Chapter 146: The Caged Man
Ling Quanfei couldn't figure out how this Mr. Qi behaved, and couldn't guess what he wanted to do. If a person is really hospitable, how can he choose such a place where there is no way out? It seems that he is deliberately trying to make things difficult for his guests. But this pavilion is very elegant, except that there is no way to go. If the owner of a manor house can entertain guests in such an elegant place, it shows that the host is indeed a generous and sincere and hospitable person.
But Qi Zhengqing is like a person in a black veil, and the face behind the black veil becomes blurred and unpredictable.
When Qi Zhengqing invited him into the pavilion again, he looked at Qi Ying'er. Qi Ying'er was also looking at him and shook her head, as if telling him not to worry.
Ling Quanfei exhaled lightly and arched his hand at Qi Zhengqing, "Thank you, Mr. Qi." With that, he landed as lightly as a feather in the pavilion. Qi Zhengqing showed an approving gaze, but there was no praise in his mouth, he turned his face to look at Qi Ying'er and smiled.
Qi Zhengqing said: "Little brother Qi, please take a seat." ”
Qi Ying'er has never learned light skills, but at the beginning, she was able to use her phoenix heart method to get higher and higher. The pavilion in front of me was built in the middle of the pond, more than two feet from the shore. Qi Ying'er secretly thought: "If it is the Phoenix Heart Method, it should not be a problem, but the internal force is not as good as before, I don't know if it will have an impact." Besides, I used to mention my true qi and didn't care about how to settle down. But this time is different, if you just try hard, but you are afraid that you will overturn the dishes on the stone table at that time, it will be embarrassing. ”
Qi Zhengqing just looked at him silently, and his two dark brown eyes hid thoughts that no one could guess. Ling Quanfei was also silent, he didn't even look at Qi Ying'er, he just sat on the stone bench peacefully, and didn't seem to be worried about Qi Ying'er at all.
Qi Ying'er held her breath and condensed, guiding her true qi to flow to her calves and to the soles of her feet. He slowly felt that the true qi in his body had become very light, and he no longer felt the same resistance as when he first gained internal strength.
True Qi quickly gathered on the soles of his feet, slightly blowing the weeds at his feet. In an instant, his body turned into an afterimage, and the two of them were already standing firmly in the pavilion.
In the eyes of others, there was no way to know how he arrived in the pavilion in an instant, but Qi Zhengqing's eyes flashed with a little light, and he saw every step of Qi Ying'er just now, and showed a smile of appreciation but as if he expected it.
Qi Zhengqing slapped his palms and smiled: "Okay, little brother Qi, please take a seat." ”
He filled the wine glass in front of Qi Ying'er and Ling Quanfei with wine, and the amber wine slowly flowed from the spout into the cup, flowing as steady as a beautiful work of art carved from crystal, and the graceful curve connecting the spout with the bottom of the glass.
The wine falls into the glass without the slightest ripple, as if it were one with the glass from the beginning.
"Please. Qi Zhengqing picked up the wine glass and said, "Wash the dust for the two of you." ”
Ling Quanfei and Qi Ying'er also raised their wine glasses and didn't say much. Qi Zhengqing smiled slightly and leaned back. Ling Quanfei saw that he drank the wine in the cup, and he also drank it clean, and so did Qi Ying'er.
Together, the three of them placed their wine glasses on the stone table.
Qi Zhengqing said slowly: "I know that the two of you have a lot of questions, and I know that the two of you are already hungry. So please try it for both of you. His attitude did not seem to be pretentious in the slightest, and it was heart-warming, especially for two hungry people, and the meal at this table alone was enough to make people feel more intimate.
But Ling Quanfei and Qi Ying'er are not the kind of people who are confused and favored by others, Ling Quanfei feels that some words are far more important than this meal, and Qi Ying'er also feels that Qi Zhengqing has an indescribable sense of mystery.
Ling Quanfei said solemnly: "Mr. Qi, Ling is very grateful for Mr. Hospitality, but if Ling accepts it unknowingly, I will refute Your Excellency's kindness." ”
Qi Zhengqing snorted lightly, his eyes fell on Qi Ying'er's face, and asked, "Do you also have something to ask me?"
Qi Ying'er did not deny it.
Qi Zhengqing smiled, stood up, turned his back on the two, and looked at the blue water outside the pavilion.
"Don't hide the two of you, you will know the identities of the two of you early in the next day. ”
Ling Quanfei said, "Mr. Qi already knows?"
Qi Zhengqing turned his head, smiled and said lightly: "I'm afraid there are very few people in the world who don't know the 'floating son' Ling Quanfei. ”
Ling Quanfei was so surprised that he almost stood up suddenly, he had heard this sentence before, it was exactly the same as the tone of the masked man, could this person ...... What does it have to do with the masked man? He quickly suppressed the surprise in his heart and asked calmly, "Is this all Mr. Qi knows about us?"
Qi Zhengqing said with a smile: "Ling Gongzi is really smart, not only does he know the identities of the two, but he also knows the great cause of the two, and I even knew that the two of them would come here." ”
In addition to the surprise in Ling Quanfei's heart, he was uneasy, his uneasiness was innate, this feeling similar to the danger of an animal, this feeling often saved his life. But this time, he didn't know whether to believe it or not. The person in front of you is so secretive, his enthusiasm is like your confidant and friend, and his mystery makes you faintly feel that he is extremely terrifying.
That sense of disobedience squeezed Ling Quanfei's whole person out of breath.
Qi Zhengqing said with a smile: "Why do you think this pavilion is so designed?" Before the words fell, he had already jumped out of the pavilion, his toes touched the water, ripples, and hit the pavilion with his meager force.
The pavilion first gurgled, and suddenly from the bottom of the pavilion on all sides, a pitch-black iron rod rushed out, and the pavilion instantly became a water cage, the funny thing is that there is a table of delicacies in the cage, and the irony is that the delicacies of a table are like mud on the side of the road in the eyes of Qi Ying'er and Ling Quanfei.
Qi Zhengqing put his hands behind his back, his smiling expression gave birth to an indescribable cunning appearance under the shadow of the branches, and he was looking at his work with satisfaction.
Ling Quanfei and Qi Ying'er are now caged birds, and life and death are all in Qi Zhengqing's hands.
Qi Ying'er's eyes showed fire, and his anger made him recognize the hypocritical Mr. Qi in front of him, and he gritted his teeth and said, "I should have thought of it a long time ago." ”
Qi Zhengqing laughed and said: "You should have thought that there is no free lunch in the world. ”
Ling Quanfei breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Great." ”
Qi Zhengqing was surprised: "When death is coming, why do you seem so much easier?"
Ling Quanfei raised his face, a face that was as confident as before, calm and mature. He smiled slightly, "I finally know who you are, or, I finally know how that person died." ”
Qi Zhengqing smiled slyly, "Oh?
Ling Quanfei said: "Your hand." ”
Qi Zhengqing looked at his hand and said, "Is there anything special about my hand?"
Ling Quanfei said: "No wonder this is the case, you yourself didn't realize ......"
Qi Ying'er preemptively asked, "What's wrong with his hand? Who is he?"
Ling Quanfei said: "He is the one who killed the masked man." ”
Qi Ying'er looked at Qi Zhengqing in a daze and said, "He? How did you know? He could actually kill the masked man." ”
Ling Quanfei said: "If you just talk about his martial arts, you naturally can't kill the masked man." The masked man's martial arts are unpredictable, I have been lurking around him for many days, and I fought with him yesterday, but I can't see what kind of sect he is, but just now, I discovered something. ”
Qi Ying'er said, "What's the matter?"
Ling Quanfei said: "I found that this Mr. Qi's body seems to be the same as the masked man. ”
Qi Ying'er was surprised: "You mean that the two of them are learning the same martial arts?"
Ling Quanfei nodded and said, "There is such a possibility." ”
Qi Zhengqing, who was standing by the pond, just listened quietly and did not interrupt Ling Quanfei's words, he wanted to know what else Ling Quanfei knew.
Qi Ying'er said: "If the two of them are in the same door, then he will naturally not arouse his suspicion when he approaches the masked man." ”
Ling Quanfei said: "That's right, if a person wants to assassinate others, the most convenient way is to make him think that he will never die under his hands. ”
Qi Ying'er said: "It seems that the masked man really believes in him very much, they are brothers in the same sect?"
Ling Quanfei pursed his lips and stared at him tightly.
Hearing this, Qi Zhengqing suddenly laughed, and the laughter was very poignant, like the howl of a beast in the mountains. The voice looked old, as if it didn't come from his throat. His body and his voice were completely two.
Qi Ying'er couldn't help but ooze cold sweat when she heard his laughter.
Qi Zhengqing stopped laughing, his eyes flashed green, and he stared at Ling Quanfei and said, "I know why you found out about my identity." ”
Ling Quanfei said, "Oh?"
Qi Zhengqing raised his hands in front of him and said, "The disguise technique is too high, but it is self-defeating. ”
Ling Quanfei smiled and said, "That's right, you disguised your hands too delicately. How can a huge manor have such delicate hands when there is not a single servant who is taken care of by the master of the manor?"
Qi Ying'er said: "Is he ......?"
Ling Quanfei said: "That's right, he is not the owner of this manor. ”
Qi Ying'er asked, "What about the real master?"
Ling Quanfei said: "Maybe it's dead." ”
Qi Zhengqing smiled: "Guess wrong! Guess wrong!"
Qi Ying'er and Ling Quanfei both stared at him, and Qi Zhengqing's face was gloomy: "I am the owner of this manor, and I am Qi Zhengqing himself." ”
Ling Quanfei narrowed his eyes and observed him carefully, he didn't look like he was deceiving people. But how could such an old voice be...... Ling Quanfei suddenly thought of Old Xu, he should have been thirty-five years old, but his body was indeed sixty or seventy years old. Could it be that Qi Zhengqing, too? But the masked man ......
Ling Quanfei's mind was like a mess, and he didn't have a clue at all.
Qi Zhengqing chuckled and said, "At least, you guessed a little." ”
Ling Quanfei said: "Oh, it seems that I am not very stupid. ”
Qi Zhengqing said: "The smarter the person, the shorter the life, do you know why?"
Ling Quanfei pursed his lips and looked at him directly, he continued: "Because smart people will ask for trouble. ”
Ling Quanfei sneered: "Sometimes, smart people will solve troubles. ”
Qi Zhengqing said: "But you are now locked in a cage, how to solve the trouble?"