"Brother really has good eyesight!" With a snap, a tall figure turned out of the shadows. I saw that he was holding a long sword, wearing a big hat, and wearing a black robe, so he couldn't see his face clearly.

The man stood still not far in front of Wan Linggen, clenched his fists and said, "In Xia Xiangrong, dare to ask my brother's name?" ”

Wan Linggen also followed his example, hugged his fists and said, "Wan Linggen! ”

Xiang Rong took off the hat, revealing a square thick eyebrows and big eyes, beard and sideburns, looking rough, but his eyes were smart, and he was a little more wise in his bravery. He looked at the silver in Wan Linggen's hand, "Brother Wan is skilled, why don't you end those killing talents?" ”

Wan Linggen smiled: "I have to go on the road tomorrow, it's not good to mess with officials in vain, right?" ”

Xiang Rong was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "It's that I think it's simple." ”

Wan Linggen held the silver in his hand and asked, "How much is here for Brother Xiang, just take it." ”

Xiang Rongxi said; "Then I'll thank Brother Wan." As he spoke, he took a step forward, took the two largest of the piles of silver, and said, "Just these two ingots of silver, my little ...... It was inconvenient for the master to come forward, so I would do it for me. If Brother Wan comes back later, I'm afraid those people will all become headless ghosts. ”

Wan Linggen bowed slightly: "It's easy to say." Let's leave it at that! ”

"Wait!" Xiang Rong said: "Brother Wan is staying at a relative's house? ”

Wan Linggen shook his head and said, "I don't know the owner. ”

Xiang Rong smiled: "It's okay, if what I expect is good, Brother Wan is also going to **, tomorrow we can go the same way, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

Wan Linggen was stunned for a moment, thought about it for a while, and then nodded: "Okay!" After saying that, he hugged his fists, turned around and left.

When he returned to his residence, Mrs. Yurui and Han Ping were waiting for him, and even Zhong Ling and Zhong Wei did not rest, and only after seeing that he was safe and sound did they leave and go back to their rooms. Seeing that Han Ping's uncle and nephew had been sent away, Wan Linggen pulled Mrs. Rui and asked, "Rui'er, shall we stay with the surname of this master?" ”

Mrs. Russell nodded, "Qi Yuanwai has some relationship with my family, and it is an old acquaintance for many years. ”

Wan Linggen told him what he had just met Xiang Rong, and Mrs. Yurui thought for a while and said, "I know, they should live in the courtyard next door, and the owner's original surname was Liu, but now it's empty." ”

Wan Linggen didn't notice this, and asked, "Who are they?" ”

Mrs. Yurui said: "It should be the master and servant, it seems that there are still female dependents, about five or six people." ”

Wan Linggen didn't ask any more questions, presumably it was a chance encounter, and there was nothing to delve into, so he said goodbye to Mrs. Lurui and went back to the room to rest.

Early the next morning, everyone got up early, washed up, packed up, and prepared to go out on the road. As soon as they walked out of the courtyard, they saw a horse-drawn sedan chair parked in front of the courtyard next door, and the person standing next to the sedan chair was Xiang Rong who they met last night. Wan Linggen waved his hand at him and asked, "Is Brother Xiang ready?" ”

Xiang Rong hugged his fists and said, "Just wait for Brother Wan." ”

After the two teams briefly greeted each other, they hit the road one after the other.

Along the way, except for Wan Linggen occasionally whispering a few words to Madame Lurui, everyone was very quiet, and that Xiang Rong followed the carriage cautiously, not daring to take a half step away, and the sound of a woman's cough came from time to time in the carriage.

After walking for a while, I couldn't see the market town behind me, the woman in the carriage coughed violently, Wan Linggen frowned and said to Mrs. Yurui: "This person is afraid that she is suffering from lung disease, you listen to her coughing voice is dry and stuffy, if you can't stop coughing, I'm afraid there will be a big problem." ”

But Mrs. Lurui took his hand and said, "The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes, and the more and more people will suffer from lung diseases, and some diseases will be contagious, so it is better for us to stay away from them." ”

Wan Linggen was about to speak, but he heard a woman's exclamation from the carriage behind: "Brother Xiang, Miss is coughing up blood again!" ”

Xiang Rong was shocked when he heard this, stopped the carriage, stood there rubbing his hands and stomping his feet, and kept chanting in his mouth: "How good is this, how good is this!" ”

Mrs. Yurui frowned and looked back, and asked, "This brother of the Xiang family, what is the illness of your young lady?" ”

Xiang Rong hurriedly said: "I...... I don't know, maybe it's the wind chill in the body, right? I was fine the day before yesterday, but I suddenly fell ill and kept coughing up blood, what should I do? ”

Wan Linggen turned around to go over, but was grabbed by Mrs. Lurui, "What are you doing?" Her coughing up blood could be contagious. ”

Wan Linggen smiled: "Am I still afraid of being infected by your father-in-law?" Madame Russ was stunned for a moment, then smiled knowingly, "I'll accompany you." ”

The two came to the sedan chair hand in hand, Mrs. Yurui reached out to pick up the sedan curtain, but was stopped by Xiang Rong, she smiled: "Brother Xiang, can't you see that I am my daughter's family?" ”

Xiang Rong was stunned and smiled wryly, "Hehe...... It turned out to be Madame, offended! He stepped aside.

Mrs. Russ lifted the curtain of the sedan car and looked inside, then called out and stayed there.

Seeing this, Wan Linggen stepped forward and asked, "Rui'er, what's wrong?" Xiang Rong raised his hand and said: "Brother Wan, in the sedan chair is my young lady, they are all female dependents, it is inconvenient to see each other!" ”

Wan Linggen glanced at him and said, "Isn't your young lady wearing clothes?" What's convenient or inconvenient? ”

When Xiang Rong heard him say this, his face turned red and he was stunned, unable to speak with his mouth open.

Mrs. Yurui woke up from the shock, glared at Xiang Rong and said, "If you still want your young lady to live, let my father-in-law come over." ”

Xiang Rong had to take a step back, Wan Linggen stepped forward, looked into the sedan chair, and couldn't help but gasp.

I saw two little girls with tears on their faces in the small sedan chair holding a woman in white, the woman had clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, small facial features, but her face was black, her eyes were closed, and there were traces of purple-black blood at the corners of her mouth.

What surprised Wan Linggen was not this, but the woman's exposed white wrist, with two purple-black tooth marks, deeply embedded in the skin, and shocking.

"Xianggong, she's poisoned." Madame Russ said in a deep voice.

Wan Linggen's brows became tighter and tighter, and the two deep tooth marks continued to enlarge in front of his eyes, he shook his head violently, turned around and asked, "Brother Xiang, your young lady may have been poisoned by snakes, can you take the antidote?" ”

Xiang Rong shook his head strangely, his mouth moved and he didn't speak. Mrs. Yurui suddenly lowered the sedan curtain, pulled Wan Linggen aside and whispered: "Xianggong, there is more than one snake venom in her, it is too weird, let's ignore her." ”

Xiang Rong suddenly fell to his knees with a thud, and choked up: "Brother Wan, if you have a way to rescue my young lady, please help, I will repay Rong with his liver and brain!" He kowtowed as he spoke.

Wan Linggen pulled Xiang Rong up, stared at him and asked, "Brother Xiang, are you sure you don't have an antidote?" ”

Xiang Rong avoided his gaze, his complexion changed again and again, and he suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Even if there is an antidote now, it is too late." ”

Wan Linggen patted him on the shoulder, came to the sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain, and said to the two little girls, "Help your young lady up." ”

The two little girls wiped the tears from their faces, and carefully helped the unconscious woman in white to sit up.

Wan Linggen pulled the wrist with the tooth mark embedded in it, took a deep breath, and brought his mouth up.