Feeling the cold muzzle of the gun pressed against his heart, Gu Xicheng's eyes trembled slightly.
He wasn't one to listen to explanations, but he still asked Wang Yanjun why.
"Brother..."
Before Gu Xicheng could finish speaking, he felt the gun barrel tighten a bit.
"Gu Xicheng, I did all this for the sake of peace in the world."
"The King of Wrath breaking the seal is an inevitable trend; no one can stop it, not even you and Lu Qing!"
Wang Yanjun took a deep breath:
"When the Li Clan conquers the human world, humanity will be controlled by the Li Qi, and the Li King will be the ruler of the human world."
Submitting to him is only a matter of time, so why don't I just accept my fate sooner?
That way, at least I can maintain my sanity and won't become a heartless, parasitic entity of the Fiend race.
Gu Xicheng narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a cold voice:
"How can you be so sure that the King of Li will succeed? Did you kidnap Jian Yunxing to help the King of Li break the seal?"
Wang Yanjun sneered: "Gu Xicheng, don't try to trick me!"
As they were talking, Li Hui and Lu Qing arrived.
Seeing Wang Yanjun pointing a gun at Gu Xicheng, Li Hui was immediately enraged:
"Wang Yanjun, put down your gun!"
Wang Yanjun immediately grabbed Gu Xicheng by the neck with his arm and pressed a gun against his head with one hand, forcing him to back away.
"Let me go, or I'll kill him!"
"Wang Yanjun, I've treated you well, why did you betray me?" Li Hui questioned angrily.
Wang Yanjun: "For no particular reason, it's just that those who understand the times are the heroes!"
Compared to Li Hui's anger, Lu Qing was much calmer.
Gu Xicheng possesses divine bones, and his current strength is such that even ten Wang Yanjuns would not be his match. How could he be easily controlled by him?
Besides, even if that gun fired a bullet, it wouldn't be able to hurt Gu Xicheng.
She was aware of this, and Gu Xicheng was naturally aware of it as well.
The older brother, who knew their situation very well, was even more aware.
Therefore, the only possible reason for this situation is...
Lu Qing's sudden realization happened in just a few seconds.
After figuring it out, she immediately stepped forward and grabbed Li Hui:
"Uncle Li, let him go! Saving Gu Xicheng is the priority!"
Li Hui had no choice but to agree.
Wang Yanjun took Gu Xicheng hostage to the parking lot, got into the car, pushed Gu Xicheng out, and then drove away.
Just as Li Hui was about to send someone to chase after them, Gu Xicheng stopped him.
"Director Li, there's no need to chase, you can't catch up."
Wang Yanjun's ability to serve as the captain of the Investigation Bureau for so many years is no small feat. If the people under him could catch up, he wouldn't be the captain anymore.
After Li Hui understood, he could only sigh heavily.
"Issue an arrest warrant and issue a citywide manhunt for Wang Yanjun!"
"Xiao Gu, are you alright?" Li Hui asked.
Gu Xicheng avoided Li Hui's concerned gaze and touched his nose somewhat guiltily:
"I'm fine."
"You're so capable, how could you have been kidnapped by Wang Yanjun!" Li Hui sighed.
Gu Xicheng: "Director Li, it was my carelessness."
“I’ve known my brother for so long, I consider him a brother in my heart, I never thought he would do this to me.”
Li Hui: "You're still too young!"
"Never mind! At least we know who this spy is, so it wasn't a complete waste of time."
"I'm so sorry, Uncle Li!" Lu Qing apologized.
Li Hui waved his hand: "It's alright, you guys go back first. I need to explain Wang Yanjun's situation to my superiors and see how to handle it."
After Li Hui left, Gu Xicheng and Lu Qing got into the car and went home.
On the way, Gu Xicheng would occasionally glance at Lu Qing out of the corner of his eye, but Lu Qing remained silent throughout.
Once they got home, Gu Xicheng finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked:
"Qingqing, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"
Lu Qing raised her delicate eyebrows and asked with a smile:
"What are you asking? Are you asking why Wang Yanjun is a spy? Or are you asking why you were taken hostage by him when you could have killed him with one punch?"
"Or, to ask... what shady business are you two plotting?"
Gu Xicheng couldn't help but chuckle, wrapped his arms around Lu Qing's waist, and planted a kiss on her forehead:
"I knew I couldn't hide it from you."
"So, is brother a spy or not?" Lu Qing asked.
Gu Xicheng: "Yes and no."
"He was indeed the one who borrowed the Investigation Bureau's architectural plans, and he was also the one who arrested Jian Yunxing, but he wasn't a spy; he should be called an undercover agent."
"An undercover agent??" Lu Qing thought for a moment and then understood.
"It's the Lizard Clan!"
Gu Xicheng nodded: "Not long ago, the Li Clan approached him. Brother, you're not a good person to begin with. You have a lot of violent energy about you, so you're easily controlled."
However, what the Li Clan didn't know was that he was carrying the talisman you had given him before, and that talisman pulled him back from his resentment.
He then decided to play along, to see what the Li tribe was really up to.
Lu Qing: "You knew all this all along?"
Gu Xicheng sighed helplessly: "I just found out today."
"This is what my brother said in my ear when he was holding me hostage. If I had known he was an undercover agent, he wouldn't have been exposed today."
Lu Qing: "Did you tell me why the Li Clan captured Jian Yunxing?"
Gu Xicheng shook his head:
"He probably doesn't know either, but he said he would let us know if there was any news."
Just then, my phone rang.
Lu Qing took it out and saw that it was a private message from a friend in the game interface.
However, the content of this private message was strange; it consisted of only a string of numbers.
When Lu Qing opened the homepage, he saw that the online name was "Old Wang Next Door".
"Old Wang next door? Is that you, bro?"
Gu Xicheng picked up the phone, stared at the string of garbled numbers, pondered for a moment, and then went to his study.
He took out a book that looked very old from the bookshelf.
"One Thousand and One Nights?"
Lu Qing looked puzzled: "How do you have such an old storybook?"
Gu Xicheng didn't answer, but instead asked with a smile:
"Have I told you how my brother and I met?"
Lu Qing nodded: "I did, because of a little brat!"
"That's right! The little devil had been longing for this storybook all his life. I bought it by accident, and he's been following me ever since."
Later, my older brother found out and took it. I originally wanted to burn the book for him, but he didn't want it, so I kept it.
After that, I exchanged contact information with my brother, and we gradually became friends.
Lu Qing: "So why are you taking this book out now?"
Gu Xicheng pointed to the string of numbers on his phone and said:
"Have you ever watched spy dramas? This is a code word. This storybook must be the codebook."
Lu Qing was stunned for a moment: "This move..." is amazing!
Gu Xicheng matched the words in the book and then pieced them together to form a sentence:
“The Miao, Yu, technique, was given by the Li, clan.”
Miao Yu's cultivation technique was given to her by the Li Clan!
A look of surprise flashed across Lu Qing's and Gu Xicheng's faces.
Jian Yunxing's cultivation method differs from Miao Yu's by only one character. His method was taught by An Wu, which means that the evil arts practiced by An Wu were once from the Li Clan.
The Li Clan was sealed by the gods, and the Chuling Ancient Kingdom, to which An Wu belonged, was a loyal follower of the gods. It is not surprising that the Chuling Ancient Kingdom possessed the evil arts of the Li Clan.
Why would the Keli Clan give the cultivation technique to Miao Yu to practice?
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