Chapter 54, Common Tribulation
In the darkened cave, a few faint candles barely illuminated the furnishings inside. Mr. Chang wears a ghost mask, sits in a wheelchair, and hides himself in the dark.
Wei Wei walked in in a night suit, knelt down on one knee, and reported to him today's situation, "Sir, the secret passage from Yanrongfang to the palace is about to be opened, and it will be completed soon." ”
The expression on Mr. Chang's face was hidden, and he looked at the candle that burned the most in the cave, and smiled, "Okay, good." As soon as the secret passage is repaired, I will immediately attack the palace and seize the national seal, and then the whole world will be in my hands! ”
Wei Wei looked at him crazy, half respectful and half afraid, in the end, he was begging for a living under others, patting sycophants is an indispensable skill, he closed his eyes and blew it, "Mr. Chang is clever, and he will be able to become a treasure in time." ”
"Humph!" Hearing his sycophancy, Mr. Chang was not only not happy, but instead lost his temper again, "It's all to blame on that Chu Luan, I thought that she was controlled by me, so she would obediently hand over the talisman to me, so why should I bother to dig a dark passage again?" Wouldn't it be nice to go straight to Dragon City! ”
Wei Wei hesitated, but still didn't tell him about seeing Chu Luan on Jinyan Street before.
"You say...... How did she detoxify me? Mr. Chang was puzzled, the poison was sold to him by Ye Li Guo, and it was impossible for others to detoxify it easily.
"My subordinates don't know." Wei Wei told the truth.
Mr. Chang is more concerned about the throne now, as for Chu Luan, he will wait for him to finish his work and then slowly clean it up, "That's it, you pay more attention to the progress of Yanrongfang recently, don't let people find out, my great cause will be accomplished, and I can't fall short." ”
"Yes."
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Chu Luan carefully pasted the human skin mask in front of the mirror to avoid being seen at all.
Zhixia sorted out the hidden weapon hidden in her coat for her, and carefully checked whether the ice silk on Chu Luan's wristband was sufficient.
After Chu Luan cleaned up, Zhixia served her to dress, and she picked up the white wristband on the table and put it on Chu Luan. It was also at this time that a scar hidden under Chu Luan's wristband was exposed, this scar was slender and abruptly across a jade arm, as if it had been cut by something sharp.
"Girl, Miss Yunu specially instructed that this human skin mask can only last for five hours. After five hours, it will slowly fall off, and at that time it will have to be applied to the face with a warm cloth to ensure that the human skin mask will not fall off and be damaged. ”
Chu Luan nodded, "Don't worry." She picked up the soft sword hanging at the head of the bed and hid it at her waist, "Today I will find out what is going on in Yanrongfang, you estimate the hour, if I haven't come out after two hours, you tell Your Highness to bring someone in directly." ”
"Girl's trip is really dangerous, let me accompany you." Zhixia's right eyelid jumped all night, and she couldn't rest assured.
Chu Luan decisively refused, "Don't say stupid things, if you go with me, won't my identity be exposed?" Besides, Daisy and Luoyin are still in the house, if you go too, who will protect them? ”
Zhixia is still not at ease, "But the girl ......"
"Alright, it's not early, I'll go too." After saying that, put on his hat and prepared to go out through the back door while it was still early.
Chu Luan ordered yesterday that no one should walk around the mansion at will this morning and disturb her purity. And she had some work on her own, so no one noticed her.
In the Yongning Palace, Wei Li was sitting in the courtyard playing by himself, and on the chessboard, the sunspots were obviously better than the whites. Wei Li's slender, bony fingers picked up a white child, and considered where to go next.
"Master, I found it." Lin Yi hurriedly stepped forward, "The spies sent to Yanrongfang sent a letter this morning, saying that they had found a secret passage in Yanrongfang. ”
Wei Li's hand holding the chess paused for a moment, and asked, "Did you say where the secret passage leads?" ”
"Not really, he hasn't been in touch since he sent the news."
Wei Li put Bai Zi in the encirclement of Kuroko, got up and ordered: "Prepare to leave." ”
Lin Yi glanced at the battle situation on the chessboard before the action, if the black son was dominant just now, then now the white son has no way to live at all. Lin Yi stretched out his hand and gave a thumbs up, the master just likes to control everything in his own hands.
Wei Li only took Lin Yi to Yanrongfang, and before entering, he didn't forget to confirm: "Is everything arranged?" ”
Lin Yi patted his chest and promised, "Don't worry, master, everything is ready according to your orders, the shadow guards are on standby around Yanrong Fang, and the Changlin army is also guarding the area of the moat, this time they will definitely be unable to escape." ”
"Yan Rongfang dared to dig a secret path at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the forces behind him must not be underestimated, and they must be taken down today no matter what." Wei Li said firmly.
"Yes."
Entering Yanrong Fang again, Wei Li looked around quietly, and found that there were at least a dozen eyeliners staring at the every move of everyone inside.
As he tried to get out, he saw a familiar blue figure.
“…… Miss Chu? ”
He quickly stepped forward, squeezed through the crowd, and finally grabbed the other man's sleeve.
Chu Luan subconsciously prepared to wave the person away, but after seeing the eagle mask on the person's face, he quietly withdrew his hand.
She also wears a fox mask, others can't see her face clearly, and it is difficult to recognize her identity because of her deliberate voice change. ”
Wei Li let go of his hand as if he was burned, and felt a little sorry, "It's abrupt." ”
"It's okay, it's just that the son has mistaken me several times, is it ......" Before Chu Luan finished speaking, a bell rang. The sound is not very loud, and it is relatively muddy, and the place where the bell rings is either a certain distance from here, or the sound insulation effect is too good.
I saw the middle-aged man and Scar standing in the corridor on the second floor last time, and the middle-aged man said, "Everyone, the auction hall has been opened, please move." After saying that, he bowed humbly.
Chu Luan immediately went to the second floor with everyone, but Wei Li grabbed her and kindly persuaded her, "Girl, there are many mysteries here, for the sake of safety, the girl should leave quickly." ”
Chu Luan laughed softly, the clouds were light and light, as if she had always been so bold, "Childe, the door of life is closed, and the only way to live is to die." ”
Wei Li turned around and found that Fang Cai's dozen masked men were already guarding the closed gate, and it seemed that no one was allowed to enter or leave.
"Childe, please."
……
Scar once again pressed out of the narrow passage behind the wall, which could accommodate two people, and Chu Luan and Wei Li walked together. This passage doesn't look long, but because of the dark environment and the backdrop of the candle flame, it makes people feel as if a long time has passed.
When I finally stepped out of the dark passage, I saw a huge auction hall. Fang Cai's scar went to the first floor at some point, and they sat down on the second floor.
Chu Luan and Wei Li found a place closer to the passage and sat down, there was tea and melons and fruits on the table, and there were people standing there guarding every few positions, ready to add tea and water at any time, and the service was very thoughtful. Chu Luan looked at the gadgets that Scar took out, not interested in the slightest, and began to taste the tea here by himself.
Her slender fingers gently pinched the white porcelain cup, moistening her lips at first, and only after tasting that this tea was a dragon well before the rain, did she slowly taste it.
Wei Li quietly watched her every move, and found that there were some places where she and Chu Luan were really similar. Chu Luan must drink five sips of tea. After five sips, whether the tea is finished or not, she will put the teacup down and continue after a while.
"What is Childe looking at?" Chu Luan noticed his gaze and asked.
Wei Li didn't hide it, "I'm just thinking about how much tax this Yanrongfang owes, and how much money it has looted from the people, so that it can prepare so many good things." As he spoke, he picked up a peach and looked at it for a while, then threw it back, "But no matter how good these are, they shouldn't be eaten too much." He mentioned that he was benevolent and righteous.
Chu Luan smiled as if he didn't understand, and didn't do what he said. Eat what you should eat, drink what you should drink.
"The next piece to sell, the strange fragrance of the Western Regions!" As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar. "This strange fragrance of the Western Regions has a miraculous effect, just need to smell it, and you can be as happy as flying to the divine realm; It also makes people forget all their worries. ”
"Okay, I want it."
"I want it too."
Some of the boys began to scramble.
"So, let's start bidding, starting at a thousand taels!"
Just hearing this thousand taels, some ordinary people retreated.
"I'll give you fifteen hundred taels!"
"Two thousand taels!"
"Three thousand taels!"
"......" Everyone went to see which rich man it was, and he was willing to pay three thousand taels.
"Okay, three thousand taels once, three thousand taels ......"
"Five thousand taels!" Someone else is bidding.
This time, apart from admiration and sighs, no one bided.
Scar shouted, "Five thousand taels once." ”
"Six thousand taels." Chu Luan raised the wooden card in his hand unhurriedly.
Everyone saw that a woman in Chu Luan dared to make such a bold statement, and they clearly didn't believe it.
The fat-brained businessman who had just bid for 5,000 taels also laughed, his mask couldn't cover the flesh on his face, and he made a few red marks, "Little girl, don't be reckless, if you can't get the money, it will be a big trouble." In this case, if you really want to use it, you might as well wait for me to buy it, go to my house, and we can use it together. ”
The crowd also laughed with good intentions, quite teasingly.
Chu Luan didn't pay attention to him, but just repeated his bid again, "Six thousand taels." ”
The fat man seemed to have to compete, and began to increase the price, "Seven thousand taels." ”
"Ten thousand taels."
"Fifteen thousand taels!"
"Twenty thousand taels."
Chu Luan raised the price to 20,000 taels, and the fat man couldn't speak, he was a businessman left and right, and everything was based on interests.
"Okay, 20,000 taels once, 20,000 taels twice, 20,000 taels ......"
"Thirty thousand taels." Wei Li, who had not spoken, also participated.
Chu Luan: ......
In the end, the Qixiang of the Western Regions still returned to Wei Li, who was still dangling the small purple bottle in front of Chu Luan like a show-off.
Chu Luan's eyebrows were slightly raised, half surprised and half speechless, "Childe also likes this?" ”
"I'm just a rough person, where do I understand this, it's just that the girl wants it so much, and I'm a little curious." Wei Li's eyes were sharp, like a fierce beast lurking in the grass, as if he would rush out and bite off a piece of his own flesh in the next moment.
Chu Luan was not surprised, "Why should Gongzi be wary of me? ”
"It's surprising that the girl came to Yanrongfang alone, and I've seen it twice." Although there are also female guests in Yanrong Fang, most of them accompany their husbands, or they have accompanying them, but they have never seen a woman come alone. And he also specially painted a portrait of Chu Luan and asked Lin Yi to check, but he didn't find anything.
"Childe is so ruthless, I helped you last time, and I turned my face so quickly and didn't recognize anyone. Could it be ...... Is it because I'm not the person Childe thinks I am, so Childe doesn't care if I'm alive or dead? ”
"If you are really her, I will be even more suspicious of her relationship with this Yan Rongfang." Wei Li is notoriously selfless. There was even such a title back then: Thousand-faced Fox Town Beihou, Iron-faced Lion Yongning King. is talking about Chu Xu and Wei Li. This is also an important reason why the emperor trusts Wei Li so much, because he is like an emotionless person, absolutely fair, so he will never betray him.
Chu Luan was really a loyal minister, and no one was allowed to threaten the imperial power. But since you are a fair person, why did you remain indifferent to the unjust case? Chu Luan said his sincere words, "You are a person who understands. Chu Luan clapped his hands while sarcastically, "But since you understand it so well, why are there still so many unjust cases in Yongning Kingdom, and why are there still dead souls who have nowhere to rest?" Why do so many people still face the pain of separation? Chu Luan looked into his eyes, wanting to see the person in front of him more clearly, and uncover his mask of hypocrisy like the world.
"Miss Chu?" Wei Li looked at her eyes, at this moment, the person in front of him looked like Chu Luan, and he couldn't help but ask such doubts.
Chu Luan was stunned for a moment, then looked away in a blink of an eye, and laughed to distract him, so as to dispel his doubts, "Childe admitted his mistake again, I'm a little curious now, what is the relationship between that Chu girl and Childe, why does Childe frequently admit us wrong?" ”
What relationship? Wei Li also thought about this problem, but in the end...... It doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. said that she was a friend, but she was different from Ruan Qianyan and He Ying. They are passers-by, but they are not without communication.
When Chu Luan thought he wouldn't answer, Wei Li gave her an unbelievable answer, "Chu Luan." ”
"What?" Chu Luan didn't believe her ears a little, if it weren't for his tone being too flat, she almost thought that she was recognized by him.
"Our relationship is the relationship between Wei Li and Chu Luan."
What does it matter? Chu Luan wanted to laugh a little.
"She is Chu Luan to me, and she is the only Chu Luan."
Chu Luan looked at him, helpless and couldn't help laughing, and finally could only comment, "You are really a weirdo." ”
Next, Chu Luan didn't talk again, and she didn't pay attention to any of the other auction items. Wei Li is a stuffy gourd, and he will not take the initiative to talk to Chu Luan.
I don't know how long it has been, Chu Luan has already drunk two cups of tea, and suddenly someone came in and said something in Scar's ear.
Chu Luan looked at the figure of the man who hurriedly came in and left, and was full of doubts. Her instincts told her something was wrong.
Sure enough, Scar then glanced at the people above, and those who stood aside to serve drew their swords and threatened those present.
"Don't move!"
"What's going on?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Sit down, sit down!"
"If you move again, you won't be killed!"
Scar's face was gloomy, "Guys, we didn't want to embarrass you, but! If any of you are dishonest and dare to send troops to surround us and use this means of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, then don't blame us for being polite. So saying, he commanded them to be dealt with.
The scene was chaotic for a while, and everyone was torn together. Chu Luan mixed with the crowd and went to the dark passage, and was scalded as soon as he touched the stone wall.
On fire? How did it burn so fast? Could it be ......
Chu Luan looked at Scar downstairs, only to see a smile on the corner of his mouth, walked out of the door on the first floor, and then closed the door heavily.
"What's going on?"
"He wants to kill us!"
"Bold, I'm an official of the imperial court!"
"I'm the son of Chang Daren!"
"I am ......"
Chu Luan watched them rush to the hospital in a hurry, trying to use their identities to deter the enemy, and he only felt ridiculous.
Chu Luan felt that the temperature coming from the stone wall was getting higher and higher, and if they didn't get out in time, even if they weren't killed by the other party, they would suffocate here. Good means!
Wei Li fended off the enemy while protecting the people who ran behind him.
The temperature on the second floor was significantly higher than that on the first floor, and staying in a hot environment for a long time would definitely damage Chu Luan's human skin mask, she looked at Wei Li, and she must not let him discover his identity.
Chu Luan immediately made a decision, pulled out the soft sword at his waist, stood on the guardrail, and jumped down.
"You!" Wei Li almost subconsciously pulled her, but he didn't pull it.
"Eh, look!"
When Chu Luan fell to the middle, he pulled out the hairpin on his head and plunged it into the pillar, which was buffered, although he still fell down in the end, but it was only a skin injury.
"This ...... It's so high, I'm really not afraid of death. One of them said.
"Everyone, let's slide down the pillar. There is no road up there, only that exit! One man pointed to the door on the first floor and proposed.
Everyone looked at each other a few times, and finally reluctantly agreed.
The few remaining killers on it also found that Chu Luan had jumped down, and they were about to chase after him, but they were entangled by Wei Li.
"Why hasn't it been solved yet?" Another team of killers rushed in.
Chu Luan didn't care about the injuries on his body, and immediately entered the battle state.
Coincidentally, the person at the head was Wei Wei.
Wei Wei held the double knives in his hands, and his eyes were unruly, as if this kind of thing could arouse his interest the most. "A group of fucking rice buckets, I have to ask Lao Tzu to make a move in the end."
Chu Luan didn't want to be recognized in the fight, so he tried to stand aside as much as possible. Who knows, a hairy boy quickly hid behind her, "Woman, help." ”
Chu Luan: ......
He managed to get Wei Wei's attention.
"Oh? Female? Little girl, my daughter's family should stay at home to embroider flowers and play with swords. As he spoke, he came closer. Looking at the half of Chu Luan's face outside the mask, he was a little stunned at first, and then a little embarrassed, "It's you?" ”
Wei Li happened to notice their situation, what was going on? Do they know? It seems that this woman is indeed not simple. Murderous intent gradually rose in his eyes.
Chu Luan did not hesitate to take off his mask.
After seeing that face thoroughly, Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief without a trace, "You and her are somewhat similar, but...... She's better looking than you. As he spoke, he stepped forward with his knife.
Between the lightning and flint, Chu Luan held his sword and was able to block the opponent's attack.
Immediately after that, another blow was blowen.
After Chu Luan dodged, he found that although this person looked exactly the same as Wei Wei and had the same name, his temper was far from good. Wei Wei is ruthless and resolute, his movements are sharp, and he mainly uses speed and skill, while the person in front of him can only use brute strength. Chu Luan will only suffer losses if he is against him.
Just before a new wave of attacks, a black figure flew in front of him.
"Let's go!"
Chu Luan didn't hesitate much, skipped them and ran towards the gate.
Wei Wei was ruthless and gave a death order, "Everyone obeys orders, don't let a fly fly out for Lao Tzu!" ”
"Yes!"
There are also many young and strong people in this group who know how to do kung fu. But Rao is like this, and it's hard to get out.
After a few reincarnations, Chu Luan was a little unable to hold on, it was not a way to go on like this, "Everyone, help me resist, I will definitely think of a way to take you out!" ”
Now, more than half of the people have been killed or wounded, and they don't believe in Chu Luan, but in order to get out alive, they can only fight. Chu Luan took out the ice silk under the wristband, made a simple net array with the things that could be used around him, and then went to push the door, but fortunately, Wei Wei was arrogant, thinking that he could leave everyone behind, and did not lock the door.
Chu Luan was overjoyed, she grabbed the other end of the ice silk and ordered everyone, "Get rid of them, come quickly!" ”
The crowd flocked to it.
Everyone was almost out, and seeing that someone was chasing after him, Chu Luan dragged hard, and the person was strangled in the net array. The posture is still standing.
Wei Li kicked Wei Wei out, turned around and ran in the direction of Chu Luan.
The people who went out were all beckoning Chu Luan to come out quickly and close the door.
Chu Luan was unmoved, watching Wei Li running towards her.
"Let's go, or it'll be too late."
"Let's go."
"After a while, they will chase them out, and none of us will be able to leave."
"You guys go first, I'm here to watch, trying to buy you time." Chu Luan said, "If any of you dare to close the door, let go of me now, let them come, and everyone will burn the jade." ”
When the others saw Chu Luan like this, they didn't persuade anymore, turned around and left.
Seeing that Wei was getting closer and closer, Chu Luan's palm holding the silver wire also began to sweat.
At the moment when Wei Li rushed over, Chu Luan quickly let go, and Wei Li naturally grabbed Chu Luan's wrist and took her out of here.
Wei Wei was left angry, and ordered the remaining few people to chase after him, "Remember! To live to see people, to die to see corpses! ”
"Yes."
After Chu Luan and Wei left, they were not in the bright world, but in the secret passage. The two of them kept running out along the corpses along the way, perhaps because they came out late, and the killers on this secret path went to hunt down the others.
Chu Luan was led by Wei Li and kept running forward, in the dark passage, there was the sound of water, and there were also the cries of snakes, insects, rats and ants, but Chu Luan couldn't hear or see anything, the only thing he could feel was the warmth from his wrist.
Finally, after a long period of darkness, a bright light appeared, and after Chu Luan and Wei Li came out, they found that this was no longer the Jinyan Street area.
I saw that they were already in the bamboo forest on the outskirts.
"The secret passage cultivated by Yanrong Fang is here?" Wei Li said.
"I'm afraid it's more than that." Chu Luan interjected, "The structure of Yanrong Fang is intricate, and when we entered the auction hall just now, we encountered several forks. ”
Wei Li was shocked, "How do you know, we are not ......" He reacted at this time, after he entered the dark passage, it seemed that he had lost his memory for a moment.
Chu Luan knew what he was thinking, and replied, "It's the Soul Separation Incense, there is the Soul Separation Incense in that secret passage, and it is hidden in the candle, and the smell of the Soul Separation Incense will be emitted as soon as it is burned, but they only used a little, and the taste is very light, which is why the candlelight inside is so weak." ”
"Then why are you okay?"
Chu Luan smiled and took out a small piece of dried chili pepper from the purse on his body.
Wei Liran, "Let's go quickly, lest they catch up again." ”
"Let's go? Where else do you want to go? Wei Wei came out of nowhere, "Leave your life behind." ”