Martial Arts Song

Chapter 318 Asking
After more than half a year, Chen Qing didn't have any special feeling when he met Yue Suchun, the head of Suzaku Hall, again.

The other party hasn't changed much either.

However, today's Yue Suchun was not like the first time Chen Qing saw her. She was wearing a suit and windbreaker, and her temperament was also decisive.

Today, Yue Suchun is wearing a black embroidered satin jacket on the upper body and a red embroidered horse-faced skirt on the lower body. Sitting on the mahogany sofa, she exudes a graceful and luxurious temperament.

When Chen Qing looked at Yue Suchun for the first time, Yue Suchun also looked at him with some sensitivity.

The two sides looked at each other, Yue Suchun's expression was calm, her eyes were calm.

Chen Qingze smiled and greeted her from a distance, "Aunt Yue, long time no see. How are you these days?"

Because there were bodyguards in the room, Chen Qing would not be so tactless as to call her "Uncle Master". Instead, he followed Liu Yilin's way and called her "Auntie Yue".

When Yue Suchun heard his greeting, she nodded slightly with a calm expression on her face: "Yes."

Chen Qing didn't care about this.

Yue Suchun is a senior uncle of the same generation as Huang Xunhu, so it is only right for him to be the first to greet him.

What's more, he will need to rely on the other party for his subsequent practice, so naturally he has to be respectful and polite.

As for the other party's lukewarm attitude, that is also due to historical issues.

His master had an emotional entanglement with someone, and it seemed that he was the unfaithful one. It was normal for him to be cold to his disciple because of the hatred for the whole family.

"Aunt Yue.", "Aunt Yue."

After Chen Qing greeted them, Qi Yi, who came in with them, and the female driver from Suzaku Hall, whom Liu Yilin called "Sister Rong", also greeted them one after another.

In response to their greetings, Yue Suchun's attitude became much better. She smiled and said, "I'm here."

"Okay, now that my sister Yi and sister Rong are here, can you guys go out?"

Liu Yilin said to the bodyguards who came in with him.

After hearing her words, the bodyguards all showed hesitation on their faces and looked at the young female bodyguard who was leading them.

The young female bodyguard frowned, then looked at Qi Yi and the female driver and said, "Ms. Qi, Ms. Zhang, thank you for your help."

After saying that, she turned to look at the bodyguards and said, "Let's go."

Upon hearing this, the bodyguards filed out and left the villa.

In an instant, only Yue Suchun, Chen Qing, Qi Yi, Liu Yilin and the female driver Zhang Rong were left in the spacious and bright villa.

"Xiao Rong, go guard outside the door and don't let those bodyguards get close."

Yue Suchun, who was sitting in the main seat in the living room, gave instructions to the female driver who followed in after the bodyguards left.

"Yes! Master!"

The female driver Zhang Rong responded quickly and then went out.

In an instant, only Yue Suchun, Chen Qing, Qi Yi and Liu Yilin were left in the living room on the first floor of the villa.

"Master."

After the female driver Zhang Rong went out, Qi Yi came to the center of the living room on the first floor, in front of Yue Suchun, and greeted her again.

Seeing this, Chen Qing, who was walking over, also greeted him again: "Uncle Yue, long time no see. Are you feeling well recently?"

"Don't worry, you won't die."

Yue Suchun looked at Chen Qing calmly and replied.

Then, she looked at Qi Yi and asked, "How was it? Did you see anything at the scene today?"

Seeing this, Chen Qing knew that Yue Suchun was asking about "Jueying", so he just listened quietly.

At the same time, he was also a little surprised.

When Yue Suchun asked this question, she did not do it behind his back, which made him feel that the other party treated him as one of their own.

After hearing Yue Suchun's question, Qi Yi's expression did not change, but she turned her head to glance at Chen Qing.

After seeing that Yue Suchun had no intention of asking Chen Qing to avoid it, she turned her head again, met Yue Suchun's gaze, and replied: "Based on the traces of battle left at the scene, my judgment is that the person who fought with 'Jueying' was Kamiizumi Shizu, and Kamiizumi Shizu had the upper hand in this battle and cut off one of 'Jueying's' arms. However, there was not much blood around the scene, and there was no strong smell of blood in the air. After his arm was cut off, he should have immediately controlled his body muscles to stop the bleeding and fled the scene."

"As for where he fled to, what we can confirm is that he probably escaped by water. Otherwise, even though he stopped bleeding, the wound would still emit a bloody smell, which would have been smelled by Ueizumi Shizue and led to his pursuit. And according to our informant who stayed at the Ryusakura Consulate yesterday, Ueizumi Shizue showed up in many places in the International Settlement late at night, even in the Abei District. He must have been deliberately creating evidence of his absence. Judging from the time he showed up, he didn't chase after Jueying, or rather, he didn't chase him for long."

After recounting the results of her observations in one breath, Qi Yi lowered her head and finally said, "These are the phenomena I have observed for now."

After hearing this, Yue Suchun nodded, then frowned slightly and began to think.

Chen Qing, who was listening quietly at the side, also showed a thoughtful look in his eyes after hearing Qi Yi's words.

Qi Yi didn't tell him these things when they were in the car. If he hadn't noticed the doubts and asked, the other party wouldn't even tell him that "Jueying" only left one arm.

Now, under Yue Suchun's questioning, Qi Yi finally told him the development trajectory of the incident at the scene that he had observed and analyzed.

Yue Suchun really doesn't consider herself an outsider!
On the contrary, Qi Yi hid a trick from him.

However, Chen Qing could also understand.

When Qi Yi asked him why he was being sought secretly by the top Military Control Commission officials, he did not explain. It was he who set up the defense first, which can be considered a cycle of cause and effect.

Just as all kinds of thoughts flashed through Chen Qing's mind.

Yue Suchun, who was in deep thought, spoke again and said, "Okay, I understand. You can rest here for a while."

After that, she slowly stood up from the mahogany sofa, looked at Chen Qing and Liu Yilin who looked drowsy beside her, and said, "Let's go, let's go underground."

Liu Yilin, who seemed about to fall asleep, perked up immediately after hearing this and clapped her hands happily, "Great, great, it's finally starting!"

Then, she was seen jumping and running towards the room at the entrance of the basement.

But she had only taken a few steps when Yue Suchun shouted at her, "Put on your protective clothing first!"

Liu Yilin's jumping figure suddenly froze, and then he lowered his arms and replied dejectedly, "I know!"

After saying that, she dragged her drooping arms, turned around and walked to the other room.

When Liu Yilin went to change into protective clothing, Yue Suchun also walked to Chen Qing's side and said, "Let's go down first and talk about your business."

When Chen Qing heard this, he had an idea and followed Yue Suchun.

The two of them came to the room leading to the underground that Chen Qing had been to once before.

After entering the room, Yue Suchun said lightly: "Yiyi took you downstairs once, so there is no need for me to do it, right?" Upon hearing this, Chen Qing quickly responded with "Oh", and then according to his memory, he came to an animal specimen mechanism in the room and twisted the mechanism inside the animal specimen.

With a "click" sound, a staircase leading to the underground suddenly appeared in the corner of the room.

Afterwards, Yue Suchun was the first to walk down with her hands behind her back.

Seeing this, Chen Qing followed.

The two of them walked down the stairs inside. After walking a distance, Yue Suchun suddenly asked, "Chen Qing, what are you going to do about your brother's matter?"

These words instantly made Chen Qing's nerves tense!
As the head of Suzaku Hall and a high-ranking official in the "Hu Hai" Military Control Commission, it is normal for Yue Suchun to know about Chen Yang's affairs.

At the beginning, the other party asked him vaguely through Qi Yi.

But later, after he did not respond, Yue Suchun never mentioned the matter again through Qi Yi, so he did not dwell on it.

But he was mentally prepared for Yue Suchun to ask him about this matter after she had figured out everything.

Therefore, after his nerves were tense for a moment, Chen Qing relaxed again.

Then, he took a deep breath and asked, "Uncle Master, what do you think I should do?"

He threw the question to the other party, wanting to see what Yue Suchun's attitude was towards it.

Yue Suchun did not keep the question secret and answered directly: "My suggestion is that your brother's matter should be handed over to our country's official authorities. You are alone and powerless, and your brother's matter is of great importance. You can hide it for a while, but you can't hide it forever."

Chen Qing remained silent in response to Yue Suchun's answer.

He actually understood this.

However, he did not trust the central government officials.

Qianyang’s official organization is like a sieve!
Although he didn't know the officials of "Hu Hai", he thought it was a good idea to hide it for the time being.

What Yue Suchun said is not wrong, you can hide it for a while, but not forever.

But if he could hide for a while, he could buy some time and improve his strength!
This matter is a race against time.

As long as he can hide until his strength increases and he becomes fully fledged, then even if he is eventually exposed, he will at least be able to cope with it to a certain extent.

Therefore, he was not very receptive to Yue Suchun's suggestion.

Just when he was silent, Yue Suchun suddenly spoke again and said, "However, it is not wrong for you to do so. In the current Central State, after Mr. Zhong retired, there are many factions within it, and the situation is complicated. If your brother's affairs are really handed over to the state to handle, no one knows what the final result will be."

When she talked about the latter part, she couldn't help but shake her head.

Obviously, she holds a high position within the official system and is somewhat dissatisfied with some current situations within the central government.

Chen Qing was stunned when he heard this, and then he said, "Thank you for your understanding, uncle."

However, Yue Suchun interrupted him and said, "Don't thank me yet. This matter needs to be dealt with eventually. We can't just leave it alone. Otherwise, it will be a waste for our Yang State and your brother's talent! I have an idea. How about you listen to it?"

"..."

Chen Qing didn't say anything and just listened silently.

Yue Suchun paused and said, "Your brother doesn't have to be exposed, but I hope he can write down his experience and ideas in growing the 'new rice', and then you can bring it to me. I will find someone to do experimental planting in a special laboratory, and then record the experimental process. In this way, the Central State will no longer secretly look for your family, and will focus more on dealing with the Liuying side, and it can also reduce the strength of the Liuying looking for your family in disguise, which is a two-pronged approach."

"Of course, this method also has its flaws. Your brother will not have his name on the credit, and the world and future generations will not know that he is the father of the 'new rice'. He will not be able to profit from this. Otherwise, the Ryusakura party or other countries may be able to find your family, and you will still have to continue to celebrate your birthday in hiding, and you don't know when it will end..."

After saying this, Yue Suchun also fell silent.

Obviously, she also felt that this idea was very unfair to Chen Yang and Chen Qing's family.

There is little benefit other than diluting the stress a bit.

But if we don’t do this, it would be a pity to give up on the “new rice” project.

Moreover, if one day, the Liuying faction discovered Chen Qing's family first, it would be a disaster for the Central Country, other countries on the East Continent, and even the West Continent!
After hearing what Yue Suchun said, Chen Qing remained silent.

The two of them continued to descend in silence.

When they were almost at the bottom and could vaguely hear Liu Yilin coming in and quickly walking down the stairs, Chen Qing finally broke the silence and said, "Uncle Master, I have to go back and ask my brother what he thinks about this matter. After all, he is the source of this matter."

In fact, what Chen Qing said was just an excuse.

He knew that with Chen Yang's character and his beautiful and idealistic dream, he would definitely agree without hesitation.

But Chen Qing had to find this excuse because he thought about it more.

For example, if Chen Yang wrote down his ideas and experiences about the "new rice" in notes and handed them over, after the Central State got them, would there be a group of people with extreme ideas within the country who would worry that Chen Yang would be caught by the Ryuying faction in the future, and that the Ryuying faction would eventually master the technology of the "new rice", and thus would want to kill him to silence him?
It’s no wonder that Chen Qing has such dark thoughts, because this is entirely possible!
He didn't dare to gamble on human nature.

As it is now, if Chen Yang does not hand over the planting experience and ideas of the "new rice", then even if he is discovered and caught in the future, in order to obtain these things, no matter which country catches Chen Yang, it is impossible to kill him in the short term.

This can actually ensure a certain degree of safety and also buy him some time.

Of course, the reason why Chen Qing had these considerations has a lot to do with the fact that he is not from this world.

He had no sense of belonging to the Central Kingdom, and naturally no patriotic sentiments. He only looked at things from the perspective of his own and the Chen family's interests.

After hearing Chen Qing's excuse, Yue Suchun was silent for a moment.

Finally, before Liu Yilin came down to where they were, she nodded and said, "Okay."

It was just a short word, and no tone could be heard.

Just after she answered, the sound of hurried footsteps came from far away.

When the footsteps seemed to ring in their ears, Liu Yilin, wearing protective clothing, finally went down the stairs to where the two were, and the three of them were able to reunite!

"Hehe, I finally caught up with you, Master and Brothers!"

Liu Yilin said with a smile.

As her childish voice rang out, the silent atmosphere in the corridor was broken.

Smiles appeared on the faces of Chen Qing and Yue Suchun.

Yue Suchun smiled and said, "Come on, let's go down."

As she spoke, she continued walking ahead.

Seeing this, Chen Qing and Liu Yilin followed.

Soon, the passage finally reached the end, and a vertical hole appeared in front of the three people.

(End of this chapter)