Chao Huan frowned, and Zhu Shi understood what she was thinking, and an awkward smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
But at this time, the village chief had already left in a very "sensible" manner, leaving the two of them alone standing in front of the house looking at each other.
After a while, Chao Huan spoke, and she sighed: "I could understand that we were living in the same room before, but now this situation makes it hard for me to understand."
As a human being, how could Zhu Shi not understand that he had been misunderstood about their relationship? He smiled awkwardly, opened the door and looked inside.
As expected of the village chief, this room is not small, and a double bed is enough for two people.
"You should rest first. I still have something to talk to the village chief about..."
Chao Huan glanced at him and naturally understood that this was his excuse, but she was happy to sleep alone and said nothing more.
Outside the door, Zhu Shi twitched his lips, but finally turned around and walked out.
At this time, most of the He family had rested, and the candles in the house had been extinguished. Only the moonlight in the courtyard fell on Zhu Shi's face. He looked at the bright moon under the night, and suddenly fell into deep thought.
.
He suddenly remembered what happened in Qingji Village.
When I first saw the kidnapping case, I just thought it was caused by evil spirits, but later investigation revealed that it was not that simple. Mountain gods marry wives, and mortals accompany their remaining souls.
At that time, he was keenly aware of the strangeness in it. If he chose to hide this secret, everything that happened later might not have happened, but at that time, his pursuit of the truth was extremely strong.
So, he asked the question.
Everything that happened after that seemed reasonable, but he still had a strange feeling in his heart, as if there was a white mist covering it, making the truth obscure.
Leaving aside Lin Youyu, who disappeared after that, and Zhu Shu, who was very indifferent and never mentioned this helper along the way, he increasingly felt that this mission was very strange.
why···
That person would say those words...
Zhu Shi meditated for a moment. He stood under the eaves for a long time. A cold wind blew, and then he heard a soft cry.
Zhu Shu, who was deep in thought, didn't even notice the footsteps behind him. After the exclamation, he immediately turned his head, only to see a young woman wearing a coat.
The woman probably got up in the middle of the night, holding a lantern in her hand. At this time, the light was blown out by the wind. She looked at Zhu Shi with wide, watery eyes, with a bit of curiosity and fear in her eyes.
"You...are you my father's guest?" the woman asked cautiously. She picked up the coat on her shoulders and her eyes were like those of a soft little animal.
Zhu Shi was stunned for a moment, but then he remembered that the village chief mentioned during dinner that he had a son and a daughter. He loved his daughter very much and kept praising her.
I think it's this one.
The coldness on Zhu Shi's face instantly dissipated, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, and the man who just now looked like an ice sculpture turned into a bright moon, which was heartbreaking.
"Yes, I wish you the best. Thanks to the help of Village Chief He, I will stay here for one night." He said in a gentle voice. When his eyes glanced at the lantern in the other person's hand, he immediately realized something.
"If I scared the girl, please forgive me."
He Yuanyuan gradually felt relieved when she saw that he had a handsome face and gentle words, and did not look like a rude and evil person.
"No, no, it's just that you need to pay more attention to your body because you are more exposed." He Yuanyuan said softly.
In fact, He Yuanyuan was indeed frightened by the other party. The place where Zhu Shi stood happened to be diagonally opposite He Yuanyuan's room. The moonlight illuminated a figure in the room. He stood motionless for a long time. He Yuanyuan was a little scared, so she held up a lantern.
Come out and take a look.
The two of them, one with a mysterious identity and the other a young lady, naturally had nothing to say. After saying hello, they went back their separate ways.
Zhu Shi walked to the room arranged by village chief He for the two of them. When he was about to open the door, he suddenly sensed something and his heart skipped a beat.
Almost immediately, he could no longer support his body and slowly fell to the ground leaning against the door, covering his heart and sweating profusely in great pain.
Before losing consciousness, he could only whisper the name.
"and···"
"deep···"
At this time, Fuliucheng and Fuyue Pavilion.
Qixiu was roughly thrown to the ground, but because of the poison in his body, he didn't even have the strength to change himself into a more comfortable position.
Every part of his body was hurting, and the poison was wreaking havoc in his body. He couldn't help but spit out a few mouthfuls of blood, which flowed out of his mouth and dripped down his cheeks to the ground.
Qixiu's vision gradually blurred, he felt that his body was gradually being destroyed, and the emotions in his heart continued to surge.
All along, he thought that he was a puppet being controlled, one-third of his body, at least half a human. Even though his body was that of a puppet, he still had a heart of his own.
That heart only started beating when he opened his eyes again after the accident.
Although Zhu Shu said that he was a puppet without a heartbeat, Qixiu did not think so. In those ordinary days, his heart beat steadily and powerfully. In the days when he lost his memory, he was just like a real human being.
alive.
In order to be free, he took the hand.
But now, betrayal and death followed one after another. In just one day, he lost everything, was betrayed by his subordinates, was poisoned, and died on the narrowest line.
He couldn't even ask why.
Why do you want to harm me?
Why betray me.
Is it because I'm a puppet?
Is it because I want to be free?
But Qixiu could not get the answers to these questions, and he could only gradually lose himself in the severe pain.
When he was about to close his eyes, he saw a figure slowly approaching. When he saw that figure, his whole heart could not stop trembling.
He tried hard to open his eyes and see the other person clearly, but he couldn't do it. In the end, he could only hold his heart full of doubts and lose his last breath.
The figure that he tried his best to see clearly walked up to him, put a small hand on his eyes that had not yet been closed, and then the hands went down his throat and finally landed on his chest.
That hand was very small, only half the size of Qixiu, but it reached into his flesh and blood without any hindrance and took out the "heart" that had stopped.
Yes, it may be called a heart, but no matter who looks at it, they will only say that it is a stone.
A crimson stone in Qixiu's chest became his most important heart.
The hand held the stone in the palm of his hand and stroked it gently a few times. When he saw the deep red marks on it, he showed a satisfied smile.
Then, he stood up and prepared to leave.
Someone opened the door and bowed down respectfully when they saw him coming out. Before that, the person he was bending over had already lost his breath and heart in the room.
The old housekeeper saw that the other party was in a happy mood and couldn't help asking: "Young Master, have you obtained that thing?"
No one answered, but the old housekeeper didn't care. He saw the figure walking in front of him, and a crimson light leaked from his fingers.
The answer is already obvious.
When Chao Huan woke up, he found that the roof in front of him was not the last one he saw before going to bed. It was a majestic roof with a huge chandelier hanging down. It was made of unknown precious minerals and emitted a strange light.
This scene was very familiar to Chao Huan, but it was not what she should be seeing at this moment.
She sat up suddenly and looked around. Sure enough, this was no longer the village head's house where she stayed before going to bed.
here it is···
Magic Palace.
The name ran through her mind.
The Demon Palace is just another name that most people call this place. Because it is built in the Demon Realm, and because it is the place where the Demon Lord lives, it is called the Demon Palace.
But on the first day here, that person told Chao Huan the real name of this place.
"Don't fall"
Perhaps because she was too familiar with this place, Chao Huan did not feel too much fear or surprise. She stood up, and the shoes beside her feet were not the ones she took off before going to bed. Compared with her pair of cloth shoes that could be seen everywhere, these shoes
No matter how you look at it, a pair of shoes is worth a lot of money.
She put it on as if she had seen it before, and walked around the room a few times to make sure it was the place where she had lived, but she was a little confused.
Open the door and go out. Outside is a yard with various plants. The land in the devil world is barren and few plants can survive here. It is rare to see so many plants. This yard alone is already valuable.
Not cheap.
Chao Huan didn't pay much attention, his eyes swept over the colorful flowers, and finally fell on the figure among the flowers.
She walked over, cleared her throat and said, "Aren't you going to finish the mission?"
Among the bushes, Ji Kongjin had his hands behind his back. When he saw her coming, he just looked up lazily.
"Well, it's over."
"Is it over?" Chao Huan was stunned, "Qie Yuan?"
"yes."
"But haven't I yet contacted him?"
She also discussed with Qie Xiu to lure out Qie Yuan behind her, but before the plan even started, Ju Kong Jin told her that it was completed?
"No problem, that's my judgment. The mission ended the night you fell asleep."
Zhou Kongjin's tone was indifferent, as if what he said was not important, but Chao Huan knew that they had spent a lot of effort on this matter, and it was impossible to be so calm.
She was a little angry, but facing the end of the day, she still tried hard to suppress the anger in her heart, "What on earth happened."
"Qixiu was killed, and Pei Ziyan died soon after his death. It was Qie Yuan who did the killing."
What?!
Qi Xiu is dead?! And, Pei Ziyan?
Why did Pei Ziyan die? She should have been in Haixing Village at that time. If the person who killed Pei Ziyan came to Haixing Village, how did she escape?
Chao Huan was stunned. Things were heading in an unpredictable direction where she didn't expect.
Zhou Kongjin told the story of that night in detail. Chao Huan was stunned for a while. Too many changes happened and it was almost impossible to implement the original plan. Regarding the situation at that time, Zhou Kongjin’s judgment was
She was no longer suitable to continue the mission, so Lian Yunlan was asked to take her away.
"Who is Qi Yuan?"
In the end, Chao Huan only had this problem.
They had been looking for Qie Yuan. At first they thought the master of Fuyue Pavilion was Qie Yuan, but he was Qie Xiu as a puppet.
Later, they thought it was Pei Ziyan because she was very special and her identity was a good disguise for Qie Yuan.
But the end of the day revealed that Pei Ziyan was dead.
So who is Qie Yuan? Who is it next to them? Or does that person never show up from beginning to end?
Faced with Chao Huan's question, Ji Kongjin just slowly uttered two words. Looking at his open and closed red lips, Chao Huan took a moment to realize the name.
Suddenly, she froze on the spot.
Chao Huan knew that person, but Chao Huan never guessed that it would be him.