When Mu Qing and the others arrived at the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, there were several times more guards than last night. Even if he revealed his identity as a disciple of the Dao Sect, these nervous guards still blocked him from the gate until Shen Ze hurried away. Come and bring them into the house.
"Sorry, the situation is too chaotic. I just ordered that no one is allowed to enter the city lord's mansion for the time being."
"I'm sorry, Commander Shen."
Shen Ze was injured and his eyebrows were furrowed as he spoke. Seeing his appearance, Mu Qing had some guesses in his mind and said bluntly: "I saw the fire in the east of the city. Still haven’t caught it?”
"Caught them, but let them run away."
Shen Ze said in a dull voice: "Someone in the Zhu family colluded with them and handed over the Lihuo Formation to them. The city lord was about to get the results of the interrogation, but the Lihuo Formation suddenly reversed, increasing the power of the Black Tiger Fire to the extreme. "
Mu Qing frowned. This time he failed to expose the relationship between Zhou Qian and Zhu Jiyuan. He wondered if there would be a second chance. .z.
Shen Ze took them directly to a courtyard where Zhu Li practiced on weekdays. Before Mu Qing entered, he smelled a strong medicinal fragrance.
In the main room of the courtyard, Mu Qing saw Zhu Li. Tantai Xuan and his wife were also here. Several people were injured, especially Zhu Li, whose breath seemed a little unstable.
The atmosphere inside the house was also a bit strange.
When Mu Qing entered the room, Zhu Li's eyes fell on Zhong Ling'er, and he said sincerely: "Zhu Li is blind, I wonder which senior of the Dao Sect you are?"
The battle between Zhong Ling'er and Zhou Qian was not small. Zhu Li already knew a lot of details at this time, especially the magic weapons flying all over the sky.
Zhong Ling'er raised her head and glanced at Mu Qing. Mu Qing nodded. She immediately removed her disguise, raised her chin and said, "I am the leader of the Great Sun Sect, Zhong Ling'er."
"The Great Sun Sect...Zhong Ling'er..."
Zhu Li was stunned on the spot.
Zhong Ling'er frowned: "Have you never heard of the Great Sun Sect?"
Mu Qing coughed lightly and said, "City Lord Zhu, we are actually pretending to be Taoist sects."
Zhu Li raised his eyebrows slightly, and Shen Ze, who personally brought Mu Qing and his group to Zhu Li, felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
The fire lotus mark between Zhu Li's eyebrows disappears in a flash. The red lotus karma fire can easily arouse people's thoughts. As a master, Zhu Li can intuitively feel the hostile murderous intention, but if the opponent is in a higher realm than her, or uses a disguised aura She needs to get up close and personal with the magic weapon.
Unknowingly, she had walked up to Mu Qing, leaned in and asked curiously: "Are you disguised?"
Mu Qing took two steps back and took off his mask honestly.
Zhu Li narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Murong Jing again. After Murong Jing took off the mask, he grabbed Murong Jing's wrist like lightning and said with a frown, "Have you practiced the Nine Heavens Nether Flame Art?"
Murong Jing nodded lightly.
Mu Qing was afraid that Zhu Li would cause chaos, so he explained: "City Lord Zhu, we are from Suzaku City."
"Suzaku City?" Zhu Li was startled again, frowning and said, "I seem to have heard of this name, but what does this have to do with her practicing the skills of my Zhu family?"
Mu Qing: "..."
"There was a branch of the Zhu family that migrated to the old land. Under the ground of Suzaku City there is a complete Nether Flame Formation, as well as a complete Nine Heavens Nether Flame Art."
Zhu Li looked at the door. Zhu Guyu walked in, followed by Zhu Hongyan.
The moment Zhu Li saw Zhu Hongyan, he instantly remembered the rumors related to Zhu Yushan. He let go of his hand and looked at Murong Jing, "Are you a bloodline of our Zhu family?"
"She is my biological sister!"
Before Murong Jing could speak, Zhu Hongyan said seriously from the side.
After some frank exchanges, the atmosphere in the room became a little better. Zhu Li's eyes kept moving back and forth on Mu Qing and the others, and finally fell on Mu Qing. He smiled and said: "You come to the city lord's mansion as the lord of Suzaku City. , he will still be a distinguished guest, why are you pretending to be a Dao Sect disciple?"
Mu Qing was prepared to reveal his identity on the way here. He glanced at Murong Jing and said, "Her identity is a bit complicated, and she doesn't plan to return to the Zhu family for the time being. In order to cause unnecessary trouble,
We had no choice but to hide our identities and sign up for the Three Mountains Trial. "
Zhu Li nodded. Murong Jing was already in the middle stage of mortal transformation. It was an urgent matter to absorb a strange fire into his dantian. He said dissatisfiedly: "Zhu Yushan didn't arrange such an important thing. It's no wonder you don't plan to come back. So you Is the target the strange fire from the Three Mountains Trial?"
"Yes." Murong Jing nodded, "And I will always use the identity of 'Zhe Jing' when facing outsiders."
After talking about this, Zhu Li felt less grudged, but when he thought of the recent mess in Nangui City, he couldn't help but re-examine Mu Qing and the others.
Mu Qing also knew that the time of their arrival was very sensitive, so without any explanation, he took out the Yuan Guang Mirror and showed the faces of Zhou Qian and others.
Zhu Li's eyes tightened, "Is this the group of thugs?"
Mu Qing nodded and said, "I fought them in the Gu family, and they suddenly appeared in Nangui City. Their purpose may not be simple."
Zhu Li's face became much more serious. He was silent for a moment, then looked at Mu Qing with deep eyes and asked, "What do you think their purpose is?"
"..."
Mu Qing shook his head.
Zhu Li said expressionlessly: "If they can hide for so long, someone in the city lord's palace must be helping them, and if they can get the Lihuo Formation, there must be high-level officials in the Zhu family colluding with them." .z.
Mu Qing moved his mouth, but stopped talking.
If he said that Zhou Qian and others were colluding with Zhu Jiyuan, I'm afraid Zhu Li would think too much.
Because their relationship with Zhu Yushan is naturally closer.
And if he shows more participation in this matter, it will only be counterproductive and consume Zhu Li's little trust.
Seeing that Mu Qing had never spoken, Zhu Li smiled and said, "Since you are here for the Three Mountains Trial, then wait patiently until the trial comes. I can keep the secret of your identity for you."
"Thank you."
Mu Qing and his party were placed directly in the room next to Zhu Li. As soon as they entered, Zhong Ling'er set up a formation.
Zhu Hongyan also followed, frowning and said, "The situation is too chaotic. Why did Zhou Qian want to kill Zhu Tianhu?"
Mu Qing said: "Maybe he just wants to mess up the situation?"
Zhu Hongyan whispered: "I'm worried that they will tie Zhu Tianhu's death to my father."
Mu Qing asked: "Them?"
Tantai Xuan said: "When Zhu Li and I arrived at Zhu Tianhu's home, the people from the City Lord's Mansion seemed to have found something."
Zhu Hongyan nodded. She got some information from Zhu Guyu when she came, and added: "It's evidence of the contacts between Zhu Tianhu and Huang Ding."
"Zhu Tianhu is also your father's son?" Mu Qing asked curiously.
"How is that possible?" Zhu Hongyan shook his head: "Zhu Tianhu's brother is the current Discipline Elder of the Zhu family, and they are all members of Zhu Jiyuan."
"And... during the dinner last night, the City Lord's Mansion sent people to secretly search Zhu Tianhu's house. It was clear that there was nothing at that time."
Mu Qing said: "Since the City Lord's Mansion has been searched in advance, it should be clear that this is a deliberate frame-up by Zhou Qian and his group."
Zhu Hongyan was silent for a moment and said, "What if the evidence is true?"
"The evidence is true. Zhou Qian and his gang have become my father's knives specially used to clean up flaws. The killing of Huang Ding's people and the killing of Zhu Tianhu can all be explained by the destruction of evidence."
Mu Qing pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "If Zhou Qian didn't kill Huang Ding and those people, the people working for your father would not be exposed at all. So no matter how you look at it, it is impossible for Zhou Qian to collude with your father."
Mu Qing said: "The person who has been covering up the whereabouts of Zhou Qian and the others should be Zhu Tianhu. And the reason why Zhou Qian wants to kill him is to attract your attention."
"Only when the situation becomes more chaotic will he have a chance to take action."
Zhu Hongyan repeated the question Zhu Li once asked: "Then what is his real purpose?"
Mu Qing had a unique view on this, saying: "They claim to be the envoys of gods, and everything they do is for the people they talk about.
The god gathers great power. I can become their target, and those of you who have strange fire are naturally their targets too. "
After fighting Zhou Qian twice, Mu Qing has clearly realized that he cannot eliminate the opponent with his current strength. Thinking of the Gu Ningchun couple he had not seen, he frowned and said: "They asked Gu Yuan to take part in the trial under the alias Zhou Yuan." Lian, and colluded with Zhu Jiyuan, if the rest of the Zhu family still doesn't respond, the situation may get even more out of control."
Zhu Hongyan certainly knew this. Zhu Li had tried his best to suppress Zhou Qian and the others, but unfortunately he had been held back by his own people.
Even people from Zhu Yushan were included, because people like Zhu Xiao had been secretly searching the city lord's mansion.
Zhu Hongyan sighed: "There is nothing wrong with your guess. But in the eyes of the city lord, these are two different things. Zhou Qian killed someone and should be suppressed, and those people in Huang Ding had been planning it in private for a long time and should also investigate it deeply."
"Even if the evidence is that people like Zhou Qian deliberately arranged it, if my father's plan really hurt Nangui City, then Zhu Jiyuan still achieved his goal."
Mu Qing looked at Zhu Hongyan's frowning expression, and was quite dissatisfied with Zhu Yushan who still had no response. He said the only gain from his busy day today, "Before Zhu Xiao was taken away, he took me to find Zhong Ping." .And Zhong Ping told Huang Xing’s whereabouts.”
Zhu Hongyan quickly asked: "Where is Huang Xing now? If we find him, we will know my father's plan, and we don't have to be so worried anymore."
Mu Qing pointed to the ground, "He is very courageous and plays the trick of playing dark under the light." 「
Zhu Hongyan's eyes lit up, "Who is he now?"
Mu Qing looked at the wall. Although there was a formation arranged by Zhong Ling'er, his voice still lowered a bit and said: "His alias is Tian Qi, and he is a guard team captain of the City Lord's Mansion."
Zhu Hongyan nodded and walked out immediately.
Mu Qing quickly grabbed her, "Every move you make after you go out will be under Zhu Li's nose."
Zhu Hongyan glared at Mu Qing, shook off his hand and said, "Don't worry, although I'm worried about my father, I don't even know this."
"Zhu Tianhu's death has been reported back to the mountains. His status is not low, and he is involved in the strange fire and Lihuo formations. It won't take long for someone to come to Nangui City."
Mu Qing smiled and said, "Then wait until Zhuli receives this person before you take action."
Next door, Zhu Li pressed his face against the wall, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he kept mumbling: "It shouldn't be, why is there no movement at all?"
Zhu Guyu looked on with some helplessness, "Is it okay to eavesdrop like this?"
"Didn't I hear nothing?" Zhu Li turned around and walked away from the wall, frowning and saying coldly, "These are troubled times. If Zhu Tianhu dies, some people will no longer be able to sit still."
