Chapter 56: The Calm Before the Storm
At this time, in the basement of the Wheel Air Tavern, there was a huge stove, and the fire was raging in the furnace, which made the temperature in the whole room much higher. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
A hunter leaned lazily on the chair and drank the Wheel Qi wine, and from time to time glanced at Zhang Lansheng and Mu Zi who were unconscious on the ground, but he didn't know that in the stone slab above his head, there was a sharp wooden thorn pointing straight at him.
"Thorn!"
With Zhang Xiaoxie's order, the sharp wood burst out, and it was inserted into the hunter's heavenly spirit cover like lightning, blood and brains gushed out, and he didn't even have time to scream before he was cut off.
"It worked!"
Tiemu retracted the wheel behind him, and his palm changed back to its original state, but there were still some blood stains stuck to it.
"Thank you, Da En will definitely repay it in the future!"
Zhang Xiaoxie stood up and said to Tiemu.
"Alas, forget it, there were so many contradictions before, so it should be settled...... Tiemu waved his hand.
"You two don't grind, you can't save people!" Nangong Dou reminded.
"Yes, yes, yes......."
Zhang Xiaoxie patted his head and hurriedly came to the outside of the Lunqi Tavern, at this time, the thin man was still complaining to General Qi, saying unreasonable words about Zhang Xiaoxie and others.
Zhang Xiaoxie stepped forward silently and said, "I want to take someone in to search the Lunqi Tavern, if I can't find anyone, I am willing to compensate for all the losses, and I will also dispose of it casually!"
"That's ....... that's okay!"
General Qi looked at the hundreds of people who were tense, and he didn't want to make a big fuss.
"Why!General Qi, this is the territory of our Black Rock Hunting Group, how can we let him search it!" the emaciated man screamed.
"If you don't have a hiding, are you afraid that he will search for you!"
There was some anger in General Qi's tone.
"This ........"
The emaciated man hesitated for a moment, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he made a way out: "Okay, you can search casually, I really can't find it to see what you say!"
"Good!"
Zhang Xiaoxie sneered, walked in with Mo Han and the others, and then ran towards the basement under the guidance of Qingxue.
At this time, the emaciated man outside the door took out a conch-like thing and blew it gently, and then leaned against the door with a sneer.
"Hmph, let you search it, I'm afraid you won't even be able to search for your father's ashes!"
However, when Zhang Xiaoye and the others walked out with the unconscious Zhang Lansheng and Mu Zi on their backs, his eyes widened suddenly.
"I'll go, what's the matter with that kid, why didn't you burn them!"
When he saw the boundless killing intent in Zhang Xiaoxie's eyes, his face became more and more pale.
"General Qi, this is my father!"
Zhang Xiaoxie glanced at the emaciated man with a cold face, and walked in front of General Qi.
"There really ....... such thing"
General Qi was slightly stunned, and then became a little embarrassed, although he was in charge of inspecting Qingcheng, the identity of the Black Rock Hunting Group was not ordinary, and he didn't know how to choose for a while.
"General Qi, leave this matter to me, I will also go to the City Lord's Mansion to attend the birthday banquet later, and I will explain everything to the City Lord Qing." ”
Zhang Xiaoxie's words made General Deqi breathe a sigh of relief, and said with a slight smile: "Okay, but don't make trouble........
"Trouble General Qi......."
After Zhang Xiaoye watched the people of the city protection group leave, his eyes swept coldly at the people of the Black Rock Hunting Group.
"Everyone obeys the order, take care of all the people of the Black Rock Hunting Group, and wait for me to come back!"
As his words fell, hundreds of people from the Fire Tiger Hunting Group took a step forward and surrounded the people of the Black Rock Hunting Group.
As the hunters of the first hunting group, when did these people feel so aggrieved, and when they were about to make a move, Zhang Xiaoxi's voice came out again.
"Don't move, I'll go to the City Lord's Mansion now, and I will naturally meet with your head of the regiment, whoever dares to move will be killed!"
"You ......."
The emaciated man's face changed, and after a moment, he finally took a step back.
In addition to the strongest combat power in the regiment, the Fire Tiger Hunting Group is stronger than them in terms of numbers and hunter strength, and now they can only suffer losses if they start a war.
Seeing that the situation had stabilized, Zhang Xiaoye handed over Zhang Lansheng and Mu Zi to a few hunters, ordered them to send them home, and then walked towards the City Lord's Mansion with Nangong Dou and the others.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaoxie appeared extremely silent.
Nangong Dou and the others had a faint feeling that the current Zhang Xiaoye seemed to be a bloodthirsty beast hidden very deeply.
......
Today's City Lord's Mansion is extremely lively, not only are there many red lanterns hung in front of the door, but even each guard is draped in a red silk, showing a joyful atmosphere.
The most eye-catching thing is the several gorgeous array cars parked in front of the door, and many people recognize them at a glance as the cars of several bigwigs in Qingcheng.
The two guards in front of the door saw Nangong Dou and Zhang Xiaoxie and others coming, and hurriedly stepped forward and enthusiastically led them into the main hall.
At this time, the hall was already full of people, but it could be seen from the seats that these people were still divided into three, six, nine and so on.
Above the throne is Keiki, who is dressed in gorgeous clothes.
Below, there are four exquisite tables and chairs, sitting Qing Ling'er, Lin Manlou, and Heiyan respectively, and the last vacant seat is naturally reserved for Nangong Dou.
Then, there were about 20 relatively simple tables and chairs, although the people in these positions were not as prominent as the people in those four positions, they were also considered to be people with heads and faces in Qingcheng.
As soon as Zhang Xiaoxiao and Nangong Dou entered the main hall, they attracted a lot of attention.
These two people can be regarded as legends of Qingcheng, but unlike the respectful gaze given to Nangong Dou, everyone gave Zhang Xiaoxie more jokes.
The news of Zhang Xiaoxie's receipt of the yellow post has long been spread all over Qingcheng, and everyone knows that as long as Zhang Xiaoxie steps into the City Lord's Mansion today, it means that he admits that the strength of the Fire Tiger Hunting Group has dropped greatly and has fallen from the top three positions.
"Thank you for coming, please take a seat. ”
Qingji pointed to a position in the upper four positions at the two of them, which made Nangong Dou a little embarrassed.
"Brother Nangong, go sit down, I'll just sit down......"
Zhang Xiaoxie naturally saw Nangong Dou's situation, and said with a slight smile.
"Actually, I can let you sit ......," Nangong Dou suddenly laughed.
"Forehead ......."
Zhang Xiaoxie was slightly stunned, and when his eyes fell on Heiyan, who had an indifferent face, he said in a low voice: "Thank you, I will sit on it myself......."
Nangong Dou looked at Hei Yan, then at Zhang Xiaoxie, nodded knowingly, walked to the top four and sat down.
No one noticed that when Nangong Dou passed by Qing Ling'er, his expression changed imperceptibly, and at the same time, Shen Yun behind Qing Ling'er also frowned slightly.
At this time, Hei Yan didn't know that Zhang Xiaoxie had rescued Zhang Lansheng and Mu Zi, so he sneered at Zhang Xiaoxie, and then tasted the wheel wine on the table by himself.
"Wait!"
Zhang Xiaoxie sneered in his heart, and quietly found a place at the bottom and sat down.
When he sat down, the banter in the eyes of the people around him could be thickened a little, and even Qing Ling'er on top of the top frowned slightly.
Lin Manlou frowned and glanced at Qing Ling'er, and shook his head unchecked.
Qing Ling'er naturally knew the meaning in Lin Manlou's eyes, and was naturally a little disappointed that Zhang Xiaoxie had accepted his fate like this, but this was Zhang Xiaoxie's own choice, and she couldn't say anything.
"Perhaps, I really saw the wrong person........"
She shook her head, took a sip of the wheel wine irritably, and took her eyes back from Zhang Xiaoxi.
At this time, Qingxuan saw that everyone had arrived, stood up, and raised his wine glass: "Everyone, today is my birthday banquet, thank you for coming to appreciate your face, I will do it first." ”
Qingji drank all the wine in his hand, and everyone in the hall also echoed and drank the wine in his hand.
Wiping his mouth, Qingji smiled again: "You can receive the invitation, I don't need to say much about the meaning, you also know that the people who should come are here, and the people who shouldn't come can't enter the gate of my city lord's mansion, and some of them come to participate in my birthday banquet for the first time, after walking out of this gate, your status will be different, and Qingcheng in the future will depend on you to take care of it......."
"We will take the city lord as the head of the horse......."
Everyone hurriedly stood up and bowed respectfully, but there was only one exception, Qing Ling'er.
Qing Ling'er was sitting in her position with a flat look at the moment, with a tepid smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she was drinking wine and meditating in her own backyard.
And Qing Ling'er's attitude didn't have any hidden meaning, all of them fell into everyone's eyes, and the strange thing was that no one was surprised, and they all pretended not to see it.
"The relationship between the Qing family and the City Lord's Mansion doesn't seem to be good, right?"
Zhang Xiaoye looked at Qing Ling'er with a flat expression, and couldn't help but wonder.
"I've heard that it's like this every year...... Mo Han explained beside him.
"Hmmm......"
Zhang Xiaoxie nodded, didn't ask, and tasted the wine by himself.
Qingji glanced at Qing Ling'er, and a touch of coldness flashed at the bottom, but he quickly returned to his senses, clapped his hands, and invited a group of dancers to ease the atmosphere.
The magical singing of Dieyin quickly activated the atmosphere in the main hall, and everyone seemed to gradually forget that this was in the City Lord's Mansion, and began to let go of eating and drinking.
Zhang Xiaoxie naturally didn't dare to let the wheel qi wine bring him into the illusion on this occasion, let go of the life energy, and dissolve the strength of the wine.
After three rounds of drinking, some people have crumbled and entered a fantasy land.
"The ...... from our head of the regiment"
At this time, a man walked up behind Zhang Xiaoxie and took out a note, Mo Han took a step across, took the note and handed it to Zhang Xiaoxie.
"Now declare that you will return to the Black Rock Hunting Group, otherwise, you will bear the consequences!"
After reading the words on the note, Zhang Xiaoye frowned and set his eyes on Heiyan's position.
At this time, Heiyan was playing with a white stone in his hand, and looked at Zhang Xiaoxie with a playful look.
"That's the spirit stone I gave my mother!"
Zhang Xiaoxie recognized the stone, his brows furrowed, and after a moment, he suddenly stood up.
"Lord of the City, I have one more thing to ask the City Lord to fulfill!"
As soon as Zhang Xiaoxie's words fell, the entire hall immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at him with puzzled eyes, only a flash of joy flashed in Hei Yan's eyes.
"You say?"
Keeyoshi nodded.
"Captain Black Rock wants my Fire Tiger Hunting Group to join his hunting group, I think this proposal is quite good......"