One hundred and forty-two. Pluck the strings of fate
A dandelion is as light as ashes.
It floated from an unknown distant place, and the smell attached to it seemed as if it had drifted to the land with the monsoon wind, climbed over mountains and canyons, crossed straits and hills, and arrived in this inland area.
The direction it heads forward is clear and straight - in the center of the gray plain, where countless roads lead, and the majestic royal city stretches for dozens of miles.
It’s just that the long journey seemed to have worn away the last bit of dandelion’s patience, or the humidity in Allen Plains made the dandelions heavier. The dandelions in the sky were getting lower and lower... and finally landed on a carriage.
.
The road extends forward until it reaches the gate of the Royal City.
Neither the groom nor the passengers in the carriage noticed the insignificant dandelion falling on the roof of the carriage, and it swayed with the carriage.
The carriage drove into the royal city following the long queue in front of the city gate, and there was another passenger on the roof: Dandelion.
It fell off and floated leisurely towards passers-by——
Now, it’s reward time for Dandelion’s long trek over the mountains.
Da da da da da!
At this moment, the rapid sound of horseshoes sounded, and the horse-drawn carriages rushed through the streets that were being avoided. The strong wind caused the fluttering dandelions to take off again and fly high.
The carriage stopped suddenly in front of a hotel, and a man hurriedly walked into the hotel.
…
In addition to coming to inform him of the death, Fowler also had a suspicion of Lu Li. Rhodes was indifferent when Lu Li was almost dragged away by the drowned ghost, and then coincidentally died miserably two hours later.
But he didn't see the calm and unexpected emotion on Lu Li's face.
Lu Li lowered his eyes slightly: "Is it weird?"
"No, it was an accident...an accident full of coincidences."
Maybe he was overthinking it, and the whole matter had nothing to do with Lu Li.
Fulai thought about it and told Lu Li what happened last night: "They quickly investigated and found out the truth: there was a dead rat in the backyard of the tavern. It might have been hungry when it was alive. It accidentally opened the barrel of kerosene and drank some of the oil.
Later, Rhodes' carriage was used as a storage point and a lot of kerosene was transported there."
"The kerosene man in the tavern would check the backyard several times every night. Normally, he would easily find that the kerosene barrel had been chewed open by a rat. It happened that he was too lazy to check it that night. After Rod said goodbye to us, he sat on the bed covered with a layer of kerosene.
The carriage, coincidentally, a drunk beggar rushed out from the street and knocked over the oil lamp, lighting the kerosene..."
"The beggar disappeared after that. The nearby residents and workers all knew the beggar. He always wandered around Meteor Street...so it was not a conspiracy."
Foley sighed, they were drinking together a few hours ago: "Unlucky Rod, when we were in the tavern, he said he would bring a gift to apologize to you tomorrow. You fell into the water and it scared him. Who knew
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"When is his funeral?" Lu Li asked calmly.
"Five days later, it will take a long time to distinguish him from the burned carriage..."
"I am too late to attend, please send my apology to his family for me."
"I'll talk to them."
The death of his friend made Foley feel depressed, and he no longer had the time to talk, so he walked out of the hotel and took a carriage to leave.
Lilia seemed to have guessed something. After eating her share of breakfast, she would go to the room upstairs.
"You shouldn't do this." Lu Li said to Anna who was sitting next to him.
A whisper came from the black robe: "I was not the one who killed him."
"It's me." Lu Li replied calmly.
After the black robe trembled slightly for a long time, a slightly excited voice sounded: "I tried to let go, but I couldn't control my hatred... Whenever I recall you struggling painfully in the lake, while he was indifferent on the shore, my emotions
It will invade your sanity...I can't tolerate anyone hurting you, even if you just stand by and watch."
Moreover, Anna was not with Lu Li at that time, so she could only blame herself and Rhodes for the accident. If she blamed herself, she would fall into the abyss faster...
Lu Li silently swallowed the last piece of bread: "We owe it to the Tesla family and Tesla."
Anna didn't make the excuse that "Rhode will die sooner or later anyway". She knew it would be of no use to Lu Li: "We can find a chance to repay him."
"I hope so." After drinking the last mouthful of broth, Lu Li and Anna left the dining table and returned to the room on the second floor.
Anna sat down next to Lu Li and lightly touched Lu Li's shoulder: "Are you angry?"
"I don't want to see you fall into the abyss." Lu Li replied.
"Even if I become an evil spirit, I will never forget to protect you."
"But there is no essential difference between becoming an evil spirit that loses its humanity and becoming an evil spirit that loses its humanity and only remembers to protect me."
They are just puppets driven by instinct, like the low-level demons of hell.
"Hmm...so you're not angry anymore?" Anna bumped into Lu Li gently again.
"If you don't do it again."
Rod's death was regrettable and made Lu Li silent. Even if Rod had nothing to do with Tesla, the fact that a young exorcist died just because he fell into the water was completely unworthy.
And it is impossible for him to expose Anna and hand over Anna.
This is destined to be a difficult choice, but fortunately it is not a multiple-choice question.
Anna suggested taking advantage of today's free time to walk around the city. This kind of excitement that seemed to be without danger would not last too long. Lu Li refused. The Exorcist Council will start tomorrow. It can be expected that in the King of Allen City, from the Main Continent
Exorcists from all over the world will reach their peak today.
The exorcism objects held by exorcists are like weird things, with incredible functions. No one knows whether any exorcist will sense Anna's existence.
So just in case, it's safest to stay in your room.
Lu Li had no intention of actually entering the parliament. After arriving at Allen City, he had a vague premonition of what was going to happen.
Anyway, if he stayed in the royal city and waited until the end of the parliament, he could know the contents of the parliament. He had already made an agreement with Fulima Fulin and others.
Thinking like this, Lu Li suddenly saw a snow-white dandelion falling slowly outside the open window.
Dandelion?
At this time?
A white arm stretched out from the side of the window to catch the falling dandelions.
As if a breeze blew by, the dandelions avoided the illusory palm and fell towards the crowd below.
"What a pity..." Anna also wanted to take a dandelion seed back to the top of the cliff.
"Seeds are easy to buy." Lu Li looked away at the street.
Seeds can be found everywhere, but they can no longer germinate and grow.
Another breeze blew, bringing a coolness into the room.
Goosebumps appeared on Lu Li's neck. Anna gently closed the window and helped Lu Li back to the bed to lie down.
The piece of dandelion that they ignored became lower and lower, and was blown up by the wind several times. It flew diagonally for a distance, and finally landed on the felt hat of a passerby.
It certainly didn't attract anyone's attention, including the middle-aged man in the felt hat.