Time flies, and the capital ushered in the first winter snow after the beginning of winter.

For the cold poison on Mu Yuanjing's body, the time when the cold and snow first fell was the most difficult time for him.

But things are different today.

Not long ago, after Su Yongban's case ended, the capital was calm for a while, and after discussing with Dr. Li, Su Qingmo decided to take advantage of Mu Yuanjing's leisure time to relieve the poison in his body.

On the day when Su Qingmo was relieved of her blood, Mu Yuanjing was by her side.

The slender dagger was carefully inserted into the heart, and the warm blood dripped into the prepared fourteen jade bottles.

Su Qingmo gritted his teeth and endured the huge pain, cold sweat running down his white cheeks.

Mu Yuanjing picked up a brocade handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat from her forehead, with an indistinguishable emotion in her eyes.

After the blood in his heart was released, Qinghe hurriedly held the tray and sent the fourteen jade bottles to Dr. Li, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, and Dr. Li took it and hurriedly left Moxiangju.

Qingzhu carefully handled Su Qingmo's injury, and then left quietly with Qingrui.

Su Qingmo weakly snuggled into Mu Yuanjing's arms, enduring the sharp pain that came out of his heart between breaths.

Mu Yuanjing gently folded his arms, his lips trembled, and his voice was so low that he could barely hear it, "Thank you..."

Thanks to her, she gave him a chance to be born again.

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Fourteen days later, Dr. Li checked Mu Yuanjing's pulse again and made sure that the poison of the red face and dry bones had been completely removed from his body.

Although the poison has been resolved, but the cold poison has entered the lungs before, so it is still necessary to take care of it carefully in the cold winter, and Su Qingmo's body is also seriously damaged, so Mu Yuanjing decided to take people to live in the hot spring village in the suburbs for two months.

In the afternoon of this day, Su Qingmo sat on the low couch in front of the window, the earth dragon had already burned in the house, although it was not cold, but Su Qingmo was still holding a hot hand stove in her hand, she looked at Qingrui and Qinghe who were busy on the side, "I will leave for Zhuangzi before the day after tomorrow, are you packing up too early?" ”

Qinghe's subordinates kept moving, "Since you detoxified the prince, your body is not as good as before, and the slaves and maids who have prepared more can rest assured." If the lord and lady know about this, I don't know what will happen to the distress. ”

In her heart, from beginning to end, the master was only Su Qingmo.

Su Qingmo sighed lightly, she looked at Qinghe, "Do you think I shouldn't detoxify the prince?" ”

Qinghe thought for a while, "The slave just feels sorry for you. ”

Su Qingmo knew the intentions of the two, she tightened the hand stove in her hand, turned her eyes to the window leisurely, and her voice was so soft that it seemed to be for herself, "You only saw my efforts, but the prince did not do much for me." ”

She didn't know what agreement the Su family had made with the royal family, the only thing she knew was that through Qingzhu's investigation, Mu Yuanjing had used her life to guarantee her.

Otherwise, how could she have participated in the case of entering the hermit several times, but Emperor Wu An had never had a seizure.

After Su Qingmo's words were finished, Qinghe Qingrui did not say anything, and Su Qingmo simply explained: "From today onwards, the palace is your home, and you can't have two hearts for the prince, remember?" ”

Qinghe Qingrui looked solemn and bowed his head.

"Has anything happened in the capital lately?"

Because there was no clue about the identity of the man in black in the previously cracked case, Su Qingmo always paid attention to the movements in Beijing.

Qingrui stopped what she was doing, wrinkled her eyebrows and thought about it, and suddenly said, "The slave remembered a strange thing." Yong'an told the slave maid about this. ”

Su Qingmo nodded and motioned for her to continue, so Qingrui continued: "Yong'an told the slave maid that in a ruined temple on the outskirts of the capital recently, at night, someone can always encounter unclean things. ”

Su Qingmo's eyebrows frowned slightly, "Lonely soul and wild ghost? ”

Qingrui nodded, "I've seen a lot of people who spent the night in the ruined temple. ”

"It's not uncommon for strange things to happen in the wilderness."

A sparsely populated place is also a place where lonely souls and wild ghosts like to gather, Su Qingmo didn't care.

Qingrui was about to speak again, when Mu Yuanjing walked in from outside, he first walked to Su Qingmo's side, reached out and tested the temperature of her hand.

It was colder than before, unlike him, whose palms had become warm since he had been detoxified.

Su Qingmo silently let go of the hand stove in his hand and stuffed his hand into Mu Yuanjing's palm.

This scene often happens, Qinghe Qingrui has long been used to it, and the two of them rushed to Mu Yuanjing and quietly withdrew.

"How could the prince come back at this time?"

Mu Yuanjing looked at Su Qingmo, "Something happened on the outskirts of Beijing, and I need to leave Beijing for a few days." ”

Su Qingmo's heart moved, "Is there a case?" ”

Mu Yuanjing hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

Su Qingmo looked at him with anticipation in his eyes and blinked.

Mu Yuanjing knew what she meant, but he was still a little hesitant in the end, "Doctor Li said that your body is good for resting and recuperating. ”

Su Qingmo instantly understood, it was not that he didn't want to take her, but that he couldn't take her for the sake of her.

Thinking of this, he sat up straight, "I've been well for a long time, I've been recuperating for two months, and I'm going to be paralyzed on the couch if I continue like this." ”

Mu Yuanjing carefully confirmed her face and asked, "It will take several hours to set off from the mansion to the outskirts of Beijing, and your body is really fine?" ”

Su Qingmo nodded hurriedly.

Mu Yuanjing relieved himself and said, "You go and change into convenient clothes, and we will set off in an hour." ”

Hearing this, Su Qingmo had a hint of excitement on his face, and quickly walked towards the place used to change clothes in the side room.

When she changed into men's clothes and appeared in front of Mu Yuanjing, Qingzhu also appeared in Moxiangju with a big burden.

Without waiting for Su Qingmo to ask, Qingzhu spoke: "Qinghe has already packed up the princess's clothes and handed them over to the slave maid, and I hope the princess will allow the slave and maid to accompany her." ”

Su Qingmo agreed to Qingzhu's request, and then looked at Mu Yuanjing, "Let's go now?" ”

Mu Yuanjing took her cool hand, "Bring those utensils that you treat as treasures." ”

Su Qingmo blinked, realizing that what happened in the suburbs of Beijing was not normal, and he didn't delay at the moment, so he took the backpack containing the purple gold bell and rune paper and other utensils and carried it on his back.

When she was about to leave Moxiangju, she looked at Mu Yuanjing without saying anything.

He knew what she was thinking, so he only took her and smiled: "I'll talk to you about the specific situation in the car." ”

The two walked out of the palace with Qingzhu and joined Wei Xu, who was already waiting outside the mansion.

Mu Yuanjing and Su Qingmo got into the carriage and said, "Brother Jing will tell me about the case in the suburbs of Beijing." ”

When there is no one around, she prefers to call him Brother Jing.

Mu Yuanjing put his hands on his knees, remembering what Wei Xu reported earlier, "There is an abandoned ruined temple on the outskirts of Beijing, and there is no one around, so the people who are rushing to use the ruined temple as a temporary place to stay. ”

Su Qingmo was puzzled: "Do you suspect that the disappearance of a few people is abnormal?" ”

Mu Yuanjing didn't say yes or no, he was silent for a moment, and said: "After the man reported the case, the hidden guards investigated, and there were more than five missing people, and many people had reported the case before them, but the yamen in Beijing did not pay attention to it, and after the case was handed over to the hidden world, the number of missing people was finally confirmed, a full twenty people." ”

Su Qingmo's mouth opened slightly in surprise, "All of them disappeared in the broken temple?" ”

"That's right."

Su Qingmo was a little puzzled, "If it is really missing in the broken temple, why would there be a person left to report the case, it stands to reason that the location of the broken temple is remote, there is no village in front of the village, and there is no store in the back, if the informant is missing together, isn't it even more difficult to be noticed?" ”

This is also a point that Mu Yuanjing can't figure out.

Mu Yuanjing didn't pay attention to the suspicions of the case, he pulled Su Qingmo who was deep in thought on the side, let her lie down, pillowed her head on his lap, and carried the big bag on the side to cover Su Qingmo's body.

He took her hand and squeezed it, and said softly, "Just sleep for a while, I'm afraid I'm going to spend the night outside tonight." ”

Su Qingmo obediently closed his eyes when he heard this, and Mu Yuanjing leaned against the wall of the car. The carriage swayed and continued slowly, the wheels leaving a trail of marks on the fresh snow.

When Su Qingmo opened her eyes again, it was already dark outside, and she rubbed her eyes, especially sleepy on her face.

"Awake? Hungry or not? ”

Su Qingmo shook his head, and after Mu Yuanjing withdrew his hand, he got up and wanted to open the car window to take a look.

Mu Yuanjing hurriedly stopped her movements, "Just wake up, don't open the window, lest you get cold." ”

Su Qingmofu sat back again, "Where are we going?" ”

"We're halfway there, and a little further ahead is where we'll be camping tonight."

The two were talking, but Yong'an said something suspicious from outside the carriage, "Lord Wang, the situation seems to be a little wrong." ”

Mu Yuanjing said lightly: "What's wrong?" ”

didn't hear Yong'an's voice, but Wei Xu replied outside the car: "Lord, we seem to have encountered a ghost covering our eyes." ”

Mu Yuanjing got out of the carriage and looked at the dark woods around him, "Tell me carefully." ”

When Wei Xu heard this, he said: "My subordinates have been walking in the front, and we passed through this forest half an hour ago, but after a while, we walked back again, and the second time we passed through this wood, our subordinates made a mark. ”

Wei Xu pointed to the strip of cloth tied to a tree not far away, "This is the third time I've passed." ”

Su Qingmo in the car heard what Wei Xu said, she carried her leather bag, put on a big hat, and finally jumped out of the car with a hand stove.

Su Qingmo asked, "Wei Xuke has found other anomalies?" ”

Wei Xu replied: "The hidden guard who secretly followed us can't be contacted. ”

After thinking about it, Su Qingmo took out a string of purple gold bells from her bag, one end was tied to her thumb and the other end was tied to her little finger.

Putting away the purple gold bell, she said to Mu Yuanjing: "Lord Wang, let's ride a horse again this time and try it again." ”

Mu Yuanjing took Wei Xu's horse and took Su Qingmo to sit on the horse, Wei Xu sat next to Yong'an who was driving the carriage, Qingzhu still followed the carriage on a horse, and several people followed the route again as before.

When she saw the strip of cloth again, Su Qingmo finally figured out why the purple gold bell didn't ring, she was carried off the horse by Mu Yuanjing, and took out an object that looked like a fire fold from her bag, "This is a stinging fire, and it is made with stinging insects through a secret method." ”

Mu Yuanjing had a vague impression that it was this sting fire that was used to burn the rune paper by the moat.

Su Qingmo took off the lid of the stinging fire, and with a gentle blow, a blue flame ignited, she walked straight to the tree with the cloth strip tied, untied the cloth strip on the tree and took it off, and placed it on the sting fire, and soon the cloth strip burned, and as the cloth strip burned out, a string of children's laughter came from the depths of the woods.

This laughter inevitably felt creepy in Yong'an's ears.

Su Qingmo extinguished the sting fire and asked Wei Xu, "Where did you get the strip of cloth?" ”

"It's a subordinate who wants it from Yong'an."

The answer was different from what he imagined, and Su Qingmo then asked, "Did you do anything before the ghost covered your eyes?" ”

Wei Xu scratched his head, looking confused.

Yongan swallowed his saliva, glanced at Su Qingmo carefully, and stammered, "Subordinate... The subordinate had been to the grove before. ”

Su Qingmo asked, "What did you do in the grove?" ”

Yong'an's face was flushed, and he couldn't say a word for a long time.

Mu Yuanjing had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and instantly figured out what Yong'an had done when he went to the grove, and he glanced at Yong'an lightly.

Yong'an was still blushing and pestle in place, Wei Xu stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing in the grove?" ”

Yong'an burst out of his throat with two words, "Put... water..."

Wei Xu laughed when he heard this, "You are so powerful, you make a ghost hit the wall with a soak of urine." ”

Before the carriage set off again, Wei Xu reported the news of re-contacting the hidden guard to Mu Yuanjing, but Mu Yuanjing didn't say anything, only ordered Yong'an to drive forward.

This time, several people walked out smoothly, but after walking out of the ghost blindfolding, Su Qingmo, who was standing in front of the broken temple, was dumbfounded.

I thought I would have to walk a little longer, but I didn't expect that not far from the range of the ghost covering my eyes was the ruined temple.

She tightened the big curtain on her body, looked up at the tattered plaque hanging on the temple door, and didn't come back to her senses until Mu Yuanjing took her hand.

Su Qingmo retracted his gaze and stared at the temple hall that was exposed to sight because there was no temple door to block it, there were no candles burning in the temple, and it was dark, and according to the moonlight, he could vaguely see a huge statue erecting in the center of the temple.

"But what's wrong?"

Su Qingmo first shook her head, then nodded again, she pointed to the temple and hesitated: "Lord Wang, did you see a child running over just now?" ”

Mu Yuanjing followed her line of sight, "I didn't notice it." ”

Yongan and Wei Xu's scalps were a little numb, although they were not afraid, but their physiological reactions were really uncontrollable.

Mu Yuanjing noticed that Su Qingmo's face was a little pale because of the cold, took the person into his arms, and instructed Yong'an on the side, "Clean up the inside, tonight the princess and Qingzhu sleep in the carriage, and this king sleeps in it with you and Wei Xu." ”

Yong'an ordered to take out candles, bedding and other items from another carriage, and quickly tidy up the temple with the help of Wei Xu and Qingzhu.

Because the temple was not covered by a portal, Yongan had to place the futon behind the statue to withstand the biting cold wind of the night.

After cleaning up, the night was already deep, and after Su Qingmo set up a rune realm around the three people in the temple, Qingzhu and himself, he returned to the carriage and fell asleep.

Not long after she fell asleep, Su Qingmo was awakened by a feeling of suffocation, her body couldn't move, so she had to open her eyes hard, and the moment she opened her eyes, a chill rose from her back.

A four- or five-year-old boy squatted on Su Qingmo's side with his face covered in blood, and a pair of small blue and white hands pinched Su Qingmo's neck, getting harder and tighter.

Su Qingmo could feel that her neck had been pierced by the boy's nails, and the blood was gushing out, she couldn't make a sound, so she had to open her eyes wide and look at the smiling boy in front of her.