Chapter 231: A Point of Delicate Dice Settles the Heart
In the darkness, the figure took a step forward and was finally exposed to the firelight.
Mu Qing's face was gloomy and he didn't say anything. Feng Xin grabbed Xie Lian and said, "I was looking for someone in Xianjing before, but suddenly someone hit me from behind. Otherwise, how could I fall down?"
Xie Lian’s thoughts raced, he blinked, and said, “Did he hit you?”
Feng Xin said firmly: "It can't be wrong, it's him!"
Xie Lian: "After he hit you, you fainted immediately?"
Feng Xin: "That's about it! Anyway, Your Highness, be careful. Either don't get close to him, or catch him quickly!"
Mu Qing couldn't help but said: "Let you go..."
Xie Lian hurriedly said, “Wait! Feng Xin, this is a problem. Since he attacked you from behind, and you fainted immediately - then how did you know that the person who attacked you from behind was Mu Qing?”
Feng Xin didn't expect him to ask this question, and was stunned for a moment. Mu Qing immediately seized this moment and sneered, "When the fire in Xianjing was so chaotic, it wouldn't be surprising if someone accidentally knocked you out, but you chose to blame me. Can't you just admit that you were wrong?"
Feng Xin grabbed Xie Lian and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "No, it must be you!"
Mu Qing asked: "Why do you say that?"
Feng Xin said word by word: "It was because Xianjing was on fire at that time, and there were flames everywhere. The shadow of the person behind me was reflected on the ground. Although I didn't have time to look back, I saw the shadow's figure and moves when I fell. That was your shadow!"
Xie Lian listened attentively to the exchange of words between the two. Mu Qing still did not show any weakness, saying: "After all, you still haven't seen it with your own eyes. It's normal for something like a shadow to be distorted. Can you conclude that it was me based on a shadow? How can you see clearly when you're almost dizzy?"
Feng Xin said, "You know very well whether I can make a judgment or not. So does Your Highness."
Xie Lian was indeed clear. After all, the three of them had grown up together and practiced together, so they were extremely familiar with each other’s figures and moves. Even if he hadn’t seen their faces, he was still 80% sure!
Feng Xin asked again, "Your Highness, did you come here together? Did he do anything suspicious on the way?"
Xie Lian: “This…”
To be honest, Mu Qing has been too suspicious and uneasy all the way. But in this situation, Xie Lian couldn't say it directly in front of Mu Qing. Feng Xin said again: "No! Think about it carefully, he was suspicious from the moment he came. With his personality, why would he risk his life with you to save people? Is this still Mu Qing?"
Mu Qing's face darkened: "Don't be so absolute. Giving birth to a son is not something you would do, but you gave birth to one anyway?"
“…”
Xie Lian had a bad feeling about this direction, and hurriedly said, “Alright, stop arguing. If you continue arguing, come get a dragon and calm down!”
Mu Qing added: "Besides, if I was the one who knocked you out, why would I go to so much trouble to lead them here to find you?"
Feng Xin also said, "Because you didn't expect that even though you hit me from behind, I still recognized you! And I don't know what kind of place this is. You may not have led His Highness and the others here just to find me. Blood Rain Tanhua got separated from you on the way, right?"
Mu Qing said, "You want to say that I am a fake and deliberately lured His Highness and the others into a dangerous trap? Sorry, His Highness the Crown Prince and Xueyu Tanhua have been traveling with me all the way. If I were a fake, they would not have failed to notice."
Xie Lian said, “That being said…”
However, that was Mu Qing on the way. But after entering the underground Wuyong Palace, was Mu Qing replaced when they were not paying attention? This was impossible to guarantee.
Mu Qing looked at Feng Xin and said, "Your Highness, I think you'd better stay away from him. After all, he was lying here when we came, and Xueyu Tanhua was gone. He suddenly woke up to stir up trouble. Doesn't that make him look more like a fake?"
Bai Wuxiang had transformed into the appearance of these two people before, so it wouldn’t be surprising if he did it again. Xie Lian rubbed his brows and said, “How about this, you tell me something that only the three of us know, and verify it?”
Mu Qing asked, "What's the matter?"
Xie Lian thought for a moment and then asked casually, “What did you two shout at the top of the snowy mountain?”
After he finished speaking, the two of them froze. Xie Lian put his hands up in his sleeves and said, "If your words don't match, then it means that one of you is not me. Let's confirm my identity first, then talk about other things."
The two of them just stared at each other without saying anything, which made Xie Lian, who was not very curious about what they said behind their backs, couldn't help but become curious. After a long while, Feng Xin didn't give a direct answer, but said: "You got the point wrong, I didn't doubt that he was fake."
Mu Qing narrowed his eyes: "So what you mean?"
Feng Xin said bluntly, "I felt from the beginning that he was really in love with me. He was not happy with you and I, so it's not strange for him to do anything."
Mu Qing clenched his fists, his joints crackling, and he slapped back with his backhand!
Feng Xin was wounded and barely avoided the attack. The two started fighting. Although Xie Lian had expected this, he still felt a headache and said, "Calm down... or should we fight a dragon?"
As soon as this happened, Xie Lian felt that the murderous aura was getting stronger all around. Several balls of fire flew around, illuminating the entire room. Xie Lian could see clearly that the walls and shelves in all directions were densely packed with all kinds of swords, spears, swords, halberds and other weapons, which were chilling and chilling.
It turns out that this is an armory. No wonder there is a cold murderous aura everywhere!
Xie Lian had also had such an armory in the past, and he loved it very much and often lingered in it, but this armory made him feel extremely uncomfortable and he didn't want to stay any longer. But he didn't know who to believe or who to help from these two people - to be honest, both of them were very suspicious!
Finally, Xie Lian had no choice but to say, “Ruo Xie!”
Tie the two together first!
After waiting for a long time, Ruo Xie finally got the chance to show off and flew up. Unexpectedly, before Bai Ling came out, Xie Lian suddenly felt another chill spreading from behind him.
He changed his attack direction immediately, grabbed Ruo Xie, and swung it backwards. Feeling that the white silk was caught by something, Xie Lian grabbed Ruo Xie and pulled hard, but it didn't move.
His heart sank, and the next moment, he was pulled over by Ruo Xie, and his back crashed into someone's arms, and a cold, hard object poked his waist. Xie Lian: "???"
Although his body didn't look very solid, his strength was still amazing. Unless the other party was a huge monster, how could he be pulled over so easily?
Xie Lian was about to throw a backhand punch when he felt a hand wrap around his waist and a voice from above said, “Brother, it’s me.”
Xie Lian asked, “San Lang?”
Sure enough, he looked down and saw that the hand that was wrapped around him was wearing a silver wristband with maple leaves, butterflies, and beasts carved on it; he turned his head again and saw that the person who caught him was a tall man in red, who was calm and composed, with a silver scimitar hanging from his waist. The thing that had just hit his waist was most likely the handle of this scimitar.
Flower city!
Xie Lian understood immediately. It turned out that it was Ruo Xie who took the initiative to drag him towards Hua Cheng. He was outnumbered, so of course he was dragged over in no time!
He stood firm, picked up Ruo Xie speechlessly, and said to it: "You are too disloyal..."
Ruo Xie was now pretending to be dead, not moving at all. Xie Lian didn’t want to talk about it anymore, so he threw it aside and said, “San Lang, what happened just now? Weren’t you always behind me? Where’s Master?”
Hua Cheng said: "This place is very strange. Halfway through, the front and back roads were blocked. I encountered something a bit tricky, and it took a while to solve it."
Even Hua Cheng said it was a bit tricky, so it seemed like it was really tricky. Xie Lian felt a little uneasy and asked, “Are you okay?”
Hua Cheng said, "Of course it's okay. But the whereabouts of the Imperial Master are unknown, so we may have to go deeper. By the way, what are they fighting about? They are so noisy."
Xie Lian said: “Oh, they…”
Feng Xin and Mu Qing also noticed this, and Mu Qing immediately shouted, "Hey! Be careful! Don't get close to someone who suddenly appears!"
The two of them temporarily stopped fighting, and Feng Xin also said: "Your Highness, don't jump on him as soon as you see him!"
Xie Lian immediately explained, “What! What do you mean by jumping on him as soon as you see him? It wasn’t me who jumped on him, it was Ruo Xie’s problem…” At this point, he suddenly realized why they were so nervous.
Since Feng Xin and Mu Qing are both suspected of being switched, then... Hua Cheng, isn't that the case as well?
Is the person standing in front of me really "Huacheng" himself?
Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow and said, "So you are now doubting my authenticity, right?"
Xie Lian propped up his elbow with one hand and his chin with the other, and began to observe him carefully.
Hua Cheng noticed his gaze and stared at him in return.
“…” Xie Lian was staring at him so hard that he could no longer observe. After thinking for a while, he came to a conclusion and said to the two men, “I think this is true.”
Mu Qing said unhappily, "'You think' may not be right. Don't forget where this is. This is Bai Wuxiang's lair. It's not surprising anything happens here. Try to think of a way yourself."
Hua Cheng smiled and said, "Well, this is too easy. Brother, come here, I'll tell you a good way to figure it out right away."
Xie Lian listened to his words and asked humbly, "What's a good idea?"
Mu Qing: "Don't just do whatever he says, okay? He's the one whose truth is in doubt now!"
Hua Cheng said: "Read me the first half of my spiritual password, and I will read you the second half, and then you will know whether I am real or not."
“…”
The two whispered a few words, then Xie Lian turned around, coughed lightly, and said to the two men, “This… this is true.”
Feng Xin looked a little less nervous now. Mu Qing asked doubtfully, "Are you sure? Don't be so confused just by looking at her face."
Xie Lian said, “I’ve already said this is true, it’s definitely true, you guys keep saying it like I’m something…”
Hua Cheng said: "Okay, it's solved. Anyway - Brother, what are they fighting about?"
Xie Lian explained a few words to him, then put his hand on his forehead and said, “That’s it… To be honest, I don’t know who is more suspicious.”
Hua Cheng said, "Is there any need to ask? Of course he is more suspicious."
The direction he pointed was Mu Qing.
Mu Qing said unhappily, "You guys should have a bottom line when you slander me, right? Don't push the blame on me every time something goes wrong."
Hua Cheng said: "Okay. Then, let me ask you a question - what is that on your wrist?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Qing's face changed drastically.
He tried to retreat quickly, but Feng Xin was quick-witted and grabbed him: "On your wrist?"
On his wrist, there was a cursed shackle!
Mu Qing pushed Feng Xin's hand away, veins bulging on his forehead as he glared at him. Xie Lian saw the thing, lowered his arm, and asked in astonishment, "Mu Qing, what's in your hand?"
Mu Qing's face was gloomy and he said nothing. Hua Cheng said, "I suggest you answer all the following questions honestly: Why did Jun Wu summon you to the Shenwu Palace? What did he say to you? Why were you treated better than other priests and could go back unscathed? And why did you go against your usual behavior and take the initiative to come to Tonglu Mountain to risk your life to save people? What's the matter with this thing in your hand? Why did you lead us here?"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Mu Qing took a step back and immediately said, "Wait! Don't attack yet! Listen to me first!"
Hua Cheng spread his hands and said, "Please. Go ahead."
Feng Xin said: "First, tell me if you hit me?"
After a pause, Mu Qing gritted his teeth and said, "...It's me. But it's not what you think!"
Feng Xin was angry, and Xie Lian said, “Let him continue.”