I hang up and lie flat in the world of martial arts

Chapter 151 First Floor

Following behind the waiter in Tsing Yi, Qi Xuan and Zhao Lingyue stepped into the gate on the first floor.

The lobby in the store gave Qi Xuan a feeling of deja vu, because the entire Dayong restaurant has a similar layout.

It's not the splendor that Qi Xuan thought, but a hint of...poverty can be seen from the wooden tables, chairs and benches.

Although the first floor is a restaurant, it is no longer open to the public since the first martial arts conference was held.

So Qi Xuan walked through the lobby from them all the way, stepped up the stairs to the second floor, and didn't see a single guest.

"There are sixteen guest rooms on the second floor, four rooms for Heaven and Earth, four rooms for Xuan and Huang rooms, and the martial arts conference is coming soon, and all of them have been reserved." The waiter walking in front looked back with a silly smile, and then pointed to the rooms on both sides.

"Shanhehui, Tang Tianque!"

Qi Xuan turned his head, and the house number No. [-] Tianzi came into view, and then he saw the bamboo sign hanging on the lintel, with Tang Tianque's name impressively written on it.

Suddenly, I felt my arm shake.

Qi Xuan turned his head and looked in the direction of Zhao Lingyue's finger. It was Room No. [-] in Xuanzi.

"Thousand Lake Villa, Zhao Lingyue."

The waiter in the shop smiled slightly when he saw this: "These bamboo plaques are only hung temporarily, and they are not intentionally arranged on the first floor. If the heroes participating in the martial arts conference have any dissatisfaction, they can be exchanged at any time."

When Qi Xuan heard this, there was only one thought in his mind.

Isn't this pure arch fire!
Those who can come to participate in the martial arts conference are not the best in all martial arts. Why do you live in Tianzi No. [-], and I have to live in Huangzi No. [-].

For these people, face is probably more important than life.

"Now the question is, Meng Xuance is dead, who will take his place?" Qi Xuan asked.

The waiter bowed and smiled slightly: "According to the previous rules, the first floor only recognizes posts but not people."

After finishing speaking, he continued to turn around and stretched out a hand: "You two distinguished guests, this way please."

Passing through the corridor of the guest room and a downward staircase, the two finally arrived at their destination.

Sikong Xiang in a white shirt was waiting in front of a quiet small courtyard.

"Master Qi, Lingyue." Seeing the two of them appearing, Sikong Xiang showed a smile on his solemn face, and immediately signaled the waiter to go down first with a slight hand, and then walked forward on his own initiative.

His gaze first paused on Qi Xuan for a moment, and then shifted to Zhao Lingyue who was beside him, with a look of relief in his eyes: "Lingyue, your mother and I are very happy that you can come to the first floor."

After all, Wei Wei turned sideways to make way.

"Yufei is preparing food and drinks in the kitchen, let's talk in the room first."

……

As soon as Qi Xuan took his seat, a young servant in Tsing Yi brought a cup of tea.

Qi Xuan lifted the lid, and a burst of rich sweet fragrance came over his face, making his hand holding the teacup pause.

"I've heard that Mr. Qi likes sweet drinks the most, so Yufei specially prepared Baihua nectar for you, try to see if it suits your taste." Sikong Xiang laughed immediately when he saw this.

Hearing this, Qi Xuan couldn't help but glance at Zhao Lingyue beside him, wondering if this was considered preferential treatment from the mother-in-law.

Qi Xuan picked up the cup and took a sip, the strong fragrance of flowers was immediately released in his mouth, he immediately praised with a smile: "That's right, Master Sikong and his wife are interested!"

Sikong Xiang took a sip of tea, then smiled and said, "Oh, this has nothing to do with me at all, you should thank Yufei in person later!"

"Sikong Xiang, you don't need to be hypocritical." Zhao Lingyue's cold voice broke the harmonious atmosphere in the room, "You should be clear about the purpose of our visit this time."

Xiang Sikong frowned slightly when he heard the words, then put down the teacup in his hand, and said: "I just heard about General Qi."

"Sikong Xiang, don't say that you don't know about the Yin Division Ghost Prison." A sneer appeared on the corner of Zhao Lingyue's mouth: "Don't think I don't know what you have done in private all these years."

"Lingyue!" Sikong Xiang stared at Zhao Lingyue for a moment, then sighed slightly after a while, "I know you have resentment towards me in your heart, but Yufei..."

"Sikong Xiang, don't blame others for anything." Zhao Lingyue's eyes were cold, "I'm talking about your business."

When Sikong Xiang heard the words, a look of doubt appeared on his face.

Seeing this, Zhao Lingyue sneered and said, "You know, Zhu Shengjing is in my hands now."

"Brother Zhu..." Sikong Xiang was slightly taken aback, "What do you mean by saying that Brother Zhu is in your hands?"

"It means... Zhu Shengjing is currently in the underground dungeon of Qianhu Mountain Villa. His martial arts have been abolished by me, and the famous East China Sea Chivalrous Man has been reduced to a useless person."

"So, do you understand?"

Deng!
Sikong Xiang stood up abruptly when he heard the words, and then stared at Zhao Lingyue in disbelief: "Lingyue, you are messing around!"

Seeing that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger, Qi Xuan quickly got up and tried to smooth things over: "Lord Sikong, don't panic, if you want to talk about this matter, it was Zhu Shengjing who was wrong first, and he moved his hands to Lingyue first."

"Zhu Shengjing did something to Lingyue?" Sikong Xiang calmed down a little, and then asked in puzzlement, "What kind of grievance is there between them..."

But as soon as the words came out, he shut his mouth in time.

As a former friend of Zhao Lingyue's father, Sikong still has a certain understanding of the relationship between the Zhao family and the Zhu family.

I wish the old island master practiced martial arts in Qianhu Villa when he was a child, and grew up with the old villa owner Zhao Luo.

Later, for some reason, the two families gradually lost contact, and the name of the Cangliu Island Zhu family became more and more famous in the world, and soon everyone forgot that there was such a relationship between the two families. origin.

"Brother, the food is ready, isn't it..." With a clear voice, a beautiful figure appeared at the door.

"Ling... Yue." After seeing Zhao Lingyue, the woman opened her beautiful eyes slightly, and her slender, white swan neck trembled slightly. It seemed that thousands of words came to her mouth but only turned into two faint words. There is still a tinge of uncertainty.

This is my own mother-in-law.

Qi Xuan couldn't help turning his head to look at the woman at the door.

With a bright nose and red lips, pink face and peach cheeks, she looks like a young lady in her [-]s.

And it can be vaguely seen that the eyebrows and eyes are [-]% similar to Zhao Lingyue.

If he hadn't already known the identity of this woman, he might have recognized her as Zhao Lingyue's sister.

Zhao Lingyue glanced away from the corner of her eye.

Although they haven't seen each other for more than ten years, this woman's appearance seems to have never changed.

"Lingyue..." This sound could faintly hear a trace of mournful crying.

"Yufei, this is Qi Xuan from Marquis Wucheng's residence, Lingyue's fiancé." Seeing his beloved wife crying, Sikong Xiang immediately took a deep breath, and then walked to his wife's side in two or three steps. With a smile on his face, he introduced him.

Seeing this, Qi Xuan got up and nodded slightly, saying: "Qi Xuan has seen Madam."

……

The atmosphere on the table made Qi Xuan a little restless.

Sitting on one side of me is the mother-in-law who looks twenty-eight years old, whether she is constantly adding a chopstick dish for herself, or filling a cup of honey wine.

Sitting on the other side was Zhao Lingyue, chewing expressionlessly, the chill on her body almost solidified.

As for Sikong Xiang, his eyes were not very friendly.

"Qi Xuan, hurry up and taste the Hundred Flowers Honey I brewed specially. I brew it from the most precious flowers in the world. It's just a pity...No one in my family likes sweet drinks except me."

He was pouring honey wine for Qi Xuan in his hand, but his eyes were cautiously looking at Zhao Lingyue who was beside Qi Xuan.

Ma'am... It's better to show your enthusiasm directly to your daughter.

Qi Xuan said that he was a bit overwhelmed.

It was just such a meal, and it was finally finished without any risk.

Qi Xuan was afraid that Zhao Lingyue would turn into Dayong's "Sister Crow" and directly lift the table.

The grievances and grievances of their family are too complicated for Qi Xuan, who has a simple and innocent family background.

……

"Do you want to go to Zhujian Villa?" While the mother-in-law was going to the kitchen to prepare tea after dinner, Qi Xuan finally expressed his intention to Si Kongxiang.

Bai Wusheng's words before his death were definitely not aimless, and Qi Zong was probably still in Ning'an Mansion.

Zangfeng Valley, the first floor, Zhujian Villa.

Qi Xuan thinks that the most likely place is Zhujian Villa.

Zhao Lingyue had been to Zangfeng Valley and Zhujian Villa before, but only suffered a loss in Zhujian Villa, so she also thought that if Qi Zong was imprisoned in one of these three places, then Zhujian Villa was the most suspicious.

"Do you think General Qi will be imprisoned in Jianjian Villa?" Sikong asked.

"I might as well tell Master Sikong directly that Qi Zong is about to take up the post of Admiral of the East Sea Navy, so his disappearance will definitely not be handled as an ordinary case."

"According to the eyes and ears of the court, it is not so easy for the people in the ghost prison to take a living person out of the range of Ning'an Mansion, so Qi Zong must still be in Ning'an Mansion."

"Looking at the entire Ning'an Mansion, there are only a few places that the imperial court cannot touch."

"Zangfeng Gu Lingyue has already been there."

"The rest, except Zhujian Villa, is the first floor of your master Sikong."

Xiang Xiang raised his head when he heard the words, and met Qi Xuan's deep gaze.

"If Master Sikong is willing to take us to Zhujian Villa for a tour, it's better than Qi himself coming to the door himself."

"You said yes?"

The coldness in Qi Xuan's eyes was bottomless.

Sikong Xiang slowly took a deep breath.

"I understand."

……

When I came out from the first floor, it was already dusk.

Now that spring has returned to the land, the streets and alleys of Ning'an Mansion have swept away the desolation of winter and become lively again.

"Would you like to go for a stroll?" Qi Xuan glanced at the lively scene in the distance, and invited Zhao Lingyue who was beside him with an expressionless face.

Zhao Lingyue was startled when she heard the words, then looked up at Qi Xuan's eyes for a moment, and then smiled sweetly.

"Okay."

The two walked slowly on the road, and everywhere they went attracted people's attention, and what's more, they couldn't help but let out a scream.

"What a handsome boy!"

"Oh my god, when did our Ning'an Mansion produce such a young man who looks like a banished fairy!"

……

An endless stream of comments came to my ears, most of which were praising Qi Xuan's appearance and temperament.

This made Zhao Lingyue on the side frown slightly.

Qi Xuan looked at the bewildered expression of the beauties around him, and immediately smiled: "You don't have to doubt your beauty, it's just that men's performance is not as obvious as women's!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a "bang", followed by a painful "Aiyo, aiyo..."

Zhao Lingyue turned her head to look, and found that a man had bumped into the pillar in front of the shop and was crying while covering his forehead, but his eyes were still pointed in Zhao Lingyue's direction.

And following Zhao Lingyue's gaze, the man was startled suddenly, he forgot the pain, and his eyes gradually became dull.

Zhao Lingyue turned her head and couldn't help but smile a little more on her face.

Qi Xuan pointed to a shop selling masks in front of him, and said, "How about buying a mask?"

Although it feels good to be admired by everyone, it still feels a little uncomfortable after a long time.

Zhao Lingyue nodded.

After a while, two masked people appeared on the street, a man and a woman.

But wherever he passed, he still attracted the attention of passers-by.

Face can be covered.

Temperament cannot be concealed.

Zhao Lingyue said, "I don't see much use in wearing a mask."

On her head was a chubby pig's head mask, which Qi Xuan had chosen for her.

And what Qi Xuan was wearing was naturally a monkey head mask.

"So wearing a mask is for comforting yourself, not for others to see." Qi Xuan's voice came at the right time.

Zhao Lingyue fell into silence upon hearing this.

"You and your mother... it's not just because she remarried to your father's friend?" Qi Xuan continued to ask.

"Before the Ni Xinlin is completely closed, I can actually perceive it in advance." Zhao Lingyue said quietly, "In order not to be turned into a human ganoderma by the 'Dragon Heart' after death, every generation of the Zhao family will be in Ni Xinlin. Pierce the heart with the 'Reverse Scale' before the heart scales close completely."

"Father had a premonition when I was five years old that my Ni Xinlin was about to close, so he, like his predecessors, prepared to use the 'Ni Lin' to kill himself."

"But...it failed, right?" Qi Xuan seemed to have thought of something.

Zhao Lingyue nodded, and immediately revealed a sad smile in her tone: "Tao Yufei couldn't bear it, so she secretly hid the 'Ni Lin', but in the end she still watched her father's Ni Xin Lin close. die."

Qi Xuan still vividly remembered the situation after Zhao Luo's death.

At this time, the 'Dragon Heart' will take over the body, and the endless vitality overflows from the body, even affecting a range of tens of miles.

According to what Zhao Lingyue said, if it is stopped, the body dominated by "Dragon Heart" will continue to expand, and the scope of influence will become wider and wider.

Perhaps the cruel and bloodthirsty nature of the dragon is inherited by the "Dragon Heart". All animals and plants within the influence range of the "Dragon Heart" will not only be assimilated by it, but will also become bloodthirsty and brutal after assimilation.

Earlier, after Zhu Shengjing's Cangliuwei was killed by Zhao Lingyue, the body was parasitized by the flowers and plants on the ground that had already begun to assimilate. If Zhao Lingyue hadn't come to Zhao Luo after sealing it in a sarcophagus, it would have delayed the spread and assimilation of the "Dragon Heart" With such a high speed, I am afraid that there will be many more living dead on the mountain at that time.

"Your father... died at your hands?" Qi Xuan vaguely guessed something.

"Ah."

Zhao Lingyue only responded with a soft sound.

"Dragon Heart" still retains part of the original owner's memory of the person he loves, or the aura of the most familiar person.

Just like the dead "Zhao Luo" would not hurt Zhao Lingyue.

The dead "Zhao Wuxuan" would naturally not harm the only daughter Zhao Lingyue.

Even, after Zhao Lingyue approached, the "Dragon Heart" who felt the familiar and friendly atmosphere would take the initiative to open Ni Xinlin...

Qi Xuan's mind suddenly reproduced a little girl holding a dagger tremblingly, walking towards her dead father step by step, and then shouting "Daddy" in his ear, waiting for the moment when Ni Xinlin opened, put the dagger piercing picture.

"Qi Xuan!"

The picture in my mind was interrupted by Zhao Lingyue's voice.

Qi Xuan looked sideways, and Zhao Lingyue, who was hidden under the mask, couldn't see any expression.

"I will not commit suicide, so when that day comes, you must not be like her."

(End of this chapter)