The girl's innocent and lovely face suddenly became painfully distorted, and she collapsed to the ground, holding her throat with her hands, as if something was stuck there, making her almost suffocate.

Xue Jian's face immediately changed, and he grabbed her wrist and probed it with Yuan Li.

This exploration suddenly set off a storm in his heart.

There was a blood-red seed in Du Xiaoqing's body, stuck to the throat, already taking root in the flesh and blood, as if it was sucking her blood.

Soon, the roots spread wildly, invading her internal organs.

It is conceivable that if those roots are rooted in Du Xiaoqing's heart, then she will definitely die.

The Yuan Force in Xue Jian's body frantically poured into Du Xiaoqing's body, trying to suppress the rooting and germination of that seed.

But that seed seemed to possess a strange and evil power, and Yuan Li couldn't suppress it at all.

Seeing that the roots had spread to her lungs, Xue Jian immediately took out a big pill and fed it to her.

No matter what, he wouldn't watch this little girl die in front of him, and as for whether Da Huan Dan has any effect, he left it to fate.

A warm medicinal power dissolved, and Xue Jian secretly said badly.

The blood-red seed actually absorbed all the medicinal power, so that Du Xiaoqing's qi and blood loss was even more serious.

The root whiskers wrapped her entire heart without accident, and gradually, Du Xiaoqing no longer struggled in pain and lost all consciousness.

Xue Jian sighed, his face showing helplessness.

He tried his best, but he couldn't save this life.

Xue Jian stood up and set his gaze on the center of the dry pool, the flower that looked like a red rose had completely withered.

He walked around and noticed an ancient rune engraved on the edge of the pool.

I really don't know why there is such a weird and evil thing hidden in the home of a dignified and high-ranking person.

He suddenly remembered that just now Du Xiaoqing was standing behind him, but the blood-red seed made a detour, avoided himself, and flew into the mouth of the unsuspecting Du Xiaoqing.

"Could it be...... That seed is conscious, and will choose the people of the Du family to draw nutrients?"

At this moment, Xue Jian heard a muffled snort from behind him, which made him turn around suddenly, his eyes suddenly widened, revealing a sense of disbelief. Du Xiaoqing, who was obviously dead, actually came back to life, she was sitting over, rubbing her chest with her hands, and seemed to feel very uncomfortable.

"My lord, what happened to me just now?"

Du Xiaoqing looked at Xue Jian blankly and asked a little scared.

Xue Jian frowned and observed from a distance for a long time, and saw that her aura had not changed at all, so he stepped forward and said.

"You just got attacked by a strange seed and fainted. ”

As he spoke, he grabbed Du Xiaoqing's wrist again and probed, a bright red flower like a crescent moon bloomed on her heart, quiet and beautiful.

This time, Xue Jian didn't feel any weird and evil power on it, but opening a flower on a person's heart was an extremely weird thing in itself.

Xue Jian asked softly.

"Did you feel anything uncomfortable?"

Du Xiaoqing shook his head and said with a blushing face.

"No, it just feels so hot, and my chest is hot and swollen. ”

Xue Jian glanced at the girl's slightly bulging chest, coughed dryly, turned around and said.

"See for yourself if there's anything unusual in your chest?"

Du Xiaoqing hesitated, pulled up his collar, and looked down.

At this sight, her face suddenly changed drastically, and she screamed.

"This ...... What is it......? A flower appeared on my chest. ”

Xue Jian was almost attracted by her exclamation, and turned away, he asked.

"Is it a crescent-shaped blood-red flower?"

Du Xiaoqing nodded.

"Yes...... My lord, how do you know?"

After saying this, she seemed to suddenly think of something, a pure and lovely face instantly turned red, and the two small crystal earlobes were red and almost dripping blood.

She thought it was Xue Jian who secretly looked at her body when she was unconscious.

Xue Jian didn't turn around and continued to ask.

"Do you know what your Du family ancestors do? Where is your hometown, and how did you come to the Imperial City?"

Du Xiaoqing's expression was dazed, and he didn't know why Xue Jian asked this.

She replied.

"I only know that our Du family is from the open sea, and I don't know where the ancestors are doing, but my father should know ......."

At this point, she immediately stopped abruptly, and her expression was sad.

Xue Jian turned around, comforted her, and said.

"Let's go, I'll get you out of here. ”

There was nothing else in this chamber except for this dry pool, and the ancient runes by the pool, he wrote them down on paper.

Returning to the ground, Xue Jian directly took Du Xiaoqing over the courtyard wall of the back garden and left the Du Mansion.

It was impossible for him to bring people back to the Fifth Prince's Mansion, and after thinking about it, he led Du Xiaoqing to the branch of the Xiangma Chamber of Commerce, and asked Yurou to help take care of it for the time being.

The world is big, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl should be helpless without the support of her family.

In her heart, she unconsciously developed a sense of dependence on Xue Jian.

Seeing that Xue saw that he was about to leave after handing over himself to a strange woman, Du Xiaoqing looked reluctant, and immediately knelt down and prayed.

"My lord, I want to follow you and make you a cow and a horse, and it doesn't matter if you are a slave. ”

Xue Jian sighed lightly, helped her up, and asked.

"Can you endure hardship?"

Du Xiaoqing hurriedly nodded like a chicken pecking rice.

"I can endure hardship, I can do anything, as long as I follow the adults. ”

Xue Jian looked at Yurou and said apologetically.

"Miss Yurou, I'm really bothering you, if you are free, teach her to cultivate martial arts, I can only stay with you first, and when it's convenient, I'll take her away." ”

Yurou smiled.

"Mr. Xue, don't worry, this little girl is very smart, I like it very much. ”

After explaining this, he appeased Du Xiaoqing a few more words, and then left the Xiangma Chamber of Commerce branch directly and went straight to the prison of the Criminal Department.

He was going to meet Du Xiaoqing's father, Du Guofu.

Anyway, it was he who wanted to find the secret room, and finally caused a strange flower to be planted in Du Xiaoqing's body, and Xue Jian had the responsibility to solve this hidden danger for her.

The prison of the Criminal Department is heavily guarded, so naturally no one can go there if they want to.

However, Xue saw that he was currently famous, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department heard that he was here to inquire about Du Guofu's accounts, so he let him in.

In the innermost part of the prison, in a dark cell, a middle-aged man with a blank expression was imprisoned.

His original black hair turned white most of the night after he was imprisoned in the prison yesterday.

The jailer unlocked the cell door, and Xue Jian walked in with his hands behind his back, looked at the middle-aged man and asked.

"You are Du Guofu?"

The half-white-haired middle-aged man glanced at Xue Jian and ignored it.

He knew this person and knew that the other party was the person of the Five Princes.

Xue Jian glanced outside, and saw that the jailer had left, so he spoke softly.

"I have no grudge against you, I am here today, as long as it is for your daughter Du Xiaoqing, if you want to save her life, it is best to answer my question honestly. ”