After Zeng Qi finished speaking, Xia Qingyang didn't respond yet, when he heard the sound of something being knocked down from behind the balcony door.

Who?

Xia Qingyang opened the curtain and saw that it was Concubine An Guifei with a very bad face.

"What's wrong?" Xia Qingyang touched An Guifei's forehead with the back of his hand, and after confirming that she did not have a fever, he asked her, "Did you hear everything?" ”

Concubine An pursed her lips, her eyes did not look in the direction of Xia Qingyang, but stared at the ground:

"It's all my ...... to blame"

"Blame you for something." Xia Qingyang interrupted directly, not letting her continue to say the rest of the words. She stretched out her thumb and wiped the corner of her eyes for Concubine An, "Wait for me first, I'll go and say a few words to the Taoist chief." ”

After speaking, she motioned to Empress Yin to come over to help Concubine An Guifei, and then walked back to the opposite side of Zeng Qi and smiled:

"Dao Chief, I heard that the Great Dao is ruthless, but it will also leave a glimmer of life for everything. How can I make you say that it seems like I must resign myself to death. ”

Xia Qingyang's attitude was a little too calm, Zeng Qi was stunned: "No, but I really counted it many times......"

"I don't think I'm going to die." When Xia Qingyang said this, his eyes seemed to be in the dark, and he seemed to have unquestionable faith, "It's not that I don't trust the ability of the Dao Chief, I just don't believe in fate." ”

As she spoke, she cocked up her finger and pointed in the direction of the sky above her head.

What she doesn't believe in is the so-called rules of the game.

Along the way, did the rules give her fewer stumbling blocks?

The zombie dungeon was the most obvious one besides this one.

It's just that at that time, she didn't feel that this rule was aimed at her-

There were a lot of players in Zone A at the time, she was just a novice in Zone E at that time, and even if she wanted to break her head, she couldn't have thought that the rules of the game would be aimed at her.

But later, the few copies she and Yajieyu placed alone had faint signs of being targeted by the rules, which made her suspicious.

Now, this suspicion is almost ready to be realized.

The rules of the game are to her.

But even so, she didn't feel that she could only wait for death in front of the rules of the game.

Because the more it targeted her and tried to kill her, the more it showed that there was something in her that made it jealous.

It may be a bit bold to think like this, or it may be too optimistic, but Xia Qingyang has a faint hunch that the things that the rules of the game are afraid of is the power of faith that Gu Sinan told her before leaving, or rather, the way of heaven.

Since Tiandao wants to make a deal with her with the power of faith, it is impossible to watch her be killed by the rules of the game.

That's what she bet on.

-

"It might be dangerous to stay here next." Xia Qingyang didn't say more to Zeng Qi, but persuaded him, "Dao Chief, let's go to a safe place to hide first." ”

Zeng Qi heard how to do this. He came to protect Xia Qingyang, how could he run away when he was in danger?

Since he has received the favor of the patriarch, he will definitely complete his mission, otherwise he will be treacherous and violate the Dao heart, and even if he survives, he will have demons in his heart.

Xia Qingyang couldn't persuade him, so he had no choice but to stop persuading him, and instead returned to Concubine An and Empress Yin.

"Qingyang." Empress Yin looked at her, her eyes were full of helplessness.

She tried, but she alone couldn't comfort Concubine An Guifei, who was extremely afraid and guilty.

It seems that the experience of the zombie copy still left a deep psychological shadow on Concubine An.

Xia Qingyang nodded: "It's okay, you come with me." ”

She led them into the room and explained the rules of the game to them in a few sentences.

What Concubine An is guilty of and what she is afraid of, she understands everything.

Therefore, she wanted to tell An Guifei what the essence of the truth was.

"It's me who is being targeted, and what the rules of the game want to solve, it's probably me." Xia Qingyang looked at Concubine An and said softly, "So it's really not your fault, if you want to say who is responsible for whom...... Actually, I was the one who caused all of you. ”

"Don't say that!"

Concubine An Guifei was anxious, as soon as she heard Xia Qingyang's low tone, her heart was blocked, and she couldn't even care about her guilt and fear, grabbed Xia Qingyang's hand, and said in a loud voice, "This is clearly what kind of rule is wanton and reckless, treating human life like a mustard!" Since, according to what you said, it has tampered with the rules several times before to target you, then it is the one who did the bad thing, not you, why do you blame yourself? ”

Xia Qingyang let Concubine An Guifei grab herself and shake it, and after a while, she showed a slight smile:

"Yes, it's the one who did the bad thing, not you, so why do you blame yourself."

"I ......"

An Guifei didn't expect Xia Qingyang to use her words to block her, and she was speechless to refute for a while.

Xia Qingyang hugged An Guifei, patted her on the back, and said word by word: "You just want to get better and work hard, there's nothing wrong with that." And you did a good job, I don't believe you asked Sister Xuan, does she think so too. ”

Empress Yin looked at Concubine Shang'an, smiled slightly, and nodded.

"But I'm too weak."

An Guifei, who never shed tears when she broke her leg over the wall from childhood to adulthood, An Guifei who never cried when her master beat her palms with a ring ruler, and An Guifei, who let her father stay in a small black room for a month and did not accept it, suddenly collapsed like a tide at this moment, tears fell down cracklingly, and she cried into a tearful person:

"I'm too weak, I'm going to hold you back, I'm going to kill you...... I can't beat them, I can't escape...... I really ......."

Xia Qingyang hugged the trembling Concubine An and listened to her vent the fear and pain that had been suppressed for too long.

After a while, Empress Yin handed over a handkerchief at the right time. Xia Qingyang took it and wiped away Concubine An's tears.

In this way, the vision blurred by tears is clear. An Guifei sniffed, and her heart seemed to calm down a lot after crying.

At this time, she caught a glimpse of the incense on the table that had been placed at some point—

It's this scent that calms the mind, as if it can dispel all the clutter of thoughts.

It was ordered by Queen Yin.

An Guifei looked at the two people in front of her in a daze, and her eyes turned red again.

"Look at it, what a person, why can't you stop crying." Xia Qingyang raised his hand to cut Concubine An's broken hair, "Don't be afraid, we are all here this time." ”

-

When Concubine An calmed down, it was almost time for them to go out.

Previously, the Snow Trail Squad had dealt with a few players along the way, so they had time to prepare a little. But it's time to go.

Everyone was dressed up and walked to the entrance.

However, before going out, a gray shadow suddenly appeared in the house and rushed to Xia Qingyang's feet.

"Woooooooo

It's a little ash.

After the two hind paws landed on the ground and stood upright, Xiao Ash's head was almost as high as Xia Qingyang's chest.

Its front paws were on Xia Qingyang's arm, desperately holding her, and its mouth was panting rapidly, as if it was angry that she didn't take it.