"Yeah."
"We are."
"I had a drink with the boss a few days ago." Lao Huang and others could only bite the bullet and say it.
Qiao Canxue's expression relaxed a little:
"Then come in and talk."
During those days, Lao Huang and others hung out with Qiao Mu and even made him practice the Iron Crotch Skill. She knew a little about this.
She opened the door completely and let Mr. Guo and others in.
Master Guo said nothing. He gestured to the servants behind him and asked them to carry the coffin containing the corpse into the house.
Qiao Canxue, who was walking into the house, turned back sharply and asked in confusion:
"What are you... carrying?"
"I'm not visiting you, but I can't come empty-handed. It's just a small gift." Mr. Guo evaded the question with a smile.
These servants who were carrying the coffin were basically warriors in the strength training stage. They still had several hundred pounds of strength. The coffin was not too heavy for them and their footsteps were not heavy. Therefore, even though Qiao Canxue had sharp hearing, she did not realize that they were carrying such a heavy object as a coffin.
"Since you're here, why do you need to bring any gifts?" Qiao Canxue said politely, then went back to the house holding her blind stick to prepare tea.
Qiao Canxue's house was originally an ordinary empty house in a deep alley in the outer city.
Because of the previous famine, all the valuable furniture in the empty house had long been gone, leaving only some worthless items that could not be taken away, such as the stone table in the courtyard that served as a coffee table.
There was not much furniture in the room, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was bare. This scene made Lao Huang and the others sigh.
Old Huang looked at Qiao Canxue's back, his Adam's apple rolled up and down, but in the end he said nothing and just stood there in silence.
Everyone in the yard just stood there quietly without saying a word. There was a coffin lying across the yard. The scene was a little weird.
Master Guo watched with great interest as Qiao Canxue busied herself with boiling water and making tea.
"I want to ask, what happened to Qiao Mu? Why haven't I seen him?" Qiao Canxue made tea and asked Mr. Guo and others to sit on the stone bench.
"Oh, you ask this. Yesterday, the Yancheng army went out of the city to suppress the bandits. Qiao Mu led the way and rushed into the group of bandits alone..." Master Guo spoke slowly, picked up a cup of tea on the table and took a sip, his brows wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.
The city lord's son lives a life of luxury, so naturally he is not used to drinking such coarse tea.
However, for the sake of acting, he still controlled his temper.
Seeing that Master Guo only said half of his words, Qiao Canxue waited for a long time but got no response, so she had no choice but to ask:
"He rushed into the group of bandits, and then what?"
"Then he had a breakthrough in the battle and developed internal strength." Master Guo supported his chin with one hand and looked at the expression on Qiao Canxue's face unscrupulously. He was indeed greatly relieved to see her.
The city lord's son Lao Huang and others were standing behind the crowd, their eyes twitching.
Old Huang knew this Master Guo's character very well. For example, last time when he robbed someone in the street and bullied the Ninth Rank Swordsman and his wife, this Master Guo repeatedly used words to bully the other party, causing them to lose their composure and lose their minds.
This visit was obviously to trouble the blind girl.
"It's a pity that there are too many bandits..." Mr. Guo sighed:
"There are more than a thousand of them! With such a large number, even an internal force warrior would have no chance of winning. They will die!"
Qiao Canxue didn't say anything. She leaned forward slightly on the stone bench, looking like she was listening.
Master Guo continued, "Then Qiao Mu's internal energy suddenly surged. It was said that he used some secret method. He killed seven bandits in a short time, and the bandits fled in terror. He also got precious breathing time..."
He described Qiao Mu's bravery in great detail, exaggerating as much as possible.
Did you use the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique... Qiao Canxue nodded secretly and breathed a sigh of relief.
Before Qiao Mu went to the City Lord's Mansion, she specially taught him this secret method of explosiveness so that he could unleash his potential at the critical moment and survive.
The so-called Heavenly Demon Disintegration is a secret method to survive from death. Once used, even if you do not die, your meridians will be severely damaged and your qi and blood will fall.
Using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration basically means cutting off your own future.
The relationship between Qiao Canxue and Qiao Mu was originally a pure transaction. She provided the martial arts skills, and Qiao Mu was responsible for revenge for him.
Therefore, teaching this secret method is actually not in line with the goal of revenge - even if Qiao Mu survived, he would not be able to seek revenge after using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique.
It was just that at that time Qiao Canxue felt that human life was more important than revenge, so he taught this secret method.
Now it seems that she was foresighted, and this method of disintegrating the devil really came in handy.
Thinking of this, she felt a little relieved, at least her preparations could be effective.
"Then what? What happens after using the Heavenly Demon Disintegration?" Qiao Canxue asked again.
Mr. Guo did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up the teacup, drank it slowly, and then looked at Qiao Canxue.
"Then?"
"Then he died." Master Guo spread his hands, a smile gradually spreading across his face: "He died."
He stopped acting and revealed his cards.
PS: Then there are two more chapters.
Chapter 29: Chivalrous Qiao Mu
"No more?"
Qiao Canxue was slightly stunned.
"What do you mean when you say it's gone?" She had a bad feeling in her heart and slowly stood up from the stone bench.
The atmosphere was a bit depressing and the only sound that could be heard was people's breathing.
No one spoke in the entire courtyard.
The old man in gray closed his eyes and rested. As a seventh-rank warrior, he had a high status in the City Lord's Mansion. Although he obeyed the City Lord's orders to protect the life of the City Lord's son, he was not interested in paying attention to this farce.
Mr. Guo didn't say anything, but a silent smile appeared on his face.
"That's all. Didn't you understand?" Mr. Guo smiled and revealed his true intentions:
“It’s just that the person is gone.”
Master Guo stood up and walked step by step towards the coffin containing Qiao Mu's body.
He smiled and said, "Brother Qiao Mu was no match for those bandits. He soon ran out of energy and strength, and was hacked to death by the bandits. His body was no longer recognizable as a human."
“So, the person is gone.”
Old Huang's breathing became slightly heavier. He looked at Qiao Canxue and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
The monk next to him was even more impulsive than him. Veins popped out on his forehead and he muttered to himself, "This is too much..."
But at this time, Old Huang quietly held him down.
"Monk, don't be impulsive. We can't do anything to Mr. Guo." He pointed in the direction of Qiao Mu's coffin:
"The boss was the most stubborn at first. He was the only one who dared to confront Mr. Guo, but now he is lying there."
Master Guo was still talking. When he got excited, he kicked the coffin lid open, and a strong smell of blood immediately dissipated.
"Come."
"You are Qiao Mu's family member. Come and identify whether this body is Qiao Mu's. After all, his death was so tragic that we couldn't recognize him. We can only guess."
Qiao Canxue didn't say anything. Her face turned slightly pale and she took half a step back.
"No-----" Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Mr. Guo, dancing with joy:
"Do you want to say..."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Mr. Guo's voice was a perfect mixture of three parts surprise, three parts doubt and four parts grief.
"This is fake, the body is fake, the coffin is fake, and I am fake too! It's all fake!"
"Actually, Qiao Mu is not dead at all. He will be back safe and sound in a while."
At this point, the exaggerated expression on Mr. Guo's face disappeared, and he finally turned cold. He said calmly:
"Would it make you feel better if I said that?"
Qiao Canxue was silent. She unconsciously clenched the cane in her hand, and the knuckles of her fingers turned white.
But my heart was in a mess.
Outsiders only thought that she and Qiao Mu depended on each other and were siblings or brother and sister.
In fact, she knew that she was the only orphan of the Qiao family, and Qiao Mu was just an outsider. The two had no blood relationship.
It is precisely because they are outsiders without any blood relationship that all of this seems even more precious.
Ever since the Qiao family was wiped out, Qiao Canxue went from being a member of a prominent family to being a nobody overnight, and he has become accustomed to the fickleness of the world.
Other powerful families who had close ties with the Qiao family in the past avoided her for fear of offending the Martial Saint.
As a blind girl walking in this chaotic world, how many miserable and dilapidated things must she have seen
The swordsman couple turned against each other under the pressure of Mr. Guo, but Qiao Mu went to investigate the city lord for her, fell into the city lord's huge net, and died tragically...
She stood there with her eyes closed, as silent as a tree.
Master Guo had been getting closer to observe Qiao Canxue's reaction. Seeing that she hadn't spoken for a long time, he frowned:
"Do you have a conscience? Can't you even cry?"
Qiao Canxue raised her head and closed her eyes to look at Master Guo, her voice low:
"My Qiao family's ancestral motto is to never show weakness to the enemy."
“... ..”
Now it was Mr. Guo's turn to be silent.
He also didn't expect that this blind girl who seemed easy to deal with would react like this.
Did she guess that he was here to make fun of her, so she acted so ruthlessly on purpose
"Boring, you are as stubborn as that dead guy, you are forcing me to do something forceful?"
"Since you are blind and cannot see the man's death, there is a way to make you feel the same way."
Master Guo's face darkened. The blind girl's behavior reminded him of Qiao Mu who had died tragically.
Qiao Mu was famous for stepping on his head. Every time people in Yancheng talked about Qiao Mu, it was like a slap in the face.
He clapped his hands lightly, and soon a servant came up behind him. In the basket in the servant's hand was a soup pot filled with hot soup.
When the lid of the pot was opened, an enticing aroma wafted out.
You can see that a lot of spices are added to this pot of broth, and it smells quite good.
Mr. Guo said calmly:
"Everyone in Yancheng is saying that Qiao Mu is a chivalrous man with a heroic spirit, and has the legacy of an ancient knight."
"Come and smell it, does this chivalrous soup have a special flavor?"
"You----" Qiao Canxue's body trembled continuously.
However, Master Guo no longer cared about her reaction and just shouted:
"Someone, feed the girl some soup!"
The words fell.
Several servants behind him immediately rushed forward.
Two strong servants held Qiao Canxue's hands on the left and right, while the other one reached out and scooped a bowl of soup.
However, at this moment, the monk at the back of the crowd suddenly froze.
He suddenly realized that Old Huang beside him had disappeared at some point.
When I looked up, I found that Old Huang had sneaked into the servants without me noticing.
"Old Huang?"
While Qiao Canxue was being held down, Lao Huang squeezed in front of the servant, scooped up the bowl of soup and poured it into his own mouth.
The way he ate was very ugly. He wolfed down his food like a starving ghost, afraid that others would snatch even a bit of his food away from him.
As he drank, he smiled flatteringly at Master Guo, revealing his ugly yellow teeth: "Master, this soup is really delicious."