I use my daughter's body to cut down the rivers and lakes

Chapter 355 Three people
Yujia Town, Shenzhou Restaurant.

The entire restaurant has been booked by Liu Er.

After Liu Qi stepped into the lobby, Liu Er, who followed closely behind him, waved at the people who were busy in the hall, signaling them to go out.

Liu Qi looked at the round table in the middle of the hall filled with delicacies from land and sea, walked straight forward and sat down, taking off the two knives at his waist and placing them in a convenient place.

The one with the sheath is the Jingji Sword.

The wooden sword with crude workmanship but barely recognizable shape was the killing sword.

Ever since Liu Qi took the knife from the old knife sharpener, he has always carried it with him.

Liu Er came forward and quickly glanced at the two knives in Liu Qi's hand, then sat down next to Liu Qi with a smile: "There is nothing good in this broken place. I specially sent someone to invite a chef from the nearest city early in the morning. Try it and see if it suits your taste, Liu Qi!"

Liu Er is very rich now!

Liu Qi recalled that when he first entered Yujia Town, all the streets and alleys along the way were guarded by Liu Er's men. From the coast to the restaurant, Liu Qi didn't see even a single townsman.

Fortunately, apart from the smell of the sea, Liu Qi did not smell any blood in the air, which meant that Liu Er did not "clean up" this place.

Liu Qi didn't have much appetite at this time. Besides, the dishes on the table looked rich and gorgeous, but the taste was just average.

Seeing Liu Qi casually pick up two pieces of food with his chopsticks and then put them down without moving, Liu Er couldn't help but frowned: "Why, it's not to your taste."

"As the president of the Golden Horse Chamber of Commerce, you wouldn't ask someone to do something for you with just a table of food, right?" Liu Qi lowered his eyes slightly, and then said bluntly, "Did something go wrong in the ghost den, so you want me to help?"

clap clap clap...

"It seems that Liu Qi is still the Liu Qi I know." Liu Er clapped his hands and laughed.

The smile on his face faded, and he said in a deep voice: "Everyone knows that after the Great Qin Emperor unified the Central Plains, he began to burn books and bury scholars, looting all the classics of the various schools of thought at that time, but would he really burn those precious classics?"

How could Liu Qi not understand Liu Er's meaning? She replied calmly, "You want to take over the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum?"

Liu Er nodded heavily upon hearing this: "As long as you are willing to help me, you can choose any treasure in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, and we can discuss how to divide the rest!"

Liu Qi slowly turned his head, staring coldly at Liu Er's greedy eyes, and then said slowly: "Are you negotiating terms with me?"

Liu Er's brows gradually frowned when he heard this.

creak-

Just when Liu Er was wondering, Liu Qi suddenly stood up, and the chair he was sitting on slid backwards for a distance due to inertia.

Liu Qi picked up the knife at hand and hung it on his waist again, then walked slowly towards the stairs.

Liu Er frowned as he watched Liu Qi leaving. He didn't understand why Liu Qi, who was quite close to him just now, suddenly seemed so distant from him!
Liu Qi, who was about to reach the stairs, suddenly stopped and said without turning his head: "Ask the master behind you to come see me. As for you..."

Liu Qi was halfway through his words when he suddenly stepped onto the stairs.

Liu Er stared at the stairs in a daze, and suddenly his face turned pale, and a huge humiliation instantly overwhelmed his heart!

"I do not deserve?"

"I am not worthy of negotiating terms with her, Liu Qi?"

……

Driven by humiliation, a huge wave rose in Liu Er's heart. After roaring silently in his heart, Liu Er quickly calmed down.

He called in the men who were waiting outside the door, and then whispered a few words in their ears.

After giving the instructions, his men easily left the restaurant, leaving Liu Er alone in the lobby.

Liu Er raised his eyes and looked upstairs with complicated eyes, then he filled himself with wine and drank it all in one gulp.

"boom!"

The exquisite wine glass hit the table, and the surface cracked instantly.

Liu Er lowered his head, and a self-deprecating sneer suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

……

Da da da……

Liu Qi chose a room on the second floor facing the street. Just when Liu Er was drinking alone in the lobby, she was standing by the half-open window, watching a horse galloping out on the street and soon disappearing into the night. It should be heading towards the exit of the town.

"This Liu Er really knows how to find a master for himself." Liu Qi closed the window and muttered softly.

In fact, she didn't know whether Liu Er came here because he was bewitched by someone or he was obsessed with getting rich and had set his sights on her and the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum.

Considering that they had lived together for more than ten years, there was nothing wrong with Liu Qi sitting down with him and having a drink.

As for the rest...

That was just Liu Er overthinking.

But now it seems that there really is someone behind Liu Er!

The first person Liu Qi thought of was the mysterious Lord.

Now that he has put all the blame on himself, he must be feeling very proud!
Thinking of this, Liu Qi suddenly wanted to go to Jiangnan again. He heard that Lord Fu Qingshu was still staying in Jiangnan, and it seemed that he wanted to use his eloquent tongue to completely end the current situation of division between the North and the South!
The next day, before dawn, Liu Qi met an old friend from Jiangnan.

The man came in through the window.

The moment the black shadow rolled into the room, the candlelight on the table instantly lit up!

The black shadow seemed to be startled and took two steps back in panic, pressing his back tightly against the wall. A pair of slightly panicked eyes pierced through the dim candlelight and saw Liu Qi sitting cross-legged on the bed, looking at him with his eyes open.

Liu Qi slowly said, "Long time no see, Miss Fang."

The person who came was Jiang Jiyu's disciple from Feiyu Villa, Fang Qingluan, one of the "Four Little Flying Cranes" who was once famous in the world.

But today, she was dressed in a nightgown, revealing only a pair of tired eyes, and she no longer had the heroic aura she once had.

Seeing that the other party was hesitant to speak, Liu Qi's mouth curled up with satisfaction, and then he said softly: "If you don't speak again, I will think you are here for revenge."

Fang Qingluan's eyes moved slightly when he heard this, and the hatred in his eyes disappeared in an instant. Then he said in a hoarse voice: "Master has repeatedly warned you before fighting with you. Even if he dies in your hands in the end, it is because he is inferior to you in skills. All disciples under the sect are not allowed to take the opportunity to seek revenge or cause trouble. Those who violate the rules will be expelled from the sect!"

After hearing this, Liu Qi nodded slightly: "I didn't expect that Master Jiang is such a loving disciple."

"You..." Fang Qingluan's voice trembled a little because she was trying hard to suppress the anger in her heart, "Master's sincere love and care will naturally be remembered for the rest of our lives!" Looking at the unforgettable face in front of her, Fang Qingluan wished she could tear him into pieces when she thought of her master dying at the hands of the other party.

But she also knew that revenge... was impossible in this life.

Fang Qingluan took a deep breath, then sneered, "You must have known that Fu Qingshu has announced to the public that you are the Lord Futian."

"But there is one thing you may not know yet. That is, the secret of the Nine Cauldrons has also spread throughout the martial arts world. Anyone with some reputation in the martial arts world already knows that your goal is to reunite the Nine Cauldrons to accomplish what the Great Qin Emperor failed to do back then."

Fang Qingluan raised her eyes and glanced at Liu Qi, and found that he was looking at her quietly. For some reason, Fang Qingluan always felt a little uneasy in her heart, but thinking of the important task she had come here for, she could only suppress the discomfort in her heart and continued:

"When Master was alive, he had already sensed an undercurrent in the martial arts world. He thought that after the incident in the capital, the undercurrent had disappeared along with Your Excellency. But now it seems that the undercurrent has not only not disappeared, but has become even stronger!"

Fang Qingluan was silent for a moment, then said solemnly: "I know, you are not Your Majesty at all!"

Liu Qi raised his head slightly, and looked at Fang Qingluan, with whom he had a blood feud, with interest, and then said softly: "How do you know that I am not Your Majesty?"

"It's not that I know, but Master has already anticipated it." Fang Qingluan shook her head, and then said slowly, "Master once said that if the person leading this undercurrent is not interested in the imperial cause, then it must be for a more grand purpose!"

"It can be more magnificent than this throne above ten thousand people..." Fang Qingluan pointed upwards and then lifted the veil on her face.

Liu Qi's eyes moved slightly, and the atmosphere in the room suddenly became cold.

Under the flickering candlelight, the scar that ran diagonally across Fang Qingluan's cheek looked like a wriggling worm, which was terrifying.

Liu Qi: "Who hurt you?"

Fang Qingluan shook her head. "A stranger, a strange face that I have never seen before in the martial arts world, he injured my senior brother with just one sword. If Fei Ling had not fought to the death, and Qi... Hanwen had not arrived in time, I am afraid that there would be more than just a scar left on my face."

"The dragon touches the ink, wishing for the same."

"Nine-appearing Divine Dragon, Gu Lianyun."

"Iron-armed Arhat, He Wentian."

Fang Qingluan did not mention her injuries in much detail, but instead said the three names word for word.

The three people she mentioned are all top masters listed among the Seven Stars and Five Righteousnesses, and are also the leaders of the top forces in the current martial arts world.

Liu Qi couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, waiting for Fang Qingluan to continue.

Fang Qingluan's expression became darker and darker, her cheeks began to twitch slightly, and the horrible scar began to wriggle: "The real Lord is among these three people. As for who it is, it can only be decided by Miss Liu herself!"

Liu Qi: "Why these three people?"

A faint smile appeared on Fang Qingluan's face: "When my master was alive, he suspected that the real Master was actually hidden in the Shuangjue and the Seven Stars and Five Righteousnesses. Later, Sun Jiyun and the Taiyi Sect openly opposed the court. I thought Xiao Qifeng was the Master himself, but when I was sorting out my master's belongings, I accidentally found a letter. The letter mentioned that he had met Xiao Qifeng during the palace turmoil. Through this meeting, he concluded that the Master was definitely not Xiao Qifeng, and the real target of the palace turmoil was not General Zhou Weiyang, but Xiao Qifeng who finally ascended to the throne!"

Liu Qi's eyes moved slightly when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

Fang Qingluan slowly raised her eyes and stared at Liu Qi, then said: "The master left a sentence in the letter. It was the last sentence Xiao Qifeng said to him when they met."

"The ocean is trapped in a small room!"

Liu Qi's eyes narrowed. She was originally sitting cross-legged on the bed, but her figure flashed. The light and shadows in the room flickered. The next second, she was already sitting at the table in the middle of the room. She gently held the porcelain cup filled with tea in her hand and brought it to her mouth...

The ocean is trapped in a small room!

Can the ocean trapped in a small room still be called the ocean?
It's just a bath at most!

In this case, it is possible that the chaos in the palace at that time was not directed at Zhou Weiyang.

Using the throne of the emperor to restrain one of the two greatest minds in the world, if it really works, it would be considered a first-rate strategy.

But are you really trapped?

According to Fang Qingluan, Xiao Qifeng himself seemed to have realized that the ultimate target of this conspiracy was himself, but he still ascended the throne in the end.

Liu Qi pondered for a moment, then looked at Fang Qingluan and asked in a deep voice: "You still haven't explained why Your Majesty is among these three people?"

Fang Qingluan said bluntly: "Before Master fought with you, he told several friends about his secret investigation of Futian, and entrusted them with the task. If he loses to you, I hope these seniors can take care of us."

Liu Qi nodded slightly.

Feiyu Villa has a very weak foundation. Unlike the great sects like Qingcheng Shaolin which have been passed down for thousands of years, it has leapt from a local tyrant to one of the giants in today's martial arts world in just a few decades. It is conceivable how many people it has offended and how much jealousy it has caused in the process.

Jiang Jiyu was worried that his disciples would be held accountable after his death, so he made preparations in advance.

In addition to asking his disciples to leave Jiangnan, a place of trouble, and live in seclusion in a secret place that had already been built, he also sent letters to several good friends.

In addition to asking them to look after their disciples, the letter also included Jiang Jiyu's speculation on the content of Futian's unfinished investigation and the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes.

As Fang Qingluan told the story, Liu Qi realized that the three people Jiang Jiyu entrusted when he was alive were Zhu Weitong, the owner of Sihai Villa, Shen Lin, the leader of Changle Gang, and Jiang Xuanyun, the head of Qingcheng.

After investigation, he was sure that these three people had no connection with Futian.

But Jiang Jiyu still had one thing in mind. In the letter he sent to the three disciples, he did not tell them the truth about where they were living in seclusion. Instead, he gave them three different addresses.

Jiang Jiyu instructed Fang Qingluan that if he really died at the hands of Liu Qidao, he should let Fang Qingluan take his disciples to the secluded place immediately, and send people to keep an eye on the three addresses to see whether the three people he entrusted would send someone to take care of him.

As a result, Shen Lin, Jiang Xuanyun and Zhu Weitong all sent people to the address in the letter.

Fang Qingluan and others were very happy. After all, with the support of top masters, their lives would be much better in the future.

But in the end, at the address left for Zhu Weitong, the strange swordsman who appeared suddenly attacked. He first launched a sneak attack and seriously injured Dugu Ming with a sword. Then Fang Qingluan and Li Feiling joined forces to fight the enemy, but were easily defeated by him.

Seeing that his three brothers and sisters were about to die at the hands of this man, Li Feiling suddenly used a secret method to stimulate his potential, fighting with the opponent at the risk of his life, and only then did he hold on until Qi Hanwen arrived.

Seeing Qi Hanwen coming, the man knew he was no match for him and quickly retreated.

Because Dugu Ming and the other two were too seriously injured, Qi Hanwen did not dare to continue chasing them. He could only take the three of them to find a safe place to heal their wounds, and in the end he managed to save the lives of the three.

However, because of the secret method, Li Feiling's tendons and veins were not only damaged, but he was also paralyzed in bed from then on.

"Afterwards, I secretly investigated Sihai Villa, but I found that there was no one with Zhu Weitong who looked like the swordsman who appeared that day."

"Moreover, I found out that on the day Zhu Weitong received the letter from his master, the leader of the Beggars' Sect, Gu Liancheng, and the chief escort of the Changfeng Escort Agency were guests at his residence. It is very likely that they had seen the contents of the letter."

"So I guess that Your Excellency should be among the three!"

(End of this chapter)