The season has entered late autumn, and the weather has turned from cool to cold, full of gloom. Xiang Chonghua and Qin Fei went to Qi along the mountain road, this day dusk has arrived in the territory of Chen State, and then a few miles can reach Shangmu, Shangmu is surrounded by the Mu River, and the Cao Yun goes directly to the capital of Qi State.

Xiang Chonghua suddenly stopped, looking at a pair of stained feet faintly poking out of the long grass. Under the dead leaves and long grass, the dead man's eyes were revealed, the corners of his mouth were bloodstained and dry, Uri was green, and the dark clothes were faintly shining. Xiang Chonghua said: "Sir, be careful, this is likely to be poisonous, which is going to kill this person." ”

Qin Fei's eyes stayed on the traces for a while, and he actually leaned his nose over and sniffed, and slowly shook his head.

Xiang Chonghua said: "Could it be that this person was not poisoned?" ”

Qin Fei stood up, patted the dust on his clothes and said, "Although he was poisoned." But instead of poison, the clothes were filled with mucus left behind as the worms crawled by. I'm afraid we're still being targeted. ”

Xiang Chonghua was surprised and suspicious: "What's going on?" ”

Qin Fei picked up a dead leaf from the ground, and with a slight flick of his fingers, the dead leaf shattered into dry fragments in response, and said in a deep voice: "Worms like moisture, although there are traces of worms on the body of the dead body, the dead leaves under the body are very dry, it can be seen that this corpse was deliberately moved here." ”

Xiang Chonghua said: "What are you moving here for?" Who will come where this bird doesn't poop? ”

Qin Fei frowned and said, "What if the other party is targeting you and me?" ”

Xiang Chonghua said: "If you want to attack us, wouldn't it be better to be quiet?" ”

Qin Fei sighed: "Although it is possible to attack it unprepared, it is even better to make the enemy panic and mess up. The art of attacking the heart has always been the specialty of the White Tiger Gate. He picked up a pear blossom across a piece of Supa and said, "Of course, this may also be a demonstration to warn us not to meddle in our affairs. ”

Xiang Chonghua saw the pear blossom in his hand and said, "Could this be a pear blossom?" Do you have pear blossoms in Nangoku? But how are the stamens red? ”

Qin Fei said: "This is the blood pear flower, and the world's most poisonous pear blossom Qianrenxue is refined from this flower heart." The blood pear flower is a lost poison recorded in "Deviance". Who knew that Ci Wuxian was really shocked, and he actually cultivated this poison by himself. Jinai was also very proud of this, and not only made it a sacred object under the door, but also embroidered it on the right shoulder of all the disciples. ”

Xiang Chonghua said: "I didn't expect such a beautiful flower to be so poisonous, Mr. should throw away this flower quickly." ”

Qin Fei said with a smile: "Blood pear flowers are not poisonous except for the flower heart. Even if it is a flower heart, unless it is impregnated with a special medicinal solution, it will not hurt people even if they are swallowed. In the eyes of those who use poison, it is definitely a treasure that is hard to find. But unless it is a gift from Ci Wu personally, he is just asking for trouble. He put the blood pear flower on the deceased's chest and said, "Let's go." ”

Xiang Chonghua groaned: "This person is lying in the wilderness, it's really pitiful. Sir, wait a moment. "Draw your heavy sword and start digging. Qin Fei saw that he was half paid, and also found a thick branch to dig the soil with him to make a grave. Xiang Chonghua moved the body of the deceased into the grave and said to Qin Fei: "Mr. is not suitable for physical strength, so I'd better come." ”

Qin Fei looked at Xiang Chonghua, who was sweating profusely, and couldn't help but ask, "He's just a stranger, why are you like this?" ”

Xiang Chonghua's hand paused for a moment, then continued to fill in the soil, and said slowly: "He reminds me of those friends who died in Xi Lihua's treachery. They died for me, but I could not give them even a decent grave. His voice was a little choked, but he reluctantly smiled: "But it doesn't matter, when I become a general and destroy Xi Lihua, I will definitely build a tomb for them." These guys have always been generous, and they certainly won't mind waiting a little longer. He crouched down and slapped the filled land flat and smiled, "Did you say so?" ”

Qin Fei couldn't help but say, "Even if they die for you, they are just doing their duty as a courtier." Isn't your aristocratic royal family treating people with countrymen just to ask for a return from the countrymen? Now that you are no longer the prince, he can't help you, so why bother? ”

Xiang Chonghua looked at Qin Fei and said calmly: "Maybe Mr. doesn't believe it, but I have never thought of myself as a prince. The other princes were either the king's favored sons, or the proud sons of great hope. But all I have is an empty honorific title. My father does not pay attention to me, because he has to deal with the affairs of the state, and he has to rely on the red and the green. The courtiers didn't care about me, because they wanted to care about my father's heart, and they wanted to tie up my father's concubines. I'm just a topic of conversation when they echo my father, but I'm just a punching bag for my father. He sighed and walked down the mountain road, saying, "The loneliest time for me was when my mother had just left. If it weren't for Xiya, maybe I wouldn't have been able to make it up. Later, I hated the palace and the government even more, so I desperately befriended the heroes of the people. If I had a choice, I'd rather fall in Peach Creek Valley with Xiang Chonghua than them. ”

Qin Fei slowly lowered his head. Xiang Chonghua strode to the bottom of the mountain, waved his arm high, and said, "There seems to be a family on the mountainside, let's go over and see if we can ask for a bowl of water." ”

The autumn rain fell gently, and the wilderness was misty. Hidden in the branches of the trees stood a wooden house, a faint light faintly dispersing from the window. It's a temptation to be in such weather, in such wilderness.

Xiang Chonghua grabbed the old iron ring and buckled the door, and said loudly: "We are passing travelers, and we want to come in and ask for hot water." Is that possible? After a few knocks and no one answered, he pushed the door open and walked in. Qin Fei followed him into the house and found that the room was pitch black, with only a candle in the window. The pale yellow light soaked the wooden table under the window, making the hut seem more mysterious and eerie.

Xiang Chonghua's heart rose to his throat, he stretched out his arms to protect Qin Fei, and said in a low voice: "Mr. is following me, be careful!" Suddenly stepped on a soft mass under his feet, his face changed, and while pushing Qin Fei to the door, he drew his sword and said, "Sir, go quickly." His eyes swept around, but there was no movement.

Qin Fei almost fell, and said angrily: "Don't make a fuss at every turn, if you don't get killed by them, you have to be scared to death." He took out a fire fold from his arms and shone it at Xiang Chonghua's feet, his face couldn't help but change greatly, and he took two steps back.

Xiang Chonghua immediately retracted his foot, and the sheathed heavy sword showed its white blade again. The corpse under his feet remained in a lying position, but its head was tilted back, and its wide eyes were full of indescribable surprise and fear. Qin Fei took the fire fold and took a look around, and his heart was even more frightened. There were still three corpses in the small wooden house, one with a long sword piercing his chest, one with a Heavenly Spirit Cover shattered, and the other killing himself. Xiang Chonghua suddenly pointed to the wooden table in the window and said loudly: "Sir, look! ”

Qin Fei spared the dead body that fell to the ground and ran over to take a look, and it was a blooming pear blossom again. The snow-white petals are carved from white jade while the emerald green calyx is carved, but the stamens are as bright red as blood.

Qin Fei's face became even more ugly, and he muttered, "Blood Pear Flower." It's Baihumen again, and it's them again. ”

Xiang Chonghua also lost his color and said: "Could it be that these people were also killed by the White Tiger Gate?" ”

Qin Fei suddenly turned back and began to turn over the clothes of the person who had died by slashing his neck.

Xiang Chonghua watched Qin Fei search out a large handful of quenching needles, a few packets of deep and shallow medicinal powder and a few colored medicine bottles from the three deceased, although he was curious, he didn't dare to ask a word. Qin Fei took out Supa, twisted up a poisonous needle and looked at it, and then took all kinds of medicinal powders and looked at the fire fold, and then put the bottle in the window ventilation and pulled out the stopper one by one, and then fell into deep thought. He seemed to remember something, and returned to the corpse.

Xiang Chonghua finally couldn't help but say: "These people were also poisoned by the White Tiger Gate, sir, you must be careful of the poison left on their bodies." ”

Qin Fei finally stood up and groaned, "I'm afraid only one of these four people died of poisoning. The other three were not poisoned and were self-defeating. ”

Xiang Chonghua exclaimed: "How is this possible? ”

Qin Fei turned to the deceased who was leaning against the root of the wall and died, and said, "For example, this person, his temples are high and protruding, which can be seen that he is a master of horizontal training. The skill of a person who can kill such a person with one blow is naturally not trivial. However, the shape of the wound showed that the moment the weapon penetrated into his body, the sword wielder had a strong tremor, coupled with the position he maintained and the fingers curled up, there was no doubt that he stabbed himself in the chest and died. ”

Qin Fei's fingers turned from the other two deceased ones one by one, and said, "The other two are the same, they both gave themselves the final blow with trembling hands. The one who killed himself even had a second sword to cut off his own trachea. His index finger rested on the deceased who Xiang Chonghua had stepped on by mistake when he entered the house, and said, "But the most painful person is him, he has been poisoned by a poison called purple scorpion." ”

Qin Fei sighed, looked at a dark purple medicine bottle that he put in the window and said: "This poison is harmless orally, but once it touches the skin, it will not only cause extreme burning pain, but also paralyze the blood veins around the body, so that the poisoner can't move a finger, and he doesn't even have a chance to struggle." ”

Xiang Chonghua only felt that the hairs on his body stood up, and his back was full of cold sweat. He swallowed and said, "So, he was poisoned to death by three other people?" But why did those three commit suicide? ”

Qin Fei raised his head and lowered his head, and said, "Although the poison in him is also purple scorpion, it is not necessarily from the hands of those three people. Judging by the time of their death, he was the first to die, and the cause of death was touching the purple scorpion san painted on the doorknock. ”

Xiang Chonghua's face turned pale in an instant, pointed to his hand, and stammered: "I, I also touched that knocker." ”

Qin Fei said: "Don't worry, the poison on that iron ring has been wiped clean." I just thought it was strange why such an old iron ring had no rust at all. Now it seems that the poisoner has already cleared all the poison. So, only the poisoned deceased had some rust on his hands. He looked at the candle that was only a fragment left, and muttered, "The candle has not burned out, so it can be seen that this person has not gone far." He left the mark of the White Tiger Gate after killing people one after another, what is the purpose of Blood Pear Flower? ”

Xiang Chonghua breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that we haven't been poisoned, let's find a cave to rest." This White Tiger Gate is really more difficult than the White Tiger. ”

Qin Fei suddenly remembered something, walked quickly to a corpse, pulled off the corpse's clothes, and pulled down the shirts of all the dead one after another. He moved the fire folds one by one to the right shoulder of each deceased, but he saw that a pear blossom with white flowers and red stamens was carved on the stiff skin.

Blood Pear Blossom!

Xiang Chonghua said: "They, are they, disciples of the White Tiger Sect?" ”

Qin Fei walked to Xiang Chonghua's side and said in a deep voice: "Do you remember that Shuangyue said that the people of the White Tiger Sect not only do not talk about the friendship of the same family, but also treat the same kind of cannibalism as a customary?" ”

Xiang Chonghua said: "Therefore, the murderer who killed them is the master of the White Tiger Sect who also belongs to the prince of Qi State, in order to monopolize the credit." ”

Qin Fei said: "Although these people are not up to the level of first-class masters, they are not weak, and there are not many people who can make them commit suicide obediently, even in the White Tiger Gate." ”

Xiang Chonghua frowned and said, "Qianrenxue? ”

Qin Fei sighed and said, "If this is the person, I'm afraid you and I will have to keep up twelve points of spirit and twelve points of luck to deal with it." However, the master of the White Tiger Gate has always been withdrawn and reckless, and he should not do anything until he kills all the people who are in the way of his fellow doors. Even if you do it, you have to play it like a cat and mouse before you kill us. ”

Xiang Chonghua gasped and said, "Then, what should we do?" Sir, do you have a brother or brother here who can help? ”

Qin Fei turned his head and said, "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain." I, Qin Fei, are not so unbearable that I beg others when I encounter trouble. Tonight, we'll find a cave and rest overnight. He packed the poison that had been placed in the window into his package, walked out on one side and instructed Xiang Chonghua on the other: "This wooden house must not be kept." Now that the rain has stopped, there is a jar of wine in the house to start a fire. It is better to burn the house with the corpse with a fire. First, it can prevent others from accidentally touching the corpse and poisoning, and second, it will prevent them from exposing the corpse to the wilderness. ”