Chapter 42 Chapter 42
Hang Shiqi didn't take An Qing's advice to heart, but Ao Wu issued an order prohibiting Hang Shiqi from leaving the palace. The reason was also very good: "Last time the enemy acted, they specially sent cocoon orcs to attack you, although the intention is unknown.
, but it’s better to be careful.”
After Ao Tong, Ao Shun and others knew about it, they also expressed their understanding. Hang Shiqi was the boss's sweetheart. Since the other party couldn't assassinate the boss, they could only despicably target Hang Shiqi. Maybe he wanted to use some sinister method to kill Hang Shiqi.
Seventeen takes control and threatens the boss.
But Hang Shiqi refused to stay in the palace all day. Such a big one-month-old city was not enough for him to show off, and a small palace was even more boring. Hang Shiqi was bored and woke up to eat every day, and tore it down when he was full.
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No other place could be used for random demolition, so Hang Shiqi could only vent his energy in the backyard training ground. He demolished it twice a day, once in the morning and again in the afternoon. The servants responsible for cleaning the palace and the craftsmen who repaired the facilities wanted to resign.
Hang Shiqi has been locked up these days. Because Shi Lang made a disturbance in the market, many people in the city are panicked. And the truth behind that incident has become a topic of discussion after dinner. The less clear the truth is, the more people feel that there is something behind it.
Hidden big secret.
And when people learned that there was a young and beautiful mixed-blood orc in the security team at that time, who was actually the quasi-queen of the Wolf King of the North, everyone felt that they had found the key to the problem. Unexpectedly, at this moment, a reversal occurred.
"Queen-to-be, my second uncle and third aunt's son-in-law works as a cook in the priest's court. I heard from him that this Hang Shiqi is not an ordinary person. His true identity is actually with those assassins!" In the restaurant, a giant fang
The orc said while picking his teeth with chopsticks.
All eyes around him turned towards him. The melon-eaters loved to hear this kind of shocking reversal. Regardless of whether it was true or not, they just wanted to listen to the fun. So they asked him to explain in detail.
The giant-toothed orc felt the attention gathering around him, and instantly felt a sense of being under the spotlight. Especially when he looked over, there were several young single female orcs. He immediately put down his teeth-picking chopsticks and stepped on the stool, adjusting his feet.
He adjusted his sitting posture to make himself look more elegant.
"I heard that actually what happened on the street a few days ago was that Hang Shiqi and those stone wolves were working together inside and outside. No, as soon as the incident was over, he was noticed by Lord Ming Chao Hao Shuangyu and was brought back to the priest's court.
Prepare for interrogation. But I didn’t expect that Hang Qi will bring His Royal Highness the Wolf King Wolf Fang. The priests did not dare to do anything to him, so they had to send him back again. The Wolf King was afraid that Hang Qi would cause trouble again, so he placed him under house arrest.
In the palace."
The words of this giant wolf orc were half-truths and half-falsities, which made some people stunned, but more people also raised doubts.
A frost wolf orc girl retorted with a clear voice: "Don't talk nonsense. My third cousin was on duty at the priest's court that day and could hear clearly. The Wolf King himself clarified that Hang Shiqi was not a killer, and he personally killed
He led him out of the priest's court. They left hand in hand!"
But this statement sounds even more unreliable than Hang Shiqi being a killer. Anyone who has seen the Wolf King orcs knows that the Wolf King is as cold as the arctic ice field glaciers. It is impossible to imagine him being in love with others.
The giant wolf orc was refuted, and he was even more unconvinced: "Then tell me, why doesn't Hang Shiqi appear in the security team these days?"
The little Frostwolf girl blushed: "I heard that the next day, Hang Shiqi was so angry that he was a beauty. In order to protect his friends, he rushed to the elder's house and beat up the third elder. I hope our highness will be jealous because of this.
Your Highness is so majestic, the queen-to-be's small body may have been coughed... and she can't get out of bed, so she is resting."
"Oh——" the crowd made a familiar long sound, the sound was repeated in thousands of times, and was mixed with "tsk tsk" sounds one after another. Sure enough, compared with any killer conspiracy, the gossip about the color of the Wolf King is more exciting.
However, with the help of someone who was interested, the idea that Hang Shiqi was a killer still spread among the people. And this person who was adding fuel to the flames was the one who was beaten up the next day and couldn't swallow it, so he didn't dare to fight back the third elder.
The third elder not only sent people to pass the news among the people, but also kept blowing the ears of the first elder and the second elder, trying his best to portray Hang Shiqi as a savage, willful and scheming killer who brought disaster to the country and the people.
"Listen to your own description. Aren't you contradicting yourself?" The second elder didn't buy it. After all, as the highest-ranking female elder in the Presbyterian Church, she had always disliked the third elder's scumbag behavior towards his wife and children. She even wanted to give Hang
On the seventeenth day, I applauded for kicking people in the street.
"But it cannot be denied that Hang Shiqi's origin is indeed unknown and her identity is suspicious. The position of queen is very involved and cannot be left to Ao Wu's temperament. If Hang Shiqi's identity is clearly verified, it can also calm the people's hearts." The first elder felt that the third elder
It makes sense: "Besides, it's just to see him pass by. If he is walking and sitting upright, why should he be afraid of us taking a look?"
The great elder said this not because he stood up and spoke without pain. He had been self-restrained throughout his life and had a clear conscience, so he was naturally not afraid of anyone's investigation. He respected others and felt that others should be the same as him. If he had a guilty conscience, there must be something wrong.
On behalf of the Presbyterian Council, the Grand Elder made a public request to check Hang Shiqi’s identity, and the Chamber of Commerce immediately responded. On the one hand, the Chamber of Commerce has always been close to the Presbyterian Council, and on the other hand, the president of the Chamber of Commerce also had feelings for Hang Shiqi because of the Chenxi incident.
Resentment. Even the Priesthood, which had always supported Ao Wu unconditionally, chose neutrality this time.
After hearing the news from Ao Jing, Hang Shiqi was so frightened that he immediately ate twice as much food. In the afternoon, he took away all the chicken legs in stock in the palace kitchen, picked up the snack box that Yun Wuzhen gave to him, and prepared to run away.
He was captured on the spot by patrolling Ao Jing and taken to Ao Wu's study.
Ao Wu was looking at the letter handed by the great elder requesting to find out the identity of Hang Shiqi. He raised his eyelids and glanced at Hang Shiqi, waved Ao Jing off, and leaned back on the chair: "Why are you running away again? I heard you
You’ve even packed your luggage? You’ve even stolen all the chicken drumsticks from the canteen, where are you going?”
"I didn't want to go anywhere. I was just too bored in the palace and wanted to go out for a walk." Every time Hang Shiqi lied, his guilty conscience was particularly obvious on his face. He simply told Ao Wu that he was talking nonsense.
"Let's take a look." Ao Wu handed the letter in his hand to Hang Shiqi.
"What are you looking at?" Hang Shiqi couldn't even recognize the characters of the orc tribe. The letter was written by the great elder and the wording was very particular. After reading the whole article, Hang Shiqi couldn't understand anything except that his name was mentioned at the top.
Ao Wu: "To put it simply, they think your identity is unknown, and they want to ask Shuang Yu to check it on you."
Hang Shiqi knew that Ao Wu was his biggest supporter now, so he immediately put on a cute expression: "Then what do you think?"
"Originally I was ready to refuse." Ao Wu stood up, took two steps in front of Hang Shiqi, and looked at him condescendingly: "But why are you running? Don't believe me, or don't believe yourself?"
"Ah..." Hang Shiqi didn't expect it to be self-defeating. He scratched his ears irritably and said, "I really went out to play."
"Hang Shiqi." Ao Wu lowered his face and interrupted him, clamping Hang Shiqi's chin with some force, forcing him to look up at him: "Look at me and speak."
He was in a bad mood today. The Presbyterian Council and the Chamber of Commerce had been putting pressure on him because of Hang Shiqi's incident, sabotaging his plan. He argued with the great elder in front, and when he turned around, he heard Ao Jing say that Hang Shiqi was escaping.
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He wanted to ask Hang Shiqi, why you would rather run away than believe that I can protect you. Could it be that I have done so much, but I still can't earn a little trust from you? I want to ask Hang Shiqi, do you know how dangerous it is outside now?
, if you rush out so recklessly, you may be caught by that killer organization.
But he didn't say anything in the end, nor did he expose Hang Qi's clumsy lie. Instead, he let go of his hand: "From tomorrow on, I will instruct Ao Jing to remove the redundant guards. If you want to leave, you can use the main entrance. If you leave, I will not
I will find you."
Ao Wu is not good at expressing his feelings, and he doesn't know how to make Hang Shiqi understand his feelings. He just feels very tired. Dealing with his relationship with Hang Shiqi is more tiring than dealing with miscellaneous government affairs and dealing with the intrigues of various forces.
If you keep cutting it, it will become messy.
After hearing Ao Wu's words, Hang Qi felt his chest suddenly felt a little tight.
He found that hearing Ao Wu talk like this made him feel more uncomfortable than directly scolding him and hitting him. It made him feel more uncomfortable than losing a hundred chicken legs at once.
Did Ao Wu find him annoying and didn't want him? His identity hadn't been revealed yet, so why didn't Ao Wu want him?
"I was wrong. Can I stop running away? I won't go out to play. I'll just stay in the palace. I won't go anywhere until you say I can go out." Hang Shiqi panicked and rarely gave in.
Ao Wu was noncommittal: "You really won't run away? You won't run away even if you have to be taken to the high priest for identity verification tomorrow?"
"I really won't run away, even tomorrow...what are we going to do tomorrow? Aren't we not going?" Hang Shiqi jumped up.
"Originally I had refused, but when I heard the news about your escape, others said that you had a guilty conscience and were afraid that your identity would be discovered, so you ran away. They even insisted on checking your identity." Ao Wu folded his arms and said, "The time has been set.
Now, it’s still too late for you to escape.”
"Look, tell me, why should I run away? It's just to check my identity. I'm clear, so just check." Hang Shiqi said with a dry smile: "Besides, it's so dangerous outside, how can it be safe in the palace, right?
?”
"Just understand. I'll protect you every day you stay in the palace." Ao Wu finally softened his expression.
"You said, even if I am found to have some problem tomorrow, it will be framed by others. You can't believe them, you have to believe me." Hang Shiqi paved the way in advance, just like a little goblin who slandered the king.
Ao Wu: "If you don't believe them, I only believe you."
Hang Shiqi was still uneasy: "Then you make a sign that no matter what they say tomorrow, you will protect me."
Ao Wu: "What evidence do you want? My wolf fang will be in your hands for a day. No one can touch you, including myself."
Hang Shiqi immediately took the wolf tooth into his hand, feeling that the wolf tooth in his hand was no longer a wolf tooth, but a shining gold medal for immunity from death.
Chapter completed!