many things, especially those strangers. Of course, Tao Xiaozhi will also think of a lot of things, the people and things in Stone Village, grandpa and fangs, and of course Qin Churu.
Thinking of these is not only a headache, but also sad, but it can't be stopped, like a surging river.
Suddenly, the sky and the earth became dim, and a cloud floated in front of the moon, and at the moment when the black curtain was completely shrouded, a cold light flew in from the window, grazing Tao Xiaozhi's throat
After the clouds drifted past the moonlight, there was an extra throwing knife on the pillar, and a note was nailed to the flying knife. Tao Xiaozhi opened the note on the night of the full moon, I will send someone to pick you up, only you are allowed!
The Blame Kidnapper has finally made a move!
The night of the full moon, that is, the last night of the deadline promised by Tao Xiaozhi, is the fifteenth. He couldn't understand why he chose this day, but why "he was the only one"? Didn't Amu and the iron bucket also know about this plan? Isn't it strange that the kidnappers are not afraid that they will leak this plan?
If he knew that he couldn't figure it out, why should he think about it again?
Tao Xiaozhi burned the note, then picked up a jar of wine and drank it so that his head would not hurt so much and he could sleep well.
On the night of the 14th, it was a fuller moon, but the moon was not visible, and the thick clouds completely buried it, and the heavens and the earth were dark, and even a strange purple light appeared in the sky.
The tranquility before the storm and the tranquility before death are actually about the same, bringing people all kinds of uneasiness, and it is estimated that it will be difficult for people who see this scene to fall asleep quickly. Of course, Tao Xiaozhi couldn't sleep, and no one in the room could sleep, so they gathered around the big table, drinking stuffy wine, chatting about boring topics, and telling bad jokes, hoping that these would help them sleep later.
Amu proposed to play a small game to shake the dice, and the loser was punished with wine, which was agreed by most of the people, only Tao Xiaozhi looked thoughtfully at the strange light in the sky and did not participate.
"Xiao Zhi, why do you always have so many things on your mind, this is not your style!" The iron bucket dragged Tao Xiaozhi in, because his alcohol consumption is not very good, and more importantly, he is always the one who loses every time he plays this game, and he has to find someone to drink for him.
This is indeed not like Tao Xiaozhi's style, he is always one of the most active ones every time he drinks, and he rarely looks as preoccupied as he is now, even if he does, he takes it to heart and rarely "pretends" like this.
Sure enough, Tao Xiaozhi just smiled, his face was gloomy, and then shook his head.
"Let him think about life alone!" Amu said, "You don't have an iron bucket to go to the toilet, come over quickly!" He understands that if Tao Xiaozhi really wants to play, he will come without calling him, and if he doesn't want to play, he won't play if he is killed.
Before Amu's hand moved, the dice had already begun to shake, because the table shook, the floor shook, the whole inn shook, the night outside the window shook, and the heavens and the earth shook violently!
Everything came so quickly, it couldn't be caught off guard, it fell from the sky like a nightmare, my heart didn't know where to shake, and my head was also shaken blank, what the hell is going on
The legendary earthquake, on the ninth night after they came to the Half-Immortal Island, this disaster finally happened! Is this a natural disaster or a thousand-year-old monster? Who cares so much!
At first, everything in the house shook and shattered, and then the floor, walls, and eaves cracked like cloth, and the pillars and beams fell down one after another, and the tiles fell like a waterfall. Then, the entire inn began to twist and squeeze, like screwed clothes, most likely to turn to powder in an instant
"Run, run out the door"
They could have jumped from the window, but soon after the earthquake, the window was squeezed off by the left and right walls, that is, "closed". So, they had to run from the second floor to the first floor. Of course, the knowledge of how to deal with earthquakes teaches people to hide under the table and under the bed, etc., but if the whole room is reduced to powder, will the people inside still be intact? Moreover, the tables and beds inside are broken.
Of course, the staircase has become a pile of waste wood, and there is no way to go down, but fortunately their light skills are not bad, and the door of the inn is still there, and the only exit is still open for them!
"The queen has an order: you must not walk half a step out of the inn, otherwise you will be killed!" Old Ma is a man who strictly obeys orders and never turns his head, which also shows his loyalty to the half-immortal queen, even if he still has a faint pain.
Wu Liang said: "If we don't go out, what if we die? The half-immortal queen can't get the Qilin Fire, can you afford this responsibility?"
The old horse was speechless for a while, not knowing what to do.
"you!" Tao Xiaozhi kicked the old horse away, led everyone out of the inn, broke out of the encirclement, and came to an open place, it is estimated that it will be safer here, even if there are a few cracks on the ground.
Tao Xiaozhi counted the heads, Amu, iron buckets, fire stars, silly stars, Xu Gui, Wu Liang, and one-eyed babies, and there were a lot of them, so he was relieved.
But the stupid star began to cry, even louder than the sound of an earthquake!
"Dear cousin, what's wrong with you?" said the fire star.
Silly Star touched a handful of snot and said, "Little melon"
Yes, there is still a little melon melon that has not come out! Everyone knows that the little melon melon is more important to her than a lover, and she may not be able to live without it!
Huoxing patted his chest and said, "With me, I will definitely get the little melon back like a tiger taking away a kitten!"
Tao Xiaozhi said: "It's better for me to go, who will take care of your dear cousin when you leave?"
Silly Star said: "But your injury." ”
Before he finished speaking, Tao Xiaozhi had already run into the inn and disappeared into the crumbling shadow.
Due to the earthquake, the inn also caught fire, and the inn was burned, in this shaking and falling image and the vast sea of fire, how to find a little melon? Not to mention that the little melon melon is very likely to have died in this situation!
The sound of the collapse of every wooden beam and wall touched everyone's hearts, and the stupid star was even more like a crack, and then she realized that what she was thinking about in her heart was not that Xiaogua had nothing to do with her, but that Tao Xiaozhi's safety was in danger! Why did this happen, maybe even she didn't notice it! And she cried even more sadly.
And at this moment, the little melon appeared quack!
Xiao Guagua suddenly jumped out, but Tao Xiaozhi didn't come out! Obviously, Xiao Guagua had escaped before Tao Xiaozhi went in, but they didn't know it! Xiao Guagua jumped into Silly Xingxing's arms, and Silly Xing looked at the inn in the sea of fire with teary eyes at this time, as if she hadn't noticed it, and then she screamed frantically, calling Tao Xiaozhi's name!
They also started screaming, but there was no response.
And at this moment, a dragon-like lightning bolt streaked across the sky, tearing the sky in half, and then there was a loud "crackling" sound, as if the air was shattered!
Then there was a "boom", it wasn't that the Lightning Inn fell instantly, falling to the ground like a meteorite, and everyone's heart also fell to the ground like a meteorite, which was thousands of times more shocking than the earthquake itself!