Two hundred and thirty-one, missing
Qingshi and others returned to the Xuanwei and set off immediately. Unexpectedly, as soon as it started, they heard a voice shouting: "Master Qingshi, can you let Mr. Hu board the ship?"
Qingshi heard the sound and looked over, only to see Hu Hailong flying towards him with his membrane wings fluttering, circling around the Xuanwei.
With a thought, Qingshi opened the defensive circle and let Hu Hailong land on the ship.
"Master Hu!" Qingshi drove the Xuanwei eastward at full speed and said to Hu Hailong, "What are you doing?"
"Master Qingda," Hu Hailong retracted his membrane wings, raised his fist towards Qingshi and said, "Don't mention the title Master Hu Da again. Just now, I kept doing nothing and threw the position of gang leader to the fourth child. From now on After that, I have nothing to do with the Hailong Gang anymore."
"Congratulations!" Qingshi said, "To make a living at sea, you don't necessarily have to kill people and plunder goods. Brother Hu has been reborn, so congratulations!" As he said this, Qingshi took out an egg-sized bead and threw it to Hu Hailong is the demon pill that Hu Hailong lost to Qingshi.
"Demon pill!" Hu Hailong took the demon pill and asked, "What does Master Qingda mean by this?"
"Today's gambling battle does not count!" Qingshi said, "I lied to Brother Hu. The princess was escorted back to the court by my gang five masters a few days ago. In fact, even if the princess is still on my ship, I can't use her as a Bet! The princess is not a trophy that I captured. I am messing around with you just to save the lives of her and her group."
"This..." Hu Hailong couldn't help but froze, then nodded and said, "Yes, that makes sense! I just said that the leader of Qingda, who is so righteous and ungrateful, how can he be a burner?" Killing marauding pirates?”
"Brother Hu is too flattering," Qingshi said. "After I rescued the princess, she hired me, the Xuanhu Gang, to send her and Lingguo back to the court to treat her queen mother. I bet with you just to get money from you. Information about the employer who asked you to rob and kill the princess.”
"Ashamed!" Hu Hailong lowered his head and sighed.
"So," Qingshi said, "this gambling battle between you and me doesn't count. I have no bets. If you win, I will have no choice but to default on the money. So I have to return your demon pill to you."
"Alas! The righteousness of the leader of Qingda University!" Hu Hailong sighed, "It's really admirable!"
Hu Hailong's exercises and most powerful martial arts are of the water attribute. This water-attribute demon elixir was obtained by him after spending countless resources. It is a treasure prepared for the attack on the immortal elixir realm. To him, this is the most precious cultivation treasure.
"Okay," Qingshi said, "Brother Hu, apart from telling me that you have changed your ways, is there anything else you can do?"
"I originally wanted to ask the master to give me a ride," Hu Hailong said, "I want to go to Zhengxu Kingdom to join my senior brother, and I have to pass through the Great Mirage Kingdom. Now, I have changed my mind again. Since the master of Qing The Xuanhu Gang is not a pirate, so I dare to ask the master to take him in! Let me be an errand boy in the Xuanhu Gang! I ask the master and the two masters to help me!"
After Hu Hailong finished speaking, he cupped his fists and bowed deeply to Qingshi, and then saluted Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian with cupped fists!
"Hahaha..." Duan Wutian laughed loudly, "We have five heads of the Xuanhu Gang, but we don't have a single minion! Old Hu, you are kidding, you are not afraid of being begged for a living by the sea. Are your friends laughing at you?"
"Ah!" Hu Hailong said in shock, "There are only five of you in the Xuanhu Gang? Not even a member of the gang?"
"That's right!" Qingshi said with a smile, "And my Xuanhu Gang officially opened its doors a few days ago. Speaking of which, I was the one who made up the name on your boat that day. However, then, We brothers felt that it would be convenient to form a gang while traveling on the sea, so we called ourselves the Xuanhu Gang."
"Hi!" Hu Hailong also laughed, "You are obviously a group of knights, but you still want to lie to me, Old Hu, that you are a pirate! You fooled me around! However, since you have defeated my gang, your gang will suffer It was founded with my inspiration, so now you have to be responsible for me!"
"Bah!" Chen Tianye scolded with a smile, "We didn't sleep with you, what responsibility do we have to you! What do you mean, do you really want to join our gang and become a bare-bones guy?"
"Yes, I want to join the Xuanhu Gang," Hu Hailong chuckled and said, "However, it is indeed not important to be a bare-bones gangster. How about you let me be the sixth leader? That day Qing and I The boss made a bet, and the boss said that if I lose, I will join the Xuanhu Gang and become the sixth child."
"this......"
Qingshi saw that Hu Hailong really wanted to correct his evil ways and couldn't help but look at Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian. They knew what Qingshi meant and both said they had no objection and let him make the decision. After all, he was the 'big boss'.
"Okay!" Qingshi thought for a moment, then made a plan and said, "I'll accept you as the sixth master. However, I will give you a probation period. You will not officially join the company until the probation period is over and you pass the inspection."
"Probation period?" Hu Hailong asked curiously, "This is still a new concept!" He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he spoke.
"Brother Hu!" Qingshi said, "This probation period is also a buffer time for you. You have just left the Hailong Gang. You should think carefully about your future path and not make hasty decisions. Do you understand what I mean? ?”
"I understand!" Hu Hailong nodded and said seriously, "Xie Qing is in charge!"
"He's still in charge of the Qing Dynasty!" Chen Tianye and Duan Wutian laughed together, "Call me boss!"
...
The Xuanwei was extremely fast and soon left the fleet of the Great Mirage far behind. Two days later, the Xuanwei sailed near the Great Mirage Island.
Linghai City was built on the west coast of the island. It has a large area, a large population, tall and majestic city walls, beautiful buildings and neat roads. It is worthy of being the capital of one of the three major countries in the Wanshan Sea Area.
The Xuanwei docked at a deserted beach twenty miles away from Linghai City. Then, a group of people walked there and quietly entered the city.
The bustling Dongshi Street in Linghai City is crowded with people and lined with shops. Wanghai Tower, located in the best part of this street, is more than 20 feet tall and has 12 floors. The building has a grand facade and exquisite interior decoration. Compared with most of the surrounding buildings that are less than 10 feet high, the building can indeed be seen from the ninth floor. The distant sea is worthy of the name of looking at the sea.
Wanghai Tower is a complex commercial complex that houses a high-end restaurant, a top hotel, a luxury casino, a treasure pavilion, and of course, some other high-end entertainment projects.
In the afternoon, two distinguished guests came to Zhenbao Pavilion. A young man in front is dressed in rich clothes, tall and handsome, and an old man next to him is also dressed in silk, with a long beard and a graceful bearing. These two people were Qingshi and Uncle Wu. Qingshi just changed into new clothes, but Uncle Wu changed his appearance.
Qingshi and Uncle Wu entered the Zhenbao Pavilion, and two plump beauties hurriedly came forward to wait on them, greeting them with greetings and serving tea and wine.
Qingshi just hummed a few times and managed to cope, pretending to be arrogant. He already knew that women from the Great Mirage considered fatness to be beautiful, and naturally had no interest in beautiful waiters. But for exotic treasures, bluestone is very interesting.
The decoration of Zhenbao Pavilion is very luxurious and luxurious, but the area is not very large. After all, there are not many things that can be called treasures. Qingshi walked around and selected six items that he was interested in. He bought them directly without haggling, spending more than two million high-grade spiritual stones. The beauty who accompanied the shopping was beaming with joy, and her big beautiful eyes were squeezed into two slits by her fat face full of smiles.
Qingshi selected the products, drank tea and waited for packaging. A middle-aged man came up and bowed his hands to the blue stone and said: "This distinguished guest is invited. I am Dongbao, the shopkeeper of Zhenbao Pavilion. I have a VIP gold coin here to give to the distinguished guest. You can use it to shop in the store in the future. coins to enjoy the highest preferential treatment!" He said and handed over a gold coin.
Qingshi took it casually and said, "I already have a gold coin here. Shopkeeper Dong, would you like to see what kind of discounts you can enjoy?"
Qingshi said, handing the gold coin given by Bu Ruofeng to Dongbao.
Dong Bao took it and took a look at it and said: "This VIP gold coin should be issued by Boss Qiu. With this gold coin, it will naturally enjoy the highest preferential treatment." As he said that, he handed the gold coin back to Qingshi.
Dong Bao's expression clearly showed that he didn't know the special nature of this gold coin. Qingshi could only say: "Since it was sent by Boss Qiu, can you please ask Boss Qiu to come out and meet me?"
"Well..." Dong Bao said with a troubled face, "With the magnanimity of the two bosses, our Boss Qiu will definitely be happy to make friends with each other, but Boss Qiu is not in Wanghai Tower at the moment, so... .”
"Then where is Boss Qiu's treasure house?" Qingshi said, "When we first came to Guibao Land, we had a big business to cooperate with Boss Qiu. The person who gave me the gold coin once said that with this gold coin, Boss Qiu will definitely Don’t hesitate to meet. In this case, it won’t be rude for us to go and visit!”
"Well..." Dong Bao still looked troubled.
"We made a special trip here to visit," Qingshi said with a straight face, "Is it possible that boss Qiu and shopkeeper Dong don't like it because they don't consume enough?"
"No, no, no! Dear guest, please don't misunderstand me!" Dong Bao waved his hands repeatedly and said through gritted teeth, "I'm telling you the truth! Boss Qiu has been missing for several days. We have more than a dozen shopkeepers all over the building looking for him. Everyone is very anxious."
"Yeah! Missing?"
Qingshi and Uncle Wu looked at each other. Judging from the situation, Dong Bao seemed to be telling the truth. Shopkeeper Na Dong apologized repeatedly and said that if there was urgent business, he could handle it. If he couldn't handle it, they could go to their second-in-command, Manager Lu. Finally, he invited them to stay in the guest rooms of Wanghailou Hotel, saying that Once Boss Qiu comes back, he will immediately ask him to come and visit.
Qingshi thought to himself that Boss Qiu might never come back. So I exchanged a few perfunctory words with shopkeeper Dong and then left.
Coming to the street, Qingshi asked: "Uncle Wu, do you think Boss Qiu is really missing?"
"It should be true!" Uncle Wu said, "Shopkeeper Dong probably doesn't know Boss Qiu's true identity. His expression doesn't look like he's lying."
"That's right!" Qingshi said, "I feel the same way."
"Alas!" Uncle Wu sighed, "I finally found this clue, but it was broken again."
"That's not necessarily the case!" Qingshi said, "Through this matter, we can also get some useful information."
"Master Qingda," Uncle Wu said in slight surprise, "What do you mean?..."
"It's obvious from the time point of view," Qingshi said, "Boss Qiu disappeared just after the princess returned to the palace. What does this mean?"
"Yes!" Uncle Wu said, "This means that someone has revealed the news to Boss Qiu that the princess has returned to the palace. The fact that the princess has returned to the palace means that the interception operation failed, and Boss Qiu was probably exposed, so the employer let Qiu The boss is hiding."
"Yes!" Qingshi said, "But Boss Qiu may have been silenced. Uncle Wu, how many people know that the princess has returned to the palace?"
"Apart from me," Wu Bo thought deeply, "there are only Prince Ping, Princess Huaiming, Prince Li, Chief Guards Bacchus, Deputy Chief Gentry, Deputy Chief of the Internal Affairs Lu Zihao, and the Queen's two A personal maid."
"Well!" Qingshi nodded and said, "Now there are only two princesses and Prince Heping around the queen, which shows that Princess Huaiyu absolutely trusts her two younger siblings. Among the other six people, who does Uncle Wu think is the most suspicious? "
"This..." Uncle Wu walked around and pondered, and after a long time he shook his head and said, "Subjectively speaking, I think no one is suspicious, but objectively speaking, everyone has the opportunity to pass on the news. "
"Forget it!" Qingshi said, "We will not pursue the employer for the time being. We should return to the palace as soon as possible. Uncle Wu, you said that the top priority is to treat the queen!"
"Yes!" Uncle Wu said, "Her Majesty the Queen has been taking the Five Elements Chaos Fruit for nine days, and she should take the second one tomorrow. Since the clues here have been broken, and there may be a murderer hidden around the Queen, I am indeed worried about it. Ah! I’ll go back to the palace right now. Mr. Qingda, how do you arrange it?”
"Me?" Qingshi said, "Of course I will accompany you into the palace to meet the princess and the queen. Don't forget, there are three Five Elements Chaos Fruits on me!"
Qingshi only asked them to take three spiritual fruits back that day, naturally because he was afraid that they would not admit it after they returned. Uncle Wu and the princess naturally understood, but everyone understood it tacitly and did not say anything.
"Well," Uncle Wu said, "but the Queen is still ill, so it may be inconvenient to see her! As for the Lingguo, since Master Qingda has already arrived at Linghai, why don't you give it to me to take back?"
"No!" Qingshi said with a half-smile, "You and I agreed to ensure that the Queen's life is safe before we can complete the commission. Now there is a murderer hiding around the Queen and Princess, and I am as worried as you are. Besides, besides The Holy Fire Fruit and Holy Water Essence you promised, I am still thinking about the Five Elements Chaos Fruit. I am a fifth-level great alchemist. I have to see the Queen's condition in person to determine how many Five Elements Chaos Fruit the Queen needs to take. In case the Queen Just take two pills and you will be fine, but you old fox says you have taken all six pills, so wouldn’t I be at a loss?" He winked at Uncle Wu.
"Hi!" Uncle Wu said loudly, "Master Qingda, what are you talking about? By the way, are you really a fifth-level alchemist?"
"Of course it is," Qingshi said with a smile, "Level 5, only higher, not lower, guaranteed to be genuine!"
"Really?" Uncle Wu looked Qingshi up and down and said, "The head of Qingda is really amazing! Okay! I will take you into the palace and say that he is the miracle doctor I invited! Give the Five Elements Chaos Fruit to the princess in person That’s fine.”
