Chapter 12: Dusk Bells
The final voting result was as expected, Lang Zhuo was first, Gu Changlin was second, and Yu Lin was third.
Nan Xian received only one vote, and it was the boy's mother who voted.
For this ranking, the four of them all knew how it came about, it was nothing more than someone taking advantage of the baking time to manipulate Nan Xian's buckwheat cake.
This method is really common in the entertainment industry, so everyone pretends that nothing has happened and continues to record with a smile on their faces.
Between recordings, Nan Xian was called away by Director Deng under the pretext of adjusting Mike.
After the two arrived at the camera, Director Deng asked her, "Has the hidden mission been completed?" β
She nodded, pulled a folded piece of toilet paper out of her pants pocket, and unfolded it.
There were two hairs, one black and one red.
Director Deng was stunned and pointed to the one on the right: "This is - your own hair?" β
"yes, the mission card says that the hair of any two people is not included." Nan Xian smiled slyly, "Okay, complete the task and give a clue." β
When she was applying makeup before, she saw the loopholes in the rules, and deliberately didn't show it in front of the camera, just to catch the director off guard.
Director Deng scratched his head, a little worried that there would be unfavorable remarks on the Internet after this paragraph was broadcast, and hesitated: "This ......"
At this moment, Jiang Tezhu, who was holding coffee, passed by, he deliberately slowed down and glanced at Director Deng intentionally or unintentionally.
Director Deng immediately reacted - Nan Xian still has He Mingxiao behind her, how could he let those unfavorable remarks appear to her? I'm really worrying about it!
"Okay, I'll let the camera send you clues later!"
*
It was evening when the recording ended, and everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
Ding He helped Nan Xian pick out the ginger silk in the lunch, and when she saw her eating calmly, she couldn't help but say: "Sister, the buckwheat cake you made so hard will definitely be able to win the second place, but you only have one vote in the end...... Aren't you angry? β
Nan Xian put down her chopsticks and looked at her with a smile, "Of course I'm angry, but being angry won't solve the problem." As long as I find out who did it, I will definitely take revenge. β
Ding He's eyes lit up, and he lowered his voice: "Is it Gu Changlin?" I think he suspected that you had a hidden mission before, is he afraid that you will take more clues if you take the second and complete the task? β
Nan Xian shook her head.
"It's unlikely, although I don't know him, but as long as people with a little brain, they won't be so grandiose in the variety show to the guests of the same period. Besides, I am not weaker than him, and if he attacks me, he will surely injure the enemy by 800 and lose 1,000 himself. β
Ding He suddenly realized when he heard this: "Yes! Sister, you are now half of the boss of Fan Meng, and the whole entertainment industry can't find a second actress who is more powerful than you, Gu Changlin wants to go against you, and you have to weigh whether you have that ability! β
Nan Xian pursed her lips and was silent.
Ding He realized that he seemed to have talked about a topic she didn't want to mention, and slapped his head in annoyance, "Oh, look at my mouth, there is really no doorkeeper, sister, you punish me!" β
Nan Xian couldn't cry or laugh: "Fool, what is the punishment, what you said is right." Since He Mingxiao gave me the shares of Fan Meng, then it is my thing, and I will not resist it because of my relationship with He Mingxiao. β
She took a deep breath and raised her lips confidently, "This is a rare resource, I must hold it firmly in the palm of my hand and use it well!" β
"Wow-" Ding He looked at her with a look of adoration, "Sister, you were so handsome at that moment just now!" β
Nan Xian couldn't help but smile, and nodded her eyebrows, "Okay, you can go eat too, the dishes are going to be cold." β
"Hehe, I'm losing weight, I don't eat at night!" With that, she jumped out of the room with her bag in her hand.
Nan Xian watched her leave, her eyes fell back to the mobile phone screen in front of her, and the smile gradually dissipated.
She has been in the industry for more than three years, and there are countless families, and how many people are staring at her position and want to pull her down.
But among them, there is only one person who has the ability and dares to do what he is doing todayβ
Wei Zeling.
Only she dared to do it to herself under He Mingxiao's nose, without worrying that she would be blamed.
Nan Xian looked at herself reflected in the mobile phone screen and slowly showed a sneer.
Wei Zeling is still the same Wei Zeling as before, but she is no longer the Nanxian of her previous life.
Two "tuk tuk" sounds, interrupting her thoughts.
Nan Xian sat up straight, "Please come in." β
The camera brother came in with the machine and handed the clues into her hands.
It is a recipe for making "Locked Throat Gu": three earth dragons, a little horse manure, one bauhinia flower, and three dumb grass fruits.
The earth dragon is an earthworm, and horse manure may be used to feed earthworms, so what is the role of the latter two?
She searched the Internet, and it turned out that "dumb grass" was the common name for flowers and leaves.
The juice of the evergreen has a strong toxicity, once it touches the skin, it is itchy and unbearable, and the fruit is more toxic, and it will cause sore mouth and throat after ingestion, and even make people lose their voice.
The pollen of redbud flowers can trigger asthma or make coughing more severe if it is in contact with people for too long......
In the travelogue she and Yu Lin found that day, there was a person who claimed to have been given a "Locked Throat Gu", and the symptoms were almost completely consistent with the toxic effects of these two plants.
When she saw that description that day, she guessed whether it would be allergies or poisoning, and when she looked at it, it was true.
"Lockthroat Gu" has nothing to do with Gu at all, what works is poisonous flowers and plants!
Nan Xian suddenly brightened.
The camera brother came out again at this time and revealed an important news to her: "At present, the person with the most clues is Gu Changlin, and he has collected five clues. β
Nan Xian was stunned - there were only three of them in her hand!
"Complete the special quest to get the ultimate clue to reveal the secret Gu art, do you want to accept the quest?"
She looked down at the prescription in her hand and nodded vigorously: "I accept!" β
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What Nan Xian didn't expect was that the special mission site was actually in the Forbidden Forest.
On the first day of arriving at the village, Gillian mentioned the Forbidden Forest when chatting with her.
She said that a long time ago, there was a lame old man who lived in that forest, and he always tinkered with strange things, and claimed to revive Gu magic.
Later, he poisoned himself to death, and his body decomposed for half a month before it was found.
Everyone thought that the forest was unlucky, and over time they called it the forbidden forest, and children were not allowed to enter, and only occasionally people in the village would pass by when they went up the mountain to pick herbs.
There are many mosquitoes in the mountains, Nan Xian changed into protective boots, took a snake stick, and set off with a camera brother.
As the sun fell, the deeper she walked into the forest, the darker the light became, Nan Xian held a flashlight in one hand to illuminate, and a snake beating stick in the other hand to remove the weeds blocking the path under her feet.
Getting closer and closer to the abandoned hut at her destination, Nan Xian was about to take a few quick steps, when suddenlyβ
She stopped vigilantly and made a silent gesture.
A few birdsongs wafted through the air.
"Did you just hear the bell?" She asked, in a low voice.
The cameraman looked around and shook his head.
Nan Xian frowned slightly, she seemed to have heard a sound of bells just now.
Gillian wears a bell on her body, which she can hear every day and is very familiar with.
Could it be that I usually listen too much, which leads to auditory hallucinations?
Seeing that it was getting darker, she stopped worrying and continued to walk towards the hut.
"Jingle bellβ"
Nan Xian paused violently - this time it was definitely not an auditory hallucination!