Chapter 193
Chapter 193
The moment the Queen said those words, Jiang Li and Liang Chen exchanged a glance. Both of them understood the connection behind it.
Judging from Zhang Jiang’s experience, the Witch had tried to lure Zhang Jiang into speaking.
The Witch wanted to make him use up his allotted words so the Queen would cut out his tongue.
Judging from Liang Chen’s experience, the Witch had stolen the Jade Necklace and framed Liang Chen, nearly causing Liang Chen to be strangled to death by the Queen.
Judging from Zhao Qingqing’s experience, Zhao Qingqing had walked into the Queen’s room, yet it was the Witch who had taken her away.
The danger the three of them had encountered was all connected to two women: the Witch and the Queen.
It was not hard to infer that there was some sort of collusion between the Witch and the Queen.
Seeing the Queen’s gloating expression, Xu Haoran stormed forward in fury and grabbed her by the clothes.
“Don’t you fucking think I can’t tell. Zhao Qingqing might not be in your hands, but this definitely has something to do with you!
“If anything happens to Qingqing, I’ll kill you with my own hands!”
Xu Haoran’s eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched with rage.
At his words, a flash of brightness flickered through the Queen’s eyes.
Instead of getting angry, she laughed. Her voice rose sharply as she sneered at Xu Haoran:
“You want to kill me? Then do it! Don’t you have a sword?
“I’ll let you in on a little secret. As long as that sword gets stained with human blood, you can kill me nice and easy. Hahahahaha…”
As the Queen offered Xu Haoran her advice, she stretched her neck out in front of him, as if inviting him to strike.
The Queen’s goal was simple. She wanted to provoke Xu Haoran into breaking the rules.
Because Xu Haoran was a knight. Although his combat strength had multiplied, he was also bound by the rule that he “could not kill a superior.”
Afraid that Xu Haoran would act on impulse, Zhang Jiang hurried forward, pressed a hand to his shoulder, and shook his head to stop him.
Xu Haoran gripped the Queen furiously.
“You’re an Aberration, huh? You like playing mind games, huh? Don’t fucking think I won’t dare kill you. Even if I can’t kill you, you think I can’t beat the shit out of you?!”
Xu Haoran seized the Queen by the collar and looked about ready to hit her, but Liang Chen stepped forward and called out to him.
“Wait!” Liang Chen held Xu Haoran back. “Don’t do it yourself. Leave this to me.”
Xu Haoran’s movements froze.
Liang Chen narrowed her eyes slightly. “Since she hurts people and refuses to repent, I happen to know a little hand-to-hand combat too.”
“I want to beat her up.” Liang Chen cracked her knuckles loudly and took the Queen from Xu Haoran’s hands…
Inside the room.
Jiang Li, Liang Chen, Xu Haoran, and Zhang Jiang split into two groups.
Jiang Li and Xu Haoran took King Zhang Jiang’s handwritten order and left Brand Castle ahead of time, preparing to head to the Misty Forest together to look for Zhao Qingqing.
Liang Chen and Zhang Jiang stayed behind in the castle to handle a few necessary matters, as well as act out the scenes that would come later.
In a room on the Third Floor.
The Queen had been beaten flat onto the ground by Liang Chen.
Liang Chen had learned taekwondo.
She went straight up, grabbed the Queen, and threw her over her shoulder. Then another shoulder throw. Then another…
“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang-”
The Queen was tossed around like a rag doll by Liang Chen, without the slightest ability to fight back.
By the end, the Queen spat out a mouthful of old blood, and her body looked like it was about to fall apart.
The Aberrations in the fairy-tale world were all designed for children, so most of their attack power was nowhere near that of the Aberrations outside.
Although the Queen herself did not really feel pain, the sight of her getting beaten was indeed a sorry one.
Earlier, the Queen had joined forces with the Witch to frame Liang Chen, and Liang Chen had already been holding in her anger.
Now that the Queen had fallen into Liang Chen’s hands, Liang Chen naturally would not let her off easily.
Only after Liang Chen had beaten her fill did she clap her hands and retreat behind her companion, Zhang Jiang.
The Queen struggled up from the floor, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and loudly summoned the castle soldiers.
Judging from the Queen’s stance, she intended to use “assaulting royalty” as an excuse to sentence Liang Chen to death on the spot.
Seeing the situation turn against him, Zhang Jiang grabbed a piece of silk cloth from the vanity and stuffed it into the Queen’s mouth, stopping her from giving orders.
With the Queen’s mouth gagged, Zhang Jiang issued a command to the soldiers rushing over. “Pull out the Queen’s tongue.”
“Yes, sir!”
Since the Queen wielded so much power and was always trying to kill the players…
Then Zhang Jiang would strike first. He would have the Queen’s tongue pulled out so she could no longer speak and eliminate the threat for good…
After Jiang Li and Xu Haoran went downstairs,
they ran into a Little Girl right at the entrance to the hall.
It was Meng Zihan.
Meng Zihan had been brought over by a soldier, arriving right on time for the castle banquet.
Jiang Li saw Meng Zihan’s upper and lower eyelids fighting nonstop. She looked like she might fall asleep at any second.
Just as Meng Zihan swayed and was about to topple to the floor, Xu Haoran reacted quickly and caught her.
“Zihan!?” Xu Haoran shook Meng Zihan twice. “Zihan, did you see your sister Qingqing? Zihan?”
Meng Zihan barely managed to wake up a little.
She struggled to open her eyes wide, looked at Xu Haoran, and yawned. “Brother… what is it… I’m so sleepy.”
Meng Zihan’s eyelids drooped. Even standing up, it didn’t stop her head from sinking as she dozed off.
“Meng Zihan, where did you come from? Did you see your sister Qingqing? The sister holding a red cloak,” Xu Haoran asked.
Listless, Meng Zihan shook her head. “I didn’t see Sister Qingqing. I came from a big house.”
Xu Haoran straightened and glanced at Jiang Li, saying anxiously, “Looks like Qingqing was the only one taken away!”
“Brother…” Meng Zihan fought back her drowsiness and tugged at Xu Haoran’s pants. “The masks Sister Qingqing asked me to make… I finished them. Here.”
Meng Zihan took out a stack of human skin masks and handed them to Xu Haoran.
There were five human skin masks in total; Meng Zihan had made one for Jiang Li too.
“Jiang Li, wait for me for half a minute. I’ll take Zhang Jiang’s and Liang Chen’s masks to them and be right back!”
Xu Haoran picked out Zhang Jiang’s and Liang Chen’s two masks, then hurried up to the Third Floor.
Inside the hall, several maids were setting up wooden ladders again and using them to extinguish another wall lamp.
Jiang Li looked at the decreasing number of wall lamps, her gaze dark and unreadable.
“Sister.” Meng Zihan grabbed Jiang Li’s hand, wrinkled her little nose, and sniffed Jiang Li’s fingers.
“Sister, your hand smells like candied hawthorns. Do you have candied hawthorns? Zihan wants some too…”
Meng Zihan’s tone turned wheedling as she shook Jiang Li’s arm from side to side.
The first time Jiang Li met Meng Zihan, the child had been eating a grilled sausage.
Not only was Meng Zihan greedy, she was also a social butterfly and incredibly bold.
Whatever she wanted to eat, whatever she wanted to have, she would simply open her mouth and ask for it.
Jiang Li glanced at the top of Meng Zihan’s head, smiled, and patted her on the head.
“All right. Sister will give you some.”
In front of Meng Zihan, Jiang Li drew out a handful of candied hawthorns from her Space as if performing a magic trick.
“They’re all yours.”
Jiang Li placed all the candied hawthorns in Meng Zihan’s hands. “With this many candied hawthorns, Zihan can share them with her little friends.”
Meng Zihan smiled sweetly and nodded hard.
Holding the candied hawthorns, she first picked one out and took a bite.
Then she bounced over to the entrance of the hall and gave one to the Little Soldier who was dozing there.
Jiang Li saw that after the Little Soldier ate a bite of candied hawthorn, the weariness on his face visibly faded quite a bit.
Meng Zihan, who had also eaten candied hawthorn, was full of energy now too.
Watching Meng Zihan run toward the other players, Jiang Li called out loudly in thanks:
“Thank you, Mascot. So candied hawthorns have this kind of effect too. Thanks for the hint.”
Jiang Li saw “Meng Zihan,” who had been running so cheerfully, pause mid-step.
Two seconds later, “Meng Zihan” turned her head and smiled at Jiang Li.
“Sister, what are you talking about? Zihan doesn’t understand… But the candied hawthorns are so sweet~ Thank you, Sister.”