Chapter 172 Familiar Faces
Qingguo was also a little scared: "This mechanism is too scary, miss. The eyes on it seem to be real!"
"It's indeed true."
Yun Xi nodded. She was quite impressed by the puppet mechanism last time she came here. She made a special trip to take a look at the exquisiteness of the puppet mechanism.
Looking back now, I still feel that this operation is quite real.
Only then did Leng Hai realize that the person hiding behind was not a puppet, but a real person!
"Hey, the Wuji Tower can handle so many people. They can even do this puppet trick..."
Just after Yun Xi walked in, the puppet still made a slightly weird and unpleasant sound: "Number."
Lu Qingfan raised the token in his hand and said calmly: "The Ministry of Punishment is on an errand."
The puppet moved, "Number." The implication was that no one could get any answer except to say the things next to the number.
Lu Qingfan frowned, and then said a strange number.
Yun Xi and Leng Hai both looked at each other.
They had been to Wuji Tower, and the number Lu Qingfan mentioned was completely different from the number reported when he bought the information.
The puppet's eyes and mouth moved, and then he said: "Wait a moment."
It worked.
Yun Xi exhaled, looked at Lu Qingfan and said, "What a strange number."
"This is a favor." Lu Qingfan pursed his lips and said.
This matter was related to his master's relationship with Wuji Tower back then. The owner of Wuji Tower at that time gave his master a special number and said that if necessary in the future, he could go to Wuji Tower to change his request.
After a while, a slightly familiar and thick voice asked: "What are you asking about?"
"I want to see the owner of Wuji Building." Lu Qingfan went straight to Huanglong and hit the nail on the head.
One number can only be exchanged for one piece of information, but Wujilou not only masters the entire Ming Dynasty's intelligence network, but also has some knowledge of everything in Beimang.
It’s inappropriate to ask which one you don’t ask.
It can be seen that the situation of the owner of Wuji Building is different. Lu Qingfan can ask all the questions in person and solve the problem once and for all.
The man in the puppet paused, and after a moment said: "You and Yun Xi come forward." Qing Guo and Leng Hai were not allowed to enter.
Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan looked at each other, then told them to stay where they were, and then took the initiative to stand in front of the agency door.
After a while, the door opened, and Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan walked in. They were startled when they saw the empty space inside.
"Follow the road."
That slightly familiar voice appeared again, this time as if coming from all directions, making people's hearts tremble.
The spacious secret passage that was dark just now suddenly became narrower, and then the surrounding torches suddenly illuminated the path, allowing people to see the so-called "road".
Lu Qingfan stretched out his hand behind him, and Yun Xi held it tacitly, and the two of them walked forward together.
After walking several feet, the two finally saw a closed door. Before they could stand still, the door opened on its own initiative, revealing a slightly familiar person.
He was wrapped in a black robe, and a special mask covered most of his face, revealing only a pair of suppressed dark eyes and a handsome chin.
Yun Xi felt happy, as if she recognized this person.
Isn’t this Huajian Ying whom we haven’t seen for a long time?
"Owner?" Lu Qingfan said suspiciously.
"Shilang Lu, Yun Wuzuo." The man nodded to reveal their identity, and then respectfully invited them to go inside.
Lu Qingfan suddenly became vigilant: This person has extremely high martial arts skills, and even though he was so close, it was impossible to detect his inner strength.
Yun Xi, on the other hand, was much more relaxed than Lu Qingfan, her beautiful clear eyes observing the person's walking posture without blinking.
She deliberately called out "Playboy" in a low voice?
The owner of Wuji Building seemed not to be listening and continued to lead the way.
Lu Qingfan tightened his hands and transmitted his inner strength to Yun Xi: "Is he Huajian Ying?"
Yun Xi nodded firmly.
This guy was still pretending to be recognized by her.
A group of three people walked into an elegant stone room with no windows. The masked owner of Wuji Building turned around and said, "You two, please take a seat."
"Stop pretending."
Yun Xi pointed at the owner of Wuji Building with a dumbfounded expression: "Your stature, size, the way you speak, and even your walking habits are all the same as yours."
"I'm not!" The owner of Wuji Tower denied in a voice that was louder unconsciously, and then he restrained himself and said, "Why on earth do you two want to see me?"
When Lu Qingfan saw that this guy still refused to admit it, he immediately raised his long sword and stabbed him!
The Master of Wuji Tower was caught off guard and blocked his body, barely able to avoid the fierce sword intent... Unexpectedly, Yun Xi's arrows from his sleeves came in dense numbers and almost hit the Master of Wuji Tower in the face.
There was a chill in his eyes, and he turned sideways to block it. Lu Qingfan took the opportunity to flip over the man's mask.
The two of them acted in tacit agreement and went straight to the face of the owner of Wuji Tower. They did not intend to hurt anyone, but just wanted to reveal his true face. Their movements were very fast and fierce.
Without the mask, Huajian Ying's handsome face was exposed in the bright stone room. He couldn't help but sigh at the cracked mask on the ground and said regretfully: "This is my favorite mask."
Without the blessing of the deep black mask, Hua Jianying's aura when he spoke became as gentle as the wind, losing the sharp aura just now.
Yun Xi blinked slyly and said with a smile: "We will compensate you."
Hua Jianying sadly picked up the mask and dusted it off, sighed and said helplessly: "If you know that you have to destroy my mask, I won't pretend anymore."
Lu Qingfan said calmly: "I warned you earlier."
He has always refused to admit it.
"You are actually the owner of Wuji Building?" Weren't you the guarantor before?
Yun Xi looked at Hua Jianying curiously: "Did Mr. Hua suddenly inherit this intelligence organization?"
Hua Jianying smiled as warmly as a spring breeze: "No, this building belongs to me."
But he is indeed the guarantor.
"Some buyers are afraid of being cheated by the seller, so sometimes they ask Wujilou to be the guarantor. The last time we met on a boat, I had nothing to do and wanted to take a boat to relax, but I didn't want to..."
Thinking about the tragic case on the ship at that time, Hua Jianying still couldn't help but sigh.
"I'd like to ask you a few questions." Since we are acquaintances, it will be easier.
Lu Qingfan continued: "It is related to the foundation of the country, and I hope Mr. Hua will not hesitate to enlighten me. If you violate the rules in the building, I hope you can make it as convenient as possible for us."
Hua Jianying's eyes widened in surprise, and she was surprised: "So Mr. Lu can also say some kind words?"
As soon as these words came out, all the unfamiliar people who had been wary of the misunderstanding disappeared. Yun Xi covered her lips and snickered, Lu Qingfan had a dark face and was helpless, and Hua Jianying raised her lips in triumph: "I told you to break my mask."
This guy is still trying to save his respect!
"You two, take a seat." After laughing enough, Hua Jianying raised her hand and invited the two of them to take a seat.
The futon in the stone room was just big enough for three people. Yun Xi sat on the side, and Lu Qingfan picked a few key questions and asked them.
When it was mentioned that a batch of weapons had entered the Wuji Building, Hua Jianying couldn't help but be confused: "We people in the building generally don't need weapons."
"Why?" Yun Xi was already very curious about Wuji Building. Now that she knew the owner was an acquaintance, she couldn't help but become more interested.
"If the matter involves the secrets in the building, there is no need for Mr. Hua to talk about it." Yun Xi quickly added.
Hua Jianying waved his hand, "It's not really worth hiding."
He placed the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard and began to explain: "Wuji Building is an intelligence agency, which uses defense as offense. Therefore, when passed down from generation to generation, the guards in the building will be named 'Shield'; the main attackers will go out to do tasks to collect intelligence."
There are different names and taboos, but there is also a unified name in the building, which is 'spear'."
Hanajian Ying used the black ones as the "shield" and placed them in the last row, and the white ones as the "spear", forming the two most important layers of guards in the building.
He dipped the water droplets in the tea cup and used his inner strength to scatter them near the chess pieces, forming a Beidou surround. "We call the intelligence agents scattered everywhere 'stars'."
Whether it is collecting intelligence or hiding it everywhere, the main task is to lurk, collect and submit intelligence.
Even though those randomly scattered water drops seemed to be swayed carelessly, Yun Xi could see some different ingenuity in them, and couldn't help but praise: "Everyone does his own thing and protects each other. It's really a good situation."
"Miss Yun knows about Qimen Dunjia?" Hua Jianying couldn't help but arch her eyebrows in surprise, "It's surprising."
Yun Xi watched with gusto and listened to Hua Jianying praising her, then she raised her bright eyes and said with a smile: "The layout of Young Master Hua and Senior Wujilou makes them even more far-sighted."
Lu Qingfan didn't want to be excluded from the topic all the time, so he calmly interjected: "Tell me more carefully?"
"Look, sir," Yun Xi excitedly connected all the water drops with her white fingertips, echoing them from beginning to end, like a vortex of annual rings, each wrapping "contradictions" to form a huge combined force.
Lu Qingfan only glanced at it and couldn't help but sigh like Yun Xi: "Awesome."
There was a glimmer of light in his eyes, and he looked at Hua Jianying, who was still smiling warmly: "So that's what the playboy meant."
With such ingenuity, where do you need weapons?
"Master Lu, seeing with your own eyes is better than anything else. Tell me, why do my people buy weapons?"
"From several sources of water and witnesses, it can be proved that the objects fell into Wuji Tower." Lu Qingfan still insisted that the matter was related to Wuji Tower.
Hua Jianying's previous determination also became hesitant: "...then, then someone else has to ask."
Chapter completed!