Tomb Raider: The Fox's Ways to Seducing the Kirin

The way back was still safe. If Er Yuehong and the others had to comment on the way Cheng Ji took them, it would be -

It doesn't look like a path that humans can walk on.

They pushed down walls, dug dog holes, and occasionally took baths in the river of corpse water.

Throughout the journey, Zhang Qishen, Er Yuehong and the others still retained some of the composure of descendants of famous families, and even though they looked a little disheveled, they did not show it.

But the same was not true for Chenpi who was following behind the others.

Chenpi's cold aura, coupled with his face as black as the bottom of a pot, really does look like Yama.

"I say, little brat, can't you lead the way in a good way?" Chenpi said with a gloomy face.

Cheng Ji turned around and blinked innocently: "I didn't want to do that either, but I had no choice."

"The dog hole in front of us is only about ten meters away from Jude Kao. There is no other way to go around it."

"Besides, if we don't take the river route, we will run into Huo Sanniang and the others. Let's go swimming just to be on the safe side."

"Why do we have to push down the stone wall when there is a road to go? Are there any people there?" Chen Pi felt like the veins in his head were about to burst from anger.

Cheng Ji smiled obediently: "No, I'm just too lazy to go the long way."

"..."

"Pfft." Er Yuehong rarely saw Chen Pi being humiliated, and he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Hearing Er Yuehong's laughter, Cheng Ji felt that Fourth Master Chen's face became even darker.

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I saw some light ahead and finally came out.

Cheng Ji and his companions entered the mine in the afternoon. Although Cheng Ji had been leading them to take a shortcut, the area of ​​the mine was large after all, and it was already noon the next day when they walked out of the mine.

Walking on the grass outside the mine, the few people felt at ease and their steps became lighter.

Er Yuehong and his companions were so busy avoiding Lu Jianxun, Qiu Dekao and the others who were stationed outside the mine that they naturally did not notice Cheng Ji who had quietly fallen behind the team.

Cheng Ji snapped his fingers lightly behind his back, and a ghost appeared.

"Go, don't let Lu Jianxun come out alive."

The ghost took the order, turned back to the mine, and hid in the darkness.

In the lobby of Zhang's residence——

Er Yuehong and the others changed their clothes and sat on the sofa. Chen Pi also sat aside with a sullen face.

Cheng Ji borrowed Zhang Qishan's guest room, took a shower, changed clothes and walked out.

Seeing the scene, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Oh, you are all waiting for me here? How can I deserve to let you wait?"

Er Yuehong smiled and waved to Cheng Ji: "Sit down and talk."

Cheng Ji followed his instructions and sat next to Er Yuehong.

"What's wrong with being so serious?"

"I just got the news..."

"Give me a condition. What exactly can you do to save my master's wife?" Zhang Qishan was about to speak when he was interrupted by Chen Pi.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Why don't you tell me what others promised you first, so I can take it as a reference."

Chen Pi glared at Cheng Ji, then looked at Er Yuehong with a little uneasiness.

Unexpectedly, Er Yuehong didn't want to care about him at all. She lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Chenpi didn't know how to say what came to his lips.

I tried to speak several times, but couldn't put any words into words.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that he was provoked by Lu Jianxun and Qiu Dekao to lose his mind and insult and attack his master.

Cheng Ji pulled Er Yuehong, who was clenching his fists, and broke the silence: "If you can't tell me, then I'll tell you."

"The Japanese spy Tanaka Yoshiko found you and told you that she knew someone who could save your master's wife, provided that you could get your master to surrender to Japan. The person she said could save your master's wife was called Jude Kao, right?"

"You begged the Second Master a few days ago, but he refused. Then Lu Jianxun found you and gave you another idea. According to the rules of the Nine Sects, if you can kill the head of one sect, you can take his place. As long as you take the position of the head of the Nine Sects, Lu Jianxun will find a way to let Qiu Dekao save your master's wife."

Chenpi turned his face away and said nothing.

"How could Lu Jianxun, who had just arrived in Changsha, know this rule of the Nine Gates? Of course, it was Huo Sanniang, the head of the Huo family, who told him. You also successfully met with the two of them and promised Lu Jianxun and Qiu Dekao to take them into the mines."

Cheng Ji talked for a long time, but he was not in a hurry to get Chen Pi's response. Instead, he brought up another topic: "Then aren't you curious? Your master's wife has been staying at home since she fell ill. How can these people be so sure that they can save her life just by your few words from thousands of miles away?"

"I..." Chen Pi was speechless for a moment after hearing Cheng Ji's words.

Cheng Ji smiled and answered for him: "Because you think if they dare to lie to you, you will kill them. They dare not tell lies."

"Where does this confidence come from? Were you so confident back then that you bought that hairpin from the black market and gave it to your master's wife without even looking at it?"

Chen Pi raised his head sharply: "What do you mean? How did you know about this? Did my master tell you?"

Cheng Ji shook his head: "When the Second Master knocked the hairpin you gave him to the ground, you thought that the Second Master was making a fuss and that he was mistreating you and not really caring about you, right?"

Chen Pi was a little anxious after hearing Cheng Ji's question. He stood up, took out his nine-claw hook, pointed at Cheng Ji and shouted, "You are wasting time here talking about this old matter. You are delaying my master's wife's life!"

Cheng Ji sat in his seat without moving, and said calmly: "Then do you know what disease your master's wife has?"

"The most sinister poison. The hairpin you gave to your master's wife was salvaged from a shipwreck, and the entire batch of goods was poisoned. This poison is so sinister that it can lead to death. Do you still think that your master was making a fuss at that time? Are you still confident that you will never capsize in the gutter?"

Cheng Ji's words echoed in Chen Pi's ears, and every word hit Chen Pi's heart, deafening.

In just a few words, Chenpi knelt down exhausted, his face full of regret and fear.

"No, it's impossible, it won't happen..."

Cheng Ji ignored Chen Pi's panic and instead shook the hand of the person next to him in a soothing manner.

The people in the book are just paper figures after all, but Er Yuehong appeared alive in front of Cheng Ji and spent half a month with him day and night.

For him, Er Yuehong was no longer the person in the book whom he admired and looked up to.

Er Yuehong was sincere to him and treated him like a younger brother, and he did the same.

Now that he has promised Cheng's father to leave Changsha after this, he must resolve these matters before leaving, otherwise he will be worried.

The most important thing is to resolve the grudge between the master and the disciple. Even if Chenpi cannot return to his master's sect, they cannot become enemies.

However, the current situation in Changsha really gives him a headache.