The so-called taboo refers to a line of defense that must not be touched, and once the rules are violated, it will bring unforeseen consequences.

Just as there are taboo exercises for practicing, there are taboo tactics for marching and fighting, and there are taboo formations for arranging troops, even a seemingly ordinary but actually unusual guqin also has a taboo side.

To be exact, it was the woman who played the piano that was unusual.

Her face was as white as paper, her eyes were half-squinted, and she seemed to have no reaction to the interference of Yu Wentan and Li Zhouyu, and entered a realm of forgetting about things and me.

Yu Wentan and Li Zhouyu rushed forward to stop her from bounced, and five steps away from her, their spirits were a little trance, and they unconsciously walked around her, but they couldn't get close to her.

Suddenly startled in their hearts, they exchanged looks, and they both saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Although they couldn't understand what Xiaoqin was playing, and they didn't understand what Xiaoqin's intention was to affect everyone's sanity like this, they intuitively felt that they had to stop her now, and it would be too late if they didn't stop it!

Burst!

A strong qi hit in, and Xiaoqin fell down in response, but it was not from the hands of Yu Wentan and Li Zhouyu.

It was He Jianxiao who hit it.

The sound of the piano echoed for half a cup of tea before it disappeared, and the whole banquet hall was eerily quiet, and at some point, all the lanterns, candles, and wind lanterns were extinguished.

After the piano stopped, all the guests stopped laughing and dancing, but their eyes were straight, and their expressions were not as usual.

This turmoil caused by the strange sound of the piano, no one can be completely unaffected, there are only about five or six people who can move freely, in addition to Yuwen Tan, Li Zhouyu and He Jianxiao, there are also Shizi Yuwen Mingchuan, Xiaowei Chuci, and Bingbu Shangshu Rong Shujiang.

Yuwen Tan rushed towards Xiaoqin, just catching her soft body, and her hand was cold. She quietly closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep in Yu Wentan's arms.

She had a wide wound on her shoulder, but not much blood was coming out, probably because there wasn't much blood left in her body.

Yuwen Tan couldn't breathe, turned his head angrily and glared at He Jianxiao, and shouted coldly: "How many lives do you dare to hurt her?" If she has the slightest problem, I'll let you be buried with her! ”

He Jianxiao pursed his lips with a smile and did not make a statement.

Li Zhouyu explained to him, saying: "What he hit out was a drug, and he hit the empty door, and he definitely couldn't hurt anyone." If she can't wake up again, it's her own fault. ”

Can't wake up again?

Yu Wentan looked at Li Zhouyu and asked slowly, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"Let's go in and talk." Li Zhouyu called He Jianxiao, "Lord He, you have profound medical skills, please come with you." ”

He Jianxiao nodded slightly, and walked into the flower hall in the back hall with Yuwen Tan and Li Zhouyu, but he heard footsteps behind him, and when he looked back, Yuwen Mingchuan also followed.

"Shizi, you are ......," He Jianxiao asked.

"I'm looking for water to drink." Yuwen Mingchuan Road.

But he followed him all the way to the flower hall and gave him water, and he didn't leave. Li Zhouyu persuaded him: "Shizi, you are still young, don't listen to this." It is taboo, and the fewer people who know about it, the better. ”

Yuwen Mingchuan said: "I have listened to the strange sound of the piano, and there is something I can't hear." ”

On the other side, Yu Wentan didn't care about the others, and urged He Jianxiao and Li Zhouyu, who knew medical skills, to come and see what was wrong with the unconscious Xiaoqin.

"Her hands were as cold as ice." Yu Wentan's eyes were flustered, "What's wrong with her?" ”

I tried to infuse the true qi to her, but it was the mud cow that entered the sea, and I couldn't detect the direction of the true qi when I entered. This is the case only with dead things, living people and living animals, where qi flows with the blood.

Li Zhouyu said in a deep voice: "Actually, I just heard about it, I don't know if it's true, but now that she has played it, it's probably true." ”

"Don't say it's useless!" Yuwen Tan unceremoniously grabbed Li Zhouyu's collar, "You have a way to wake her up, right?" ”

"Lord Wang, please let go first, don't be in a hurry at this time, it's going to be late and early." Li Zhouyu withdrew his collar and smoothed out the wrinkles.

"What do you mean!" Yu Wentan pulled it up again, and it was still a posture of forced confession.

"I'll tell you." He Jianxiao, who was not oppressed by Yu Wentan and couldn't speak, opened his mouth and said, "I also heard about it, I don't know if it's true or not, just for reference - I heard that some taboo music scores can do some unbelievable things, such as making the listener look high-pitched, and then the blood flow backwards, exploding and dying." In short, it is to kill with pleasure. ”

"No wonder Fang just felt a little dizzy." Yuwen Mingchuan was surprised.

He Jianxiao said: "Shizi, your approach is very smart, and a handstand can indeed stop the flow of heartwork." However, the sound of Fang Cai's piano is far from the level of murder, at most it can be regarded as a failed attempt. There are few people who can kill people with pleasure throughout the ages, because the price to pay is too great. ”

Yuwen Tan let go of Li Zhouyu and went to pull He Jianxiao again, "What price do you need to pay?" Why is she still not awake, can you save the king's wife? ”

Li Zhouyu, who was freed, shook his head and sighed, "We are all laymen, and only the piano player himself knows what the price of playing such a tune will be." However, in ancient times, there were some forbidden formations, and before they were activated, they had to be sacrificed with live animals or human heads, which was probably nothing more than that. ”

He Jianxiao said: "Looking at the situation of the princess, she was either sucked dry of blood, or at the cost of reducing her lifespan, she played such a piano song. I heard that on the ancient battlefield, the drummer who played the war drum was only used once, in a group of dozens of people, and at the same time beat the drum, and sprayed blood from the mouth to dye the drum surface. If it works, it can boost the morale of your soldiers. ”

"Why do drummers only use it once?" Yuwen asked.

"Because the first time you died, the second time you had to change the next group of drummers. Of course, this is just a biography of wild history, anecdotes, and most of them are not true and credible. He Jianxiao sighed with emotion, and there were two points of admiration, "It is extremely rare for the princess to do what the legend requires dozens of drummers to do." ”

Yu Wentan asked tightly: "Then how to wake her up?" ”

He Jianxiao said: "It's better not to save it, as far as I know, this kind of thing is more evil than witch Gu, and it will be punished according to the great law in this dynasty, and the three clans will be wiped out." ”

Li Zhouyu said: "This is good, although the prince is respected and will not be affected by a woman, but there are too many people here tonight, the princess, the prince and the minister, it is impossible to block everyone's mouth." ”

Yuwen Tan was stunned for a moment, and said: "This is the purpose of her playing this song, to be charged with participating in witchcraft affairs, so that this king can't eat and walk around." ”

Li Zhouyu bowed his head: "I'm afraid that's exactly the case." ”

"Therefore, the current plan is only to let her not wake up and bear the responsibility of witchcraft harming people, so that the prince can get out and not be implicated." He Jianxiao said.

"No!"

Yu Wentan instinctively retorted, but realized in her heart that after saving Xiaoqin, she would still be accused of murdering the prince and minister, or die.

Why did she do it? Does she have to burn jade with him to relieve the hatred in her heart?

Li Zhouyu saw Yu Wentan's look of disappointment, and said, "It's not that there is no way, it's just that it takes a little effort." ”

"What's the solution?" Yu Wentan asked tightly.

"There are only six people who are conscious now," Li Zhouyu said slowly, "As long as the six people, including the four of us, don't speak, and let the rest of them 'lose their memory', this chaos will be over." ”

Li Zhouyu looked at He Jianxiao and asked, "Is there any convenient way to make people forget what happened just now?" ”

He Jianxiao replied: "Ordinary sweat medicine, plus the four flavors of Bo Ziren, mother-of-pearl, Shouwu vine, and Yuanzhi can be done." But wouldn't it be strange that those people, all of whom had come to the feast for the night, were suddenly unconscious, and when they woke up they could not remember what had happened? ”

Li Zhouyu said: "I heard that the prince was assassinated a few days ago, and I haven't caught those assassins so far. It's better to use this as an excuse to say that the assassins raided the night banquet and stunned everyone, and we repelled the assassin Yunyun. When they wake up and see that they are unharmed, they will only rejoice that they have not died, and they will not pursue anything else. ”

"Who else is awake besides the four of us?" Fang Caiyu Wentan's mind was only on Xiaoqin, and he didn't pay attention to the others.

"And Chu Ci, he is my person and won't talk nonsense. The other one is Rong Shujiang," Li Zhouyu said, "He has no friendship with us, but he is also a clever person, and he knows that it is not beneficial to say it, and he will not talk nonsense." ”

"Okay, then do it." Yuwen Tan thought for a while, and said to Yuwen Mingchuan, "The doormen in your mansion are all characters in the rivers and lakes, and pretending to be assassins is the most like, and making it look like a group of black-clothed people breaking through the city gate, this matter is even more true." ”

"Okay, I'll go back and make arrangements." Yuwen Mingchuan responded slowly.

His long eyelashes cast a shadow on his face under the candle flame, and the next moment he let out a sneer, "Silly woman, who caused such a big mess, and worked so many people to clean up the aftermath for her." ”

As he turned around, he threw something at Yu Wentan.

Yu Wentan took it casually, found that it was a medicine bottle, and showed it to He Jianxiao.

He Jianxiao uncorked the pine wood bottle, poured out a pill from it, and after a little recognition, he pressed open Xiaoqin's mouth and put the pill in.

"It's Jiuyang Life Continuation Pill," He Jianxiao smiled, "Now she's saved." ”

Jiuyang Life Continuation Pill is the first secret medicine in the rivers and lakes, it is said that the effect is miraculous, and the dead who have just lost their breath can eat a small pill, and they can also hang the swallowed qi back and continue their lives for a few months. The living have the effect of prolonging life after eating it, so a medicine is a thousand gold.

It's just that this medicine is the same as the piano played by Xiaoqin just now, it is a legend of legends, very few people have heard of it, and no one has really seen it at all. Tonight was an adventure, and I saw both.

But the prince of the world is also too generous, and he doesn't keep this life-sustaining medicine for himself, so he throws it out casually to save a woman who doesn't know each other at all.

He Jianxiao said in his heart, Yuwen Mingchuan is really as rumored, he is a person who does not play cards according to common sense.

"She's saved?"

Yuwen Tan breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from Xiaoqin's forehead with an unusually gentle expression, and said to himself, "As long as she is saved, then nothing matters." ”

Seeing this, He Jianxiao and Li Zhouyu turned around and left the flower hall and went to the banquet outside to clean up the aftermath.

Ji Xuan, who was guarding the outer courtyard, rushed over and asked worriedly: "Last time the prince was assassinated, didn't the assassin confess that it was instigated by the prince?" Isn't this matter handled like this so that the prince of the world has seized the handle? ”

"It won't be an assassin of the Stygian Sect," Yu Wentan said lightly, "It's probably the back hand of the real behind-the-scenes orchestration to divide our uncle and nephew." ”

"Oh?" Ji Xuan asked, "Why is the prince so sure?" ”

"I don't have anything to worry about the Stygian River, and the same is true for the emperor." Yuwen Tan said, "Now, I think of a person who hasn't appeared for too long, which makes me feel that something is not right. ”

"Who?" Ji Xuan asked.

"Wei Yechen, this person seems to have disappeared, Tianyi Pavilion's business has stopped, what did he do?"

It is said that Cao Cao Cao arrived-

The next moment, a lazy voice sounded, two points of laughter, three points of drunkenness, "How can you not do business, but recently received a big order, and everyone was sent out, and it was just impossible to turn around for a while." ”

The person who came sat on the beam of the room, leaning on the beam, I don't know how long he had been sitting there, who was not Wei Yechen.

"Is that you? Leaf marks! Come down! Yuwen Tan urged him, "I heard that playing this piano will consume blood and reduce life, help me see if she is in trouble?" ”

"Don't look at it." Wei Yechen said nonchalantly, "Anyway, a target to be killed, there is no difference in the length of life. ”

"You're going to kill her?!" Yuwen Tan looked up in astonishment and looked at Wei Yejian.

"There's no longer a reason not to kill her." Wei Yechen hooked his lips and said.