Chapter 394 A Crazy Old Madman
In the dungeon deep in the mountain, Hui Sanniang didn't expect Sang Zhixia to actually come back alive. She screamed in fear and fell to the ground: "You...you're alive?!"
Sang Zhixia hadn't expected that being alive would be such a terrifying thing. Her face twitched as she said, "Thanks to you, I'm not planning on dying just yet."
"How are Meng Pei and the others?"
Hui Sanniang staggered to her feet. Before she could say anything, someone who had woken up spoke up, "Boss!"
"Hey, you awake?"
Sang Zhixia breathed a sigh of relief as she watched the secret guards running towards her. She raised her eyebrows and asked, "Are you still confused?"
"The antidote seems to be working well?"
The secret guard's face was filled with shame, and he lowered his head and knelt on one knee: "Cheng Qi is incompetent and failed to protect the master. Instead, I have caused you trouble."
Wei died for his master.
The lord humiliated Wei and killed him.
The Xu family's rules have not changed for many years, but today they can finally have a new beginning on Huwei Mountain.
Sang Zhixia waved her hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Hurry up and get up. Now is not the time to listen to you."
"Meng Pei?"
Meng Pei, who was as quiet as a stone sculpture in the corner, looked up when he heard the sound. His eyes slid across the bag around Sang Zhixia's waist, and his eyes flashed slightly.
"Did you go to the pharmacy?"
Sang Zhixia tutted her tongue after hearing this and said subtly, "Second Village Master has a good eye."
Even a cloth bag that was casually taken out of the pharmacy could be recognized at a glance. It seems that although Meng Pei was a traitor to Huwei Mountain, he knew a lot about the mountain?
The people who fainted woke up, which was equivalent to having two more helpers.
Sang Zhixia didn't mean to be polite and said straight to the point, "Do you know a shortcut down the mountain?"
"Also, since you've been friends with Hu Wei for so many years, you should know him well, right?"
"Where does he like to hide his shady stuff?"
A night passed, and Xu Yu ran around everywhere, not knowing whether he had found the right place.
If Meng Pei was willing to lead the way, it might not be so difficult to find.
Meng Pei didn't answer Sang Zhixia's question. Instead, he asked, "How did you get out of the medicine hall alive?"
"Ah?"
"you……"
"You killed Mr. Qi?!"
Sang Zhixia had a strange look on her face, and she said incoherently, "What misunderstanding did you have that made you think I could kill Old Master Qi?"
"Instead of worrying about Mr. Qi, why don't you worry about the other people on the mountain?"
Coming out of the pharmacy with Old Qi, Sang Zhixia essentially followed Old Qi around the mountain.
The old man is really cruel. He will kill anyone who stands in his way and will destroy any ghost that stands in his way. He is very ruthless and merciless.
Not to mention she is such a ruthless person.
Even if Xu Yu came, he would be pinned to the ground and beaten, okay?
Upon learning that Mr. Qi was fine, Meng Pei's expression looked noticeably better.
Sang Zhixia asked with a half-smile, "Why, are you friends with Mr. Qi?"
"It's none of your business."
Meng Pei's face was filled with stiff resistance. He stood up in his dripping wet clothes and said stiffly, "I know a way down the mountain that avoids the village. Let's go now."
From the day he rebelled against Huwei Mountain, Meng Pei never thought of returning to his hometown.
Now he just wanted to escape as quickly as possible and find Shen Anzhu. Nothing else mattered.
Sang Zhixia guessed what he was anxious about at a glance, coughed and explained: "Chen Anzhu is fine."
Meng Pei's back visibly stiffened.
Sang Zhixia laughed with a sense of relief that she didn't even realize: "When the flash flood broke out, they hadn't reached Guanyedao yet. They were lucky enough to avoid it."
"By the time we get out of here safely, they might have already reached Ancheng."
The tension that had been on Meng Pei's mind for days suddenly relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief, and his eyes reddened uncontrollably.
"You're not lying to me?"
Sang Zhixia held her forehead with her hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "We've been friends since we entered the bandit's lair together, why would I bother to trick you?"
"Chen Anzhu is indeed fine, but if we delay any further, we might be in trouble."
Old Qi did what he said and sent Sang Zhixia safely to the water dungeon. He turned around and left without saying a word.
Sang Zhixia kept thinking back to what Elder Qi had emphasized, and the rising uneasiness in her heart caused her brows to frown silently. "Leave the medicine hall, walk west for three hundred steps from the back mountain near the water bridge. Is there a medicine garden?"
Noticing the obvious stiffness in Meng Pei's eyes, Sang Zhixia's tone darkened: "What's hidden in the cellar under the medicine garden?"
Meng Pei gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Sang Zhixia sneered, "You don't have to say it."
"But Meng Pei, don't forget that you and I are now in the same boat."
Once the boat capsizes, no one can escape.
Sang Zhixia suppressed her impatience and pursed her lips. Just as the words were about to come out of her mouth, there was a terrible vibration under her feet. Amidst the huge rumbling sound that shook the earth, Cheng Qi's face suddenly changed and he jumped towards Sang Zhixia!
"Boss, be careful!"
Sang Zhixia was caught off guard and rolled on the ground for a few times. When she looked up again, she was blocked by Cheng Qi in a blind spot under the wall.
The ground is still shaking.
There was a constant ringing in my ears amidst the loud rumbling sounds, and the accumulated water in the dungeon flew up.
Hui Sanniang's eyes widened in disbelief: "The earth is shaking?!"
"No……"
Sang Zhixia took a deep breath and said in a hoarse voice: "This is not an earthquake."
"Listen..."
Bang!
Bang bang bang!
The continuous rumbling sounds of the explosions were like fireworks that had been magnified countless times. As the rocks rolled and trembled on the ground, the air was filled with a gradually stronger smell of gunpowder.
Sang Zhixia's eyes trembled as she realized something, and she suddenly looked up at Meng Pei: "Is gunpowder hidden under the medicine garden?!"
"How much gunpowder is buried on Huwei Mountain?!"
Meng Pei's face turned pale, and he blinked blankly as if he had lost his soul: "I..."
Rumble!
“Run!”
Sang Zhixia quickly stood up and kicked Hui Sanniang, who was lying limp on the ground, and yelled, "Run, run, run!"
"This cave might collapse at any moment! Run!"
"Cheng Qi, go find Xu Yu! He..."
"Zhizhi!"
Sang Zhixia suddenly turned around, and the moment she saw Xu Yu running towards her, her legs went limp: "You..."
Xu Yu stretched out his long arms, wrapped Sang Zhixia in his arms, and ran away without looking back, "What bad luck! I ran into an old lunatic!"
"Let's get out of here first!"
The whistling sound of the wind passed by his ears. Sang Zhixia suppressed his fear and looked into the distance. A shocking roar of dust rose into the sky, and a mountaintop was blown down!
The terrifying earthquake finally stopped. Xu Yu's head was covered in cold sweat, and his voice was trembling with fear: "Zhizhi, are you okay?"
"Just now……"
"I'm fine."
Sang Zhixia bared her teeth and pried open Xu Yu's hand, which had nearly broken her bones. She gasped and smacked her lips, "Who did you say you met just now?"
Xu Yu's expression was blank, and his eyes and eyebrows were filled with gloomy violence: "A crazy old lunatic with a ruthless heart."
“It’s really crazy!”
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