"Hoo, ho, ho..."
"Ha, ha, ha, ha... Ouch!"
The wind and flowers at dusk make the mountain look even more beautiful than usual, because the jagged old stone slabs seem to have been covered with a layer of golden light by the setting sun in the distant sky. Looking from a distance, you can still see the tall building
The shadow of the stone statue is reflected diagonally on the ground. As time goes by, the shadow of the stone statue becomes longer and longer, and even has a tendency to run through the entire mountain square. However, if you look carefully,
You can see some types of reflections of birds perched on the stone statue heads at the end of the shadow, which brings a sense of harmony and tranquility here.
But at this time, two other shadows ran in from one side and intervened in this harmonious scene. One of the shadows fell while running and accidentally dropped something in his hand.
To be precise, it was a girl.
Duan Qing staggered over and helped Mengzhu up with one arm. At the same time, he checked Nina's condition - the girl seemed to have calmed down after running for a while. Even if she was thrown out at this time, she did not show any signs of death.
There was no intention of the child crying. Seeing Duan Qing's gaze, the girl hugged the doll tightly, and then climbed up from the ground with some effort.
"Are you OK?"
Nina had no words and just nodded.
This is not the first time Mengzhu has fallen. The exclamation she made before was because she accidentally tripped on the mountain road. The closer she gets to the mountain, the more rugged the mountain road here becomes. Although this level
I didn't realize it when I came here before, but in the anxious and panic running, this kind of thing becomes easy to happen, not to mention that they have been fighting and running for a long time, and both of them are exhausted.
status.
However, the pursuers behind were not much better.
First one, then two, more and more soldiers began to appear at one end of the square. Due to the narrowness of the mountain road, these frustrated pursuers could not rush out all at once, so they had to go from there in groups of two or three.
Walk out of the mountain road, then spread out along the edge of the mountain square, gradually approaching here.
They were also a little scared.
The shield warrior from before blocked them for a long time with one person, which made them even more angry and frustrated. Although the terrain here was indeed disadvantageous to their side, so many people
After such a long time, people actually chased them to a place like a mountain with no way to go before blocking them. It is really not a commendable thing.
So now they just want to catch these people and leave it to their captain to take care of them, and catch them steadily - a few of them looked around cautiously, there should be no way down the mountain here.
Right? Although I haven’t been to this place very often, this library that was inexplicably built in Fenghua Town should have nothing special about it...
Walking slowly to the door of the library, Duan Qing ignored the pursuers behind him and relaxed his body. He looked at the closed door, and then at the increasingly crowded people behind him.
Many soldiers finally plucked up the courage and stretched out their left hands.
He knocked on the door, but there was no response.
Duan Qing, who had no expression on his face, stretched out his hand again and pushed hard, but the wooden door was completely motionless, without any sense of existence like when they came before. Duan Qing took out the dagger blankly,
Then he shook his head again - he still didn't have the courage to try and see what would happen if he destroyed that woman's home.
The person who had imagined to decide Nina's fate did not appear, and there was no sign of the door opening. Duan Qing sighed helplessly, then simply turned around and walked a few steps, a few steps away from the strange round building.
Sitting on the ground.
"It seems...that this is the case."
The girl who was supporting Nina walked behind Duan Qing. The girl's height was similar to that of Duan Qing, so when she saw Duan Qing sitting down, she stretched out a hand curiously and touched it.
Duan Qing's head.
The latter wanted to raise his hand to respond, but accidentally pulled his right arm, causing him to grin for a while.
"Aren't we leaving?"
"Ah...well, I'm not leaving."
Looking at the girl's bright eyes, Duan Qing answered Mengzhu's question calmly: "There's nowhere to go anyway..."
"Sorry, it seems I made the wrong choice." He said apologetically: "I thought we could still be saved..."
"It's okay." Mengzhu shook his head resolutely: "Just die, it's just..."
"What should Nina do?"
Duan Qing said nothing, but suddenly looked directly in front of the crowd.
"I admire your courage, adventurers." At this moment, a crack gradually appeared in the increasing siege ahead. Duan Qing looked up and saw an old man wearing a top hat walking slowly.
Walked out from the crowd.
"It's really admirable that you are able to achieve this."
"Oh, I can indeed see you again, Mayor Rama." Duan Qing said: "But please forgive me, I am seriously injured and cannot salute you."
"...You have no way to escape." After looking at the other party who showed no sense of crisis for a long time, the neatly dressed and meticulous mayor finally said: "Give up the useless struggle, today...
..."
"Enough people have died."
"I think so too." Duan Qing replied: "I have been exercising for so long, I have seen the excitement, I have fought, I have pretended, and now the only thing left is... to solve the problem.
"
"What a beautiful day." Duan Qing said with emotion as he looked up at the sunset.
"...What I want to emphasize is that she is the suspect's daughter." Rama was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "So handing her over to me should be the best choice...
..."
"There are no outsiders here, Mayor." Duan Qing waved his hand and interrupted the other party: "So there is no need to act."
"I told you Yasiqi's whereabouts, but from what happened later, it seems that you... are not satisfied with his fate." Duan Qing said: "That's why you made such a show,
or......"
"You have already thought of such a play."
The guards behind the old man gradually dispersed and began to fill the square. Some of them also heard the conversation between the two, but out of respect for the mayor and obedience to the order, no one
What does the content of the conversation between the two mean? The old man seems to be accustomed to this situation. In fact, deceiving people in public is an essential skill for every leader.
But Duan Qing obviously didn't want the other party to do this.
"Let me think about it, where to start..." Duan Qing supported his chin with his left hand and slowly recalled everything that happened before: "Let's start with the simplest logic."
"No matter what, since you are a bandit, you must have a sworn relationship with him, and even want to kill him. In other words, you must have a hostile relationship with him, right?"
"It is the responsibility of the leader of a town to eliminate violence and ensure peace and order in Fenghua Town." Rama said, "So... there is nothing wrong with you."
"Ha, of course there is no problem. The key to the problem is who is the good guy and who is the bad guy." Duan Qing wiped his mouth: "I only met Yasiqi once, so I can't tell what kind of person he is, but just
Judging from the situation at that time, he did bring a bunch of messy men and used violence to drive us out... and finally resisted the arrest."
"Resisting arrest will naturally lead to this." The old man said regretfully: "He deserves it."
"But from what I've learned, the truth is not like this." Duan Qing shook his head: "As far as I know, there is something wrong with the mission sent by the Master Council. If this situation is true, then we, the
The adventurers who want to complete the commission become your tools to kill people."
"If this is really the case, Yasiqi will obviously die...it is very unfair."
"Think about everything you have gone through." The old man's face remained calm: "Do you think Yasiqi and his men are just? Are there any humans who like to stay deep in the mines every day, waiting for opportunities to harm others? They are here
Where monsters are raised and bases are built, just to..."
"Look, look, don't get excited, Mr. Mayor, I'm not done yet." Duan Qing spread his hands and said, although at this moment, he only had one hand to move: "If these words are heard by people who don't know,
Or if you listen to people with incomplete information, then I might not believe it. But unfortunately, we are insiders, and we know what the situation is deep in the Ankaras mine..."
"Am I wrong?" Rama asked, "Do you dare... that my situation just now is different from what you saw?"
"It's the same." Duan Qing replied: "The problem is... I don't remember doing these things with you."
"Excuse me...how did you know?"
"Huh, hahahaha..." The old man in black suddenly laughed heartily as the mountain breeze blew: "I see, you want to prove that I know something I shouldn't know, so...
.Put me and Yasiqi in the same group, right?"
"Is not it?"
"Of course...impossible." Rama said: "This is absolutely impossible."
"Then how do you explain..."
"It was told to me by another group of adventurers." The old man said: "I remember it was called...the code name is Aqiang..."
Click.
This was what came from Duan Qing's mind, representing the crisp sound of the chain closing. He raised his head and looked at the beautiful sky dyed red by the setting sun in the dusk. After a while, he burst into intermittent laughter.
.
"Heheheheheheheh......"
"Excuse me." Rama's eyes narrowed: "But what are you laughing at?"
"I have figured out some things." Duan Qing shook his head and smiled: "This way everything makes sense."
"It seems you plan to believe..." The old man laughed.
"No, no, no, I didn't mean that." Duan Qing waved his hands repeatedly: "I just want to ask, since you are indeed the opposite of Yasiqi, why did you... drag us into the water?"
"The rhetoric in Fengwu Square is indeed very exciting. Except for a few of us who know everything about ourselves, everyone else may think that we are Yasiqi's accomplices after listening to it." Duan Qing continued.
Memories: "But from our own perspective, we know that we are innocent, so here comes the problem..."
"Why are you framed? Why...the four of us?"
The old man was silent.
"Looking back at what you said in Fengwu Square, it seems that the evidence was not fabricated on the spur of the moment. Combined with what happened in the past few days, I have every reason to believe... that you were well prepared."
"Why is it targeting us? This is the only question I have after thinking about it for a short time. I originally thought it was the previous plea for mercy.
The side effects brought about, but now it seems..."
"You have already thought about who will be the scapegoat."
"What happened in the Ankaras mine, what happened to the Yaski family, and what we were doing during this period are enough to arouse your vigilance." Duan Qing patted the ground: "In order to prevent us from
If you do something you don't want to see, you always have to find a way to deal with us, and this is... the reason why we become the scapegoat."
"You think too much." The old man said, "That's how it is."
"Put away your hypocrisy, sir." Duan Qing shook his head again: "Before I went to Fengwu Square, I didn't know where Kalon was in prison, and then I became some kind of accomplice or accomplice? Then I was chased by your people for half the time.
A city?”
"I'm not that, just suspicious..."
"I've passed. You can put this suspicion on anyone, Mr. Mayor. The reason why you do this is just that you don't want a specific group of us to reveal what we know, including the Ankaras Mine.
Things, including... the theft of Yaskiga."
"Now that I think about it, the theft was not like a theft at all, but a naked house ransack. Later, the city guard arrived and even gave up the routine training they were participating in. And looking at their appearance, it seemed
It's like you already knew what happened there... You did that thing too, right? What do you want to find out from his home? What are you worried about?"
"You are questioning the mayor of a town, sir."
"I just have suspicion, sir." Duan Qing shook his hand: "And it's a reasonable suspicion."
"I don't care which side is justice and which side is evil. Since you are going against Yasiqi, then there must be something wrong with one of the parties. From what I know, the possibility of your side is high.
, nothing more.”
"Simple logic, isn't it?"
"I don't know how to persuade you." The old man finally lost his patience. He raised a hand. Upon seeing this, the guards at the rear began to take steps: "But time does not allow me to continue."
"I don't know what the deal is between you and the codename Aqiang." In the unified march of the guards, Duan Qing's voice was almost buried: "But based on my understanding of him, he is a strong enough person.
But people who are not smart enough.”
"So he definitely didn't tell you... what Yaschi did before he died."
The raised arms were lowered. In the increasingly dark sky, the mountain wind blew up the old man's hat again. He covered his top hat with his hand, and then simply took it off, revealing his white head.
"What is he?" After a long time, he asked in a slow voice.
This chapter has been completed!