Chapter 396: Go on, I am willing to listen to this
On the iron chain hanging down the cliff, several people were strung together like grasshoppers, sliding down precariously in the howling mountain wind.
As the chains swung, Daji screamed out of control: "Ahhhh!"
"I'm dying! I'm sure I'm..."
Bang!
The familiar loud bang exploded overhead again. Sang Zhixia listened to Daji's distorted howl and spat out the mud in her mouth. Her eyes were filled with the regret of surviving a disaster. "The third time."
In less than an hour, this was the third loud noise heard from Huwei Mountain.
Sang Zhixia slid down the cliff face a long way after she finished speaking. She heard Meng Pei's labored voice: "There are nine places on the mountain where gunpowder is buried. Light one and blow it up. After they're all lit, the mountaintop will probably be flattened."
"I still can't figure it out."
Xu Yu stepped on the back of Daji's head, and as Daji howled uncontrollably, he kicked him head-on into the chains, which were difficult to remove. "It's fine if you're the king of the mountain, but why are you burying so much gunpowder under the bed?"
Are all the bandits nowadays so ruthless in nature?
Would you rather be blown up into the sky along with the officers and soldiers who were suppressing the bandits than be captured alive?
Meng Pei couldn't bear to watch as he chained up the screaming Daji, saying in a complicated tone, "I don't know."
"Perhaps only Elder Qi knows the whole story."
"Mr. Qi?"
Sang Zhixia asked curiously, "Isn't Hu Wei the king of Huwei Mountain?"
"Mr. Qi is just his poor father-in-law who was let down. How could he know all this?"
"Because before he became Mr. Qi's son-in-law, Huwei Mountain didn't belong to Hu Wei."
Perhaps it was the loneliness of hanging on the cliff in unison, descending with the wind, or perhaps it was because he was less vigilant when his life was at stake, but Meng Pei was unusually talkative, saying to himself, "Huwei Mountain wasn't originally called that. It was changed after Hu Wei usurped the throne."
"If there is anyone in this world who knows Huwei Mountain so well, it's none other than Elder Qi."
Meng Pei had just said it casually, but the people who were hanging around at the same time became interested.
There was no sound, so Xu Yu lazily urged: "Why don't you say anything?"
Sang Zhixia sighed and nodded: "We haven't seen the bottom yet, so it won't hurt to say more."
The leader has already started talking, what's the point of stopping talking halfway?
Meng Pei was annoyed by their attitude of watching the fun and not minding the big things: "These are just some old stories based on hearsay, and you must hear the details?!"
Sang Zhixia looked at the bottom of the cliff still covered by clouds and mist and took a deep breath.
"I can't help it. I'm just interested in this kind of mysterious thing."
"You can say more, I love hearing this kind of thing."
Meng Pei was so angry that he was speechless. Hui Sanniang, who had already been frightened out of her wits, attacked decisively: "I know!"
"I'd like to say that!"
Sang Zhixia looked at Hui Sanniang's trembling outstretched foot above her. Driven by curiosity, she symbolically pulled it once and said perfunctorily, "Okay, tell me."
Hui Sanniang was shaking like a leaf in the wind, and when she opened her mouth her upper teeth clicked against her lower teeth, making a clattering sound.
But even in such a thrilling verbal battle, she actually managed to piece together a rough outline.
Xu Yu seemed to be lost in thought. "You mean, this place was originally called Qianlongyuan? And there's a mysterious villa hidden in the mountains?"
Hui Sanniang held back her tears and Huahua nodded vigorously.
"That's what I heard the old ladies in the village say when they were talking nonsense."
"But there are even more outrageous stories. They say that this place contains treasures that are related to the lifeblood of the world, and that it is the place where immortals ascend to heaven. It is truly extraordinary."
Xu Yu's face twitched and he didn't respond.
Hui Sanniang muttered, "Ten years ago, no one could come to this place. It was said to be legendary. Hu Wei only had the opportunity to go up the mountain because he was chosen as the son-in-law by Qi Lao's only daughter."
The originally poor boy suddenly became Mr. Qi's son-in-law, and was immediately stunned by the scenery and splendor hidden in the mountains.
In the following years, Hu Wei took advantage of Mr. Qi's indulgence and love for his only daughter to test Mr. Qi's bottom line again and again, until he finally played Mr. Qi and his daughter in the palm of his hand and completely seized Mr. Qi's hard work.
Qianlongyuan was changed to Huwei Mountain, and the mysterious villa was transformed into a bandit village where all kinds of evil were committed.
Hui Sanniang spoke seriously, then sneered at the end, "Mr. Qi's daughter is clueless. She's determined to make Hu Wei her slave."
"In the end, he was accused of having an affair, stripped and humiliated in front of many people, and finally had his hands and feet chopped off and his tongue removed by Hu Wei, and then imprisoned."
"If you ask me, this foolish thing who doesn't live up to his expectations and still tries to stick with a bastard man should just die."
If he had died quickly, Mr. Qi would not have been willing to be controlled by Hu Wei for many years in order to save the life of his only daughter.
There has been chaos on this mountain for eight years.
Sang Zhixia looked thoughtful and said subtly, "Since Mr. Qi is already under someone's control, why doesn't Hu Wei just cut the grass and eradicate it?"
He has done so many inhumane things, is he still afraid of being accused of slaughtering his wife and father-in-law?
Hui Sanniang snorted sarcastically, "He wants to kill, but how can he survive if he kills Old Qi?"
"I heard that Hu Wei has a very strange poison that attacks him every month, and each time it happens, he's worse than death. This poison was given by Elder Qi, and only Elder Qi can cure it."
"If Hu Wei doesn't take the antidote on time every month, he'll die suddenly within a day."
In other words, Hu Wei did not want to kill.
He didn't dare to kill.
Mr. Qi's daughter had a hard time surviving under Hu Wei's control, and the backup plan left by Mr. Qi also forced Hu Wei to retreat a little.
Mr. Qi and Hu Wei have been restraining each other and have barely maintained a balance in the past few years.
But now this balance has been completely broken.
Sang Zhixia's mind flashed back to the sadness that Old Qi had felt when he mentioned his daughter, and her throat felt a little blocked. "What's with the gunpowder on the mountain?"
Hui Sanniang, who had temporarily forgotten her fear because she had talked too much, suddenly fell silent.
Sang Zhixia looked gloomy: "Hmm?"
Hui Sanniang took a deep breath and said in a flattering manner, "I really don't know. No one in the village dares to say anything."
"What I just said was what I heard from drunk people while entertaining guests in the village. I really don't know most of it."
As they were talking, the seventh company at the bottom blew the whistle three times, and the chains at the bottom were noticeably lighter.
The few people still hanging on the chains lowered their heads, and soon Cheng Qi's voice was heard from below: "You can get off!"
It was really uncomfortable to be dangling on the chains. When Meng Pei saw the bottom, he let go and jumped down as if he didn't care about his life.
Daji, timid, tried to catch him but failed. He held the chains tightly with his hands and feet like a monkey, wailing miserably, "Brother Meng!"
"Brother Meng, are you going to ignore me now?!"
"Brother Meng, I...Ah!"
Xu Yu kicked out without any warning, directly kicking the pale-faced Daji away.
Hui Sanniang was horrified when she heard the muffled thud of someone landing on the ground: "I... I actually..."
"Don't kick!"
"I can dance by myself!"
After Hui Sanniang finished speaking, she closed her eyes, and leaped down with her teeth and claws bared. Hearing the continuous groans from the ground, Xu Yu's brows relaxed: "Finally, it's quiet."
He really endured it for a long time.
Sang Zhixia tried hard to hold back her laughter. Just as she was trying to find an angle to go down without hitting anyone, Xu Yu kicked the cliff with his toes and put his arm around her waist with the hand that was not holding the chain.
"Zhizhi, close your eyes."
Sang Zhixia closed her eyes as she was told. Xu Yu said with a smile, "Don't open your eyes. I'll take you down."
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