Tomb Raiders Notes - Zhangjia Mausoleum Keeper

Chapter 202 Conspiracy and Conspiracy

It was too late to say it, but it was too soon. Although I recognized this hand, I was about to face a fatal blow.

"Wait..." I yelled in horror, knowing that it was inevitable.

The knife paused in front of my face for a few seconds, then swung it back suddenly, and at the same time a gust of wind fell on the hand that was holding my clothes.

That hand hastily retracted, while I took advantage of the chaos and retreated to a corner of the wall. Looking at this black figure that came out of nowhere and was wrestling with Mr. Qi, I felt a little bewildered.

What surprised me even more was that not long after, another figure flashed out from behind the door.I originally thought that this person would join the battle, but unexpectedly, he came straight to me.

"I knew I would have slipped away just now while taking advantage of the chaos, who cares who?" I secretly regretted in my heart, and hurriedly turned around and wanted to run away.

But that person was very fast. Before I could even take a step, the back of my clothes had already been pulled up.Of course, I was not willing to be caught without a fight, so I turned around and flew towards him with a punch, but unexpectedly this person was already much taller than me.He dodged so nimbly, my fist only touched his shoulder, and he dodged it without pain.

Seeing my resistance, he kicked me in the hollow of my leg behind my knee while it was dark.This stroke was very heavy, and I couldn't bear the force, so I "thumped" and knelt down.The man took the opportunity to grab my wrist, and twisted it back. The next move might be to press it down and use up my hand.But at this moment, something flew out from nowhere, and hit him hard, causing him to fly out, and then slammed into the wall beside him hard.

The man grunted in pain, slipped to the ground, and was so injured that he couldn't get up immediately.Seeing that it was time to escape, I quickly got up, ignoring the pain in my right leg, and when I was about to find the door to escape, my hand was grabbed, and then I was lifted up and thrown on a strong back. Then he quickly exited the stone room where the fight took place.

This person seems to have excellent eyesight, and can find his way out accurately in the dark.And walking fast, carrying someone on his back, it seems effortless.I saw that he didn't have any malice towards me, and besides this injured leg, I could only lie on his back obediently and cooperate obediently without moving.

The two of us ran around for a long time, until he took me and jumped into a similar abandoned ancient well.After entering, only to find that there is a hole in the sky.

"Hero, they can't catch up with that one. If you let me down first, I will be tired after carrying this journey." I patted him on the shoulder and said.

My words made his footsteps pause, and then stopped, but he didn't put me down immediately.

For a while, I was also confused, I don't know what he wants to do?

"...Uh, thank you for your rescue just now, I haven't asked for advice yet..." I took the initiative to ask in doubt, but didn't dare to ask rashly.

He still didn't make a sound, bent his body, and carefully dropped me to the ground.As soon as my right leg touched the ground, there was a heart-rending pain, and I couldn't help gasping for air, thinking: "The grandson's attack just now was really hard, this kind of pain may even hurt the bones." gone?"

Because one foot was not stable, the whole person just swayed back, and it seemed that he was about to fall to the ground.The man quickly turned around to support me, and I looked up to meet his gaze. For a moment, I felt a stagnation in my heart, and I was speechless with surprise and joy.

Speaking of which, at this moment, the weird green light slowly lit up again, and my sight also recovered a little bit.The man in front of me was holding my elbow firmly with both hands. After straightening me up, he didn't speak, but just looked at me fixedly.The light green light shone on his face, it looked so unreal, but those eyes were burning and bright, even looking at me, the way they looked at me was the same as before.

"You..." My tone was a little unsteady, I'm afraid I'm still in a dream.Tremblingly, I raised my hand and caressed his face, it was smooth and warm, it was really the touch of a living person's skin, so it was true, not a dream.

"Zi Lin." He called me softly.

I was stunned, and was brought back to reality by this sentence, and my hand slipped down from his face sadly.Then she broke free from him and turned to leave.

But as soon as I turned around, one hand was already tightly grasped by him.The temperature of his palm made my nose sore even more. During this period of time, all kinds of complex emotions such as grievances, worries and longings came out.So I didn't care about anything anymore, I turned around and threw myself on him, grabbed his lapel and burst into tears.Cursing while crying: "You bastard, why... you keep everything from me?"

He held me in his arms and quietly let me vent to my heart's content.Until the end of crying, I had no more strength, only intermittent sobbing.Seeing that I finally calmed down a bit, he hugged me to the side of the stone steps and sat down, and sat beside me himself.

They are so close, but they are speechless.Since the farewell in Changsha, we have never spoken to each other again.Although we also met once in the old house of Xiao's mansion, but at that time, for some reason, there was no chance to communicate.Did he stay here these days?

When I raised my eyes to take a closer look at him, my eyes met.His gaze was still on me all the time, his brows were slightly frowned, but the spark in his eyes was not extinguished, which made my heart feel even more painful.

"...Brother Qi Ling, you..." As soon as I opened my mouth, I realized that it was extremely difficult to ask him questions.If I ask him why he is here?We both know the reason, but I don't want him to know my plan now, so I can only temporarily stop talking.

"Huh?" He lowered his head a little towards me, motioning for me to continue asking.

"Are you okay?"

After I finished speaking, I immediately complained in my heart, asking what kind of stupid question is this?

"..." Brother Qi Ling studied my expression, but didn't answer right away. He paused for a while before saying, "Well, it's okay."

"Are you injured?" I looked him around carefully in the dim light, and asked again.

"No." After he replied neatly, he might be a little dissatisfied with my hesitant conversation rhythm, so he asked directly, "Who brought you down?"

"That's no one, I'm just curious, follow me down to see..." After I finished speaking, I glanced at him and retracted my injured leg with difficulty.

He looked down at my legs and said nothing more.I opened the accompanying bag, found a jar of ointment and some bandages from inside, rolled up my trouser legs, looked at the wound, raised my head and said softly: "It may hurt a little, bear with it."

"En." I nodded and watched him squeeze some ointment and rub it on his palm to warm it up, then pressed it on my wound and rubbed it.

To be honest, the taste is very sour and refreshing, and the subtle pain makes the sweat on my forehead roll down one by one after a while.Although I am afraid of pain, this time I can bear it very well, even though the hand holding the hem of the clothes is bruised due to excessive force.Even, I felt that my whole body was in pain and trembling uncontrollably.

"If it hurts, you can yell out!" Brother Qi Ling slowed down the movements of his hands, looked at me, and said seriously.

"Well, I'm fine, the only way to get better is to rub the blood away?"

Brother Qiling looked up at me after hearing this, but didn't answer.

"It's a good thing I didn't hurt my bones." I felt guilty and helpless when he looked at me, so I could only add with a wry smile.

"Are you feeling better?" Brother Qi Ling didn't answer, but changed the topic.

"It's much better. Since I arrived in Beijing, I haven't done anything wrong again. I guess maybe Beijing's environment and soil are more suitable for me!" I said with a smile.

"That's good!" Brother Qi Ling didn't express any opinion, but just answered briefly.

I never thought that when we met again, it would be in this kind of environment. Our chat was not only tasteless, but also a bit embarrassing.After he bandaged my wound, he motioned for me to try to stand up by myself.

I supported the other leg, and when I got up, I realized that my right leg was indeed much looser, and it didn't hurt as much as before.As I paced around, I couldn't help praising: "What kind of ointment is this? It's amazing."

Brother Qi Ling saw that my mood had obviously changed, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and handed me the jar of ointment and said, "Then put it on your side, and you can apply more by yourself when you have time."

I waved my hand, refused to accept it and said, "No need, a good plaster must be paired with a good technique to be effective." This was cryptic, and the implication was that I hoped that the medicine would still be in his place, and he would help me Put it on and never leave me again.

Brother Qiling showed a meaningful expression after listening to my words.Then he waved at me and motioned for me to sit back.I'm a little depressed, and I don't know if he understands?

At this time, he put his hand into the bag again, and after a while, he found something that I was very familiar with.It was a piece of jade in the shape of a yellow cloud. I never thought that there was such a piece of jade in his hand.

"Where did you get this... this thing?" I asked in surprise.

Brother Qiling held the piece of jade in his hand, curled his lips, and said, "You answer me a few questions first, and I'll tell you later."

I looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What's the question? Just ask."

"Who brought you down?" Brother Qi Ling suddenly asked, and asked the question just now again.

"Oh, no one, I just accidentally fell off the boat. There was a dragon sucking water on the lake at that time, and the wind and waves were too strong." I forced myself to say calmly.

After listening to Brother Qiling, he silently stuffed the jade back into the bag, as if he was about to put it on.I hurriedly took his hand to stop him and said, "Hey, don't pretend, I'll just say it, I was pulled down by that old man Qi."

"Xiao Rong said that when he found Dinghu Lake, there was Jixingcao in it, which could detoxify my body. He didn't mean to let me go down to the lake, but that old man Qi was too hateful. After dragging me down, he pretended to lie to me. , thinking I didn't know his tricks."

"How did he lie to you?" Brother Qiling put his hand on his chin and asked with interest.

"He said that Cangjie's pupils engraved on the wall were breathtaking and created hallucinations. So even if he knocked me out, removed my bandaged wounds and wiped the blood on my palms, I would There is still evidence to prove that what I saw is real, not an illusion. The old man surnamed Qi did not deceive me successfully, but made me recognize his evil intentions and take precautions against him. But neither did I Let’s break it down, anyway, anyone can act, but as for how to act, everyone depends on their acting skills! Because I really want to know what is his purpose?”

"Then have you figured it out?" Brother Qi Ling asked lightly with a slight smile.

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The little brother finally appeared, so I feel safe!