After changing his clothes, he sat in a wheelchair again, and let people come in to replace all the facilities in the house, and the servants did not squint, even if the room seemed to have been swept away, they only cleaned and replaced it silently, and the whole process was extremely quiet.

The military tent returned to its appearance, and only then did people ask You Qizheng to wait for a few staff.

Yesterday the wind and rain were so great that even the big hugging trees outside were split in half, and they were far away from the main tent, and they did not know Li Biantian's gaffe, and the few who knew about it were also silent, and they would never show their wisdom when they should pretend to be deaf and dumb. A group of people looked at Li Changtian's face and breathed a sigh of relief. Li Biantian, who was sitting in a wheelchair, except that his face was not very good, was still deep-sighted, dark and dark and couldn't distinguish emotions, and said a series of arrangements in a low voice, and people didn't dare to disobey him in that gorgeous appearance. When their eyes swept over lightly, they all mentioned in their hearts, "Since the Wu Martingale Clan can unite with Yonggang to sneak attack, they must have a plan a long time ago." ”

"I didn't expect that a country like Nagaoka would dare to invade my halberd!" a certain general was indignant.

"A barbarian country, despicable and shameless!" the others are also in line with the Tao.

There were also a lot of people who were so angry, Nagaoka is only a small country, but this country is hilly terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack, plus the southern strength of their halberd country to support the Shadow Turf country, which has been fighting for many years in recent years, it is impossible to divide the forces to fight this small country again in a short time.

Li Biantian clasped his index finger on the table, closed his eyes slightly, and didn't seem to listen, but also seemed to listen.

Nagaoka, a country that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, surrounded by mountains on three sides, the new crown prince is called Tong Gaocen, is one of the princes he once let Aqi line imprison, although the woman was a little stupid, but she also had one more hand to prepare to prevent him, and imprisoned this group of princes to a place where even he hid it, he could not use this group of people for the time being, and did not do anything superfluous in order to win the trust of Aqiline, and then Wu Martingale missed, Aqi Lin's assassination, the Holy Son was born, Wu Marting's rebellion, and more than a dozen princes who were imprisoned all disappeared.

Not long after, almost all of the more than a dozen princes, including Li Jincheng, returned to their own countries, except for two who were still missing.

This Tong Gaozen is also one of them.

It was also the martingale he united who jointly planned this sneak attack, or rather, it was not them who planned it.

It's not that Li Biantian underestimated others, if they really had the ability to deal with the Halberd Country back then, why wait until now, if there were no seven killings behind the scenes, these people would just be a plate of scattered sand.

Just as the generals were arguing, Li Biantian suddenly hooked the corners of his lips and said something that everyone couldn't understand, "Seven kills...... Very good. ”

The generals looked at each other, and the scene quieted down, not understanding Li Biantian's words, but it did not prevent them from knowing that Li Biantian, who almost never commented on people, was praising people.

Seven killings, who are they?

A few cronies know that it is the head of [Kill the Wolf] and the key figure in the change of the emperor's destiny.

What happened after that did surprise many cronies, Li Huang is not only a well-known calligrapher in the Halberd Kingdom, but also a politician and military strategist, such a person will not believe in Hu Qing's set of fate, but now he is actually starting to find seven kills.

Whether it is seven kills or not, there is indeed such a character who is messing up his game.

As long as Li Biantian is serious, even if there are not many clues, he can find out the suspicions that others can't find, if the others are not the enemy, then he will come in person.

It is confirmed that the first place where the Seven Killings appeared was when Shao Huachi, who was still the Seventh Prince at the time, was captured, and their dead soldiers were caught and infected with the Seven Killings, which attracted the attention of Hu Qing and sent Shen Xiao and Jiang Chen, two generals, to kill them.

Two points can be determined: first, the seven killings are related to Shao Huachi, especially the most likely in the Tai Guardian named after the zodiac; Second, the status of the seven killings was not high at that time, it may be a strategist, a guard, a eunuch, and a palace maid, but it can never be a high-ranking person, and it is impossible for a high-ranking person to appear next to Shao Huachi, who has no power, and still kill assassins.

Then the people around the Seven Princes at that time naturally had to investigate completely.

As long as you are a person who does intelligence work, you know that it is quite difficult to find an ordinary petty official, almost all the official confessions, there are only simple descriptions of height and age, and there is no need for such a description of appearance at most, Fu Chen couldn't cry or laugh when he first saw E Hongfeng's confession, and he felt that he could pretend to be a person.

Trying to investigate the presence of people around the prince is almost an impossible task.

Five years have passed since the incident, and Shao Huachi often changes his servants, and with the low-key situation of the Seven Killings in the past few years, it is more likely to find people in low positions, so Li Biantian simply gave up this most convenient path, starting from that state banquet, the list of all the servants attending the meeting, which is much easier than investigating the people around the Seven Princes, who were not sharp at the time, because it is a big banquet, the list was originally formulated by the Internal Affairs Office, and there is a record, so as long as you find this record.

There were nearly 3,000 palace maids and eunuchs in the Jin Imperial Palace, and as many as 1,000 people participated in the state banquet.

"Expand the scope as long as it is related. "This is Li Biantian's idea, Seven Kills was not necessarily by the side of the Seven Princes at that time, he may obey the orders of the Seven Princes, but he may not necessarily be on an errand in the palace, judging from his secret fight with Seven Killings a few times, the more obvious the target, the less likely it is to be Seven Kills, that person is good at concealment.

There are many related people, such as those who send water and firewood to the kitchen, those who occasionally come to pass orders, the soldiers who take care of the palace, etc., so that the two ranges overlap, there are a total of 280 people.

Taking the list handed over by the staff, Li Biantian looked at it slowly and methodically.

Looking at the names one by one, at the end there was the name of Fu Chen, who was only a four-rank eunuch at the time.

"Integrate all the information that these people can collect, and divide it into three categories, the most suspicious, the least suspicious, and suspicious. The so-called collected information is naturally not a short language similar to a confession, these people who collect know what information the superior needs, and only pick out some important things to write. They had buried nails in the Jin Palace for more than ten years five years ago, and most of these nails had been removed by Emperor Jin Cheng. It can also be said that this is eating the old book, and no one can deny that the power of the Halberd Kingdom in the Jin Kingdom has been beaten to pieces.

After all the divisions are good, the most suspicious ones are naturally the people who are now promoted the fastest or have some connections in each palace, and there are also a few more active people, such people are often intelligence officers, and the object of suspicion is naturally the eunuch palace maid whose activity is generally easy to be ignored in the past, but also has a sense of existence, and the least suspicious is the one who is dead or already in the cold palace.

Seeing the list above, following each name, there is also the life story of this person.

Li Biantian never forgot that he had already been familiar with the names of the 280 people just now, and after reading a few pages, he even went through the list of the least suspicious ones, and as long as he did things, he would be meticulous and not pretend that others would do it himself.

……

Li Xiangying: Sanpin eunuch, because of his involvement in the matter of Qi Guifei and the second prince, he was later beheaded, and was suspected of being secretly robbed by the people of the seventh prince and disappeared.

Fu Chen: The fastest promoted eunuch since the founding of the Jin Kingdom, he has served Concubine De and the Seven Princes, all of whom are close attendants, and are the exclusive eunuchs of the Jin Emperor, full-time beard cutting. When serving the Queen Mother, she rescued the last box of A Furong, and was favored by the head of the Internal Affairs Office, suspected of being the next successor.

Perhaps the investigator was particularly surprised by this little eunuch, who was able to maneuver among multiple lords at a young age, so he had to write more than others.

Li Biantian narrowed slightly, looking at these three lists, after the Jin Kingdom lost fifty-eight dark lines, he must now kill seven candidates as soon as possible, as long as he makes a mistake, he may miss the opportunity.

Li Biantian first reported the names of dozens of people, "You hurry up and rush to the Jin Kingdom, I want to get the portraits of these people and more specific information in the shortest possible time." ”

There are even investigations in it that the results are dead, and the cronies look at each other, what about the deaths, as long as Li Biantian doesn't believe it, he still has to find out.

"And your forces in the Northwest?" a cronie asked.

"As long as the second prince gets the throne, what can I do in the northwest?"

The northwest is naturally a border stop, but now that the seven kills have disrupted his steps, he is like a bird with broken wings in that area without a dark line, whether it is the situation in the northwest, or the transmission of news is a hundred times more difficult than before. Seven Kills forced him to give up the interests of the northwest and instead shift his focus to the capital.

Undoubtedly, the move of seven kills was a clear move, and he ate it alive.

But as long as the Seven Kills move, his remaining manpower in the northwest will definitely be able to detect the clues and fight back.

After a moment's thought, his white and powerful fingers slid a few times towards the names on the two non-suspicious lists, "Make up two more places, pay special attention to this Li Xiangying and Fu Chen, if you don't have time to send the portrait back, as long as you see the person on the portrait, you will not be killed." ”

There is no forgiveness for killing, and change will happen later.

Thinking about it from another perspective, if Seven Kills faced him, I am afraid it would be the same idea.

——Jin Jiang Du Jia, only one positive version——

After solving the acupoints for Fu Chen, Shao Huachi was about to catch up with the person who kidnapped Ye Huili, and the two were getting closer and closer, in addition to the time when Shao Huachi went to the battlefield over the years, he was almost completely immersed in the art of war and martial arts, so that he was too busy to have time to miss, and buried all his feelings for that person, he would not give himself the opportunity to look down on himself.

Seeing that Shao Huachi was so skilled, the arrester was also extremely frightened, and if he didn't leave, the man's fierce attack would come over, and he could dodge the man's sword, if he reacted slowly, he might be beheaded directly.

If you go on like this, you will be caught up in a few steps.

threw the woman who was already unconscious in his hand towards Shao Huachi, and fled as soon as he slipped away.

After taking Ye Huili, Shao Huachi's speed slowed down, and then he looked back to see where there were still traces of arrests, snorted coldly, and returned to the original way.

As long as this person is active in the northwest, it is impossible not to be discovered by the Hidden King's manpower.

Shao Huachi knew that as long as he was willing to spend a little more time, he would be able to catch up with that person, but when he thought that Fu Chen was still on top, he didn't want to leave that person for half a step now.

Shao Huachi was about to faint several times, the injury on his back was too serious, and he was not bandaged in time, at this time, his physical strength was rapidly declining, and he couldn't help but speed up his steps.

The air was filled with the smell of blood and blasted sulfur, dust and mist wafted away, smoke curled and spilled stumps and severed arms all over the ground, several large and small pits were filled with seriously injured people, and blood almost soaked the land.

Shao Huachi looked at the few stewards who still had one breath left, his heart beat suddenly, his breathing became short, and his brain went blank for a moment. Originally, the place where Fu Chen was lying had already been empty, and there were still a few drops of fresh blood dripping from that place, and he seemed to hear the sound of blood impacting, and the meridians buried under the superficial layer of the skin bulged slightly.

The seriously injured stewards looked up and saw the man who didn't say a word, the man seemed to be restraining something, looking a little hideous, and there was a sudden aura on his ordinary appearance that he couldn't look at directly, as if this person was born to be high.

"Rise up all who are alive. A sharp, almost bloody voice, hoarse and cold.

Because of the pain, he couldn't help but bend down, gasp, and get back to his feet.

The stewards, who were about to speak, almost reflexively asked, "You...... Who is it?"

Originally, there were rhino sparrows, so it was possible to find seven kills.

But all the rhinolars raised in the northwest were burned by a fire, and now they have been caught seven times, and the only way to prove their identity is torture.

After bringing people out of Taichang Mountain, he was not immediately sent to the Halberd Country, if anyone who might be suspected of the Seven Killings was sent away, then Emperor Li would not be busy dying, and he would not need such an incompetent subordinate.

It is imperative that they first confirm the true identity of the person.

The woman who was riding a horse at the foot of Mount Taichang before saw that the young man who was locked on the wooden frame was still not awake and got out of the underground cage, and the guard next to her reported, "My lord, we found something on him." ”

This thing really can't wait for leisure, this is actually a token, or only people close to Emperor Li can have it.

"How can there be this thing on him?" The woman noticed the difference, the token of her cronies is fine iron, and the whole body is black and other metals are added, which can reflect golden light in the sun, which cannot be imitated, and the piece in front of her is only painted black, "No, this is counterfeit!"

Before returning to the Jin Kingdom, Fu Chen handed over the token belonging to Li Yu to Xue Rui, and then he carried this counterfeit token with him, in order to deal with possible accidents, but even he himself expected it to come in handy so soon.

"At present, in the entire western region, there are only five people who own this token, Xiu Hanxue, Lu Ming, me, Lord Hu Qing and ...... Master Li Yu. "At this level, almost all of them are cronies.

"Your Excellency, what do you mean......"

"The cause of death of Xiu Hanxue and Lu Ming is unknown, their tokens have been recovered, my tokens have not been used, Lord Huqing himself is a better existence than tokens, and he can carry tokens with him, only Lord Li Yu, who has just come to the Jin Kingdom, the people inside must have seen Lord Li Yu, if it is just a counterfeit token, it will only take seven days for the craftsman to rush to work......" Closing her eyes, the woman slowly analyzed.

"Then Lord Li Yu, was he arrested by them?"

"Life and death are unpredictable, out of the Sheep Twilight City, Lord Li Yu has lost his trace, his position except for Lord Hu Qing, no one can instruct him, and it is normal for him not to contact me. The woman's voice revealed a touch of coldness that had nothing to do with herself, if it weren't for everyone doing things for Emperor Li, she would really be happy to see it.

The subordinates heard the ridicule in the woman's tone, and naturally they were angry at Li Yu's neglect of them, such a person who relied on flattery to get directly close to Li Huang's side, no one could afford it, but whoever called Li Huang took a fancy to him, and even parachuted directly on the heads of all of them, to say that it was inevitable to be unconvinced, but now......

A Li Yu who was arrested by someone is really incompetent, if she uses it properly, she may be able to get unexpected results.

"Don't go to prison first, if Li Yu is there, we can't touch him. Later, I will interrogate this person myself. ”

When Fu Chen woke up, the surroundings were extremely quiet, the sound of someone's breathing was still two, and the other one might not have been discovered if Fu Chen hadn't paid attention to it.

He was hung on a stake, his hands and feet were tied, and his whole body did not use much strength, like a piece of dead meat. The memories of before the coma are still engraved in his mind, and the vague pain left behind is still a tireless reminder of how he was treated, even if he is still crying unconsciously.

The heart seemed to be pressed against a thousand pounds of boulders, and it was difficult to tear open the eyelids, and sure enough, nothing could be seen.

This is a completely different feeling from closing the eyes, all objects in sight are gone, leaving only an empty nothingness, that feeling can make anyone collapse, the psychological defense line tends to negative energy, and the first time you open your eyes is the most suitable for negotiation.

There seems to be a black fog in front of me, dark and boundless, like a bottomless dark night deep sea, black is not the most fearful, what I am afraid of is that there is only myself in this black.

At this time, the prisoner is psychologically vulnerable.

"I could wake up so quickly after being incense, I thought it would take at least a day. It was a woman's voice, "Answer me a few questions, maybe I can let you go if I'm in a good mood?"

Fu Chen remained motionless, as if he was dead, like Jesus crucified in place.

"Did you go to Luanjing a few years ago and attend the state banquet at that time?"

"Over the years, have you appeared on the border of the Yin Tu, such as the Holy Son of the Wu Martingale Clan?"

……

"I don't know what you're talking about, at least let me know why you poisoned me blind, I did help the people on Taichang Mountain, but it was sent by the Six Princes to have a place in the capital. Fu Chen exuded resentment and cold anger, "No matter what your purpose is, treat my eyes immediately." ”

Perhaps because he had been drugged, his anger seemed soft.

"Instead of thinking about the eyes, it is better to think about whether your life can be saved, I can let you see the king of Hades with a light knife now, this is not your Taichang Mountain, order me? The cold and hard hilt rested on Fu Chen's neck, and he seemed to calm down quickly, pursed his lips, and stopped speaking.

Sitting next to the woman was a polygraph man, probably the earliest polygraph expert in history, who tied a red thread around Fu Chen's wrist to test whether this person had a special reaction in the series of firecracker-like words just now.

In fact, this is a more scientifically based test method, although it is simple, but it has helped them catch a lot of details. If you are any person, your whole body is in pain when you wake up, your eyes are still blind, and you change places, almost all of them will be asked so many things that are closely related to you without any thinking under the collapse, even if you don't collapse, your expression can't be unprovoked, and no matter how strong your martial arts are, it is impossible for a person with strong martial arts to control her pulse.

When the woman looked over, the polygraph shook her head, nothing unusual.

That is, the man really doesn't know what she's talking about, and only when he encounters something that has nothing to do with him.

"Let's tell you a story. "The women don't mention the eyes, they know that the man's eyes are hopeless.

But she naturally wouldn't say it, poured herself a cup of tea, and said with a smile while drinking it how to torture everyone they thought was the Seven Killings, such as the execution scene of the pit viper, Scar and others that Fu Chen had seen with his own eyes, which was extremely cruel.

This polygraph method was proposed by Fu Chen according to Li Biantian's ideas.

Even if he couldn't see it, he could feel that in addition to the woman, the other person who didn't say a word was probably a polygrapher.

As long as there is anything unusual about him, what awaits him may be more cruel torture than those before him, and making life worse than death is their best method.

The reason why they salute first and then soldiers now is that they don't confirm whether he is seven kills, and second, they want to catch them all.

The woman said for a long time, but found that the man hanging on it, after the anger just now, seemed to have realized his situation, seemed very calm, and did not react, it stands to reason that the names she mentioned are all the henchmen of the Seven Killings, it is impossible not to have the slightest reaction, at least there will be hatred or fear, no matter how well it is hidden, it is impossible to find a flaw, as a veteran of torture, she knows very well the slight reactions of these prisoners, plus there are people who specialize in polygraphs by her side.

Just a little bit is enough for her to confirm a lot of information.

What she didn't know was that the man in front of her had tortured more people than she had in the past five years, and he knew what he could do to protect herself.

The woman talked a lot, and her original determination began to waver.

The man in front of him really didn't react, as if he didn't know the person in her mouth at all, if the only small reaction was probably doubt, as if he didn't understand why she was talking such lengthy nonsense.

This person is either gifted or a real misunderstanding.

Waving his hand to let the polygraph person leave first, Ying Hongluan still planned to show this person to Hu Qing first, but Hu Qing was still dealing with the power arrangements after the death of Xiu Hanxue and others and the death of the rhino sparrow, and it would take at least a few days to come over.

After another three days, there was still no movement on Fu Chen's side, as if he had been forgotten by everyone. Taichang Mountain has new news there, due to the disappearance of the people behind Taichang Mountain, there has been controlled by the Hidden King, the Hidden King is picking up leaks, seeing that there are resources on the side of Taichang Mountain, I really want the entire northwest to be his.

While the woman gritted her teeth, she also withdrew her own people, and it was even more difficult for them to plant mines like before.

Everything is business as usual in Taichangshan, as if there is such a person missing, and it has no impact.

Could it be that this person is really just the agent of the Six Princes in the people?

If it's seven killings, how can it be so indifferent.

told Fu Chen about the situation, but Fu Chen didn't react at all, as if this was normal.

Fu Chen had been hungry for three days, and he only drank a little water during this time, maybe it was to see that he was still useful, or maybe he really thought that he had caught the wrong person and did not use torture, he was like forgotten.

On this day, Ying Hongluan heard that the third prince had also picked up a life, crushed the secret letter, and came to the dungeon. Seeing that Fu Chen opened his godless eyes and looked over, his gray pupils without the slightest luster, he immediately laughed again, "I can't see it, you have changed to a new place, you are very calm." ”

Fu Chen didn't speak, but his expression seemed to say, who made me know how to lift it these days?

"Are you afraid?" Seeing the man's cold and mocking expression, the woman was a little inexplicably funny, maybe it was Fu Chen's too calm, maybe this person was really not the Seven Kills, but the woman looked at it a few times.

They have been waiting for this person behind Taichang Mountain for several years, and they never expected to be so young.

The woman approached step by step, picking up Fu Chen's chin with her bright orange chin with her bright orange chin and the dungeon was dim, as if she had just discovered, "What a handsome little student, I don't know how many women's hearts will be hooked, it's good that the eyes are gone, it's a good thing." ”

"Stay away from me. Fu Chen frowned in disgust, the seductive body fragrance on the woman's body was too heavy, worthy of the bewitching body, and any man who approached her might unknowingly fall into her trap.

It has been a long time since a woman has met a man who has resisted her like this, she is a beautiful baby body created by Emperor Li, even if she is blind, it is impossible to resist her body fragrance, body, voice...... In addition to Li Huang, the only man who rejected her was the man in front of her, but she was a little interested, pinched his chin and gradually exerted force, and the person leaned over and maliciously leaned towards the edge of Fu Chen's ear, "Baby, there is no room for you to refuse here, introduce yourself, I am Ying Hongluan, you should not have heard of it, but I have been waiting for you for many years." ”

Fu Chen was stunned for a moment, ignoring the strangeness on his ears, judging from the intelligence, this name is the confidante of the third prince, and as the core figure of Emperor Li's faction, he knows that this woman is one of the cadres sent by Emperor Li to the west.

Her obsession with Emperor Li is something that her cronies know.

"Isn't there anything you want to say to me?" she even took some food and put it next to Fu Chen's nose.

"What do you say?" asked why he was blind? There was no need to ask, he naturally knew the reason.

"Now, do you still want to know why?" She admired Fu Chen's calmness, in blindness, torture, and coming to a strange place, in these cases, this man has actually behaved very calmly almost all the way since he woke up, except for the anger at the beginning, just for this point, he is a terrible person, it should be said that the people have their own capable people.

Come to think of it, what kind of character is Seven Kills, it's normal if you can't catch it.

It is rumored that the Seven Killings represent the people of the world, with strange treasures and unique eyes, and they have eyes different from ordinary people to find the remaining nine people.

Strange treasure refers to about the eyes. Rumors are just rumors, but they do not prevent Li Biantian from ordering, any candidate who may be the Seven Kills, at the moment of encounter, do not give the other party any chance to fight back, and bring it back blindly.

The seven kills without eyes may be a paper tiger.

At present, even if Fu Chen can't see it, there is no problem with his sense of smell and hearing, and he is even more acute than usual, and he can basically tell that this is Ying Hongluan's exclusive detention room, and the sour smell of rot and blood in the air reminds him that there have been many people before him, either who would rather die than give in, or who are tortured, but there is no accident, he will inevitably be tortured, he has supervised several punishments in the Halberd Country, and its cruelty index is that Fu Chen has also had nightmares for several months, he is not interested and does not want to let himself be tortured, and strive for the greatest chance of survival for himself in any environment。

Especially in the case of knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent, knowing weaknesses and not using them is not Fu Chen's habit.

"If I'm blind, why should I bother?" no matter what he said, they couldn't treat him, so why bother.

Fu Chen quickly raised a soul-stirring smile, this smile was almost exactly the same as Li Huang's occasional short-lived smile, not much different from the angle, and like Li Huang's eyes on the world, there was a trace of sexiness that belonged to this man himself, a mixed sense of strangeness with a charm that people couldn't take their eyes off, with that elegant face was actually more charming than Ying Hongluan who was a woman, and the deep voice made Ying Hongluan's ears a little soft.

This is not Fu Chen, but it is more attractive than Fu Chen.

If it weren't for the difference in appearance, she would almost mistake this person for a figure like Emperor Li.

Ying Hongluan was almost taken away by that smile, although it took a few years of hard work to become the confidant of the three princes, but the kind of man who does not eat the fireworks of the world is really not her preference, she prefers the strong, domineering, and gentle man who hides the inevitability in his bones but behaves gently.

It's just that this infatuation with Emperor Li, the consequence of what she said was that she was mercilessly sent to the Jin Kingdom by Emperor Li, and even she knew that if she didn't perform well, Hu Qing would solve herself directly.

Li Huang doesn't need anyone around him to disturb his great cause, even if it's a child's affection.

Just like now, if they catch someone suspected of killing seven people, they can interrogate, but they still have to wait for Hu Qing to confirm. If so, then the torture really begins, and if not, there is no escape.

After coming to the northwest, she suppressed all her feelings and concentrated on doing things for her sweetheart, but deep in her heart, the pain of not being able to ask for it was tormenting her all the time.

She didn't know that if it was too full, it would overflow, and that the consequences of being too depressed might erupt and be uncontrollable.

She looked at this handsome face with some fascination, and slowly approached Fu Chen in distraction, "You smile very good-looking, very manly, now, I'm a little reluctant to ......"

When he was about to touch Fu Chen's thin lips, Fu Chen seemed to sense it, and slowly turned his head away, the meaning of refusal was obvious.

snapped, and threw a palm at Fu Chen.

Fu Chen, who was already weak, was slapped down by such a woman with strong martial arts, and directly shot blood, and the blood slid down the corners of his mouth. 166 Reading Network