Chapter 224 Tragedy

Chapter 224 Tragedy

"I'm back to normal." Chang Xiaoming said calmly while lying on the bed.

Chu Tang was surprised at how much he had changed. He was still yelling before going to bed, but now he was just like a normal person.

No!

Chu Tang still discovered something abnormal——

Chang Xiaoming is so calm!

According to Zhao Ziyu, Chang Xiaoming was just stimulated and became manic. He would always remember what happened during this period.

In other words, it is impossible for Chang Xiaoming not to remember that something happened to his master.

He was still saying "all dead" before, but now he has recovered and is as calm as if nothing happened?

Frowning, Chu Tang looked at Chang Xiaoming and saw that although his eyes were much clearer, his expression was still haggard, with a touch of sadness in his expression.

"It's not that he doesn't remember, he just suppressed it temporarily." Chu Tang thought to himself and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Boss Chu, can you help me unlock the acupuncture point?" Chang Xiaoming took the initiative to speak when Chu Tang didn't move.

When Chu Tang heard this title, he looked surprised and said, "Do you really recognize me?"

Chang Xiaoming twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Last year in Shi County, Squad Leader Chu took me into prison and handed me over to your men for severe torture."

When Chu Tang heard this, he was immediately embarrassed. It was all Xu Jin's fault. Why did he always like to torture people when he had nothing to do?

"I'll help you relieve your acupuncture point." Chu Tang quickly changed the subject to avoid further embarrassment.

He took a step forward, stretched out his right index finger, and used his Yang Finger to shoot a finger Qi from a distance of half a foot, and hit Chang Xiaoming's chest.

After perfecting the Yiyang Finger, his skill in identifying and tapping acupuncture points is now second to none.

Hearing a pop, Chang Xiaoming's stiff body suddenly relaxed. He could move and quickly got up from the bed.

He took a deep look at Chu Tang and said: "The energy shot out half a foot, and I tapped the acupoints from a distance. I didn't expect that the little catcher who had to work so hard for me to capture him that day would actually have such profound skills today. It’s really impressive!”

Chu Tang was surprised: "You really remember everything."

Chang Xiaoming smiled sadly: "I hope I don't remember anything."

Chu Tang opened his mouth, unable to say anything.

The two were silent for a moment.

Suddenly, with a bang, Chang Xiaoming knelt heavily in front of Chu Tang!

He lowered his head and said, "Thank you very much, Captain Chu, for keeping me alive."

"Get up!" Chu Tang quickly helped him up. He had never received such a big gift from others and was a little flustered. "You don't have to be like this."

Chang Xiaoming stood in front of Chu Tang, looked at him seriously, and said in a deep voice: "Others don't know the power of Nanqinghou Mansion, how can I not know it? Leader Chu can withstand the pressure and do not hesitate to fight with Nanqinghou Crown Prince Even if you fall out, you still want to rescue me from the Hou Mansion. This kindness is greater than the sky, and I will never forget it!"

Chu Tang smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that I can only help you."

Chang Xiaoming hummed and remained speechless.

Chu Tang looked at him and couldn't bear to ask: "Xiao Ming, what happened to you in Nanqinghou Mansion? Your master, junior sister and others, really..."

Chang Xiaoming suddenly became short of breath, trembled all over, and his face was twisted, looking extremely painful.

"Xiao Ming, if you don't want to talk about it, we can leave it alone for now." Chu Tang quickly comforted her.

Chang Xiaoming took several deep breaths, gradually calmed down, smiled sadly at Chu Tang, and said: "What else can't be mentioned now? Everything is a foregone conclusion and irreversible!"

"Irreversible...?" Chu Tang's heart tightened, "Your master and the others..."

"They are all dead." When Chang Xiaoming said this, he did not go crazy like before, but stated a fact with the utmost calmness.

However, Chu Tang could hear a great pain in his low and depressed voice.

"Really...all are dead? Including your Junior Sister Zhao?" Chu Tang also asked with the greatest courage.

Chang Xiaoming slowly raised his head, looked into Chu Tang's eyes, and asked, "Has Junior Sister Ziyu been looking for you?"

Chu Tang did not hide anything, and told him that Zhao Ziyu broke into Wutong Academy a few days ago to ask for help. At the end, he said apologetically: "I rejected her, and I didn't stop her..."

"You don't need to blame yourself! If I remember correctly, you two only met once in Shi County. Oh no, to be exact, you have never seen her true face." Chang Xiaoming seemed to be lost in memories. A look of nostalgia appeared on his face, "Junior sister Ziyu always wears a veil when she is outside and does not show her true face to others. You have never seen her take off her veil until now, right?"

Chu Tang nodded.

It is true that he has never seen Zhao Ziyu's true face in Lushan, and he doesn't know whether it is beautiful or ugly.

However, for some reason, the beautiful figure in Tsing Yi and those bright black eyes that seemed to be able to speak always appeared in his mind.

Zhao Ziyu is vivid and bright in his memory, but unfortunately now...

"So, you don't need to blame yourself. We only met her once, and she came to ask you to fight against the influence of a Marquis. No normal person would agree." Chang Xiaoming expressed the greatest goodwill, "Can you be with Marquis today?" When the government extended a helping hand to me, it was extremely benevolent and moral."

"Moral justice!" Chu Tang chuckled, "What kind of moral justice do I have? I just feel unhappy and can't help but take action."

Chang Xiaoming sighed deeply and said: "How many people ignore friendship and break up friendship without feeling any guilt. If you can't live with it, that's where your conscience lies."

"Xiao Ming..."

"Boss Chu, listen to me! I have a lot to say to you now!" Chang Xiaoming interrupted Chu Tang.

Chu Tang was stunned for a moment, then stretched out his hand to signal him to continue, while he listened attentively.

Chang Xiaoming paused and said: "More than ten days ago, we were traveling from Yuncheng to Qingcheng. On the way, we heard that you were going to have a decisive battle with the disciples of Luoshen Valley on a full-moon night. At first, we just thought your name was familiar. That's all. Later, when you asked about your deeds, Junior Sister Ziyu and I were shocked. Isn't this the little catcher who couldn't even defeat Ziyu last year? How come he suddenly became a master who can crush the five realms?

"Not only that, you also have to fight a master of the six realms! Ziyu is very interested and urges the master to hurry up, hoping to see the scene of your decisive battle. It's a pity that we hurry up and hurry up, but we are still late. By the time we enter We arrived in Qingcheng, and the duel ended two days ago. Ziyu and I are very disappointed. Even our master, after hearing about your deeds, regretted that we didn’t get to encounter the duel that shocked the entire Liangzhou..."

At this point, Chang Xiaoming felt thirsty, so he picked up the teapot and teacup from the table, poured tea and drank two cups.

When Chu Tang saw him mentioning herself, it was difficult to comment. She also knew that he had more important things to say later, so he did not interrupt and waited for the other party to continue.

Chang Xiaoming didn't care that his sleeves were dirty, and wiped his mouth with it before continuing: "We didn't catch up with the duel, but our troupe still needs to eat and find a job to maintain our livelihood!"

As he spoke, he stopped suddenly again, as if he was stuck by something.

"Here we come!" Chu Tang knew that the other party just wanted to organize his words. After all, what follows is the real story.

Sure enough, Chang Xiaoming's tone began to sound lonely, and his voice was even more frighteningly low: "This is not the first time we have come to Qingcheng. This time, after being introduced by an acquaintance, we took over the work of the Nanqing Hou Mansion and set up a stage to sing for their prince. To celebrate his birthday. The offer was good and the remuneration was high. The brothers and sisters in the troupe were very happy, thinking that they could make more money by taking on a big business.

"Don't laugh at us because we are so greedy for money. In fact, the people in our theater troupe all come from poor families. When they are afraid of poverty, they always hope to make more money and save it. The reputation of Prince Nanqing is indeed not good, but he is generous. We received a price that we couldn't refuse. And in order not to disappoint the employer, we put in all our efforts when singing. We all worked hard just to live up to their money!

"However, we didn't expect that this Hou family is as deep as the sea! Prince Nanqing Hou is really a devil! Junior sister Ziyu came on stage to sing, showing her makeup, and this Wang Haochen... is a lecherous evil spirit, and actually said in public He wants to take Junior Sister Ziyu as his concubine! If Junior Sister Ziyu refuses, he wants to use force..."

The more Chang Xiaoming talked, the more excited he became, with his expression sometimes angry, sometimes contemptuous, and sometimes ferocious.

What Chu Tang heard him say was roughly the same as what Zhao Ziyu said.

He was more concerned about the process from Zhao Ziyu's escape to today, for fear that Chang Xiaoming would be stimulated and unable to speak anymore.

"Xiao Ming, don't get excited!" Chu Tang patted Chang Xiaoming on the shoulder and tried to comfort him, "Your master, junior sister and others definitely hope that you will be well."

"Okay?" Chang Xiaoming laughed so much that tears flowed out, "How can I, a person who goes crazy from time to time, be better? Junior sister Ziyu is so stupid! Why would she try her best to save a waste like me? She is a normal person People who have developed Gang Qi and have an infinitely bright future should fly away. She shouldn't have saved me, wuwu..."

Chang Xiaoming started to cry loudly at the end of his speech and could not stop his tears.

Chu Tang could only hold his shoulders with both hands, press him down on the stool, and try to calm him down.

For a long time, Chang Xiaoming cried until his eyes were swollen, and then he slowly stopped.

He touched his eyes and choked up and said: "That day...Wang Haochen wanted to take junior sister Ziyu as his concubine. Of course we didn't agree. We had a conflict with his guards and started fighting. At first, our master had the upper hand. , then one of their guards from the Sixth Realm took action and injured the master. And we were also killed or injured in the siege of the guards.

"In the end, the master tried his best to delay the enemy for Ziyu for a while, and helped her rush out of the Hou Mansion, and we were also captured and locked in the room with our hands and feet locked. Of course we were happy that Ziyu escaped. Nan Nan After Prince Qinghou captured us, he didn't do anything to us afterwards.

"Now that I think about it, he just wanted us to bring Junior Sister Ziyu in alive, but Junior Sister Ziyu was fooled! Early this morning, she got rid of the guards of the Hou Mansion, entered the room, and unlocked it for us. Just when we were happy When we rushed out of the detention room, we were blocked by a group of guards at the door. Although we were injured, we were angry, so we immediately got angry and killed several guards. Then, they started firing arrows, and there were actually some Po Gang Crossbow Arrow!"

Chang Xiaoming's voice gradually became sad and angry.

Chu Tang imagined the tragic situation at that time.

He had already experienced the power of the Po Gang crossbow arrow array of the Nanqing Hou Mansion guards. If it weren't for his special martial arts, he would have been defeated by the crossbow arrows.

Master Chang Xiaoming and the others were injured, making it even more difficult to resist these crossbow arrows.

Sure enough, I only heard Chang Xiaoming say sadly: "Many senior brothers and sisters were shot and fell to the ground screaming. The master, dragging his seriously injured body, blocked a few arrows for me and junior sister Ziyu, and was also broken. , dying. He wanted to give us a chance to escape by dying together. But... there were too many arrows! In the end, Junior Sister Ziyu turned back, blocked the arrows for me, and pushed me out of the backyard of the Hou Mansion! "

Chu Tang's heart was beating wildly and he asked directly: "Miss Zhao really fell?"

Chang Xiaoming's eyes were blurry with tears, and he nodded and said: "I can see clearly, there are many arrows shot all over her body, straight through her chest and back, it must be... gone! I went crazy at that time, instinctively running wildly, being chased by the guards , escaped in front of you. You were involved in everything that happened next."

At this point, Chang Xiaoming seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden. His whole body was soaked with sweat, and he had no strength. He lay on the table and cried silently.

"Dead, really dead..." After hearing this, Chu Tang was speechless and sighed, feeling empty in his heart.

This human tragedy really makes people feel lonely and a little bit unwilling.

Chu Tang was also depressed.

He has never seen Zhao Ziyu's true face, but now he can't forget the disappointed and angry eyes of Zhao Ziyu after hearing him refuse help that night.

Looking at Chang Xiaoming, who looked more sorrowful than heartbroken, he felt even worse and couldn't even say words of comfort.

The two of them sat in silence.

The sound of water dripping from the eaves outside the window is ticking, which touches people's hearts.

I don’t know how long it took, but Chang Xiaoming asked first: “Team Leader Chu, where is this place?”

"Dongcheng."

"Does Captain Chu want me to leave Qingcheng?"

Chu Tang didn't hide anything from him and told him his plan.

"Going to Jingzhou?" Chang Xiaoming said softly, "It's a good place to go. I'm not unfamiliar with many places in Jingzhou."

"You think it's okay too?" Chu Tang cheered up.

Chang Xiaoming nodded first and then shook his head: "I can't leave Qingcheng yet."

"Why?" Chu Tang was shocked, "We have to leave Qingcheng as soon as possible before Nanqinghou Mansion can make arrangements to avoid falling into their control. Xiaoming, we have no advantage in Qingcheng. We really can't hold on. .”

Chang Xiaoming said categorically: "I have to stay and take care of the funeral affairs of Master and the others. I can't let them die without even a grave."

"You want to go to Nanqinghou Mansion to rob someone?" Chu Tang was really confused.

Chang Xiaoming sneered and said, "Boss Chu, you think so highly of us!"

"Um?"

"People as humble as us died in Nanqinghou Mansion. Do you think they would leave the body behind to be an eyesore?"

"Xiao Ming..."

Chang Xiaoming said leisurely: "I can imagine it with my buttocks. The Nanqing Marquis Mansion has begun to arrange for people to take the bodies of the master and others to a mass grave outside the city and throw them away. The whole thing will be over! They will seize the rest of us who are alive to lure Junior Sister Ziyu Come and save them. Since they are dead, there is no need to use their bodies to seduce me, a worthless lunatic."

Chu Tang felt sad when he heard what he said, and was really speechless.

Because what Chang Xiaoming said makes sense!

This world! What a world!

Chang Xiaoming raised his head, his eyes shining, and said: "We only need to sneak back to Qingcheng and inquire about the activities of Nanqinghou Mansion, and we will know where they have taken the people. Leader Chu, I can't let me Master and the others exposed their corpses in the wilderness and fed them to the wild beasts!"

Chu Tang hummed, with a faint look in his eyes, and said slowly: "Okay! I'll accompany you back to Qingcheng!"