Under the wilderness, in the depths of the mountains and forests, the moon has hung high in the sky, and in the humble houses under the moon, the lights have not been extinguished. Someone woke up from a long coma, his head was dizzy, it was already night, he thought he would die, he opened his eyes, but he saw a few lone stars outside the window, setting off the vast sky.

The familiar and unfamiliar woman is lowering her head, unhurriedly concocting medicine, each flavor of the herb, one point more, one point less, the proportion is slightly different, all will produce completely different effects, the worst possibility is to lose a human life.

It's a pity, and it's not an easy task.

She occasionally frowned slightly, as if she was confused by what she was thinking, and that seriousness, occasionally observing, whatever the original intention, was always moving. Zhang Minzhi was about to speak in a hoarse voice, but the beautiful hand removed the spoon and covered his lips, "Don't speak yet." ”

Speaking softly, he obediently shut up, and the shadow of Yiren was still the same, like a fairy in a painting. He vaguely knew that he was responsible for his family, and he also vaguely knew that Dingshui had calmly undergone unimaginable changes, but right now, he was so tired that whether it was his dizzy head or his sometimes blurred and sometimes clear vision, he couldn't think calmly.

The girl in front of her is haunting, a glimpse of the outside of Luoyang City, still remembered, get along for a few days, the surprise has not faded in the slightest.

So the ancients once said that the peony flower died, and the ghost was also romantic, and Jiansheng said that she was a femme fatale, and the beauty must be as vicious as a femme fatale?

"Zhang Gongzi still has any unfulfilled wishes?" Hua Yao suddenly spoke, her voice soft as water, and she was charming, pulling the drowsy person back to reality at once.

Zhang Minzhi was only stunned for a moment, then his heart was sour, and he said secretly: I am really dying.

"I'll do my best." She tilted her head and smiled slightly, "Zhang Gongzi is at ease." ”

Zhang Minzhi: "Then why are you ......?"

"Just in case." Hua Yao said softly, "If there is no way to cure this poison, I will also be very troubled." She whispered, with a faint melancholy in her eyes - Feng Qian had already left, and there were only two people at the moment, she and Zhang Minzhi, and for the rest of the time, her mind could only be on this person.

She got up and returned to the smoke of the stove, unhurried, careful and serious, fanning the steaming heat, and a strong smell of medicine followed, and the sound of pouring water was very clear in the silent room.

When Zhang Minzhi was stunned, Hua Yao had already come over with a bowl of potion and said softly, "I'll feed you." ”

He sat up slightly, there were a few bumps on his body, and his hands showed an abnormal color because of the poisoning, because of the pain in his body, he coughed uncontrollably, and wanted to say that he came, but the hand he had just raised fell down because of the weakness.

"At the moment, whether it is drinking water and taking medicine, or dressing and walking, Zhang Gongzi is probably a little inconvenient." Hua Yao blew the hot potion and handed it to him.

Looking at Hua Yao's soft and watery eyes, Zhang Minzhi was almost speechless, and couldn't believe that she would serve and take care of him like this, and she was even more considerate and thoughtful than the maid at home. Until a bowl of potion was drunk, Hua Yao also took out an embroidered handkerchief from the wardrobe and wiped the medicine stains on the corners of his mouth little by little. He was greatly moved, and finally unconsciously held her hand, and said in a dumb voice: "Miss Yao'er, I ......"

"This medicine has great stamina, Zhang Gongzi has a good rest." She smiled softly at him, withdrew her hand, and got up to leave.

Zhang Minzhi lay down, looking at her back for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses, he had a lot of things to ask, many things to say, but he didn't know where to start. The cobwebs were thick with cobwebs on his head, and Xing was probably firmly bound to him, with nowhere to escape.

In the courtyard of Zhang's house in Luoyang City, Zhang Jiansheng and his party have arrived at the house, and the deserted and messy house has been rested, and Zhang Mingxuan, who left temporarily, has returned.

Since he was a child, he left home from his father and brother, and he was determined never to engage in business, and after completing his studies, he fought alone in the sword and rivers and lakes, but today he learned that even his relatives could not protect him but he wanted to do chivalrous justice for others......

Naive! Amusing! The man in the courtyard had cold sword eyebrows, swung his sword like a rainbow, and when he turned his sword to stab out, he caught a glimpse of a pale girl standing under the porch looking at him, her clothes and hair accessories were already decent and clean, but her face was hesitant and her eyes were sad.

He retracted his sword momentum, turned around and called, "Qianlan." ”

Zhang Qianlan showed a shallow smile, fleeting, and the ensuing sorrow condensed in the center of her eyebrows, she still couldn't understand why she left her eldest brother alone, as soon as she opened her mouth, she wanted to seek a solution, "Big brother, he ......"

"I really want to say that I want to ask Miss Fourth to rest assured, but the reality is not so." A steady figure came from another direction, it was Mr. Dongfang who came slowly, and it was Zhang Mingxuan, who had always been taciturn, who came out from behind him, Dongfang Yu stopped, and then continued: "If I didn't guess, that Yao'er girl is Hua Yao, the number one killer who has disappeared from the rivers and lakes for two years. ”

"Killer?" Zhang Qianlan was startled, and her face was already showing horror.

"It is rumored that Hua Yao studied under the hundred-faced god Ji Liu Sanniang, and her disguise and ability to use poison and medicine are even better than the blue, and no one can beat her." Mr. Dongfang said eloquently, "From the moment she appeared in our sight, I had this speculation, and even wrote to Liu Sanniang for advice, but I didn't expect Liu Sanniang's reply to arrive so soon." ”

Zhang Jiansheng listened quietly, and only then did he express his doubts: "Liu Sanniang is far away in Miaojiang, how can she reply so quickly?" ”

"This is also God's help, Liu Sanniang said in the letter, not long ago she happened to pass through Luoyang, and accidentally hijacked my carrier pigeon on the way back, she replied to my questions in detail, and also confirmed my vague guess."

"Presumably, the second and third sons have already guessed some clues." Mr. Dongfang's expression became serious, "This woman is Liu Sanniang's most proud disciple, and she is an unparalleled genius in the ability to make drugs, but her style of acting has always been sickly by people, because she often does whatever it takes to achieve her goals. ”

Speaking of this, the eyebrows of the person standing behind him moved unconsciously, this person is Zhang Mingxuan, who escorted Mrs. Zhang back to the old mansion in Liuzhou and had not shown up for a long time, and he was also the person who led the crowd to meet Hua Yao directly in the past, of course he knew her, "That woman's skills are also very extraordinary, and one move is enough to take the life of an ordinary martial arts practitioner." ”

Zhang Jiansheng was speechless, but Zhang Qianlan couldn't sit still, "If that person is really so dangerous, why did he hand over the eldest brother to her, isn't the eldest brother very dangerous?" ”

"Of course she's in danger." Zhang Jiansheng suddenly said coldly, "I used to persuade my eldest brother to be wary of such femme fatales, but he didn't listen, if I didn't guess, this poison must have been caused by that woman." In his tone, there was still a bit of resentment like hatred that iron could not be made of steel, and at the same time there was some pain and self-blame.

Zhang Qianlan, who was not deeply involved in the world, was terrified when she heard it: "Why did she want to harm her eldest brother, could it be that someone paid her to buy her to take her eldest brother's life?" ”

"I'm afraid not." Mr. Dongfang shook his head and said, "Presumably, the second prince decided to leave the eldest prince behind, and he guessed her intentions." He looked at Zhang Jiansheng and said lightly.

"She once wanted to snatch the ice lotus in my hands, but she had no choice but to return empty-handed, so I knew that she would not be reconciled." Zhang Mingxuan said lightly, "But I didn't expect that in just a few days after I left, such a big change would happen." ”

"At first, I thought she was coming for the Ice Lotus, so since I heard that the eldest brother said that the Zhang family did not have an Ice Lotus, I let the demon girl live, but I didn't know that her ambitions were far more than the Ice Lotus." Zhang Jiansheng's face was as cold as ever, but when he said this, he was a little remorseful and gloomy, only to blame him for still being too soft-hearted, otherwise, he would have fallen to this point today.

"And what does she want to do?" Zhang Qianlan was puzzled, and her heart became worried.

"As I said, she's good at poison." Mr. Dongfang gently shook the folding fan in his hand, and the sigh came again, revealing a deep worry and emotion, "She may have come for the ice lotus at the beginning, but after being poisoned, she was willing to take out the very rare Changzhu Xianzhi to detoxify her son, which is too contradictory." I only have one conjecture now-" He looked at Zhang Jiansheng, presumably this was also the reason why Zhang Jiansheng was willing to leave Zhang Minzhi and leave to return to the city.

"She's testing the drug!" Zhang Jiansheng said coldly, just clenched teeth and clenched fists, which could slightly show his heartache and unwillingness.

"What?" Zhang Qianlan exclaimed suddenly, her face turned pale with fright, and she couldn't even believe it, and then, she realized the danger in hindsight, and hurriedly stood up and said to Zhang Jiansheng: "Then you are also-"

"If only I could have stopped her before she was poisoned." Zhang Jiansheng naturally understood what she meant, so he had to patiently explain to his sister, "Now that I have been poisoned, what else can I do but hand it over to her?" All we can bet on now is that she doesn't fail. ”

This is no way, whether the femme fatale can show mercy or not, he has no bottom in his heart, but according to his secret observation for many days, although this woman is difficult to see through, she should be a person with an extremely clear purpose, this kind of person, generally will not do superfluous things, as long as the purpose is achieved, unless necessary, will not kill people for no reason.

"It's a bit cruel, but it's better than those who want to take the life of their son. As long as she knows that she has no intention of taking her son's life, there is still room for reversal. Mr. Dongfang sighed and expressed the helplessness of their final choice.

"How...... How can this be? Zhang Qianlan trembled, her face turned pale, her lips trembled, she held her thin body, kept shaking her head, and muttered: "How can this be?" How could she ......" Thinking of the beautiful woman and his own closeness and affection for her, under the gazebo on a moonlit night, the two talked very happily......

After a long time, Zhang Qianlan said in despair, "Perhaps, what my father once said to me makes sense." ”

"Qianlan?" Zhang Jiansheng looked at her worriedly.

"I'm a little tired, second brother, third brother, I'll go back to the room to rest for a while." She turned around, her eyebrows and eyes were deeply covered by shadows, and with each step, the voice in her heart became clearer and clearer-she didn't know that the world was difficult, she didn't know that people's hearts were sinister, and she couldn't live at all if she left home and went to the outside world.

People have to grow up, and she shouldn't be so naïve anymore.

It was late at night, after Zhang Minzhi took the medicine, he began to feel cold, he held his head and trembled, his eyes were cloudy, and he had lost consciousness a little, Hua Yao shook the decoction in his hand, and looked at him in a daze, and muttered in his mouth: "You don't have ice lotus at all, but you have wasted so much energy on me, even the master said that I am troublesome, you say, is it your fault?" ”

"Even so, I still have to try to save your life now......" she looked down at the medicine bowl in her hand and sighed softly, "There are only two copies of this medicine, and the only one that can be tried will be given to you." She stretched out a white hand and caressed his eyes, "Don't worry, nothing will go wrong, even if there is anything wrong, it will definitely be fine next time......

She muttered while squatting down, feeding the potion into Zhang Minzhi's mouth little by little, and whispered: "You have to get better quickly, otherwise, my thoughts will be in vain." Looking at the groggy person in front of her, she let out a long sigh, the rain outside the window had gradually become lighter, but it still did not stop, and the night wind blew her thin body gradually felt the chill.

"I hope tomorrow, it won't rain again." Holding the empty medicine bowl in her hand, she looked out the window and whispered.