Chapter 386 Enemies
In other words, the sound of knocking on the stone that he mistakenly thought was a cry for help was just a little fun that Zhuang Qingning was doing to kill time here.
At this time, he did not shout or scream, or panic to ask for help, but played this game so calmly.
This Zhuang Qingning was surprisingly calm and composed.
It was like this when I was almost taken away by kidnappers before, and it was also like this when I was abducted by Jiang Yu and his gang of thieves and confronted them. It was also like this now that I was trapped.
Chu Jinnian couldn't help but wonder what Zhuang Qingning had experienced to develop such a fearless character.
Just as he was distracted, Chu Jinnian suddenly felt something flying towards him, and subconsciously he grasped it tightly in his hand.
When I opened my palm and looked at it, I found that it was not something else, but a stone.
Chu Jinnian looked down in surprise and saw Zhuang Qingning's pretty face. Her big watery eyes were as deep as the whirlpool in a deep lake, making it impossible to look away.
"What's wrong?" Chu Jinnian quickly withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyes and asked in a low voice.
Zhuang Qingning pursed her lips and smiled, "Nothing, I just saw that Lord Chu was a little absent-minded, so I wanted to see if Lord Chu could escape."
Now it seems that not only can we avoid it, but we can also act very quickly.
I’m afraid that not to mention her alone, even if ten of them threw stones at her at the same time, Chu Jinnian could easily handle it.
How much agility bonus does it take to achieve this effect? Zhuang Qingning suddenly got excited when he thought that he might be able to achieve the cool effect of the invisible hand in the martial arts movies he watched before.
[Host, forget it. Even if the agility attribute can be increased, it will ultimately be a percentage bonus based on the host's physique. In other words, the better the physique, the better the bonus effect. For someone like the host, even if the agility attribute is maxed out, although it is much better than the average person, I am afraid that I will not be able to defeat the person in front of me.]
Well, no chance.
A basin of cold water was poured over his head, and Zhuang Qingning immediately became dispirited.
Chu Jinnian looked at the stone in his hand again and again, then glanced at Zhuang Qingning.
I used to think that Zhuang Qingning was mature and steady, but I never thought that she also had a lively and playful side.
only……
She seemed to be in a bad mood at the moment.
Was it because he caught the stone she threw just now and prevented her from successfully teasing him? However, this was a natural body reaction when facing possible danger. Even if he wanted not to catch it, his hand was probably out of control, so he really didn't mean it.
"Ahem..." Chu Jin coughed to ease his embarrassment, then opened his mouth to explain, "Just now..."
"Oh, Lord Chu," Zhuang Qingning said, "Did Lord Chu and Jin Zhou ever offend anyone? In other words, are there any enemies who want to kill Jin Zhou?"
Chu Jinnian was startled for a moment, then asked with a sharp gaze, "Why does Miss Zhuang ask this?"
"When the landslide happened just now, there was a loud noise first, and then the mountain shook and the cave collapsed. This doesn't quite fit the normal situation of a landslide, where there is movement first and then sound."
Zhuang Qingning said, "Jin Zhou and I heard that a good omen had befallen Cuiwei Mountain recently, and it turned into a flower growing there, so we came here to take a look while hiking and enjoying the scenery. But I just discovered that the flower seemed to have been planted deliberately by someone."
"Miss Zhuang means..." Chu Jinnian raised his eyebrows slightly, "Someone did it deliberately."
"It is most likely that someone has buried gunpowder around here, intending to completely trap people here."
Zhuang Qingning nodded, thinking, "I guess the reason why this person didn't bury the explosives in the cave is probably because he was worried that if he blew up the cave completely, no one would be trapped. Secondly, he wanted to create an unexpected illusion, so that people would think that this trick that was not 100% sure to kill people was probably not man-made."
"As for these three, we cannot rule out the possibility that the other party intentionally tortured them, wanting to see the helplessness of being unable to save someone, or the pain of hurting someone while trying to save them."
"If that's the guess, then the other party's hatred for Lord Chu is probably not light. But then again, this is just my guess. Maybe this is just an accident caused by someone stealing ore, or maybe Jin Zhou is not their target."
"But to be on the safe side, Lord Chu can still take a look before blowing up the top of the cave."
Otherwise, once the gunpowder blows up this place, many clues may disappear completely and cannot be found at all.
Chu Jinnian lowered his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he thanked Zhuang Qingning, "Thank you Miss Zhuang for telling me. I have made up my mind about this matter."
"Oh?" Zhuang Qingning was quite surprised, then narrowed his eyes, "Master Chu, don't you need to investigate?"
"No need." Chu Jinnian curled the corners of his lips, with a hint of coldness in his tone, "I probably know who it belongs to."
Those who really knew who it was, and those who could hate him to such an extent and set their sights on Chu Jinzhou, were probably only those people in Beijing.
Lord Wei, the eldest prince and the queen, as well as the Luo mother and son.
Lord Wei, the eldest prince and others would not carry out such a troublesome assassination operation. However, Luo's mother and son had been resentful for some time because of the matter of Hang Xueyun. Perhaps they thought that this matter was arranged by him, so they launched revenge.
Wanting to kill someone but not wanting him to know who did it, this kind of behavior of being both a patriarch and a hypocrite can only be done by people like the Luo mother and son, whose behavior is full of petty-mindedness.
It seems that the lesson they were given before was not enough, as they are so courageous.
Chu Jinnian suppressed the chill in his heart and bowed to Zhuang Qingning.
"I'm very sorry. It's my fault that Miss Zhuang was implicated in this."
"Lord Chu, you are too kind."
Zhuang Qingning smiled and replied, "You can't say that you get all the benefits of being a good person but don't want to take the corresponding risks. There is no such good thing in the world. It's like making money in business. You only want to get all the money but don't want to have the jealousy or resentment from others when you compete for other people's business. It's really too selfish."
If it were normal at this time, Zhuang Qingsui and Zhuang Mingli would be studying with Fan Wenxuan, and they would be reaping all the benefits of the Chu family and it would be reasonable for them to bear the risks.
"Miss Zhuang is right." Chu Jinnian smiled playfully, "But I can also see that Miss Zhuang seems to like doing business very much."
Even the examples have to be linked to business.
"Indeed."
Zhuang Qingning answered, with something strange in his eyes when he looked at Chu Jinnian.
Is there anyone in this world who doesn’t like money?
But then again, Chu Jinnian probably came from a high-class family and was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, so he probably had no shortage of money, so naturally he lost interest.
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