ask willow

When Liu Zhongyi woke up, the candles in the room had been extinguished, and the light outside the window was bright, even through the thin window paper, it was still a bit dazzling.

He has already developed the habit of sleeping lightly, and he hasn't slept so deeply for a long time, and he has no dreams all night.

Liu Zhongyi sat up, the clothes that covered his body slipped off, he raised his hand to hold it, the outer clothes were the same as those that covered his body last night, you don't need to think about who it is.

"woke up?"

Liu Zhongyi followed the voice, and Wen Yan seemed to have stayed up all night, standing in front of the case, and paused for a while.

Liu Zhongyi stood up, put the clothes on the reclining chair, and said, "Thank you, owner, but I don't hope there will be another time."

Wen Yan finished writing the last word, put the pen aside, and said, "Zhong Yi, you trust me very much."

"Well," Liu Zhong thought about it, and said, "I was negligent, thank you for reminding me, I won't do it next time."

Wen Yan looked at his serious expression, smiled helplessly, and said, "You can try."

Liu Zhongyi didn't answer, but looked at the hidden weapon on the table, raised his hand to pick it up, and asked, "What did you see?"

Wen Yan restrained his smile: "The poison on it is 'Biluo'."

"Ah."

"The poison is violent and the onset is rapid. People who are poisoned are prone to hallucinations, and..." Wen Yan paused slightly, frowning.

"Besides, this is the poison of the ghost building." Liu Zhongyi continued his words with a low voice: "I'm afraid not many people recognize it, because most of the poisoned people died."

"So you suspect that the murderer is actually a person from the ghost building?"

"No, the building did not accept this business, unless it was a personal grievance." Liu Zhongyi put the dart-shaped hidden weapon back on the table, and said, "Besides, I have never seen anyone in the building use this kind of hidden weapon."

Wen Yan looked down and said in a low voice: "The sculpture of the snake above is very similar to the one on the jade pendant."

Liu Zhongyi glanced at him, "Do you doubt brother?"

Wen Yan sighed softly: "I don't know, but, as far as we can see, the murderer should have a deep hatred for Wenjianmen, but love... I can't figure out what reason he has."

"Well," Liu Zhongyi nodded slightly, "Besides, my brother won't use this method, five years is too long, unless he has to, he prefers to use a simpler method." Liu Zhongyi lightly stroked the dark lines on the dagger sheath , Suddenly recalling the appearance of that young man five years ago.

Compared with that person, the name Liu Zhongqing is too gentle and lingering.That person is like a thin blade unsheathed, sharp, dangerous, charming, and deadly.When he raised his eyebrows and turned his eyes, they were all sharp and cold.But probably only when facing him, it will become warm and soft.So for a long time, in his heart, his elder brother has always been so gentle that people want to be close to him all the time, but he doesn't know that this is not the same person as Liu Zhongqing in the eyes of others.

Later, when he grew up, he realized that people like them have very little warmth, and his brother gave him all these.

At that time, he was the only weakness of that person.

Liu Zhongyi withdrew his thoughts, looked at the piece of paper Wen Yan had finished writing on the table, "Have you prepared the antidote?"

"I'm not sure yet, I need someone to test the medicine." Wen Yan picked up the prescription on the table and the packaged medicine beside him, and said, "Let's take it to Master Yi."

"Ah."

The two went out together, Wen Yan raised his eyes and saw the clump of withered flowers and trees by the courtyard wall, and frowned slightly.

Liu Zhongyi said: "The poison mixed in the smoke is 'passing water'."

Biluo, Passing Water and Lihen are the three most commonly used poisons in the ghost building. Although Liu Zhongyi doesn't know much about poisons, he is very clear when dealing with these three poisons.The poison on that hidden weapon was Biluo, the poison in the smoke was passing water, and Liu Zhongyi's silver needle was soaked with Lihen.So he didn't think that the person who made the sneak attack would die of poison, but this matter couldn't be explained to Yi Zhaoyong, so he could only vaguely pass it last night.

Maybe others don't understand, but Wen Yan naturally knew what he meant, frowning in thought.

"Villa Master," Liu Zhongyi suddenly asked, "Can you prepare the poison for the ghost building?"

"Probably possible," Wen Yanlue thought for a while, "but as far as I know, there are very rare medicinal materials in these three kinds of poisons, and they are hard to find in Zhongzhou."

"So..." Liu Zhongyi couldn't help being a little puzzled: "Where can I find these medicinal materials?"

"Yunchuan and the Shaozhou area are too remote, and the culture and customs are different from here, so it is very difficult to connect to businesses." Wen Yan said: "Business travelers who go there often never return, but those who come back often earn money. Windfall."

Liu Zhongyi remained silent. Speaking of which, the endless supply of poison in the ghost building should come from that area, so who has been traveling between the two places to provide these medicinal materials?

When he walked outside the courtyard, he saw two disciples of the Sword Asking Sect were still standing there.When the two disciples saw them, they both cupped their fists and saluted.

As soon as Wen Yan arrived here, he was not very familiar with Wenjianmen, so he directly gave the package of prepared medicine to one of them, told him to boil it, and then followed another disciple to find Yi Zhaoyong.

The three of them hadn't gone far when there was a sudden wind behind them. Liu Zhongyi turned around and saw two masked men flying down from a tall and luxuriant tree, stabbing straight with two long swords.

Liu Zhongyi tapped his toes, turned around in the air to avoid a move, turned around and stabbed the dagger in the back of the man, the man bent over to avoid it, and stabbed again with the sword.Liu Zhongyi glanced at Wen Yan distractedly, seeing that he had spilled a handful of medicinal powder while protecting the disciple of Wenjianmen, and dealt with it very calmly, so he was relieved and concentrated on dealing with the masked man in front of him.

The masked man's swordsmanship was sinister and treacherous. Liu Zhongyi dismantled a few moves and felt that this swordsmanship was somewhat similar to what he had learned.Deliberately showing an opening, luring the man to stab him with a sword, Liu Zhongyi turned sideways, shot like lightning, held the man's wrist and twisted it hard, and stabbed the dagger in his right hand into his back at the moment when his body was stiff .

Before the masked man could make a sound, he felt the cold blade piercing his body turn slightly, cutting off his heart veins.

Liu Zhongyi let go of his hand, and let the man fall to the ground, the blood on the dagger was drained by his internal force.I saw that Wen Yan over there had also subdued another sneak attacker, who swallowed the poison and ended up on his own.

Liu Zhongyi turned the person on the ground over, pulled down the veil, and asked the disciple of Wenjianmen to identify them, but the disciple said that these two people had never met before, and they were not members of the sect.Liu Zhongyi rummaged through the corpse for a while, and found a small white porcelain vase without any pattern.Pulling out the cork, only one pill was poured out, the color was dark blue, Liu Zhongyi couldn't see what it was, so he handed it to Wen Yan for him to identify.

Wen Yan took the pill, his eyes fixed immediately, and he said in surprise, "This is 'Rebirth'."

"Past life?" Liu Zhongyi thought the name was a bit familiar, but couldn't remember where he had heard it before.

"This is the poison made by Baicaozhuang." Wen Yan squeezed the pill, frowning, "This poison is not fatal, it is just used to control people. If there is no antidote, you have to take one pill a month. Otherwise, the pain will be unbearable, and you will be freed only after suffering all kinds of torture."

Liu Zhong thought that he seemed to be hesitating, and glanced at the disciple of Wenjianmen who was standing beside him, knowing that it was probably inconvenient for someone else to speak, so he nodded, did not pursue the question, and rummaged on another person for a while, but found nothing. Didn't find out either.

"These two are not like the person who attacked last night." Liu Zhongyi recalled, and said: "The martial arts of that person are much higher than theirs."

"It must be under that person..." Wen Yan put the pill back into the white porcelain vial and put it in his arms, "Wait—"

"how?"

Wen Yan said: "Since that person has tested your kung fu last night, how could he send someone to die?"

Liu Zhongyi immediately understood what he meant, "His target is not us."

Wen Yan nodded, and asked the disciple of Wenjianmen, "Take us to meet your sect master immediately."

The disciple was also a little anxious when he heard the words, nodded repeatedly, and led them all the way to the main hall, but was told by the people in the hall that Yi Zhaoyong had brought some people to the back mountain to incinerate Yi Tianxing's body.

The three of them rushed all the way to the back mountain, and sure enough, they saw thick smoke rising from the burning. They used their lightness skills and went there quickly. In the distance, they saw a fire burning blazingly. In the air, Yi Zhaoyong was fighting with a figure covered in fire, which was obviously Yi Tianxing's corpse!And several masked people around were fighting with a few disciples of Wenjianmen.

At this moment, a man dressed in Wenjianmen's clothes suddenly turned his back on Yi Zhaoyonghou's heart with a sword!

It was Luo Nan!

Yi Zhaoyong was caught off guard, there was no way to dodge it, suddenly a figure flashed behind him, abruptly blocked the sword with his body.

Warm blood spurted out, and even Luo Nan was stunned. The girl in purple clutched the long sword that pierced her chest tightly in one hand, and slashed at Luo Nan with all her strength while holding the sword in the other hand. The man's arm almost cut off the entire arm.

At the same time, Yi Tianxing's body lost control and fell to the ground. Yi Zhaoyong turned around, seeing this scene, his eyes were tearing apart: "Ru'er!"

Luo Nan pulled out the sword, and Yi Ru collapsed powerlessly. Yi Zhaoyong quickly caught her, stared at Luo Nan with wide eyes, and said in a trembling voice, "It's you! Why?!"

"Why should I make you understand?" Luo Nan thrust his sword at Yi Zhaoyong regardless of the blood flowing from his arm.

"when!"

With a crisp sound, the long sword in Luo Nan's hand was shaken away by a dagger flying in the air, and even his arms were numb.The dagger was nailed into a nearby tree trunk, and Luo Nan turned his head to look, and saw a man in black flying over, his figure was as fast as a ghost, with a murderous aura, which cut him in pain.

"go!"

Luo Nan let out a low snort, he was injured and didn't want to pester him, he raised his hand and threw three iron pellets, which hit the ground and created a large cloud of smoke.

"Hold your breath!"

Wen Yan, who arrived later, reminded, and at the same time raised his sleeve and sprinkled a piece of medicinal powder, which melted into the smoke to weaken the toxicity.

Without pausing, Liu Zhongyi rushed into the poisonous fog, managed to make out the whereabouts of Luo Nan and the masked men, pursued closely, and threw a silver needle in his hand at the same time.

The masked man, who was a little behind, got the needle immediately, and the silver needle directly pierced the dead point on his back, and he died before he could resist.

Liu Zhongyi snatched the long sword from his hand, without pausing for a moment, chased after him and killed the remaining three masked men, but Luo Nan was the only one who had excellent lightness skills, threw a few iron pellets, and escaped.

Liu Zhongyi lost his track and hurried back quickly, ignoring the four corpses on the ground.

When I got to the fire, I saw Wen Yan was treating Yi Ru's wounds, but the blood still couldn't stop rushing out of the wounds, Yi Ru's clothes were already stained dark, and Wen Yan's body was covered with blood. Blood, looks very scary.

Liu Zhongyi pursed his lips and clenched his fists.

"Master Wen..." Yi Ru leaned into Yi Zhaoyong's arms, and said intermittently, "The antidote...is it ready?"

Wen Yan knew that she was seriously injured, and it was almost impossible to save her, so she nodded and said, "It's ready."

"...that's good..." Yi Ru closed her eyes, and raised her hand to hold Yi Zhaoyong's palm with great effort, "Daddy... my daughter is not filial..."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yi Zhaoyong clenched her hand tightly, but his eyes were already wet.

Liu Zhongyi knelt down, looked at her, and said in a low voice, "You can't die."

Yi Ru curled her lips into a slight smile, and whispered softly: "Well... I won't die... I still want to..."

The end of the words just broke in the wind.

What else are you thinking about?

Liu Zhongyi was thinking in a daze, and Yi Zhaoyong's painful roar came to his ears, mixed with the crackling sound of burning wood, it sounded a little unreal.

"Sorry." Wen Yan shook his head and closed his eyes slightly.

Several disciples of Wenjianmen who were injured but not dead fell silent.Liu Zhongyi got up, walked to a tree and pulled out the dagger nailed to the trunk.

He was used to seeing life and death, but felt that those unfulfilled wishes were a pity.

Because those wishes are probably very simple, maybe it is to wait for her senior brother to heal the poisonous wound, and go to Songji Bakery to buy some snacks she likes.

It's as simple as it gets.

Thinking about it also felt good, but I never had a chance to realize it.

Liu Zhongyi silently put the dagger back into its sheath, without turning around to take another look.

Wishes need to be alive to be fulfilled.

And although he is alive, he has long since lost his so-called wish.

In other words, those wishes in the past cannot be realized even if they are alive.

Just wishful thinking.

After Yi Zhaoyong finally calmed down that day, he incinerated Yi Tianxing's body according to the original plan, and then left the back mountain with Yi Ru in his arms.

After returning to Wenjianmen, Yi Zhaoyong arranged a place for Wen Yan and Liu Zhongyi.Just now his skin was scratched during the fight and he was also poisoned, so he decided to try the medicine himself.

Wen Yan told him that if there is no abnormal reaction for five hours, it is a success. He just needs to take the medicine according to the prescription and give it to the poisoned disciple to drink. If he feels any discomfort, he should go to him immediately.After giving the instructions, he didn't say anything more, and returned to the arranged residence, washing off the blood stains all over his body.

When he was lying on the couch tiredly, he always felt that he had forgotten something. After thinking for a long time, Wen Yan suddenly got up, found the clothes he just changed, and dug out the white porcelain bottle.

Stepped out, knocked on the door of Liu Zhongyi's room next door, and waited a little before the door was opened.

Liu Zhongyi stood in the door and looked at him, and said, "What's the matter?"

He probably just came out of the bathtub, even the tips of his hair were still dripping water, and the black single clothes were draped carelessly around his body, making his skin very pale.

Wen Yan paused, and said, "Why don't I come back later."

Liu Zhongyi glanced at him, turned around and let the door open: "It's okay."

Wen Yan entered the room, closed the door, Liu Zhongyi casually took out a clean outer garment from the package and put it on, and said calmly, "Let's talk."

Wen Yan put the white porcelain bottle on the table, met his suspicious eyes, and explained: "This bottle contains the poison of 'rebirth', not the antidote, and there is only one, if I guessed correctly , that masked man should have been drugged and controlled."

Liu Zhongyi thought for a while, and said, "But he is the only one who has this medicine."

Wen Yan nodded, "This is one of them. In addition, not many people in Baicaozhuang know the preparation method of 'Gone to Life', and it is almost impossible to reveal it."

Liu Zhongyi frowned: "Can't others imitate?"

"It's not that easy. There is no prescription. If you want to imitate it, you must at least find a pill to slowly extract the ingredients." Wen Yan's eyes were locked on the plain white porcelain bottle: "And, No one can formulate an antidote for the poison of "rebirth" except the person who poisoned it, because the ingredients of the antidote depend on the ingredients of the poison. Make adjustments, and rashly take the antidote prepared by others, it is very likely that you will be poisoned and die."

Liu Zhongyi raised his eyebrows slightly, "You want to say that the murderer has something to do with Baicaozhuang?"

"This is one of the speculations." Wen Yan was silent for a while before continuing: "Also, I once... told Zhong Qing about the recipe for 'Rebirth'."

Liu Zhongyi remained silent, took out a cloth towel to wipe his dripping hair, and lowered his eyes so as not to show any emotion.

Wen Yan whispered: "I want to know what you think."

"You want me to tell you, brother won't do that." Liu Zhongyi exposed him mercilessly, but still didn't raise his eyes.

Wen Yan couldn't help but smile wryly after hearing his words: "...you're right."

Liu Zhongyi pursed his lips slightly, and said lightly: "I don't think about anything, my purpose is to find him." He picked up the small white porcelain bottle on the table, looked at it, and put it down again, "You know I'm not from a famous family. He is decent, he is not a good person, even if he is really my elder brother, I will stand by him, and it doesn't matter if he is an enemy of anyone. As for the owner," he looked up at Wen Yan, his eyes still calm, "you should believe what you said Beloved person."

"Whether it's Zhong Qing or the few people in Baicao Village who know the prescription, I don't want to doubt it." Wen Yan met his gaze and said in a deep voice, "But it must be one of them."

Liu Zhongyi's expression remained unchanged: "Doubt hurts."

Wen Yan sighed, and changed the subject: "Now that Luo Nan has escaped, the clues have been broken. We only know some fragmentary details, and we still don't know anything about the rest."

Liu Zhongyi said: "Master Yi's knowledge of Luo Nan's identity is also very vague, and the clues still need to be found from Senior Yi Tianxing. We should find an opportunity to investigate Senior Yi's residence."

Wen Yan nodded: "It makes sense, first cure those poisoned disciples, and then find an opportunity to discuss with Master Yi."

"Ah."