jdhmnovel Chapter 121 It's not easy to suppress laughter.
Chapter 121 It's not easy to suppress laughter.
Upon entering the small flower hall, Su Huaiqi immediately spotted Yu Zechuan standing by the window and, without a second thought, went over to him.
"Ayu, you..." Su Huaiqi noticed that Yu Zechuan's face was a little pale in the sunlight, and couldn't help but frown slightly, asking with a hint of anxiety.
"You...you weren't injured during the operation last night, were you?"
"I was caught off guard and accidentally got hit by an arrow, but it's nothing," Yu Zechuan said with a slight smile to Su Huaiqi.
"How could nothing happen? If you had been shot in the heart or head, you wouldn't be seeing me today!" Su Huaiqi was furious at Yu Zechuan's nonchalant tone, and even raised her voice a few decibels.
Looking at Su Huaiqi, Yu Zechuan felt a surge of warmth in his heart and couldn't help but smile. "Trust me, with you here, I will definitely come back."
"Just coming back isn't enough! We need to be safe! Safe!" Su Huaiqi couldn't help but retort a few times when she heard him say that, and then pulled Yu Zechuan to sit down on a chair.
"A patient should act like a patient and sit down to rest."
Seeing Su Huaiqi's angry little expression, Yu Zechuan immediately sat obediently next to her and kept quiet.
Su Huaiqi felt that she wouldn't get any information from Yu Zechuan, so she turned to look at Li Hengzhi next to Bai Heming.
"Brother Li, how did A-Yu get injured last night?"
Li Hengzhi looked at Yu Zechuan, who was pretending to be mute and shaking his head at him, and decided to help him this time.
"Miss Su, don't worry. When we were rescuing Miss Qi, we accidentally triggered a hidden weapon. The young master was caught off guard and suffered a minor injury."
"Minor injury?" Su Huaiqi turned to look at Yu Zechuan, still somewhat incredulous.
What kind of minor injury could make someone so pale?
But since the person didn't want her to know, she stopped asking.
"Okay, I understand. Thank you, Brother Li."
Once everyone had arrived, the food was served one after another. Su Huaiqi ate while taking care of Yu Zechuan, occasionally eavesdropping on their gossip.
When everyone had almost finished eating, Xi Ming suddenly said, "Everyone, I have something I'd like to tell you."
Xi Ming put down his chopsticks, glanced at Xi Zhenzhen, and said with a slightly serious tone, "As you all know, the reason Zhenzhen was arrested is because Yun Hailong thought the screen painting was in my possession and wanted me to exchange it for Zhenzhen. But what he didn't know was that the screen painting was actually on Zhenzhen, and Zhenzhen had also discovered this."
Xi Zhenzhen nodded to everyone and continued, "Actually, I've always known that Father has a secret. After Mother passed away, Father became increasingly silent, so I didn't press him for details. I have a small sachet that I always carry with me, which Mother embroidered for me. After the wedding, I suddenly noticed that the sachet was bulging out. When I opened it, I found that it contained half a screen painting."
At first, she never imagined that this thing was related to the Seven Star Stone. But since her father gave it to her, she would keep it safe.
Until one day, by chance, she accidentally spilled water on the cloth. When she picked it up to check for any marks after it dried that night, she discovered that three characters—Qingri Peak—appeared on the screen after being illuminated by the moonlight.
At first, she thought she was seeing things, but after rubbing her eyes, the three words were still on the screen. Then she realized that the seemingly useless piece of cloth her father had given her might actually be of great use.
This was too unbelievable for Xi Zhenzhen, so when Yun Zhiye returned the next day, Xi Zhenzhen immediately pulled Yun Zhiye aside to show him the screen painting that night without saying a word. However, she found that the screen painting did not change at all after being illuminated by the moonlight, let alone the newly appeared characters.
Could it be that she was just seeing things yesterday?
Xi Zhenzhen was somewhat unsure, but the name Qingri Peak was deeply imprinted in her mind. Furthermore, Qingri Peak wasn't far from Weiyu Tower, so she often dragged Yun Zhiye to stroll around Qingri Peak. Until this time, when they encountered the man in black on Qingri Peak.
After hearing Xi Zhenzhen's explanation, Su Huaiqi suddenly realized, "No wonder you were on Qingri Peak when those men in black were capturing you."
"The location shown on the screen map must be related to the sealed location of one of the Seven Star Stones. In that case, there must be a Seven Star Stone sealed somewhere on Qingri Peak," Xie Zhi said in a deep voice.
Chen Kangnian looked at Xi Zhenzhen and asked seriously, "Zhenzhen, did you discover anything special on Qingri Peak before?"
Xi Zhenzhen shook her head somewhat ashamed: "Although I have been wandering around Qingri Peak for some time, I have not gained anything."
Bai Heming, recalling that the great formation on Qixia Mountain was located deep in a secluded valley, couldn't help but ask, "Since it's not on the ground, could it be underground?"
Upon hearing this, Yun Zhiye seemed to have some ideas. "After I fell off the cliff, I was swept away by the stream. If we search along the stream, we might find something."
"We should not delay and should send people to search as soon as possible. However..." Bai Heming paused for a moment, then looked at Xuan Zhang and the other seniors.
"It might require the help of several senior members to search."
"With so many of you, why would you need to trouble us old guys?" Mu Qing almost laughed at Bai Heming's request. He raised an eyebrow and looked directly at Bai Heming.
Bai Heming was not afraid of Mu Qing's gaze. He cupped his hands and explained to Mu Qing, "Brother Yun and Miss Zhenzhen are not in a position to show themselves at the moment. The young master and Miss Su also have other identities, so it is not convenient for them to investigate together. If it is just Hengzhi and me investigating, it will probably take a lot of time."
Mu Qing nodded, "That analysis makes some sense, so we should go directly to Lao Xie for help. Isn't he the alliance leader? He must have people under him."
Hearing Mu Qing's reply, Bai Heming continued in a humble yet assertive manner: "It is precisely because Alliance Leader Xie is the leader of the Five Mountains Alliance that it is inconvenient for him to help. The Five Mountains Alliance is located in Yunzhou. If a disciple of the Five Mountains Alliance suddenly appeared in Huzhou, it would arouse even more suspicion."
"Since you have nothing to do anyway, why don't you join Fei Ran and the others? Don't you love joining in the fun?" Xie Zhi said directly when he saw that Mu Qing was still trying to refuse.
Upon hearing this, Mu Qing glared at Xie Zhi and said, "What, you think I don't want to join in the fun this time?"
Seeing Mu Qing's actions, Chen Kangnian said, "Alright, Qing, just consider it a favor to Lao Xie and me. We don't have enough manpower this time, so we can only trouble you."
Mu Qing: "Of course I'm happy to help you, but Lao Xie, I'm not helping you for nothing."
Xie Zhi sighed helplessly and promised, "I know, I know. You just want to repair Fei Ran's herb garden. Once this is over, I'll find someone to repair Fei Ran's herb garden for you when we get back. Is that alright?"
Mu Qing nodded in satisfaction. "Okay, remember to draw up a written agreement for me. I'll set off with them whenever I see the agreement."
"Let's make it official now!" Xie Zhi ripped a token from his waist and tossed it to Mu Qing. "I wonder if this document suits your taste?"
"It's so-so." Mu Qing seemed indifferent on the surface, but after taking the token, he neatly stuffed it into his pocket, his movements so fast that people almost couldn't see it.
Su Huaiqi almost burst out laughing at the conversation and actions of the seniors in front of him. Who would have thought that a group of exceptionally capable seniors would be dragging each other along for a mission? Who would have thought that the dignified Alliance Leader Xie of the Five Mountains Alliance would be forced to sign and affix his seal on the spot?
Amitabha Buddha, it's not easy to hold back laughter.
After the tasks were assigned, everyone left the room one after another. Su Huaiqi followed Yu Zechuan and said with some regret, "If only we could go with Brother Bai and the others to search Qingri Peak."
"What? You're also interested in the sealed Seven Star Stones?" Yu Zechuan turned his head and looked at the person next to him.
"That's a Seven Star Stone! How could anyone not be interested in it!" Su Huaiqi immediately looked at Yu Zechuan with the eyes of someone looking at an "idiot," wondering if he had really lost too much blood and was not thinking clearly.
However, Su Huaiqi also had her own selfish motives. A few days ago at Weiyu Tower, the jade pendant on her body inexplicably lit up again.
Although the jade pendant glowed for a very short time, it made Su Huaiqi quickly realize that it might be that a certain Seven Star Stone had been unsealed.
Therefore, in order to verify whether the jade pendant would glow when the Seven Star Stone was unsealed, and the relationship between the jade pendant and the Seven Star Stone.
Su Huaiqi secretly decided that once the great formation of the "Seven Star Stones" hidden on Qingri Peak was found and unsealed, she would personally be there to check it.