Chapter 25: The Return of Plum Fragrance to the Grave (I)

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The buzzing voices were mixed, like flies, among which Ah Kun's voice was the most annoying, Dou Xin closed his eyes and raised his hand to blast away, but he was blinked by the dazzling light.

"Carry Dou'er into the firewood room, hide in the secret passage under the firewood, and don't make a sound no matter what happens outside!"

Dou Xin lay in the arms of the proprietress in a trance, barely opened his eyes, and saw Ah Kun and the toddler Xiang'er following behind. The boss was holding a scimitar, and the fierceness on his face made Dou Xin frightened for a while. Is this still the boss who only wants a ball of harmony and a spring breeze all year round?

Kun opened the firewood, and a secret passage was revealed. Dou Xin's eyes couldn't help but widen, why hadn't he seen this secret passage in the inn all these years? The proprietress took Dou Xin, Ah Kun and Xiang'er into the secret passage, covered the mouth of the secret passage with firewood, and guarded the door of the firewood room. Ah Kun pushed Xiang'er into the depths of the dark passage, and then lay on the dark passage with Dou Xin, looking out at the movement from the gap in the firewood.

The fire outside the dark passage gradually intensified, and the dense crowd of people outside the door gathered around, reflecting on the door like a human wall. Between the walls, a bright purple robe is particularly eye-catching.

The purple skin swirled in the human wall, like a treacherous big fan, and with each movement, the shadow of the human head reflected on the door rolled down like stones. The purple skin rolled over a few times, and most of the human wall collapsed. Dou Xin's heart hung in his throat, Xiang'er's sobbing was extremely soft, and Ah Kun said "Don't be afraid" over and over again, and even the air seemed to be trembling in the narrow dark passage. I don't know what kind of weapon the proprietress is holding in her hand, and the small collision sound is endless. Dou Xin couldn't see the figure of the proprietress, but he could hear her trembling.

There was a sudden silence outside the door, and the atmosphere was gloomy and terrifying. Dou Xin looked at it, and saw that the shadow reflected on the door was only the purple-clothed person and a phantom person. Looking at the figure of the phantom man, Dou Xin guessed that it was the boss. The moonlight gradually brightened, and only a crisp bone cracking sound was heard, and the head of the phantom man was thrown out of the purple-clothed man's hand and flew towards the door. The door was slammed open, and the proprietress fell into the moonlight, disappearing silently like a leaf thrown into a lake.

"The owner...... Daddy, Mom! Dou Xin exclaimed.

The two heads slammed against the eaves with a muffled thud, and as they fell, two long streaks of blood slashed through the window. Dou Xin broke away from Kun and rushed to the door. The moonlight entered the house, and there was a sea of blood outside. The man in purple stood at the door, his face bloodless, and a pair of dark purple eyes were cold.

"Ah Ming!" Dou Xin sat up in shock.

It's just a strange dream.

Thinking about it carefully, the firewood room of the inn is not what it looks like in a dream, how can Ah Ming be the person in purple? Dou Xin came to his senses and held his head and smiled, it seems that he is still scared these days, and he will even conjure up killing in his dreams.

The wind creaked the wooden door. One sat in the outhouse and read obscure scriptures, which were very different from the usual. Dou Xin got up, changed his clothes, and raised his eyes to see that the sky outside the window was already bright, and the blood channel on the window was still there. Dou Xin knocked on his skull, dispelling the chaotic scenes in the dream, and only then did he slightly recall the events of the night before. When the man in purple approached, he heard the familiar man's voice in a trance, and then fell asleep. What did he say?

Dou Xin straightened his waist and felt soreness and weakness, but his brain seemed to be much clearer, not as drowsy as a few days ago. The sound of chanting came and went, and Dou Xin secretly asked Guanlan Jun a few words, but there was no response.

Dou Xin quietly walked out of the back room, saw a person sitting quietly facing the door, and breathed a long sigh of relief. "Your lock is better than a small brass lock."

"The night before was late, the little monk is ashamed, I hope the girl will forgive me."

As soon as the chanting stopped, Dou Xin suddenly felt a lot lighter on his head. "If you hadn't come back to save me, my life would have been in danger, and I have written down this favor."

lowered his eyebrows, and he didn't have much to argue about Guanlan Jun's affairs. "Chengtian Pavilion and his party have arrived at the post house, and in a few hours, Lord Qi will summon you to the atrium for tea. What should you say? ”

Dou Xin leaned against the wall, but relaxed.

"To tell you the truth, he's an old man who still has a hard time being a girl for me?"

"The Heavenly Pavilion of the Inheritance has a set of secret orders to prevent the subordinates sent from escaping. Although the people of Kuchan Mountain are not subordinates of Chengtian Pavilion, this time they are also used by Lord Qi, and they will also bring a secret order. According to the old rules, a secret message should be sent to the Chengtian Pavilion every 17 days. You don't know the rules, so it stands to reason that Lord Qi has no reason to blame you. But how long has it been since the people of Kuzenshan have sent secret messages? If he wants to find out the whereabouts of the people of Kuzen Mountain, he will definitely ask you first. How would you answer? He asked.

Dou Xin was silent, put down his hands, and straightened up. One by one, he woke up Dou Xin. It has been a long time since the killer, and she is getting closer and closer to that mountain, although there have been several twists and turns, she is finally going to meet with Lord Qi.

"The little monk is ashamed, he only knew that he was ordered by his master to protect the girl, but he did not fulfill his responsibility to dissuade the girl, and the little monk should not bring the girl here." His brows furrowed, as if he was extremely remorseful.

"One, what are you afraid of? What happened last night? Dou Xin was puzzled, recalling that night in Tongyin Temple, Master Juehui and one or two people went up to the Scripture Pavilion, and did not go downstairs until dawn. Although he hesitated slightly, he resolutely followed. When he encountered the danger of returning to Ningning, he only persuaded himself to take a detour, but he had no intention of escaping. Why did the man in purple arrive last night, and he was in a mess, and he wanted to let himself escape several times?

pinched his shoulder, his hand was not released, his shoulder was already bloody, Dou Xin was startled, and in an instant, the blood spread to his wrist and flowed to the ground along a few slender fingers.

Dou Xin hurriedly jumped in front of him, and just wanted to tear off a monk's robe to check the injury, his mind flashed, his hand stopped on a collar, and he secretly thought in his heart: One is a monk, he is a Taoist, and he is also a young lonely man and widow, who is already out of line in the same room, how can he have skin to skin?

Dou Xin put down his hand, his eyes oozing with a hint of distress and fear. "Is it the man in purple?" Dou Xin's voice trembled. "Who are they? What do they have to do with you! If you don't allow you to return to your promise, how can you be hurt like this! ”

As soon as he stood up, the pain around him sucked up most of his strength, causing him to sit back down.

"There is still some time, the little monk will tell some secrets to the girl, if the little monk has to seal his mouth in the future, the girl can also hold some handles of Chengtian Pavilion in her hand, and Lord Qi can't easily move you."

Dou Xin sat aside. She knew a lot of secrets, and he could use them to catch Gui Ning to death. One was the lock that held them, and now the lock spit out the key by itself, but Dou Xin hesitated, she didn't know what the other end of the prison door was, and her fear exceeded her curiosity.

"Miss Xin, I guess you have been to Rongxin Garden in the past few days wandering around the inn, have you seen the county lord? In fact, it was the little monk who led away the guards of the post house that day. If it is a last resort, the girl can go there and take refuge for a few days. ”

Dou Xin covered her ears, she wasn't ready to listen to these things. He sighed and looked out the window again, the inn hadn't taken out the manpower to monitor them.

"I'll tell the girl from the beginning. Chengtian Pavilion is said to have been around for a hundred years, but it was originally just a secret pavilion of rivers and lakes, counting natural disasters for people and driving away disasters. At that time, the people of Chengtian Pavilion never came into contact with outsiders, and they did not have much status in the rivers and lakes, just because the people from top to bottom were wearing purple robes, quite like the witch soldiers recorded in ancient times, so it is said that Qi Yu is a descendant of witches, and his lifespan is 100 years old, but no one has ever seen his true appearance. One hundred and thirty-seven years ago, Chengtian Pavilion suddenly occupied a hexagram and calculated the exact date of the birth of the founding emperor of the current dynasty, several times of raising troops and ascending the throne. After the emperor ascended the throne, he praised Qi Yu as the secretary, and Chengtian Pavilion became the emperor's favorite. However, the emperor has been on the throne for 30 years, and according to legend, Qi Yu's appearance has not changed in the slightest. Before his death, the emperor left a secret edict to kill Qi Yu, but no one dared to go. The secret edict was burned by Qi Yu, and all the old ministers who had seen Qi Yu were all missing. Later, Chengtian Pavilion mourned and announced the death of Qi Yu in the world. On the day of the exodus, a group of robbers robbed the team that sent the spirit and opened the coffin, which was empty. The current Lord Qi has privately gathered the descendants of those old ministers and adopted them for his own use, among which the famous ones are the four generals of the Chengtian Pavilion. ”

"That's why Brother Du and they hate and fear Qi Yu, but is Qi Yu really alive?" Dou Xin unconsciously lowered his hands.

"Speaking of which, General Du and they are already the second generation of orphans. The current majesty also had a secret history when he ascended the throne, when he was demoted to Shu and only brought two cronies, one was a craftsman who saw the beginning and the end, and the other was Mei Niangniang, who had no name and no surname. Later, many people died in the court, and all the princes who were expected to ascend the throne died crazy, and the first emperor had to recall His Majesty, but His Majesty returned to the court alone. This post house was built by the craftsman, and it was not until His Majesty ascended the throne that Chengtian Pavilion found out that the craftsman was Qi Yu, but since then, Qi Yu has never appeared, some people say that he was imprisoned in Chengtian Pavilion, but Lord Qi has never admitted it, and even His Majesty does not know the truth. However, His Majesty and Qi Yu seem to have some kind of agreement, after he returned to the court, the old ministers who supported him before he was demoted did not only glorify their ancestors and obtain the shadow seal, but all disappeared. ”

"So Dou Wuling disappeared because he knew Qi Yu?" Dou Xin asked. "Isn't Tongyin Temple just a small temple in the mountains? How do you know so much as if you live in the palace? ”

"The little monk's uncle, Master Zu Zixu, is one of the elders of the Chengtian Pavilion, he knows, Master Jueming knows, and the little monk can also listen to it. Dou Wuling, it is rumored that he and his subordinates secretly escorted Qi Yu and His Majesty to Shu, and then disappeared on the White Sandfly Peak, life and death are uncertain. ”

Dou Xin thought about it and felt that he should not expose his boss's whereabouts in front of him, so he diverted the conversation. "I guessed the rest, that Mei Niangniang was left here, living in Rongxin Garden, and she and Your Majesty also have a county lord, which is the girl I saw. If the people in purple were sent by Qi Yu, then what did they come for? Revenge for Qi Yu? Why has it dragged on for so many years? ”

He lowered his head and thought for a moment, and said, "Although the little monk doesn't know the reason, he guessed a little. Qi Yu may have escaped the control of Chengtian Pavilion recently, and his old subordinates followed him to the post house, but their target was not Chengtian Pavilion's juniors who didn't know the truth. I guessed when they attacked you the first time, and the person they wanted to kill should be the people in Rongxin Garden, who was about the same age as the county lord, so they accidentally injured you. It seems that Lord Qi hurried to the post house, and even did not hesitate to let Du Yuan let Guining come here first, also to protect Mei Niangniang. But the news of Qi Yu's escape reached the ears of Gui Ning and Du Yuan, causing them to panic. Du Yuan was not trusted by Lord Qi, his position was embarrassing, and coupled with the matter of Qi Yu, he had to leave before Lord Qi arrived. And the team of Chengtian Pavilion was affected by the Whitefly Peak plague and was delayed for a few days. The identity of the girl is known to everyone, but the identity of the little monk makes Guining feel uneasy. After a deep conversation last night, Gui Ning completely believed that the little monk had nothing to do with the purple-clothed man, so he asked me to stay behind on the grounds of letting me go, in case the purple-clothed man attacked Rongxin Garden. ”

"The agreement between you and Guining is actually for you to take me away, right? Even if you have been affected so far, Xin'er is ashamed. Dou Xin suddenly realized, "However, why didn't the purple-clothed man attack Rongxin Yuan directly, but cast a wide net, and even I didn't let it go here." ”

"The little monk respects the teacher's life, and the girl should be the priority. Girls don't have to be ashamed. "I wiped the blood from my hands, but there was still blood gushing out." The little monk was also very suspicious, there were not many purple-clothed people who attacked Rongxin Yuan last night, otherwise the little monk would not be able to parry. It wasn't until this morning that the little monk who saw the traces of their invasion here figured it out a little, last night should have been just their temptation, and they didn't know that Mei Niangniang was in Rongxin Garden. ”

Dou Xin sneered: "Anyone who has been to the post house will be able to discover the abnormality of Rongxin Yuan in a few days, and there must be many people who know Mei Niangniang's residence, how can they not know, isn't it a trick?" ”

"Gossip Zhenling, the little monk has found a very secret grave, and there are no less than 10,000 corpses. I'm afraid that none of the people who lived in this post house got out alive except for the people of Chengtian Pavilion. Speaking of this, Yi Yi seemed to remember something, half contemplative, half talking to himself: "If that's the case, Gui Ning can still take the initiative to tell me this secret, it seems that Chengtian Pavilion should have a move." ”

"We are not from Chengtian Pavilion, but we are guests, they won't ......" Dou Xin jumped up, thinking that he had lived in such a place for these days, he couldn't help but feel a chill all over his body. By the way, who are those worms of yours for? ”

When I came back to my senses, I also remembered the most important thing. "The girl knows that Rongxin Garden was built long before this post house."

"What do you mean, does it have anything to do with those bugs?" Dou Xin was puzzled, and he was afraid that the matter of a handful of insects was vague, so he hurriedly asked again.

"It's a unique stick worm that eats Gu worms and sucks human blood only when it's extremely hungry. Since there is such a thing in the sandfly summit, there must be someone in this area who is planting Gu worms. The little monk used this bug to look for a few laps in the Whitefly Peak, but he didn't find the Gu source, but in addition to the Whitefly Peak, the only one around was this post house, the little monk first entered the post house, these insects had been hungry for a few days, and they crawled straight to their food. ”

"Where?" Dou Xin asked.

"Rong Xin Yuan, all the insects have climbed in, and there are people making Gu there." "It's not just Qi Yu, even this Mei Niangniang is not an ordinary person, no wonder Your Majesty doesn't dare to take her back to the court." ”

Dou Xin's mind was so confused that he didn't want to listen to anything anymore. She just wanted to know how she would survive in this inn.