The evening breeze blows across the willow shore, the lake ripples silently, and sleepless fish poke out of the water, spit bubbles and swim quietly. Everything in the valley was revived a little earlier, and the flowers, which had quietly opened in the night, with a little fragrance, slipped into the house through the cracks in the windows.

Su Xin felt the breeze cool in his sleep, turned over, tucked his quilt again, and thought in a daze, it was better not to let people change the bed curtain to a gauze tent so quickly.

In the early morning, before the person woke up, he sneezed, and when he wanted to get up, he felt that his head was confused, thinking that he had a cold last night.

Gu Qingyan came over when she heard the sound, and saw that Su Xin's face was not very good-looking, so she stretched out her hand and put it on her forehead, her forehead was hot, Gu Qingyan hurriedly called others to go to Baicaotang to find someone to come over.

"Master." Su Xin opened her mouth for the first time, and her voice was hoarse, which was really uncomfortable.

Gu Qingyan stopped letting her speak and sat on the edge of her bed: "It's okay, I'm not in the courtyard today, so you can rest for a while." ”

As he spoke, he pressed Su Xin back to the bed, helped her wrap the quilt tightly, and asked if there was anything uncomfortable, Su Xin shook her head, and Gu Qingyan was a little more relieved.

When I turned around, I saw that the window of the outhouse was ajar, and I thought to myself, although it was the turn of winter and spring, the wind was still cool in the morning and evening, and I didn't blame Su Xin for not paying attention, so I walked over and closed the window first.

It happened that Shen Sanniang came to deliver breakfast, and when she knew about it, she went down and cooked ginger soup and sent it over.

Gu Qingyan said: "Nurse, today I want to go to Shimen, and I have to worry a lot about the courtyard and Suxin Sanniang." ”

Shen Sanniang responded: "Where is the master, take care of each other." ”

Su Xin also thanked Shen Sanniang on the side, and thought that no one would make up Gu Qingyan, so she had to get up no matter what she said.

Gu Qingyan had no choice but to press Su Xin back again, and said, "You lie down well, it's not impossible for me to do two days a day, if you toss again, you will lie down for a few more days." ”

After saying that, he went into the house and cleaned up by himself. Gu Qingyan is not a deep boudoir woman after all, she pulls her hair, combs her makeup, and changes her clothes neatly, and it won't take long to work hard.

After breakfast, I went to Yunlan Courtyard to find Bailimo, and the two went to Shimen together.

It is still the main hall of the stone gate, lit in twos and threes, not too bright, but just enough to see clearly.

Baili Mo went around to the back of the screen on the side of the main hall, Gu Qingyan sat down, and Holly came in to report.

"See the master, the third master."

"How was it yesterday?" Gu Qingyan asked.

Holly: "Back to the master, they didn't touch yesterday's meal." ”

Gu Qingyan nodded, this was something she expected, if these people were not strong enough in just one day, then they would have spoken a long time ago, so why bother her here.

"Okay, I see, bring someone in."

"Yes." Holly waved to the door after speaking, and after a while, Winter Dye came with someone.

Compared with yesterday's person, this person was a little cramped and uneasy, which was beyond Gu Qingyan's expectations, just as she was thinking about how to speak, she saw Dong Xuan holding a candle and lighting up all the originally dim lights in the hall.

Still a little dazzling for a while, Gu Qingyan turned her head to slow down, and when she turned around again, she found that the crampedness of the person in front of her had subsided, Gu Qingyan thought of something, sat back on the chair, glanced at the screen, and saw Baili Mo nodding at her sideways, and she started her performance.

It's not so much that she is asking, it's better to say that she is betting with the person opposite, she is betting on which of them will compromise first, her compromise is nothing more than a direct action, and the other party's compromise is to tell Gu Qingyan everything she wants to know.

"What day is it? Actually, yesterday I was thinking, what will your boss do if he doesn't get news from you? But the good thing is that I don't have to guess, someone will tell me, and I just have to do what I can. ”

Gu Qingyan said playfully, the meaning of the words was ambiguous, leaving the person to speculate secretly.

He walked leisurely to a lamp, motioned for Holly to take off the lampshade, pulled out the hairpin on his head, and played with the dancing flames.

It turns out that some people are afraid of light, some people are afraid of darkness, some people are afraid of crowds, and some people are afraid of being alone.

Gu Qingyan suddenly talked about this hall, like a story telling, except for her, everyone present was a spectator.

"Shimen is in the depths of the peach blossom stream, backed by the jungle and mountains, once, I once thought that no one who was so desperate would come from the deep mountains, but now, I still have to sigh at you."

"This hall was originally a brightly lit place, but sometimes because it was too bright, it would be dazzling, and people couldn't see their hearts clearly."

As she spoke, Gu Qingyan turned off the lamp in her hand, she stood sideways, half of her face was bright, half of her face fell into darkness, and she turned her head to look at the person in the hall, her eyes were cold.

"What did you say you could do?" That was the man's first word.

Although Gu Qingyan didn't expect him to be able to speak like this, he was not surprised, everyone has a psychological line of defense, and this person is just a little shallow to hide.

smiled at him: "I, Gu Qingyan, only do trading." ”

"One life for another?" He thought about it, and now, it seems that he can only change like this.

Who would have thought that Gu Qingyan would listen to it, and smiled coldly: "Life? Now I want your life like pinching an ant to death, and your value is not here. ”

"I don't know much."

Gu Qingyan shook his head, walked in front of him, squatted down and was at eye level with him: "I don't want to know much, who are you?" ”

"A killer."

Gu Qingyan shook his head, turned his back, didn't bother, just flicked his sleeves, and the lights in front of him on the right side went out a few more times, and the air began to smell after the lights were burned, with a hint of fragrance.

After smelling it, he was a little sleepy, his body was soft, he was a killer, he could know what this was for, he was silent, if so, it was not impossible to fulfill his wish.

It's just that Gu Qingyan's next sentence made him feel a chill down his spine: "But now you don't even have the ability to kill yourself, and your life and death are in my hands." ”

This is perhaps the greatest pain of a person on the verge of despair, unable to control his life, and having an unknown fear of what is to come.

"You're not from the capital, you've just been summoned and ordered, and although I don't know what they used to make all five of you masters obey your orders, I know that your meeting with me today is your last chance to struggle."

Although Gu Qingyan can be consumed with them, it doesn't mean much.

Maybe there is a sentence in this that gets to the point, the man looked up at Gu Qingyan's side face, the mask was cold, even if it was a dazzling Jin ** Ze, it couldn't bring people a warm feeling.

He remembered that when they first arrived at the inn designated above, there was a gentleman in the inn who was talking about some interesting things about the dynasty, one of which was about a masked emperor.

It's just that the difference between the story and reality is that the emperor in the story has been living in the inner garden of the deep palace, while the emperor in reality is dominating the rivers and lakes.

"I went to Duzhong because I received a piece of loose jade pendant, this jade pendant is a token, it was originally a whole hegemony, and then I don't know who divided it into six, but we know that whoever sees this token will have to complete the task of the person who carries this token."

The man whispered, Gu Qingyan listened, and looked at Holly when he heard that there was a token, Holly was sure that they had indeed found nothing, so he shook his head firmly at Gu Qingyan.

Gu Qingyan asked, "Where is the jade pendant?" ”

"Just in case, I was identified by others, and the token was taken back when I went to meet in the capital."

"Where did you get the token from?"

"I don't know of them, but I told them by my brother-in-law, and he said that the man had been gracious to him, and since he could no longer repay the favor, I took his place."

Gu Qingyan pondered, it seems that this thing is not so simple to guess.

"When you arrived in the capital, did you see the man?"

"Yes, but I think the guy we met was just an errand runner."

"How?"

"That person is not only dressed decently and can be described as exquisite, but talking to us feels like a message, the fourth girl should know that people's clothes can change, but temperament and behavior are not easy to change."

He was giving Gu Qingyan some hints, and the last sentence changed his tone.

After Gu Qingyan heard this, he turned his head to look at him, and instantly understood that the person who was talking to them was afraid that it was from the palace.

Gu Qingyan's eyes narrowed, and he asked instead, "Tell me what you want me to do first?" ”

"After my brother left, I left a wife and a son, and soon my sister-in-law also passed away due to illness, leaving only one son, I left the child to the neighbor to take care of before I went to Duzhong, and now..."

Gu Qingyan looked at Holly and asked, "Where is it?" ”

"Silver Willow. Qi and home. ”

"Holly. Send someone over. ”

"Yes."

Holly went out of the hall, picked three or two reliable people, and gave an order, asking them to wait for night before leaving, and then turned back to the hall and nodded towards Gu Qingyan.

The kneeling people saw that Holly had returned in an instant, and half of their hearts were doubting whether they had really done it, and half of them were afraid for no reason, if it was really someone who had done it, then they should be an organization with a lot of connections and resources.

Gu Qingyan squinted at him, and had already guessed seven or eight points of his thoughts, silently, and sneered.

"What did they ask you to do?"

Emotionless questions came quietly, and it was time to ask something important.

The man lowered his head, his slightly messy hair hung down on the sides of his cheeks, and now there was no point in pretending to be a righteous man, not to mention that he was not a righteous man himself.

smiled bitterly, looked up at the only candle flame, his eyes condensed, as if he wanted to see through something, and then replied to Gu Qingyan: "After that, please believe it very much." ”

Gu Qingyan followed his eyes to the candle flame, and then looked at him, his eyes gradually hollowed, and his lips, which had begun to whiten, closed one by one, saying words that even he kept doubting in his heart.

"Let's explore the situation of Peach Blossom Stream separately, how many people there are, how many affairs, who they are in contact with, and some of them in Shimen must be reported one by one..."

Gu Qingyan frowned, what is this? Before he had time to think about it, he listened again: "The fourth girl doesn't have to doubt, our ultimate goal is just to record the situation of the Peach Blossom Stream one by one and send it back, it is us, and we only know to write down everything we have discovered, and nothing else is clear." ”

"And what about what you wrote?" Gu Qingyan caught the point of what he said, and then asked.

The man said: "One of us had gone down the mountain before we were captured, and the brochure had either been given out or hidden under the mountain. ”

His voice gradually weakened, and he began to gasp a little after speaking, and his kneeling body seemed to feel weak, but after all, he was a martial arts practitioner, and he could still hold it after he found out.

Raising his eyes and looking at Gu Qingyan and the people in the hall again, these people were not affected in any way, and sighed silently.

Holly listened to his words, and was already pondering in his heart, no wonder they searched the valley and inside and outside the back mountain, and couldn't find a trace of anything, together with this most important, it was out of their search range, thinking of this, Holly hurriedly knelt down: "The master forgives the sin, and the subordinates will send someone to investigate." ”

Gu Qingyan nodded, let Holly go, this time, Holly did not turn back, leaving Winter Dye in the hall to wait.

"How long does he give you?"

"Within a month."

After listening to Gu Qingyan, he thought to himself, no wonder even if these people were arrested and there was no news to send them out, it was calm outside, it turned out that the deadline had not yet arrived.

Thinking about it carefully, this person's interrogation is almost the same, since he has said that their investigation is so "purposeless", I think that several other people are similar, plus this booklet has come out again...

coughed lightly, Gu Qingyan remembered something: "Do you remember what the jade pendant looks like under Naba?" ”

The man nodded.

Dong Ran understood what Gu Qingyan wanted to do, so he took paper and a pen, and asked the man to describe it, and he would draw it.

Looking at the two people seated, Gu Qingyan took a leisurely moment, took the tea on the side, took a small sip and tasted it, and couldn't help but think in his heart: What is left behind is winter dye, although it is not said that the painting is exquisite, it is good to be able to paint it, if it is holly that is left, or only he is here, then it will be a big loss, and he can't always invite the person behind the screen in the side hall to come out and let him paint.

Thinking of this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and it has been a long time since he interrogated people, Bai Limo has been listening to it all the time, won't it be boring, right?

So I cautiously tilted my head to take a look at the scene over there, and tried a few times, but it was really hard to see clearly, and I didn't want to let the amplitude be too large, destroying the style she had been holding for so long, so I gave up.

After waiting for a while, Dong Ran came to Gu Qingyan with the drawn picture, but it was just a broken corner, and Gu Qingyan couldn't see anything, so he asked Dong Ran to collect the painting first, and he got up and walked around.

"You, do you have anything else to say?" Gu Qingyan asked, calculating the time, it's about the same.

The man shook his head: "It is destined that I have told the four girls what I know, and if the four girls save the child, I hope that the four girls will let him live." ”

Gu Qingyan smiled: "I should be a hero, but I just took the wrong path, in the next life, think twice." ”

After speaking, Gu Qingyan turned around and left, and when the figure disappeared, the candle in the hall was lit again, and with a "bang", one person fell to the ground.

Fuyuzen went over and sniffed, pulse, and neck, and then called his men, "Let's get it." ”

After finishing speaking, two people stepped forward and carried people away, Dong Ran looked at the main hall that was still bright but there was no one, walked out, closed the door, and let these candles be lit for another night, and the right to be a lantern for ever.