The sound of "tick-tock" water dripping sounded in the cloud-like room, not loud, but very clear.

Zhao Fu sat on the ground in fright, his face pale.

Qu Youying stood beside the bed, still maintaining the movement of turning around, her right hand hung down, and the red blood flowed down drop by drop, falling to the ground in a steady stream.

It was a scar from a sharp dagger that had been grazed along the tip of the finger, the depth of the incision and the amount of blood.

And that dagger, at this moment, is piercing a worm about the size of a man's hand, through the body, nailing to the corpse like a cloud.

The strength of the three points into the wood.

But the worm is still not dead, it is still dying.

"This is—" She squinted her eyes and saw Ruyun's bloody stomach before she reacted, "The Gu worm gnawed out?" ”

Mu Jingzhu strode in from the door and pulled Qu Youying away from the bedside.

"After the Gu worm breaks its body, it will look for the mother worm, but it chooses to attack you."

"Do I have a mother worm in my body?" As soon as Qu Youying finished speaking, she was hit on the head by Mu Jingzhu, she sighed and pouted dissatisfiedly, "Why did you hit me?" ”

"If the mother worm is in you, will you still live?" Mu Jingzhu gave her an idiot-like look, then tore off a strip of cloth from her clothes, raised her hand, and bandaged it carefully, "It was urgent just now, and it hurt you." ”

"It's fine." Qu Youying moved her fingers and grinned, "You will serve me in the future until I am healed." ”

Because it hurt her right hand, it was inconvenient, so Qu Youying felt that it was not too much to ask for such a request.

Mu Jingzhu raised his eyes and glanced at her, a hint of different color flashed in his eyes, which made Qu Youying's heart jump slightly, and when he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Fu trembling and gasping for breath, as if he had just come to his senses.

Qu Youying couldn't help but tease him.

"Lord Zhao, it was me who was attacked, and I was also the one who was injured, why does it seem that you are more frightened than me?"

"This, this is terrible, what is that bug, how can it be in her stomach? Could it be that she was bitten to death by bugs? ”

When the insect broke out of his body just now, Zhao Fu saw it head-on, the kind of picture of gnawing flesh and blood one bite at a time, gave him a lot of visual impact, until now he felt that his body was weak and his limbs were weak.

For the first time, he saw that there would be such a big worm in the stomach of a person, and it would gnaw at the flesh and blood of a person and break out.

"This is a Gu worm, Miao Jiang's Gu poison." Qu Youying explained, "Someone planted in Ruyun's body, now Ruyun is dead, and the Gu worm breaks out of the body, if it doesn't attack me, it can find the mother worm through it, and once the mother worm is found, maybe you will know who is the one who raised it." But now it's a pity. ”

She looked at the Gu worm that was struggling to die under the sharp blade, and felt very pity.

This method was what she had heard Qianxi say, but now there is no way.

"So what now?" Zhao Fu sat on the ground and pointed to the side of the bed, "The bug is dead." ”

"Then you need Lord Zhao's cooperation!"

Mu Jingzhu opened his mouth coldly, the timbre was extremely cold, and the dull low pressure gushed in an instant.

He carefully tied a knot on Qu Youying's fingers, then carefully put it in his hand and turned to face Zhao Fu.

"How do you need to cooperate?"

Zhao Fu swallowed his saliva, he didn't know when he was a little inexplicably afraid of Mu Jingzhu, especially afraid of facing his eyes, the pressure that came at any time was too big for him.

"Go to the Liang family and arrest Zhou Qing."

Mu Jingzhu dropped these six words, and walked out of the room with Qu Youying.

Zhao Fu was really stunned for a while before he reacted, but how did he arrest Zhou Qing? But Mu Jingzhu had already walked out, and he hurried to stand up.

But his feet were soft for a long time, and he tried several times before he reluctantly got up, and with his numb legs, he walked to the door with difficulty, looked at Mu Jingzhu's back, and asked loudly, "Mu Gongzi, he didn't commit a crime, how can I arrest him?" ”

"You can do it yourself, but I need to see him as soon as noon is over."

"After noon?" Zhao Fu looked up at the sky and twitched the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, "Can this be in time?" That's it, I'd better go back and discuss with my master! Who's that, Xiao Wang, come and help the official ......"

After Mu Jingzhu left, Zhao Fu really rested for a while, and then slowly returned to the county office to discuss the arrest with the master.

And here, Mu Jingzhu took Qu Youying to the pharmacy to better deal with the wounds on his hands, but he was still not at ease, so he turned back to Ruyun's house, wrapped the dead Gu worm with something, and then wrote a letter asking someone to give it to Qianxi quickly.

First, I wanted to ask about the toxicity of this Gu worm, and secondly, I wanted to learn some relevant news through this substance.

Qu Youying quietly watched him finish everything, supported his head with one hand, yawned lazily, and said, "Is the body of Ruyun not examined?" ”

"No need."

"Oh." She didn't ask much, anyway, her hand was injured and she couldn't move, she yawned again and said, "So what do we do now?" You asked Zhao Fu to suddenly arrest Zhou Qing, did you believe what Ruyun said yesterday? ”

"I-" Mu Jingzhu opened his mouth, and before he could answer, he saw Xiao Wang running towards them all the way, and it seemed that he had been looking for them for a while.

Seeing that they were sitting on a roadside stall drinking tea, he hurriedly ran over.

Seeing that he was panting, Qu Youying kindly poured him a glass of water and handed it over, "Drink the water and talk about it." ”

Xiao Wang was not polite, he drank it when he picked it up, then put down the water cup, wiped his mouth, and said, "Lord Zhao called the little one to inform the two of you that Zhou Qing is already in the county office." ”

Qu Youying's action of drinking tea was slightly sluggish, and she asked suspiciously, "Zhao Fu is so efficient?" ”

"It's not the adults who invited him, it was Zhou Qing who came to the yamen to beat the drum, saying that he killed someone, and now he is turning himself in."

Qu Youying's eyes narrowed, "Would he find out with such a conscience?" ”

"I don't know about this little one, the adults just asked the little ones to find the two adults to go back."

Qu Youying didn't speak, and looked at the wooden candle opposite with a glass of water.

Mu Jingzhu sat there drinking tea from beginning to end, and did not make any decisions about Xiao Wang's words.

He didn't speak, Qu Youying wouldn't make decisions for him, so he handed the water cup to his mouth and continued to drink tea.

None of them moved, but Xiao Wang was confused. He looked at this for a while, looked at that for a while, and finally couldn't help asking, "Two adults, can you go back to the yamen with the younger one?" ”

"There's no hurry." Mu Jingzhu finally finished drinking the tea in his hand, lightly pressed the teacup on the table, and said without raising his head, "After noon, we will naturally go back." ”

"But—"

Mu Jingzhu directly interrupted him and said, "Have you found the whereabouts of Xiangpo?" ”

Before he asked Xiao Wang to inquire about the whereabouts of Xiang Po, no matter what, Xiang Po played a very key role in this matter, so no matter where people go, they must live to see people and dead to see corpses.

But Xiao Wang still shook his head, "Xiao used all his connections to find it, but since the first person died, Xiang Po has disappeared." Some people say they saw her out of town, others say they didn't see her at all, and no one knew where she went. ”

"What then?"

Qu Youying was also a little melancholy when she heard it, no matter what, Xiangpo was just greedy for money, as long as she was willing to admit it, it was the best witness.

But she disappeared too completely.

Just when the two were silent, Mu Jingzhu suddenly stood up and said to Xiao Wang, "You go back and tell Zhao Fu that no matter how many means he uses, he must keep Zhou Qing." ”

Although Xiao Wang didn't know what the decision he told him to do was it, he still did it.

Looking at the back of Xiao Wang Lisuo walking away, Qu Youying pulled Mu Jingzhu's sleeve, "Do you want to go to the Liang family?" ”

Mu Jingzhu looked at the bustling crowd on the street, and suddenly said with a smile, "I suspect that Xiangpo is in the Liang family." ”

Qu Youying's eyelids twitched, and almost instantly thought of a possibility.

But this possibility is far better than the truth.

They found a broken corpse in the courtyard of Zhou Qing's house of the Liang family, and then they dug up almost the entire courtyard to gather a corpse.

The bones were rotting and unrecognizable, and it was impossible to tell who it was.

So Qu Youying asked the housekeeper for a pen and paper, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and began to touch the bones and draw the skin.

After all, it was not a complete white bone, and the skull was not broken, so it was not difficult for Qu Youying.

With just a few brushstrokes, she sketched a rough outline, followed by a thrush, eyes, nose, bridge, and lips, and soon, a lifelike picture of a human face was drawn.

When the butler standing on the side saw her face, he gasped and pointed to the face, looking horrified, "How could it be her?" ”

"Who is this person?"

"Xiang Po!" The butler affirmed that she was the missing Xiangpo. But why did Xiang Po appear in Master Zhou's courtyard? ”

"Naturally, someone split the body and hid it." Qu Youying put down the brush and handed the portrait to Mu Jingzhu, "What do you think?" ”

Mu Jingzhu took the portrait and looked at it, and said to the housekeeper, "You go to the yamen to report to the official, and you will say that you have found Xiangpo." ”

After all, there was such a big thing, and the housekeeper didn't dare to delay, and ran away in person.

It didn't take long for Zhao Fu to come to the Liang family with his master, Xiao Wang and others, and Zhou Qing himself went with him all the way.

But they didn't see Mu Jingzhu, only Qu Youying was sitting in the courtyard, drinking tea lightly, and on the ground behind her was the corpse of Xiang Po.

Although it was covered with a white cloth, the smell of rot filled the entire air in the summer heat, and with the breathing of the person, it invaded the lungs little by little, which was very disgusting.

Zhao Fu was the first person who couldn't stand it, he covered his mouth with his hand, and said vaguely, "Gongzi Qu, where did Gongzi Mu go?" Is that corpse the one that belongs to the Buddha? But how could Xiang Po be in Zhou Qing's yard? How did she die? ”

Qu Youying put down the teacup, glanced at Zhao Fu, and said lazily, "Lord Zhao, you asked so many questions in one breath, what should I say?" ”

"Then tell me the truth?"

"Well, that's it." Qu Youying slapped her hands, pointed at Zhao Fu with her hand wrapped in gauze, and said word by word, "The murderer is-you-"

Zhao Fu looked behind him along the hand, and found that the object of Qu Youying's finger turned out to be- "Master? ”

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