Bulwark of Light

Chapter 217 Night of Lion Lane ([-])

The crying sound in the ward was intermittent, and it was hard to imagine that this was a sound that a man could make.

Sounds... silly.

The old man looked at his son calmly.

There was no disappointment in his eyes.

If there is no hope, there will be no disappointment.

"I...don't want to go to Beizhou..."

Zhao Qi raised his head, with tears in his eyes, and begged, "I want to stay in Dadu..."

Zhao Xilai didn't change his expression, but silently connected to the call.

"Hey."

On the other side was a trembling voice.

"Hello... Mr. Congressman, it's me."

It was Liu Yi's voice.

"I'm now...in my wife's house. It's just that the situation may not be what you expected."

There was an unsheathed silver knife hanging in front of Liu Yi's neck, Lu Nanjin stood holding the knife, with an indifferent expression, leaning against her back, the banyan tree leaves in the old house rustled, other than that, there was no other sound.

In the courtyard, the wife is drinking tea, Song Ci and Gu Shen are standing quietly on both sides.

Liu Yi could feel the cold glow from the silver knife in front of her neck... When she left Dadu, Lu Nanjin was just a little girl, but when she came back ten years later, she had already become a leader among the younger generation of the tribunal By.

The killing intent oozing from this knife made her scalp tingle.

"Is it?"

There were not many surprises on the other side of the call.

Zhao Xilai said softly, "It's already good that you entered Lu Nanzhi's courtyard."

Liu Yi gave a wry smile, just about to speak.

"I guess there is a knife hanging in front of your neck right now." Zhao Xilai said lightly, "It's the knife of Nan Jin's little girl."

The sound echoed in the courtyard.

Madam's tea drinking posture did not change, Song Ci and Gu Shen looked at each other.

Lu Nanjin snorted coldly, and gripped the knife even harder.

Liu Yi felt that the glow of the sword in front of his neck was getting colder, and Zhao Xilai, who was far away at the other end of the metropolis, said softly: "Last time at the ball, I didn't have time to say hello... I haven't seen you in ten years, how are you?"

"Thanks to you. These ten years... I have lived a fulfilling life." Lu Nanjin said coldly.

"This knife should be placed in front of my neck." Zhao Xilai said indifferently: "Liu Yi is just following orders, there is no need to deliberately make it difficult... It is better to let her go."

"It's the time for the handover of the councilors. At this juncture... Send extraordinary people to invade the house. What do you want to do? You really think we are fools, can't you guess?"

Song Ci took a step forward, came to the communicator, and said, "Mr. Zhao, it's not appropriate to just let it go at this time, isn't it?"

"Liu Yi didn't come to kill..."

The old man paused, and said: "I talked with Guangming City in Xizhou and the Lin family in Beizhou again. Regarding the bill... I have a new idea."

Madam said calmly: "You can't give in."

"It's the Zhao family who can't give in." Zhao Xilai said slowly: "My reputation, my promise, the thousands of people who sacrificed their lives behind me, and the building with the banner hanging high... don't allow me to make any concessions. It's just that For this negotiation, Guangming City and the Lin family are willing to give Huazhi more time."

"more time?"

"The bill can be postponed, and then postponed. This is the biggest concession I can make, and I am still willing to reach this deal with you according to the previous conditions..."

The word transaction sounds cold.

"But the premise is that you no longer express strong objections. You can declare neutrality and abstain from voting like Nagano City. The copywriting for changing your position... I have prepared it for you." Zhao Xilai covered his lips and coughed hard With a loud cry, he suppressed the sound of his coughing, and tried his best to keep his spirits up, trying to prevent the other side of the communication from hearing his slump.

Change your position?

From opposition to neutrality...

It sounds absurd, but in fact it is completely operable. When it comes to a major bill or an important vote, any congressman has the right to think more "cautiously" and make a more "safe" decision. "decision.

What's more, Madam no longer needs a position to fight for her own interests.There is no suspense in the competition for candidate members.

"I reject."

Still without the slightest hesitation, Lu Nanzhi directly refused.

"If you sent someone just to say this, I'm really disappointed." Madam said slowly: "At the end of this week, I will take over as the third member of the Metropolitan District. My attitude will not change."

"..."

There was more than silence on the phone.

There was also an old, long, helpless sigh.

"I sent Liu Yi to this mansion because...the [Apostle] from Central Continent has arrived in Dadu. The [Apostle] from the Dionysus of the Tower of Origin released an ultimatum this morning." Zhao Xilai said hoarsely: "The last three days ... If Huaqi can't make you change your attitude, he will use his own means to end all of this."

The fingers of the lady drinking tea are hanging in the air.

"Actually... based on what I know about the [Apostle], they will never really wait for three days. Once Huazhi doesn't take action, they may do it immediately. That's why I sent Liu Yi."

Zhao Xilai said in a deep voice: "The old city is an ancient area where [Sky Eyes] are scarce, and they may have come here long ago."

"Even if you have [Sky Eyes], it's useless. They can't catch the traces of [Apostles]... Those people are extrajudicial ghosts allowed by the federal government." Liu Yi stretched out two fingers, and gently touched Lu Nanjin's blade He walked up, slowly pushed it away by a small distance, and said cautiously: "Perhaps not far from this house, the [Apostle] is watching us."

These words made everyone present sweat coldly behind their backs.

"[Apostle]... what is this?"

This is the first time Song Ci has heard of the existence of this thing. Sincerely, he will help the two councilors deal with the tedious disputes in the underground supernatural world, but it does not include incidents such as the collapse of order. About black spots and related rumors, currently only in the officially established Circulation among the upper echelons of the organization.

Lu Nanjin let go of the knife.

Liu Yi heaved a sigh of relief, she quickly moved away from Lu Nanjin, leaned against the door of the house, and said, "You don't need to know what [Apostle] is, you just need to remember...this is not something we can fight against."

"Oh... is it really as powerful as you said?"

Song Ci rubbed the center of his brows, his intuition was extremely keen.

"No wonder I always feel that something is wrong, something is staring at me."

From the time the night fell, he felt that there was a shadow in his heart, which was vaguely oppressing.

The golden light shines from the banyan trees in the old house on Lion Lane.

There is still more than half of the inner core of the lantern, but the flames are starting to beat violently. It seems that something is accelerating the burning of the lantern...

This is a sealed item that obscures the perception of spiritual power.

When there is a spiritual force trying to spy and plunder into the house, this lantern will burn itself, resisting the will, and also serve as a warning.

What does it mean that the flames of the lanterns dance so violently?
Liu Yi looked a little ugly.

"Mr. Congressman..."

As a spiritual supernatural being herself, she vaguely felt the danger, but the next conversation could no longer continue, the signal of the communicator seemed to be interfered, and she was forced to hang up.

(End of this chapter)