The huddled body trembled helplessly, he didn't understand what the people outside were doing, why didn't his father and mother come to him, and those voices...... Why is it so scary.

It's a dream.

He couldn't think of a reason, and he convinced himself over and over again that he must be dreaming, otherwise how could he be so incomprehensible, otherwise why would those terrible voices fill his ears.

He closed his eyes tightly, thinking to himself that when he opened his eyes again, he would wake up from the dream, and Auntie would gently pull him up from the bed, Daddy would let him study hard, and he would eat the cold cake that he had been thinking about all night.

Chilled cake ...... Chilled cake ...... Obviously it is a cold word, why is it getting hotter and hotter, there seems to be a stove set up overhead, and the hot current gathers from all directions, spreading into the eternal absurd dark night.

He shrank in the cellar, always remembering A-Niang's words, he had to be obedient and obedient, and he didn't move or make a sound.

Until the night passed, the heat had subsided, and a ray of heavenly light crept into the ground through the cracks, shining into his closed eyes, and he shrank and pushed the door open, only to see corpses and blood all over the ground, spread on the scorched earth that had been burned black, like a piece of erosive red flower embroidered with luxury, exuding a pungent and rotten smell.

That's a sign of killing and death.

He climbed out of the cellar, it was really like a dream, but when he woke up, there was a dead silence in the huge mansion, there was no father and mother, no mother-in-law who took care of him, and no housekeeper son who laughed and played with him.

There are no cold cakes either.

When Zhou Zhi got up in the morning and was about to go out, he heard a knock on the door - a radiant Xie Gongzi was standing at the door.

Zhou Zhi felt that he and Xie Jianmian might be a little guilty, or that if Gongzi Xie didn't come to stimulate him one day, he would probably feel uncomfortable, otherwise why would he come to him early in the morning, it was really the murder of the day.

In fact, just looking at Xie Jianmian's face, Zhou Zhi is very appreciative and happy to appreciate it, he is not very interested in beauty, and he has little time to watch beauties on weekdays, but Xie Jianmian's face happened to match his appetite, Zhou Zhi had to admit that he was indeed amazed by the whiteness under the night when they met for the first time.

If there is only a skin, there is no problem at all for him and Yan Yuese, but when he thinks of the bad behavior of the person under the skin, Zhou Zhi immediately erected a beauty barrier, and the beauty who has caused disaster to the country and the people is for the king.

As expected, today's meeting between the two of them must have been lightning and thunder, and fire and thunderbolt.

Zhou Zhi felt that since he was destined not to die well, then he had to seize the opportunity and strike first, but he was still a step too late - the "greeting" that had just been brewed was preempted by Xie Jianmian before he could say it, it seemed that the other party was prepared, and Zhou Zhi sighed.

Xie Jianmian felt that the colorful expressions on Zhou Zhi's face were very interesting, Zhou Zhutou's joys, sorrows, and sorrows were all clearly written on his facial features, and he didn't have to guess to know what the other party was thinking, it seemed that his impression of Zhou Zhutou was really not very good.

Probably because he really has some bad tastes that appear from time to time, or Zhou Zhutou's deflated appearance is very fresh and cute, he can't help but tease him, but most of them are on a whim, he doesn't want to really have a bad relationship with Zhou Zhi.

It seems that it is impossible to let Zhou Zhutou take the initiative to improve the relationship between the two, Xie Jianmian sighed and opened his mouth first, but he didn't know that this opening poked Zhou Zhutou's pain point again: "You haven't eaten breakfast yet, have you, I cooked noodles, come over and eat a little?" “

"Huh?" The fist stretched out and fell into the tofu, Zhou Zhi, who was determined to start a war, didn't react for a while, and didn't understand why Xie Jianmian suddenly changed his attitude, and the evil fox spirit turned into a gentle and virtuous little white rabbit, this gap is really a bit big.

Xie Jianmian shrugged: "Come on, Zhou Zhutou, it's not poisoned." ”

Zhou Zhi knew that he had a problem, he was extremely soft-hearted, he was not afraid of the other party's hard sword and soft sword, he could withstand it if he let the horse come over, but he just couldn't stand the soft and gentle attitude, and he couldn't hold it as soon as the other party reined in.

Xie Jianmian was so angry at this time, it was cooking noodles and an invitation, Zhou Zhi almost immediately relaxed, and the twelve-point vigilance was dispersed, and he followed Xie Jianmian into the next door in a daze.

It wasn't until he sat on the wooden bench and was placed a bowl of noodles and a pair of bamboo chopsticks in front of him that Zhou Zhi realized that this was the enchantress who brought disaster to the country and the people to confuse him? Otherwise, how could he forget the "new hatred and old hatred" so without a position?

What is the idea of the eldest prince Xie again?

He couldn't eat it accurately, so he cautiously picked up the chopsticks, raised his eyelids and peeked at the other side, facing Xie Jianmian's gaze.

Xie Jianmian thought it was funny, he didn't kill anyone or set fire, he wasn't a heinous villain, he just made a verbal joke, it wasn't even an attack, Zhou Zhi's appearance when he saw him was like a great enemy was really groundless.

"What's wrong?"

Peeking at the captured bag, Zhou Zhi retracted his gaze, carefully picked up a noodle, and raised his head again: "I didn't think you would cook noodles?" ”

Xie Jianmian didn't expect him to brew for a long time, so he brewed such a sentence, and smiled lightly: "When I was bored, I didn't know what to do many times. ”

Zhou Zhi nodded to show his understanding, children from rich and noble families, since childhood, do not worry about food and clothing, worry about less things, idle began to grow crazy, feel curious about everything, and most of the family members are willing to connive, so the children who grow up in this way will actually have more skills, unlike the children who are hard to pull the children of the poor people, as far as the eye can see, they are facing the loess with their backs to the sky, and there are no extra opportunities at all.

Xie Jianmian said that it was probably modest to be able to eat it, or maybe Xie Gongzi really felt that this kind of taste could only barely satisfy his stomach, anyway, Zhou Zheng was used to being rough on weekdays, and at this time, he could eat a bowl of steaming noodle soup early in the morning, and the taste of the noodles was unexpectedly good, he was already satisfied, and even had a feeling of home for a long time.

How long has it been since no one has given him warmth when he is busy and busy, he looked at the face opposite that was a little hazy with heat, and his heartstrings seemed to be plucked by something, and he was confused for a moment.

"I'm done." Zhou Zhi staggered his gaze, picked up the dishes and washed them, and only then calmed down the agitation in his heart.

"Let's go, go to the government office."

Xie Jianmian nodded and followed, and the two of them barely spoke along the way, except for exchanging two sentences of the case, which made the atmosphere a little strange.

Zhou Zhi sighed in his heart, feeling that his love for softness was probably serious again, but it was just a bowl of noodles, so why did it make him uneasy all the way.

"Hey, Zhou Zhi." Xu Jia came out of the morgue and saw Zhou Zhi and Xie Jianmian walking side by side, he called Zhou Zhi with a solemn face, glanced at Xie Jianmian and added, "Xiao Xie, you can come too." ”

"Discovery?"

Zhou Zhi followed Xu Jia into the morgue, where the bodies of Gao Yiqiu and Fu Qian were parked, although the weather was not very hot, but after all, it had been a few days, and the corpses had begun to emit an unpleasant smell, and there was inevitably some rancid smell between breaths.

Xie Jianmian frowned, he was not used to entering the morgue for the first time, but he didn't say anything in the end, and he didn't notice that Zhou Zhi looked at him with a little uneasiness.

"You see, I found this." Xu Jia stepped forward, stopped in front of Fu Qian's corpse, leaned down slightly to uncover the white cloth covering the corpse, he pulled up Fu Qian's trouser legs, pointed to his ankles, and saw that there were two small red marks.

Zhou Zhi stepped forward, stared at it for a while, and asked uncertainly, "Is this ...... Snake bitten? ”

"Hmm." Xu Jia nodded.

"When?"

"The wound is fresh, probably yesterday."

Yesterday...... Fu Qian died yesterday, this wound obviously could not have been bitten after death, then it could only be in the last hour or two of Fu Qian's life, Fu Qian was a firewoodman, and most of the time he had to go out early in the morning to chop wood, so it is very likely that he was bitten while chopping wood, which was the last injury he suffered before his death......

"And." Xu Jia's eyes became dark, and he said meaningfully, "This snake is poisonous. ”

"Toxic? So he wasn't strangled to death, he died of snake venom? ”

Xu Jia shook his head: "No." He was bitten by a venomous snake, but before the venom spread, the venom dissipated, and by the time he died, there was little left. ”

So it is even more impossible for Fu Qian to hang himself, a person who is determined to die, where will he find fault with the way to die, if Fu Qian really doesn't want to live, then being bitten by a poisonous snake is lucky for him, no need to choose means, no need to do it yourself, just lie quietly on the bed and wait for death, saving time and effort. But the snake venom was detoxified, no matter what method was used, it all represented Fu Qian's desire to survive, he didn't want to die, how could he hang himself with a hemp rope after the hard work of detoxification.

"Can you see what the antidote is?"

Xu Jia stretched out his hand and clicked on the red marks from the two snake teeth through the void: "If it is taken internally, it will be troublesome, I am afraid that it will be dissected, fortunately it is not taken internally, I found the residual juice after medication near the wound, but I don't know what it is." ”

He took out a tightly wrapped cloth bag and handed it to Zhou Zhi: "This is the medicinal juice I wiped off Fu Qian's wound, it has long been steamed and dried, but fortunately the powder has been preserved, you can find someone to take it to the pharmacy and ask to see what it is." ”

Zhou Zhi took the cloth bag, and wanted to send it to Xie Jianmian casually, but after thinking about it, he turned a corner halfway through his hand, he called He Si, and after a few words, He Si took the cloth bag and went out.

"Forget it, you go out first." It is already amazing that Xie Gongzi can endure it for so long, Zhou Zhi always feels that he will be suffocated in the next second, he has a short mouth, and he has just eaten other people's noodles, and it makes sense to take care of him at this time.

Xie Jianmian raised his eyelids and glanced at Zhou Zhi, his eyelids were very thin, and they looked like wings in the dim room, and the long and dense eyelashes between the raised eyes drew a shadow on the eyelids, which was as light as a piece of paper.

Zhou Zhi's throat was inexplicably dry and tight.