Chapter 11: The Line Between Life and Death
Iron Butterfly was very satisfied with the newly recruited apprentice, Shen Yafei's medical skills were the best learned. But in terms of martial arts, Shen Yafei doesn't have much interest, in terms of martial arts, Shen Yafei's light skills are the best, and he has been practiced to the point where he can be comparable to Iron Butterfly in just six months, and in other words, Shen Yafei only focuses on internal skills and a set of swordsmanship, and the rest is scribbled and learned.
In fact, Iron Butterfly was originally a young lady from a martial arts family, her martial arts are the best, and medical skills were learned for her sweetheart when she grew up, but later because of some things, her medical attainments are also extremely high. When she was young, she was a well-known skill, and it was the most notable.
Iron Butterfly didn't expect Shen Yafei's talent in medical skills to be so high, she was very surprised. is also very relieved that she can be regarded as a successor. She studied hard and didn't achieve her original intention, but she was able to bring good news to such a lovely child, which can be regarded as her own hard work. So for martial arts, her requirements for Shen Yafei have been lowered, as long as Shen Yafei feels that she has learned everything that is useful to her.
More than 20 years have passed, and what I learned back then has finally been entrusted, and I don't have to feel so lonely and empty in the second half of my life!
At sunset, Shen Yafei stepped on the only remaining afterglow in the sky and returned to the courtyard.
Shen Yafei pushed open the door, sat down at the round table, picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and took a sip.
But there seems to be a peculiar smell in the room, very faint, but somewhat familiar. Shen Yafei has become more and more sensitive to smells since she studied medicine with Iron Butterfly. On weekdays, in the mountains, she only needs to smell a little breath to tell what animals and herbs are within a few miles of her.
Shen Yafei came to her senses, opened the wardrobe, took out the paper under the inkstone, flipped through it, and smiled faintly. Seeing that they don't want to settle down, it would be bad if the people in the capital knew about it, but it was what happened today, and they definitely hadn't had time to send the letter yet. So be sure to solve the problem before they send the letter.
After Shen Yafei finished washing, Mama Li came over to say goodbye.
"Miss, the owner of the farm found a blood-colored warm jade a few days ago, saying that he wanted to give it to Miss. I wanted to invite the young lady down the mountain to celebrate together, but the old slave saw that the young lady was not there, so he took it upon himself to agree. Tomorrow, the owner of Meng Zhuang will send someone to pick up the young lady, you see······" Mama Li said.
Shen Yafei smiled happily when she heard this, with an innocent and cute face: "Really? Daddy has always wanted a piece of warm jade, and if he can find a piece of warm jade and take it back to Beijing to give to his father, his father will definitely be very happy. Maybe my father will take me back to Beijing as soon as possible. ”
Warm jade? In my previous life, I didn't hear that Master Meng Zhuang had sent any warm jade, what did this old thing want to follow.
Mama Li looked at the simple smile of the little girl in front of her, a little unsure, the smile was so real, it didn't look like a fake, and she also smiled and said, "Yes!" The old slave went down to arrange tomorrow's itinerary with Qiu'er and them. ”
"Hmm." After Shen Yafei finished speaking, she asked Mama Li to step down. But when Mama Li lowered her head and withdrew, Shen Yafei caught the sinister smile on the corner of her mouth. Shen Yafei couldn't help but snort coldly. , this old thing actually wants to deal with her, it's too self-conscious.
Shen Yafei took out the basket of a few packets of medicinal powder today, got under the bed, lifted the floor tiles, took out a bag of things, wrapped a small part of the oiled paper, and put the things back in place.
The next morning, Shen Yafei hid the medicine powder and dagger, and after breakfast, she sat in the main hall and waited for the people from the Meng Zhuang main faction that Mama Li said yesterday.
At this time, Mama Li walked in and said with a smile, "Miss, it's time to go." The sedan chair was waiting outside. ”
Shen Yafei sat in a sedan chair and staggered down the mountain all the way. Halfway through, Shen Yafei lifted the curtain, looked at the surrounding scenery, and asked tentatively: "Mama, this doesn't seem to be the way to the farm, right?" ”
Mama Li gasped and said with a smile: "Miss doesn't know, this is another one." ”
Shen Yafei was silent for a moment, chuckled, and said, "Mama is really amazing, I only went to the farm once and knew that there was another way from the bottom of the mountain to the farm." ”
Mama Li was stunned for a moment, broke out in a cold sweat, and said, "This... It's Meng··· The owner told the old slave. ”
Shen Yafei put down the curtain and responded lightly "oh".
Mama Li looked at the sedan chair that had regained its calm, wiped a cold sweat, and gestured to the sedan chair driver to ask them to hurry up.
Mama Li looked at the sedan chair and sneered: Look at you are still proud, you won't be able to laugh later, didn't you say that I can only be a slave in my life, then the old slave will make you unable to grind off the word "slave" for the rest of your life.
Shen Yafei felt the speed of the change in the sedan chair, and couldn't help but have a flash of inspiration, and shouted outside the sedan chair: "Mama, I want to relieve myself." ”
"Miss endure it a little longer, it's almost here." Mama Li was afraid of something and ignored it.
"Stop the car." Shen Yafei shouted angrily.
The sedan chair continued to move forward at the same speed.
Shen Yafei still didn't understand anything at this time, she took out the medicinal powder, put it on both hands, and sprinkled it out of the windows on both sides, and then sprinkled it outside the sedan door. The seven people outside the sedan chair suddenly felt heavy and groggy. The footsteps of several people carrying the sedan chair were in a trance, and the sedan chair was upside down.
Shen Yafei bumped into the sedan chair several times, and she grinned in pain. She took the dagger in her hand, flew out of the car door, and covered her nose with a handkerchief.
Mama Li shook her body, looked at Shen Yafei in front of her, and shouted, "Quick, catch her." As he spoke, he was about to pounce forward, but his hands and feet were weak and he fell to the ground.
Others were to fall to the ground in pieces.
Mama Li looked at Shen Yafei with fierce eyes, "What did you just do?" ”
Shen Yafei walked over slowly, and said expressionlessly: "It's nothing, just a little good thing." After saying that, he slashed at Qiu'er's throat, and the blood splashed instantly, and Qiu'er's wide eyes did not blink.
"Miss ······" Dong'er shouted in horror, and before she could finish speaking, she was slashed by Shen Yafei's throat.
Successively, the four palanquin drivers were also dealt with in the same way, and it was best that only Mama Li was left.
"Someone, help, murder. Help. Mama Li lay on the ground crying and screaming, her voice was hoarse.
"Help."
Shen Yafei put the knife on Mama Li's cheek and sneered: "Mama, what are you shouting nonsense about." You saw who killed, but I didn't see it. ”
After speaking, as soon as she pulled the knife, Mama Li's face was left with a bloody opening, and Mama Li screamed in pain: "Miss spare your life, Miss spare your life." ”
"It's okay to spare your life, if you tell me who sent you to my side, I'll spare you." Shen Yafei said.
Mama Li was stunned and said, "What did Miss say, the old slave was sent to Miss by Madame." ”
The knife flashed, and the left ear, which had a smooth incision, fell to the ground.
"Ah~" Mama Li cried out in pain, looking at the little girl with blood stains on her face in front of her in horror, as terrifying as a life-seeker from hell.
"Who sent you?" Shen Yafei asked again.
"Hahaha." Mama Li laughed and said mockingly: "Second Miss of the Shen family, haha." You're a child that no one wants, and even your own family doesn't want you, so you might as well die. If I had been killed by a headfirst hit, what face would I still have? Hahaha. It's pathetic, pathetic. ”
Shen Yafei looked at Mama Li coldly, as if she was looking at a dead thing, and whispered in her ear: "It doesn't matter if I have anyone to do with you, but you have no chance to die head-on, let me send you on the road well, so that you can go down to the Netherworld and remember what happened today." As he spoke, he opened a packet of powder, made a cut with a dagger, and poured it on. Instantly, a pungent smell of burnt paste hit the face.
Mama Li didn't feel any pain, but she felt that her feet were getting lighter and lighter, and she asked in a trembling voice, "What did you do?" ”
"I didn't do anything, I just put some powder." Shen Yafei said with a smile: "Does Mama feel that her body is getting lighter and lighter, do you want to know what to ask?" That's because your feet have melted away and disappeared. ”
Mama Li trembled with extreme fear, looked at Shen Yafei viciously and said, "When you go back to the capital, someone will clean you up!" ”
A maple leaf with four corners was blown to Shen Yafei's feet, and the leaves were dyed red by the autumn color, but it was still discolored compared to the blood flowing on the ground. Shen Yafei also held it in her hand, looked at the meridians of the page, and sneered: "Mama don't worry, when I return to Beijing, I will tell my father and mother that Mama lost her life to protect me, and we will 'settle down' Mama's family well." ”
Mama Li's eyes were red, and she said fiercely, "You will not die well." ”
Shen Yafei got up and sprinkled the medicinal powder just now on the faces of the other six people, and the originally sturdy face slowly collapsed and melted into blood, and the smell of blood filled the entire trail.
"Oh, is it? I waited. Shen Yafei bent down and leaned in front of Mama Li.
Mama Li wanted to vomit but couldn't, her whole body was twitching, and her pupils kept dilating.
Shen Yafei stepped over from Mama Li's face and walked ahead of her.
The autumn wind blew, and coolly, Shen Yafei withdrew her coat, dizzy, maybe she accidentally inhaled a little drug just now. Shen Yafei's hands and feet became more and more weak, her body staggered, and she fell to the ground in a blink of an eye.
The autumn wind was bleak, the leaves were falling, and eight of the people lying on the ground slowly turned into one, a large pool of bright red blood and a small body lying not far away, covered in blood, made the path even more lifeless and gloomy.