Qi Ning sat down on the ground, horrified. Although he knew that someone was doing something, he didn't know when he was tricked. He was cautious from the beginning to the end, and was even more wary of the old woman. He never drank or ate. I can’t figure out when I fell into the opponent’s hands.
He knew something was wrong, but at this moment, he became calmer and wanted to use his energy. However, at this moment, he felt that his Dantian was empty, as if there was no internal strength at all.
Qining knew that the internal energy stored in his Dantian was so deep that it would never disappear in an instant. The path from his Dantian to other meridians must have been blocked.
Suddenly I heard the sound of footsteps, and saw a dark figure flashing in from outside the door. After just one glance, his color changed. I saw that the person who entered the room was not an old woman, but a strong man. This strong man Qi Ning unexpectedly knew that it was the young boatman on the ferry. Seeing this boatman, Qi Ning's doubts were suddenly solved, and he finally understood why the old man said that there was a temple in the bamboo forest.
The young boatman's appearance here was certainly not a mistake. The old man deliberately mentioned that there were monks with excellent medical skills in the bamboo forest. It was naturally a lie. The purpose was to make Qining fall into a trap.
The strong man had a strange smile on his face, and seemed to be worried that Qi Ning could take action. He squatted down several steps away, looked at Qi Ning, and said with a smile: "Little Marquis, we meet again."
Qining sighed and said, "Where is your uncle?"
"Young Master, are you looking for the old man?" A voice sounded outside the door, and the old man walked into the room, with a kind look on his face, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Marquis, for still thinking of the old man. You are so generous." , the old man was very grateful for giving him so much shipping money."
Qi Ning said: "Since you are grateful, why did you harm me? I don't seem to have any grudge against you."
The old man smiled and said: "No, no, we have no grievances. In fact, it can't be said that it was the old man who harmed you." Pointing to the oil lamp on the table, he said: "The wick of this oil lamp is made by Zixin Chuntang, and the lamp oil inside is mixed with There are five or six kinds of medicine. Don’t underestimate this lamp. It took us three years to prepare it. It has no other uses, except that it can make people’s whole body strength disappear. By the way, if you practice it, The internal power can seal all the meridians around the Dantian within an hour, making it impossible to perform martial arts. Little Marquis, what do you think of the power?"
Although Qi Ning was shocked, he smiled slightly and said, "Do you want to use me to test the power of this oil lamp?"
The old man smiled and said: "How dare you? Actually, please come over. There is a big matter that requires your help."
"Big thing?" Qining asked, "What big thing?"
The old man said: "There is no hurry." He glanced at the lady and sighed: "Originally, we didn't want to embarrass the little Marquis. It was just that we became interested in this girl when we were on the boat. But if we can't invite the little Marquis... , this girl can’t get through it, so the young Marquis is implicated by her.”
Qi Ning's heart trembled, and he frowned and said, "Who are you?" Thinking of something, he asked, "Are you Mr. Miao?"
"Mr. Miao?" The old man was startled, and then he laughed, and the strong man also laughed. Qining was surprised when the strong man got up and said to the door: "Mr. Miao, the young Marquis wants to see you."
Qi Ning immediately looked outside the door, only to see the old woman holding a cane in her hand and walking slowly into the house. Compared to the previous time, her body was hunched at 90 degrees. At this moment, her old body had stopped a lot, and the ugly With a weird smile on his face, Qi Ning walked in. He understood something and sighed: "So you are Mr. Miao. Of course you are pretending to be mute."
The old woman smiled and said: "The young Marquis is very good at martial arts. Even if there are ten old women, they still can't withstand the palm of the young Marquis. If I open my mouth to speak, the young Marquis will inevitably force the old woman to say something she doesn't want to say, so The old woman can only pretend to be mute, so don’t blame the young Marquis."
These people were all strange and acted strangely. Qining couldn't figure out the intentions of these people for a while and asked: "The man brought his friends to save lives before. He said he knew Mr. Miao, but he didn't recognize you. Of course that man It’s acting.”
"Friends?" The old woman smiled and said, "Little Marquis, do you think the person he brought here is really his friend? Do you know who that person is?"
Qi Ning shook his head slightly, quietly channeling his energy, and found that just as the old man said, the internal energy in Dantian could not be mobilized at all, but he said calmly and calmly: "Then Mr. Lao Miao will tell you."
"The young Marquis is a high-ranking official, and he may not know the humble people in the world." Mr. Miao, an old woman, said: "He is a lone thief. His real name is not interesting to me. He is called Shadow Snake in the world. In fact, in the world, He is just an unknown person, he is unknown in the world, it is not that he is not very capable, it is just that the business he does has always been shady."
"Oh?" Qining looked interested: "Shadow Snake? What kind of business does he do?"
"Kill!" Mr. Miao said: "Since his debut, he has killed even he doesn't know how many people he has. In the early years, he was hired as an assassin. His price for killing is not high, and he makes small profits but quick turnover. As long as he is No one who is targeted can survive more than three days."
Qi Ning said: "Since he is an assassin, why did he come here? Yes, you said the person he brought was not his friend, then who is it?"
"It's just a soul killed by his sword." Mr. Miao leaned on crutches, walked to the edge of the chair, sat down, coughed twice, and then said: "Every month, he sends one or two people over, and these people are useless. Exceptions are all masters of internal strength. If his internal strength does not meet our requirements, his efforts will be in vain."
Qi Ning suddenly understood and frowned: "The person sent by Shadow Snake was originally killed by him, and you want to get the body from his hands?"
The old man chuckled and said, "Sir, the young Marquis seems to have understood."
Qi Ning really understood at this time that the Shadow Snake brought the body to Mr. Miao. Of course, it was not to ask Mr. Miao to treat injuries and save people, but to bring the body, and the two of them performed a show in front of him. Drama, how could Qining have imagined that there would be such an inside story
The reason why Shadow Snake cooperates with Mr. Miao is naturally to make himself less suspicious. If Shadow Snake, as an assassin, sends the body, of course it is also to get what he wants from Mr. Miao. To do this to a hired assassin. He said that what he exchanged must be money and silk.
"I seem to understand, but I don't understand." Qining sighed, "There are tools in the next room. If I am not mistaken, you want to use the corpses for some kind of research. There is a corpse pit in the bamboo forest behind. There are the bones of beasts and human beings inside. Naturally, they have all been used and discarded by you. But I don’t understand why you are looking for corpses that have practiced internal energy?"
Mr. Miao and the old man looked at each other, and the old man laughed strangely and said: "Little Marquis, please be patient. Since you are here, we will always let you know." Pointing at Chi Danmei, he said: "Little Marquis, when the time comes You can watch from the sidelines and see how we use her to conduct trials. The young Marquis will understand everything with just one look."
Mr. Miao smiled horribly and asked, "Little Marquis, is there anything else you want to ask?"
"Actually, I don't have much to ask, but I don't know if you want to ask." Qining sighed and said, "You know my identity, which is my negligence, but don't you want to know who she is?" ?”
"Of course we are your people when we are with you." Mr. Miao said, "We are not afraid of offending the young Marquis. Are we worried about offending your subordinates?"
Qi Ning shook his head and asked: "Since you are from Dong Qi, have you ever heard of the name of Baiyun Island Master?"
Qi Ning knew very well that if the other party knew his identity but still wanted to attack him, he was naturally confident and did not care about his identity.
He knew that the people of Dong Qi regarded Baiyun Island Master as their own lives. If he saw a crisis, he thought that using Baiyun Island Master's name might be of some use.
Sure enough, when the three of them heard the name "Baiyun Island Master", they were all startled. Mr. Miao asked: "What can I do if I know the name of Baiyun Island Master?"
"If I tell you that this girl is from Baiyun Island, will you still attack her?" Qining sighed: "You have made a huge mistake today, which may bring you many consequences." Your feet are already on the edge of the cliff. If you repent at this time, you may be able to stop at the brink."
The three of them looked at each other. Mr. Miao was the first to laugh like a hen. The old man also laughed and said: "Reiner the cliff? Little Marquis, you are the Marquis of Chu State, how can you compete with Baiyun Island?" Do you think we are fools when we are together?"
"I am from Chu State, but I am now in Dong Qi." Qi Ning said slowly: "I am the envoy of Chu State, but on a stormy day, I left Lucheng and ran to the wilderness with a woman. Don't you think it's strange?" He smiled slightly and said: "I have never met the Baiyun Island Master. I don't know how powerful this island master is. If you think he killed the person who killed him, he can't find the murderer, and he can't. Whatever I do to you, just do it."
He seemed calm, but he was very nervous in his heart. Today, he fell into the trap of these three weirdos, and now he has no internal strength. He can't resist forcefully. He can only threaten them with words, hoping that they will be wary of the power of Baiyun Island Master Mo Lancang. , dare not act rashly.
The strong man walked to the edge of the bed, took a closer look, turned to look at Mr. Miao and said, "Sir, there seems to be a woman among the three disciples of the island master."
Mr. Miao's body was stooped, and his single eye was shining, and he said: "Chi Danmei, who is under the leadership of Baiyun Island, is a woman, and she is about the right age." He stood up and walked slowly to the bedside, staring at Chi Danmei for a while. , then said: "If she is really Chi Danmei, we can't touch her."
Qi Ning thought that these people were really afraid of the Baiyun Island Master, but he saw Mr. Miao suddenly turned around and said: "This woman can't move, but the young Marquis can. I have checked his pulse, and his meridians are close to the Heavenly Meridian." , he is the first person to get close to Tianmai in more than 20 years!"