Chapter 65: The Game of Life and Death
After having lunch at home, Lin Xiao said goodbye to her father, mother, little sister Xue Yao and Lin Xiaoliu with Yudie and Xixi, and after leaving reluctantly, she hurried towards Yu Nanzong, starting from tomorrow, it will be the winter cultivation of Yu Nan Sect for half a month, and the next time you go home, it may be the time for the New Year.
At the gate of the Lin Mansion, the little sister Xue Yao looked at her brother Lin Xiao walking away and disappeared, but she still didn't stop her tears, she was hugged by Zhao Mei, lying on her shoulder and sobbing softly.
Lin Dong had no intention of comforting Xue Yao at the moment, after all, with Zhao Mei here, it would be good for the child to cry, at this moment, there was still an important thing in Lin Dong's heart - "Dan Jing".
Back in the study, Lin Dong rummaged through the layers of ancient medicine books to find the "Dan Jing", the ancient medicine books on this bookshelf were all after the accidental death of the first emperor Zhao Ji, Lin Dong asked Hua Que, and sent someone to copy it in the library of the Imperial Southern Sect Medical Sect, in order to find out the cause of Zhao Ji's accidental death in retreat.
Zhao Yu of the first stage of the Spirit Emperor died unexpectedly during the retreat cultivation, without any wounds on his body, and no poison was found in the autopsy, but all the meridians were blocked.
More importantly, according to common sense, many days after death, the temperature of the body is not much different from the ambient temperature, but according to the news revealed to Lin Dong by Zheng Gonggong back then, he found that Zhao Ji's body after his death was much lower than the surrounding temperature before he was buried, and I don't know if it was because of the zombie or how, the whole corpse seemed to be frozen, hard and cold.
These suspicious points that he heard many times made Lin Dong understand that there must be something strange about this matter.
Investigating the death of the monarch Zhao Ji is not the duty of Lin Dongxing's subordinates, or caring for and respecting him, on the contrary, among the few people Lin Dong hates the most in his life, there is Zhao Ji who killed his brother and father to seize the throne, if it weren't for him.
Hey~ Thinking of this, Lin Dong sighed in the study, and continued to rummage in the ancient medicine books like a mountain, for the sake of his sister Lin Lanlan Guifei, when she married Zhao Wei in the same year as the then Dongyin Princess, she saw that she gave birth to the crown prince Zhao Meng first, and finally died violently, and the death was exactly the same as Zhao Ji, no injury and no poison, but the corpse was like an ice cellar, hard and cold.
And this is also the reason why Lin Dong tracked down the cause of Zhao Ji's death, and found the cause of Zhao Ji's death, and his sister Lin Lan's was also known.
Just when Lin Dong thought that all these years of hard work were useless and were going to be in vain, when Sima Shenhou mentioned the bloody death of the seven orifices of Lichun this morning, Lin Dong reminded Lin Dong of these self-taught ancient medicine knowledge.
Line by line, one ancient medicine book after another quickly rummaged, and finally, Lin Dong found the ancient medicine book "Dan Jing", which mentioned that eating two pills together would produce bleeding symptoms in the seven orifices.
Carefully flipped through the pages, and saw that Lin Dong was dizzy, his breath was weak, and his whole body was exposed to a cold wind, and a line of ancient texts on the "Dan Jing" came into view:
Heart control pill, easy to make the five bodies clumsy, if you eat with the night attack pill, then the yin and yang are reversed, cold and heat are mixed, and after one or two hours, the qi and blood accumulate and surge, so that the seven orifices are created, and the memory is lost like a dream.
Heart Control Pill Night Attack Dan?!
Seeing this, Lin Dong's eyes were shocked, this night attack pill is also called the night pill, it is the pill that Lichun admitted to taking in the lobby that night, this heart control pill!
Lin Dong was stunned, as if he was facing a great enemy, his body was weak, his legs were swinging, and he leaned on the bookshelf to help, and the layer of ancient medicine books was all pushed to the ground.
Lin Dong swallowed in his throat, his breathing became more and more rapid, since the beginning of winter, his body was not as good as day by day, at this moment, his hands were trembling, and finally his legs did not obey the call, and he directly sat down on the ancient medicine books scattered all over the place.
"Zhao ......"
Lin Dong was about to call out his wife Zhao Mei's name for help, but as soon as his voice spoke, he immediately closed up.
No, never, Lin Dong has always thought that this Lichun is the yin snake that led out of the hole, but now it seems that it is just a disguise, a poor scapegoat, for the dead ghost, the real snake is still waiting for an opportunity to lurk, if he shouts loudly at this time, alarming the other people in the house, it is easy to startle the snake and miss the opportunity.
Lin Dong endured the increasingly cold air on the ground, his trembling hands supported his body on the ground and moved hard, just after moving his body to a pile of ancient medicine books, his right hand carried the spiritual energy in his body and just wanted to ignite this pile of ancient medicine books to keep warm, but he found that his luck was uncomfortable, and he used it several times before he finally ignited the ancient medicine books.
After a while, in the study, a large number of ancient medicine books were lit, like a small fire, warming Lin Dong's increasingly cold body, after such a long time, after only one copy of the "Dan Sutra" was left in the shelf of ancient medicine books, Lin Dong gradually eased up, struggled to get up from the ground, pushed the study door, and the billowing ashes and smoke drifted out.
Recovering again, Lin Dong sat on the wooden chair in the study, looked at the "Dan Jing" in front of him, and turned to the sentence again:
Heart control pill, easy to make the five bodies clumsy, if you eat with the night attack pill, then the yin and yang are reversed, cold and heat are mixed, and after one or two hours, the qi and blood accumulate and surge, so that the seven orifices are created, and the memory is lost like a dream.
When reading this "five-body clumsiness", Lin Dong suddenly remembered that he pretended to be dizzy while he was sick that day, and cooperated with Hua Que to play a snake to move, and when he slept on the wooden bed that night, Lin Xiao entered the door, Lichun knocked down the teacup, and after that, Lichun got up again and touched the corner of the table, and was accused by Mrs. Zhao Mei of being clumsy, which shows that before Lichun entered the wing room that night, he was taken under the heart control pill and was controlled by his mental consciousness. (Author's note: This is foreshadowed in chapter 31.) )
And this heart control pill, although it can only be used on ordinary people who have not cultivated, but like the night pill, the cost is extremely expensive, and it is strictly controlled by the laws of the imperial court.
Thinking about it, Lin Dong recalled once again that day that the night trial of Lichun in the lobby, if she had taken the Heart Control Pill before, it meant that the entire interrogation that night was not credible, or rather, it was the news that Lichun's mind controller deliberately revealed, some of which were true and some were false.
If so, and which are false?
Lin Dong recalled, slowly recalled, and carefully recalled, the night trial that night, word by word, until he remembered the miscellaneous accounts mentioned by Lichun, according to his own judgment at that time: The Queen Mother's party relied on Lichun's miscellaneous accounts to find out the hundreds of officials who had dealings with him among the civil and military ministers, and this was also the indirect cause of death of Gonggong Zheng. (Foreshadowing in chapter 33.) )
Lin Dong still carefully considered, if, if this Lichun's confession was false and was intentionally done by Lichun's mental controllers, then how did the Queen Mother's party know who had dealings with him among the civil and military officials?
You must know that he secretly pulled relations with the government and the opposition, including Gonggong Zheng, and sent some snacks to each other, and he has always only entrusted them to ......
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No, it can't be, it can't be...... He.
For the first time in his life, Lin Dong felt that his heart was deeply pierced, and it was from behind.
Maybe it's not him, there's something else hidden in it, or maybe he's miscalculated.
But thinking of this, Lin Dong remembered the scenes that had happened in the past few days:
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"Liu'er. Lin Dong called, his tone half a point weaker than usual.
Lin Xiaoliu yawned at this time, and as soon as he heard Lin Dong's call, he immediately stopped halfway through the yawning and responded:
"Yes, Father. (Foreshadowing in Chapter 2.) )
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"Alright, Little Liu, don't add it. Zhao Mei saw that the charcoal stove was already blazing, and said softly at the moment.
"Yes, ma'am. Lin Xiaoliu yawned again and waited respectfully.
"If you're tired lately, go and rest. ”
"It's all right, ma'am. (Foreshadowing in Chapter 17.) )
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"I said it's okay, what's the hurry. Lin Dong said casually and continued to focus on chess.
Lin Xiaoliu turned around and looked, yawned, and continued to concentrate on the game. (Foreshadowing in chapter 37.) )
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And these are all symptoms of physical fatigue after taking the nocturnal pill. (Foreshadowing in chapter 33.) )
remembered Lin Xiaoliu's usual cordial "father".
remembered that Lin Xiaoliu and the Lin family brothers and sisters were brothers.
remembered that Lin Xiaoliu had played against himself many times.
Lin Dong sat alone on the wooden chair in the study, looking at the chess game next to the desk, his whole body was hot due to the upsurge of qi and blood, his chest was rising and falling due to the increasing beating of his heart, his lips were chapped and he was gasping for breath because of fear, so powerless and helpless, so shocked and afraid, so seen through the chess game, and sighed like this:
"Good chess, bad woman, excellent chess pieces, excellent chess skills, excellent chess players. ”
Connecting the past in this way, Lin Dong remembered why ten years ago in the post-war peace talks with South Vietnam, Zhongda, who was in charge, wanted to arrange Lin Xiaoliu, the then great prince of South Vietnam, a six-year-old hostage, into the Lin Mansion in captivity.
This chess piece, this game of chess, the gangster has been in ambush for ten years, and she has played for ten years.
No, not just ten years, twenty years.
Since the Six Kingdoms sought the south twenty years ago, Dongyin and Zhongda should have begun to prepare for this game of Nanzheng Guoqi.
And he has only been dormant for eighteen years since that snowy night.
The group of heroes compete for the southern country, the deer is unknown, the winner or loser in the chess, and the winner or loser is undecided.
For King Han, for Lin Xiao, for the Lin family, for the southern country, this game of chess, I still have a chance.
In the afternoon, the slanting sun sprinkled into the study and shone on Lin Dong's body, without the coldness of Fang Cai, his body gradually warmed up.
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