After Han Yunong led Qin Xiao and Meng Zimo out of the Zhenhou Mansion, he didn't feel relieved, but his heart was shrouded in a layer of gloom.

He knew very well that although he brought Mencius out of the Zhenhou Mansion safe and sound, all this was not the end, but just begun.

The contradiction between the Zhenhou Mansion and the Duwei Mansion has been a long time, but the Zhenhou Mansion has not really done anything to the Duwei Mansion, although the undercurrents of the two sides are surging, but they have not torn their faces, but this time Zhen Yujiang designed to frame Meng Zimo, but Qin Xiao exposed the truth, which can only make the Zhenhou Mansion angry, and the contradictions between the two sides can only be more intense in the future.

Of course, Meng Zimo already knew that the Buddha statue had been searched from Lang Shen's water house, and he was angry in his heart, but he was helpless, it was a great luck to be able to come out of the Zhenhou Mansion unharmed, did he still have to continue the theory with the Zhenhou Mansion?

Han Yunong walked in front, Qin Xiao led the horse behind him, and walked into an alley, Han Yunong turned around and frowned: "How do you know that the Buddha statue is there?" ”

Qin Xiao knew that Han Yunong would inevitably ask, so he had already made preparations and said, "I'm also a gamble." Since the Buddha statue is so precious, Zhen Yujiang will never let the Buddha statue leave the Hou Mansion, let alone destroy it, it can only be hidden in the Hou Mansion. ”

"The Zhenhou Mansion is so big, how do you know that it is hidden in the Langshen Water House?"

"Since it's an imperial treasure, even if it's hidden, it won't be a random place." Qin Xiao raised his hand and touched his nose, and said with a harmless smile: "I guess that the Buddha statue was either hidden by Zhen Yujiang himself, or handed over to Lang Shenshui for temporary collection, but I can't be sure who it is." When I said that I was going to search the Zhenhou Mansion, I saw that Lang Shenshui's face was wrong, so I guessed that the Buddha statue was probably in his hands. ”

"Oh?" Han Yunong stared at Qin Xiao's eyes: "Even if you guess that Lang Shenshui hid the Buddha statue, how do you know where he lives?" ”

"I'm just going to see how he reacts." Qin Xiao said as he walked: "The closer he got to his residence, the more panicked he became, and when he walked to his residence, his face was completely wrong, so I guessed that it was his residence." ”

"Really?"

Qin Xiao nodded again and again: "That's it, that's it." ”

Meng Zimo had already raised his hand and patted Qin Xiao on the shoulder, and said, "I didn't expect you kid to be very clever, if it weren't for you this time, it would be really a big trouble." Then he frowned and said to Han Yunong: "My lord, the Zhenhou Mansion has set a trap for us, and he is ruthless, if it weren't for Qin Xiao, this time the matter would not be good." Zhen Yujiang will take revenge, he didn't succeed this time, and he will definitely find an opportunity to find us trouble in the future. ”

Han Yunong bowed slightly: "Our people try to have as little contact as possible with the people of Zhenhou Mansion." ”

"This time it was Qin Xiao who broke their tricks, and they must hate Qin Xiao to the core." Meng Zimo frowned and said: "Qin Xiao, you must always be on guard in the future, don't go to the path of the Zhenhou Mansion." ”

Han Yunong said: "In the future, stay in the Jiazi Prison honestly, don't take care of the outside affairs, let alone cause trouble, do you understand?" ”

Although his tone was cold, his concern was overflowing, Qin Xiao's heart warmed, and he nodded: "Don't worry, my lord, I will stay in the Jiazi prison honestly and not have a grudge against anyone." ”

"It's getting late, let's go back early." Han Yunong waved at Qin Xiao, "Don't make trouble for Lao Tzu in the future." ”

"No, no, I've always been very well-behaved." Qin Xiao smiled and turned around to leave, but was stopped by Meng Zimo and worried: "My lord, Qin Xiao is alone, will the Marquis Zhen's Mansion ......?" ”

"They don't have that much courage yet." Han Yunong sneered.

The Marquis Mansion of Zhen is indeed the emperor of Zhen County, but after all, he is still afraid of the imperial court, and if there is no conclusive evidence, he does not dare to move the people of the Duwei Mansion easily.

If the Duwei Mansion is accidentally caught by the Zhenhou Mansion, it will certainly cause big trouble, and if the Zhenhou Mansion is found by the imperial court, it will also bring big trouble to the Zhenhou Mansion.

Qin Xiao bent over to Han Yunong, turned around and ran away.

Looking at Qin Xiao's back, Han Yunong's eyes were deep and thoughtful.

.........

Turtle City has both the carved beams and painted buildings of the Zhenhou Mansion, as well as the old and dilapidated wooden alleys.

Wooden Lane is one of the many alleys in Turtle City, rich and poor, compared to the empty road in front of the Marquis Zhen's Mansion, the Wooden Lane is somewhat narrow, the ground is also uneven, when it rains, it is muddy and waterlogged all over the place.

Although poor, the people who live in this alley have become accustomed to it all.

When Qin Xiao returned to Wood Alley, the night was dark, the whole alley was already dead silent, and in late spring, the night in Xiling was still a little cold.

Qin Xiao had a lot of income in the Jiazi Prison, and it only took half a year to save money and buy this small courtyard in Wood Lane, because it was remote and very dilapidated, and the price was very cheap, so that Qin Xiao had a place to live, and there was no need to lay on the floor in the class room of the yamen.

He closed the courtyard door with his backhand and looked into the corner of the courtyard, and the old black dog was curled up under the plum tree in the corner of the courtyard.

Perhaps hearing the voice, the old black dog turned his head, barked at Qin Xiao twice, and then curled up again.

After Qin Xiao was admitted to the hospital, he walked quickly to the door of the house, looked up at the door with a hint of expectation, and saw that the small withered branch that was placed on it when he went out was still there, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and sighed, and muttered: "It's the one hundred and ninety-seventh day, it seems that he really won't come again." ”

It's a secret.

If it weren't for "him", Qin Xiao believed that he would have died half a year ago.

Three years ago, Qin Xiao left the village where he had lived for more than ten years according to the old man's instructions before he died, and contracted an epidemic on the way.

But after recovering from the epidemic, the cold that had tormented him since he was a child began to attack.

Since he can remember, the cold has been with him, every three or five in the middle of the night the whole body will be as cold as ice, if it is not for the old man to acupuncture treatment, Qin Xiao is afraid that he will have frozen to death when he is a few years old, under the conditioning of the old man, Qin Xiao is seven or eight years old, as long as he insists on drinking every day, the cold will never attack again.

It was also from that time that the wine gourd never left his body, but Qin Xiao didn't know why he had such a strange illness, although the old man did his best to help Qin Xiao treat, he never mentioned the origin of this illness.

Meng Zhutou helped him cure the epidemic, but the cold began to attack, at first it only occurred once in three or two months, and the drinking could barely be suppressed, but later the interval between the attacks became shorter and shorter, and the spirits could no longer play any role, and for many nights, Qin Xiao tried his best to endure the pain caused by the cold disease, and did not dare to let anyone know.

Late that night half a year ago, the cold attack was unprecedentedly severe, Qin Xiao was confused, knowing that he couldn't survive, that is, at the moment of life and death, "he" appeared.

Qin Xiao only remembered that the man had helped him survive that night with strange methods, and when he recovered consciousness, "he" disappeared without a trace.

It appeared again a month later, that is, on the night one hundred and ninety-seven days ago, when Qin Xiao's cold attack flared up again, "he" also reappeared, Qin Xiao was in a daze, the man fed Qin Xiao a little something, disappeared again before dawn, and once he left, he never appeared again.

It was only at dawn that night that Qin Xiao recovered, only to find that the man had actually drunk a cup of blood for himself.

In addition, the man left a wine gourd, the shape of the wine gourd is exactly the same as the gourd used by Qi Ning before, even old, the two wine gourds are put together, from the appearance, it is impossible to distinguish which is his original gourd.

Everything started on that day, and there was a very strange change.

Blood can greatly alleviate the pain of cold syndrome, and whenever the symptoms of cold symptoms appear, you only need to drink a cup of blood to curb the onset of cold syndrome.

Qin Xiao couldn't get used to the taste of blood until now, but he couldn't get out of the blood.

Because blood is the only way to control cold.

This secret, except for himself, may only be known to "him".

But something even weirder happened later.

In the past six months, Qin Xiao has discovered some amazing abilities from the changes in his body.

Blood can suppress cold, and what is even more strange is that the body will also have an extremely surprising reaction depending on the type of blood.

For example, once you drink dog blood, then in the next two hours, your sense of smell will become more sensitive than ever, and Qin Xiao can easily smell the smell that ordinary people can't smell at all, not only that, even if the two smells are extremely small, Qin Xiao can also distinguish them in an instant.

In addition, the sensitivity of the sense of smell is also closely related to the amount of blood drunk, and the amount of blood drunk is too much, the sensitivity of the sense of smell will increase, and the two mouthfuls of dog blood can even smell the body fragrance of the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family who is half a street away.

He was able to quickly find the Buddha statue carved from the ghost spirit wood in the Zhenhou Mansion, and the secret was here.

After Qin Xiao sniffed the shell box, he immediately knew the smell of the Buddha statue, and after finding an opportunity to drink the dog blood in the gourd, he followed the fragrance of the ghost spirit wood with a superhuman sense of smell, followed the smell from Linghe Xuan all the way to Lang Shenshui's living room, and easily found the location of the Buddha statue.

Now Qin Xiao's wine gourd is the gourd in the gourd left by "him" that night, there is a small gourd in the gourd, the outer gourd holds wine, and the inner gourd contains blood, there is a mechanism at the bottom of the wine gourd, as long as the mechanism is touched, the inner gourd will rise, and what you drink is the blood of the inner gourd, as long as the plug is covered, the inner gourd will sink automatically.

Qin Xiao didn't know what kind of sacredness "he" was, and why when he was dying, he actually pulled himself back from the ghost gate like a god descending from the heavens.

But just like Meng Zhutou's status in Qin Xiao's heart, "he" is Qin Xiao's savior, Qin Xiao only hopes to see his true face, keep the appearance of the savior in his heart, and repay the kindness owed if he has the opportunity.

Qin Xiao had been looking forward to that person being able to appear again, so for the past six months, as long as he went on a business trip every day, he quickly rushed home to see if that person was waiting at home.

Today is the one hundred and ninety-seventh day of waiting, and the man still hasn't shown up after all.