Chapter Ninety-Six: The Wood of Shame

The white flags of the stone hut and thatched huts are fluttering, and there is almost no light in the huge house, and the cold wind is chilling through the hall.

Lan Suwan pushed the white-clothed people all the way to the stone house where Fu Yihui was, and many Qing'e on both sides of the house knelt silently.

Jian Shu Qing'e Mu'er gently pushed open the door of the stone house: "Sir, please come in, the old man was placed on the ice stone couch by the warden, and he will only be buried when the housekeeper kills the murderer of the old man and returns to the house, and sacrifices the old man with his blood." ”

Lan Suwan was now worried in her heart, and she was shocked when she heard it, and her worries about Yun Xiao appeared in her eyebrows.

But the man in white was quiet.

Qing'e Mu'er led the two into the stone house.

Lan Su Wanfang followed the person in the chair behind and walked two steps, and saw Duanmu Xiaoxian suddenly raise his head.

"Master?" the girl in blue was slightly stunned and stopped.

"There's someone in the house. Duanmu Xiaoxian's voice was indifferent, unfazed, and safe.

Mu Er in front was shocked when he heard this, the long sword in his hand was half drawn, and he shouted coldly into the house: "Who is there?!"

The shadow was like a curtain, floating back and forth, and several Qing'e walked in quickly when they heard the sound, drawing their swords and serving on both sides of the entrance of the stone house.

In the depths of the house, in front of Fu Yihui's bed, a stumbling figure stood up and turned his head to look at the many Qing'e at the door.

"Xiao Mu'er, it's my ......" In Qing'e, who is all women, a man's voice suddenly sounded, his voice was mournful, sad and sad, and his eyes were full of tears and reflected a glimmer of light, and he stood with his head down.

Mu Er saw the man in front of the couch clearly, his eyes were hot, and he suddenly bent his knees and knelt: "House master!" As soon as his voice changed, his voice was choked: "You are finally back......"

"The owner ......" Many Qing'e were sad when they heard this, and they all knelt down towards the men in the house.

The man sobbed a few times, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and walked over: "Don't cry...... Little Fu'er...... How did he die?" the man approached, and was about to reach out to help Mu'er who was kneeling on the ground, when he saw the white shadow in the square chair, and he was stunned.

There were still tears in his eyes, his eyelashes were slightly wet, he blinked slightly, raised his head and looked at Duanmu Xiaoxian in a daze: "You...... Yes?"

Although Lan Suwan was shocked that there was a man in Qing'e's family, she didn't show it on her face, and stood quietly beside the man in white. But Huo Ran saw that the man looked at Duanmu Xiaoxian, and stretched out his hand to shake it in front of the white-clothed man's eyes while asking.

"Are you blind?"

"You, presumptuous!" The originally gentle face of the blue-clothed girl suddenly appeared cold, and several silver threads crossed the man's outstretched hand with five fingers, and Ling Ling glowed with cold light.

Kneeling on the ground, Qing'e's face changed, and she invariably got up and drew her sword to look at Lan Suwan.

Silently, the person in the chair coughed softly, and his voice was indifferent: "Your Excellency should be the master of Qing'e House, and the master of the house is Lou Wuzhi." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, and blinked at the person in the wooden wheelchair: "How do you know...... That's right...... You just found me in the house...... But your eyes ......"

Lan Suwan saw that he consciously withdrew his hand and took two steps back, and then lowered his five fingers with a cold face.

Qing'e on one side, whose name was Mu'er, glanced at the girl in blue vigilantly, turned around and approached the man, and said a few words in his ear.

The man's face was shocked, but he didn't hide it at all: "You...... You are the Qingyun Sect Master who wants to get angry for no reason when Xiao Ying'er hears it??"

Little Shadow......

The people around were quiet, Duanmu bowed his head slightly, and couldn't help but look up in confusion: "I don't know what the owner said...... Who is it?"

The man's eyebrows immediately rose, and his tone was happy: "It's Mei Shuying, the master of the Amazing Cloud Pavilion!"

……

At this time, in the Seikaze Pavilion of the Sword Sacrifice Villa. The left eye of the person on the red plum burnt jumped, and the jade fan shook with a shake of his hand.

"Childe!" Yingli hurriedly called.

Mei Shuying immediately caught the jade fan, raised her head and frowned, "There was a chill just now, do you feel it?"

Shuangliju shook his head.

Mei Shuying raised her eyebrows slightly: "If you realize it later, I'm afraid you'll die early." ”

Double-glazed jaw-dropping.

Mei Shuying's jade fan turned, and Shi Shiran walked out of the pavilion past the two of them: "The Rain Curtain Pavilion is so lively today, how can you miss it?"

Shuangli followed behind, and Yingli slandered: With such a poisonous tongue like a scorpion, I'm afraid I'll die early!

The person in front of Huo Ran looked back, raised his eyebrows and smiled, his face was like a peach and plum: "The ancients said: If you are rich, the people will slander and curse." Why did this son kindly remind you, but you will take revenge on this son?"

Yingli raised her head and looked at Mei Shuying's eyes solemnly, and her face was not wavering: "Hui Gongzi, my subordinates don't dare to speak out, for fear of being retaliated by you, so I have to slander me." ”

"Oh, that's right. Mei Shuying nodded, turned around and walked towards the Rain Curtain Pavilion.

Jiuli stroked her forehead, and then followed Yingli out behind the white-clothed person.

……

The person in the chair lowered his head and did not say a word for a long time, then looked up and said, "...... Duanmu and the Mei Pavilion Lord do have a bit of a grudge. ”

Lan Suwan was directly stunned on the spot, and then said in an instant: "You...... Isn't it the 'mentally retarded' that Brother Mei sometimes mentions?"

Lou Wuzhi was stunned, and Qing'e and her sisters all looked sideways.

Lan Suwan was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, and lowered her head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Su Wan was offended for a while." ”

Lou Wuzhi looked at the girl in blue for a few moments, and then said with a smile: "You must be Xiao Wan'er, the lady who has not passed through the door!"

Lan Suwan was slightly embarrassed by his wording, and she didn't know how to answer for a while, and then she only said: "The owner and Brother Mei should have a good relationship. ”

Lou Wuzhi nodded happily. "He came to me mostly to inquire about Xiao Fu'er, and now ......" The man looked back at the stone couch in the house, and his face was sad for a moment: "Xiao Fu'er is dead......

Duanmu Xiaoxian's eyes drooped slightly: "Elder Fu has suffered a lot, Duanmu is compassionate...... Please also mourn on the Lord's Day. ”

Zhou Fangqing'e couldn't help but redden.

Lou Wuzhi was shocked, and looked at Duanmu Xiaoxian with tears in his eyes: "You...... You say she suffers a lot...... What does that mean?"

The man in white hesitated, gently pushed the ferret in his palm, let it climb to his shoulder first, reached out and gently turned the chair shaft, and approached the person on the ice stone couch.

Lan Suwan came back to her senses and hurriedly took over and pushed the woman over.

Lou Wuzhi and Qing'e followed, but saw that the woman reached out and accurately touched the neck of the person on the couch, and raised her hand to put it on Fu Yihui's Lao Gong acupoint. "Duanmu wants to find out the cause of Elder Fu's death, if there is any disrespect here, I hope that the master and Qing'e can be lenient. ”

Qing'e's faces were solemn, Lou Wuzhi was grateful and sad, and said very sincerely: "You are the Qingyun Sect Master, both a divine doctor and a sage and capable person respected by the whole rivers and lakes, I don't know why Xiaoying'er hates you, but I believe in you very much when I see you!"

The person in the chair bowed his head and bowed, and his eyes were slightly ashamed: "Thanks to the wrong belief of the owner, Duanmu will do his best." To comfort Elder Fu's spirit in the sky. ”

"Thank you. Lou Wuzhi looked at the man in white gratefully and said again.

Duanmu didn't say anything more, his fingers stroked the two acupoints of Lao Gong and Zhuzhu on Fu Yihui's head, and then touched the Shenting acupoints, stopped for a long time, lowered his head and coughed softly.

"Master. Lan Suwan knew that it must be the cold qi of the corpse, and there was a body that had just recovered from the injury, and her face couldn't help but show a sad color.

Duanmu Xiaoxian shook his head lightly and withdrew his fingers. Then he took out a few silver needles, one pierced half an inch into Fu Yihui's left nose, one pierced half an inch into Fu Yihui's forehead Shenting acupoint, and two more pierced into the Zhuzhu acupoint and Laogong acupoint.

After a while, I reached out and retrieved it, sniffed them under my nose one by one, and frowned between my eyebrows.

Then he picked up and greeted the light outside the house, and asked, "Xiaolan." ”

Lan Suwan looked at it carefully, and said respectfully: "The first one is darker, lotus gray, and it turns dull; the second one is also lotus gray, not as dark as the first one, and there is no light; three or four of the two pieces come from the two points of bamboo and Laogong, which are light lotus color, and the turn is bright, and the luster is light." ”

Duanmu Xiaoxian slowly put down the silver needle in his hand.

Lan Suwan reached out and took it and wrapped it in a white scarf.

"If Duanmu is not wrong...... the man in white lowered his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Elder Fu died of poisoning." ”

Someone in Qing'e, who was standing on one side, immediately said hatefully: "Sure enough, as the prison supervisor expected, it was the murderer!"

Lan Suwan couldn't help but turn her eyes to look at the woman, but seeing that she was carrying a longbow and holding the arrow tightly in her hand, she looked at the arrow in her hand with tears in her eyes at this moment...... Avenge the old man!"

Duanmu Immortal's voice was indifferent and indifferent, with a bit of coldness: "The poison in Elder Fu's house is called Shame Heart Wood, which is a common fragrant wood in the land of Xishu, and has a slight heart-warming effect. Burning it in a fire will produce a faint hibiscus-like aroma that will make people depressed. ”

Mu'er said: "It's just that you're depressed, so you can put the old man to death?"

When Qing'e, who was carrying a bow and arrow, heard this, her expression suddenly shocked.

Duanmu Xiaoxian couldn't help but feel sad in the blink of his eyes: "I am ashamed that the wood can't put people to death, no matter how much it is burned, people smell it, but their hearts are surging, and they cry silently, if they are asleep, they will cry silently." Everyone was puzzled, and then they heard the man in white continue indifferently: "Duanmu Fang just used a silver needle to test the poison, and the silver needles pierced into the nose and the Shenting acupoints all showed signs of poisoning, the former was heavy and the latter was slightly lighter, but the silver needles pierced into the two acupoints of Zhuzhu and Laogong showed no signs of poisoning. ”

Lou Wuzhi looked at the woman in the chair, raised his eyebrows, and said, "What does this mean?"

Duanmu Xiaoxian lowered his eyes: "The poison of shame will sneak into the veins of people's hearts and spirits because of smelling, starting from the Shenting acupoint, passing through the bamboo, and ending at the Laogong acupoint, making people depressed or sad, or crying or complaining." The white-clothed man's voice turned silent: "But there is no sign of poisoning in the two acupoints of Elder Fu's bamboo and Lao Palace...... It means that when Elder Fu ingested the poison of shame, these two acupoints were sealed. ”

Lan Suwan was shocked, and immediately said: "If it is sealed to accumulate bamboo and Lao Gong acupoints, all kinds of emotional surges caused by the shame of the heart wood will be accumulated in the Shenting acupoint at the beginning of the pulse of the heart......

Duanmu Xiaoxian bowed slightly: "That's it." This poison is shallow, but if Elder Fu's mind is extremely unstable, and these two acupoints are sealed, there is no way to accumulate clues in his heart, and all kinds of mistakes and regrets in the past will pour into his heart, causing him to introspect and be ashamed, guilty and sad, and in pain, and when it is unbearable, he will force himself to bypass the two points that have been sealed, and he will damage the veins of his heart. Duanmu Xiaoxian raised his head slightly, with shame in his eyes: "If at this time, if the two points can be unsealed within an hour, Elder Fu will be spared death, but if the two points of Zhuzhu and Lao Palace are not unsealed within an hour, the veins of Elder Fu's mind will be slowly paralyzed, and if the two points are unsealed again, it will be a collapse of the accumulation, and the veins of the heart and spirit will be immediately broken." ”

With a bang, the arrow in the hand of Qing'e, who was carrying the bow and arrow, fell to the ground abruptly.

Tears welled up, and she suddenly cried: "Give ...... Shelao ...... We died because we pulled out the silver needle too late?!"

The man turned to look at the ice stone bed where Fu Yihui was lying, threw himself over and cried in front of the dead man's bed: "She Lao...... Shelao ...... It's our Gong'e sisters who are sorry for you! It's our Gong'e sisters who hurt you! It's our fault that we believe the words of the murderous man who calls himself Yun Xiao, thinking that by listening to him and temporarily sealing the veins of Shelao's heart, we can avoid Shelao from being extremely sad and sad when she sees the tragic death of Daoshu's sisters!!It's all our fault...... It's our fault...... Shelao ...... "The cry was extremely sluggish, and it was difficult to continue.

Those who heard it couldn't help but feel sad, and their hearts ached unstoppably.

Lou Wuzhi's eyes were wet again, soothing and painful. In the blink of an eye, I saw that the woman who was originally sitting upright in the wooden wheelchair slowly stood up.

"Master?!" Lan Suwan was startled and eager to help.

All the Qing'e looked sideways, and Lou Wuzhi saw that although he was slow, he really slowly stood up on his own, so he was stunned: "...... You...... You're not crippled??"

Lan Su looked at Lou Wuzhi with cold eyes.

Duanmu Wen glanced down at the void in front of him, and slightly restrained his hands to avoid the hand of the blue-clothed girl.

Then he stepped on the ground, and slowly walked two steps closer to the ice stone bed where Fu Yihui was and the crying woman.

Everyone was shocked to see that the man in white was thin and slender, as bright as a bamboo, but after only two steps, his breath was weak, and his face was like frost and snow.

"You ......" Lou Wuzhi looked at the woman worriedly, and after saying a word, he saw the man in white facing the side of the stone bed, and slowly bent down and knelt down.

"Master?!" Lan Suwan's face turned pale, and as soon as she lowered her head in shock, she followed Duanmu to kneel on the ground.

Everyone was shocked, and many Qing'e saw the white-clothed and slightly cold, silently separated Lord of Qingyun kneeling on the ground, but they didn't dare to stand, and all of them knelt in the stone house. Gong E, who was originally half-pounced on the couch in front of the ice stone bed, also subconsciously retreated from Duanmu and knelt to a corner of the couch.

"The young disciples helped each other, but they failed to start and finish well, and did not think about the possible disaster after sealing Elder Fu's bamboo and Lao Gong acupoints, resulting in Elder Fu's poisoning because he did not unseal the acupoints in time, and his heart and mind were broken...... This is Xiao Er's rash and incomplete thinking. The man in white bowed his head and bowed to the deceased: "As a human teacher, Duanmu is not strict in teaching, so that many Qing'e mistakenly believe that Elder Fu died in vain under the young disciples...... Duanmu is here, and he has to ask the elders and Qing'e to accept their guilt. ”

Everyone was silent, twisting their eyebrows and bowing their heads to the ground, only to feel shocked.

Lan Suwan's heart was shocked, and her eyes were wet.

Lou Wuzhi was stunned and said, "The person who sealed the two points of Xiao Fu'er and Lao Gong is your apprentice?"

Duanmu fell to the ground, feeling ashamed and sad: "Elder Fu saves bamboo and Lao Gong The two acupoints are sealed by silver needles and bound by Yuan Li, so it is difficult to break them by themselves, and the accumulation of threads has to be circumvented, and ordinary acupuncture methods cannot be done, only the water acupuncture method taught by this sect has this effect...... I am only familiar with the water needle method, and then there are those who know, so far there is only one young apprentice Yun Xiao. ”

"What!" Mu Er raised his head in shock: "That suspect is really Mr. Xiao's apprentice, Yun Xiao Gongzi?!"

Duanmu closed his eyes, raised his head and knelt straight: "What Qing'e Shegong'e saw, the person who was mistaken for the murderer was indeed a disciple of this sect, named Yun Xiao. The man in white looked into the distance and said in a quiet voice: "As Duanmu expected, it should be that Elder Fu's mind is extremely unstable and has been stimulated, so Xiao Er sealed these two acupoints with a little water acupuncture to help Elder Fu temporarily close his heart and cultivate his mind." If he didn't feel ashamed of the wood poison, Elder Fu would always be in a deep sleep, which was beneficial and harmless...... However, there was another person who was well versed in the reasoning of this situation, and he burned the wood and poisoned Elder Fu...... This person must have been very close to Elder Fu at that time, not only was he well versed in toxicology, he was proficient in the acupoints of the human body and its harms, but he was also able to skillfully benefit people's hearts and make good use of existing people and things, and make slight changes to pursue their own goals. Duanmu's face was solemn: "The mind is exquisite, deep and meticulous, intelligent and decisive, and the behavior is calm and ordinary, and it is difficult for ordinary people to rival it." ”

"Yes...... Is it her?" the kneeling Gong E was shocked, got up and said: "It's that woman! It's she who has been adding bonfires, and she seems to be extremely ordinary and doesn't know martial arts, but her demeanor is calm and unusual, so that people don't dare to despise it......"

Duanmu Xiaoxian couldn't help but ask, "I don't know what this person's name is?"

"I only know the surname Guo. ”

Duanmu was puzzled, frowned slightly, and was silent in thought. After a while, he coughed lightly.

"Master!" Lan Suwan looked at the person in white with a worried face.

Lou Wuzhi hurriedly stepped forward to help the woman up: "Hurry up, I heard that you have always been disrespectful, kneeling like this, I can't afford it...... Qing'e"

Duanmu Xiaoxian looked apologetic and rose according to his words. Lou She's words were serious. ”

Lan Suwan hurriedly stepped forward to help, and the man in white lowered his head and coughed uncontrollably. “…… Although Elder Fu's death was not Xiao Er's responsibility, he was negligent. Duanmu hereby implored Lord Lou to be lenient and ordered Elder Chen to show mercy to his subordinates. When Duanmu brings the bad criminals over in the future, he will ask Qing'e for his guilt. ”