When Qi Ning heard the voice, he trembled all over. He turned around and saw a person standing not far away with a pretty figure. Who else could it be if it wasn't Eve
Qining saw Eve clearly and without thinking, rushed forward and held Eve in his arms. The joy in his heart was really indescribable and he said repeatedly: "It's okay if you're okay, it's okay if you're okay, This... this is really great." He was so happy that he burst into tears.
Eve was also surprised and said: "I... I was worried that something was wrong with you, and I was happy to see that you were okay."
Seeing Eve's tears in her eyes, Qining immediately took a step back and looked up and down. Seeing that Eve was safe and sound, Qining was completely relieved. He stepped forward to hug Eve again and kissed her cheek several times. He was happy at this time. I can't wait to jump up.
He went into danger alone, originally to rescue Eve. He was trapped underground and had been worried about Eve's safety. At this time, Eve appeared in front of him intact, and he was naturally overjoyed.
"Yes, Sister Eve, you...how did you get out?" Qining thought of something: "Did the boy holding the treasure hold you hostage?"
Eve said: "I was locked in a room, and it was... Gang Leader Xiang who rescued me." After saying this, she looked behind Qining. At this moment, Qining heard another voice coming from behind her. He coughed and hurriedly turned around, only to see Xiang Baiying standing not far behind him with his hands behind his back.
Qi Ning was hugging Eve to himself at this time. When he saw Xiang Baiying turning his face away, he felt a little embarrassed. He let go of his hand and saw that Xiang Baiying was safe and sound. He was even more happy and said: "Uncle Xiang, this time... this time. Sister Eve is safe and sound, I really want to thank you."
"So many people were killed and injured in Heiyan Cave because of me, why do you have to thank me?" Xiang Baiying sighed, looking ashamed: "Did you fall into a trap when you were chasing the boy holding the treasure?"
Qi Ning nodded and said: "He lured me to a study room. There was an underground secret passage there. I just thought he was hiding in it. I chased him in and found the tunnel. After entering, he blocked the exit."
Xiang Baiying said: "That was my father's study. My father didn't mention the tunnel to me until he passed away. After he passed away, I accidentally discovered that it should be the place where my father practiced sword practice in seclusion."
Qi Ning thought to himself that his guess was not wrong, that was indeed a place for sword training.
"I found the secret room and didn't pay much attention to it." Xiang Baiying said: "Just now, Miss Eve and I found the study and found that the tunnel had collapsed. We guessed that you were probably trapped in it, so we looked for it with Miss Eve. Other entrances.”
"It turns out that Uncle Xiang has already discovered it." Qining said, "I'm still worried about being trapped and dying inside."
"My father has always left an escape route when doing things. When he saw that the entrance to the cave was blocked, he had no choice but to find another way out. I believe there are other exits, but I'm afraid you can't find them." Xiang Baiying smiled bitterly and said, "It's also my fault that I didn't do my job properly back then, and I didn't care about my house. The situation inside is also unclear, and I don’t even know where the other exit of this underground secret room is.”
Qi Ning smiled and said: "There is an extremely secluded courtyard in the villa. There is a dry well inside, and that is the exit. It is deserted and no one seems to have gone in." He sighed: "Fortunately, Mrs. Suying helped, otherwise...!"
"Suying?" Xiang Baiying's body was shocked: "She... is she here?"
Qi Ning nodded and said: "She has been imprisoned in that secret room by Lu Shanghe. I was trapped in it, and I got out only with the help of Madam Du."
"Imprisoned in a secret room?" Xiang Baiying frowned: "Then where is she now? Is there... is there any problem?"
"Uncle Xiang, don't worry." Qi Ning knew the importance of Mrs. Suying in Xiang Baiying's heart and comforted her: "She is safe and sound now, but she can't come up from the dry well. I'm just about to find a rope to rescue her."
Xiang Baiying didn't say much, turned around and went to the yard beyond the dry well. Qining thought that he didn't even find the rope and was in a hurry, but he could understand Xiang Baiying's concern and was not in a hurry to follow him at the moment. The two found a bundle of rope and headed over there.
"Sister Eve, it's my fault that I didn't protect you." Qining saw Eve with a haggard face and knew that she had suffered a lot recently, especially the murder of Bayeli, which was a blow to Eve. Not small, holding her hand: "When I come this time, I will never let those beasts go. I will catch them all in order to... avenge the cave owner and the murdered villagers."
Eve's nose felt sore and she said: "It's all because of those cruel beasts, it has nothing to do with you... it has nothing to do with you. If brother knows that you are here, he will be very happy."
"That's right, haven't you seen the boy holding the treasure?" Qi Ning frowned and said: "Those under his command have all had their internal strength destroyed. One is dead, and there are two left. We will take those two with us." Go back to the Black Cave and let everyone kill it with your own hands."
Eve said: "I have already seen it. Those two beasts have been tied up. Tell the gang leader... tell the gang leader that I will handle it."
Qi Ning said: "I just thought that the boy holding the treasure would take advantage of Uncle Xiang's injury to attack and rescue those two beasts."
"The treasure-holding boy never showed up." Eve said: "Xiang Gang Leader is also very strange, but I think the treasure-holding boy must be afraid of Xiang Gang Leader, so he doesn't dare to go back to find trouble for Xiang Gang Leader."
Qi Ning was noncommittal. The boy holding the treasure was not weak in martial arts. After being injured, Xiang Baiying might not be the boy's opponent.
Although Fengjian Villa is Xiang Baiying's hometown, Xiang Baiying has not lived here for many years. On the contrary, the treasure-holding boy has lived here for a long time. He has already taken advantage of the geographical advantage. Logically speaking, since he set up an ambush here, They should ambush some people, but except for those few people, Fengjian Villa did not ambush more good people, otherwise it would be really not easy to escape from here.
Qining didn't know whether the treasure-holding boy was too confident, or because he didn't want too many people to know that Fengjian Villa was his home. After all, he was one of the six Ksitigarbha envoys, so he usually acted in a sneaky and unwilling manner. Too many people knew his secret.
The boy holding the treasure did not leave but came back to attack Xiang Baiying. Perhaps he was really afraid of Xiang Baiying.
Xiang Baiying has a good reputation. He was assassinated by Elder Baihu and Lu Shanghe. In times of crisis, Wu Zi was able to use the Nijin Sutra. The boy holding the treasure must have been afraid of what other tricks Xiang Baiying would use, and there were several of his subordinates. All his helpers were eliminated, which naturally had a psychological shock effect on him.
The two of them came to the deserted courtyard, but they didn't see Xiang Baiying. They were a little strange. They secretly thought that Xiang Baiying had arrived before them and should have been here long ago.
Qining carried the bundle of ropes to the well, but suddenly found that there was already a bundle of ropes by the well, and the bundle of ropes was obviously used and scattered on the ground. Qining was a little surprised and thought to himself that Xiang Baiying I have brought a rope to rescue Mrs. Suying, but why are there no two of them in the yard.
He went to the mouth of the well and looked down. The bottom of the well was empty, with no trace of Mrs. Suying.
Eve also came to the well and took a look, wondering: "Did you say that lady is here?"
Qining was also a little strange. He suddenly realized something and his face changed slightly. Eve saw Qining's thoughts and whispered: "Little brother, tell me... could the lady be taken away by someone else?"
What Eve said was exactly what Qi Ning was worried about. He pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that the boy holding the treasure knew this exit, so he took away Mrs. Suying here?" However, he felt that this possibility was really unlikely. The underground secret room was even Xiang Baiying didn't even know about this exit, how could the boy holding the treasure know? Although there is such an exit, it is not easy to find the exit. The most important thing is that if you don't know the password of "no self", you will never leave the secret room. How can the boy holding the treasure know the password
At this moment, he heard noise coming from below. Qi Ning hurriedly looked over and saw Xiang Baiying appearing at the bottom of the well. Qi Ning hurriedly said below: "Uncle Xiang, can you see Madam?"
Xiang Baiying didn't speak. Although his skills had not recovered, it was really easy to get out of a dry well. After coming out of the well, he looked around and then sat on the well, thoughtfully.
"Uncle Xiang, you...?"
Xiang Baiying sighed and said: "When I came over, there was a rope left by the well, so I knew something was wrong. Suying was not at the bottom of the well. I went into the tunnel to look for her, but there was no trace of her. If nothing unexpected happened, , she should be taken away."
Qi Ning's heart sank, thinking to himself that he would leave to look for the rope. He thought this place was very secret, but he didn't expect that someone would take the opportunity to take Mrs. Suying away. He blamed himself: "Uncle Xiang, it was my negligence and I didn't take good care of my wife. I… !"
"It has nothing to do with you." Xiang Baiying said: "Perhaps this exit has been discovered by them a long time ago, so they sent people to guard it here. They didn't expect that you could really find this exit...!" After thinking for a while, he said: "Suying is Lu Shanghe's wife. They are in the same party as Lu Shanghe, so they shouldn't embarrass Suying too much."
Qi Ning knew that Xiang Baiying was in a very uncomfortable mood right now, and comforted him: "Uncle Xiang, I already know Ksitigarbha's identity. With clues, it will not be difficult to find Madam."
"Ksitigarbha?" Xiang Baiying immediately raised his head, "Do you know who Ksitigarbha is?"
Qi Ning immediately summarized what Mrs. Suying said, and Xiang Baiying was also a little surprised: "The Miao family's great witch is Ksitigarbha? This... This is really unbelievable."
Eve also kept listening, and finally said: "Impossible, this... this is absolutely impossible, how could the great witch send people to massacre the people in the Black Cave, this... this is absolutely impossible?"
"Sister Eve, has the relationship between Heiyan Cave and Cangxi Miao Village always been good?" Qining asked, "Is there any grudge between the two parties?"
Eve pondered for a moment and then said: "If we talk about the hatred of life and death, there won't be one, but... there were indeed some conflicts in the past."
"contradiction?"
Eve recalled: "When the old Marquis of Jinyi was conquering Xichuan, my father and many people in the village were captured by the people of the King of Shu, and they were asked to work as coolies to transport food. On the way, they were killed by the soldiers and horses of the old Marquis. After being rescued, the old Marquis not only let Dad and the others come back, but... he also gave them money."
"I see." Qining had long known that Jinyi Qi's family had a connection with Heiyan Cave, but he didn't expect it to be because of this.
"My father is a person who repays kindness. The old Marquis is kind to him, so he wants to repay the old Marquis." Eve said: "The old Marquis is not familiar with many terrains in Xichuan, so my father went to see the old Marquis and took the initiative. I want to help the old marquis to inquire about the terrain and intelligence, but... this matter was known to the Cangxi Miao Village. The Miao King sent people over and ordered my father not to get involved in the dispute between the court and the King of Shu, otherwise he would be punished. Since I promised the old Marquis, I will keep my promise and ignore the orders of the Miao King."
Qi Ning said: "When the imperial court conquered Shu, the Black Rock Cave really exerted great power and contributed a lot."
"My father has been leading his tribe to help the old Marquis conquer the King of Shu. Later, the King of Shu surrendered to the court. My father himself went to Cangxi Miao Village to plead guilty. The old Lord knew about this and sent people to Cangxi Miao Village to complain. Because of love, the Damiao King did not embarrass his father for the sake of the old prince, but... Later, I heard that many people in Cangxi Miao Village were very dissatisfied, feeling that their father had taken refuge with the Han people for the sake of glory and wealth. Fortunately, the King of Shu was defeated. If the King of Shu had won and the Miao family helped the Chu army, it would have brought disaster to the Miao family." He said with a wry smile: "So many people in the Miao family's 72nd Cave are against the black army. There are misunderstandings about the caves, and when King Damiao held meetings, Heiyan Cave was often missed and we were not allowed to attend the meetings."