Chapter 351 The moment his wife and daughter died
Gongsun Qi wasn't surprised for long before saying, "That's because he has no memories of his past."
No one would blame Dong Lanli for falling in love with Nangong Ming's daughter while suffering from amnesia.
But Murong Xiao said, "He has already met Lin Chenghai and vaguely sensed his past memories. He knows that he and Nangong Sui are enemies, but he still hasn't wavered and won't allow us to interfere."
Gongsun Qi said, "Is this also part of Nangong Ming and Chang Gen's plan?"
“It shouldn’t be.” Murong Xiao shook his head slightly. “Nangong Ming only just found out who he is. As for Chang Gen… he wouldn’t stop such a thing from happening.”
Gongsun Qi fell silent.
Murong Xiao prepared the tea and pushed it towards Gongsun Qi, his expression still relaxed and at ease, his eyes smiling, his gaze seeming to say:
Don't worry about it too much, relax.
“Lin Chenghai also knows these things, but he didn’t tell me,” Gongsun Qi suddenly said.
Murong Xiao laughed and said, "You've chosen the right person. If you hadn't come to me today, no one else would have told you."
"Wen Yang, Situ, and Baili—none of these three families will reveal a single thing to you; they will only try to get rid of you."
Gongsun Qi, furious, laughed instead: "Why?"
He already knew the answer when he asked the question.
"You are free now. This is a war between the Mechanical Clan and the Six Kingdoms," Murong Xiao said with a faint smile. "Neither of them wants you to be dragged into these troubles again."
"Without ambition and desire, there's no need for you to return to the battlefield."
Gongsun Qi lowered his head, and no one could see his expression at that moment.
“I want to go to Taiyi Academy,” he said.
“I don’t recommend you go.” Murong Xiao shook his head. “The academy is currently in the period of the Hundred Families’ Night Parade. Students cannot leave the academy during the trial period, and it is more troublesome for outsiders to enter than before.”
Gongsun Qi said calmly, "I can go if I want to."
Murong Xiao: "With Chang Gen here, you alone cannot take the person away."
Gongsun Qi then asked, "How is Ou Rushuang now?"
Murong Xiao seemed surprised by his question and paused for a moment before replying, "It has indeed been a long time since I've seen him."
Gongsun Qi suddenly laughed and said, "Isn't he already dead?"
Murong Xiao said, "I heard that he triggered the protection of the Earth's core, but now he has disappeared without a trace."
Why did you suddenly bring up Ou Rushuang?
Gongsun Qi did not answer.
Ou Rushuang must be dead. Even the Taiyi Saint, protected by the power of the Earth's core, was no match for the strange fire.
Even if the Saint Changgen were to face the Strange Fire, he would surely die.
Therefore, Gongsun Qi was not afraid at all.
Gongsun Qi said, "Either you have someone take me in, or I will break in myself. You choose."
Murong Xiao looked at him helplessly: "You're taking him away?"
Gongsun Qi said, "I want to take him with me."
That child should have left with me long ago.
Murong Xiao tapped the armrest of his wheelchair with his finger, producing a rhythmic, crisp sound. He appeared only helpless, showing no sign of anger, and spoke calmly and unhurriedly:
"The outside world still forbids the appearance of mechanical sorcerers. Once their identities are exposed, they will be captured and executed. Mechanical sorcerers can only live in Taiyi."
"But they maintain a business partnership with us every year, purchasing countless rare and precious items and mechanical materials."
"Over the centuries, just as they infiltrated the Yan Kingdom, mechanical sorcerers have become ubiquitous on this continent."
“If the hidden forces of those mechanical experts had been exposed back then, the Yan Kingdom wouldn’t be in this state, and your sister wouldn’t have died. But she said it wasn’t the right time and refused.”
Gongsun Qi remained silent regarding the topic of Gongsun Xi's death.
“You seem to be in a state of recklessness right now, life and death don’t matter to you, but Mei Liangyu has a mission and responsibility that he must complete.” Murong Xiao took out a golden jade tablet from the mechanism box and placed it on the table: “This is the Spirit Ghost Tablet. The barrier it releases can temporarily trap Chang Gen.”
Gongsun Qi picked up the jade tablet on the table and examined it closely.
Murong Xiao said in a casual tone, "I have to apologize to the two of them in advance. In order to prevent you from taking Mei Liangyu away and causing trouble, I have to tell you that Zhao Yuxiang is not dead yet."
Gongsun Qi paused in his action of holding the jade token, then looked up at Murong Xiao.
"Back then, the Zhao family was unwilling to lose Zhao Yuxiang, a great help, so they sought help from the He family to save him. Later, Zhao Yuxiang went into hiding and became the sixth prince's teacher."
"He is now hiding in the capital of Qingyang, seeking revenge for the Sixth Prince."
"In my opinion, Zhao Yuxiang and the He family still have connections. Perhaps the He family saved him more than once."
Murong Xiao smiled and said to Gongsun Qi, "Do you want to die in front of Zhao Yu Township?"
Gongsun Qi's fingers caressed the uneven surface of the jade pendant, and the five elements of energy faintly burst forth from his fingertips, turning into sparks. The little girl's miserable cries rang in his ears again, sharply stimulating every nerve in his brain.
Zhao Yuxiang's disgusting face also flashed through Gongsun Qi's mind. His majestic eyes were filled with scrutiny, suspicion, and murderous intent, but in the end, they were just incredulous.
That person never believed him from the beginning.
No matter how he tried to prove his loyalty to the Yan state, his gradual compromises and concessions only deepened the suspicions of others.
"He's still alive." Gongsun Qi couldn't help but laugh. "That's good. He deserved to die by my hand."
The man's usually calm and indifferent face suddenly became vivid, yet somewhat eerie; even when he was smiling, it was incredibly unsettling.
Murong Xiao watched as Gongsun Qi sat down at the stone table, constantly whispering and laughing to the sleeping Alan. In his sharp and steady eyes, only a terrifying madness remained.
"He's not dead. Zhao Yuxiang is still alive and well. He still wants to avenge the Zhao family. Hahaha!"
"Everyone else died, but Zhao Yuxiang survived to the end."
"Ah Lan, how do you want him to die? Tell your father, and he will die a hundred times more painfully than you."
"Of course, everyone he cares about will die, not one will be spared."
“Ah Xu, I’ve tried so hard to live on, but all these years I’ve been thinking about the best way to find you so that you won’t be angry with me.”
At this point, Gongsun Qi suddenly looked up at Murong Xiao, a look that was both intriguing and mysterious, making Murong Xiao's heart skip a beat. He suppressed his fear and remained silent.
“Now I know,” Gongsun Qi whispered close to the girl’s ear, “they all deserve to be…”
The murmured whispers faded away between their lips.
The flame deep within the man's soul leaped and swayed wildly. Beneath the skin and flesh of this body, all the bones had turned charred black and were burning constantly.
Murong Xiao silently watched the man who was smiling and whispering to the little girl.
Gongsun Qi went mad the moment his wife and daughter died.
Gongsun Qi whispered for a long time, then carried the girl away.
After he left, three people slowly emerged from behind the green plum grove and came to stand behind Murong Xiao.
The heads of the other three families are all here.
Grandmother Situ stared expressionlessly in the direction Gongsun Qi had left. Standing beside her, Chief Wen Yang seemed to have arrived in a hurry, his outer garment still unbuttoned, revealing his chest with ambiguous scratch marks. He was now fastening his clothes while shaking his head and sighing, "How come he's getting crazier and crazier? With this mental state, you still provoke him."
Murong Xiao didn't reply, but instead asked the Baili family head, who was dressed in black and whose face was obscured by a cloak, "Are you sure he won't go straight to Qingyang?"
“Have someone take him to the academy,” Baili Hui said.
They had already discovered Gongsun Qi when he set foot on the mechanical island.
Situ's grandmother said, "He is mentally unstable and his emotions are out of control; who knows what he might do."
Baili Hui opened his palm, revealing a small Taoist golden paper figure in his palm, and said, "He has remembered. Even if he loses control, Ali can stabilize him."
"Finally, the day has come!" The leader of Wenyang slapped Baili Hui hard. "Can the Dan Kingdom move now? Right now, the entire Dan Kingdom is immersed in the fear of the strange fire. The Dan King's mental state is no different from that of the old beggar. He's gone mad and suspects every day that the people around him are the destroyers who want to burn him to death and seize the throne."
Situ's grandmother said, "You'd better take over Dan Kingdom within a month and kill all those who should be killed while the imperial power is still in use."
The leader of Wenyang raised an eyebrow. He had a roguish look, but his eyes were calm: "You sold the Fire-Absorbing Ice Stone to Nangong Ming?"
Situ's grandmother said, "That's part of the plan too."
The head of the Wenyang gang said, "Isn't it too early? What if he finds out?"
Murong Xiao laughed and said, "You have to believe in Nangong Ming's arrogance. He is just like everyone else, believing that restricting the mechanical masters only requires a few words from the king."
Situ's grandmother also said, "Given what happened to Dan Kingdom, he has to make two preparations to prevent the strange fire from causing trouble, so he needs the Fire Absorbing Ice Stone."
“On the surface, the six kingdoms seem to be fine, but in private they have already begun to pay attention to the strange fire, and the envoys from the six kingdoms are coming to the Water Boat more and more frequently,” Baili Hui said. “You can tell Nangong Ming about the news that the Duan family of Qingyang sent someone to the Water Boat alone, but don’t tell the Duan family about the existence of the Fire Absorbing Ice Stone.”
Situ's grandmother nodded.
Murong Xiao picked up his teacup and said, "Nanjing should be in chaos soon."
Baili Hui said, "Tomorrow night, the fragments of the Pagoda in Nanjing will disappear when the two princes force the emperor to abdicate."
In the valley of famous masters.
Mei Liangyu sat by the stream washing his wounds. Yu Sui watched as the stream water turned from clear to blood red. He looked up at the body in front of him and saw some teeth marks and scratches. He couldn't help but blink and reach out to touch them.
"Did I bite him?" Yu Sui asked somewhat embarrassedly, her memories of being on the verge of death fragmented and unclear.
Mei Liangyu remembered what she said and couldn't help but laugh: "You were like a little dog back then, fierce and crazy."
Yu Sui opened his mouth, but couldn't refute what he had done. In the end, he could only say resentfully, "Senior brother, you actually called me a dog."
After saying that, he rolled his eyes and added, "Then you're like a dog bone, and I'm going to gnaw on it anyway."
Mei Liangyu was amused by her antics. He grabbed Yu Sui's wrist and pulled her towards the stream. Just as they were about to fall in, Yu Sui quickly braced herself on his shoulder. The man pulled her down, making her sit on his lap. Their eyes met, and Mei Liangyu leaned in and touched her forehead.
At this moment, no matter how the outside world changes, the emotions of the two are simple and pure.
The contrast in their body temperatures, one hot and one cold, brought them closer together, and the resulting skin-to-skin contact gradually created an ambiguous and passionate atmosphere. The perfect balance of atmosphere and emotion allowed them to naturally move closer to each other in response.
Yu Sui had just lowered her head to kiss Mei Liangyu when she noticed someone had arrived. She guessed who it was, immediately released her arms from the man's neck, quickly got up from Mei Liangyu's lap, and casually tossed her clothes to Mei Liangyu, saying, "Senior brother, quickly put your clothes on."
Mei Liangyu: "..."
Yu Sui innocently met the other person's unfriendly gaze and said, "Dean Wu is here."
As soon as she finished speaking, they both heard Wu Huaiwei's voice: "Nangong Sui".
“You…” Yu Sui turned around and saw Wu Huaiwei landing from the void using the Wind Control Technique. Wu Huaiwei was about to curse when she noticed that there was another person behind Yu Sui.
After recognizing Mei Liangyu, Wu Huaiwei was speechless.
"What are you two doing here?"
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