Chapter 11: Encounter with the Riddler

This sudden change was beyond Chu Qing's expectations.

Even though he was always brave, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, but then he realized that this guy was not dead!

It's no wonder that Chu Qing didn't notice it. The man's legs were cut off and his clothes were covered in blood. The blood had dried up and it was unknown how long he had been injured.

He was barely breathing and extremely weak.

Anyone who sees such a person would never have thought that he was still alive.

When he saw Chu Qing, he reached out to grab Chu Qing's ankle.

There was no way Chu Qing could be caught by him, he just moved away and the man didn't care.

He just spoke a few words with great difficulty:
"Tell... Qingye... the... sword... handle... Tian... Tian... Tian..."

After he finished saying these words, his body fell down, he was no longer able to support himself, and died.

"…Tell Aoba the hilt? What is that?"

Chu Qing was a little confused:

"Hey, explain it clearly. What is the Aoba hilt? Who should we tell? How should we tell it? What does Tiantiantian mean? The Riddler needs to get out of Gotham City!"

These words are really incoherent. No matter from which perspective, Qingye Sword Handle should not be a single person.

Or... Qingye Sword is a person's nickname?
Tell Qingyejian, handle...what does it mean?
Did I hear it wrong?

Handle or cake? Or something else?

Or maybe there is a Qingye sword, what mystery is hidden in the hilt?
But what does this have to do with heaven?
Chu Qing thought of many possibilities in an instant, and then was a little speechless...

There is no point in analyzing what a dying person, a complete stranger, said.

“But judging from his attire, he must be a Tianwu Guard without a doubt.

"Could this matter be related to the City Lord's Mansion?"

Chu Qing looked at the corpse and after a moment, a look of shock appeared on his face.

His legs were cut off, there were traces of blood on the ground, and the weeds in the forest also had signs of being crushed.

Looking at his hands, there were many broken parts, and there was grass and dirt between his nails.

This seems to indicate that this person had his legs cut off and crawled all the way here with great difficulty?
"You struggled to this extent, just to deliver a message?
"I'm afraid this matter is very serious."

Chu Qing hesitated for a moment, then shook his head:
"However, this has no beginning or end. It's too confusing."

He shook his head and did not touch the body.

After all, this place is within the scope of Tianwu City. If the matter is related to the City Lord’s Mansion, people from the City Lord’s Mansion will definitely come here to look for it.

If you deal with the body rashly, it won't matter whether people find it or not.

Thinking of this, he cleaned up his footprints around him before continuing on his way.

He also observed carefully along the way and did not see anything special happening.

So, the next day at noon, Chu Qing stole some clothes from a farmer's house outside the city, disguised himself as a country boy coming to the city, and successfully sneaked into Tianwu City.

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The streets of Tianwu City were crowded with people, with horse-drawn carriages passing by from time to time, and business going on along the streets, with shouts coming one after another.

For Chu Qing, this was his first time stepping into Tianwu City, but memories could not help but surface.

This is South Street. Tianwu City has a total of four streets, and the entire city is laid out in the shape of a "田".

The city lord's mansion is in the middle, and the Chu family is on North Street.

However, although everything looks the same as in my memory, some things have changed.

The candy figures I like to eat are still there, but the people who blow them are different. The narrow alley where I used to play with my friends is still there, but now it is a different group of children playing there.

The uncle selling buns has a few more white hairs on his temples.

The naughty kids who used to play around in the stalls now put a rag on their shoulders and stood on the street shouting loudly.

Chu Qing walked along the street, and unconsciously, he looked up and saw a mansion.

This is a wealthy family. There is a plaque hanging on the door with two large gold-plated characters inscribed on it: Chu Mansion.

"How did I get here without realizing it?"

Chu Qing let out a breath. He didn't want to go in yet.

The purpose of this trip is simple, which is to remind Chu Yunfei to be careful of the Evil Mirror Stand.

If you want to accomplish these things, you don't even need to meet him.

All he had to do was find a way to sneak into the Chu family and leave something behind... Of course, it wasn't easy to find a way to sneak into the Chu family, but Chu Qing asked himself if there was no way.

I turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly I heard a familiar word coming from not far away. I couldn't help but look towards the source of the voice, but it turned out to be a teahouse.

The teahouse is called 'Red Leaf Teahouse' and it is just opposite the Chu family's house, but it seems to have been newly opened in the past few years.

Originally, there was no teahouse or teahouse opposite the Chu family, but a security agency.

That escort agency was quite famous in its early years and was the number one escort agency in Tianwu City.

Later, the chief escort was killed in a gang. The young chief who inherited the agency was young and inexperienced, had mediocre martial arts skills and was still fond of women.

Now it seems that he has squandered all his family fortune and even sold the escort agency.

There is a restaurant next to the teahouse and a pawnshop on the other side, which are obviously converted.

After a moment's hesitation, he stepped into the teahouse. Before he sat down, he heard someone loudly ask:
"Who exactly is that Night Emperor?"

"That's right. The Seven Iron Horse Thieves were quite skilled in martial arts, but the Night Emperor killed three of them with one sword. Is this true or false?"

The familiar words Chu Qing just heard were the words "Night Emperor". He didn't expect that the news would spread to Tianwu City so quickly?
He found a seat and sat down, and then he saw a man saying loudly:
"Of course this is absolutely true. Chu Fan, the second son of the Chu family, said it himself. How could it be false?"

Chu Qing was speechless for a while, wondering how the news could be spread so quickly.

After all this time, it turned out to be Chu Fan, the loudspeaker.

He and Junior Sister Wen both had fast horses, so it was reasonable for them to arrive at Tianwu City earlier than himself.

While the waiter served the tea, the group of people started talking a lot more.

Chu Qing discovered that these people didn't know much, and most of what they knew were speculations about Ye Di.

And there are all kinds of things...

Some say that Ye Di is an old veteran who retired from the world long ago and lived under a pseudonym. It was when the Seven Iron Horse Thieves were killing innocent people that he became angry and took action.

Some people also say that he is a person who seeks popularity. He dares to call himself "Emperor". This means that there is no news about the Daqian Dynasty. Otherwise, his entire clan must be killed.

Others said that this person should be a knight-errant who had just started out in the martial arts world and was using this incident to make a name for himself.

It was quite lively for a while.

Chu Qing was not interested in these things. Just as he was thinking of having some tea and leaving, he suddenly saw a traveling doctor walking by with a sign.

With just one glance, Chu Qing's pupils suddenly contracted.

He knows this man.

But this guy shouldn't be here.

Because in his memory, this person had died a month ago.

(End of this chapter)

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