Adhere to the gentleman's principles

The four of them entered the City God Temple, with Mo Yu guarding the door. The temple was already in ruins. Zhao Junning came to the corpse, squatted down, took out the needle bag, and stabbed a silver needle into the abdomen and chest. The silver needle turned black, and Zhao Junning smelled the blood on the silver needle pulled out of the abdomen and said, "It was the thorn, but the chest."

Zhao Junning said, "Help me find some bowls." Li Ziyan found four bowls in the dilapidated City God Temple. Zhao Junning cut the deceased's left index finger and found a bowl to catch the blood. Then he took out a bottle of medicine from his sleeve and threw a pill into the bowl. After stirring the pill with a silver needle, the blood changed color and turned green.

Zhou Aoyang asked, "Why is the blood green?" Zhao Junning took a look and said, "This is Cliff vine." Li Ziyan asked, "Did he get two kinds of poison?" Zhao Junning took some blood from the dead man's abdomen and put it into a bowl to verify it in the same way. The blood turned purple, and then Zhao Junning put the two bowls of blood together, and the blood color returned to normal. Shen Congwen said, "The color... has changed back!" Li Ziyan squatted down and asked, "Junning, did you see anything?"

Zhao Junning nodded: "The way this person was poisoned is very strange. The blood in the chest cavity can clear the whole body, but the abdomen has an extra poison of radish. When radish meets cliff vine, it is non-toxic. These two poisons complement and counteract each other.

It's strange that he wouldn't die if he took them at the same time."

Zhou Aoyang asked, "Is there any other poison?" Zhao Junning took a wooden stick and lifted the clothes of the dead man, revealing his chest. On his chest was a pattern and a scorpion. Li Ziyan looked at the pattern and thought for a while and said, "This is the Handan Chi spell!"

Zhao Junning turned to look at Li Ziyan: "Hanchi spell?" Li Ziyan nodded: "Yes, when I went to learn martial arts from my master, a group of assassins came to kill my master, but they were no match for my master and were defeated in the end. Before they fled, they threw down a token which was this spell. They said that my master would die at the hands of the Handanchi people sooner or later. Another time, when I went to fight three years ago, the wizard flag on the opposite side had this spell."

Zhou Aoyang asked, "Could it be that this man was cursed to death by the Handan Chi wizard?" Zhao Junning nodded, "It's very likely."

At this time, there was a sound of fighting outside. The four ran out and saw that there were more than a dozen masked men. Zhou Aoyang and Shen Congwen went to deal with the masked men first. Li Ziyan turned around and said to Zhao Junning, "Go in. There is a dark room behind the statue. Hide in it. We will pick you up after we deal with it."

Zhao Junning nodded: "Be careful, take this to prevent them from taking poison." Li Ziyan took the medicine from Zhao Junning with a smile and rushed out. Zhao Junning ran back to the temple, felt around the statue, opened the door of the dark room and went in. Because Zhao Junning was a little afraid of the dark, she closed her eyes and hugged herself.

Outside, Li Ziyan and his four companions subdued the masked men. As expected, they were going to commit suicide by taking poison. Li Ziyan quickly cut off one man's jaw and threw a pill given by Zhao Junning into his mouth. He said to Zhou Aoyang, "You tie him up. I'll go find Junning." Shen Congwen nodded, "Okay."

Running into the City God Temple, Li Ziyan opened the secret room mechanism. Zhao Junning had already curled up and covered her eyes. Li Ziyan extended his hand and said gently, "Junning, come out."

Zhao Junning stretched out her trembling hand towards Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan held Zhao Junning's hand but felt that Zhao Junning was shaking all the time. Zhao Junning slowly came out of the dark room and hugged Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Junning said, "It's nothing, it's just too dark inside." Li Ziyan asked softly, "Are you afraid of the dark? But you weren't afraid of the dark when you and I went to deal with the evil spirits at night." Zhao Junning adjusted himself and slowly relaxed, saying, "No, it's just that this dark room is too dark, as dark as a bottomless pit. I didn't bring a fire starter, so I was afraid."

Li Ziyan said after hearing this: "I was careless and forgot to give you the fire starter. I'm sorry." Zhao Junning shook his head: "It's okay, it was just a moment. If you came a little later, I wouldn't be able to adapt."

Li Ziyan said nothing more and held Zhao Junning's hand. Shen Congwen led the masked man into the City God Temple. Li Ziyan looked at the masked man and said, "I can give you the antidote and let you live. You tell us the answers we want to know."

The masked man nodded. Li Ziyan said, "You just need to nod or shake your head to answer. The first question is, are you from Handan?" The masked man hesitated and nodded, "The second question is, are you doing this under orders from me, Da Bian?"

The masked man nodded and shook his head, "The third question is that the person you are asking to kill is a gangster." The masked man did not move his head. "The third question is, the person behind you is after the throne?" Before the masked man could nod, a silver stick shot out and hit the masked man in the forehead, and the masked man died.

The four of them quickly became alert, and Li Ziyan pulled Zhao Junning behind him and led her. After a while, there was no movement, and Zhou Aoyang said, "What a pity, he was killed like this without getting any information."

Li Ziyan said, "If we can send out assassins, we will kill them and see if there is any mark of talisman on this person." Zhou Aoyang used his sword to lift the masked man's clothes and took a look: "No." Li Ziyan said, "No?"

Shen Congwen asked, "Isn't he from Handan?" Li Ziyan said, "He is from Handan, but perhaps he was assigned by us from the Central Plains to carry out a mission. If the Handan people fail to fulfill their promise, they will die to pay their debt."

Zhao Junning said, "Forget it, we still got something today." Li Ziyan nodded, "That's right. At least we know that the people behind him want the imperial power." Then Li Ziyan said, "Let's burn these two bodies."

As they talked, they took the body to the forest, put it on a pile of firewood and started a fire. Li Ziyan said, "The Handan people would cremate the dead. They said that the fire would lead them to find their dead relatives and reunite with them. Being a killer and going this far is considered loyal." Zhao Junning held Li Ziyan's hand. Li Ziyan looked at Zhao Junning beside him and said, "It's getting late, let's go back."

Zhou Aoyang and Shen Congwen rode away on horseback. Li Ziyan helped Zhao Junning get on the carriage. Inside the carriage, Zhao Junning asked Li Ziyan, "What are you going to do next?" Li Ziyan smiled and stroked Zhao Junning's head and said, "Next, I'm going to marry you and take you home!" Zhao Junning smiled.

When they arrived at the palace gate, Li Ziyan helped Zhao Junning get off the carriage, and held Zhao Junning's hand as they walked towards the palace where Zhao Junning lived. Fuling was waiting at the door. When she saw Li Ziyan and Zhao Junning, she ran up to them and said to Zhao Junning, "Princess, you scared me to death. I just saw your hairpin on the wall, and I knew you had climbed over the palace wall. It was too dangerous. I can't find you, so I can only wait for you here. Did you fall off the wall?"

Zhao Junning said: "It's okay, I came back safely!"

Fuling said, "Yes, you will be safe with Young Marquis Li protecting you." Zhao Junning glanced at Li Ziyan and suddenly asked, "Oh, I forgot my medicine." Then he ran into the palace.

Li Ziyan called Fuling and took her aside and asked, "Is Jun Ning afraid of the dark?" Fuling nodded. Li Ziyan said, "But he didn't seem to be afraid when he and I went to deal with the evil spirits at night before."

Fuling said, "That's because the princess has someone with her and it's not very dark when you deal with the evil spirits at night. The princess is afraid of being alone in the dark night without light. When she was four years old, she was playing with several other princesses and several ministers' daughters, including Wang Xuan and Gao Xue. The two of them teased the princess and pushed her into a dry well, and covered the well cover. It was very dark inside. The nanny who took care of the princess at that time looked for the princess for a long time but couldn't find her.

The princess cried and screamed in the dry well, but no one could hear her. She was locked up all night. Then an eunuch from the palace passed by the dry well and found that the well cover was turned upside down. When he was about to change it, he looked into the well and found the princess inside. When he rescued her, she caught a cold. After that serious illness, the princess' personality changed and she became cold and indifferent to everyone.

But there is still a warm-hearted princess. Her heart is the softest. She looks strong because she wants to cover up her childhood unhappiness. The princess looks brave and fearless because she doesn't want to be seen through. You saw that she is afraid of the dark in front of you today. That's because you treat her well. She is slowly entrusting herself to you. My little marquis, our princess is very good. You must treat her well when she marries you. She is very timid, but her heart is the kindest. She usually looks fierce to give herself courage. "

Li Ziyan listened very carefully. Fuling wiped her tears and said, "Fuling, that's all I have to say. Goodbye." After Fuling left, Li Ziyan took a deep breath and said, "So you were also unhappy in your childhood."

Turning around and looking at the setting sun. The setting sun cast a long shadow on Li Ziyan, and the setting sun liked this handsome boy very much. Zhao Junning was in the bedroom, putting herbs into a box.

Fuling walked forward and said, "Princess." Zhao Junning didn't look at Fuling and said, "Why did you just come back? Oh, bring the isatis root and ginseng on the table." Fuling sniffed and took the isatis root and ginseng. After giving them to Zhao Junning, Zhao Junning asked, "Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"

Fuling said, "No, it was just that the wind outside just now blinded me." Zhao Junning turned and looked at Fuling: "Tell me the truth? Who bullied you?"

Fuling lowered her head and said, "No one bullied me, it was the wind that blinded me." Zhao Junning sighed and said, "Really no one bullied you? All right, you can deliver the herbs I packed and the herbs in this box to my mother later. I don't trust others to deliver them."

Fuling nodded: "Okay." Then she said: "Princess, you are so nice." Zhao Junning smiled and looked at Fuling: "What's wrong with you today? I've always been fine!" Fuling shook her head: "Yes, the princess has always been fine. I'll go and deliver the herbs." Zhao Junning nodded and said: "Go ahead."