Strange Tale of Qingluan

Seeing that his flaws were about to be exposed, Su Zhongming was very anxious. He racked his brains and thought for a while, but he only thought of the "Emperor's New Clothes" in Andersen's fairy tale. , without panic, boldly made a request to Crescent Lake: "Princess, can you also agree to the next condition?"

"Let's talk!" Crescent Lake generously agreed.Su Zhongming was blunt, and said bluntly: "I want to borrow a place. In order not to let the technology be lost, no one is allowed to approach or look down on this place, including the princess and His Royal Highness. Complete the princess' request within the specified time."

Yueyaquan thought for a while, and then simply said: "I'm sorry you can't play tricks, just do what you want." Su Zhongming thanked immediately: "Thank you, princess!" Re Suijin frowned slightly, feeling a little dissatisfied with Yueya, Quan said: "Sister Wang, they are guests, so you..."

Yue Yaquan raised his right hand to prevent him from continuing, and retorted face to face, "They have never had any objections, why do you object, brother Wang? Besides, they all claim to be great businessmen! There is no evidence for Khan, how can he believe it? "

Re Suijin had nothing to do with her, she pursed her lips and said nothing, and did as she wanted.Suddenly, a waiter rushed in from outside the palace, knelt down and reported: "It's not good, princess! Lord Naka is messing around with recruiting a son-in-law again!"

Upon hearing this, Yue Yaquan stood up abruptly, "What!?" Without thinking at all, he quickly followed the waiter out of the hall.Seeing this, Re Suijin was also very worried, got up and followed, leaving Su Zhongming and others behind again.

Ye Shuangshuang took the opportunity to reveal the sadness in her heart, blurted out, and muttered, "What can we do! The princess wants us to weave, and I haven't even used a loom before, how can I give it to her?" Weaving?" Fei'er also became anxious, and echoed, "What are you talking about dedicating to the Vulcan? It's a slight threat to burn people alive! How can we avoid it?"

Su Zhongming lowered his head and pondered, and after a while, he called Gong He to his side, and only asked: "From Lan Dan country to here, are you sure you can go back and forth within seven days?" Gong He secretly calculated, and affirmed: "Yes!" After finishing the words, he was curious, "Why does the city lord ask this?" Su Zhongming hurriedly whispered in his ear, and told him the strategy he had just thought of.

Gong He smiled, and couldn't help but said: "Xiaokui happens to be in Landan Country, just right!" Su Zhongming was slightly taken aback when he heard the unfamiliar name, "Who is Xiaokui?" Gong He was also slightly taken aback, "Isn't the city owner Remember Xiaokui? At the beginning, he and Governor Yi met the city lord in Wenguo. At that time, the position of guardian was always vacant, and although Xiaokui was the best candidate, he couldn’t take it because of his children’s personal relationship. Immortal Pill, but now I have completely put aside this feeling."

Hearing his statement, Su Zhongming suddenly realized, and blurted out: "He Wukui?" Gong He nodded with a smile, "The city lord finally remembered him!" Su Zhongming said again: "I always thought that He Wukui was the protector all along. A substitute?"

It was only then that Gong He realized that he had slipped his tongue, and was stunned for a while, without saying a word.Su Zhongming was a little curious, and asked: "The original owner of this position, is he... dead?" Gong He was speechless and unable to explain, just drooping his eyes.After a moment of silence, Su Zhongming stared at him and called out, "Gonghe...?"

Gong He forced a smile, "This is Xiang Xuanzhu's secret matter, and both Shui Lingzhu and Si Wuzhu must avoid it." Su Zhongming turned his head and glanced at the silent others, and could only say: "After the matter in front of me is over , let’s talk in private.”

After a long time, both Yueyaquan and Resuijin came back at the same time. Yueyaquan was full of anger, and as soon as he sat down, he thumped the armrest. Resuijin hurriedly persuaded and comforted her, "Sister Wang, why are you angry with that guy? It’s lame haha, I want to eat swan meat! I’m obviously not good enough for Sister Wang, but I’m jealous when I see Sister Wang recruiting a son-in-law!”

Yueyaquan blurted out angrily: "Shut up! Don't bring this up again!" Re Suijin had nothing to do with her, but flattered her and said, "Well..." Turning towards Su Zhongming and the others, he quickly apologized and said, " It's not a big deal, it's just a trivial matter, I'll arrange a place for you right now."

Yueyaquan interjected, "You go down with my brother first, I will send someone to deliver the loom tomorrow." Su Zhongming and others got up, Su Zhongming thanked: "Thank you, princess." , and immediately followed out of the princess' bedroom.

After entering an empty hall and settled the rest of the group, Su Zhongming raised the curtain and entered the back room, followed by Gong He. Su Zhongming sat in the back room and said to Gong He: "Say it, tell me Tell me about that secret." Gong He was very embarrassed, and he didn't intend to tell, but only persuaded, "Why does the city lord have to know about this matter? In fact, this matter is just an old thing, and it doesn't matter whether you know it or not."

Su Zhongming became serious, and said seriously: "I am the lord of the city, and I have the right to know what happened in this gate!" Gong He scratched his head, and said a lie helplessly, "It's really just a trivial matter, the lord of the city doesn't need to ask about it... ..."

Su Zhongming was not a fool, he didn't believe his words, and said seriously again: "If it is really a trivial matter, why is it a secret matter of Xiangxuanzhu? Since it is a secret matter, it must be an important event that happened in Xiangxuanzhu! "

Gong He had no choice but to sit in front of him and flatter him, saying: "Okay, I'm also afraid that the city lord will sue me in front of my master after he goes back, so just say that I know, the city lord must promise me, absolutely not Leak out."

"Tell me, I won't reveal it." Su Zhongming immediately promised in person.Gong He sighed softly, and only said lightly, "Xiaokui's substitute, he...betrayed Qingluan City, and is still alive."

Xiangxuanzhu turned out to be a traitor? ! ——Su Zhongming's eyes widened slightly, staring at Gong He, and then he opened his lips: "What you said...is it true?" Gong He bit Chun lightly, before replying helplessly: "Yeah. Xuanzhu's secret is because this incident is very important to the face of our sect, if this scandal gets out, our sect will lose its majesty."

Su Zhongming lowered his eyes, "I understand..." Then he got up and walked out of the back room.A few people inside and outside the room were vying for supper around the table. Gong He ran up briskly, sat beside them, and also made a fuss, announcing, "Don't finish it, leave me a portion!"

Fei'er turned her head and saw that Su Zhongming was not moving. She couldn't help being curious, "Won't the city lord eat it? It's delicious!" Su Zhongming waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, no, you can eat it! I'm afraid I will gain weight..."

Yitian replied while eating: "Teacher, if you get fatter, the master will not dislike you. What are you afraid of getting fat!" Su Zhongming crossed his arms and became slightly dissatisfied. , everyone has it!"

"Anyway, I'm not afraid of gaining weight." Fei'er replied, and started grabbing food again.Ye Shuangshuang followed suit, "I'm not afraid either!" and rushed to fight with Fei'er.Su Zhongming glanced at Midoya, who was also fighting, and said to her in English, "Are you not afraid of gaining weight?" Midoya smiled, and only said modestly: "I only eat a little..." Then Keep fighting.

Su Zhongming backed away, walked to the wall, sat down against the wall, bent his right knee, put his right arm on his knee, looked at them at the table, unconsciously showed a happy smile, and thought to himself—— These fools are here, adventurous journey, what are you afraid of?

The next day, early in the morning, several waiters came and brought over a loom, a spinning wheel and some silk.Su Zhongming called Ye Shuangshuang to sit next to the loom, and asked her to shake the crossbar on it, making the loom make a creaking sound, then turned around and gave Gonghe a wink.

Gong He turned around knowingly, fluttered his sleeves slightly, and a gate in the shape of rippling water appeared, and in an instant, it disappeared with Gong He.Yi Tian happened to turn his head back, seeing the wonderful situation at this moment with his own eyes, he was startled immediately, and hurriedly asked Su Zhongming, "Just... what was that just now?" Baby."

"Huh? Where did the guardian brother go?" Fei'er turned around and asked in confusion when she found that Gong He had disappeared unexpectedly.Su Zhongming answered for her, "I will ask him to do something. For seven days, you will pretend to be weaving every day and wait for him to come back."

Fei'er understood, smiled, and played tricks, "I'm young, and I haven't performed the adult ceremony yet, so I shouldn't have to show it too much?" Yi Yeqing listened, thought for a while, and suggested to Su Zhongming, " The matter of arranging thick looms can only be left to me and Shuangshuang, and the others can just wait for seven days."

Su Zhongming didn't think about it, but said decisively: "That's not good, I am also a ready-made labor force, and of course I have to contribute." Such stubbornness, forgive no one can persuade, everyone had to obey him, and dared not refute Half a sentence.

Ye Shuangshuang was tired of swinging the thick loom, so she left the loom and sat at the table to rest. During the period, she glanced back at the bundle of silk lying in the corner, and suddenly became alert, and asked Su Zhongming, "City lord, what should I do with these silks?" Disposal? Keep it, I'm afraid it will be ruined." Su Zhongming also glanced at Silk, frowned and thought for a moment before making a decision, "Why don't you burn it?"

"Ah! This...it's such a pity..." Fei'er blurted out when she heard the words.Su Zhongming confessed his intentions, "Shuangshuang is right. If you keep it, it will only wear out. It is better to burn it clean. Anyway, what the princess wants is the woven cloth."

Yi Yeqing agreed, "Yes, if the silk is still there, the princess will become suspicious. Even if the silk is expensive, for the sake of the big plan, you still have to discard what should be discarded."

Su Zhongming thought about it again, and suggested: "Let's burn it tonight, just to add warmth." Fei'er smiled and replied: "Good idea, the night in the desert country is so cold, it really can't do without a raging bonfire."

At noon, there were small footsteps outside the hall, and someone was talking outside, "Guest, the food has been delivered." Su Zhongming walked to the door in person, opened the crack of the door, poked his head out, and replied, "Thank you, leave it to me. Alright." Then he took the alchemy plate from the hand of the maid, and closed the palace door tightly.

"Everyone, it's time to eat." He put the pill plate on the table and yelled at his companions.Midoya hurriedly came over from the loom and sat around the table with everyone.Inside the gold utensils in the Danpan were the same hot goat milk tea, fruit plate, roasted beef and mutton slices, and hot pancakes as yesterday.

After several people finished their meal, Su Zhongming picked up a large pot, poured clean water into a copper basin, washed his hands, and washed his face along the way. When he was drying his face, the water in the basin Small ripples suddenly appeared round and round, so he glanced at it, thinking it was made by himself when he washed his face, he didn't take it to heart, turned and walked away, but the ripples in the basin became bigger and denser and denser. It was getting faster and faster, and even rose into the air in the end!

Everyone looked back, and they were all stunned for a while, until a male and female voice sounded, "Lie down quickly! It's the Shadow Seeking Formation!" Before they could look at A Lin Tianduo, several people hurriedly lay down on the ground. There was Ah Lin Tianduo standing, the sky eyes on her forehead quietly opened, her hands opened, and a fog formation was formed.

After the fog formation was set up, it was difficult for the people who set up the shadow-seeking formation to see any figures in the water. In a short while, the water in the basin returned to its original state.Su Zhongming carefully propped up the upper half, and called out 'A Lin'.But A Lin Tianduo replied, but there were two voices in his throat, a man and a woman, "It's really good to use the water sources everywhere to search for the other party's whereabouts, but it can't penetrate my formation. This time they failed, they will not repeat this method .”

As the voice fell, A Lin Tianduo's eyes on his forehead gradually closed, and A Lin Tianduo also returned to his original appearance. He raised his right hand and yawned, then sat in front of the table and fell asleep on the desk.

"Scared to death! How did this thing come out!" Yi Tian got up, still terrified.Ye Shuangshuang thought for a while, and replied: "There must be some powerful priests in Mufeng Club, right?" He couldn't help worrying about Su Zhongming, "I've used this move, and I will inevitably use even more powerful moves. Be careful!"

Ever since they learned that Su Zhongming had been poisoned by Mufeng Society's peculiar grain poison on the road, and learned that Mufeng Society planned to capture such Su Zhongming as a hostage to deal with Qingluan City, Ye Shuangshuang and the others paid great attention to Su Zhongming's safety.

Su Zhongming got up and replied: "I know, as long as I successfully get the poisonous flowers and detoxify the grains, they won't be able to do anything to me after returning to Qingluan City." After being able to return to Qingluan City, he will make a long-term plan.

It was still night, and a bonfire was burning in the heating pit in the house. Yi Yeqing got up and walked to a corner, picked up a bundle of silk, and threw it into the bonfire without mercy or regret. , the bonfire lit up, illuminating the hall even brighter, Fei'er's pupils met the firelight, and sighed happily, "Ah, it's warmer this time!"

Su Zhongming stared at the blazing bonfire in front of him, and remained silent. In his heart, he silently began to miss a person, a man who made him emotional. He stared at the flame, as if the figure of that man was also engraved on it, making him Can't look away.