Sixteen. Red lotus
When Ling Feng landed in the back garden of Guihong Villa from the sky, Li Shuanglan was picking a goldenrod in the garden and introduced the many poisons of this flower to Qi Li - Li Shuanglan had read in Li Yuanqing's pharmacopoeia that the flowers of goldenrod are poisonous and make people drunk.
It's not that Li Shuanglan has nothing to do, because she has been in contact with Qi Li recently and often vaguely smells a strange fragrance from him, this strange fragrance is not like the incense used by Feng Ya Gongzi from time to time, slightly like the sandalwood between the temples and Buddha halls, but it is slightly different from the sandalwood, it is difficult for others to distinguish, but Li Shuanglan is not very human, after several careful distinctions, it is like a kind of incense, Li Shuanglan is strange in his heart, this fragrance comes from Qi Li's clothes, and he himself is unaware, and then look at Qi Li's complexion is ruddy, there is no malaise, Coupled with the mellow fragrance on his clothes, it was obvious that Qi Li often came into contact with this incense, and Li Shuanglan suspected that this incense should be used by Qi Li, not that he was assassinated.
So she picked a goldenrod that could cause a coma, and tried to test Qi Li's reaction, and sure enough, Qi Li listened to her with a smile on his face and a focused expression, during which he asked several times what herbs could make people happy or sad, and what herbs could make people amnesia or be apprehensive.
"That being the case, it has to be a Gu canon." Li Shuanglan said that when she was still in Jiangnan a few months ago, she fell into the Sleeping Gu, and it was Li Yuanqing who found the way to crack it from his Gu Classic.
Although Qi Li is kind and gentle, he has prided himself on being noble since he was a child, and he is not the same as mortals, so Qi Li is actually cold-hearted and arrogant, but this time he treats Li Shuanglan very kindly, and his attitude is not the same as others, which is to fall in love with Li Shuanglan's medical skills.
If he can get Li Shuanglan's help, what he plans may be very helpful.
"That sister is proficient in Gu Dian?" Qi Li then asked, seemingly impatient.
It's just that before Li Shuanglan could speak, he saw Ling Feng flying on the wall and landing in the garden, and opened his mouth and said:
"Frost! So you're here! I've been looking for you for a long time! ”
"Uh......"
Ling Feng hurriedly ran to Li Shuanglan, took her hands and looked left and right at her, her expression was still a little excited, as if she was still observing whether she was poisoned and had not recovered, and she didn't look at Qi Li beside her, and said with a little grievance after seeing that Li Shuanglan was safe:
"I wanted to dig up the coffin to save you, but you were taken away, I have been looking for you everywhere these days, who have you been rescued by?"
“……”
"This ...... This one...... I ......"
Li Shuanglan thought quickly, Qi Li's identity was secret, the fewer people who knew his identity, the better, at this time Ling Feng suddenly appeared in front of him, if Ling Feng showed half of the information that he knew the inside story, Qi Li would not hesitate to kill Ling Feng, even if Ling Feng was the junior disciple of Sheng Jiuchao.
At this time, Qi Li, although his expression was still kind, there was coldness in his eyes, and even the bamboo fan in his hand was a little tighter.
Ling Feng and Li Shuanglan "greeted" for a while, and finally noticed Qi Li beside him, he asked Qi Li with a smile, "You saved Shuanglan!" Thank you, are you a friend of Frostland? ”
Ling Feng smiled sincerely, but if you looked closely, you would see that there was a stiffness in his smile.
Li Shuanglan rolled his eyes, and said without waiting for Qi Li to answer: "Yes, Qi Gongzi is a good friend I met when I was in Jiangnan, and he rescued me from the coffin this time." ”
After hearing this, Ling Feng bowed to Qi Li very gratefully, and said, "Thank you Young Master Qi for saving Shuanglan, Ling Feng is grateful." ”
These words were taught to him by Li Shuangxuan, and he said so when he saw Li Shuanglan.
Li Shuangxuan thought for a while when he learned that Sheng Jiuchao was doing things for Qi Li, thinking that Sheng Jiuchao would probably inform Qi Li about Li Shuanglan's close relationship with Ling Feng, but for Qi Li, he didn't know what the friendship between Li Shuanglan and Ling Feng was, whether it was to the point of knowing everything.
If Ling Feng had asked this question, Qi Li would have determined that Li Shuanglan had been so intimate with Ling Feng that he had told Ling Feng everything about his inviolability, and even let Ling Feng open the coffin to rescue her after her death, and the friendship was extraordinary.
Qi Li's eyes shuttled back and forth between the two for a while, as if he was observing something, and after a while, Qi Li's expression relaxed, threw away the fan, and said with a smile: "My sister has a guest, I won't bother, so I will leave, oh yes, if the guest wants to stay permanently, just inform the next person, don't be polite." With that, he waved his hand and got up to leave.
"In this way, Ling Feng can always be by Shuanglan's side without making Qi Li suspicious."
In the Liewang Mansion, Li Shuangxuan frowned and drank the decoction that conditioned the body, took the candied fruit handed over by Xiao Luo, and then said:
"Besides, I think Shuanglan should be very happy that Feng Lin can accompany her by her side, I still know this little girl's thoughts."
"Ahh
Li Shuanglan of Guihong Villa sneezed, pulled Ling Feng to the courtyard where he was to arrange a place for him, and said as he walked:
"My sister must have taught you that! I know her best, and she has a lot of ghost eyes! ”
"Ahh
Li Shuangxuan of the palace also sneezed, she smiled and said that Shuanglan was shy, and actually whispered bad things about her behind her back!
After half a month, Li Shuanglan was proficient in poison pharmacology, and gradually got to treat each other with blue eyes, and gradually became familiar with the people of Guihong Villa, and few people stopped and took care of her when she walked around the villa.
On this day, Qi Li took her out of the village, and when she went out of the village, she was asked to wear a hat and a light veil to cover her face, not to show her true face, Li Shuanglan said in her heart Qi Li was probably worried that she would be recognized, she should have been a dead person, and she died not naturally, but died by the Holy Decree, and Qi Li should be careful and vigilant.
The carriage and horses traveled for a long time, to a rather large town, this town is densely populated, prosperous and lively, a little like Shiping Town, Qi Li took Li Shuanglan to a big temple to stand still, Li Shuanglan looked up, the plaque in front of the temple door is engraved with the words "Red Lotus Lady", there are many people worshipping in the temple, bursts of fragrant fragrance come from the temple, Li Shuanglan sniffed for a while, and immediately distinguished that this fragrant fragrance is the same as the strange fragrance on Qi Li's clothes.
"Could it be that Qi Li often comes here to offer incense and worship, so his body is contaminated with this fragrance?"
Li Shuanglan thought, led by Qi Li into the temple, the courtyard is huge, a spacious stone road leads directly to the entrance of the main hall, there are four stone towers on both sides, the stone tower is carved with many fairies holding musical instruments, the form is beautiful, as if flying to the sky, there are three three-legged tripods, the tripod is full of incense offered by the people who come to worship here, the green smoke is curling, the clouds and mist are swirling.
The main hall is spacious and bright, the smell is even worse, the altar is enshrined is a golden statue, this statue is a young woman, stepping on the lotus platform, holding a lotus flower, the face is quiet and beautiful, the posture is elegant, the dress is fluttering, it seems to be dancing, and it seems to have been repaired the avenue, and it will immediately fly above the nine heavens.
There are several futons under the statue, all of them are kneeling and worshipping, very pious, and the people who worship are different, there are middle-aged women, there are scholars in green shirts, there are young girls, and there are old people with white hair.
Different ages and identities, but they are all equally focused, all bow down with their hands together, chanting words in their mouths, Qi Li stretched out his hand to take three incense sticks, raised the incense over the top and bowed three times, and enshrined the incense on the incense case.
Li Shuanglan quietly looked at Qi Li under the hat, only to see that although Qi Li offered incense, but his expression was not respectful, but a little playful, the corners of his mouth were slightly provoked, with a three-point sneer, Li Shuanglan looked up at the statue again, and looked at it for a long time, I don't know if she saw it badly or it was like this, she actually felt that this statue was seven points similar to herself.
Not only the face, but also the body shape is extremely similar.
Looking at the people in the temple again, they all forgot themselves and reveled in it.
There are women with sad faces, although their eyes are closed, there are still tears rolling down and staining their clothes, their lower lips are shaking and their breathing is unsteady, I don't know what sad things they think, and there are young people with euphoric expressions, and their heads are "bang" straight sounds, and their mouths are reading "The Red Lotus Fairy helps me to gain fame", etc., there are stout men with horizontal eyebrows and vertical eyes and expressions of resentment, although their hands are folded but very hard, the back of their hands and wrists are broken with green tendons, and there are young women who are crying, very sad and sad.
"The Red Lotus Fairy will definitely help me kill that thief!"
"Fairy mercy! Let my husband know that he is lost, and let that slut die a good death! ”
"The Red Lotus Lady is above, bless my son with good health and no longer suffer from illness."
“……”
Li Shuanglan stood in the crowd, seeing that everyone was sad or happy, angry or angry, his emotions were volatilized to the extreme, and he was suspicious, the red lotus lady enshrined in this hall did not know which way the fairy was enshrined, and it was more incense than the fairy spirit priest enshrined in the ordinary temple, could it be that this red lotus lady was so effective that even Qi Li personally brought her here to pay respects?
But how can so many pilgrims in this temple be so excited? As if she had been bewitched, she believed in this red lotus lady, no more peaceful and serene than the worshippers in other temples, Li Shuanglan's face hidden in the hat was full of doubts, she naturally didn't believe that any immortal would be so effective, if there was a problem, I am afraid it would be in this temple.
Li Shuanglan took advantage of Qi Li's conversation with others, and quietly broke off a section of incense and hid it in his sleeve.
The hall was full of incense, and after a while, Li Shuanglan felt that his breathing was not smooth, and he came to the outside of the hall to take off the hat, but was stopped by Qi Li.
"Sister, be careful, don't let people see your sister's face."
Li Shuanglan put down the hand that took off the hat and said:
"I understand that my brother is afraid that I will be recognized and cause trouble, after all, it is inconvenient for me to show up now."
Qi Li took Li Shuanglan's hand and walked to the back garden outside the hall, and said in a low voice as he walked:
"My sister has thought about it a lot, I wonder if my sister has paid attention to the appearance of the red lotus lady?"
"No, is there anything abnormal about the Red Lotus Lady?"
Qi Li threw away the fan, did not answer, the two of them joined hands to a secluded and uninhabited place in the garden, sitting in a gazebo, at this time Li Shuanglan took off the hat, suddenly felt that the air was fresh, refreshing, Qi Li looked at the eaves of the Red Lotus Lady Hall not far away, gently shook the fan, and suddenly said:
"Sister, do you know what I've been hiding for many years?"
Li Shuanglan saw that Qi Li's face was solemn, his expression was no longer as peaceful as before, and there was a vague sense of slaughter, so he rubbed the Buddha beads in his hand and said after consideration:
"My brother's status is precious, if there is no Xiao family, he will now be the lord of the world."
Hearing this, Qi Li put away the bamboo fan and looked more serious.
"But the unpredictable country has caused my Qi family to suffer this catastrophe, but fortunately, my brother has left a life, so that my Qi family will not die tragically, but ...... If it were just an ordinary family, it would never be able to suffer this great shame, let alone our family. ”
Qi Li turned his head to look at Li Shuanglan, Li Shuanglan saw that his face was not good, but it didn't look like he was facing her, so he continued:
"The Xiao family is unscrupulous, you and I, as the descendants of the Qi family, must avenge our ancestors, recover the rivers and mountains, and revive the Qi family!"
After Li Shuanglan finished speaking, Qi Li stood up, stood in the pavilion and looked at the scenery in the garden, standing in the wind, his body was solemn, he stood still for a long time, and let Li Shuanglan see the taste of overlooking all living beings in his back.
"Sister Hui Lanxin, guessed well."
Qi Li turned around and said.
"When I was a child, I decided to return to my Zhou Dynasty and mountains, kill the Xiao family, and avenge my father.
He pointed to the Red Lotus Lady Temple and said:
"In the south of this Yuzhou, there is a spiritual mountain, the mountain is steep and few people are intimidated, this red lotus lady will practice on this spiritual mountain, three years ago into the WTO, help the worries and difficulties, very effective, gradually this red lotus lady will be worshipped, up this temple, and she has a lot of followers, all of them are grateful to her, loyalty, the folk is the rise of the red lotus sect, the red lotus lady as a guide, respect her as the fairy girl, devout worship."
"Now this Red Lotus Sect is quite powerful, not only in this Yuzhou territory, there are hundreds of thousands of sect members, and there are sect strongholds in various places, if it takes a long time, it will be a big help to the uprising."
"It's not easy for me to build this Red Lotus Sect single-handedly, but if you want this Red Lotus Sect to be more powerful, you need my sister's help."
Qi Li walked up to Li Shuanglan and carefully examined Li Shuanglan's face.
"My sister is very similar to this Red Lotus Lady, why don't you be this Red Lotus Holy Maiden and gather people's hearts more for my brother, how about it?"