Volume IX, Chapter 18: Bear's Paw
Underground, Shen Xia's room.
"Nie Xiaoqian, explain." Shen Xia's saw-like voice sounded in her ears, as noisy as sawing wood.
Xiao Qian, who was kneeling down, trembled, and she whispered: "Back to grandma, that scholar was rescued." ”
"Go on." Xiao Qian lowered her head: "I took him back to the room and interrogated him with Hepansan, who knew that he actually carried the medicinal ......" Speaking of this, she raised her eyes slightly and looked at Shen Xia, the other party's face was hidden in the shadows, and she couldn't see her expression at all.
Xiao Qian continued: "I poisoned it a second time, but I didn't expect him to carry it again, and then at this time, a woman with strange tears in the corners of her eyes broke in, she knocked me down and rescued the scholar......"
"Hehe......" Shen Xia laughed strangely, and then said: "According to your meaning, not only is the person gone, but you haven't dug out anything from his mouth, have you?" ”
"Grandma, I ......"
"Isn't it!"
"Yes, yes." Xiao Qian stammered a little, and then she kowtowed: "Xiao Qian is incompetent, ask grandma for forgiveness." After a long time, Shen Xia walked down, her hand gently resting on the back of Xiaoqian's head.
Xiao Qian's whole body shook violently, and her heart suddenly fell into an ice cellar, and then Shen Xia's voice came: "Xiao Qian, did you lie to me?" Xiao Qian bit her lip and reluctantly opened her mouth, Shen Xia said softly: "You have to think clearly, don't worry, you tell grandma the truth, grandma won't blame you." Xiao Qian buried her face in the ground: "What Xiao Qian said is true." After a moment, the hand on the back of his head was raised: "Get up, send these things to the Danfang for me." Xiao Qian got up and took the things handed over by Shen Xia - a bunch of keys and a few bottles of pills.
"Xiao Qian retired." After speaking, Xiaoqian walked out. After she left, Shen Xia was still sitting in place, and the black green claws slid lightly on the armrest of the seat
The soft sound of "tearing, tearing, pulling". Suddenly, she grabbed the handrail violently: "People who can deal with the Ten Thousand Poison Array, there are." There are also people who can resist the bottom and scatter. But these two people deal with you at the same time, and you can come out unscathed...... Hum! Xiaoqian, grandma gave you a chance, if you can't grasp it, don't blame grandma for being ruthless......" She got up and walked out, when a gust of wind blew,
With a "bang", the sturdy seat immediately shattered to the ground. ………… Xiao Qian walked straight to her grandmother's Dan room.
You don't need to look at the pill in your hand, you just need to smell it to know that it is
The antidote to "Meng Po Soup", and the set of keys are the keys to each room, and the keys to the cages of the group of slaves are also among them.
Xiaoqian has now come to a fork in the road. The road on the left leads to Shen Xia's Danfang, and he only needs to honestly put things in it, so there will be no more incidents.
The passage on the right leads to the imprisoned slaves.
"Ahh Leave us alone, I'm going home, ahhhhhhh
"Woooooooooo......oo I don't take medicine, and I won't take medicine when I die! ”
"Please, raise your noble hand and let me go...... Please, I'll kowtow to you......" Xiao Qian knew that it was time to start work again, and the group of maids were forcing those slaves to drink medicine, and the slaves who drank the medicine would gradually lose their minds and become tools that could only do coolies...... Xiao Qian has been in this underground mine for two or three years, and this kind of voice is heard every day, and it stands to reason that she is used to it.
But at this time, listening to those painful wails, her heart involuntarily began to twitch. Those wails were like an invisible whip, torturing her heart.
Xiao Qian guessed that Shen Xia had already begun to doubt herself, and letting herself send something was a temptation. She also knew what the consequences would be if Shen Xia found out that she was antipathetic...... Her hands began to tremble involuntarily, and she was tormented by long-standing fear and a newfound conscience.
"No matter...... No, if I leave at this time, I will be the despised enchantress again, and then I will look down on myself......" She took a deep breath, but the next moment, her hands trembled even more.
"Shall I save these people? They don't know me, can I take such a big risk for them? And I once forced them to drink medicine, they are likely to be like Li Mujiang, no matter what I do, they will treat me as a bad person! As soon as she thought of this, Xiao Qian unconsciously gritted her teeth, and her heart was crossed, and she strode towards the Danfang.
After putting away the things, Shen Xia's voice suddenly sounded behind her: "Xiaoqian, you really didn't disappoint me." Xiao Qian's body was weak, and she almost fell to the ground, her voice trembled: "Grandma...... What you said, Xiaoqian didn't understand. Shen Xia patted Xiaoqian on the shoulder: "It is worthy of being my most optimistic disciple, originally grandma suspected you of colluding with outsiders, but now it seems that you are very loyal." Xiao Qian lowered her head: "Grandma is wise." Shen Xia gently stroked the long hair around Xiao Qian's ear and asked softly, "What did the scholar tell you?" Xiao Qian shook her head: "I didn't say anything." Shen Xia nodded: "That's good, Xiaoqian, remember grandma's words, none of what these stinky men said is true, they are not good things, they are not worth believing at all!" Hearing this, Xiao Qian's heart twitched violently - it's not like this!
No matter what the situation, there must be someone in this world who wants to believe in himself. Ning Caichen. The name beat in Xiao Qian's heart.
No matter what others think of me, as long as you are willing to believe me, then everything I do is no longer meaningless.
She finally made up her mind at this moment.
"Yes, Xiaoqian wrote it down." She nodded slightly, and then with a hook of sharp fingers, she silently slashed her belly.
Severe pain hit, but Xiao Qian remained silent, and stretched her hand through the wound, as if she was groping for something.
This kind of pain is definitely unbearable, but she didn't even tremble from beginning to end, and even Shen Xia behind her didn't notice anything unusual.
Shen Xia nodded, and was about to go out, when Xiao Qian stopped her: "Grandma, Xiao Qian wants to honor you for something." Shen Xia stretched out her hand: "Present it." Xiao Qian turned around and took out a bloody thing from her arms, Shen Xia touched it, and then said with a smile: "Fresh human liver, just right for me to practice, you are sensible, where did you get this?" Xiao Qian raised her head violently: "Mine." Then she worked hard and squeezed it violently.
With a loud "pop", Xiao Qian violently crushed her still warm liver, and the red poisonous mist exploded between the two.
"Ahh Shen Xia was unexpected, she screamed, and the thick poisonous mist instantly hit her face, eroding wildly.
Xiao Qian rolled back, picked up the key and pill on the table and ran out. Walking to the door, ignoring the pain in her abdomen and the blood gushing out of her mouth, Xiao Qian pulled violently, and the heavy stone door closed with a bang, she took out the key and locked her grandmother inside.
Then she tore off a piece of her shirt, tied her abdomen hard, and staggered to her cell. …………
"Bang!" There was a loud bang, and the door of the cell was pushed open, and the maid and the slaves who were feeding the medicine looked at each other in unison.
The face of the visitor was terrifyingly white, a little whiter than a wall scraped through putty. She gritted her teeth and leaned against the door, blood hung from the corners of her mouth, beads of sweat the size of beans slipped down her forehead, and although her abdomen was tied up, blood continued to ooze.
Many people recognized Nie Xiaoqian, who was the most important for her grandmother, and everyone was stunned when they looked at her strange appearance.
Xiaoqian threw away the key and the antidote, and said to the group of maids: "Release people." The group of maids was obviously stunned, and Xiao Qian shouted: "This is your only chance to go home!" A slave shouted at this time: "Don't believe her, she is a subordinate of Grandma, how can she be so kind?" The rest of the slaves chimed in: "Yes, yes......"
"I don't think it's an antidote at all, it's some other nonsense."
"We don't eat." Xiao Qian didn't pay attention to them at all, and turned to the group of maids: "Open the cage, and you can go." A maid said in a trembling voice: "Sister Xiaoqian, grandma is ...... over there" Xiaoqian said: "She is trapped by me, you hurry up!" After you go out, go to the deserted village to find Li Mujiang, she will protect you. Then she said no more and went out.
"Boom", the door was closed, and then again
There was a "click" and the door was locked. The maids looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
In the silence, a maid cried out: "After being abducted, living a precarious life every day, is this what everyone wants?" I'm going home, let's listen to Sister Xiaoqian! Release people, release people! This sound seemed to be very infectious, and the maids began to get busy, and opened the cages for the slaves.
The slaves didn't believe Xiao Qian, but Xiao Qian said Li Mujiang's name, and they knew that it was the one before
"Li Woman", most of the doubts in my heart have dissipated. Coupled with the cage that was really opened in front of them, and the glow in the eyes of the people who had taken the antidote, their hearts began to waver.
One, two, five...... More and more slaves began to save themselves. The cell immediately became active...... At the door, Xiao Qian leaned against the door and gasped, hearing the movement inside, she smiled lightly.
"Ahem, ahem...... Uhh This laugh touched the abdominal wound, and the colic that pierced the heart hit, Xiao Qian's face twisted, blood overflowed from the corners of her mouth, and she coughed violently.
She sat down slowly against the door. What can be done for innocent people, even at the cost of one's life.
Sacrifice your life for righteousness...... Ning Caichen, do I understand? She suddenly remembered something, stretched out her hand, and rustled in the ground with her own blood.
After the final stroke, there was a loud bang in the depths of the passage, and a heavy door somewhere had been shattered.
Then there was an angry scream: "Nie Xiaoqian, you are so bold!" Xiao Qian raised her head and slammed her hand into her lower abdomen again, the pain of the wound tearing was as sharp as a needle, but she didn't care, Huo Di stood up and rushed into the darkness like an arrow.
The firelight flickered, and the pattern she had just drawn loomed. She drew a small bear paw with blood.
Fish, I want too; Bear's paws, as well as I want. You can't have both, and you can't have both, and you can give up the fish and take the bear's paw.
Life, also what I want; Righteousness is also what I want. You can't have both, and those who sacrifice their lives to take righteousness are also.
In the dark passage, Shen Xia screamed again and again, as if she was forced to be very embarrassed. Xiao Qian laughed: "Hahahaha...... Grandma, Xiaoqian uses these five internal organs to help you achieve great achievements and become immortals! ”