Chapter 31 Purpose
The moon and stars are scarce, the bustling street market is gone, the cold wind blows up the scattered fallen leaves that have been stepped on on the side of the road, swirls in the air and quietly lands.
In the middle of the street, in front of a shop with a plaque of "Baiyi Pharmacy", two glaring white seals are pasted. The corner of the seal was slightly upturned by the wind, and a white hand pinched the corner of the seal and tore it to the side. The seal that fell to the ground was rolled up with the fallen leaves, but it couldn't go with the wind and got stuck in the debris on the side.
Shi Manman stood in front of the door of the pharmacy, and the mottled dents and peeling wood chips on the wooden door showed the long age of the shop. She reached out and nudged it, but the wooden door didn't move.
Until his hands were full of spiritual power, with a slight click, there was a sound of wood breaking behind the door, which was particularly harsh in the middle of the night. The door creaked open, and the small hooked snake in its sleeve first burrowed through the door, swimming in one direction with a clear purpose.
Without the wooden door, the faint moonlight was finally able to sneak into the originally dark corners. The stone vines didn't need much light to see clearly at night, and the pharmacy was already a mess. Scattered medicinal herbs, the medicine cabinet that was opened indiscriminately and not closed. The medicinal herbs in the medicine cabinet were only scattered scraps, and many people were holding sheep in the chaos of the day, even the old paperweights placed on the table were gone.
"Here." The uncurtained door frame came the sound of a small hooked snake empty.
Shi Manman glanced at it again and walked towards the door. Inside the door was a dried pool of blood, and her keen sense of smell made it impossible for her to distinguish what remained in the air other than the smell of blood. She took a deep breath, still to no avail. Looking at the small hooked snake coiled in the corner, he pointed in front of him with the tip of his slender tail. The front was empty, and Shi Manman stepped forward and squatted down again, only to see a trace of hair pressed in front of the tip of the small hooked snake's tail. A short section, thinner than a pinhole, like the short hair of some animal.
"Can you smell the hair of an animal?" The stone vine twisted up the fine hair, put it under its nose and sniffed. An indescribable smell crept into my nose, and if it was stronger, it would be very choking.
"Roe deer." The little hooked snake wiped the ground with the tip of its tail in disgust, and it seemed that the smell of the slightest hair could stain its skin.
"Roe deer? Is it a roe deer whose meat tastes delicious? Shi Manman asked the little hooked snake suspiciously, she still remembered that Xiao Lei told her that the reason for entering the territory of the hooked snake by mistake was to hunt a roe deer.
"Well, Mother preys on them...... It's just that I don't like the taste......" said the little hooked snake suddenly softly, recalling the scene when he was stubborn and angry with his mother, his heart was sour, and his eyes were filled with tears. Seeing the stone vines with serious faces on the side, he blinked and returned to normal.
"Can you find it?" The fine hairs floating on the fingertips of the stone vines turned into invisible ashes when they were rubbed between the two fingers.
The little hooked snake nodded, and slid towards the door to lead the way. Before reaching the door, the little hooked snake's heart contracted violently, and it seemed to be able to feel the blood gushing out after the heart contracted and relaxed.
"Dangerous." Just a feeling, the little hooked snake shrank back. At the same time, a cold light nailed in front of him, which was seven inches behind his neck. If it is shattered in a split second at night, it is really dead.
Shi Manman also sensed a dangerous aura, and the little hooked snake found that it was not something he could deal with in his current state. The wise choice was to return to Shi Manman's side and climb back into her hands.
"I thought I could be a hero to save the United States, but it turned out to be an animal raised by a girl." As the voice walked into a man, the face of the demon rule appeared in front of Shi Manman again.
Shi Manman looked at the other party and was silent. When the little hooked snake heard the word "livestock", it arched its upper body and let out a threatening hiss from its mouth.
In An Ge's eyes, the threat of a long worm is not as lethal as being bitten by a mosquito. He calmly pulled out the saber that had sunk into the ground for three points, shook his wrist, and threw the knife at the stone vine without warning.
When the little hooked snake dodged the first attack full of murderous intent, she was on guard against An Ge. With her keen senses and agility, it was easy to dodge An Ge's unexpected blow.
Not only did he dodge, but he was also caught in his hand with the heavy saber. He was still sure that Shi Manman had dodged An Ge's blow, but seeing that Shi Manman had grabbed the blade of the knife and was not injured, this was unexpected.
"Hehehe...... The Xiao family has such a master. An Ge suddenly chuckled under his breath.
"Get out of the way!" This is the sentence that Shi Manman says the most times in a day, and after she comes into contact with people, she finds that there are always people who seem to like to get in the way of others.
"Get out of the way? The girl knows that you trespassed on the scene of the murder, which is a crime. You are also a person related to the Xiao family. If I say that you were sent by the Xiao family to destroy the evidence, then do you think Xiao Gongzi's murder charge will be confirmed? An Ge smiled coldly.
Shi Manman didn't speak, and looked at An Ge with the same cold gaze. Threatening her with Xiao Lei did have an effect, if it was an ordinary person, he would definitely ask for reasons and conditions. But Shi Manman is not an ordinary person, not even a human being.
"Just tell me if you're from there...... "An Ge mentioned "there", a hint of madness flashed in his eyes. He no longer spoke, but waited, waiting for the other party to compromise. But Shi Manman just pursed his lips, and his expression seemed to be hesitant. All of her expressions and movements were in An Ge's line of sight, and he could detect the slightest movement of Shi Manman.
Suddenly, he saw Shi Manman smiling, and his smile seemed to mock his indiscretion. An Ge didn't know where Shi Manman's confidence came from to show such a smile, but he was still on guard. He was prepared that the other party would not explain honestly, and he didn't mind using other more "direct" methods to find the answer he wanted, even if the means he prepared were very cruel to a woman, but he was not a person who cherished the jade.
While he was on full alert, he saw the stone vines move. There were no flying blades that flew as expected, and there were no punches and kicks that deceived you. It was just a simple wave of his hand, as if it was just to sweep out the slightly wrinkled skirt in front of him.
I thought that the other party was just playing tricks on me, there was a violent shock from the back of my head, and the things in front of me suddenly blurred like the ripples brought by a stone thrown into the water.
"Oops!" As soon as these two words appeared in An Ge's mind, he fell into absolute darkness.
As An Ge fell, a square-shaped object also fell, and the boxy box-like thing was the small wooden drawer in the medicine cabinet, and only one of the "ransacked" medicine shops still had some lethality.
Shi Manman, knowing that the strength he controlled would only make An Ge unconscious and not die, strode over An Ge's fallen body. When you get out of the pharmacy, close the door and attach the seal stuck in the clutter back to the door. As for An Ge coming out of the pharmacy tomorrow, it has nothing to do with her what guesses those who see it.