Chapter 42: Old Friends
It was time to walk back to the village from the river beach.
It was the dead of night, but now the lights were on, and all the tents were stirred up, and under the firelight, faces were reflected in horror or timidity.
Liu Ruyan frowned, her gaze swept over the patrolling soldiers, and finally landed on Bai Zhi, who was walking towards her.
"What are the soldiers searching for so late?" She asked.
Bai Zhi's face was solemn, and she took her sleeve and walked to the camp, and only after she entered the account did she say loudly: "Not long ago, someone attacked the barracks at night and killed a soldier, even Bai almost ......."
He paused at the right time, and when he saw Shen Yanchu entering the tent, he immediately changed his tone and deliberately raised his voice: "Even Bai was almost poisoned, but fortunately, there was no danger, and finally let me save the day." ”
Liu Ruyan looked at Xiaobai, smiling dumbly, as upright as him, he didn't expect that there would be a competitive day.
Sure enough, even a man doesn't like to be told no.
Shen Yanchu sneered, seeing the hidden edge in Bai Zhi's eyes, his tone was careless: "Since the medicine immortal is no longer in trouble, where has the gangster who committed murder and evil gone?" ”
Liu Ruyan couldn't help but shiver, always feeling that the temperature in this account had become cold, cold, and a yin breeze.
Bai Zhi's throat choked, her eyes flashed, and her voice was like a mosquito: "That person, let his accomplices save him." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned his back and picked up the medicine on the table.
Liu Ruyan secretly slandered herself, don't look at the devil's words, but he can choke people to death in every sentence, Bai Zhi is still too shallow...... But then again, it's really interesting to see Bai Zhi eating deflated.
She approached Bai Zhi, squinted her eyes, and looked at the medicine: "Are you pounding medicine?" ”
Bai Zhi nodded: "It's peppermint and licorice." ”
Liu Ruyan held her cheeks, leaned a little closer, stared at his elegant and handsome face, and fanned him with her palm: "It's very hot to pound medicine, why is your face red?" ”
Bai Zhi stood up in a panic, like a frightened deer, her eyelashes fluttered, and her already white face suddenly showed a flush.
"I didn't feel hot, so I didn't need to fan the wind."
With that, he walked to the corner of the tent again, trying to avoid her gaze.
Liu Ruyan sighed, with a look of pity.
Shen Yanchu couldn't look at it at all, and interrupted the two of them in a loud voice: "Where is the soldier's body stored?" ”
Bai Zhi's expression was solemn, and when she spoke again, she had already regained her former calmness: "Please come with me." ”
The dead soldiers were placed in a utility room, and when they entered the room, they saw a white linen towel in the center, and under it, a human figure.
"What is the cause of death?" Liu Ruyan walked towards the corpse first.
Bai Zhi didn't even have time to stop her, but she lifted the white scarf and exposed the deceased from head to toe.
He couldn't help but be stunned, although he had the impression that this girl was not cowardly, but this situation and this scene could not be described as fierce.
Seeing her look directly at herself, Bai Zhicai said slowly: "In the year of the deceased's weak crown, there were no fighting wounds on his body, and the fatal wound was in the neck, and he was killed by a knife, the skin and flesh were rolled, and the wound was three inches deep, one and a half inches wide, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. ”
Liu Ruyan pushed the deceased's neck open, and saw that the wound was not only deep and visible, but also pierced almost the entire throat, leaving a bloody hole.
Usually killers commit crimes, and they usually use the blade of a knife to cut open the artery in the neck, and rarely a knife is stabbed into the throat.
If it is a first-time offender, it is impossible to be as fast, ruthless, and accurate as the murderer, and pierce into the veins impartially, so neatly and neatly.
"Where was the deceased found?" She asked without looking up.
"When the body was first found, it was not far from the outside of the account, the deceased's muscles were relaxed, and the corpse spots were light purple, so it can be inferred that the murderer committed the crime at the same time." Bai Zhi said in a deep voice, and at the end, he remembered something again, "When Bai first found the body, he still had a faint smell of wine. ”
Liu Ruyan paused in his hands and raised his head: "These soldiers can still drink?" ”
Bai Zhi shook her head: "This is not expressly forbidden. ”
"No wonder it can kill with one move." She said to herself, "Getting drunk first and then killing people is a bit like the style of the murderer." ”
"What do you see?" Bai Zhi asked.
Liu Ruyan nodded slightly, but didn't say anything: "Have you sent people to patrol at various intersections nearby?" ”
"Of course, there is." Bai Zhi replied affirmatively, "After the murderer escaped, the soldiers fortified along the road, and I heard that the arresters in the yamen would also come." There is such a big commotion tonight, presumably the murderer will not dare to show up easily. ”
"Since the murderer dares to kill the doctor, he must not want the epidemic to come to light." Liu Ruyan covered the cloth towel back in its place, raised her feet and walked out.
"Where are you going?"
Bai Zhi thought that Liu Ruyan was going out to arrest people, but she turned back in surprise: "In the middle of the night, don't you have to go back to sleep?" ”
Angelica Bai: "............"
On the side, Shen Yanchu also got up and stood still, following behind her.
Bai Zhi was dumbfounded, how could this lonely man and widow sleep together.
He stopped with his hand: "Brother Shen, please stay!" ”
Shen Yanchu stopped, and listened to him continue: "It's better to stay in Bai's tent tonight." ”
Shen Yanchu looked at him, his eyes were cold and cold: "The night is not peaceful, I want to keep vigil for Liu Ruyan." ”
Bai Zhi was stunned for a moment, looked at him with some meaning, and almost blurted out: You can't be peaceful if you stay with other girls!
"With Brother Shen's demeanor and skills, it is impossible for someone to send her, what is the purpose of you staying by her side?"
The room was dim, and the warm golden candlelight outlined Shen Yanchu's handsome eyebrows, and he was silent for a moment: "I have forgotten all my past, only he can make me feel a little familiar, if I don't stay by Liu Ruyan's side, where should I go?" ”
"Lost soul?" Bai Zhi's eyes were shocked, and she reached out to check his pulse, "Have your meridians been damaged?" ”
"I can't remember." Shen Yanchu said lightly.
Bai Zhi sighed with emotion: "Fortunately, the damage to the yang veins has not hurt its roots, and it needs to be slowly conditioned to heal, let me prescribe a few prescriptions, and it should improve within a year." ”
"Thank you."
Shen Yanchu had a rare and modest attitude, the corners of his lips seemed to be hooked, and the elegance in an instant was like a flash in the pan, and in an instant, it was the cold posture of arrogant eyes.
Until finally, Bai Zhi watched him enter the camp.
Only then did I remember that Shen Yanchu finally slept with the girl, did this guy listen to his words!!
Shen Yanchu walked into the tent and caught a glimpse of her serene expression, as if she was asleep.
He lay on his back beside her, his dark eyes empty.
Memories are like fog, thin as plain.
In fact, he resisted remembering the past, as if once he remembered it, it would interrupt this rare peace. But there has always been a voice in his heart, like an obsession, like a shackle, urging him to regain his memory all the time.
In a trance, his waist was heavy, and he lowered his eyes to see her arching over with the heat, two cold little hands on his chest, Shen Yanchu remembered the sentence "I don't sleep well", laughed for a while, pulled her down, and re-covered the corners.
In the deep night, he stared at her sleeping face, remembering that when he first woke up that day, he had forgotten all the past, but he only recognized the purse she was wearing.
He also brought one such purse with him, and embroidered the word "Yan" crookedly, which should have been given by her in her early years. Since she was an old friend, he believed in her.