Su Heng's disappearance was quickly told to Zhao Hanzhuo and Gu Ji by Chu Huai'an.

Gu Jiong stepped on the morning dew early the next morning and came to the Hou Mansion, because Chu Huai'an didn't make trouble with Su Li the night before, Su Li rarely got up early in the morning, and as soon as she walked into the side hall, she was hugged by Zhang Zhizhi.

"Ah Li, I miss you so much!"

Zhang Zhizhi said happily that she hadn't seen her in the past two years, but her temperament had not changed at all.

"Why are you here too?"

Su Li asked, gently pulling Zhang Zhizhi away, and looked at her quietly.

She has lost a lot of weight, her facial features are more open, her skin is wheat-colored, the sun is lively, her eyebrows and eyes are shining, and she is frank and open, which makes people happy when they see it.

Such a girl is indeed impossible to refuse.

Su Li sighed in her heart, Zhang Zhizhi subconsciously glanced at Gu Zhi, deliberately straightened her back, patted her chest and said confidently: "Su Heng is the incense maker in my sister-in-law's shop, he has no relatives in Beijing, and now he is missing, I am here to provide you with information!" ”

After speaking, the black bright eyes rolled left and right, grabbed Su Li's arm and promised: "I will definitely not cause you trouble!" ”

She looked a little scared, and she was chased away by Gu Zhi before she came.

Su Li looked at Gu Ji again, since he returned to Beijing, he didn't show up much, and it seemed that he didn't even come to drink Su Li and Chu Huai'an's wedding wine.

He wore a new silver mask made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs on his face, and because he didn't want to wear the court clothes made by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the palace people carved patterns on his mask to show his status.

The pattern is a wolf's head, the craftsmanship is exquisite, it looks lifelike, grinning slightly and showing its fangs, it seems that it will rise up at any time to bite someone's neck, which complements the ruthlessness on Gu Zhi's body.

It's ruthless.

Su Li thought in her heart, Xu is gaze was too obvious, Gu Ji turned his head to look at her, his gaze was cold, and it fell lightly on the flower in her eyebrows.

Zhang Zhizhi has been paying attention to Gu Zhi's movements, and when he saw this, he also set his eyes on Su Li, and found the strangeness of Su Li's eyebrows: "Ah Li, what is your eyebrows...... Afterlife? ”

In the past few days, the legend of the dead flowers has spread in Beijing, and Chu Huai'an personally arrested people yesterday, and Zhang Zhizhi naturally knows a thing or two.

Su Li nodded, thought about it and still didn't tell her the truth, and explained casually: "It's the latest Huadian paint painting in the shop, I think the color is good, so I'll try it." ”

"That's a nice drawing."

Zhang Zhizhi didn't doubt him, and sighed with a stunning face, but Gu Zhi was not so easy to fool, he reached out to Su Li's eyebrows, and was slapped away by Chu Huai'an when his fingertips were about to touch Su Li.

Chu Huai'an took Su Li into his arms, glared at Gu Zhi with an unkind expression, Gu Ji's expression did not change, he glanced at Su Li fixedly, and then stopped.

"I went to his place and saw it, it was clean and very simple, and he lived a boring life, but I found this on his bookshelf."

Gu Ji said as he took a book from his sleeve pocket and put it on the table.

"What is this?" Zhao Hanzhuo asked as he picked up the book and flipped two pages: "Medical book? ”

Flipping back, Zhao Hanzhuo's face gradually became solemn, because the content recorded in the book became more and more bizarre and strange, although it looked like it was the name of the medicine to cure the disease and save people, the medicine primers used were all highly poisonous, not only that, but the rescue methods were also extremely dangerous, most of them were to open people's heads and cut people's chests and abdomen.

Although Zhao Hanzhuo does not understand medicine, he has been handling cases for many years, and he is also well-informed and experienced, but the more he turns to this medical book now, the more he feels a chill in his back, and the records in this book are even more brutal than those psychologically distorted murder tragedies.

And there are still many blank spaces at the back of this book, which are clearly recorded by Su Heng himself.

How could he, a perfumer, write such a book?

Zhao Hanzhuo was frightened, but he didn't show it on his face, and quietly handed the book to Chu Huai'an, Su Li wanted to see it, Zhang Zhizhi, who was hiding behind her, also followed the probe, Zhao Hanzhuo subconsciously raised his hand to stop it.

What is recorded in this book will frighten even him, let alone a woman.

"Why don't you let us see?"

"Not suitable."

Zhao Hanzhuo said stiffly, Chu Huai'an had already opened the book and browsed it, Zhang Zhizhi had been despised by Gu Zhi's subordinates before, and he was very sensitive to Zhao Hanzhuo's answer, and immediately straightened his chest and looked dissatisfied: "Lord Zhao, you are discriminating against us!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Huai'an crossed Zhao Hanzhuo and scooped Su Li into his arms, Zhang Zhizhi was overjoyed, and was about to praise him for his wisdom and martial arts, but he was worthy of Ah Li's husband, but Chu Huai'an unceremoniously shook his eyes: "He is discriminating against you, there is no 'we'." ”

Zhang Zhizhi: "......"

Zhao Hanzhuo: "......"

After letting go of the cruel words, Chu Huaian pulled Su Li and took a step forward, and then looked through the book carefully.

The content in the book was more bloody than Su Li imagined, but because of Chu Huai'an's presence, Su Li was only shocked, and she was not so afraid.

And after reading carefully, you can find that some of the places described in the book are quite detailed, and some places are blank and vague, not like Su Heng himself has verified it himself, but he once read such a book, and then reluctantly recorded it with his own memory.

Where did he see this book, and who gave it to him? What is recorded in the blank space behind the book?

These questions kept pouring into Su Li's mind, and Su Li faintly felt that something was wrong, her heartbeat was faster, and her breathing was a little urgent.

"What's wrong?"

Chu Huai'an asked, keenly aware that her state was wrong, Su Li relaxed her body and leaned on his arms and replied truthfully: "I'm a little uneasy." ”

Su Li rarely said such things to him, Chu Huai'an's face sank, and he clenched Su Li's hand: "I won't let you have an accident." ”

While the two were talking, Yue Yan came in from outside the door, and Su Li immediately spoke: "Sister, come and see this!" ”

Yue Yan walked up to Su Li and took the book to read carefully, Zhang Zhizhi looked at Su Li with a sad look: "Ah Li, even you discriminate against me!" ”

Why could everyone read that book, but she couldn't?

Zhang Zhizhi's cheeks puffed up with anger, and he wanted to say something more, but was restrained by Gu Zhi's eyes.

He has said that he will not allow anyone to be an obstacle to solving the case.

Zhang Zhizhi silently shut up and took a step back obediently to reduce his presence.

Yue Yan's expression when she looked at this book was not as dignified as Su Li's, and the more she turned back, the brighter her eyes became, as if she had discovered a rare treasure.

"Ah Li, where did you get this book? Do you know the person who wrote the book? ”

Yue Yan couldn't help but ask, his tone couldn't hide his excitement, Gu Yan's heart moved slightly, and he said in a cold voice: "Do you think these methods listed in the book are all feasible?" ”

After entering the house, Yue Yan had been trying to ignore Gu Yan's existence, and at this moment he took the initiative to speak, Yue Yan's expression froze for a moment, and then returned to normal.

"The treatment methods described above seem to be very bloody and cruel, but one of them says that if someone suddenly has severe pain in the abdomen, and it is three inches below the left rib, it is a small intestine stasis and inflammation, and the small intestine can be dissected, the position of the small intestine can be identified, the inflamed part can be cut with a knife, and the sutures can be cured, my grandfather used this method to save people with the same disease, so ......"

Yue Yan paused and raised the book in his hand: "I believe that the methods described in this book are all used to save people!" ”

Yue Yan's medical skills were inherited from her grandfather, and apart from that example, according to her existing medical experience, those methods must be error-free.

"If all the methods in this book are used to save people, then why don't the people who wrote the books work hard to promote and implement the methods in the book, but they have been unknown for so many years?"

Zhao Hanzhuo asked strangely, Su Li also had the same doubts, but Yue Yan and Gu Ji's expressions were surprisingly consistent.

"The methods written in the book are all swords that go off the rails, and ordinary people will only feel horrified when they hear this method, and even some doctors with stubborn personalities can't accept such methods, in their opinion, this is a joke on the life of the patient, just like my grandfather saved that person at that time, but that person didn't even say a word of thanks, and even ran away at night, and later spread rumors that my grandfather was a monster."

Yue Yan said helplessly, most people in the world are shy about illness and avoid medical treatment, this concept is rooted in people's bones for thousands of years.

Everyone is afraid of death, but when facing illness, they have a strange luck mentality.

I am always afraid that I will not be killed by the disease, but by the alarmist doctor.

Yue Yan's grandfather was said to be a monster after he only did one thing that was consistent with the method in the book, so what did the person who wrote this book experience?

Except for Zhang Zhizhi, everyone's expressions were all grim, and they didn't dare to continue to think about it.

At this moment, Su Xun ran in from outside: "Master Hou, Sister, the eldest lady of the Lin family is going out of the city to worship the Buddha, and Xiaolou has already followed." ”

"Who went with her?"

"She went out of the city in a carriage with Mrs. Jing Zhaoyin." Su Xun replied, remembering that Su Li asked about the nurse beside Lin Yueshuang yesterday, and immediately added: "The nurse has been accompanying Mrs. Jing Zhaoyin for the past few days, and she has never left the house to walk around, and she has not gone out today." ”

At first glance, there seems to be no problem.

Su Li frowned, Gu Ji raised his hand and scratched his empty eye sockets: "I'll go out of the city to take a look." ”

He has always done things his own way, and it is very rare to be able to explain such a sentence at this time.

After speaking, he didn't mean to listen to other people's opinions and turned around and left, Zhang Zhizhi immediately chased after him: "I...... I'll check it out too. ”

The two soon disappeared, Yue Yan lowered his eyes and looked at the book in his hand, his expression was very light, but the hand holding the book was so hard that his knuckles turned white.

"Sister......

Su Li wanted to be comforted, but was interrupted by Yue Yanwen with a smile as soon as she got up: "I'm fine, this book ...... Can you lend it to me and see it again? I think there are a lot of ways to do this, and that's very useful. ”

The book was found by Gu Heng, and before the matter was clear, it was Su Heng's private belongings.

But...... Extraordinary things do extraordinary things.

"The county lord can read it, but until the case is over and you get Su Gongzi's permission, you can't tell anyone else anything related to this book."

Zhao Hanzhuo made the decision and said, Yue Yan gratefully agreed, and did not pick a place, and sat in front of Zhao Hanzhuo generously to continue studying.

Su Li's heart was beating hard, her eyelids were also jumping vigorously, she clenched her teeth, and kept thinking about everything that had happened in her mind since she returned to Beijing.

There is a flower in her body, the flower is called the Flower of the Afterlife, from a mysterious family, and it is rumored that using flowers as medicine will have miraculous effects.

Ever since she was planted by the Hu Ren Wizard, she had been seeing a small mountain village and a man in white in her dreams, in which she could clearly see the man's face, but she couldn't draw his face with a pen.

Then just yesterday, while she was conscious, she saw the man.

What happened at that time?

Su Li frowned, and her eyes widened slightly.

At that time, she was bitten by Chu Gua, Chu Gua! Is it because of the influence of Chugua?

The heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and Su Li grabbed Chu Huai'an's hand: "I want to see Guagua!" ”

Su Li asked, her tone was a little anxious, Chu Huaian didn't ask why, and asked Qibao to bring Chu Gua over.

Su Li washed her hands and gently pried open Chu Gua's mouth with her fingers, Chu Gua's black eyes were wide open, her expression was very confused, and she didn't understand what Su Li was going to do, but because it was not very comfortable, her little hand held Su Li's wrist and kept pushing it out.

"Guagua, bite my mother."

Su Li asked, but Chu Gua didn't understand what she meant, and snorted dissatisfiedly.

Su Li thought for a while, pulled out the bead hairpin on her head, and then her wrist was clasped by Chu Huai'an: "What to do?" ”

Chu Huai'an asked, his eyes were gloomy, as if Su Li was going to do something hurtful with that hairpin.

"I need to verify one thing with a little blood."

"Use mine!"

Chu Huaian said without hesitation, Su Li shook his head: "You can't see him." ”

Only she could see the man, and only she could verify her conjectures.

"Just a little blood, I promise!"

Su Li pleaded, although Zhao Hanzhuo and Yue Yan didn't understand what Su Li was going to do, they didn't stop it, they just stood quietly next to it, and after a while, Chu Huai'an let go of his hand, and Su Li poked it with a hairpin on his right index finger, and when the blood beads came out, he immediately stuffed them into Chu Gua's mouth.

The fishy sweet taste spread to the taste buds, and Chugua was stunned for a moment, and then sucked it like eating some delicious food.

There was a tingling in his fingertips for a moment, and then the scene in front of Su Li's eyes changed suddenly.

She was no longer in the antechamber of the Marquis of Xiaoyao's Mansion, but in the dark.

The deceased flowers in the center of her eyebrows were hot, not hot, just soft warmth, exuding a radiant luster.

Where is this? Her dreams or the world she could only see through Chugua?

Su Li was puzzled, and tried to take a step forward, as if someone had lit it on the calm water, the dim candle flame rippled around like ripples, and a huge palace slowly appeared with the light of the candle flame.

The corners of the palace are not high, and the window lattices and eaves are carved with peculiar patterns, which are very similar to the architectural style of Hudi, but the huge palace is lifeless, as if there is not a single living person.

Unable to distinguish between the virtual and the real, Su Li walked forward boldly, and every time she took a step forward, the palace became more alive, and gradually there was the sound of the wind, the chirping of cicadas, and the sound of talking to people.

"Hurry up!"

As soon as she heard this voice, a woman dressed in Hu Ren clothes suddenly appeared in front of Su Li, holding a tray in her hand, and almost as soon as she appeared, she collided with Su Li face to face.

Su Li couldn't avoid it, her heart hung high, she even forgot to breathe, Su Li's eyes widened, and she looked at the woman in front of her in dismay, she was almost exactly the same as Zuo Yihe.

Ayi!

Su Li thought that she would call herself like this the next moment, but 'Zuo Yihe' ignored her, but instead carried the tray and walked straight forward through Su Li's body.

Su Li was shocked, and then tried to touch the pillar next to her, and her hand passed through the pillar.

It turns out that in this world, she is transparent.

Su Li breathed a sigh of relief and felt a sense of security in this unknown world.

She quickly followed Zuo Yihe, and saw her walk briskly into a large hall with a tray.

After entering the main hall, Su Li found that this hall was a bit similar to Ku Keduo's dormitory in the Kulun Palace, but this hall was much more magnificent and domineering than Hu Keduo's.

"National Teacher!"

'Zuo Yihe' knelt down in front of a huge jade screen, holding the tray high with both hands, and Su Li was still standing, so from her angle, she could clearly see a cup of blood on the tray.

I just don't know if it's human or animal.

"Bring it!"

The person behind the screen said that his voice was light and cold, like an immortal who does not eat the fireworks of the world.

'Zuo Yihe' walked over on her knees, and the closer she got to the screen, the lower her head became, and finally it almost fell to the ground.

"Please enjoy it."

'Zuo Yihe' said respectfully, a slender but pale hand stretched out from behind the screen, and carried the cup of blood away.

Who is this?

Su Li was curious, crossed the 'Zuo Yi River' and bypassed the screen, and a huge hot spring pool appeared in his sight, and there was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy sitting by the pool, he was not wearing an inch on his body, and he was leaning on the edge of the pool, and he was looking up to drink the cup of blood, but his gaze collided with Su Li's gaze.

Obviously, 'Zuo Yihe' didn't see Su Li just now, but at the moment when his eyes were intertwined, Su Li felt that this young man had seen him.

She was no stranger to the young man, the man in white she had seen in the bamboo hut before.

The young man's face is much more immature, and he does not have that unfathomable and elusive aura on his body.

The young man's black and white eyes moved, and he took the lead in removing it, and then handed the empty cup out casually, and 'Zuo Yihe' immediately left with the tray.

Hearing the sound of the door closing, the boy let out a low laugh, the laughter was abrupt, not like happy, and the meaning was unknown.

After soaking in the hot spring pool for a while, the boy stood up with a bang, and Su Li immediately turned her head to avoid it, and at that moment, she missed the young man's sly gaze looking at her.

The boy wiped his body and slowly put on his clothes.

The dress was very luxurious, but it was black and white, and the black clothes were embroidered with silver feathers with silver thread, and the white clothes were embroidered with black thread with the flowers of the dead.

The black and white colors overlap each other, and the silver feathers and pure black deceased flowers are also layered to reflect a sense of solemnity.

There were many layers of clothes, and it took the teenager at least a quarter of an hour to get dressed neatly.

After getting dressed, he exhaled, as if he was tired, but it was only a matter of a moment, and the next moment the young man straightened his back, and the aura of his whole body became cold, and then he put on a black hat, and around the hat was a circle of black veil, and the black gauze covered the young man's face tightly, and no one could see his true face.

"Let's go."

The young man said that Su Li didn't pay attention to the word 'we' in his mouth, and walked out of the main hall with the young man.

There are two doors in the main hall, after Su Li and the boy walked out together, there was a high altar in front of him, this altar was very similar to the one that the wizard of the Hu people took Su Li to see, but this one was more exquisite, the steps on both sides of the altar were made of white jade, pure white, and the first step went up, making people feel sacred and inviolable.

"Let's go."

The young man said again, Su Li subconsciously looked left and right, and made sure that there was no one else around, Su Li thought that this was the young man himself cheering himself up.

The boy walked up the steps on the left, and Su Li wanted to follow, but was unable to move forward due to an invisible resistance.

The young man didn't notice Su Li's situation, and walked up step by step wearing the hat, and since he stepped on this altar, he became one with the hat, without emotion or emotion.

Seeing that the boy was walking farther and farther, Su Li walked to the steps on the right and tried again, and strangely, this time Su Li was not hindered in any way and went directly to the steps.

After stepping on this step, Su Li felt as if she had been forcibly stuffed into a humanoid puppet, and now the puppet was walking up step by step with her consciousness.

At first, the puppet was stiff, but the further up it went, the more flexible the puppet became, and Su Li could gradually hear the puppet's breathing and feel the puppet's temperature.

"Ah Yan, I'm so happy!"

A gentle female voice sounded in Su Li's ears, Su Li was startled, looked around and was suddenly startled.

This altar was built on a semi-curved hill several meters high, and at the moment there were many people standing densely below, roughly estimated to be at least tens of thousands, all dressed in black and wearing white felt hats on their heads, obviously gathered to perform some kind of ceremony.

"Ah Yan, can we always be together from today onwards?"

The female voice continued, and Su Li recovered from the shock and realized that it was the voice made by the puppet.

Before Su Li could figure out what to do, the puppet had already led her to the last step of the stairs.

The puppet seemed to be afraid of heights, and sat down on the steps, Su Li looked down and saw that the puppet had a pair of extremely slender and weak hands, which trembled violently, as if he was afraid and excited.

"Everyone!"

A calm and powerful chant sounded in his ears, and Su Li and the puppet turned around at the same time, and saw the young man standing at the top of the altar in luxurious clothes, his sleeves and hem were blown by the wind, and the black yarn on the hat was constantly flying.

The people below shouted in unison, and the strange thing was that they clearly spoke the same language as the young man, but Su Li couldn't understand what they were saying, and could only see them all kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and bowing reverently.

"From this day forward, I will not be able to protect you."

The young man said undisturbedly, slowly taking off the hat on his head, and then he turned his head to look at where Su Li was.

From such a distance, Su Li clearly saw the warm and pure affection in his eyes.

Of course, Su Li knew very well that the person he was looking at was not himself, but this puppet.

"The gods you believe in, from this moment on, walk down his altar!"

As he spoke, the boy threw the hat out of his hand.

The hat swirled, and the black gauze drew a very graceful arc in the air, but the two altars collapsed abruptly in an instant.

"Ah Yan!"

Su Li heard a heart-rending cry, her consciousness hung in the air, and she broke away from the puppet's body, and then Su Li saw a very familiar face that was crying with pear blossoms and rain.