Lu Qingjin was made a little shy by Qin Zhao, and hurriedly retreated a few times, and said helplessly: "I have the blood of Emperor Yan on my body, not to mention that it is invulnerable to all poisons, but also has a certain degree of resistance, unless it is a voluntary abandonment of resistance, otherwise the general poison will be fine, in this deep mountain, charity can be started, I think he still got rid of his apprentice." ”

Qin Zhao turned around and looked out the window and said angrily: "I heard that his apprentice has been with him for many years, but I didn't expect him to be able to do it like this, there is nothing in this world that can make him feel moved except for power and wealth." ”

The two of them chatted a few more words and walked out of the door, although Concubine Yun's face was a little pale but her spirit was still good, there were only two guards left on one side, and they were looking around vigilantly, Lu Qingjin walked over with some amusement and said slowly: "What are you doing early in the morning?" Don't make a noise to the rest of the village, after all, we are about to leave, and it will not be good if we have any grudges. ”

Lu Qingjin knew that last night's incident must have been done by only one of them, and if he wanted to find out what might happen, he didn't want to pursue it, but he didn't expect that as soon as the words fell, Concubine Yun shivered and said: "I don't want to have anything to do with them, but now the key is that the people in the village have disappeared, so let's say hello even if we leave!" ”

Lu Qingjin's first thought was that he might be going to sleep somewhere, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that something was wrong, after all, there were children in this house, and it was impossible for even children to disappear! Thinking of this, Lu Qingjin already had a bad premonition in his heart, and at this moment, the guards outside the door hurriedly ran in and said hurriedly: "The people in the village of Queen Qiqi have all been found, but they are all dead!" ”

Concubine Yun staggered to her feet, not even paying attention to the stool falling: "How is this possible?" When we came here last night, we saw a lot of people, how could they all die quietly overnight, it can't be suicide! ”

Lu Qingjin had a guess in his heart, stabilized his mind, grabbed Concubine Yun, and said to the guards: "No matter what, this matter is always related to us, you can find a good place to bury the bodies of these people in a while!" If you look for any surviving children, I think that even if it is a collective suicide, there will be adults who are reluctant to give up their children, maybe they will be hidden. ”

After finishing speaking, Lu Qingjin planned to take Qin Zhao and Concubine Yun to see the mulberry tree and the blood silkworm, but the guard seemed to know her plan and stretched out his hand to stop her: "Niangniang, let's wait a while and then go over!" At least until our brother finishes cleaning up. ”

Lu Qingjin's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't have time to say anything and went in the direction of the big mulberry tree at the head of the village, only to see a corpse hanging on the tree like a sausage, a lot of red shadows squirmed quickly, and some were already lying on the corpse and sucking greedily, the body of the little girl they saw last night was swaying with the wind, and a pair of eyes were full of fear and unwillingness.

Lu Qingjin closed his eyes and shook his head at the guards behind him: "Since this is already the case, there is no need to bury it, I think their last wish is to guard this tree, you wait for these corpses to disappear and catch all the blood silkworms on the tree, be careful in the process of catching, if you really let this thing climb on your body, it is not easy to do." ”

The guards agreed and left one after another, Concubine Yun didn't seem to be afraid, Mu Ran stepped forward to look at the little girl, and asked in a hollow voice: "Why did these corpses disappear here?" ”

Lu Qingjin turned around and gently covered her eyes, and explained softly in a voice: "Because these blood silkworms suck the essence of people and all the blood, if I guess correctly, these people should be a special race, that is, they are specially guarding this big mulberry tree and the blood silkworms on the tree, although they have been drinking medicine since they were children, so that their bodies are no longer afraid of the poison of blood silkworms, but it is also because of this, once the essence of these people is sucked dry, even the corpses can't be left." ”

Qin Zhao nodded without the sentimentality of the two of them: "That's right, no wonder this village doesn't even have a tomb, so it can be regarded as being born in heaven and earth and dying in heaven and earth, but is it too much to say that they committed such a strange suicide!" ”

Lu Qingjin took the two of them back to the house, sighed a little tiredly, and said slowly: "Originally, I couldn't figure it out, but the poison of Huangquan gave us the answer, although charity can be contacted here because of his abbot apprentice, but I have to say that he is still very good at inciting people's hearts, presumably he already knew that we came here to find blood silkworms, and said hello in advance, he may have calculated that the people who guard the clan will burn the big mulberry tree in advance to protect the clan when they know the news." ”

Qin Zhao looked at the guards who were busy in the distance, let out a long sigh, and said with emotion: "But he didn't expect that these people couldn't bear to destroy the big mulberry tree and the blood silkworm at all, but the whole clan committed suicide, which can be regarded as completing the task of generations, these people are sometimes really stubborn and admirable." ”

Concubine Yun let go of her thoughts for a while before she came back to her senses and fiddled with the rough cup in her hand in a little complicated way: "But these people are also smart, we are going to get the blood silkworm no matter what we come back this time, even if they are blocking it, it is useless, it is better to self-destruct than let us find out the details, speaking of which, we have forced them to a dead end." ”

Everyone here knows this matter in their hearts, but it feels different when Concubine Yun says it, the room was quiet for a while, even Qin Zhao, who has always been cheeky, didn't know what to say, and after a while, Lu Qingjin coughed twice and said slowly: "Even if there is no charity without us, it will ruin this place sooner or later, in the final analysis, it can be regarded as a cause and effect between us and them, and when we go back, we will find their genealogy and offer it in the Buddhist hall in the palace, and it can be regarded as a break." ”

No matter how entangled this matter is, it is not beneficial Concubine Yun nodded after thinking about it, the three of them looked at the things in the village while walking around, Concubine Yun looked at the black and red wall with some curiosity and asked puzzledly: "Although you said at the beginning that this is not caused by human blood, but I still don't think it's like ordinary paint, you won't lie to me, right?" ”

Lu Qingjin walked over slowly and smiled when he heard the words; "This is not a lie, it should be the blood of wild boars or other animals, this people live in the mountains and forests, they should live by hunting for a living, this blood is a kind of culture!"