Chapter 250: Prelude
The liveliness of the rain master festival not only made Zhu Jue dumbfounded, but even the autumn water was an eye-opener. www.biquge.info He was born in Blackwater, a not-so-prosperous city, and although the Rain Master Festival is held every year, the scale is far less than one-tenth of that of the city. I saw that in the square, the crowd was surging, and the lighthouses around it radiated colorful colors, illuminating the entire rain city shining. From time to time, fireworks whistle upwards and burst into various shapes in mid-air, dyeing the black night sky in a colorful color.
In stark contrast to the bustle of the square, there is the tranquility of the palace complex in the rain city. I saw that in a small garden not far from the Alchemy Hall, a few sparrows stopped in the treetops, looking around from time to time, occasionally making a few slightly hoarse chirps. The breeze blows, the leaves rustle, and the branches sway and dance. At this moment, a sound of footsteps suddenly sounded in my ears, breaking the original calm here. As if frightened, the birds fluttered their wings one after another, and in some dark corner, two figures slowly emerged.
"Are you sure you want to do this, my lord?" said one of them.
"That's natural, could it be that you've changed your mind?" replied the other, with a hint of doubt in his tone.
"No, the subordinates have never forgotten their duties. It's just that after these months of getting along, I found that the people around me are not as ...... as I imagined" At this point, the man suddenly stopped, as if thinking about the consequences of his words.
"It's not that bad? Hehe, people always show the best side and hide the darkest side in the bottom of their hearts. You won't forget that, will you?" said the other, looking a little annoyed.
"Nope. After a brief silence, the man spoke slowly.
"That's good, the law of the jungle eats the strong, and the king loses the king, this is the eternal truth in the world. As long as we can achieve our ends, the means do not matter. ”
At this time, there was a sound of footsteps coming from a distance. The two of them moved, and suddenly disappeared in place.
"Strange, I heard a voice just now......" Prime Minister Li Cheng picked up the lantern in his hand, looked left and right, and found that there was no one around, so he shook his head immediately, and then left the garden.
At this moment, the atmosphere of the rain master festival has been pushed to a climax by everyone. Plates of exquisite snacks and freshly baked barbecue were pushed to the center of the square in an orderly manner and distributed to the surrounding crowd for free. Qiushui was already hungry, but he had never been embarrassed to say it, but now that he smelled the fragrance wafting in the air, he didn't even have time to say hello to Lin Lin and them, so he hurriedly ran up. He squeezed through the human wall, and finally reached out to find a chicken leg, but before he could put it in his mouth, he suddenly heard a shout from the side: "Someone, catch the thief!"
Qiushui's face turned pale, and he turned his head to find three men dressed in black fleeing into the distance. As a member of the escort team, he naturally couldn't ignore this matter, but he hesitated a little, then stuffed the chicken leg into the hands of the people around him, and then chased quickly in the direction of the thief's escape. Because the crowd around him was too crowded, Qiushui couldn't show his speed at all, so he couldn't close the distance with a few thieves for a while.
It has to be said that the three men were also quite agile, and it didn't take long for them to rush out of the square, make several turns in a row, and finally enter a dark alley. Qiushui watched them run into the alley, chased after them to take a look, but found that the alley was empty, and his face suddenly showed a puzzled look.
At this moment, a strong wind suddenly hit the back of his head. Qiushui's face turned pale, and he hurriedly flashed sideways, and then grabbed the shoulders of the person behind him and threw him to the ground. Looking back, there were more than ten people walking slowly towards him at this moment, all of them dressed in black, revealing only a pair of eyes, staring at Qiushui viciously.
"Interesting, it looks like I've entered a den of thieves. Qiushui snorted coldly, not taking this group of guys in his eyes at all. Seeing that the black-clothed man who took the lead waved his hand, they rushed up, pulled out their bright long knives, and rushed towards Qiushui. Qiushui jumped up and directly used a whirlwind kick, kicking out five or six black-clothed people who had just surrounded him. Immediately after, he threw punches one after another, only to hear a muffled sound in his ears, and in an instant, all the men in black were lying on the ground, moaning there.
"Alas, I can only blame you for your bad luck, but you just met Grandpa Qiu. Qiu Shui smiled and walked to the man in black who took the lead, picked up a knife casually, and then slowly approached him under his frightened gaze.
"In the future, I will have a longer memory, and let me see it again, but I can't spare you. I saw a flash of cold light, and the money bag on the man in black was instantly picked up, spun in the air, and then fell steadily into Qiushui's hand. At this time, Qiushui's brows furrowed, only to feel that the money bag was quite light, and it was empty when pinched, as if there was no penny in it. He just wanted to ask what was going on, but he found that the man in black beside him had already fled, so he couldn't help but sigh, and then walked towards the city gate square.
When I returned to the square, I saw a crowd of people everywhere, and I couldn't find the owner. Not only that, looking around, even Lin Lin and the others were gone, and they immediately felt a sense of loss, plus they had drunk wine before, and they were blown by the cold wind, and they felt a little headache, so they decided to go back to the Yongwu Hall first and get some sleep.
Zizhu Pavilion, located on the inner side of the living area, next to the palace complex, is a luxurious banquet hall specially designed to receive important foreign guests. Outside the museum, soldiers patrol the museum throughout the day, and the guards are so tight that it is difficult for even a fly to enter. And at this moment, a guard happened to walk to the wall somewhere, and suddenly felt something pass over his head, and when he looked up, he saw the bright moon in the sky, and the stars were dotted, so he immediately shook his head and muttered to himself: "It seems that I am too tired, find a time to rest." ”
Wang Lei was lying on the bed at the moment, snoring from time to time. He was from the country of Sand and was not very interested in the so-called rain master festival, so he went back to his room early, read a book for a while, and then fell asleep. At this time, he seemed to hear a slight footstep around him, opened his eyes and looked, and suddenly exclaimed: "You ......" Before he could finish speaking, suddenly a cold light flashed, blood splashed on the head of the bed, under the moonlight, it looked extremely enchanting.
The next day, two guards broke into Qiushui's room and woke him up from his dream.
"What's going on?" Looking at the two big knives around his neck, Qiushui's face became gloomy. At this time, Chen Min walked in from outside the door, and before Qiushui could speak, he waved his hand: "If you have anything to say, let's talk about it in the palace." There was a deep tiredness in his tone, which made Qiushui feel a hint of foreboding in his heart while he was puzzled.