Chapter 68: Deception
Scold!
Li Qinghe pulled out the short sword from the corpse, warm blood splattered on his cheeks, and the smell of blood drilled into his nose like a loach.
Cough cough......
There was a churning in his stomach, the nausea of the first killing drove him to empty his stomach, and the chill in his chest once again made him unable to control his movements.
Lying on the cold river like this, I don't know how long he vomited, Li Qinghe's eyes were bloodshot, his face was pale and he raised his head, and his trembling hands picked up the river water and slapped it on his face.
The coldness made him regain consciousness for a moment, but the chill in his heart took advantage of the situation.
After another cough, Li Qinghe took away the hand covering his mouth and nose, and his palm was bright red.
The blood oozing from the corners of his mouth scattered along the remaining droplets, and he lay on the cobblestone riverbank, panting heavily, shaking the wine gourd thrown aside, which was already empty.
The weather was still hot in late summer and early autumn, but he felt like he was in an icy cavern with a giant drum beating on his chest.
After a long time, the river was flowing in a hurry, and Li Qinghe opened his eyes, and even his eyelids were trembling.
Turning his head to look at the corpse on the side, it was a boatman, and he was also the one who almost killed him.
He never thought that the other party was so desperate to chase after him, and he dug up your ancestral grave?
In the past few months, I have been running to the southwest, and I have no time to appreciate the customs and characteristics on the road, so I choose to travel deep in the mountains and forests, but I didn't expect to hide here.
Over time, he also thought about it carefully, he really didn't provoke anyone, is it really like Li Changan said, if there is any genius in the rivers and lakes, some people like to strangle in advance?
Frowning and thinking for a while, Li Qinghe stood up with a swing, it is not appropriate for Li Village's people to be used here.
He now understands Li Changan more and more, the rivers and lakes really still have to use the rules of the rivers and lakes, otherwise he will be the one who will die.
"I don't know why you're killing me, but it's really bad to keep it over and over again......"
Li Qinghe squinted his eyes and said to himself, the people in Li Village thought that he was as good-tempered as his father, but no one had ever seen his eyes change instantly when he heard the crazy woman who sold alcohol mention his mother.
How can there be a real mud person in this world?
"Fortunately, I was careful not to drink your bowl of fish soup, otherwise I would have been lying down now. ”
He said as he searched the boatman's body.
The result was obvious, except for two taels of broken silver and a bag of salt, nothing else was found.
With a cold and piercing chest, Li Qinghe dragged the body of the boatman, tied a stone with a waist rope, sank to the bottom of the river, and then left the pebble-covered river beach without looking back.
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"The newly cooked mutton steamed bun, our store will be a century-old store next year, please come to the new guest officer!"
"Little Er, come to a bowl of soup. ”
"Well, this guest officer, I suggest you have two more buns, this is the specialty of our ......"
"Whatever, just hot it. ”
Li Qinghe said and threw out the broken silver he had collected from the boatman's body, and rolled off the table one by one.
Xiao Er greeted and retreated, leaving him alone to hold his chest and endure the cold.
The residual toxin made his body weaker and weaker, a strange poison that was like a mole that opened the door to other injuries and illnesses.
Li Qinghe also looked for a doctor, but he couldn't do anything, too, although Luo Xinghe was not good at medicine, he was a great grandmaster, and he could make him worry about the poison, how could it be so simple.
It didn't take long for a bowl of mutton soup that had just come out of the pot to be served, and Li Qinghe took a sip regardless of the hot mouth, and the cold in his chest instantly improved a lot.
The boredom in his heart subsided, and he filled his stomach wholeheartedly, and this journey was unnecessary, he basically would not approach the city, let alone enter the city.
A bowl of soup and two buns, Li Qinghe, who was frightened, was still a little hungry, so he simply asked for another one.
While waiting, there were more customers in the store, and there was a commotion in the street.
Everyone looked out, and Li Qinghe was no exception.
I saw an old man and a girl arguing on the street, and a young man on the side blended in the middle, seemingly favoring the girl.
After listening to it for a while, I realized that it was the old man who deceived the girl by means of tricks.
After the girl left, she felt more and more that the weight was wrong, and then she found that the silver had been dropped, and when she came back, she saw that the young man was pulling the old man and did not let him go, and she should have discovered the old man's trick.
The three of them blamed each other for a long time, until the people of the City Defense Division arrived, and then they took the old man away, and the girl also left the place with her own silver.
But the young man walked into the store, looked around, and sat down next to Li Qinghe.
Li Qinghe's heart tightened, his hands and feet tensed unconsciously, he looked like a killer now.
"Little Er, a bowl of haggis soup, two buns!"
The young man greeted, turned his head and looked at Li Qinghe with a smile: "What is this brother doing so nervously?"
Li Qinghe squeezed out a smile: "It's nothing." ”
As soon as he stepped across, he was about to get up and leave, but unexpectedly, Xiao Er walked up with soup.
After swallowing his saliva, Li Qinghe sat down again silently, lowered his head and drank the soup, and kept glancing to the side.
The appearance of the young man is very ordinary, the kind that can be forgotten when he turns his head.
"Brother has good eyesight. "Li Qinghe struck first.
The young man smiled: "It's just a little trick, and it's just a trick to deceive the little girl." ”
Smelling the heat of the haggis soup, the young man stretched his waist, shook his head and said: "Brother, look at this haggis soup and mutton soup, the mutton soup is authentic with a little bit of qi, but this haggis with a bigger smell only has the aroma of seasonings." ”
Li Qinghe raised his head and looked at him, still not letting down his vigilance.
The young man continued: "In the past, this haggis was something that no one wanted, but because he was too angry, until a man came out and opened a shop, which only sold this kind of haggis soup, and even the name was given by him. ”
"Brother, do you know why he was able to make this thing into fire?"
"Because the smell has been removed?" Li Qinghe said intently.
"No, no, no. The young man shook his head, "Precisely because of this smell." ”
"At that time, the Duan Dynasty was still a small country with a small and peaceful situation, and this place was a perennial war, and legend has it that local men would enlist in the army with swords when they turned fifteen years old to protect their hometown. ”
"Fifteen-year-old children, the first time they kill someone, they can vomit to death, and it was this haggis soup that saved them at that time. ”
"The haggis is the next goods, without adding any seasonings to cook, the smell of blood into the stomach, this is called fighting poison with poison, drink a bowl, and sleep peacefully in the corpse pile. ”
"Now that it's too late, this haggis soup has changed its flavor, and it's all seasoning...... Brother, why don't you have a bowl of haggis soup and press it?"
The young man changed his words, and there was an inexplicable smile in his narrowed eyes.
Li Qinghe suddenly trembled with sweat and hair, and was about to retreat when he raised his feet, but he heard the young man speak.
"Brother, don't be nervous, I see that the smell of blood on your body is too strong, it's like this for the first time, just get used to it." ”
Li Qinghe made up his mind, suddenly smiled, raised his hand and rolled up his sleeves, revealing a wound.
"I accidentally drew it when I entered the city, brother, don't get me wrong. ”
The young man glanced at it, smiled slightly, and said nothing more.
The scene continued awkwardly like this, Li Qinghe hurriedly finished eating the mutton soup, turned around and left, this young man is by no means an ordinary person, whether it is good or malice, it is the best choice not to contact for the time being.
At this time, it was noon, the sun was scorching the earth, Li Qinghe did not have the heart to delay, rented a horse from the stable in the city, and went out of the city without any nostalgia.
As soon as he left the city, he wanted to ride a horse and gallop, but another horse caught up, and it was the young man just now.
Li Qinghe took a breath, the first thought was bad, and the second thought was that this person was really ordinary, and he really forgot what he looked like after such a while.
"Brother, I suggest you don't go this way, if you go further on, it is southern Xinjiang, the ground is wet and miasma, poison is everywhere, my brother has strange poison in his body, it is not a good place there. ”
Li Qinghe's hand holding the reins tightened: "It's funny, just take a look, as the saying goes, there must be a way to detoxify where there is poison, there is nothing to be afraid of." ”
The young man smiled indifferently: "If you don't mind, brother, let's go together?" I also want to go out to see this time." ”