C681 He Had Known about It a Long Time ago
Although Du Qi still didn't know what Yun Meng Four Swords were like, he saw that they were close to Xin Benshan and Xin Ben's brothers. They seemed to have some kind of relationship, and they could help Guo Qingshan deal with strong enemies without asking for anything. He thought that they weren't bad people, even if they had done evil deeds in the past. However, he did not see it with his own eyes, so he did not want to make things difficult for them now. Hence, he pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What do you mean, Big Brother?"
Mei Xiaoren also seemed to be surprised and said, "Big brother often advises little brother and second brother to treat Fourth Younger Brother well and not be calculative with Fourth Younger Brother. Why is big brother treating Fourth Younger Brother like this now?"
Mei Xiaotian ignored Mei Xiaoren's words and continued to stare at Du Qi with a divine light. With a serious expression, he said, "You are not lying in front of an enlightened person. In terms of your skills, sir. If you are a famous figure in the Martial Forest, why do you pretend to be that disdainful Fourth Younger Brother? "
Du Qi had long suspected that the Mei brothers was lying to him. If they were not suspicious, Du Qi would find it strange. Now that he heard Mei Xiaotian's words... Du Qi didn't feel surprised at all. Instead, he felt that it was reasonable. However, he didn't know how to answer Mei Xiaotian's question, so he said, "Please forgive me, Big Brother Mei. This is purely a coincidence, and not what I thought. I hope that the three of you can forgive me for what I didn't do."
Mei Xiaotian said, "Brother, don't worry. If we were to mind, why would we argue with you in such a desolate place?"
Du Qi understood even more clearly in his heart when he heard this. He thought that this was the first time they had met. Mei Xiaotian already knew that he wasn't Hong Lingyue. He only wanted to use his strength to deal with the unexpected Jiang Yibo, so he didn't expose his disguise. When he saw that he actually forced Jiang Yibo to retreat with a single move, Mei Xiaotian even made the mistake he made. His goal was to stabilize Guo Qingshan and help him. No wonder Xin Benshan and the rest of the Myriad Holy Palace had already made proper arrangements. After they arrived, they pretended to talk about the situation. This was undoubtedly to investigate his background and intention in secret. If he had any ulterior motives, Xin Benshan and the rest would naturally arrest him immediately. Fortunately, he did not have any ulterior motives. He was sincerely protecting Guo Yufang. They had nothing to say about helping Guo Qingshan resist the people of Hundred Flower Palace. Later, he killed Jiang Yibo alone and fought with the Twelve Evils of Jianghu with his life on the line. After that, he wanted to leave by himself. Only then did Mei Xiaotian estimate that he didn't have any bad intentions in pretending to be Hong Lingyue. That was why he wanted to find out the ins and outs of the matter with him in this deserted place. He wanted to prevent others from finding out the secrets of the matter and harming them. With this in mind, Du Qi hurriedly said, "I wonder if Big Brother Mei has any advice for me?"
As if he was sorting out his thoughts, Mei Xiaotian paused for a moment and then slowly said, "My father, Zhongyi Mei, was a famous grandmaster of a generation. He only taught us four everything he learned in his life. The fourth junior brother was Hong Lingyue. My father died young because he was honest and honest. As a result, we didn't obtain the true teachings of our father, and fortunately, our fourth junior brother Hong Lingyue was extremely intelligent and had extraordinary comprehension abilities. His martial arts cultivation is much higher than ours, and it is precisely because of this that Fourth Younger Brother has become more and more arrogant. Because of this, we often have conflicts between us. Before the New Year, we had a little conflict with our second junior brother over a small matter and nearly pulled out our swords to fight him. I kindly went forward to advise him, but who would have thought that Fourth Younger Brother would not appreciate it? He thought that I was partial to helping Second Brother and ended up running away from home in anger. Sigh! Who would have thought that Fourth Younger Brother would never come back after he left? "
Du Qi said sadly," If my guess is correct, Hong Lingyue and Mr. Hong might have already been killed. "
Hearing this, Mei Xiaodi and Mei Xiaoren both showed disbelief on their faces. Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but shout, "You are talking nonsense!"
Mei Xiaotian said sadly, "No need for brother to tell me. I already knew about this. Otherwise, with brother's superb disguise technique, how could I have seen through it?"
Mei Xiaoren cried out in shock. "What?! Big brother should have known that Fourth Younger Brother had been killed. Why didn't you tell us?"
Mei Xiaotian said," It's a huge sin that we can't develop our father's martial arts. How can we allow the Cloud Dream Four Swords to be separated? Therefore, when Fourth Younger Brother left in anger, the foolish brother hurriedly chased after him, wanting to persuade him to come back. However, Fourth Younger Brother was so angry that he didn't listen to my foolish brother's words, but my foolish brother didn't give up. He continued to follow behind him, waiting for him to change his mind. However, Fourth Younger Brother was very wary of his foolish brother. On the afternoon of the third day, he took advantage of the time when his foolish brother was not paying attention to him and ran away alone. When his foolish brother woke up and chased after him, however, he only saw Fourth Younger Brother's head being cut off by someone in the distance because his foolish brother saw that person's martial arts was powerful. Worried that he would be discovered and lose his life, he hurriedly hid by the side and did not dare to chase after him. I didn't tell the two of you about Fourth Younger Brother's death because I was worried that he would be harmed before things were clear. Even in the future, we can't tell anyone about Fourth Younger Brother's death! "
Du Qi could not help but come to a realization when he heard this. He had put on this mask at that time. It was originally to cover Shui Wuhen and Yuanhui's eyes so that he could move on the ship. Things had changed a long time ago. It was meaningless to wear this mask anymore. However, he did not want the Mei brothers to see his true face, so he did not take off the mask immediately. He only said, "A dead man cannot be resurrected. Please accept my condolences. Brother Mei, don't worry. I will never disguise myself as Hero Hong again in the future!"
Mei Xiaotian quickly said, "Brother, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean to do that!"
Du Qi was puzzled and said, "Then, Brother Mei's thoughts are..."
Mei Xiaotian said, "Fourth Younger Brother was killed for no reason. I have been thinking about finding out the truth and finding my enemy to take revenge for him. It is just that the three of us are weak in martial arts, and it is not convenient to ask for help from others. Now, you've disguised yourself as Fourth Younger Brother, and it's very lifelike. Even Second Brother and Third Brother could not tell whether it was real or fake, and it was obvious that they were fated to meet Fourth Younger Brother. Therefore, I would like to ask you to continue disguising yourself as Fourth Younger Brother. Brother, would you be willing to help me find out the truth about Fourth Younger Brother's death?"
Du Qi originally wanted to help Mei brothers find out the truth about this matter, but when he thought about how he did his best to protect the Yellow Emperor's true inheritance as Daoist priest Tianyi had said, in the end, he was sentenced to death by them with ten major crimes. If it was said that he deserved it, then... What kind of justice was there in this world? He spared no effort to save Guo Yufang, but in the end, he was almost killed by her. This could only mean one thing, and that was, good people could not do it!
Besides, he had nothing to do with Yun Meng Four Swords, and did not know each other at all. Mei Xiaotian was still at ease to let him pretend to be Hong Lingyue, so what conspiracy was there?
In order to avoid any unhappiness after the incident, he could only ignore Hong Lingyue's matter. He had to get rid of the entanglement with the Cloud Dream Four Swords. Just as Du Qi was about to politely reject Mei Xiaotian's invitation, imagine how big the world was. What a coincidence! He accidentally found two human skin masks. He casually took out one of them and disguised himself as Hong Lingyue for the first time. Wasn't this enough to show that he was connected to Hong Lingyue and Yun Meng Four Swords by fate?