When Lin Qi woke up in a daze, it was pitch black outside the window. Only the apple wood was burning brightly in the fireplace, emitting warm warmth and a crackling sound. Two large silver-wrapped candles stood on the candlestick, and there was only one candle.
It was lit, and the light was just enough to illuminate this huge bedroom.
It was indeed huge. This bedroom was fifty times the size of Lin Qi's dormitory at Fifth University. Only the large boat covered with silk and satin that Lin Qi was lying on was larger than his dormitory at the university.
It is surrounded by thick gauze tents, embroidered with delicate rose patterns.
This bedroom originally belonged to Lin Qi's mother. A few years after giving birth to Lin Qi, Lin Qi's mother died of illness due to physical weakness. From then on, this bedroom was occupied by Lin Qi, and all the furniture and furnishings were still from his mother.
From these familiar furnishings, Lin Qi could still find some warmth and comfort that he could never get from Blackbeard.
After huddled in the thick goose down quilt and feeling dazed for a while, Lin Qi reluctantly got up.
There was a small heater on the bedside table with a cup of sobering soup on it. She frowned and drank the sobering soup in one gulp. The heat flowed through her body and the smell of alcohol was quickly dissipated. Lin Qi took a deep breath and suddenly felt refreshed.
The whole body is full of strength.
Putting on a set of elegant black robes lying next to the bed, Lin Qi stepped on the thick carpet and quickly walked to the corner of the bedroom. After tapping the wall nearly a hundred times, Lin Qi pushed it away.
Open a secret door and walk through a corridor that is only three meters long. In front of it is a huge study room.
It's hard to imagine that there is such a study at the core of the Black Tiger family's main castle. You can imagine that there are granaries, oil depots, and weapons warehouses here, but things like a study have nothing to do with the Black Tiger family.
The problem does exist, and this study is surprisingly huge.
There is a circular dome that is nearly twenty meters high and the diameter of the dome is fifty meters away. Along the surrounding walls are bookshelves filled with dusty books. Some books are made of stone slabs, and some are made of stone.
Lead plates, iron plates, and even some extremely rare clay tablets, firmly protected by covers made of crystal, are extremely ancient clay tablets.
The books in this study are not those popular classics on the road. They are all handed down from ancient times. They record various things that are almost unbelievable and 'evil theories'. There are several broken clay tablets here. According to the above
The record actually comes from the middle and late stages of the legendary Calendar of Destruction, which records the story of the 'gods' bringing down disasters to destroy the world.
If this kind of clay tablets were accidentally scattered, the church would immediately send out an army to raze the entire Black Tiger family. So these clay tablets are now hidden in this study, protected by a large number of mechanisms and traps.
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Carefully avoiding the bookshelves where the clay tablets were stored, Lin Qi bypassed several rows of bookshelves and came to the middle of the study. On the ground here was engraved a strange magic circle, which was similar to the multi-pointed star popular in the Western continent.
The magic circle was very different, with a strange, primitive and deviant style. Lin Qi stepped onto the magic circle and recited a spell in a low voice. A bright light came out of the magic circle, and Lin Qi's body suddenly disappeared without a trace.
Nearly a hundred meters underground in the main castle, in a spacious secret room, Blackbeard was sitting next to a crystal coffin, quietly looking at the woman in the coffin who was small, thin, and like a dried petal. Black hair,
With yellow skin, she is also an Oriental with pure blood. Although life has left her body, she still has a breathtakingly bright color.
She is not absolutely beautiful, but she is gentle and kind, which makes people happy when they see her, and they can't help but feel close to her. This woman is Lin Qi's biological mother. She is generous, gentle, like a cup of warm water, so that no one will treat her badly.
A malicious woman.
Lin Qi emerged from the magic circle next to the coffin. He looked at his mother in the coffin quietly for a while. He still had the gentle and amiable face in his memory, compared with Blackbeard's big and ugly face covered with black hair.
It seems like a comparison between angels and monsters.
"My mother was so blind that she married you!" After looking at her mother's body in a daze for a while, Lin Qi finally couldn't help but ridicule her father. In front of her mother's coffin, Lin Qi did not use the Western Continent's universal
language, but used the language of the East.
The black-bearded man rolled his eyes and snorted coldly: "What's wrong with me? I have a rich net worth, good conduct, courage to do what is right, and justice. Where can I find a good and upright man like me?"
Winning his eyes, Blackbeard scolded in fluent Eastern language: "When your grandfather came to the West with a small caravan, he encountered pirates on the sea. If you hadn't kissed me, I would have drawn my sword to help when there was injustice.
Where can I find a bastard like you?"
Lin Qi unceremoniously uncovered Blackbeard's scar: "But the pirates who robbed grandpa's caravan seem to be subordinates of our family, right?"
A blow hit Blackbeard's handle. Blackbeard glared at Lin Qi angrily and wisely avoided the topic. As for that incident back then, it was true that the pirates who robbed Lin Qi's grandfather's caravan were subordinates of the Black Tiger family.
Blackbeard just happened to be passing by with a group of brothers who had just made a big deal. Suddenly he saw Lin Qi's mother on the deck, and then he rushed forward to save the beautiful girl!
Naturally, it is not easy to discuss this kind of old scandal with your son!
Scratching the thick beard on his face, Blackbeard said angrily: "Still thinking about you and Arthur?"
Lin Qi picked up three sticks of light yellow sandalwood from the altar table in front of the crystal coffin, lit them and inserted them into the incense burner in the middle of the altar table. Then he respectfully kowtowed to his mother three times. He stood up and bowed deeply to her mother.
After her mother bowed three times, Lin Qi walked up to Blackbeard and said coldly: "Sooner or later, I will kill him!"
Blackbeard scratched his nose in embarrassment, and laughed dryly: "After all, he is the only son of the red-haired ghost who is dad's die-hard ally. The old ghost was unlucky. The berserker fleet that encountered Wudalian Island was killed. As an old brother, I
Of course I want to adopt his only son!"
Sighing softly, Blackbeard said in a deep voice: "After a while, I will send him away and let him inherit his father's territory. What do you think?"
Lin Qi touched his nose and still said in a sinister tone: "Then, pray to the gods not to let him touch me in the future, otherwise I will kill him!"
Seeing that Lin Qi was determined to embarrass Arthur, Blackbeard could only change the topic again.
"Well, your Iron Fist Brotherhood is good, but you want to develop it and are short of money, right?"
Lin Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, as bright as gold coins.
He said in surprise: "Dad, do you want to give me activity funds?"
Blackbeard raised his eyes and said with a dry smile: "It's not for free, I want to buy a share!"
Taking out a bank gold check, Blackbeard thrust it into Lin Qi's hand.
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I’m so hungry. I’ll write another chapter and then go have dinner.