Chapter 7: Find a Substitute for the Dead
Xia Yunting...... If you're afraid, ...... Just stay close to me. ”
The house in front of me was shrouded in night, and the two vermilion doors were magnificent, and the doors were ajar, and the main house inside could be vaguely seen.
At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are scarce, and the moonlight covers the courtyard in front of me like a thin veil, hazy, shadowy, and occasionally the wind blows, making a low whimper.
Rong Zhi didn't want to be afraid, but she couldn't stop a layer of cold sweat from her back.
She tried to get Xia Yunting closer, not wanting the other party not to know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade at all.
"I'm not afraid."
Rong Zhi: "......"
Did he do it on purpose?
"Since you're not afraid, then you can go in first."
Rong Zhi took a step back angrily.
A fine light flashed in Xia Yunting's eyes, and he suddenly clutched his chest, and let out a muffled snort from his mouth.
"Hmm!"
"What's wrong?"
Rong Zhi nervously stepped forward to check.
"Chest pain."
Rong Zhi frowned and flipped his wrist to check his pulse, but found that the meridians were quite smooth and had no tendency to be poisonous.
I touched my forehead, and there was nothing abnormal.
She raised her head and saw that the Danfeng's eyes were full of innocence and a little pitiful.
Rong Zhi suddenly had a guess.
He won't be...... You're afraid of ghosts, right? ”
"Forget it, I'll go in first."
After all, the other party is a patient, and as a doctor, you must have the most basic patience with a patient.
Rong Zhi came to the door and took several deep breaths with her eyes closed before pushing the door open.
The heavy wooden door made a "squeak" sound, and the moment it opened, a gust of wind blew in front of it, bringing a chill.
Rong Zhi's heart was beating faster, and she slowly opened her eyes and looked at the pattern inside.
Directly opposite is a main house, on the left and right sides are wings, the yard is empty and there are no furnishings, with this seemingly absent night breeze, the whole yard seems to tell the word "depression".
Fortunately, I didn't see any "ghosts".
"Come in, there's nothing unusual in there."
The people behind him didn't move, Rong Zhi turned around in surprise, and found that Xia Yunting was also looking at the house, he frowned, and seemed to be in a trance.
"What's the fuss? Hurry on in. ”
Rong Zhi waved her hand in front of him.
"Oh."
The two men entered the main house, fearing that an assassin would find them, so they did not light a candle, but only found a bedroom with only one bed in it.
Rong Zhi said: "You wait here, I'll check the other rooms." ”
Xia Yunting responded and told her: "Be careful." ”
Rong Zhi then quickly made a round around the entire courtyard.
As I passed by the room on the left, a strong and pungent smell came to my face, probably the smell of blood and some kind of potion.
If Rong Zhi didn't guess wrong, it should be corpse water.
Rong Zhi's face became solemn.
Yu Cheng said that several people had died in this room, and if there was corpse water, those people must have died unexpectedly.
It's not safe in the cave, and it's not a foolproof place.
I just hope they don't come so quickly.
Rong Zhi returned to the main room and found that Xia Yunting was sitting upright on the bed, which happened to collide with her gaze, as if she had expected her to come in.
"Uncle Yu is right, there is no one else in this house, let's sleep first, and tomorrow we will go to get medicine."
After Rong Zhi finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something again, and picked up the tattered wedding dress that Xia Yunting had worn before.
"What are you going to do?"
"I'm going to find you a substitute for the dead, and if someone comes, find a place to hide, don't be hard."
Rong Zhi didn't explain much, and went out directly.
In the night wind, her speed is extremely fast, and her body is like a fluttering butterfly, landing silently.
She came to the foot of the mountain where she had been hiding.
If she guessed correctly, the body should still be here.
She searched for about three quarters of an hour when she stepped on something soft under her feet.
When he turned his head, he was startled, the black-clothed assassin was lying on his back on the ground, there was a big hole in his head, the blood had dried up, and Rong Zhi was stepping on his belly.
"You're looking for you."
After the fright, Rong Zhi helped the man up and took off his clothes.
She put Xia Yunting's wedding dress on his body, took out a dagger from her waist, and wanted to cut his face, and when she touched the wound on his face, she suddenly changed her mind again, picked up a big stone from the side, and smashed it down with a ruthless heart.
As long as you ruin your face, you can fish in troubled waters.
I don't know why this assassin was left alone and how he died here, but since he is dead, let's play the last role!
After doing all this, Rong Zhi was about to go home, when suddenly there was a click behind her.
Rong Zhizhi stunned his ears and clenched the dagger in his hand.
Then there was no movement, as if the voice was just her illusion.
Rong Zhi withdrew the dagger and flew towards the haunted house.
Xia Yunting was standing in the middle of the courtyard, staring at the door, could it be that he was ...... Waiting for her?
"Did you fight someone? Why does it smell of blood? ”
Xia Yunting looked at Rong Zhi, his tone a little anxious.
"Oh, didn't Uncle Yu say that there was a person who died at the foot of the mountain, and I changed your wedding dress on his body."
Rong Zhi explained lightly, and felt that she did have some bloody smell on her body, and wanted to change her clothes, but found that she couldn't change it at all, so she had to endure it.
"You hurry up and rest, tomorrow I will go to the herb shop to buy medicine, and I can treat you after collecting all the herbs."
"Hmm."
The two of them came to the back room, and Rong Zhi urged Xia Yunting to go to bed and let him sleep.
Xia Yunting was very obedient, Rong Zhi let him sleep, and sure enough, after a while, there was an even breathing sound.
Rong Zhi confirmed that he had fallen asleep, so she took off her coat and opened the window to ventilate and blow away the smell of blood on her body.
She slept lightly, not to mention that she didn't know if there were assassins outside, so she couldn't sleep even more, so she blew the wind here and kept vigil by the way.
Although she was wearing men's clothes, she had a belly pocket inside, and her slender back and thin shoulders reflected a snowy complexion in the moonlight.
When Xia Yunting opened his eyes, he saw this picturesque scene.
How can a battle-hardened person fall asleep so easily? Especially with someone who has just known each other for two days.
Just at this glance, his heart suddenly beat violently, and for the first time, he felt that this summer night was so hot that it seemed as if he was on fire.
He rolled over and forced himself to sleep.
When Rong Zhi turned around, he couldn't see his tormented expression.
The next day, when Rong Zhi opened her eyes, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck.
"Pillow ......"
turned his head to look and found that Xia Yunting was no longer in bed.
Rong Zhi was taken aback.
How did this man come out of nowhere?
Suddenly, there was a cacophony outside.
"Search carefully!"
"This house is suspicious, go in and have a look!"
"If you encounter a suspicious person, you will be killed!"
Oops! It's an assassin!
I didn't expect them to come back so soon, I didn't even have any preparations, and Xia Yunting didn't know where to go, so she had to hide first.
Just as he was thinking about it, someone outside had already pushed the door in.
Several men in black glanced at each other with a frown, and found that the room was empty.
They tightened their grips on their weapons and walked into the room step by step, not sparing every corner.
Two drops of dust fell from the beams and fell on the face of one of them, who touched his face and was about to look up.
A man suddenly came in from outside.
"Hall Master Zhu, Xia Yunting's body was found at the foot of the mountain."
"Really?"
"Yes, dressed up, tall, short, fat and thin, but the face has been ruined, and I can't see the face clearly."
The man known as Hall Master Zhu thought for a moment, then waved at everyone.
"Let's go!"
Everyone withdrew, the courtyard was quiet again, and Rong Zhi fell from the beams of the house, feeling worried.
Yesterday's method was just a stopgap measure, if the other party is easy to fool, it's fine, if the other party is not easy to fool, I'm afraid I will expose myself.
She was worried when she suddenly found Xia Yunting walking in from outside.
Rong Zhi's face changed: "What did you do?" ”
Because she was frightened, the other party didn't even tell her when she went out, don't say it's husband and wife, even if it's an ordinary friend, or a stranger who meets in Pingshui, it shouldn't be like this in this time of crisis!
"Uncle Yu brought us some food."
Xia Yunting stretched out his hand and took out a few sheets of dough wrapped in cloth.
Rong Zhi's stomach screamed twice very appropriately.
She glared at Xia Yunting.
"No matter what you do in the future, you must tell me first, without my permission, you are not allowed to run around!"
"Got it."
Xia Yunting's tone softened, and he handed the cake to her: "Don't be angry, you eat first." ”
That's pretty much it.
Rong Zhi was not polite, picked up a piece of cake and ate it, took this cake as Xia Yunting, and bit it hard several times, and after a while, her mouth was already stuffed with cakes, like a squirrel who was angry.
Xia Yunting hooked his lips slightly, and also tore a piece of cake and put it in his mouth.
"Didn't you see the Assassin just now?" Rong Zhi asked.
"See, I'm hiding."
Xia Yunting said it lightly, and Rong Zhi didn't ask him where he was hiding.
"Uncle Yu said that the group of assassins asked him about us, and he only said that he didn't know, and didn't say anything else."
"Uncle Yu is a good person."
Rong Zhi sighed, a rare good person.
This time the assassin left completely, Rong Zhi was worried about Xia Yunting's injury, and was ready to go to the county seat to buy medicine for him.
According to Xia Yunting's current physical condition, he should have a good rest, but Rong Zhi really didn't worry about leaving Xia Yunting alone, otherwise if there was an accident, no one would take care of him.
In order to avoid people's eyes, they deliberately chose the most poisonous day of the day to set off at noon, when there was no one in the village, but despite this, Rong Zhi and the two of them still walked the path.
When she arrived at the county seat, it was already dusk, so Rong Zhi chose a small pharmacy, and handed the guy a prescription when she went in.
"Man, grab the medicine."
This prescription was written by Rong Zhi in advance, and it was naturally not the prescription for the seven-day poison, but other prescriptions, but there were also Yunlin flowers in it.
The guy frowned when he saw it: "It's easy to say anything else, it's just that we don't have Yunlin flowers." ”
While he was talking, Rong Zhi deliberately glanced around and found that there was indeed no Yunlin Flower in the name on the medicine cabinet.
It's a bit strange that such a common medicinal herb is not available in the pharmacy.
Rong Zhi asked, "Then when will it be available?" ”
The guy looked up and showed a weird smile: "You're from out of town, aren't you?" Yunlin flower is extinct in our place, if your disease is Yunlin flower, then we can't cure it. ”
Can't cure ......
As a doctor, the three words that Rong Zhi can't hear the most are that they can't be cured!
"Is there no other way?"
The man thought for a moment, pointed in the direction of the south and said, "There is a mass grave in the south, if it can't be cured, you can go there!" ”
"What? If you can't cure it, you have to die? Are you a curse? ”
Rong Zhi's eyes were cold, as if her whole body was beginning to chill, what kind of person is this?
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant......" The guy was so frightened that he quickly explained.
"There is a miracle doctor there, as long as it is an incurable disease, you can definitely cure it if you go to him."