Green scales

"What's wrong?" Xia Xinglan turned around and closed the door, seeing Yuqin approaching with a serious face, sniffing his collar like a puppy, couldn't help but want to laugh.

A faint fox smell.

"Have you found anything?"

Xia Xinglan embraced Yuqin's thin waist with one hand, hugged her into her arms, buried her head in her neck and took a deep breath, a scent of grass and trees invaded her lungs, as if all the exhaustion in Xia Xinglan's body was swept away.

"Things have changed. A fox corpse was found in the southeast corner." Xia Xinglan buried her head and said in a low voice.

Yuqin raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder reassuringly, "Is it the wild fox you met that day?"

"Ah."

No wonder there is a fox smell, but why is this wild fox dead?Could it be that snake demon did it too?Yuqin was puzzled, but didn't ask.

Xia Xinglan seemed to know what he was thinking, raised her head and led Yuqin to the bed, pushed him down on the bed, and the two of them fell together between the soft quilts.

"The corpse of this wild fox has already begun to rot. It must have been dead for a while. No wonder it didn't reappear later. It was actually killed." Xia Xinglan held Yuqin's slender fingers, playing with her beloved toy like a child , Yuqin felt a little itchy from being touched, and subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand, but Xia Xinglan held it firmly in her palm, interlocking her fingers.

"Who will kill it?" The tall and strong male body pressed straight on Yuqin's body. Although it was a bit heavy, it also gave him a different sense of security for Yuqin.It seemed as if he could feel the strong heartbeat of the other party through the thin fabric.

"I don't know." Xia Xinglan's voice became lower and lower, and his dark and deep pupils stared fixedly at Yuqin. Yuqin was unconsciously attracted by his eyes. The warm and soft touch, the whirlpool named Eros immediately swept away these two distraught people.

The snake demon was able to break the blood curse and kill the wild fox, and his cultivation level must have jumped to a higher level, so he had to be careful.Yuqin was dazed by the kiss, but awakened by the only reason left in her mind, she hurriedly put her hand on Xia Xinglan's chest, trying to push him away.

"Wait...well, wait, that snake demon."

"I'll talk about it later, I miss you so much." Xia Xinglan couldn't help but hold Yuqin's hands and press them on the top of her head. Another aggressive kiss made Yuqin's face flush.

Xia Xinglan put his hand into Yuqin's skirt, and his big palm with thin calluses rubbed against the smooth skin, causing Yuqin to tremble.

Just as the two were kissing inseparably, there was a slow and steady knock on the door.

"Brother? Are you there? I have something to ask you."

Yuqin broke free from Xia Xinglan's shackles and hurriedly tidied up the messy clothes. Yuqin had never refused Xia Xinglan's courtship. Xia Xinglan was stunned by the push and forgot to move for a moment.

Seeing this, Yuqin suddenly had an unexplainable emotion in his heart, seeing that Xia Xinglan was like a child who lost his favorite toy, he wanted to laugh a little.

The knock on the door sounded intermittently, reminding the two people in the room.

Yuqin hurriedly stepped forward, held Xia Xinglan's cheek, sat on the right and kissed each other a few times, then stretched out his hand to tidy up his lapel, and whispered, "We'll talk about it at night, someone is looking for you now."

Xia Xinglan was only stunned for a moment at first, but soon realized later, but if a beauty invites you, how can there be any reason to refuse it?So he happily nodded, stole another scent on Yuqin's face, and then turned to open the door.

Yuqin couldn't laugh or cry and straightened her hair. Liu Shu stood at the door, glanced sideways into the room, and joked, "I didn't come at the right time."

An embarrassment flashed across Xia Xinglan's face, he cleared his throat, and asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Shu stood with his hands behind his back, standing at the door, with a tall and straight figure, a handsome appearance, and a suave white dress, like a proud crane.

"I want to discuss with my brother, when to set up the formation, and what formation to set up?"

Xia Xinglan turned sideways to get out of the way, signaling Liu Shu to come in and talk again, but Liu Shu didn't move, just glanced at Yuqin, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, shook her head and said, "I won't go in, I just asked briefly .”

Xia Xinglan didn't force her, she thought for a moment and said, "At the end of the third quarter, the eight trigrams and two ceremonies form."

It seemed that Liu Shu really just came to ask about the reason for the formation, but upon hearing this, he just nodded and readily agreed.

"Brother is coming too?"

"Ah."

Liu Shu smiled, took a few steps back, raised her legs and was about to leave, but suddenly her footsteps stopped, as if she remembered something, she stepped back again.

"I have something for senior brother." After finishing speaking, Liu Shu took out a piece of lustrous and pure white jade from his bosom. It was in the shape of a ring, about the thickness of a thumb, and a red thread was strung around it. The color was dull. It has been carried close to the body for a long time.

Xia Xinglan's body froze suddenly, and he took the jade ring with slightly trembling hands, bowed his head and fell silent for a long time.Yuqin was sitting by the bed watching, and immediately came forward to caress Xia Xinglan's arm.

Liu Shu sighed softly, and said: "This is a gift from senior brother to Xiaofu. He has always cherished it all these years. I originally wanted to bury this jade ring with him, but people always want to think about it, so I made my own decision." Bring it to you."

After the initial grief, Xia Xinglan calmed down, her eye sockets still flushed, took a deep breath, and nodded slowly.

"After senior brother left, I often saw Xiaofu sitting on the top of Xiaoyao Peak with this jade ring. I think he missed senior brother." Liu Shu said softly, then shook his head, turned and left.

There were two people left in the courtyard again, the water splashed down and hit the rocks, and the chilly water droplets splashed on the open space in front of the door, wetting it all.

Xia Xinglan was silent for a long time, then said slowly, "I'm the one who's sorry for Xiaofu."

"It's all over. After killing that monster, you can avenge Xiaofu." Yuqin comforted softly.Xia Xinglan nodded, turned back to the room with heavy steps and sat by the bed, rubbing the jade stone with her fingertips, and remained silent for a long time.

Yu Qin was helpless, Liu Shu really knew how to stab with a knife.

Seeing that there was no one outside, Yuqin was about to close the door when suddenly a tall and thin figure stood far away beside the arched door, looking towards this side, and there might be a maid walking by not far away, but she didn't seem to see this person Generally, walk away without squinting.

Yuqin's heart skipped a beat, and she looked intently, that person... was Hu Jiulang!

Hu Jiulang stood tall and tall, and when he saw Yuqin looking at him, he bowed his hands in a salute.

Yuqin nodded almost imperceptibly, and then closed the door.

Hu Jiulang came, which means that the matter that he was asked to investigate has already begun.I don't know what Situ Ling found out, but if it happened by chance, he would wipe out Wuhe along the way to avoid future troubles.

Yuqin's heart was pounding, but her face was as usual.Because of the jade ring just now, Xia Xinglan was a little distracted for a while, and didn't notice anything wrong.

Now that both of them lost their tender thoughts, Yuqin walked to the bedside, pulled Xia Xinglan's arms away and embraced him.The two cuddled each other with their own thoughts.

In the afternoon, the sun is warm, the springs are gurgling, and the birds are singing.From time to time, a breeze crept into the cracks of the window, carrying the smell of soil and green grass.The two fell asleep unconsciously.

It wasn't until the end of the day that Xia Xinglan got up lightly, took out a few talisman papers and cinnabar red thread from the bag, wrapped them around the door, and pasted the talisman papers around.Then I gathered my clothes and went out.

Yuqin opened her eyes, got out of bed and walked to the window, gently pushed open a crack in the window, and was relieved to see Xia Xinglan's back disappearing around the corner.

Suddenly, there was a muffled hum from outside the window, followed by a bright red light.

not good.Yuqin hurriedly turned around and walked to the window, raised her hand, and a gust of wind blew open the window frame.Hu Jiulang covered his wrist sideways, his expression painful.

The red thread on the window frame seemed to be alive. When Hu Jiulang just touched the edge of the window, it wrapped around his wrist, and then it became tighter and tighter, sinking deep into the flesh, and the dark red blood flowed down the red thread all the way. .

"Your Majesty..."

Yuqin subconsciously stretched out her hand to grab it, and when her fingertips touched the red line, it instantly burned like a flame.Yuqin frowned and withdrew his hand, there was a red mark on the fingertip where it had just been burned.

"Your Majesty, save me." Hu Jiulang hurriedly said, the red line was getting deeper and deeper, and the blood dripped on the ground and wet the soil.

Yuqin took half a step back when he heard the words, raised his hand to remove the jade hairpin from his hair, and the light shone brightly when he shook his hand.

Immediately, Yuqin held a slender and soft sword in his hand, turned his wrist and slashed horizontally, and several sword qi flew out, competing with the red lights around the red line.Seeing this, Yuqin slashed with his sword again, the sword energy suddenly increased several times, but Hongmang was hard to parry, and it shattered immediately!

Where the sword energy passed, the red line broke in two.

Hu Jiulang's face was pale, and he tore off the red thread on his wrist. The wound was dripping with blood. Before Yuqin could speak, Hu Jiulang flicked his hand, and the blood on the wound stopped. sleeve.

"Come in and talk." Yuqin turned around and walked to the table and sat down to pour a cup of tea. The soft sword in his hand shrank again and turned into a delicate jade hairpin, which Yuqin placed on the table casually.

Hu Jiulang looked around, shrank his neck, and said in fear: "There are talisman papers in the room..."

Yuqin was helpless, with some water on his fingertips, he flicked his backhand.The water droplets instantly covered the talisman paper. The cinnabar on the paper was written by Xia Xinglan recently, and it blurred the moment it touched the water.

Seeing this, Hu Jiulang carefully turned into the house from the window.

"How's the matter?" Yuqin took a sip of tea leisurely.

"Your Majesty has found out that the matter in the mansion is indeed related to Wu He. The wild fox is Wu He's subordinate. After being injured, he was rescued by Lian Ge, but it accidentally learned that Lian Ge was an elder beside His Majesty in the past. , so I decided to get rid of him on my own, it was safe, but..." Hu Jiulang paused, looked at the cinnabar line outside the other window with lingering fear, and continued:

"But when he finally escaped, he inadvertently triggered the cinnabar formation of Daoist Xiaofu, and was later killed by the snake demon."

Yu Qin nodded when he heard the words, "The cause of Xiaofu's death? Is it really the snake demon? What is the origin of this snake demon? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Hu Jiulang smiled, stretched out his hand to hold the slightly trembling wound hidden under his sleeve, and said: "The snake demon is just a demon who has just acquired a little morality in a small mountain lake. After being recruited by Wuhe, he promised him spiritual power. Only then will the cultivation base advance by leaps and bounds."

"So, that wild fox didn't cast a blood curse?" Yuqin thoughtfully played with the wine glass in his hand.

Hu Jiulang shook his head and said, "No, the wild fox has always disliked the snake demon who became a monk on the way, and Wuhe just happened to value this snake demon very much. There was constant friction between them, and it happened that the wild fox accidentally killed him. The relatives of the snake demon simply did nothing and put a blood curse on the Pei family."

"Can Situ Ling check the land so carefully?" Yuqin frowned and said amusedly. "I'm too lazy on weekdays. A traitor like Wuhe doesn't like to open his eyes."

Hu Jiulang said with a smile: "Your Majesty specifically told you that your majesty has finally asked him to do something, so you have to behave well."

Yuqin snorted softly, didn't bother to pay attention, raised his hand and drank the cool tea in the cup, thought for a moment and said:

"How did Xiao Fu die?"

Hu Jiulang's smile faded, he hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty said, please be careful of that Taoist named Liu Shu. He is not a good thing."

Yuqin's face froze, and seeing Hu Jiulang's expression changed, he turned cold: "Is there anything you can't say?"

Hu Jiulang shook his head hurriedly, and said slowly: "Your Majesty found out...that Xiaofu Daoist was killed by Liu Shu."