Chapter 13: Luring the Snake Out of the Hole (1)
Light moon veil, graceful Tingting......
Thin and withered branches, shadows sleeping......
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Between the narrow mountain roads, the three of them rode their horses and whips, galloping towards the blazing lights in the distance.
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Lerma, leaning on, the three of them came to an inn.
When the shop saw the customer coming, he hurriedly greeted him.
"Little two! Stay! ”
The man in purple who walked at the front shouted at him.
The man looked at the man in purple carefully, and saw that although the man was dignified, he exuded a cold aura all over his body, and his deep and cold eyes made him faintly stunned.
Seeing the man next to him again, his eyebrows were handsome and refreshed, which suddenly made him feel a little relieved.
Looking behind the two of them, there was a young man in white, only to see that the young man was handsome and stunning, with a pair of clear and bright eyes like morning dew, and a black jade-like green silk moving with the wind...
For a moment, he was stunned...
"Hey! Are you still in this business? Jin Ruocheng saw that the guy was fascinated when he saw that Nangong Li, and he suddenly became angry.
"Ahh Sorry, sorry! The guy quickly stopped his eyes and greeted Jin Ruocheng: "A few sons are going to stay in the hotel, right?" ”
"Nonsense! Three rooms! Jin Ruocheng roared.
After a day's journey, the three of them were very tired. I finally found an inn, but I met a guy who dared to peek at the person in his heart. Jin Ruocheng felt a fire in his heart, but fortunately he followed him, otherwise this long road would be long, and it would be difficult to guarantee that someone would not be cheaper.
"But... Childe came too late, there are only two rooms left in the shop, or a few generals will stay overnight? The guy said.
"What? How can we settle for the three big men? Jin Ruocheng slapped his palm on the case and said angrily, "Go!" Blasting everyone in the room out of the room! Triple the price of your room! ”
"But... This... It's not easy to do..."The guy wanted to refuse him, but he felt in his heart that this person couldn't be provoked, so he said.
"Forget it, so be it." Nangong Li broke the dispute between the two, took the keys from the guy, handed one of them to Jin Ruocheng, and then said, "I can just share a room with Fang Su." ”
When he was a child, he often pestered Qin Fangsu to sleep with him, but when he grew up, he never asked for this. Although Jin Ruocheng promised to help him, he was not very familiar with him after all. So at the moment, Nangong Li didn't feel that there was anything inappropriate about this arrangement.
"No way!" Jin Ruocheng's words almost blurted out.
Nangong Li wondered, when this person heard that there were only two rooms, he was so reluctant to compromise, and now that he had let him have a room by himself, he was still not satisfied.
So, Nangong Li asked, "Then what does Brother Ruocheng plan?" ”
Of course, Jin Ruocheng wanted to leave Nangong by himself, but with the current relationship between the two, this proposal was obviously unreasonable, but he didn't want to be cheap Qin Fangsu, so he thought about it and said:
"Qin Fangsu and I are in one room, and Ah is alone in you."
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As soon as these words came out, Nangong Li and Qin Fangsu were stunned for a long time, and they couldn't say a word...
Jin Ruocheng smiled, trying to hide his embarrassment at the moment...
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Nangong Li looked at Qin Fangsu's wrist, thinking that Jin Ruocheng was worried about what happened that night, so he deliberately separated him from Qin Fangsu, so he said, "It's okay." Then he turned and went upstairs and went into the room.
Seeing that his treacherous plan succeeded, Jin Ruocheng threw a glance at Qin Fangsu, and said proudly: "Come with me, he won't want you!" ”
But Qin Fangsu didn't seem to care about his frivolous words, only to see him bypass Jin Ruocheng and go straight into the next room.
Seeing that he didn't ask for a little cheap, Jin Ruocheng, who felt bored, also followed up in the room, and after looking around the room, he turned his head to look at Qin Fangsu on the side, and asked:
"It's just one bed here, how are we going to sleep?"
"I'll just sleep on the ground." Qin Fang replied.
Jin Ruocheng hated Qin Fangsu in his heart because of Nangong Li's matter, and he had been in a hurry for another day, so he was really tired at the moment, so he didn't say anything more, so he fell down on the couch and fell asleep...
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When he woke up, he saw that Qin Fangsu was gone, so after he freshened up for a while, he pushed open the door and planned to find Nangong Li, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that Nangong Li and Qin Fangsu were already waiting at the door.
"Brother Ruocheng is early." Nangong Li greeted him with a smile.
"You... Why so early? Jin Ruocheng was a little surprised.
"I'm afraid that there will be variables when it's late, so it's better to get on the road early." Nangong Li said.
"You mean, someone knows that we are going to Yunling and wants to kill people in advance?" Jin Ruocheng asked.
Hearing this, Nangong Li nodded slightly.
Snow scorching is a rare elixir, the number is very small, only experienced spirit pickers can find it, Jin Ruocheng originally planned to start with this spirit picker first, to inquire about the clues of the medicine buyer, it seems that Nangong Li thought of going with him.
"But if they really wanted to kill people, they would have killed them when they got their hands on them, so why wait until now?" Jin Ruocheng asked.
"Have you ever wondered why you didn't just order a deadly poison when they could all get it, instead of choosing this half-dead corpse poison? So I guess their purpose is not to kill their brother, but to keep people alive and at their mercy. You should know better than me about this elixir poison, as long as the poisoned person continues to take this poison every three months, then it can be guaranteed that he will not die. If the spirit picker was killed at that time, where would the subsequent poison come from? Nangong Li explained.
"But now it's different, the eldest brother's poison has been cured, and we are tracing the source of the poison, and that person will definitely take action in advance." Nangong Li continued.
"That's... Why didn't you wake me up sooner? Jin Ruocheng heard Nangong Li's words, so he suddenly realized.
"I see you were too tired yesterday, so I want you to sleep more." Nangong left the road.
Refining medicine overnight before, he didn't sleep all night that night, and yesterday's rush really made him exhausted.
But he didn't expect Nangong Li to be so considerate to himself, thinking that although he was polite to him before, he kept a distance all the time, and Nangong Li at this moment made Jin Ruocheng feel very relieved.
After saying thank you, the three of them hurried on their way again. When we arrived at Yunling, it was past noon.
After inquiring about the place where the soul collector lived, the three of them went straight for a moment. Eventually, they stopped outside a small courtyard.
I saw that the courtyard was full of all kinds of medicinal herbs, and although the courtyard door was locked, the door of the inner room was hidden.
An ominous premonition came to their hearts, and although the three of them climbed over the fence and pushed open the hidden door, they saw a middle-aged man who had been pierced through the heart with a sword and fell into the pool of red blood.
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Qin Fangsu immediately stepped forward and carefully examined the man's body, and said:
"Just died, and there is still warmth."
"Fuck, it's still a step too late." Jin Ruocheng slammed his fist against the wall and said regretfully.
Seeing this, Nangong Li first checked in the house, then turned around and returned to the courtyard, and after looking around, he said:
"I didn't even leave a footprint, it's really neat."
"So what do we do now?" Jin Ruocheng was at a loss, so he asked.
I saw Nangong Li think seriously for a moment and said:
"Now.... Eat first. ”
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"Huh? What the? ”
Jin Ruocheng thought he had misheard, so he asked.
Nangong Li looked at him with a smile and repeated: "I said... Let's eat first. ”
After confirming that he had not heard him wrong, Jin Ruocheng shouted at him:
"This person is dead, are you still in the mood to eat?"
Nangong Li blinked and said:
"That's... How do you say? ”
"I ......"
This person is dead, the clue is broken, and the murderer has not left any trace, how can this be investigated again, Jin Ruocheng was speechless for a while.
"Gone, I'm starving."
Nangong Li walked out of the small courtyard as he spoke, as if he didn't plan to wait for Jin Ruocheng any longer, Qin Fangsu hurriedly followed when he saw this.
"Hey! You guys! Wait for me! ”
Jin Ruocheng shouted and chased after him.
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Nangong Li is indeed hungry, he has been pampered since he was a child, and he is used to eating in a small country shop, so from last night to now, he has hardly eaten anything, and it is strange that he is not hungry when he sees that the sun is about to set.
The three of them were anxious to track down the clues, but they didn't feel hungry, but when they heard Nangong Li mention this, they remembered that everyone even forgot to eat lunch. So, Jin Ruocheng stopped complaining, and obediently followed behind Nangong Li, preparing to go to the market to find something to eat.
This Yunling is only a small northern city, far less lively than Fuguang or Lanling, at this time this market can be described as deserted, and the roadside stalls are rarely patronized.
But look at Nangong Li, but he is very happy to shop, and after a while, his hands are full of food bags.
Jin Ruocheng is not in the mood to go shopping at this time...
If I could have gotten up earlier in the morning, or if Nangong had woken himself up, I'm afraid this would not be the result now. Thinking of this, Jin Ruocheng's mood at the moment seemed to fall to the bottom.
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"Sect Master Jin doesn't have to blame himself too much, Gongzi should have other plans."
Qin Fangsu said lightly beside him.
Jin Ruocheng was stunned for a moment, looked up at Qin Fangsu beside him, and said:
"What are you going to do?"
"I don't know." Qin Fangsu replied.
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What is the answer? Jin Ruocheng was puzzled by what he just said. Could it be that Nangong Li had already expected that the spirit picker would die, so he made other arrangements? But since Qin Fangsu knew that he had other arrangements, why didn't he know the specific content? But since Nangong Li said that he was going to Yunling, he hadn't seen the two of them talk about anything separately, so how did he know that Nangong Li had other arrangements?
Taking a step back, even if he really knew, he had every reason not to tell himself. Looking back on his words now, it was a bit like he was comforting himself. But with his previous cold attitude towards himself, Jin Ruocheng didn't believe that he would have such a good heart.
Just when Jin Ruocheng was full of entanglement, Nangong Li had already picked up a bunch of food and was happily sharing it with the two.
Seeing that he seemed to be stunned, Nangong Li shrugged him lightly, and then handed him a box of sugar cakes with a smile.
Jin Ruocheng came back to his senses and took the food box, only to see that the man had turned around and returned to Qin Fangsu's side.
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