Chapter Thirty-Eight: Mulberry Swing Daughter

The courtyard of the teahouse is neat and quiet, the stone road is paved with interest, and there are a few bamboo and plum trees in the corner. There is an apricot tree planted in the middle of the courtyard, because it has grown for a long time, its branches are slanted, and a swing hangs over it. If the spring is deeper, the apricot blossoms are sparse, the dark fragrance floats, and the bamboo shadow is shallow, there will be two tea tables here.

As soon as Du Zheng opened the sliding door, the wind blew in from the courtyard, bringing a slight dampness, mixed with the smell of earth and more complex messages. Du Zhengyi closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the air almost satisfied, and many sleeping parts of his spirit were waking up restlessly, awakened by a wave of plausible touches. The false detection was as subtle as a hairspring, and the slightest touch of it made him immediately alert and he withdrew, but it was still too late. He had caught the silk, and he would eventually catch the spider that spun it.

He was faintly excited, always on standby, and he felt like he was about to stiffen. He walked into the courtyard of the teahouse unhurriedly, but all the spiritual power in the bottom of the bottom was excited, like a sail full of wind, he really missed the feeling of sailing away.

The short courtyard stone path came to an end, and he enjoyed the process of getting close to his prey, and pushed open a door with a satisfied smile. He smelled the rich aroma of baked treats and knew he was in the back kitchen.

Several dim sum chefs in white chef suits turned their heads to look at him curiously, and his gaze passed over them without pausing.

"Who is it?" A low, curious mutter.

On the other side of the back kitchen, there was a group of girls, and the waiters of the teahouse were resting and chatting here while they were not busy. Du Zheng looked over, and they looked at him curiously, and he carefully distinguished them, and suddenly, a girl firmly grasped his full attention.

Oh, he sighed in his heart - "Mulberry swing daughter, bun double crow obliquely arranging flower branches", the scene when Roach said this was in front of his eyes. She still wore her symmetrically coiled head, and a red tassel hung from behind one ear.

He didn't expect that she was too well hidden at that time, and he also ignored one point, that is, Guan Xinyue's side was likely to be watched all the time. He thought for a moment, his eyes already seeing a hint of panic on the girl's face, and he smiled warmly.

The other girls gradually came back to their senses, and followed his gaze to the double bun, and gradually came to their senses, looking back and forth between the double bun and the tall handsome guy at the door, surprise, displeasure, surprise, and excitement changed on the faces of her colleagues.

Du Zhengyi looked at him and smiled gently, "Let's go, I'm going to pick you up." Forgot? ”

The twin girls almost shivered, and a pair of eyes flashed with nervousness and despair, she turned this nervousness into a look of surprise, and stood up from the chair suddenly, her light-colored pupils trembled slightly, "You...... You came in so directly? ”

"I'm going to surprise you." Du Zhengyi smiled slyly, leaning against the door frame, lazily stretching out a big hand to her.

The rancid stench of love was always the most impressive, and her colleagues began to heckle, and a few pairs of eager eyes looked at the young man at the door with stark envy. But the two girls understood Du Zhengyi's threat - go out with him, and they will solve the problem between them in a place away from human eyes.

She was so nervous that she didn't dare to leave Du Zhengyi's body, and said in her mouth, "I'm going to leave work early today, help me talk to the boss." ”

Someone answered her, most of the girls were still coaxing, even the chef looked at this side with a smile, and her nervousness became infatuation in love in the eyes of others. She took a few steps forward, and Du Zhengyi's hand landed on her forearm, gently pulling her out.

"What do you want for lunch today?" Du Zhengyi asked with a smile.

With his back to the others, there was no longer a smile on the small face of the double girl. "I eat everything, my car is in the parking lot of the West Courtyard." She looked up at Du Zhengyi and stared into his eyes tightly.

Her co-acting caused Du Zhengyi to laugh again, let go of the door that was pushed open, and they had already walked back to the courtyard. The people in the back kitchen were still enthusiastically watching the gossip through the glass, and Du Zhengyi's hand slid to her waist, hugged her, and led her to the west courtyard.

"Who are you?" She whispered, her voice full of horror.

"What do you say?" Du Zhengyi asked mildly.

"I've never done anything." She said sharply.

Du Zheng laughed.

She took a deep breath and wisely stopped taking the humiliation on herself, and at this point both sides knew it. In silence, they stepped into a moon gate, the ground was uneven, fine bricks mixed with wild grass, and a dozen cars were parked in the small courtyard, which was the staff parking lot of the teahouse.

The girl in the bun trembled with nervousness, and suddenly stumbled under her feet and tripped over a broken brick. Du Zheng subconsciously reached out to pull her, but he was empty.

She is a rare little man among magicians, with an elf-like posture and agility, a fake fall down, and her body twisted around behind Du Zhengyi. Even if a mage does not use energy, he is faster, more agile, and has better vision and hearing than a human in terms of physical qualities. These traits of hers are almost at the top of the list among magicians, and Du Zhengyi is much taller than her, and although she is extremely agile by human standards, she is almost bulky compared to her.

When Du Zheng turned around to attack her, she had already circled back in front of him. She judged her strengths and weaknesses accurately, and she didn't have the slightest intention of fighting with Du Zhengyi, as soon as there was no obstacle ahead, she ran desperately. In the blink of an eye, she had run to her car on the other side of the parking lot, she had already reached out her hand from a distance, the door opened automatically, she jumped into the car, locked the door, started the car, and slammed it down.

The engine roared wildly, and the car gathered forward like a beast trying to break free, and the brake plates, which no one had touched, fell down at the same time, and the car stopped screaming in the abuse, and the engine stalled. She panicked and restarted the engine, but it didn't respond, and out of the corner of her eye, she saw someone in the passenger seat, but the door was always closed. She turned her face in horror and saw Du Zhengyi sitting there.

She screamed hysterically, and Du Zhengyi couldn't help frowning, but in the next second, a dagger with a bone handle appeared in her hand and stabbed straight into Du Zhengyi's abdomen. The sharp blade was directly aimed at Du Zhengyi's vital point, her shot was without warning, she watched the tip of the knife hit Du Zhengyi, but the strength in her hand was completely lost. Du Zhengyi disappeared out of thin air again.

She screamed again, and Du Zhengyi appeared in the seat behind the driver's seat, this time she didn't even have time to turn back. A chain wrapped around her neck, tightening violently, suffocating despair making her struggle desperately.

"Like the necklace I gave you?" Du Zhengyi asked in a whisper in her ear. She was completely disengaged, and her eyes went dark and unconscious.

The chain disappeared from Du Zhengyi's hand, and he looked up to see Guan Xinyue standing outside the car window, looking terrified.

He hesitated for a moment, assessing how frightened Guan Xinyue was and whether he would lose his mind, and cautiously pushed open the car door.

"It's weird, you know?" Guan Xinyue said disgustedly.

Du Zhengyi breathed a sigh of relief, ignored her anymore, and continued to complete the binding of a magician.

"You're really a bit of a vampire, tall and skinny. Standing aside and watching, it's like you're hunting. ”

"Bloodsucking is just a rumor." Du Zhengyi said, but did not deny other parts.

Guan Xinyue shrugged, "I guess too, all legends have a source. After saying that, she immediately asked eagerly, "Is the agreement I just said still valid?" ”

Du Zhengyi raised his head and frowned at her, "You really have a big heart, you turn a blind eye to such a trivial matter, can you go back and continue to talk about one thing?" Don't you feel uncomfortable to have such a mage watching by your side all the time? ”

"Wait," Guan Xinyue said, "I'll talk about this uncomfortable thing later, I can only be uncomfortable with one thing at a time, do you want to accept my conditions?" ”

Du Zhengyi pursed his lips tightly unconsciously, he found that the number of things he couldn't solve had increased significantly recently, whether it was Luo Qi, this sixteen-year-old girl, or a series of problems that he had never been able to get close to the core.

"I trust my teachers to take measures in Rocky's favor, and I also trust Roach's parents to fight for his rights." "In this case, it's just a waste of resources for me to intervene, and I want to take the time to investigate other things that can't be separated." For example, the suspicions in Lu Jinfeng's death, such as your sister's disappearance. ”

At the mention of her sister, Guan Xinyue's expression darkened for a moment, but after a while, her stubbornness was full again. She puffed up and said, "When the woman named Qi Yue was pestering my aunt, I was the first to find out, and I told my grandfather, thinking that in this way I would complete the task, and the adults would definitely solve this matter satisfactorily." But the result? It turned out that my aunt died. ”

Du Zhengyi was silent.

"I believe that in your world, these things happen as well as being out of control. I don't know what's going on, but I'm sure there's been more and more out-of-control incidents. If the next one to get out of control is Roach's death, then I can't accept it. ”

"Use your grandfather's magic weapon for someone you've only known for a few days?" Du Zhengyi said.

"I don't just help Roach, I think I'm doing it to stop the black hole from engulfing." Guan Xinyue said stubbornly, "If I can successfully move you, I will pry more power." ”

Du Zhengyi sighed, "At least give me some time to deal with the current problem." He turned his head to stare at the fainting woman thoughtfully, "I...... Got some ideas. ”

He leaned over and picked up the bone-handled knife she had dropped on the ground, the handle was made of human bone, and he gently turned the bone-handled knife, the sharp blade reflecting the cold light of Sensen. He looked at the knife and thought, the knife did not disappear with the interruption of the mage's consciousness, so this is not a condensed replica weapon, this is a precious prototype.

There is arguably no real difference between an archetype and a replica, and it can be said that there is a world of difference, because the ritual nature of using a prototype weapon has immeasurable significance.