Coming out of the west courtyard, the spring rain is dripping, the lights are on, and the house seems to be shrouded in a layer of light.

Liu Ruyan looked at the drizzle in the air, folded two banana leaves from the side of the road, and handed one to Dong Qingxian to keep out the rain.

Dong Qingxian found it interesting and put the leaves on top of his head.

"Real people don't need this." Seeing Shen Yanchu staring at her, Liu Ruyan chuckled, "After all, it will damage your face." ”

At this time, the top of her head was green, and I have to say, her appearance was a little funny.

Shen Yanchu turned his face and looked ahead: "The murderer is not the Lin family. ”

Liu Ruyan agreed: "I think so too." ”

Dong Qingxian was puzzled: "Who could it be?" ”

"According to the clues, it was preliminarily determined that the murderer and the Lin family were old acquaintances, and they served together in Qi Mansion ten years ago." Liu Ruyan cleared his mind for him.

"Chu Kun?" Dong Qingxian suddenly thought.

"It won't be him." Shen Yanchu said with certainty, "His words in the hall today are not half a lie. ”

Seeing that things were not progressing, she patted the shoulders of the two of them: "Regardless of his charm, take care of Lord Jiang at night." ”

With that, she walked away.

Dong Qingxian followed closely: "Yan'er plans to act alone?" ”

She was stunned: "Do you still need to be in a group to eat?" ”

"Eat?" He repeated.

"The people live on food, aren't you hungry?" Liu Ruyan stood in front of him, dressed as a Taoist boy, with a banana leaf on top of his head.

Dong Qingxian's eyes are soft and soft, no matter how old and heavy Xiao Daotong is, he is still a half-old child, and he can't stand being hungry.

"It's to eat more, otherwise you won't grow taller in the future." He smiled kindly.

Liu Ruyan: "......"

The trio returned to the front yard.

The food delivered by the maid was still on the table, and it seemed that Bai Zhi had not returned to the house yet.

After eating, Dong Qingxian sat quietly and had no intention of leaving.

Although he is a descendant of the Dong family, to be honest, he suddenly appeared in Bianjing...... Somewhat suspicious.

Shen Yanchu sat opposite: "We have met before? ”

Dong Qingxian didn't intend to deny it: "There was a one-sided relationship, when I was in Jinzhou, thanks to the two substitutes who broke the siege." ”

"In that case, why do you pretend to be an exile when you are a violinist?"

Dong Qingxian lowered his eyes: "It's a shame to say that Qingxian went down the mountain for the first time, and there were many inconveniences when he traveled abroad, so he deliberately pretended to be a homeless person that day, so as not to be remembered by the thief. ”

Liu Ruyan whispered: "It's just because you are too shallow." ”

Her timbre was extremely low, but she still let Dong Qingxian hear it, and looked at her softly.

Words and thoughts are gentlemen, and they are as warm as jade.

"Because of this, I can recognize Yan'er." He said softly, remembering some past events, "In the past, I lived in the mountains with my father, with mountain streams and flowing water as neighbors, accompanied by beasts and creatures, learning music theory, playing Yaoqin, but there was no friend around me who could speak, until not long ago, Young Master Wenxuan came to Shudi. ”

"That's why you went to Bianjing alone?" Liu Ruyan took over.

"Yes." Dong Qingxian's gentle face was dyed with loneliness.

Liu Ruyan picked up the tea cup on the table and got up to salute him: "Xiaodao respects you for a cup, by the way, I don't know how old Brother Dong is?" ”

She stared at that extraordinarily handsome face, and secretly thought that it should be almost the same as herself.

Clinker, Dong Qingxian replied: "Two out of twenty." ”

Isn't it a year older than Angelica dahurica? But when it comes to temperament, he is the most youthful, on the other hand, Shen Yanchu seems to be cold, but in fact, he is not as old as a weak crown.

On the side, Shen Yanchu asked coldly: "Who else have you seen before coming to Bianjing?" ”

"He just said it, I've seen Qi Wenxuan." Liu Ruyan explained.

"What else?" Shen Yanchu looked at it compulsively.

Just when Dong Qingxian mentioned that he came to Beijing, the seven feelings in his eyebrows were different.

Dong Qingxian opened his lips and smiled bitterly: "I don't dare to hide anything, Qingxian came here as a homeless person, his clothes were ragged, and everyone else avoided me." ”

His words were frank, not like he was lying, Shen Yanchu looked at him lightly, maybe he was too worried.

The sound of rain outside the window gradually decreased, and Liu Ruyan looked at the courtyard: "Bai Zhi has never returned, should he be fine?" ”

"Don't worry." Shen Yanchu raised his head, and his gaze also fell on the outside of the courtyard, "In order to re-examine the deceased, the Qi family has sent two guards to guard outside Bai Zhi's house. ”

"The murderer can even deal with the generals, how can he ensure his safety with only two nurses." Liu Ruyan felt uneasy, "Unless, the murderer thinks that Bai Zhi can't find the cause of death." ”

Front yard, Tranquility Hall.

A small, quiet room with a candlestick flickering with fire.

In the corner of the wall, a male corpse lay on two bed boards, his face was blue, his eyes were closed, and he was wearing a snow-white muslin on his body.

Next to the corpse, stood a man in a green shirt.

Bai Zhi leaned forward, never taking his eyes off the deceased, he pressed his right palm against the corpse, examined it inch by inch, and carefully identified the traces on the surface.

The results showed that the deceased was not injured in front of him, and there was not even the slightest sign of struggle.

"Could it be that before they died, what kind of incense did they have, or did they boil the hemp?" He groaned.

The smell wafting through the air was nothing but the stench of corpses, and a night of spring rain was enough to destroy all incriminating evidence.

Evidence? He suddenly remembered that Liu Ruyan had said that the clue was in the fireflies left by the murderer.

Bai Zhi's eyes were slightly dark, and he approached the desk in a few steps, took out the packet of white powder from the medicine box, and unfolded the veil.

Fluorite, pearls, centipedes.

He slowly walked towards the male corpse, holding the bag of powder in his hand, and at this time, he seemed to see Lord Chen, who had been dead for a long time, and his eyelids suddenly moved!

It's like waking up after a long sleep, and the thin, soft eyelids twitch unconsciously.

Bai Zhi was taken aback for a moment, and inadvertently, the firefly powder in his hand was accidentally spilled and scattered on the chest of the male corpse.

The moment the powder settled, the male corpse changed again, and something seemed to be squirming under the eyelids, and then, the corners of the eyelids were lifted, and the wriggling thing inside finally showed its original shape.

I saw that the crimson footless insects emerged one after another, climbing down the face of the male corpse, and the speed was extremely fast, like red blood lines.

They crawled near the powder and gathered together, eating away at the centipedes inside.

It was a worm, and Angelica was shocked. If these insects feed on poison, they are Gu.

Gu, killing people is invisible, and the Gu in Liu Shangshu and Lord Chen is not simple, looking at the means, could it be related to Bai Man?

The so-called Baiman, that is, the ethnic group in the southwest, believes in Buddhism and witchcraft.

From the charred corpse in Liujiazhuang to the hanging corpse in Qi Mansion, rare Gu worms have reappeared one after another. Bai Zhi looked solemn, grabbed a worm with tweezers and put it in the bottle, got up and walked outside.

The vermilion door was opened by him, and the two guards waiting outside immediately turned around.

"Bai has something to ask to see the head of the family!"

"Tick, tick......"

The copper kettle dripping and leaking kept ringing, and Liu Ruyan widened: "It's time to go, it's time to go to Lord Jiang's side to keep vigil." ”

Shen Yanchu immediately got up and put on the fence.

Liu Ruyan picked up an umbrella and stretched it open: "The night is not peaceful, I will follow you, so I can take care of each other." ”

After saying that, she looked back at Dong Qingxian again: "If Daoyou is fine, please go back and rest as soon as possible." ”

Dong Qingxian couldn't help but worry, he wanted to go with him, but seeing Liu Ruyan's appearance that he couldn't refuse, he had to give up: "You take care more." ”