Good luck with koi carp

Chili returned to Zhongli Mansion before dawn.

Gongsun Wen and Huo Youer, who were waiting for her in the house, had obviously stayed up all night. As soon as they heard movement at the window, they immediately opened their eyes and looked over, and they happened to be facing Chi Li who had returned.

Chi Li greeted them and asked casually: "Would you like to eat steamed buns?"

That's right, she brought takeaway food back along the way.

Gongsun Wen and Huo Youer extended their hands to Chi Li without hesitation: "Eat."

Chili handed them the buns she had been holding in her arms. She walked to the table and poured a glass of water. Instead of drinking, she just put it under her nose and smelled it: "Still can't drink."

As expected, in order to prevent them from causing trouble after they resumed their martial arts, anything edible provided by the Zhongli Mansion to the prisoners was laced with poison.

And because they were sure they had to eat it, the poisons administered this time were very common gong-dispersing medicines, such as Ruanjin Powder, which were not as good as the colorless and odorless high-end products used at the previous banquet, and had a distinct smell or smell. It's color, basically anyone who knows a little bit about it can recognize it.

People in the Jianghu world are inevitably dealing with these sinister things, so basically everyone knows that there is something wrong with the food and water given to them by the Zhongli Mansion.

But so what if it was discovered?



People can go without eating or drinking for a few days, but how can they go without eating or drinking for a lifetime? As long as it's really life-threatening, they have to force themselves to eat it even if they know it's poisonous.

Fortunately, since they were imprisoned for only a short period of time, only two days, no one has fallen to that point yet. However, if this continues, I am afraid that everyone will not be able to persist.

"How is the situation with my brother?"

Gongsun Wen asked with concern about the situation of her brother and fiancé.

"They are still alive. They are locked up with two other people. They just haven't eaten or drank for two days. They look a little haggard. Don't worry. I threw some steamed buns and a bag of water in. Although they are not full, they are enough to cushion their stomachs. Moisten your throat and give it a little more support."

Chili was alone. Without the storage space, the amount of food she could bring in at one time was limited. It was not enough to share such a small amount of food among six people.

I can only say that it is better than not.

"Thank you, Miss Gongyang." Gongsun Wen also understood this truth. She bowed and thanked Chi Li gratefully.

"No, it's just a little effort."

"Do we have to rely on the Gongyang girl to bring us food back and forth like this in the future?" Huo Youer frowned and asked with some worry.

This method sounds like it is not a long-term solution, and it goes back and forth like this. No matter how good Chili's martial arts is, it is hard to say whether there will be any unexpected situations. Miss Gongyang has helped them a lot, and Huo Youer really doesn't want to Saw something happen to her.

Therefore, their top priority is to think of a way to break the situation.

"No need to worry, count the time, someone will come to rescue us soon." Chili said confidently.

"You went to ask for help?" Huo Youer quickly reacted and his eyes lit up.

Chi Li nodded: "I have sent all your letters, but it is too slow to wait for the letters to arrive and then for each of your families to send people to rescue them. Now, every extra moment in Zhongli Mansion is getting more dangerous. , we’d better find a way to escape as soon as possible.”

This was also the conclusion Chi Li came to after learning that Zhong Lizhe, Zhong Lizhen and Bai Chang Yin had practiced evil skills that could absorb the inner strength of others. They could not continue to keep these lambs to be slaughtered in this slaughterhouse.

Now that Zhong Lizhe is gone, Zhong Lizhe and Bai Changyin are busy looking for him. But once they confirm that they can't find him, even if they lose a scapegoat, their greed will definitely not let them go. , which can not only improve their own martial arts but also weaken the opportunities of their competitors. At that time, they will be truly in danger.

But I don't know how long it would take for people from various sects to come to the rescue after receiving the news. The day lilies might be cold by then, so Chi Li simply asked Jian Yuan for help and sent someone to rescue them.

Even if it is to prevent the Zhongli family from continuing to dominate the martial arts alliance, I believe the court will be happy to take action.

Sure enough, not long after telling Gongsun Wen and the others the good news, Chi Li was keenly aware of the movement outside. Someone was outside the window.

Before the other party could pry open the window, Chili walked over and opened the window, facing the masked man outside.

After realizing that he had been discovered, the masked man did not panic. He took out a token, revealed his identity, and pointed at the two people behind Chi Li, silently asking if he needed help.

Chi Li shook her head and pointed to the next room, indicating that they could run away and asked the other party to go to the next room to save others.

After receiving the instruction, the man made an "ok" gesture and then nimbly disappeared in front of her.

Now that people are here, it’s naturally time to leave.

Chi Li turned around and asked Huo Youer: "How much has your internal strength recovered?"

After two days, as long as no toxins are taken in during the process, people with martial arts skills will metabolize some of the toxins in their bodies and restore some internal strength.

Huo Youer stretched out a finger and said that he could only recover to one level of success. This poison was really overbearing. No wonder everyone hadn't eaten for two days. Seeing that their internal strength was gradually recovering, the people in Zhongli Mansion were not in a hurry.

I'm afraid that before they can completely metabolize the poison and resume their martial arts skills, everyone will have no choice but to eat poisonous food for survival.

Although he only had one successful power, Huo Youer was still able to leave Zhongli Mansion using Qinggong without anyone stopping him.

Gongsun Wen had no martial arts skills, so Chi Li took charge of him.

The three of them had nothing to deal with, so they left the room where they had been imprisoned for two days through the unattended door, and then escaped with the help of many masked men who had sneaked into Zhongli Mansion.

While leaving, Chi Li could also see people from Zhongli Mansion falling unconscious on the ground. From the looks of it, they must have been drugged and fainted.

Calculating the time, it was after breakfast when the masked man came. It might be that Jian Yuan sent someone to poison the kitchen of Zhongli Mansion, which stunned most of the people in the mansion, and was able to rescue them so smoothly.

However, not all the people in the Zhongli Mansion were affected, so when they found out that someone was going to rescue those Jianghu people who were trapped by the family owner, someone quickly ran over to stop them, but they were all stopped by masked men on the way, giving Chi Li Others fought for the actual escape.

They were fighting with a time difference. No one dared to slow down even half a step. It didn't matter who came to save them, let alone whether they would just come out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's mouth. Anyway, they just ran with them. .

Midway, Gongsun Wen, her brother and her fiancé came over. They joined together and ran even more efficiently.

As soon as they left Zhongli Mansion, everyone was like a fish entering the sea, immediately leaving in all directions, heading in the direction they thought was perfect. The masked men who rescued them didn't care. It seemed that their mission was just to rescue them.

"Where are we going?" Over the past few days, Gongsun Wen and Huo You'er have developed full trust in Chi Li. Therefore, even if they knew that they had a powerful base in this city, they still instinctively asked Chi Li for his opinion.

"Come with me."

Without further ado, Chi Li took them directly to Jian Yuan's hidden courtyard.

Jian Yuan was still staying here. He was not upset when Chi Li brought a group of people in. Instead, he told his servants to go to the kitchen to prepare more food. It would be better to boil some hot water for bathing and dressing for the guests. .

Deciding that Jian Yuan and Chi Li were in the same group, Gongsun Wen and others didn't show up. After filling their stomachs, they went to take a shower and change clothes. They didn't wash for two days, and even though it was winter, they still felt stinky.

While everyone was leaving, Chi Li asked Jian Yuan, "Why did you use this method to save people?"

She originally thought that Jian Yuan would directly use the power of the court to openly and openly ask the government to send people to break into Zhongli's house to find someone, so that they could take the opportunity to reveal Zhongli Yu's true face.

The mere act of illegally imprisoning others is enough for him to drink a cup of wine.

Jian Yuan closed the folding fan in his hand and tapped the pears in the air to signal her to calm down: "I can let the government force in to rescue people, but it is inevitable that Zhong Liyu will not jump over the wall and do anything detrimental to you in order to cover up his crimes. , please note that when I save you, the key is to ensure your safety."

"And Zhong Liyu can't have anything bad until the next martial arts conference is held."

Obtaining the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance to control 20% of the water transport from the leader of the martial arts alliance is the easiest strategy designated by Jian Yuan and Chi Li to take back this power. Therefore, in order to successfully achieve their ultimate goal, they must try to ensure that the next step For the smooth convening of the 1st Wulin Conference, it is best not to have any accidents in the middle.

Exposing Zhong Liyu's crimes now will indeed remove him from the position of leader of the martial arts alliance, but after doing so, it will definitely affect the next martial arts conference.

The control of water transportation is not only wanted by the imperial court, but also by many rivers and lakes forces. If the leaders of those aristocratic sects propose not to hold a martial arts conference anymore on the grounds that there will be a second martial arts leader like Zhong Liyu, And what should we do if we divide these rights and benefits?

Even if this is just Jian Yuan's concern and conjecture, and may not be something that will actually happen in the future, as long as there is a slight possibility, he will not allow it to happen.

Therefore, before the next martial arts conference is held, nothing can happen to Zhong Liyu, the leader of the martial arts alliance.

Chi Li also understood that Jian Yuan was overly cautious about this matter, so she said nothing more.

After rescuing the trapped martial arts people, Chi Li and Jian Yuan had been paying close attention to Zhong Liyu's movements, wanting to see how he would react.

Zhongliyu did react.

He put on a play.

He has not yet been able to find out who the person who rescued these people is, but the revelation of the imprisonment of many martial arts people will inevitably make Zhongli's family the target of public criticism in the future. He must find a way to give everyone an explanation.    

So just following those incidents of masked men rescuing people, Zhong Liyu, who had been hiding in the dark, also arranged a play for himself. In order to be realistic, he even seriously injured himself and appeared in front of the public as if he was dying. , complaining bitterly about the bad crimes of the concubine.

Yes, even if everyone is gone, Zhong Lizhe still drags Zhong Lizhe out to take the blame.

The causes and consequences of this scene are as serious as this for an outsider who does not know the inside story.

As a concubine of the Zhongli family, Zhongli Zhe was dissatisfied with the distinction between legitimate concubines and concubines, and coveted the position of the head of the Zhongli family. For this reason, he did not hesitate to secretly worship the leader of the Demon Sect as his teacher, secretly practiced evil arts, colluded with the Demon Sect, and used the people who loved him most to He cruelly poisoned his grandmother during his grandmother's banquet, and imprisoned a group of martial arts people who came to celebrate her birthday, intending to use them to practice evil skills.

The head of the Zhongli family and the legitimate son of the Zhongli family also unknowingly ate poisonous food on the day of the birthday banquet. They were severely poisoned and lost all their martial arts. They were imprisoned and suffered abuse from Zhongli Zhe. The torture was excruciating.

Fortunately, two days later, a group of mysterious people suddenly broke into Zhongli's mansion and rescued all the trapped knights. They also found Zhongli and his son who were imprisoned and tortured.

As for Zhong Lizhe, the chief culprit, when he saw the incident was revealed, he had already fled in fear of crime and is now missing.

Zhong Liyu no longer cared about the family relationship between father and son. He stood up and exterminated his relatives and issued a wanted order for him in the name of the leader of the martial arts alliance. He ordered all martial arts warriors to ignore Zhong Lizhe's figure once they discovered Zhong Lizhe's figure. Kill it.

In his original words: "Those who collude with the devil's sect to frame fellow martial artists are not worthy of my Zhongli family."

These words were so righteous that countless people who didn't know the truth, including those imprisoned martial arts knights, couldn't help but praise the righteousness of leader Zhongli and admire him even more.

In fact, except for Chi Li and others who had known the truth long ago, and Gongsun Lin, Lu Zichuan and others who were later informed of the truth, the other knights who were poisoned and imprisoned had always seen that the culprit was Zhong Lizhe. , so they had no doubts about the scene played by Zhong Liyu, and did not doubt that the mastermind behind it was actually the martial arts leader they trusted.

But no matter how good the play is, it is still a play, and one day it will be exposed. What's more, Chili had already helped Gongsun Wen and Huo Youer to send letters to their various factions, telling them that Zhong Liyu was the one who was fighting against the Demon Sect. At the same time, he warned those who colluded with him not to fall into the trap and become cannon fodder used to participate in the internal power struggle of the demon sect.

A wily guy like Zhong Liyu also knows that since someone can run in and rescue the trapped people, it means that his conspiracy has been exposed, and it is difficult to say whether there will be anyone on the front line of the confrontation between the righteous way and the demon sect. After hearing the news, we are rushing back to rescue.

Once someone came over there, his stunt would be exposed, so he simply took a risky approach and convened a martial arts conference in advance.

"I can't figure it out, why did he convene the martial arts conference in advance? So what if he becomes the leader of the martial arts alliance this time? Once his true identity is exposed, everyone will definitely not allow him to sit as the leader of the martial arts alliance again."

So isn’t this all in vain?

Xiaoli said she didn't understand.

In this regard, Chi Li has a different antidote: "He can no longer be the leader of the martial arts league. After all, he is still 'seriously injured'. How can he defeat so many outstanding juniors? But don't forget, Zhongli Yu is useless." He gave birth to a son, but there is also another great son whom he awakened and nurtured."

"You mean...Zhongli Fu!"

Xiaoli quickly reacted: "Yes, Zhongli Yu is so good at acting. He will only need to push his son to the top, and then perform a 'righteous act of annihilation of relatives' and 'self-sacrifice' to preserve his son's position as the leader of the martial arts alliance. Then Zhongli We can keep our home."

What's more, Zhong Liyu can use this to turn from bright to dark and continue to stir up troubles in the world without fear of being caught.

This is not a very clever strategy, but it is practical.

Even if some smart people can see through his scheme, it doesn't matter. As long as Zhonglifu's position as the leader of the martial arts alliance is won by himself, and as long as Zhongliyu dies tragically enough, then all his crimes will be blamed on the Jianghu people who are happy to take revenge. In his eyes, he had already received the punishment he deserved and there was no need to pursue further investigations.

As long as it is done properly, Zhonglifu, who has been "innocent" from beginning to end, will still get everyone's sympathy. After all, he doesn't want to have such a father and brother.

After all, seriously counting, those imprisoned Jianghu people did not suffer much harm. He, Zhong Liyu, had not had time to attack anyone, but the real victims, the Chi family who had been wiped out all the time, were all dead. .

A dead person cannot defend himself.

If it really doesn't work, then by promising some benefits, he will naturally be able to get the support of many Jianghu forces. With their support, Zhongli Fu will naturally be able to successfully secure his position as the new leader of the martial arts alliance.

"Zhong Liyu is really good at calculating." Huo Youer mocked with a cold face.

At this time, Chi Li, Jian Yuan, Gongsun Wen, Huo You'er, Gongsun Lin, Lu Zichuan, plus Zhong Lizhe, were discussing the urgent martial arts conference scheduled for two days later.

They came here specifically to participate in the martial arts conference. Even if they ran away from Zhongli Mansion, they still had to go back for the martial arts conference.

But this time in public, I am not afraid of Zhongli Yu's dirty tricks again, unless his Zhongli family really wants to make an enemy of the entire martial arts world.

So what is guaranteed is that this martial arts conference can be held smoothly. The question is how can they defeat Zhong Liyu's plan?



"This is not simple. As long as we defeat Zhongli Fu in the competition and prevent him from being the leader of the martial arts alliance, wouldn't it be enough?" Gongsun Wen said.

All of Zhong Liyu's plans must be based on the premise that his son can get the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance. As long as they give him a blow and take away the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, all these plans will naturally not come true.

"No." Gongsun Lin shook his head at his sister, with a bitter look on his face: "We are running out of time. The poison in our bodies has not been completely eliminated, and our martial arts has not been fully recovered. It will be very difficult to win against Zhongli Fu."

They are of the same generation as Zhongli Fu. Even if they are all martial arts geniuses, the other party has already become famous in his early years and his martial arts must be high. Even in his heyday, it is difficult for them to compare with Zhongli Fu. Now his martial arts has been greatly weakened. , currently only able to perform at 30% or 40%, even if he waits until the game day, he may barely be able to recover to 50%, and he will not be able to compete with Zhongli Fu at all.

"I'm afraid this is another layer of Zhong Liyu's plan." Lu Zichuan said with a serious face.

"He wants to let Zhongli Fu sneak in before everyone has fully recovered." Chi Li revealed his true plan in one sentence.

This is a conspiracy.

As I said before, the leader of the martial arts alliance has the right to convene a martial arts conference, which also includes changing the time of the next martial arts conference. As long as the change is not significant, it is within the allowed range.

At present, Zhongli Yu is still the leader of the martial arts alliance. He can naturally exercise this right in a legal and reasonable manner. As for all the martial arts knights who were poisoned in Zhongli's house and their martial arts were severely weakened, what does it have to do with him?



The one who was poisoned was Zhongli Zhe, and he, Zhongli Yu, and Zhongli Fu were also victims. The others had their martial arts weakened, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that Zhongli Fu was not weakened by the poison. Everyone is actually in the same situation, even if a miracle doctor is invited to check now. , Zhongli Fu can also detect the same poison in his body as everyone else.

In this case, there is no such thing as fairness or unfairness.

If you really want to calculate it, even if some martial arts warriors are poisoned and cannot exert their full power, but the world is so big, there must be many people who come to participate in the martial arts conference who are not poisoned. If you calculate it this way, Zhongli's father and son are even more powerful. Suffer.

And being able to win the position of leader of the martial arts alliance in such a difficult environment does not further prove Zhonglifu's martial arts skills and proves that he is the real candidate for the next leader of the martial arts alliance.

It can be said that Zhongliyu has already paved the road, and now it is up to Zhonglifu to reach the top by himself.

"What a pity..." Xiaoli sighed inexplicably, with a smile in her voice.

Except for Chi Li, no one could hear her voice, and no one except Chi Li knew why she was smiling.

Two days passed quickly.

Even if Jian Yuan strictly drank the antidote prepared by the doctor specially invited for everyone every day, the martial arts of Gongsun Lin and others could only recover to about 60%, which was better than expected, but only a little.

They still have to participate in this martial arts conference. Even if they lose in the end, they will definitely expose the crimes of the entire Zhongli family at the conference.

Jian Yuan promised to lurk in the crowd with Zhong Lizhe in disguise and appear as a witness at the critical moment. They also have physical evidence. At the same time, the heads of the Gongsun family, Lu family and Chang Yue sect who were notified were almost here.

When these three companies come forward, everyone will have more trust in their words.

This martial arts conference will be held at Zhongli’s home...

Located on the outskirts of Zhuangzi.

Perhaps he was afraid that those victims who entered Zhongli Mansion would be reminded of the hatred of being poisoned and imprisoned, which would affect the smooth implementation of his plan, so Zhongli Yu did not set the location of the martial arts conference in Zhongli Mansion, but changed it to the suburbs. On the other side of the Zhuangzi, that Zhuangzi was larger enough to entertain martial arts warriors from all over the world. There was also a large school ground that could be used as a venue for martial arts competitions.

This time, Chi Li took the Gongsun family's carriage, and Gongsun Wen and Huo Youer were also in the carriage.

After getting into the car, Chili could feel the eyes of the other two people in the car rolling on her face. She looked back with a normal expression and asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Your face..." Huo Youer thought for a moment, then gestured and said, "It feels a little different from before."

"It's nothing different. I've always had this face. It's just that I got up late today and didn't put on makeup, so it looks a little lighter than before." As if talking about makeup with a friend, Chili raised her hand. He touched his face and asked with some concern: "Doesn't it look good if I don't wear makeup?"

"No, no, no, Miss Gongyang, you are naturally beautiful. Even without makeup, you are so beautiful that we are all stunned. How could you not look good?" Gongsun Wen quickly waved her hand and consoled her honestly.

"That's good. I'm worried that I'll be too ugly when I go out without makeup." Chi Li said jokingly, pretending to be relieved.

"Sister Gongyang looks different with or without makeup. I would also like to ask you for advice on how to take care of your skin and apply more beautiful makeup." Everyone has a love for beauty, Huo Youer She is also a girl who loves beauty and shows great interest in such topics.

The three of them chatted about this topic all the way until the carriage arrived at its destination. They were still a little unfinished. They agreed to wait until the martial arts competition was over, then bring their makeup and powder together to try out the makeup techniques they had just discussed.

Chi Li smiled and said nothing about this, and did not say yes or no.

I just hope that after this martial arts competition is over, they will still be willing to be friends with this lying liar like her.