Chapter 83: Trust
The long wait is not terrible, but the terrible thing is that waiting is not the result of waiting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The difference of more than a month is not that there are a few more huge rats and walking rocks in the city, but a fear that is both familiar and unfamiliar, and this fear can make people crazy.
They crossed a few blocks to a more bustling street, and then stopped. It is not difficult to see that the shops located here are obviously much more upscale than the shops on the side of the street just now, indicating that the shops here are run by some rich and powerful people. However, there are still some hints of something unusual, and some of the store's plaques have already been covered with thick dust, and as expected, these bosses seem to know something, and have already left the place.
Qingkong led everyone to a four-story shop, and on the front of the shop hung a huge horizontal plaque, on which were written a few large characters - Longtu Armory Pavilion. And the most reassuring thing for them is that the appearance of the store is not too dusty, indicating that the owner of the store should still be here.
"Dragon Figure...... Armory Pavilion," the scholar squinted slightly, and read the name of the shop lightly, "It seems that the owner of this shop is not small." ”
At this time, Qingkong was still trapped in the whirlpool of anger just now, his expression was still cold, and he said, "Yes, he is the only great forging master in Qingyun City. ”
With that, Sky pushed open the closed door of the shop and walked in, followed by the others.
As soon as they entered the store, everyone felt a chill, perhaps because it was filled with a dazzling array of weapons, and the temperature of these cold weapons lowered the room temperature.
"Warriors, I'm sorry, our shop is closed today, if you need anything, please come back tomorrow!" a lukewarm voice sounded, and then a middle-aged man appeared in front of them.
When he found that the few people who came in did not leave with interest after hearing his words, a very slight hatred flashed on his face, in fact, he was just a few minutes away from closing the door, and said silently in his heart: It's too unlucky.
Suddenly, when the middle-aged man's gaze swept to Qingkong's turquoise eyes, his heart trembled violently, and his body leaned back uncontrollably, and this subtle movement was also seen by the scholars of Muyuan University.
"Ladies and gentlemen...... Wait a minute, everybody, I'll let you know...... Notify the teacher. The man said incoherently.
Qingkong raised his eyebrows, and also realized that something was wrong, this man was the apprentice he had seen last time he came to look for Blazing, and he recognized himself at that time, but he was not so flustered, but this time...... What's going on?
"No, let's go ourselves. The scholar of Muyuan University said coldly.
"Good...... Master is in the second room upstairs. The middle-aged man readily agreed, his tone still a little trembling.
Hearing that he agreed, Qingkong walked upstairs with ease, and several teenagers followed him.
When the Muyuan scholar passed by the middle-aged man, he could clearly feel the man's trembling, and he turned to the man and said, "You go up with us too." ”
The scholar did not give the man a chance to choose, he looked at the scholar's cane, and knew that it was not the old man's crutch, and there was no other way but to follow the teenagers, and the scholar was still walking behind.
When Qingkong walked to the door of Blazing, he just wanted to push open the door in front of him, but the door opened by itself. Qingkong hurriedly retreated, Mu Tian and several others were on guard, but in the next second, an old face poked out, which was the blazing Wei that Qingkong was looking for.
As if he knew they would come in at this time, Blaze opened the door on time, but his expression was surprised.
"Qing ...... Young Master Qingkong?" Blazing exclaimed with a shudder.
Qingkong breathed a sigh of relief, this state of surprise calmed his somewhat uneasy heart slightly, what happened just now was too much of a coincidence.
"Why? won't let me in?" Qingkong moved away, allowing Chi Wei to see a group of people blocking the doorway behind him.
"Uh......" Chi Wei hurriedly stepped out of the way and watched them come in one by one, sweeping their faces in turn. When he saw Mu Yuan's face, the muscles on his face trembled, because he saw that Mu Yuan actually smiled at him, but he didn't know the meaning of that smile.
After entering the blazing room, both sides fell into a brief silence, as if they were trying to figure out each other's thoughts. Qingkong kept looking at the room he had been in for more than a month, but the blazing man standing on the side looked a little cramped and uneasy.
In the end, Chi Wei squeezed out a smile on his face, and said abruptly: "Young Master Qingkong, although ...... I don't believe you did that, but it's not wise for you to come back here now. ”
"What did I do?" asked Aoku, who didn't understand.
As if waiting for this sentence, Chi Wei hurriedly took out a red paper roll from his arms, opened it, and handed it to Qingkong.
Qingkong realized that it was a notice when he got his hands on it, and his eyes slowly widened when he scanned the contents of the notice.
The other teenagers also came over, only to realize that the content of the notice was actually about the sky.
"Qingyun City's second young master Qingkong colluded with foreign clans to premeditate to seize power and usurp the throne, although he was discovered and executed in time, but Qingyu City Lord and Young City Lord Qingtian were still killed by him without defense, and the other nobles were imprisoned by foreign clans. Since Qingyun City cannot be left without an owner for a day, Young Master Qingwei, who is also a nobleman of the Qing family, temporarily serves as the young city lord, and the city's finance minister Willy assists him in managing the affairs of the city. ”
"This is all nonsense!" Before Qingkong could say anything, Jin Ming tore the notice to shreds.
Qingkong looked at the red confetti scattered all over the place, as if he had really dealt with his own nightmare. Still, he always felt that something was wrong.
"No, what did you just say?" Qingkong suddenly stared at the Blazing Wei in front of him and said, "It's really not a wise move to come back here?"
Chi Wei was stunned by this sudden question, and he didn't know where he said it wrong, so he nodded at a loss.
"You know I'm not dead?"
"I'm ......" Chi Wei slowly backed away, his lips twitching.
"Or maybe you know that's not the truth. Mu Yuan didn't say anything for a long time, and suddenly said at this time.
When Chi Wei heard the words of the university scholar, it seemed that he had finally found a step down, and he nodded hurriedly, "Yes...... Yes, I know this is not the truth. ”
"What is the truth!"
Mu Yuan's tone suddenly became sharp, and he retreated in fright, and finally sighed as if he had given up struggling.
"It's the Dark Coalition forces behind the scenes...... "They use the owner of Willy Restaurant to be their puppet regime in Qingyun City." ”
"Sure enough...... "When I heard a person in Qingyun City admit this matter in person, the only trace of luck left in Qingkong's heart was gone.
"It won't be so easy, will it? What about my father? What about the guards in the city? What about the nobles of the Qing clan? and...... "Qingkong doesn't believe that a wealthy restaurant owner alone can subvert the entire Qingyun City.
"They also ...... also colluded with the capital of pasture. Chi Wei said cautiously.
As soon as he said this, the faces of several other people suddenly changed.
"You're talking nonsense!" Mu Tian's voice was mixed with anger, and the long whip was waved into his hand at once, "I'll kill you guy with a mouth full of nonsense!"
However, before the long whip could be thrown out, Qingkong blocked in front of Chi Wei, looking at Mu Tian, with a trace of hatred in his eyes that made Mu Tian unfamiliar.
"No wonder that fishing village has become the territory of the capital of pasture, it turns out to be ...... Hehe. Qingkong sneered.
"Qingkong!" Mu Tian clenched the long whip in his right hand, his face was embarrassed, in addition to anger, it was more difficult than Qingkong's sneer.
"Boss...... I think we'd better hurry up and ask, family...... Their current situation!" Jin Ming immediately stood between the two of them and persuaded, "Miss Mu Tian, don't be excited......
Qingkong glanced at Mu Tian, whose face was flushed, snorted coldly, and turned to face Chi Wei, but he didn't know whether it was an illusion or other reason, he found that Chi Wei's expression was actually a little proud.
"Chi Wei, for the sake of what you have done for me before, as long as you tell me the truth, I can guarantee your life. Qingkong said.
"Young Master Qingkong, just ask, I must know everything about the decay!" said Chi Wei with a slight bow.
"My relatives, and the nobles in the Cloud Palace, they ...... Are you still alive?" Qingkong's voice trembled a little, as he was a little afraid that it would turn out to be something he didn't want to hear.
"This ...... I only know a rough idea of this, it is said that many of the nobles in the Cloud Palace have fled from Qingyun City, such as the rich jewelry merchant Jin Daya, and the rich medicinal herb merchant ......"
Hearing that his father had fled Qingyun City, the golden fat man breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried about the situation of Qingkong's parents.
"That's enough! I'm not asking you to memorize people's names, my father, my grandmother, the Bodore scholar, and ...... What about Qingtian?" After Qingkong heard that Jin Ming's father was fine, he had no interest in the rest of the people.
"They...... They're alive!" Blazing said slowly.
This sentence finally let go of the heart that was hanging in the sky, no matter what, if you die, there is nothing, and at least you can be full of hope when you live.
"However, instead of fleeing, they were captured by the Dark Alliance. Blazing paused, as if waiting for Qingkong to let go of his worries before letting his heart hang.
"Caught it, where did you catch it?" Qingkong clenched his fists and his expression was grim.
Chi Wei's expression looked a little strange, and he said slowly: "Death Abyss." ”
The abyss of death?That place Qingkong had only some sporadic impressions of it, and that was still in the history class of the University of Bodore, but this moment was different, and he had imprinted the name of the place deeply in his heart.
"Hehe, Master Chiwei, how do you know so much?" Mu Yuan's body moved from behind and asked.
As soon as this question came out, Blazing Wei's expression was like being struck by lightning, and the body of the middle-aged man standing behind him trembled unnaturally.
Everyone moved their eyes to Blazing's face, trying to read something out of his face, but all they saw was horror.
Qingkong frowned, and he also sensed that something was wrong.
"I ...... I just know...... These messages. Chi Wei stammered like a talking child.
"I don't think you can explain clearly, right?" said the scholar of Muyuan University.
"Why do you say that, why do you doubt me?" Blazing suddenly became agitated, and his body slowly leaned towards the window.
Blazing Wei's sudden restlessness made everyone feel that something was wrong with him, and remembering that he had just told so many secrets about the Dark Alliance, they couldn't help but suspect that he had become a lackey of the Dark Alliance.
With a nervous expression, Chi Wei suddenly turned his body to the half-open window on the left.
"Oh no! he's going to run!" Qingkong screamed.
However, the long whip in Mu Tian's hand rushed to the window in time, breaking the window bracket, and the half-open window suddenly closed tightly. Chi Wei hurriedly tried to open the window with his hand, but at this time, Qingkong had already appeared in front of him, one hand grabbed his throat, and the other hand hit him in the abdomen with a fierce punch, and the fragile Chi Wei's body was directly knocked far away, hitting the wall and falling to the ground.
"Rao...... Spare your life!" Blazing Struggled to spit two words out of his mouth.
The miserable plea for mercy made the raised fist slowly lower in the sky.
"Why are you running?" said Qingkong angrily as he glared at Chi Wei.
"For a moment...... In a moment they came. Chi Wei spat out the blood in his mouth and said weakly.
"Who are they?" Sky seemed to guess something.
Blazing squirming lips and just about to say something, suddenly a noise began to come from outside, and his face suddenly became frightened, "They're coming...... Here they are......"
The noise came from far and near, as if a lot of people were running towards them. Jin Ming ran to the window when he heard the sound, opened a small crack, and looked outside. However, after just one glance, he immediately retracted his head.
"It's those rock monsters, and the guards in the city!" Jin Ming said in a hurried tone as he turned to everyone.
Qingkong's expression was serious, he definitely didn't think that the guards who appeared with those rock monsters were here to take him home.
Jin Ming looked at Chi Wei who was huddled in the corner of the wall as if he remembered something, and rushed straight in front of him.
"You told them where we were?!" the fat golden man lifted him up with his blazing shirt in both hands.
"I ...... I ......" trembled as if I remembered something, "yes...... It's the rat spirit, the rat spirit...... They put a few rat spirits in my shop. I...... I'm also forced to be helpless, I want to be in this city...... survival, and the city is already under their control, how can I not compromise with them...... But what I just said...... It's true!"
"Fat man, forget it, now is not the time to settle accounts with him!" Listening to the constant voice, Qingkong said calmly, and then turned to Mu Yuan, "Scholar, what now?"
Jin Ming let go of his hand, and Chi Wei's body fell to the ground. Where could he withstand such a toss, gasping for breath, the once honorary human race forger master was extremely embarrassed at this time.
In the blink of an eye, the noisy sound had reached the downstairs of the blazing shop, mixed with a few cries of children around them, as well as the shouts of the people, as if they were frightened by this group of monsters.
With a serious expression, the scholar immediately began to recite the magic spell, raising his staff above his head to the door behind them, and then a burst of green light shot out of the staff and enveloped the door.
Everyone knew that the magic must have been to stop the monsters from coming up, but it also cut off their way downstairs.
"This will stop them for a while, but don't expect it too long and see if the window can get out of here. The scholar of Muyuan University said urgently.
Qingkong leaned over to the window and carefully lifted the closed window with his hands, but as soon as a small gap appeared in the window, he sensed a hint of danger.
"Whoosh......"
A steel arrow shot in through the crack at a rapid pace, but luckily he was prepared, and he leaned against the side of the window all the time, and the steel arrow was stuck deep into the wall on the other side of the room. Qingkong quickly lowered the window, and several steel arrows were shot at the window, announcing that this path would not work.
"Oh no! They have crossbowmen guarding the window. As he left the window, he could still feel the whizzing of steel arrows.
"What should I do?University scholars, even if they don't come up, they can starve us to death......" Jin Ming's head full of ghost ideas couldn't think of any way at this time.
Downstairs began to hear a burst of "Boom... Boom" footsteps, they have come up......
At this time, Chi Wei, who was lying on the ground, stood up slowly, and said tremblingly, "Young Master Qingkong, this is ...... There's a secret passage in the house that will take you out. ”
"Secret Dao?" Jin Minghu looked at Chi Wei suspiciously.
He staggered to a wooden cabinet on the side of the room, reached for an ornament on the wall, and heard the creaking sound of the cabinet inside. He opened the double doors of the cabinet and leaned sideways to give way to everyone inside.
"Xiaokong, there really seems to be a secret passage here!" Jin Ming leaned over and looked into the cabinet, but as if he remembered something, he glared at Chi Wei angrily, "This can't be another trap, right? Where does this lead? It won't be when we come out of it with a knife on the neck by the enemy, right?"
"No! No, please believe me again, this secret passage was built many years ago, and the idea was to deal with the current emergency, and the other end of the passage is the side of the shop, they must not have imagined!"
"Why are you telling us this?" Sky Green Eyes looked him straight into the eye, and with his previous experience, he no longer believed in this person he once trusted.
The footsteps downstairs were approaching, and they seemed to be searching every room, and the cacophony of broken porcelain was a reminder that time was running out for them.
"Young Master Qingkong, I hope you can believe me this time as before, after all, I have been loyal to two generations of monarchs of the Qing family......"
"Yes, you've betrayed too!" said Qingkong indifferently, meaning about the rat spirit just now.
"I ...... I didn't know it would turn out like this...... Hey, people are prone to do wrong things when they get older, so you just think I'm here to make up for my previous sins......" Blazing Wei's tone was both sincere and pitiful.
"Xiaokong, don't believe him, I saw the deception in his eyes!" Jin Ming said viciously, as if he was very mindful of the betrayal just now.
The noise from downstairs had reached the door, and it seemed to confirm that they were inside, and the people outside the door began to rude the door that was protected by green magic, although the door was still stable, but with each impact, the green glow diminished a little.
Qingkong turned to look at the scholar of Muyuan University, as if asking for his opinion, and the latter nodded. Qingkong said to everyone, "Wherever this secret passage leads, we must try it, and there is no worse option than staying here." ”
After speaking, Qingkong pushed Chi Wei's body hard. "You go first!"
"Little empty ......" The golden fat man wanted to say something, but after seeing Qingkong's resolute eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth.
"Young Master Qingkong......" Chiwei opened his mouth to speak.
"Don't talk nonsense, if you want to live, lead the way. Sky interrupted him, thinking that if he found any ambush or trap in the road, he would let him go to hell first.
"Good ......," Chi Wei replied, picked up an oil lamp and went into the dark tunnel.
The last scholar to enter the secret passage reached out and closed the double doors of the wooden cabinet, he knew that this place would be discovered sooner or later, and he only hoped that his magic would last a little longer.
To his disappointment, however, shortly after they entered the tunnel, the enchanted door was breached.