Twilight Chapter 29: Reconciliation
In a dim stone cave, Zhu Quanyu was lying on the stone bed, still not waking up, but fortunately, his face was much better than a few days ago, and his breathing was much smoother.
At the entrance of the stone cave, it stands to reason that there should be many more guards than in the past, but at this moment, only two soldiers stood there, shrugging their shoulders, relying on the weapons in their hands to support their soft bodies, without the appearance of soldiers at all, and they could not see the importance of standing guard, and both of them were listless. Their heads were lowered, their pupils taking on a gray appearance, and they didn't look at all, as if they were carved out of wood.
Right under the nose of the soldier, a man walked straight in, with a sharp dagger hidden in his cuff. The man walked up to Zhu Quanyu, looked at him coldly, and said softly: "I didn't expect that after so many hits, you can still survive, count your fate, if you didn't know my identity, maybe I wouldn't be a killer again, but it's a pity that I underestimated your vitality, so I'm sorry......"
Somehow, the two guards shuddered, and suddenly regained their spirits.
"What happened just now?" a soldier touched the hollow door of his head, feeling an inexplicable nothingness, as if he had had had a dream for a long time, and when he woke up, he couldn't remember the contents at all. They looked at each other with a hint of surprise in their eyes.
"How is it, is there anyone approaching here?" Liu Yi and Zhao Fu walked over.
The two straightened their backs and said, "Report, no, everything is normal!"
"That's the best, these are extraordinary times, you need to pay extra attention to ......"
While Elder Zhao Fu was speaking, Liu Yi inadvertently saw blood stains on the ground, and immediately interrupted him: "What's the matter with this blood?" He stretched out his finger and pointed to the ground, and looked along the traces, which actually flowed out of it.
The two guards looked at each other in shock.
"Not good!" There was a faint smell of blood in the air, Liu Zhao and the others seemed to realize something, and hurriedly rushed in, they ran to the side of the stone bed, and were immediately shocked by the scene in front of them: Zhu Quanyu opened his eyes, his face made a very hideous expression, his mouth opened, and a pool of blood flowed down the corners of his mouth.
On his chest, a quaint black dagger was plunged deep into his heart, and bright red blood continued to flow down, leaving along the drooping arm, gathering into a puddle and flowing towards the mouth of the cave......
Liu Yi slowly stepped forward, put his hand under his nose, and suddenly his face changed drastically. He took a few steps back and fell to the ground, and Zhao Fu hurried to hold on, and they looked at the corpse and shook their heads in despair......
Zhu Zhan's chest hurt, as if he had been pierced by ten thousand arrows, and he fell directly from his horse. Zhao Wu hurriedly dismounted to help him, and all the soldiers also surrounded him.
"Zhu Zhan, what's wrong?" Zhao Wu asked eagerly.
Zhu Zhan clutched his chest, tears kept flowing out, and said, "My father...... He...... Passed away......"
The Red Pine Forest, a beautiful spot in Black Dust, is a place where pine trees gather. In the perception of ordinary people, pine trees should be blue, but the pine trees here have bright red pine needles, which hide each other. Whenever the wind blows, the pine trees sway with the wind, and from a distance, they look like countless brilliant clouds gathering together, emitting a red glow.
The Red Pine Forest covers a vast area and has complex terrain, which can not only hide the enchantment caves, but also confuse opponents, and can also be used as weapons when necessary, making it a very important strategic location for Black Dust.
In the pine forest, Li Zhirong ran frantically, and Murong Jue and Song Ziwei followed closely behind him. Murong Jue jumped on the tree, kicked hard, landed on the trunk of another tree, and then continued to exert his strength, with the help of the elastic force of the tree, he quickly caught up with the former. He stopped in front of Li Zhirong and stopped him.
Li Zhirong hurriedly stopped his feet and said, "Murong Jue, don't stop me!" I want to kill them, avenge my father, and then find Li Feng, if it's a brother, get out of the way!"
Murong Jue opened his arms and shook his head: "It is precisely because we are brothers that we stopped you." β
"If you don't help me, forget it, and stop me from taking revenge, I don't have such a brother!" As he spoke, Li Zhirong raised his fist and rushed towards Murong Jue.
Murong Jue rubbed his wrist and greeted him, and the two fought, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
When Song Ziwei arrived, the two were twisting on the ground, Murong Jue pressed Li Zhirong under his knees, and he clenched his fists and smashed them towards Li Zhirong's head.
Hearing only a muffled sound, Li Zhirong opened his eyes and saw that the fist had smashed on the stone next to his ear, and red blood flowed out from between his fingers.
"Okay, stop it!" Song Ziwei roared angrily and pulled the two apart, "Can you calm down now?"
Li Zhirong wiped the blood stains from the corners of his mouth and didn't speak, Murong Jue looked at him and remained silent, his bleeding hand trembling slightly.
"They are all adults, and they are so willful, they actually twist on the ground and fight, this is a child's way of fighting!" Song Ziwei faced Li Zhirong, took two steps towards him, and said, "You can't even beat Murong Jue, how can you avenge your father?"
"Who said I couldn't beat me?" Li Zhirong looked at Song Ziwei angrily, as if he was very reluctant to admit that he had lost.
"You were held down and beaten, and if he punched you, you wouldn't be able to stand up right now. β
"You..." Li Zhirong didn't continue, he folded his arms and argued arrogantly: "You don't need to worry about my affairs. β
"Zhirong, we just want you to understand that the loss of a loved one is very painful, but recklessness will not solve any problems, it will only cause more unnecessary losses. β
"I'm not reckless, but very sober, I know what to do, unlike you, who only know how to shrink in a cave, rely on 'hidden' intelligence to obtain information, and what kind of counterattack, jokes!" Li Zhirong snorted, with mockery and doubt in his tone.
"Then what do you think should be done?" Song Ziwei stopped Murong Jue and followed his words and asked.
"Take the initiative, capture the enemy's weakest points, and at the same time contact others, take important strategic positions, and then counterattack. β
"That's right, but I have a couple of questions for you. For example, do you know where the weakest forces of the Dementors are, do you know where the other forces of Black Dust are, do you know how many troops the enemy has deployed in important strategic locations?"
was asked such a crazy question, Li Zhirong didn't know how to answer, so he had to be silent and stopped talking.
"At this stage, we must first settle the people and stabilize everyone's mood, and then contact other comrades-in-arms to learn about the information of the Dementor before making plans. β
"And what about my father, does he have to be sacrificed?"
"Life and death, we don't know, but the living have more responsibilities, that is, to inherit the will of the deceased and complete the unfinished tasks of the deceased, which is a commitment and an obligation. β
"However, my sister was at the scene at the time, if she was willing to make a move, it would definitely not end like this! she could save us from Mo Feng and the man in black, and she could definitely save my father!"
Song Ziwei nodded and said, "If Sister Li Feng makes a move, that's right, she can rescue Elder Li Qian, but it is impossible to take him back to the cave." β
"Why can you save your father, why can't you take him back to the cave?" Li Zhirong stared at Song Ziwei, feeling very puzzled.
"Last time, there were only Mo Feng and the man in black, two against six, how to chase it? But what Elder Li Jian faced was Mo Feng, Zhu Liang, Liu An, etc., these are all masters. What's more, Elder Li Qi was seriously injured, and Sister Li Feng and Brother Ah Rui wanted to save him and get rid of Mo Feng and a few others, do you think it was possible......?
Murong Jue stepped forward and muttered, "Since Elder Li has decided to stay, he is obviously determined to die, you are Li Feng's younger brother, Elder Li's son, their hard work, you have to understand!"
Li Zhirong sat on the ground all of a sudden, looked at the messy ground blankly, and said slowly: "That... So why... She's going to tell me......"
"Because, it's your right and it's your duty......"
"My duty, I feel so painful......" Li Zhirong held his forehead with his hand, and felt pain inexplicably. The word duty actually began to be associated with him today, which was obviously a bit unprepared.
That's probably it, you're not ready to grow up, but a whole bunch of inexplicable things are already waiting for you, and all you have to do is to smile bitterly, and then go to the reception one by one, to be responsible.
"I don't know much about it, but I think it's about growing up. Murong Jue stretched out his hand and put it in front of him, "We will not stop at the death of our uncle, and we will definitely pay for the blood debt of the Dementor Family!"
Li Zhirong took his hand and stood up: "Thank you, brother. β
The two laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and gave him a thumbs up.
"Is it so friendly?" came a cold voice from the red pine forest, like a beast that had found its prey, approaching step by step.
Li Zhirong and the others immediately became alert and looked over. A red pine tree in front of them suddenly fell towards them, and the three of them jumped to their feet, dodging the attack.
The pine needles on the ground were shaken, but they fell quickly. The pine trees fell, bringing with them a faint cloud of dust, and the dust flew up. In the dust, Li Jian stepped on the root of the tree with one foot and stared at them coldly......
In the conference room, two guards knelt on the ground, their heads against the ground, shivering.
Mo Chen walked in, shook his head, and said, "I'm sorry, we tried our best......"
The elders' faces sank, and they all focused their eyes on the two kneeling on the ground.
As if sensing those angry gazes, the two of them trembled even more.
"Spare your life, we really haven't seen anyone approaching!"
"Then how did Elder Zhu die? The blood is still flowing, the methods are extremely cruel, it is not him who kills, who is it?!" Lei Dong scolded angrily, he stood up and kicked the two of them down, "Come on, pull it down, cut it!"
"Elder spare me!" the two men hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"The two of you must be internal ghosts, needless to say, pull down!"
"Wait, Elder Lei Dong, save the lives of the two of them first. Wang Rui stopped him, "I don't think they are the culprits who killed Elder Zhu, there are other ghosts inside." β
"Even if it's not, what's the difference between the two of them negligent in their duties and letting the inner ghost sneak in and directly killing Elder Zhu?"
"Don't be in such a hurry to draw conclusions, everything is not as simple as it seems...... Wang Rui said with a smile, "The truth is very complicated and surprising. β
"You mean..."Lei Dong seemed to see that Wang Rui's expression was wrong, and then said, "Pull them into the prison first and guard them strictly!"
After the two were escorted away, Wang Ruicai continued: "This ghost is ...... It's in this roomβ" he said, sweeping his gaze across everyone's faces.
"You mean among the seven of us?" Lei Dong was shocked.
"Stand down. Shen Tuo said to the others, then looked at Wang Rui, "Elder Wang, I have some ideas to talk to you. β
Everyone looked at each other for a moment, then nodded and retreated.
Wang Rui looked outside and made sure that everyone was gone, so he began to talk to Shen Tuo, and his voice was very small: "Speaker, do you believe me?"
"Of course, you and I are like brothers, so tell me all your thoughts. β
At the entrance of the cave, a man was listening carefully to their conversation, when suddenly a stone fell, and the man was startled and hurried away.
Wang Rui glanced at the entrance of the stone cave and said with a smile: "It's him." β
"Then it's just going to be counted. Shen Tuo nodded.
Liu Yi walked out of the cave and walked around to scatter his mind, now his heart was also full of doubts, and there were many sorrows, he sighed and walked alone.
"Mr. Liu Yi, long time no see. β
Liu Yi looked for a sound, but didn't find anything, he turned his head again, and suddenly, a man in black stood in front of him, startled.
"Are you ......?" Liu Yi wondered, feeling a sense of dΓ©jΓ vu.
"In dreams, we have seen. The man in black said, the jewel on his scepter glittering.
"It's you, what are you doing here?"
"As I said, I'm here to save Black Dust and need your help. β
Liu Yi smiled and took a few steps towards him: "What to do, I am willing to listen to you!"
The man in black sneered and said, "It's very simple, betray Shen Tuo and them, and take refuge in the Dementor Family......"
"What did you say?" Liu Yi was stunned for a moment, and then became very angry, "Is this your method?!"
"The Dementor has mastered the Black Dust, you just need to help them wipe out the rest of the people, and the Black Dust will be completely reborn, and the reborn Black Dust will be even more beautiful and powerful!"
Liu Yi snorted coldly and immediately turned around, unexpectedly the man in black had already appeared in front of him.
"I'm not interested in your approach. β
"No, you will, because, you're starting to get disappointed in Shen Tuo and them......"
"I didn't!" Liu Yi roared.
"You are blaming yourself, you can't save your Liu An, you can't protect your brothers and clansmen, and you can't save the fate of the Liu family!"
"What did you say?" Liu Yi was furious, rushed forward and grabbed his collar, and suddenly, the hat of the man in black fell.
"Is that you?"