Early the next morning.

By the river, a little boy was squatting and playing in the water, and accidentally saw a black thing floating in the river, bent down to pick it up, opened it to see that it was empty, and saw that the black jar was good-looking, and put it in his arms, and ran away from home.

When he returned to the city, the adults on the street were very panicked, and they all ran in one direction with water, and he looked up, and there was a house not far away that was emitting black smoke, and the children ran curiously to see that it was the old man who sold all kinds of potions on the corner of the street that was on fire.

"This old alchemist must have burned himself by playing with fire!" A fat woman next to her who was watching the excitement mocked.

"Definitely!" Others chimed in.

Seeing that the fire was terrible, the child ran home with a smoke in his legs.

The fire burned for half a day, and the old man's charred body was found in the dark and dilapidated wreckage of the house, because he had no relatives and was hastily buried in a simple coffin by the kind residents who pooled their money, and his life came to an end.

——

Last night, Jin went to the Tsmisi tribe overnight with Jue's summoning letter, and Jue also stayed by Han Qingluo's side all night, her state was getting worse and worse, she had a low-grade fever all the time, accompanied by vomiting, and was lying sick in bed.

As Jin instructed, Jue kept replacing the wet cloth on her forehead and kept wiping her hot body with warm water. And Han Qingluo on the bed closed his eyes and hummed uncomfortably.

"Am I going to die......" The words were weak and slow, and Han Qingluo opened his eyes with difficulty, his eyelids drooping, and he lost his former vitality.

"Don't think about it, Kim will find a way to cure you." Without stopping the movements of her hands, Jue wrung out another piece of wet cloth, gently opened her palm, let the thin warm water take away her heat, and thought: "Human beings are really fragile, a little illness can take their lives." ”

"At this time, you don't forget to mock people." Han Qingluo couldn't cry or laugh, and barely hummed a rebuttal.

"Don't talk, get some rest!" Tucked the quilt corners for her, and Jue stood up. was so anxious that Han Qingluo shouted: "Where to go!" ”

There was a trace of joy in his heart, thinking that this girl was still dependent on him, so he hooked the corners of his mouth and turned his head sideways and replied: "It's time for me to eat, just by the side." ”

After hearing this, Han Qingluo closed her eyes again, she was eating and vomiting now, she had no appetite at all, and moving it was like killing her, let alone chewing, she would shake her hair and get dizzy.

Sipping the freshly taken blood in the cup, Jue suddenly put down the cup in his hand, glanced towards the door, and came to the door in an instant, and opened the door.

Glores' raised hand froze in mid-air, holding a plate of bread. Shang Jue's cold face looked a little anxious and uneasy: "What a coincidence, I was about to knock on the door!" Boss, you're going to open the door. ”

"Is there anything wrong with you?"

Loris couldn't hear anything from his tone, glanced at Han Qingluo's door, and explained: "I came to bring food to Luo, but she wasn't there, so I wanted to come to the boss's room and ask." ”

"She's not in the room, why are you knocking on my door?" Jue walked out, closed the door, crossed his hands over his chest and stared at Glores.

"She doesn't have a good relationship with the boss, I thought she might be in your room, so ......" Loris looked up at Jue obediently.

"Didn't you leave the food delivery to the other bloodlines, why did you think about coming here in person today?" Jue subconsciously looked at the plate of bread.

"I thought that the children were not very serious about their work, but I still did it myself, after all, the boss gave me the task of taking care of her." As she spoke, Loris also took the hand holding the bread and sent it out.

This subtle action aroused Jue's suspicion even more, why did she deliberately hand the bread to him, did she want to prove that the bread was okay? Jue didn't show much expression, nodded slightly, and took the plate of bread in her hand: "You go back, I'll help her put the bread in the room, she is not in my room now." ”

"Oh." She smiled and let go of the plate, not daring to linger any longer, turned around and immediately disappeared around the corner of the corridor. She just wanted to confirm Han Qingluo's situation and whether he was dead or not. But Jue didn't let her in, and it seems that the boss has begun to be wary of her.

Loris was trembling with anger, she knew that she wouldn't give it to that clever waste, she had planned to torture Han Qingluo slowly, and at the same time couldn't take her life in a short time, now everything has been disrupted, and there is a suspicion of exposure, but she has destroyed all the evidence, and it will definitely be fine.

Thinking about it, she smiled proudly again, although she didn't achieve the ultimate goal, but this time Han Qingluo was definitely not comfortable, and the pain she suffered from the criminal law could be regarded as revenge. As long as you calm down, this matter will pass.

Entering Han Qingluo's room, Jue put the bread on the table, and glanced at a position on the table, where the breakfast tray that was originally placed in the morning was now empty, and it was taken away at some point.

After returning to his room, he came to the bed and sat down, Han Qingluo was already asleep, breathing heavily, and his face was becoming more and more pale, he knew that her illness was beginning to worsen.

According to his observations overnight, he thought that she had a better chance of being poisoned, since she started doing those strange exercises, her body was much stronger than when she first came here, which he could see, it should not be some sudden illness, the only explanation was that someone poisoned her, and the most direct way to poison was to start with food.

He didn't know what kind of poison it was, but in short, Loris couldn't escape suspicion.

Thinking about it, Jue hung the cold water by the fireplace to heat it, thinking to himself that the person who was supposed to serve him had now fallen, and what he would do with this tricky matter if she died.

His eyes were full of worry: You're going to have to hold on, Luo.

——

At night on the third watch, Jin rushed to the territory of the Tsmisi tribe. I didn't have time to chat with my old colleagues, so I rushed to the Great Elder's laboratory, hurriedly pushed open the door, and shouted, "Great Elder, help!" ”

The hand holding the knife shook for a moment, and Norton misplaced, causing a hole in the heart of the anesthetized subject on the hospital bed, and arterial blood splashing on his face like a fountain, squirting the two monocles on his face.

The Great Elder calmly put down the scalpel, took off the lenses and hung them on his chest, turned around and showed a bright smile, and gave Jin a deep hug: "My good boy, are you willing to come back?" ”

Jin excitedly hugged the Great Elder Norton back: "I miss you so much!" As he spoke, he let go of the Great Elder, took out Jue's summoning letter from his arms, and explained: "The matter is very urgent, I hope the Great Elder will go to the Night Fort with me!" ”

Norton glanced at the contents of the letter and said, "It turns out that the human chip is wrong." ”

"This is in the interests of the entire Demon Party, so please clean up briefly and come with me!" Kim said urgently.

"What do you suspect is the cause?"

"Poisoned!"

"Did you induce vomiting?"

"It's done!"

Seeing his beloved apprentice's face so heavy, Norton couldn't help but get nervous: "Okay, you wait for me!" ”

While the Great Elder went to pack up his toolbox, Jin Chao leaned over to the hospital bed, obviously his sudden intrusion had ruined the Great Elder's soon-to-be-successful operation, and it seemed that he wanted to perform a complete heart removal, he lowered his eyes thoughtfully, and in his contemplation, Norton was ready.

"Let's go!"

"Hmm!"

……

On the way, Norton asked Kim about the symptoms of human poisoning, and after listening, Norton breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that it should not be a poison that will kill you in a short time, but you can't delay it, and the longer it takes, your life will be lost!" ”

"Elder, you must save her!" Kim pleaded, "She's important to me!" ”

"You like her?" Norton, the old Jianghu, immediately saw Kim's thoughts.

"Hmm!"

Norton shook his head helplessly: "Why like a human, it doesn't work!" ”

"The Great Elder doesn't understand." Kim smiled and said no more. Norton said no more and continued on his way.

But he soon realized that it would take a lot of time to get back to Nightcastle at his current pace, and it would take a day to get back to Nightcastle from Tsmisi Territory, and Norton feared that the human would not be able to hold on.

"No, your speed is too slow, I can't wait for you, since it's someone the apprentice likes, my old guy has to rush over desperately!" Norton put down the sentence, sped up, and threw Kim away in an instant.

Jin looked gratefully into the distance, seeing the Great Elder no longer visible, thinking that at his speed, he should be able to arrive before sunrise.

"Please, master!" Jin sighed, forced himself to increase his speed, and rushed forward: "You have to hold on, Luo!" ”

——

I don't know how many times this is the warm water that has been changed, Jue looked at the terminally ill Han Qingluo's originally calm heart became more and more panicked, and he kept walking to the window, praying that Jin's figure would appear quickly. Anxiously pacing around the room, but when Han Qingluo had a little reaction, Jue immediately ran to the side of the bed to check.

"You must not die, if you die, what will happen to the alliance of the demon party? Don't die! Jue stubbornly shouted at Han Qingluo.

“……”

But Han Qingluo, who was in a coma, was no longer able to refute his mean words alive. Not long ago, she could joke and joke with him, but for a short time, it was as if she had changed, and she was lifeless, lying on the bed and hovering on the brink of death.

Jue got angry for no reason: "If you don't speak again, I won't care about you!" I'm tired of serving you! I only know the bad girl who took advantage of me! But then he laughed self-deprecatingly, why would he be angry with a mortal human bargaining chip?

Her breathing became more and more rapid, her whole body was hot, her brows furrowed, and she moaned in pain. Jue kept wiping her hot skin, as if that little warm water didn't do anything to relieve her pain.

Jue simply tore off the quilt on her body, opened all the windows, and touched her skin with his fingertips, every inch like a burning fire, which surprised him.

Looking at her painfully distorted face, Jue's eyes were raised again, as if she had made a decision......