The three of them were determined to kill someone with a knife. Chen Qi knew that he was hopeless and it was too late to regret. He couldn't help but the corners of his eyes were shining with tears. He looked at Ruyu, but saw that Ruyu's expression was still indifferent. He was so angry that he couldn't even scold him, and just looked at him silently. Crying hard.
The two gangsters stopped hesitating and the knife was about to fall. It was too late to say that, but it was too soon. Suddenly, for some unknown reason, Chen Qi heard a "bang" in his ear, like the sound of a rope being broken. Ruyu stood up, coldly held the attacker's knife, crushed it into scrap metal, pushed the person next to her away, and then slapped the person next to Chen Qi. Suddenly, the man was like a kite with broken strings, slamming into the wall. A burst of dust rose up, and he was bleeding from all his orifices, and he lost all his breath.
When the other two saw him suddenly attacking, and sending the person flying far away with just one palm, their faces turned pale with fright, and they hurriedly dropped the things in their hands. They didn't pay attention to their accomplice who fell to the ground, and just lost their temper. ran away. Ruyu only had a cold face and did not chase them. Instead, she untied the rope from Chen Qi's hand and asked her, "Are you okay?"
Chen Qi had never seen Ruyu take action before, so he just thought he was an uncultivated person. Now it seems that since you are following Xu Huaigu and you can call him sir, you are not without ability. This turned the danger into safety. If it hadn't been for Ruyu, I'm afraid the two of them would have really encountered something unexpected.
Seeing that her expression was still dull, Ruyu wiped her tears with her sleeve and said, "Stop crying, they are all gone."
Chen Qi sniffed, put away her tears, and stared at the corner for a long time before turning to smile and said, "Thanks to you, otherwise we would have been doomed."
Ruyu shook her head and said thank you, but still frowned. She walked to the man spread out in the corner, covered in blood, looked down, and suddenly felt at a loss.
Chen Qi walked up to him, lowered his head and put his fingers on the man's face to check his breathing. He saw that he was completely dead and no longer alive. She frowned and said, "He's dead. He deserves it. He deserves to be damned if he dares to try against us."
But Ruyu still frowned, staring closely at the man on the ground without saying a word. He was scared in his heart, and he didn't expect that a mortal's body could be so weak. Even though he exerted only an extremely small amount of strength, he still beat the person to death with one palm. After all, it is a monster from the Ninth Realm, and its brute strength is beyond the reach of ordinary people. No matter how hard it is to stop, it is not something that a gangster can withstand.
Chen Qi thought that he was still feeling guilty, so he advised: "This person wanted to kill us first. Since he had the intention to kill, he should naturally have the consciousness to be killed by others. He deserves this end now. Don’t let it go in your heart.”
Ruyu's forehead was sweating, she pursed her lips tightly and said nothing.
"I don't think those two people dared to report to the official. Let's go back quickly." Chen Qi picked up his sword and pulled Ruyu, but Ruyu didn't move.
"What's wrong with you? You seem nervous?"
Ruyu held it in for a long time before saying confidently: "I once made an agreement with my husband. If I kill or hurt someone without his consent, I can no longer stay with him."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "This shouldn't be nothing, right? This person provoked us first. I'll go back and talk to your husband for you."
Ruyu lowered his head and thought for a long time before replying in despair: "Okay, that's all."
So the two of them left the unknown courtyard and went back to the mountain along the road. On the way, Ruyu kept frowning, so Chen Qi talked to him: "What state are you in? Why are you so powerful as soon as you strike? I feel that your momentum is similar to that of my senior brothers."
Ruyu shook her head and said: "It's hard to say a few realms, I don't quite understand them either."
Chen Qike didn't believe it and said with a smile: "Then how can you not understand? Realm is the most important thing for a monk. Since you have already cultivated, how come you don't know how many realms are there? I think you are unwilling to tell me. Is it the same? Your husband taught you not to tell outsiders about your realm easily? But we have known each other for so long, so we are not considered outsiders, so just tell me everything."
Ruyu frowned even more and said, "Actually, there are some things I haven't told you."
"What's up?"
Ruyu fell silent. Chen Qi asked him a few more times before he replied: "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but I have to get your husband's permission. What's more, I'm afraid that once I tell you, you will You won’t play with me anymore.”
These few words became more and more confusing. What was the little girl thinking? As soon as she thought about it, she thought wrongly. She thought he wanted to say something between men and women, but she was too shy to say it. Chen Qi couldn't stop laughing. Seeing her laughing, Ruyu felt confused and asked, "I'm worried about these things. What's so funny about this?"
Chen Qi patted him and said with a smile: "A manly man, what can't you say? But you still have to hide it in your heart. You want to say it but don't dare to say it. Say it quickly, or I won't spare you."
Ruyu shook her head and said: "No, I made an agreement with my husband before. I can't tell others without his consent. It's okay to mention these things later. Let's think about how to get through today's incident safely."
Chen Qi still had a smile on his face and stopped talking. Due to such a delay, the two of them naturally returned to the sect late. It was already dark before they reached the mountain gate. The senior brother guarding the gate was a little dissatisfied, but Chen Qi just smiled, apologized to the man a few times, and took Ruyu to join the sect. The two went straight back to Xu Huaigu's bamboo house and knocked on the door. Surprisingly, it was Xu Huaigu who opened the door. As soon as Ruyu saw him, she immediately lowered her head and said only "Sir" and nothing else.
Several people entered the back room and saw Yu Qin playing chess with Fan Xuan inside. Xu Huaigu moved a chair and sat beside the two of them to watch chess. At this time, Chen Qi and Ruyu came back and sat down next to them.
Seeing that the two of them were back, Yu Qin turned to the side, touched the little girl's head, and asked her with a smile: "Did you have fun today?"
Chen Qi smiled and said, "It's okay."
"Did you buy the chess book?"
Chen Qi shook his head and replied: "The bookstores are closed, so I can't buy any."
"Then why did you come back so late?"
This is why I was asked. Chen Qi felt guilty and just smiled and said: "There were some twists and turns on the road, so I came back a little late."
Yu Qin just smiled and didn't take it to heart at all, and threatened her: "It's good to come back. If you come back later, there will be ghosts in the mountains who want to catch you."
Xu Huaigu saw from the corner of his eye that Ruyu was a little absent-minded. He only lowered his head and didn't answer. He couldn't help but pay more attention and asked: "Then what did you do in the town? What happened to some small twists and turns?" ?”
Ruyu began to sweat on her forehead. Seeing that he didn't dare to say anything, Chen Qi hurriedly said, "Mr. Xu, that's what happened."
So she told them all about how they met the gangster who called himself Zhang Da in front of the bookstore, and how he then deceived the two into a yard and tried to kidnap them. Chen Qi naturally wanted to protect Ruyu, so his rhetoric was a bit exaggerated. When the two chess players heard that they had encountered such a thing in the town, they stopped playing chess and looked at them. Chen Qi's eyebrows were dancing, and he became more and more energetic as he talked, but Ruyu lowered her head lower and lower.
At the end of the story, the three thugs said they would kill the two of them to silence them, so Chen Qi stopped talking. Yu Qin was extremely anxious and asked hurriedly: "What happened next? Why did you come back safely?"
Fan Xuan echoed: "You can encounter things like this even when you go to the town, which shows that people's hearts are sinister."
Chen Qi didn't know how to talk about killing someone, but Xu Huaigu expected it in his heart. He looked at Ruyu who was sweating nervously and asked, "Did you take action?"
Ruyu trembled when she heard what her husband asked him, and said: "Sir, yes."
Xu Huaigu frowned and said, "What are you afraid of? Raise your head and look at me."
Ruyu had no choice but to raise her head and look into Xu Huaigu's eyes. At this moment, Xu Huaigu frowned and looked at him with a scrutinizing eye. Ruyu felt as if she was falling into an abyss and her breathing was not smooth.
Xu Huaigu asked: "What happened later? You took action and escaped?"
Chen Qi quickly replied: "Yes, thanks to Ruyu, otherwise neither of us would be able to escape! We have to thank him for this!"
"Then what are you afraid of?"
Ruyu didn't dare to speak out.
Xu Huaigu increased his tone and said coldly: "Speak."
"I'm sorry, sir, I didn't mean it. I broke my agreement with you. I...I killed someone."
When Ru Yugang said this, he felt like a deflated ball. He lowered his head again, not daring to look into Xu Huaigu's eyes. Yu Qin was startled, opened her mouth slightly, glanced at Ruyu, and then looked at Fan Xuan. Fan Xuan only raised her eyebrows slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.
Xu Huaigu had already guessed how many of them he had, and his face was livid with anger, and he asked: "How many have been killed?"
"One... one."
"How dare you lie!" Xu Huaigu slapped the chess game with his palm, stood up, and scolded, "To be honest, how many people did you kill?"
Ruyu was so anxious that she hurriedly replied: "Mr. Hui, there is really only one."
"nonsense!"
Now Chen Qi became anxious and said quickly: "Mr. Xu, there is really only one, I can testify!"
Xu Huaigu took a breath and calmed down a little. Ruyu still didn't dare to raise her head, so Chen Qi hurriedly persuaded: "Sir, it was those people who wanted to attack us first, and Ruyu had no choice but to take action. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to return to the mountain gate. This can't be blamed. he!"
Xu Huaigu snorted coldly and said: "If he hadn't gone down the mountain to buy some chess records, how could such a thing have happened? Now that a life has been lost, he can't escape his involvement!"
Ruyu didn't dare to say anything he said, and Chen Qi didn't know how to persuade him. There was silence in the bamboo building for a moment, then Xu Huaigu slowly said: "Get out of here."
Ruyu didn't dare to refute at all, she stood up silently, lowered her head and walked out.
Chen Qi glanced at Xu Huaigu, then at Ruyu, and said anxiously: "Sir, if you want to blame, blame me. I dragged him down the mountain this morning. It's all my fault. If you want to scold me, just scold me." !”
Xu Huaigu replied: "He broke the agreement and should bear the consequences. Chen Qi, you are not allowed to protect him."
Chen Qi asked anxiously: "What agreement?"
"I made an agreement with him before. If he kills someone, I can't keep him here."
When Chen Qi heard this, he felt as if five thunders had struck his head, and his head was buzzing.
No wonder Ruyu was so afraid that Xu Huaigu would find out about this matter. It turned out that there was still such an agreement. Judging from Xu Huaigu's tone, he said "I can't keep him", could it be that he wanted to drive him away? If that's the case, it's all my fault. If I hadn't forced him to go down the mountain, if I hadn't easily believed the gangster's lies, how could things have ended up like this? Chen Qi only felt guilty in her heart.
Ruyu had slowly walked to the door, stopped and glanced into the room. At that glance, the emotions were so complicated that it was difficult to understand, including regret and nostalgia, which made people feel sad to see him. He only glanced at it for the last time, put his hand on the door handle, and prepared to open the door.
Yu Qin couldn't stand it anymore, so she quickly stopped him and said, "Ruyu, wait!"
Ruyu stopped her movements and looked towards Yu Qin with some confusion. Yu Qin smiled at him and said, "It's okay, come back."
"Yu Qin." Xu Huaigu's cold voice fell to the ground. He seemed to have never spoken to her in this tone before, "You are not allowed to plead for him."
Yu Qin pursed her lips and remained silent.
When Ruyu saw this, she knew in her heart that the matter was irreversible. No matter how reluctant she was to leave, she couldn't stay. He opened the door, and the night breeze came in, making it a bit cold.
As if he thought of something, he did not step out of the threshold. Instead, he turned around first, bowed to the inner room, opened his mouth slightly, and looked at the shape of his lips as if he said "thank you", then stepped out of the threshold, closed the door, and disappeared. In the night.
Chen Qi watched him leave and looked at Xu Huaigu again. Seeing that his face was as tense as iron sheet, he couldn't help but stamped his feet anxiously and rushed out the door, shouting: "Ruyu, where are you going? Wait for me." !”
There were only three people left in the bamboo building. The chess pieces fell all over the ground and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Xu Huaigu lowered his head to pick up the chess pieces, Yu Qin frowned and said nothing, while Fan Xuan silently watched the farce, and because of her status, she could not intervene.
After a long time, Yu Qin asked: "Where is the promised jade? Just smash it like this?"
Xu Huaigu stopped for a moment, then continued to pick up the chess pieces and said calmly: "If you smash it, smash it."
