There was a woman lying in the ice coffin, no, to be precise, it was a female corpse, and it was a shriveled female corpse, the moisture in her whole body seemed to have been drained, her skin was tightly attached to the bones, her eyes were deeply sunken, and she could even vaguely see the outline of her eyeballs, but even so, He Xi could vaguely feel that this woman was once a dignified and beautiful beauty, and the clothes on her body, although they had been baptized by time, had faded slightly. But you can see the former luxury and grace from the lines of the clothes, and the bun is also meticulously combed.

She was shocked, "This-"

Hui Jue stepped forward and reached out to caress the female corpse's cheek, looking spoiled, that kind of pampering, He Xi couldn't be more familiar, Mu Cheng would also see himself like this in the past.

She couldn't help but look at Hui Jue, Hui Jue's eyes were red, but the crystal of her eyes couldn't be suppressed, Hui Jue said faintly: "The person lying here is my sister-"

He Xi stood in place and responded lightly, but Hui Jue didn't seem to care if He Xi would respond, he said to himself: "Maybe you all know her, she is the Qi concubine of the first emperor, the scourge that was scolded by the world." ”

A mocking smile rose at the corner of Huijue's mouth, and He Xi said in shock: "Concubine Qi? But Concubine Qi who lives in the Autumn Dew Palace? ”

Hui Jue sneered and said, "How many Qi concubines are there in this world?" ”

He Xi looked at this secret room, and suddenly thought of something, she said: "So, the place where the secret room of the Autumn Dew Hall finally leads is the scripture building of Zhaohua Temple?" ”

Huijue looked at He Xi in surprise and said, "How do you know?" ”

He Xi smiled bitterly at the corner of his lips: "Because now I live in the Autumn Dew Palace, I just found it by chance." It's just that since Concubine Qi is the concubine of Emperor Taizu, even if she is alive, she is nearly a hundred years old, but the abbot, you-" He Xi looked Hui Jue up and down, looking only about half a hundred.

Hui Jue smiled miserably, he looked at the somewhat terrifying female corpse in the ice coffin with affection, and said: "Back then, when she entered the palace, I thought of the day when she entered the palace, how the royal family was kind, it was just a benefit, so I secretly found someone to build a secret passage, until she finally received the emperor's decree to execute her, and she was willing to go with me." ”

Hui Jue seemed to recall the previous events, with some nostalgic smiles on the corners of his lips, he said to himself: "But the good times don't last long, I originally wanted to wait until the limelight passed, send her away from the calendar, and live with a different identity, but I didn't want to work hard for only a few months, she began to faint, vomit blood, and her body slowly began to fester——"

"Why?" He Xi asked puzzled.

"It should be poisoned, in a place like the palace, her temperament is innocent and straightforward, and she doesn't know if she was designed." Although there was a complaint in his tone, he could still hear a brother's doting on his sister.

"So I went through the ancient books day and night, and finally found a cure, which could restore her appearance and restrain the poison in her body." Hui Jue said.

"Is there something wrong?" He Xi asked, although Concubine Qi's skin is all shrunk together now, but through the black and thick hair, it can still be seen that she should not be very old when she died.

"The materials of this elixir are very scarce, I searched for a long time before I got the measurement, and it was recorded in the ancient book that the chance of success is very small, if it fails, it is a life-saving medicine, and it will become a life-saving medicine." Huijue seemed to think of the despair at that time, and sat down beside the ice coffin.

He Xi listened quietly, she seemed to be out of her mind, and asked, "Then what?" ”

"This drug has an incubation period of three days, and it can only be seen three days after taking the drug, whether it is successful or not, so I-"

"That's why you're trying the medicine, aren't you?" He Xi said.

Huijue nodded, and then he said bitterly: "But the day after I took the medicine, she couldn't hold on and left me alone." Three days later, I found out that the medicine had worked, but I couldn't save her. ”

"The man in black took away the Huanyan Pill, and the second half of that ancient book is also about the refining method of this pill." He Xi said lightly.

Huijue nodded.

He Xi only felt that the strength of her body was being drained little by little, and she looked at the humanity in the ice coffin: "That means that even if I find a prescription, I am not very sure that I can save the epidemic in Shuzhong, right?" ”

Hui Jue said: "Not necessarily, I have difficulty refining because one of the medicines in it is not pure, if it is replaced by a devil, the efficacy of the medicine will be improved, and at that time, it will be the real elixir of the flesh and bones of the living dead." ”

However, the next sentence extinguished He Xi's renewed hope, and he said: "It's just that the devil is almost extinct, otherwise I wouldn't retreat to the second." ”

He Xi stopped talking, and just when Huijue thought she was going to give up, He Xi said firmly: "Since this is the case, we can only find the man in black, even if there is a glimmer of life, I can't give up." ”

Hui Jue looked at He Xi's firm eyes, and only nodded slowly after a while, he said, "Shuzhong, is there a very important person for a donor?" ”

He Xi was stunned, lowered her head, she hid her expression in the shadows, and said after a while: "Well, it's very important, no matter what, I must treat him and the people of Shuzhong." ”

Seeing He Xi's determined appearance, Hui Jue actually felt that there was once a woman standing in front of him, and said playfully: "Brother, don't worry, Your Majesty has taken me with deep affection, no matter what, I must enter the palace." ”

Seeing that Huijue was distracted, He Xi asked again: "Since the abbot has refined this elixir, do you still remember the prescription?" ”

"It was a few decades ago, and I can't remember the measurement and proportion of many medicinal materials, but I can help the donor list all the medicinal materials needed." Hui Jue recalled carefully.

He Xi suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a deep voice: "He Xi thank the abbot for his help. ”

When I came out of the scripture building, I happened to see a monk running over panting, and when he saw He Xi and Huijue standing together, he was stunned at first, and then folded his hands together and performed the Buddha ceremony.

Hui Jue said: "But what clues are there?" ”

The man nodded again and again, "We found this in the cave in the back mountain, it should be the thief's thing, and-"

He stretched out his hand and presented the thing in his hand, it was a worn-out purse, He Xi took it and carefully identified it, and found that the corner of the purse was embroidered with a small word "pity", which should be a woman's thing.

"And what?" Hui Jue asked.

"And judging from the traces, these people should be quite numerous, and they have been hiding in the back mountain for a long time—" When he said this, he shrank a little, and they didn't even notice that such a big thing had happened.

He Xi pinched the purse and said coldly: "Not only did you not notice it, but the Praetorian Guards didn't notice it either, did they?" It seems that the origin of these people is really not simple, abbot, I have a plan-"

Huijue looked at He Xi suspiciously, He Xi's fingers pinched the purse, and his knuckles were slightly white.

He Xi said something simply, and after Huijue heard it, he frowned and said: "No, this is too dangerous, if something happens to the donor in Zhaohua Temple, Your Majesty will blame it——"

He Xi said: "But we can only gamble, can't we?" Since he didn't kill me last time, he won't kill me this time. ”

Huijue still wanted to persuade him, but He Xi said categorically: "Please also ask the abbot to complete it." ”

Seeing that she was so stubborn, Hui Jue sighed lightly and said, "Donor, if you are so persistent, you will invite trouble in the future." ”

He Xi chuckled: "Whether you are persistent or not, it is the choice of people's hearts, however, He Xi will do what he thinks is right, Abbot Xie mentions." ”

After speaking, He Xi left directly.

The monk stood at a loss, and Hui Jue raised his hand slightly and said, "Go ahead, do what you just said, and you must ensure the safety of that benefactor, you know?" ”

The monk took the order and withdrew.

It was night, when the moon had just risen, He Xi had already gone out, but he didn't bring Ruyi and Chou'er.

She walked alone towards the back mountain, the moonlight pulled her figure very long, like a lonely soul wandering in the wilderness, she clenched the purse tightly in her hand, and walked towards the cave in the back mountain.

Because the mountain has been closed for a long time, the weeds on both sides of the road have grown to half a person's height, and the night breeze blows, swaying slightly, like a fleeting figure.

He Xi took a deep breath and looked at the narrow mountain road in front of him with a determined expression, and his steps were not chaotic at all.

Half an hour, at last she arrived at the cave that the monk had spoken of, and she slowed down, and the swarthy cave looked like the mouth of a monster, waiting for a lamb to be slaughtered.

He Xi stood at the door of the cave, and suddenly her wrist seemed to be hit by something, as soon as her fingers were released, the lantern in her hand fell to the ground, and the candle flame shook slightly, and then with a pop, it went out.

Then, an arm reached out from the darkness, grabbed her tightly, and pulled her violently, and pulled her into the darkness.

He Xi's eyes widened in surprise by the sudden change, but all he saw was a large area of darkness, and he couldn't see his five fingers, so he could only faintly rely on the faint sound of breathing to judge that there were people around him.

He Xi stabilized his breathing, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "I don't know what Your Excellency is doing?" ”

"Niangniang doesn't ask who is below, she also knows my identity if she wants to come, since she knows, why ask me many times? What about purses? Give it back to me—" There was a hint of sarcasm in the man's tone, even a little unruly.

"So now that you know what I'm thinking? You know I won't give it to you so easily, do I? He Xi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, like a little fox who had succeeded in his scheme.

The man didn't seem to expect He Xi to be so eloquent, and without being stunned, He Xi struck while the iron was hot and said, "Why don't we make a deal?" Since you're here today, and I'm here too, we must all know each other's actions, don't we? ”

The man didn't speak in a deep voice, and He Xi was very patient waiting for his answer.