Chapter 173: Who is the real murderer behind the scenes?
In the face of absolute power, both the stone pillar array in the trial cave and Xiang An's defensive array were nothing but dregs.
Xiaopang raised his huge front paw, looked down at Xiang An who was half-immersed in the water among the broken stone pillars, then stretched out two stubby fingers, gently lifted him up in front of his eyes and licked his tongue , Xiang An hung half dead in the air, his whole body shaking like a quail waiting to be slaughtered.
"Little Fatty," Qingshi shouted loudly, "This man is cunning, shameless and full of evil, and he is not delicious at all! Isn't that right, Brother Xiang?"
Xiang An was speechless. He shook his head first, then realized that he seemed to have made a mistake in his expression, and then struggled for his life to nod his head again and again.
There was another soft bang mixed with a trace of smoke, and the huge mythical beast turned into a little fat man. Xiang An fell from the air and slapped his face down on the hard stone platform, groaning. .
"Brother Xiang," Qingshi came over and said, "You control this trial cave with a formation disk, right? Can you lend it to me?"
Xiang An took out a small metal disc the size of a palm from his arms with trembling hands. He wanted to lift it up and hand it to Qingshi, but he was unable to do so.
Qingshi bent down and took the formation plate to look at it, then said to Jian Ruochen and the other three people who were trapped in the water: "Don't worry, three elders, I will send you out immediately."
After Jian Ruochen and the others fell into the water, the water surrounding them immediately turned into thick mucus, making it impossible for people to escape from it. Qingshi fiddled with the array disk twice, and then tapped a few places on the disk. A golden light flashed across, and the three of Jian Ruochen and Qingshi Xiang An disappeared together.
The next moment, everyone appeared on the golden water dish together.
Jian Ruochen and the other three walked down from the golden water tray and sat down on the spot to cross their legs and do their exercises to heal the poison. They were already at the entrance of the cave. The mountain wind was blowing strong, and there was not a trace of poisonous gas in the air. Qingshi said to Fatty, "Little Fatty, please return all my storage treasures to me."
"Oh!" The little fat guy agreed, shook his butt violently, and when he felt there was no movement, he reached behind his butt and touched it. Naturally, he didn't touch the tail. The little fat guy scratched his head with doubts on his face, and suddenly woke up and shouted: "Ah. ~I change!" He immediately turned into a cute white-haired monster that looked like a big dog.
Little Fatty flicked his big fluffy tail, and a small metal box suddenly appeared and flew to Qingshi's hand. Qingshi reached out and took out a storage ring from the box and put it on, and then took out a lot of healing pills, Qi-boosting pills, poison pills, etc. Yaowan walked over and helped Jian Ruochen and the others take it.
Qingshi's space spirit weapon was not given to Jian Ruochen, but was put all into Xiaopang's tail. Its tail has a total of thirteen tail bones, each of which has a magical function, and the fourth one is a natural Storage magic weapon. This is not a man-made space spiritual weapon, so it will not be rejected by the trial cave. Xiaopang actually became the size of a flea and was always hidden in Qingshi's hair.
After Qingshi took the medicine, he put on the various storage devices one by one, then walked to Xiang An and said with a smile: "It's almost done, don't pretend, I know you can't die."
"Where...where am I pretending?" Xiang An groaned with a bitter smile, "Brother Qingshi...Brother, for the sake of our past friendship, let...let me go. Let’s go!” After saying that, he struggled to get up and knelt crookedly.
Qingshi looked at him with a smile and said nothing.
After a long while, Xiang An said, "Brother Qingshi, I know what you want? But I really can't tell you!" He breathed for a while, and finally he could speak more smoothly.
"Really?" Qingshi praised in surprise, "What a good man! He is loyal! Then don't blame me for my dirty hands..." He rolled up his sleeves.
"No, no!" Xiang An said quickly, "It's not that I don't want to tell you, it's that I can't! I've been put under a forbidden speech spell and can't tell you!"
"Ah!" Qingshi was a little surprised. Judging from Xiang An's appearance, it might be true. I couldn't help but lower my head and think. The little fat man turned back into a little fat man, gnawing on a chicken leg and circling Xiang An out of boredom, showing a malicious smile from time to time. Xiang An was very nervous and glanced at Xiaopang from time to time, frowning and shrinking.
After a while, Qingshi said: "Brother Xiang, I know that you have difficulties. Although you are full of lies and have no credibility, there is one thing I can be sure of. You definitely don't want to kill me, right?"
"Yes, yes!" Xiang An nodded repeatedly and said, "Brother Qingshi is smart. I have already said that I had no choice. The thought of coming to kill you kept me awake all night, unable to sleep, and I cried silently until dawn... ....”
"That's enough!" Qingshi interrupted him, "Although I understand your difficulties, I really want to know who wants to kill me, otherwise I won't be able to sleep!"
"Brother Qingshi is so smart, he can naturally guess it," Xiang An said, "In fact, you should have the answer in your mind. Please don't embarrass me!"
"I guessed a few people who might want to kill me," Qingshi said with a sigh, "However, you can't just rely on guessing for this kind of thing. You have to be sure. Let me name a few names. By the way, just nod, okay?"
"No!" Xiang An said with a sad face, "Do you think the person who cast the spell can't think of such a simple method? I'll burp my head with just a nod. Instead of betraying his burp, I might as well just let you kill him."
"Well," Qingshi said, "I'll fulfill your loyalty and I won't kill you... let the little fat guy eat you."
"There are ways, there are ways!" Xiang An said anxiously, "Guess this person but don't mention his name. It's best to only guess a range, such as which family and sect he is from, and only mention some of his characteristics. I will also It might work without giving a direct yes or no answer.”
Qingshi chuckled and said, "You have thought of this method a long time ago! Right?"
"Alas!" Xiang An said with a grimace, "I have had a hard life since I was a child. I was always held by the nose with a rope, held at the neck with a knife to do bad things. If I want to survive, I have to use my brain more!" It seems to be true.
"Okay, let's give it a try." Qingshi organized his thoughts and said, "There was a family that was very powerful and could be called the most powerful family in the mainland. Later, it fell. They missed me very much and have been looking for me. Last year, one of their important figures formed a suicide squad to ambush me to welcome me, and gave me a precious soul-stealing ball, which almost made me happy to death..."
"It's not Jiang!" Xiang An said, "Is this the first time for Qingshi brothers to play this game? They are still a little unfamiliar. For example, if you want to talk about Jiang Chenxiu, you only need to talk about the sissy young lady from the previous royal family. There is no need to explain. So complicated. But the idea is correct and there is still a lot of room for improvement.”
Qingshi rolled his eyes at Xiang An, "Then why did Jiang Chenxiu lead someone to intercept and kill me?"
"It wasn't Jiang Chenxiu who led people to intercept and kill you," Xiang An said, "it was Mr. Huo who led Jiang Chenxiu to intercept and kill you. Mr. Huo is the killer I bribed. He has been hiding in Guo Zheng's mansion and he knows Jiang Chenxiu. I summoned Mr. Huo to intercept you. When I killed you, Jiang Chenxiu happened to be there, so I took him along with me."
"You are really good at scheming!" Qingshi shook his head helplessly and said, "You just happened to be here and just brought it with you." It was clearly you who deliberately planned to reveal the information to Jiang Chenxiu and encouraged him to intercept and kill me, making Jiang Chenxiu think that he was the mastermind. , not only did you spend a lot of money to hire the guy named Huo, but he also took the blame for you."
"Hehe! It's roughly like this."
Qingshi thought for a while and then said: "I know a very powerful person..."
"Ouch," Xiang An groaned, "That's right Qingshi! I'm injured too badly, brother, can you give me a healing pill?"
Qingshi was stunned for a moment, then realized, 'That's right Qingshi! 'That is to say, I was right in guessing that this man is extremely powerful. Qingshi smiled secretly in his heart, and then said: "You still want me to give you the elixir? Go back to your own home and ask your great-grandfather for it!"
"Qingshi, you big idiot!" Xiang Anqing cursed urgently: "How could it be my great-grandfather? This matter has nothing to do with the Xiang family. If you don't believe it, just kill me."
Qingshi knew that he guessed wrong and didn't mind Xiang An's scolding. Xiang Sinian is now the prime minister, but he should not have any thoughts of usurping the throne, and the Xiang family should not go against Xuanmen. However, since Xiang An is a member of the Xiang family, the Xiang family is naturally highly suspicious. Qingshi has to confirm whether he is the Xiang family.
This person is extremely powerful, which greatly narrows the scope.
There are not many powerful people. Except for the three prime ministers and the four major families, others should not be able to reach them. Now the third prime minister, Xiang Si, the second prime minister, Shen Xiaofeng, is himself a member of the four major families, and the last prime minister, Xia Yi, is a member of the four major families. Ming Nai is a disciple of Emperor Mo Sihai.
Qingshi was in a daze for a long time, and then said slowly: "In addition to money and power, there is also the most elusive word among vendettas and disputes in the world. Hatred due to love is not uncommon. Brother Xiang, have you heard of some of my scandals?"
"My love affair has long become a legend in Tianxuan College," Xiang An forced a smile and said, "Miss Yun is like a fairy..."
"Shut up!" Qingshi shouted coldly.
"Yes!" Xiang An secretly stuck out his tongue, thought for a moment and then said, "I remember that during the war, I once went to see the Qingshi brothers to convey the order, and I met two people from the Shen family and the Duan family downstairs in Sanbao. A beautiful lady happened to come out of Qingshi Brothers' private room. At that time, the girl from the Duan family was very angry. Maybe she was angry with her brother? Haha, everyone knows Miss Duan's affection for her brother. I think the girl from the Shen family also used it towards you. The love is very deep, Brother Qingshi is so lucky!"
Since Xiang An revealed the story of Shen and Duan's daughters, it proves that this matter was not the fault of Shen and Duan's family. Qingshi was silent for a long time, and then murmured: "I was engaged to someone in the past, but later I broke up for some reason. I'm afraid I hurt other people's faces and hearts!"
"Of course I know about this," Xiang An said. "This incident caused a sensation in the two continents at the time. The two countries broke off diplomatic relations and have never had any contact with each other. Since then, I have never seen anyone from the Tianying Continent royal family. I have nothing to do with them Singer."
Qingshi's face became darker and darker, and after a long time he said again: "How long has Brother Xiang been away from Chaoge? Are all of us in Xuanmen okay?"
"It has been more than five years since I left Chaoge!" Xiang An said, "Where can I find Brother Qingshi in the vast sea of people? So I can only go to the Immortal Sword Sect and lurk, waiting for my brother to come to my door."
"You haven't answered the second question yet."
"What second question?"
There was another long silence. Finally, Qingshi said: "I don't believe it!"
"I already told you that you have the answer, but you rambled on and on but didn't want to touch on it. You had to put it until the end. You still say you don't believe it until now." Xiang An said, "That's it, you can't ask anymore. I don’t want to die yet!”
Qingshi walked to the stone platform outside the cave in silence and stood for a long time. In the hazy morning light, the fierce mountain wind blew against the dark iron chain with a faint golden light, pushing the chain links against each other, making a gentle impact sound, and then passing through the chain holes, making a low whistling sound.
The Fairy Sword Peak is steady and majestic, standing majestically, just like the tall and straight figure of Qingshi. The sea of clouds in the abyss is rolling and surging, just like the turbulent waves in Qingshi's heart.
Why? Qingshi's heart was shouting: I have left Chao Ge and I have given up the throne. Isn't this enough? Do you have to let me die? ...
