Ten breaths
As soon as this thought flashed through Ji Dong's mind, Lu Li said, "Eight breaths."
The Peach Blossom Sword rotated slowly, the tip of the sword pointing at the center of Ji Dong's eyebrows. It could penetrate his eyebrows at any time and take away his life.
"Five breaths."
Lu Li's voice continued to sound, but it was like a wake-up call, making Ji Dong break into cold sweat and said in a trembling voice: "Lu... Manager Lu has something to say..."
He could feel that Lu Li was not joking.
If he doesn't speak again, the Peach Blossom Sword will really penetrate his head.
"Three breaths."
Lu Li lowered his eyes, rubbed his fingertips, and spread his slender fingers, as if observing something, while counting the numbers lightly.
"I... I really don't know..."
"I really don't know!"
Ji Dong's voice was a little hoarse.
Between life and death, there is great terror.
Especially Lu Li's method of eroding his inner defenses bit by bit. If it weren't for Ji Dong's strong support, he would have collapsed at this moment.
However, Lu Li ignored his screams and sighed: "One breath."
"Pity."
Hearing these words, Ji Dong's pupils shrank, and there was a pinprick-like pain between his eyebrows. He immediately said: "I said it!"
"I said!"
"Don't kill me! I'll tell you everything!"
Whoosh!
The Peach Blossom Sword flew back, and Lu Li put on a smile and said gently: "If Grandmaster Ji had cooperated earlier, you and I would have saved more energy."
"This is what you took the initiative to explain. I won't ask anything. Just tell me."
Ji Dong was startled and looked at Lu Li, his eyes dull.
But in an instant, he felt as if all his strength had been drained from his body, and his back was completely wet with sweat.
Once the tight feeling dissipated, he couldn't speak for a long time, and his breathing became rapid.
Lu Li was not in a hurry this time. He just smiled and looked away. While waiting for Ji Dong to recover, he also looked at the other grandmasters one by one.
Anyone caught by Lu Li's gaze would avoid his eyes with a guilty conscience.
Zhang Huo on the side was shocked by Lu Li's repeated words.
He can do it even if he puts his life on the line, and his methods are even more cruel and cruel, thinking that he can do better than Lu Li.
However, he knew that the key to Lu Li's ability to make Ji Dong speak was not the peach blossom sword, but his unpredictable attitude.
At first he was polite and gentle, but in the end he fell out with him as soon as possible, without even giving Ji Dong a chance to react.
And after sheathing his sword, Lu Li could still smile, but it was chilling.
After watching all this, Zhang Huo's last bit of dissatisfaction with Lu Li disappeared.
He also settled on an idea.
Genius is genius.
At Lu Li's age, not to mention his martial arts skills, even when it came to thinking about human nature, he was completely ignorant, one ten thousandth less than him.
After sighing silently in his heart, Zhang Huo shook his head and drove this thought out of his mind.
He had no intention of feeling ashamed.
A monster genius like Lu Li has only appeared in thousands of years, so he can only be regarded as a special case.
When it comes to interrogation methods, Zhang Huo thinks he is not inferior to others.
"Master Ji, have you thought about it?"
At this moment, Lu Li saw that Ji Dong's face looked much better, so he asked slowly.
When Ji Dong heard this, his throat moved slightly and he whispered: "Think about it."
"Then say it."
Lu Li nodded slowly and said with a smile: "No matter how small it is, say whatever you want. Every time you say something, I will send someone to check it. Even if we can't check it today, sooner or later we will be able to find out whether you are lying." "
"I hate other people's lies the most."
"If I find out..."
After a pause, Lu Li looked at Ji Dong: "I don't need to talk about the consequences again, right?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Lu..."
Ji Dong's heart trembled, cold sweat flowed down his temples again, he cupped his hands and said, "Ji... don't dare to lie."
After that, he began to explain some cooperation between the Ji family and the Hou family.
Because he didn't know what Lu Li wanted, he could only start from the beginning.
"The assassination of King Yan was indeed led by the Hou family, including the Bazhou and Qingzhou families. It was also the Hou family who contacted the Bazhou and Qingzhou families. Except for the Marquis himself, not even Gong Yunhong knew the specific details. The Marquis was always a treacherous man. He is smooth and cautious, and he arranges many things personally, and we are only responsible for the actions."
"Of course, Zhang Juan is a chess player outside the sky, and this incident has really caused the Marquis to suffer a big loss. I'm afraid even the Marquis himself didn't expect that Zhang Juan, a humble man, could actually hide it from his eyes. .”
Speaking of this, Ji Dong was also quite emotional.
Zhang Juan is considered a strong man, and he is also a relatively important role in the Hou Ye's plan.
No one thought that Zhang Juan would be Tianwaitian's secret chess player. In the end, he not only betrayed the Marquis, but even personally broke all of the Marquis's schemes.
Although he also paid the price with his life, Ji Dong also admired him.
Even if his position is different from mine.
Such decisive people are worthy of admiration.
After a slight pause, Ji Dong glanced at the other grandmasters and hesitated slightly: "Although I don't know much about Master Hou's plan. However, I accidentally discovered a strange thing before."
"What's weird?"
Lu Li narrowed his eyes, stopped rubbing his fingers, and looked directly at Ji Dong, waiting for his next words.
Ji Dong said: "There should be someone behind Mr. Hou who is planning everything. Although he may not be a strong man, but... Mr. Hou has been acting extremely weird for a while. Those behaviors are not like his style."
After saying this, Ji Dong closed his eyes and thought about it for a moment, seeming to remember something, and then said: "Yes, for a while, the Marquis suddenly ordered us to collect ancient secrets, especially information about ancient ruins."
"Although the inheritance of the Hou family is also obtained from ancient ruins, at that juncture, Mr. Hou suddenly dropped all plans and asked us to concentrate on collecting ancient secrets and ruins. Many people felt that there was something weird behind this. . But no one dares to go against the wishes of the Marquis, so naturally no one questions this abnormal behavior."
"Ancient secrets and ancient ruins." Lu Li thought for a while and suddenly smiled: "This is interesting."
"So what did you find in the end?"
Ji Dong shook his head and said: "I found nothing..."
"No, it should be said that the Marquis is not satisfied with what he found."
"But I remember he looked relieved and subconsciously said, this is okay."
After saying that, Ji Dong looked at the other grandmaster.
The grandmaster noticed Ji Dong's eyes, hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "It is true..."
"At that time, the Marquis was not satisfied with the information we collected, but he did not get angry. Instead, he said that this was fine."
"According to his temper, he will never have such a gentle attitude towards people who are ineffective in doing things."
"unless… "
Before the master could finish speaking, Lu Li smiled and said, "Unless he is doing something for someone else, and this person is already inseparable from the Marquis. The Marquis refuses to obey his control, so he feels that even if the matter is not accomplished, it will be a problem." good."
Ji Dong nodded, "That's right."
Lu Li smiled playfully: "Then do you have any impression that besides Mr. Hou, are there any other elders in the Hou family?"
"Older people? There should be no more." Ji Dong answered firmly this time: "Looking at the entire Yanzhou, the ancestors who are older than the Marquis have either died or traveled abroad, and there has been no news for many years. As for the In the Hou family, there is no one who is higher in seniority or older than Mr. Hou."
"It is precisely because Mr. Hou has the highest seniority and the strongest strength in the Hou family that he can keep his word."
A grandmaster also spoke up to prove it.
While they were talking, Lu Li was always observing their expressions, and found that their expressions were all natural, and they really had no intention of hiding anything.
Lu Li felt normal but also a little regretful.
It seems that the status of this group of people really does not know whether there is an 'ancestor'.
But it is normal to think about it. After all, even Lei Mu, the hegemon of the state, the invincible strong man in the state, and the core members of the aristocratic family class, do not know that the ancestors of the Qin family are still alive. People with the status of Ji Dong and others simply cannot It is impossible to contact the top masters.