Chapter 302 Scapegoat
The taxi huffed and puffed as it chased after him.
Guqin City is too big, and there are too many cars. All kinds of flying cars left traces in the sky.
In such a dense traffic, it is really difficult to find a car following behind.
The owner of the car naturally did not expect that even if they monitored the space center of Guqin City and monitored Zhao Lu's entire journey, they still could not prevent someone from taking the usual route and using advanced aircraft to sneak between cities on a planet.
Zhao Lu sat in the car, still wearing the big sunglasses. The man who had just been slapped by her sat opposite her, staring at her with a cold face.
There was no fear on Zhao Lu's face.
The man who was slapped by her suddenly sneered: "Elder Zhao, you are surprised, right?"
Zhao Lu said coldly: "What's unexpected?"
"Elder Zhao, don't pretend that you don't know me. When our Elder Du hosted Elder Zhao before, I was there too."
"You were there too? I haven't seen you before."
The man was a little embarrassed and annoyed: "You nodded to me!"
"That was the most basic etiquette. Even if it was a doorman, I would nod to him." Zhao Lu said.
"Haha, okay, anyway, you are right. I'll tell you the truth, Elder Zhao, you are in big trouble this time!" The man said with a sneer.
Zhao Lu looked at the man and said calmly, "Do you think I don't dare to break your neck and throw you out of the car now?"
The man said in a cowardly manner, "Think about your own problems first!"
"Whatever problems I have, you don't have to worry about it. Also, you are a small character, you talk too much nonsense, right? Or does your master behind you want you to trap me first? Forget it." Zhao Lu said.
"Haha, small character, you will soon know that after the big guys become prisoners, they are not even as good as small characters!" After the man finished speaking, he stopped talking and leaned back in his seat with his eyes closed.
Zhao Lu was too lazy to speak, but she was even more surprised and doubtful in her heart.
This man is indeed a small character, at least in front of a district elder like her, he is nothing.
But she didn't even know who he was!
The entourage around Du Yu, the elder of Wuyue City!
Zhao Lu and Du Yu had a grudge. She originally gave the information about the birthday gift of King Qi to Bai Muye, with the purpose of severely pitting Du Yu.
Unexpectedly, Bai Muye was very evil and directly stole all the birthday gifts.
This incident made the entire Feixianxing organization very angry. Let’s not talk about how much loss they suffered. The key is that it was too embarrassing!
They do this kind of thing. Give them an armed starship, and they are directly interstellar pirates.
As a result, the birthday gift was robbed at their doorstep without anyone noticing, which was equivalent to being slapped hard.
But Zhao Lu asked herself about this matter. She didn’t have any flaws.
If there were really flaws, it would not be Du Yu’s people who pitted her, but the people around King Qi who came directly to catch her!
She was thinking in her heart, what was going on.
Du Yu, the elder of Wuyue City, met her in Guqin City, so what about the elder Zheng of Guqin City? Did he participate? Nine out of ten times, he did.
But the question is, how did these people kidnap her parents from Green Star?
Does the prince know about this?
Zhao Lu felt her head was in a mess.
Soon, the flying car entered an area deep in Guqin City that ordinary people could not enter.
Zhao Lu finally recognized this place as a manor under the name of Elder Zheng of Guqin City.
It seems that Elder Zheng was also involved in this matter.
Zhao Lu took a deep breath. She had a feeling that this matter today might not be resolved peacefully.
After getting off the car, several people appeared in front of Zhao Lu. They were all followers of the elders of the main cities of Feixian Star.
One of them took out a master-level spiritual power lock, looked at Zhao Lu and said in a deep voice: "Elder Zhao, I'm sorry."
Zhao Lu looked at the man and said lightly: "Do you have to do this?"
"Elder Zhao is joking. Now that things have come to this, doesn't Elder Zhao understand? Since we are enemies, we must treat each other as enemies."
Zhao Lu sneered: "Enemy? Who gave the definition?"
The man said: "Elder Zhao, don't make things difficult for us. We are just a group of servants. And Elder Zhao is too powerful. If we don't lock Elder Zhao, we dare not bring Elder Zhao in."
Zhao Lu took a look at the master-level spiritual power lock and nodded: "Okay, don't regret it."
As he said, he let the man lock himself with the spiritual power lock.
The man who was slapped by Zhao Lu just now sneered: "Do you have the guts to continue to be arrogant now?"
Zhao Lu didn't even look at him, and said to the others: "Lead the way."
The man who was slapped by Zhao Lu still sneered, followed behind, and escorted Zhao Lu directly inside with a group of people.
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Bai Muye's taxi stopped far away, because the advanced intelligence prompted that the front was already an identification zone. If he forced his way in, the other party would definitely find it immediately.
"Can it be cracked?" Bai Muye missed Sister Piaoliang very much. If his sister was still alive, he would have rushed into such a place directly.
"Yes." The advanced intelligence replied.
"Then why are you hesitating? Crack it and go in!" Bai Muye said angrily.
"The master didn't order it." The advanced intelligence responded.
Damn!
Bai Muye rolled his eyes.
Then, the taxi entered the identification zone openly.
In fact, Da Piaoliang didn't lie to Bai Muye. The advanced intelligence she left behind was indeed very powerful, but Bai Muye had to give it instructions for everything.
Otherwise, this thing would be a dead thing.
It looks even worse than the current artificial intelligence.
Because it has no emotions.
However, Bai Muye couldn't go deeper for too long, because after the car flew into the manor for a distance, buildings and people began to appear in front.
Bai Muye put the taxi directly into his space ring.
Then he quietly approached inside.
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Zhao Lu was taken into a room.
The room was dimly lit and filled with smoke.
Several big men, with their legs crossed, were sitting in the room smoking cigars.
Zhao Lu frowned slightly and glanced at the people in the room. Her eyes stopped on one of them.
Zhao Qiang!
It was him!
"Are you surprised to see me?" Zhao Qiang looked at Zhao Lu calmly with a calm expression.
Zhao Lu didn't say anything and looked at the other people.
Elder Zheng of Guqin City, Elder Du of Wuyue City, Elder Yun of Qi City, Elder Wu of Su City, and Elder Guan of Hui City.
If Zhao Lu herself is included, there are a total of thirty-six first-level main city elders, and one-sixth of them appeared in this room!
Zhao Qiang looked at Zhao Lu: "I thought that we were of the same surname and clan, and we would be on the same front, but I didn't expect that you, Elder Zhao, would actually collude with foreign enemies. Haha, do you think that I have been exiled and there is no hope in this life?"
"I don't understand you and your intentions." Zhao Lu calmed down completely when she came here. She looked at Zhao Qiang indifferently, "I don't think I have any grudges against you. Yes, you asked me to do you a favor, but that favor... I can't help. Apart from that, there is no intersection between you and me."
Then, Zhao Lu looked at the other five elders: "Everyone here, except for the one with the surname Du, I have no grudges against you. So I don't understand why you are calculating against me like this. Just speak frankly, don't hide it, everyone is tired."
Snap, snap, snap!
Wuyue City elder Du Yu clapped his hands and smiled, "What a sharp tongue! Miss Zhao is in danger but still fearless. She is as brave as a man. It's admirable."
"Stop talking nonsense and speak human language." Zhao Lu said.
"Okay, if you want to be straightforward, then be straightforward!" Du Yu stood up, came to Zhao Lu, and asked coldly: "Did you leak the news of the prince's birthday gift to others?"
"No." Zhao Lu denied it flatly.
And this was also expected by this group of people. No one would admit such a thing.
"Okay, deny it, right? Let's not rush, one by one, anyway, you will tell the truth later." Du Yu said lightly.
Then he looked at Zhao Lu and asked: "Did you collude with Bai Muye secretly to frame Zhao Qiang?"
"Are you kidding?" Zhao Lu looked at Du Yu as if he was looking at an idiot.
Du Yu nodded and looked back at Elder Zheng of Guqin City: "Old Zheng, I'm done asking questions."
Elder Zheng nodded and said, "Okay!"
As he spoke, he still sat there, took a puff of cigar, and then casually opened a light curtain.
On the light curtain, Zhao Lu and Bai Muye sat opposite each other in her tavern, and seemed to be chatting happily.
"Elder Zhao, what is this?" Elder Zheng asked lightly.
Du Yu sneered and teased: "I have known you for so many years, but I have never seen you, Zhao Lu, have such a delicate and charming side."
Zhao Lu's heart sank, she finally understood that someone around her betrayed her!
And the one who betrayed her was the person she trusted the most all along!
As an assassin, she could tell the shooting angle of this kind of photo at a glance, and then... who had that opportunity.
"Why, you care about flirting with a little brother in the bar?" Zhao Lu sneered.
"It's a pity that this little brother is the super handsome Bai Muye!" Du Yu sneered.
At this time, Zhao Qiang slowly stood up, came to Zhao Lu, and said lightly: "You didn't expect it, the so-called exile of the prince was just a cover! The prince is wise and powerful, how could he be so easily deceived by a villain? On the surface, he hated me and completely exiled me. In fact, he entrusted me with an important task and asked me to investigate the theft of the birthday gift on Feixian Star!" Zhao Lu sneered: "What does that have to do with me? I didn't steal it." "Of course it wasn't you, but you... gave the news to Bai Muye, and then... it was during the break of the high school league division, and the team that Bai Muye was in announced that it would be closed for cultivation at that time... Elder Zhao, don't you think this is too coincidental?" Zhao Qiang asked. "According to your theory, everything can be forced together." Zhao Lu said lightly: "Since you doubt me, okay, you are allowed to doubt me. I want to see the prince, and you are not qualified to interrogate me here."
"Elder Zhao, you think too much." Zhao Qiang sneered: "If you are allowed to see the prince, what does it have to do with us? If you don't make this matter an ironclad case, do you think we will let you leave this room?"
Zhao Lu glanced at him: "I am the elder of Feixianxing District, do you still want to torture me?"
Snap!
Zhao Qiang raised his hand and slapped Zhao Lu in the face.
Then he raised his foot and kicked Zhao Lu's lower abdomen hard, kicking Zhao Lu, whose spiritual power was locked, backwards.
The other elders frowned slightly, but no one stepped forward to stop him.
Zhao Qiang's identity is indeed the prince's special envoy!
This matter has also been confirmed.
They all knew that Zhao Qiang had a grudge against Bai Muye, and they were disgusted at first by Zhao Qiang's attempt to force the incident onto Bai Muye.
But as Zhao Qiang provided more and more evidence, this group of people finally wavered.
Bai Muye, that is not an ordinary genius boy.
The people behind him have enough ability to steal the birthday gift of King Qi without anyone noticing on Feixian Star!
And Zhao Lu, indeed, had contact with Bai Muye in private!
This can actually explain too many problems.
Putting together many seemingly unrelated clues, plus a certain degree of free conviction...
Feixian Star has such a big thing, someone must be responsible, right?
Zhao Lu, a new district elder with no background, has enough weight and evidence, and is simply the right person!
Zhao Qiang kicked hard, and blood flowed from the corner of Zhao Lu's mouth.
Struggling to stand up from the ground.
Zhao Qiang walked over and kicked Zhao Lu in the chest again.
Puff!
Zhao Lu spat out a mouthful of blood.
She was kicked several meters away again.
"Enough." The person who spoke was actually Du Yu from Wuyue City.
He looked at Zhao Qiang with some displeasure: "You are a special envoy, not a torture envoy. Pay attention to your identity."
Zhao Qiang glanced at him and said lightly: "It's good that you know I am a special envoy! Don't bother me."
"I'm not bothering you. I just want to remind you that if you have something to say, you should talk about it. Although Elder Zhao and I have a personal grudge, I will not torture and humiliate a person whose spiritual power is sealed like you do. If her spiritual power is not sealed, would you dare to touch her?"
Du Yu's tone was flat, and no emotion could be heard, but Zhao Qiang was choked and speechless.
Zhao Lu stood up from the ground, reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, and tried to adjust her breathing.
After a long while, he said, "I understand. You just want a scapegoat to throw the dirty water on me and Bai Muye. Bai Muye alone is definitely not enough. With me, it's enough. With a photo, you can start a free conviction. Very good. Tell me, what are you going to do to me next?"
"Of course, you have to tell the truth and confess. Tell us all about your conspiracy and how you colluded with Bai Muye to betray the prince. Then, we will release your family." Du Yu looked at Zhao Lu: "You should believe me, right?"
"I want to see my family first." Zhao Lu said.
Du Yu thought about it, glanced at Elder Zheng and others, and several people nodded at the same time. It passed Zhao Qiang perfectly.
Zhao Qiang's face was a little ugly, but then he thought of something and held back his attack.
It's true that he represents the King of Qi, but he is just a master. If he goes wild here, anyone can slap him to death.
After a while, Zhao Lu's parents and the baby in the cradle were brought over.
The room was filled with smoke. As soon as the child came in, he subconsciously wanted to go out. When he found that he couldn't go out, he burst into tears.
"If you cry again, I'll throw you to death!" Zhao Qiang said sinisterly.
The child was so scared that he didn't dare to breathe and tried his best to get into Zhao Lu's mother's arms.
Zhao Lu's mother was a little annoyed, after all, this was not her child, but she was more afraid.
Seeing Zhao Lu with blood on her mouth, he cursed her without caring about her life or death: "You damn bitch! How many unscrupulous things have you done? Why are you in this situation again today? If you want to die, then die, don't implicate us!"
"That's right, you actually caught the wrong person. This unfilial daughter never cares about our life or death!" Zhao Lu's father said exaggeratedly.
Zhao Lu raised her head, suddenly smiled softly, looked at Du Yu and said: "Okay, take them out, I'm sure it's them."
Du Yu was silent for a while, waved his hand, and someone took Zhao Lu's parents away. No matter how far they walked, they could hear the two people and the guards with them madly complaining about Zhao Lu.
"She is a bitch!"
"We don't recognize her!"
"You caught the wrong person. What does she have to do with us?"
"We don't care whether she lives or dies..."
Zhao Lu looked at Du Yu: "They are under the surveillance of the prince. How did you bring them out?"
Du Yu looked at her and said: "Zhao Lu, don't have any illusions until now. They were brought here with the permission of the prince. Otherwise, who would dare to do this?"
Zhao Lu smiled: "In other words, the prince also believes that I colluded with Bai Muye and stole the Take his birthday gift?"
Du Yu said: "Your photo explains too many problems. You know, what the prince hates most is someone betraying him."
Zhao Lu laughed and said: "It's really easy to find a pretext to accuse someone. I can make a lot of photos of you all chatting and laughing with Bai Muye at any time."
"But those are fake, your photo... is real. Zhao Lu, after all, we were friends back then, I advise you to confess everything you should confess. When the time comes, I will personally escort you to see the prince. I will... plead for you." Du Yu said.
Zhao Lu said coldly: "Don't cry over the rat. Do I need you?"
As she said that, she looked at Zhao Qiang and said: "You are just slandering me. It's completely untrue. I am innocent and have never betrayed the prince. Yes, the photo is real, but I also have the task assigned by the prince!"
Zhao Lu's eyes flashed with cold light, looking at the people present: "Whether my parents were really brought out with the permission of the prince, whether the prince really knows about this matter, I will not argue with you now, I only have one thing to say, escort me back to Luye! When we see the prince, we will confront him on the spot!"
"Zhao Lu, why are you doing this? You know, you can't actually see the prince." Du Yu sighed softly: "Since it is an ironclad case, it is better to die without evidence."
"Want to kill me?" Zhao Lu looked strange.
Du Yu said: "Of course we didn't want to kill you, but when we asked you to assist in the investigation, you found out that the matter was exposed, so you wanted to kill us to silence us. We tried our best to protect the people around you who betrayed you, and then in the process, we accidentally shot you and killed you."
"What I'm asking is, do you want to kill me?" Zhao Lu looked at Du Yu.
Du Yu smiled: "Give me a reason not to kill you?"
Zhao Lu thought for a while: "We agreed to fight to the death... Well, if you want to kill me, just do it. Really, it's not the first time that you, Du Yu, have broken your oath. I'm used to it."
Du Yu suddenly said emotionally: "It wasn't my oath that I broke back then, you just refused to listen to my explanation!"
"What to listen to? Believe your lies and believe that my brother didn't die because you abandoned him?" Zhao Lu was angry, and although he staggered, he strode towards Du Yu.
Du Yu stretched out his hand, seemingly to push Zhao Lu.
But at this moment, Du Yu suddenly turned around and punched Elder Zheng beside him.