Chapter 17: Mutations
"Brother." "Childe." Both of them wanted to persuade Huo Nanqi to think about it carefully, in fact, if it wasn't for the quick whip to send Mu Zixiao back to Beijing, it would not have been delayed for a long time. But Huo Nanqi seemed to be holding his breath in his heart, whether he could go up or down, or as if he had some other considerations, he couldn't persuade him, and the two of them didn't say much.
Because Mu Zixiao had no kung fu to keep up, and was worried that there would be a mutation, Mu Zixiao rested in Huo Nanqi's room that night.
Very early on the second day, if you take a bun of soy milk instead of Xiao Er and send it into the house, Mu Zixiao is still lying in bed, Huo Nanqi and Ruo Fei sit at the table and eat quietly, if you don't glance at Mu Zixiao on the bed as if she was holding back for a long time, she finally made up her mind, lowered her head and asked in a very small voice: "Childe, in fact, Mu Gongzi is five or six points similar to Yan Fengchang." As soon as these words came out, Huo Nanqi's hand holding the bun seemed to stop, but it returned to normal, and the bun entered and responded in a low voice: "En." ”
If he hadn't found out when he saw Mu Zixiao for the first time, he had always thought that Yan Feng's betrayal and departure had brought a lot of blows to Huo Nanqi, and if there was someone who was somewhat similar to him by Huo Nanqi's side, it might also be a comfort to him, even if he didn't like this person anymore, he would endure it for the sake of the young general.
Huo Nanqi's "um" verified Ruofei's inner thoughts, Huo Nanqi was holding a porcelain bowl, just raised his hand to drink the soy milk in the bowl, Yu Guang saw Ruofei's expression, and thought that Ruofei might have misunderstood something, so he whispered: "I have nothing to do with Yan Feng when I keep him around, I know very well that they are not alone." ”
"Childe, in addition to the similarity of their appearances, their temperaments and demeanors are indeed different, but it's okay." If it weren't for the slight curvature of the corners of his mouth, if Mu Zixiao could soothe the pain in the young general's heart, it would be a good choice.
Huo Nanqi didn't explain anything more, because that different feeling was indescribable. When I first saw Mu Zixiao, I was drunk and half unconscious, and Mu Zixiao was still holding the pipa and half covering his face, and I didn't see his appearance at all, and from then on, Huo Nanqi wanted to keep him by his side, no matter what his identity was.
And when he saw Mu Zixiao outside the broken house and turned around in a single dress, he had a face that was five points similar to Yan Feng, which really shocked Huo Nanqi for a moment, but it was only an illusion for that moment. He knew in his heart that these were two different people, who would never speak much, and who was calm in their hearts, but also not good at words, not liking their actions, and not smiling at their skin.
But Muzi's smile is always like a spring breeze that makes people feel comfortable, his unrestrained, sincere temperament, and a sincere smiling face, which can always make Huo Nanqi feel at ease, in this world, how many people look similar? If it has something to do with appearance, I don't know how many people will stand next to him.
Thinking of this, Huo Nanqi inadvertently laughed, "What funny thing are you talking about?" Mu Zixiao turned over and faced them, he just woke up with a nasal voice, the voice sounded like he was wronged, you are stealing something delicious, don't give me food, don't share it with me.
"It's nothing, Mu Gongzi, come down to eat." If it weren't for seeing Mu Zixiao wake up, he suddenly became nervous, a little worried about whether he heard the whispered words between him and Huo Nanqi just now, after all, no matter who it was, if he knew who he was, he would be so angry that he would be angry, so he hurriedly asked: "Mu Gongzi, have you just woken up?" ”
"Huh? There are buns to eat! Is it minced meat? Mu Zixiao didn't answer Ruo Fei, but saw the hot buns on the table like a starving ghost reincarnated, a bone jumped out of bed, sat on the table, stepped on the stool with one leg, picked up the bun and was about to eat, Huo Nanqi slapped his hand holding the bun and said, "Put on shoes and wash your hands." ”
"Oh." Muzi, who didn't eat the bun in his mouth, smiled and pursed his mouth, reluctantly put on his shoes, and came back after washing.
Muzi, who was eating steamed buns, smiled and kept asking, "What if not?" Did he finish eating? ”
"He went to inquire about the graves of those families first, and we need to check what the bodies look like." Huo Nanqi watched Muzi gobble down with a smile, poured him another bowl of soy milk, and handed it over.
"Corpses. Ahem, ahem! Muzi laughed and coughed wildly, Huo Nanqi hurriedly gave him relief, finally stopped coughing, and said softly: "No one is robbing you again, there is still after eating." Muzi finished drinking the soy milk with a smile, and finally muttered in a relaxed manner: "Brother, when I eat, you just say the corpse, can I not choke." ”
"I lost my words. I'm sorry. Huo Nanqi had been fighting all year round, and the corpses had already been strange, but he forgot that Mu Zixiao might never have been exposed to these horrific things, and he didn't apologize.
Mu Zi smiled at him with a solemn expression, this was the first time in the past few months that I had heard Huo Nanqi have heard him with such an attitude and such a gentle tone, even Huo Nanqi, who had never been soft in the face of the emperor at that time, actually apologized to him, he was really surprised, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't, brother, don't apologize to me, I owe you everything I said from beginning to end, I'm sorry, thank you, you are not allowed to tell me again." ”
Mu Zixiao felt that he really needed to sharpen his self-improvement, compared to Huo Nanqi, he was really weak, and the gap was far away, and he had to let others always take care of his emotions, so he despised himself fiercely in his heart, and bit the bun harder in his mouth.
Huo Nanqi saw that Mu Zixiao changed countless expressions in a few moments, and said with a smile: "Okay, I won't say it, you eat slowly." ”
"Let's go, I'm done." Mu Zixiao wiped his mouth, only to find that he had eaten too hard just now, and it was all on his face, no wonder Huo Nanqi stared at him and smiled, embarrassed.
Thinking about it, he pulled Huo Nanqi away from looking at him, and went to meet Ruo Fei, and as soon as the two went down to the corner of the stairs, they saw Ruo Fei coming with a woman. The woman was dressed in coarse linen clothes, her eyes seemed to have just cried, slightly red and swollen, and the two of them were about to look at each other, and when she saw Muzi smiling, her face was different, as if she was afraid, but she only paused for a moment, she still pounced, grabbed Huo Nanqi's arm and was about to kneel, Huo Nanqi hurriedly helped her up and looked at Ruofei.
"This is the mother of that Miss Yao, and when she heard that Gongzi wanted to inquire about it, she came with me." If it weren't for the explanation, the three of them wouldn't have paid much attention, but they just thought that this woman had lost her heart and had a difference on her face.
As soon as the woman mentioned her daughter, tears rained down: "Childe, my Cui'er disappeared after going to the river to wash clothes the day before yesterday, I am just this daughter, Childe, please help me!" As long as I can find my daughter, even if I serve my son as a cow and a horse for a lifetime, I will be willing! After saying that, he knelt down again, attracting the attention of others.
Mu Zixiao finally helped her up, and said gently: "Auntie, can you take us to the river to have a look?" The woman nodded her head again and again, and her eyes were full of longing, and after walking a few miles, before the four of them had come near, the woman screamed and ran away.
There is no one here, not far from a fairly clear river, there is a woman lying with an unusually slender body and a few traces of blood on her body by the river, her clothes can be vaguely seen to be gray and white, and the blood is slowly spreading under her body, soaking the surrounding grass and river water, making people feel that this woman is already lingering.
The three of them hurriedly stepped forward, and Huo Nanqi touched his neck with his fingers: "The person is still alive." The movement of his subordinates was extremely fast, and in a few moments, he had already sealed her acupuncture point so that the blood would not overflow, temporarily preserving her remaining breath.
"I'll go to the doctor." If it weren't for the fact that she had finished speaking and walked away, the woman could no longer cry, and cried out in her mouth: "My Cui'er, my miserable Cui'er." ”
The woman's face was pale and bloodless, and the two obvious blood holes in the erect neck were still faintly oozing a little black blood, the poisoning was deep, and the wound seemed to be bitten by sharp teeth, this tooth mark was a little weird, it seemed to be a snake, but it was much larger than the ordinary snake teeth, and there were no other wounds on the body except for the bruise marks of the rope binding.
It was as if the essence blood was sucked by some monster, but it didn't drain it, leaving her with a breath.
About half an hour later, if it weren't for a plainly dressed doctor with a medicine box on his back, he ran in a panic: "The doctor is here!" ”
The doctor leaned over to check for a moment, checked the pulse, checked the breath, and pricked the body with a silver needle, looked at it for a moment and shook his head with a sigh and said: "This girl will not live for a day, please mourn, I can't do anything about it." "The poison has entered the internal organs, and the blood is almost exhausted, even if Da Luo Tianxian is afraid, he is helpless, although Huo Nanqi is a military general, he can also see that this woman is indeed difficult to rescue, and the doctor is afraid that he has more than enough heart and not enough strength.
"Cui'er! Please, doctor, please, please! The woman cried several times and fainted, and firmly grasped the sleeve of the doctor's coat, as if she did not believe that her daughter was about to leave, and begged the doctor to try again, but the doctor shook his head helplessly, and apologized again and again, and if it was not for the trouble, he gave the silver, and let him go first.
As soon as the woman saw that the doctor was gone, her daughter's breath was weak and in extreme pain, and she was about to fall backwards as soon as she rolled her eyes, because Huo Nanqi had been checking the wound on the woman's neck, and Mu Zixiao was closest to the woman, so she raised her hand to catch her, and as soon as she opened her mouth to comfort her, she saw a fierceness in the woman's eyes.
At this moment, a cold light suddenly flashed in the woman's sleeve, Mu Zixiao's abdomen hurt, and blood suddenly overflowed, Mu Zixiao moved his mouth, gasped, and looked at her incredulously.
In the face of this sudden change, Huo Nanqi raised his hand and knocked the woman out with a palm, but he also collected his strength, left her breath, and said angrily: "What do you mean by this?" Your daughter is not our fault. After that, he grabbed Mu Zixiao's right shoulder and gently held it to prevent him from falling to the ground, and his right hand stopped the gushing blood in several places on his abdomen, helped him sit on the ground, and the fingers holding his shoulder tightened.
The woman who was beaten by a palm stood up on the ground, pointed at Muzi with a finger and said with a hideous face: "It's all you!" You don't believe what you say! After saying that, he spat out a mouthful of blood, looked at Mu Zixiao viciously, and stroked his chest to reveal a trace of viciousness: "You devil, I will send you to hell to accompany my Cui'er." ”
The three of them were stunned at the same time, Mu Zixiao was even more strange, he had never seen this woman, and the three of them only came to Nanping Town yesterday, if it weren't for the investigation of this matter, they would definitely not have any intersection with others, how could they say that he was a devil, and that he didn't believe in his words?
If it weren't for seeing Mu Zixiao in Huo Nanqi's arms, his face was pale, he was extremely painful, he was anxious and angry, he grabbed the woman's collar, and shouted angrily: "Mu Gongzi has no grudge against you, aren't you crazy!" Lifting a palm to slash her Tianling Gai, the corners of the woman's mouth were bloody, and her body was also crumbling, as if she was going to fall down at any time, but she still didn't have the slightest fear, staring at Mu Zi with hatred in her eyes.
"Wait, wait." Mu Zixiao pressed the wound on his abdomen, beads of sweat were already painful on his forehead, and he looked at the woman weakly and asked, "Have you ever seen the person who tied up your daughter, that person looks similar to me?" Mu Zixiao remembered that before getting up in the morning, he heard a few words between Huo Nanqi and Ruo Fei, and vaguely guessed that the person this woman might have seen was Yan Feng, but if it wasn't for the fact that they were only five points similar, he and this woman had seen each other up close, and he shouldn't admit his mistake.
Perhaps, the five-point similarity between Mu Zixiao and Yan Feng happened to be between the eyebrows and eyes, and the Yan Feng that this woman saw should have covered her face and exposed her face.
"Similar? It's obviously you, don't quibble, you promised me that as long as I do what you say, you will let my Cui'er go, but you, you... Before the woman could finish speaking, a sound of breaking bamboo pierced her throat, her head tilted, she drooped, and a long arrow stuck in her chest, killing her with one blow, and she lost her breath.
In an instant, hundreds of black-clothed people rushed out around, the cold light struck, Huo Nanqi and Ruo didn't raise their swords to block, and suddenly there was chaos, Huo Nanqi held Mu Zixiao with one hand, protected him by his side, the sword was full of energy, Huo Nanqi was ruthless, and he didn't leave any sense of proportion, and the oncoming black-clothed people fell under his sword one by one, spurting blood from their mouths, one batch was unfinished, and one batch came one after another.
Mu Zixiao, who was shaking from the fighting, roared in his ears, a mouthful of black blood spit out, his eyes gradually revealed a dark blue color, and his hand also hung down slightly to his side, softly resting on Huo Nanqi's body, Mu Zixiao felt that he was already a little unable to see what was in front of him, and in addition to the sound of weapons intersecting in his ears, there was a deep and beautiful voice calling his name over and over again: "Muzi smiled, don't sleep." "I'll take you away." I felt a little at ease, but I was still physically exhausted and fainted.
I don't know how long it took to get out of danger, Huo Nanqi and Ruofei's clothes were already stained with the blood of countless killers, and Mu Zixiao's body was not damaged except for the wound on his abdomen that had stopped bleeding. Huo Nanqi was also a little exhausted in order to protect him, although his martial arts were high and his kung fu was good, but the group of black-clothed people who attacked just now were not ordinary people, and Huo Nanqi was still slightly injured.