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It was nearly midnight, and the dim starlight had faded away.Everywhere is dark.

The darkness of the night sky is boundless, the darkness of the river seems to swallow people, and the darkness of the reeds hides insects.On the broken plaque on the pavilion lintel, there are tiny wooden thorns growing in the mottled darkness between the fallen strokes.

But there is no darkness that can compare to the darkness in front of the fifth person at this moment.

He fumbled in the direction of Tantai Ze, and forced a smile. "Tantai, this really doesn't seem like something you would do."

Tan Taize's voice was very calm. "You never thought I would kill you, did you?"

The fifth person said: "No, I'm just saying, if you want to kill me, you don't need to bother."

As soon as he finished speaking, the familiar sound of breaking wind suddenly came from his ears.

The sound was originally extremely weak, even in such a quiet late night, against the background of the river flowing and the wind blowing the long grass, it was just like a hallucination, but it was like thunder to his ears.He turned his body slightly, and three bleeding needles were nailed to the pillar next to him.

It took a while for Tan Taize's voice to ring out. "Do you still think my preparations are troublesome?"

The fifth person sat down slowly against the pavilion pillars.He could feel his blood becoming viscous and cold, struggling in vain between his limbs and bones, but he couldn't retain the rapidly dissipating heat and strength.

Compared with the various dangers he has encountered since entering the rivers and lakes, this scene is just a drop in the bucket.He has escaped from death countless times, turned defeat into victory, and retreated from various desperate situations.He has the confidence to guard against any opponent no matter what.

But he never thought of guarding against Tantai Ze!

The fifth person tried to stabilize his mind, and said with a smile: "As long as you want, you can poison me a hundred times at any time."

Tantai Ze said indifferently: "Too strong poison will be noticed by you immediately."

The fifth person said: "Is Li Ran your patient?"

Tan Taize said: "He is a genius, I saved his mother, he is willing to do anything for me."

His voice was ethereal, as if across thousands of mountains and rivers, covering it from all directions, with unreal ups and downs, the fifth person could hardly distinguish the origin of the voice.

It was really like a muddled dream.If this is a dream, he would give everything he has in exchange.Unfortunately, he has nothing left.

He could only say: "Tantai, tell me what I did wrong."

Tan Taize hesitated for a moment. "Do you remember Xili?"

He stayed far away all the time, as if he was still wary of the fifth person's possible backhand.After all, no one in the world understands the horror of this man better than him.Even though he was blind and dying from poisonous hair, Tantai Ze didn't dare to be careless until the last moment.

The fifth person was silent for a moment. "Xiao Yao's heartache is the only one that can be cured."

Tan Taize said: "When we first met, you asked me how to cure my chronic illness. I told you that there is only one solution."

The fifth person said: "Wu Li."

Tantai Ze said: "So you have not forgotten."

The end of his words suddenly lightened, and everything contained in it disappeared, like a dying patient, hanging his last breath. Only after hearing these two words, can he finally give up.The fifth person hurriedly said: "Tantai, Xiaoyao was young at the time, often fainted suddenly due to heart palpitations, if not treated, he would surely die—"

Tan Taize interrupted him. "And I won't die. I've been dragging it on for so long, maybe I can drag it until I'm seventy or eighty, right?"

The fifth person opened his mouth, and finally he could only smile wryly. "I'm sorry, Tantai."

Tan Taize said: "I don't hate you for choosing Yao Ye. Immortal grass is rare, things have priorities, people's closeness is different, and it is reasonable for you to save him. But Yao Ye's heartache was diagnosed by me, why? I know that I can get better without medicine, but what I hate is that you don't even have the courage to tell me the truth."

The fifth person said: "I don't say it because I really don't have the face to say it. If you don't ask, it doesn't mean you don't care."

He stopped suddenly and asked, "Tantai, are you crying?"

Tan Taize sighed: "Fifth, it's really at this time that I can vomit quickly; your self-righteousness always makes me sick."

The fifth person said: "It's already at this time, what's the point of you lying to a dying person?"

Tan Taize: "...you can understand how I want to kill you now?"

The fifth person said: "Not enough."

He stretched out his legs, sat on his knees, and said with a smile: "Tantai, I am too conceited and too stupid. I always feel that there is a tacit understanding between us, so I don't need to explain everything. It may be that you have been modest and tolerant in everything for a long time. No matter how much disaster I and Qi Diao have caused, you have followed behind to clean up the mess, never complaining, making me think that no matter what I did wrong, you would always forgive me, but I never thought that one day you would be unbearable."

Tan Taize: "You just think I'm narrow-minded and making a fuss out of a molehill."

The fifth person said: "Tantai, tell me, what else did you do wrong, unless you hate me to the point where you don't want me to die in peace."

Tan Taize was silent for a long time, and said: "Actually, you have done nothing wrong including the matter of Licao. Because you have always valued only lacquer carvings. In Shuozhou 20 years ago, we were inseparable, but only lacquer carvings and You are evenly matched, Qi Diao entrusted you with [-] points, regard Yao Ye as his own, because he can spare his life. Because of this serious illness, I came from a famous family, but I was unable to practice martial arts since I was a child, so I can only borrow heresy ways Self-defense, seeing that each of you has achieved success in swords and swords, I just feel that we are thousands of miles away from you, and there is no possibility of standing side by side in this life.——Fifth person, don’t say that you don’t feel anything about it.”

The fifth person said in a low voice: "Tantai." His throat was swollen and it was difficult to breathe.Apart from these two words, he couldn't say anything else.

Tan Taize's voice was still eloquent: "Look, it's not a big deal. After all, there is no reason for me to kill you, and I can't say when I had this idea; I'm just suddenly tired, and I don't want to be your foil anymore. , your backing, your understanding friends."

The fifth person smiled blankly; Tantai Ze's ups and downs of voice surrounded him, like some kind of melodious rhythm.He stretched one hand into his bosom, holding the half piece of jade pendant without edges and corners.

He struggled and asked, "Is Xiao Yao still alive?"

Tan Taize said: "He is very good, but he just hates you."

"Where did this start?"

"You killed his mother."

The fifth person sighed: "Tantai, this story is outrageous. Xiao Yao is not a fool, so he won't believe it."

Tan Taize said coldly: "I don't believe it, how can you give me the jade pendant that is close to you?

The fifth person's voice is hoarse and soft. "Tantai, let him go. He doesn't know anything."

Tan Taize laughed sharply: "I didn't say I wanted to kill him. But I don't know if he will let me go."

Fifth person: "Exactly."

Tan Taize: "Aren't you worried about lacquer carving?"

The fifth person said: "The lacquer carving is not as bad as I am, nor is it as stupid as me."

He moved his stiff fingers and said with a smile: "Tantai, it's really cold. Can you come here a little bit?"

Tan Taize did not answer.He doesn't feel cold.

The noon in spring is almost like early summer, and the sun is often so intense that it is fake, but the severe cold of frost and dew at midnight is almost the same as winter.The heavy and damp mist hovering over the river made the clothes sticky and cold.

But Tan Taize didn't feel cold.His blood was boiling like never before, almost burning through his usually pale skin.

The fifth person said: "Okay, if you don't come, I will go."

He really stood up and walked towards Tantai Ze.

Tan Taize stood where he was, watching the fifth person approach step by step without any mistakes.He should back off, dodge, or shoot the bleeding needle in his hand.But he just stared at the movement of the fifth person, his mind went blank.

Why is the fifth person still moving?Since he can move, can he fight back?If he fights back, how much chance does he have of winning?

He was immobilized by deep-rooted fear.The fifth person walked straight towards him, Tantai Ze instinctively stretched out his hand to push him away, just as he touched the other person's chest, the fifth person suddenly fell forward and fell on his shoulder.Tantaize couldn't support his heavy body, his knees gave way, and he fell to sit in the grass, only his heartbeat like a drum beating crazily echoed in his ears.The breath pressed against the side of the neck seemed to have a bit of bitter taste of tea.

"Tantai, you might as well go to the Linhu Pavilion during the Mid-Autumn Festival."

Tan Taize nodded subconsciously; the sharp blade that popped out from the back of his hand pierced the fifth person's heart.