Chapter 22: Rivals join forces
Shopkeeper Zhao is a person who has personally experienced this, and General Zhao, the general who defended the city twelve years ago, is his own brother! The Zhao family and the Mu family are world friends, the Mu family has been the city lord of Cangzhou City for generations, and the Zhao family has been the general in the city for generations, loyal to the city lord.
In their generation, the relationship between the two families is even more close. The lord of Mu City married his sister, and the Zhao Mu family formed an in-law relationship, and also gave birth to a daughter Mu Ci with the common blood of the two families.
Except for Mu Qing, his younger brother Zhao Ji was the only one who had seen the tragic situation in the City Lord's Mansion that day. Seeing that the city lord Mu and their sister were lying in a pool of blood, Zhao Ji went to the Zhao Mansion to find him in a panic, and the two hurried out of the city, hoping to save Sister Mu's child, their niece Mu Ci.
At that time, Mu Ci was already married and lived outside the city with her niece and son-in-law. They prayed that they would escape, and when he and his brother arrived at their residence, they were both out of breath, and their eight-year-old nephew was nowhere to be found.
Shopkeeper Zhao recalled the past twelve years ago and buried his face deep in his hands. He shouldn't have complained about Mu Qing, his younger brother also confessed to him before he died, telling him not to be angry with Mu Qing's child, but Mu Qing has always refused to tell him the truth, so he was angry with Mu Qing.
Who disposed of the body that day? He and his younger brother disappeared from the city lord's mansion from outside the city, they disappeared as if out of thin air, leaving only the empty Cangzhou City Lord's Mansion and Mu Qing, who was crying silently, who did these things and what was the purpose?
"Dad, it's my fault for this, it's me who is pushing people too hard......" Zhao Bai'er apologized, not feeling good in his heart.
He was a little ashamed in the face of the truth, before his uncle died last year, he handed over the post of general guarding the city to him, and also handed over the burden of guarding Cangzhou City to him. Now not only did he not find out the truth from twelve years ago, but he also forced the city lord Mu Qing to ......
Shopkeeper Zhao also blamed himself again and again, and said with relief: "Okay, Bai'er, when the city lord is well, you can apologize to him in person!" The deceased is gone, but after so many years, I don't know what happened to my hard-working nephew, whether he is alive or dead......"
Shopkeeper Zhao was a little stunned at this time, what is the use of tracking down the truth of the year, people cannot be resurrected after death.
When Zhao Bai'er saw his father mention the missing child, he suddenly remembered a clue he had found a few days ago, and hurriedly said: "Father, I checked the file from twelve years ago, and you and your uncle were in a hurry that day, and the traces of the scene of the murder of my sister and brother-in-law were not completely cleared, and I found ......."
He was about to talk to his father, but when he thought that Ji Beichen was still in the main hall, he didn't talk further.
Ji Beichen didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two, just now Xue's mother's words, he was suffocated in his chest, and his brain was even more buzzing.
He secretly said in his heart that it was not good, could it be that the soul escape was about to attack again?
The head of the sect once told him that he had a soul escape disorder before he went to the Nine Tribulations Mountain, and he couldn't remember many things clearly when he was a child, but he didn't remember it at all.
He remembered that he had been wandering around before he was adopted by the head of the sect and went up the mountain, and his memories before the wandering were very vague, and his biological parents could only barely remember the appearance of his parents, and he could only find out the truth from his dreams in more detail.
The head master also said to Ji Beichen: He is afraid that he was stimulated by something to temporarily seal that part of the memory, maybe when he meets the old people or revisits the old place, he will remember some.
Ji Beichen is an orphan, he can probably guess that it should be about his parents, he can't stand this blow, so he chooses to forget about it!
When he first ascended the Nine Tribulations Mountain, Ji Beichen would wake up from the same nightmare every day, and he never committed it again after that.
This time he was betrayed by his fellow disciples and seriously injured, he forgot more things, and the nightmare was awakened again. Now that he heard what happened to Mu Qing, his head began to tingle again, as if something was about to come out......
"Okay, since the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's not be busy finding out the truth first, curing Mu Qing's illness is the most important thing now!" Bai Shi appeared behind Ji Beichen at the right time and gently patted him on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.
Ji Beichen raised his dizzy head, looked at Senior Shi, who cared for him, met his concerned eyes, and immediately said happily: "Senior Shi, you are here!" ”
Bai Shi nodded slightly, put down the medicine box he was carrying on his shoulder, and followed Zhao Ling'er, who was slightly tired.
Seeing that Zhao Ling'er was fine, Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly greeted him, and when he heard Bai Shi's words, he felt very sure, and immediately responded: "Yes, yes, Brother Shi is right!" Mu Qing must be cured, or our Zhao family will be uneasy! ”
"You all go back first, Ling'er and Beichen stay and help me." Bai Shiyan didn't say anything more, he asked Shopkeeper Zhao and Zhao Bai'er to go back first, and took Ji Beichen and Zhao Ling'er to the inner courtyard.
Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly chased out the door, and when he saw the three of them walking away, he didn't forget to count the courtesy, and bowed and said, "There are Brother Lao Shi and Chen'er!" ”
He knew that he was not good at medicine and could not help much, and that he would be somewhat annoying if he remained here, so he planned to leave the City Lord's Mansion immediately.
Although Ji Beichen is still shallow in the world, he still knows the number of etiquette, at this moment he came back to his senses, bowed back and saluted, and said: "Uncle Zhao is polite, the younger generation will definitely do his best to help." ”
Zhao Bai'er saw that her sister Zhao Ling'er was fine, and knew that she was now a "sinner" in the City Lord's Mansion, so she didn't say anything to stay.
He originally wanted to say something to Ji Beichen, but before he could say anything, he swallowed it, hugged his fists at everyone, and turned to leave.
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Early the next morning, Mu Qing ate the pills fed by Bai Shi, temporarily protected her heart, and fell asleep in bed at the moment. He didn't sleep very well, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to have some kind of painful nightmare.
Mu Qing muttered softly: "Sister! Brother-in-law! Don't go, don't leave me alone! ”
Baishi asked Xue San and Xue's mother to boil water and prepare to take a medicinal bath for Mu Qing. He wanted to excite the toxins in Mu Qing's internal organs first.
Seeing Ji Beichen looking at Mu Qing with a solemn expression, Bai Shi pulled the corners of his mouth and whispered: "He is a chronic poison, which is difficult to solve, but it is different when he meets me, Ah Chen'er doesn't have to worry too much." ”
Ji Beichen nodded and recalled: "Xue San said that Mu Gongzi was in good health before, but in the past few years, he has been a little sick because of his worries, and he suddenly became critically ill this year, it seems that it is really caused by poisoning, but who will be the person who poisoned him?" ”
Ji Beichen was not familiar with the situation in Cangzhou City, and he really couldn't guess who the poisoner was, so he could only guess: "Could it be the meticulous work of the Demon Sect?" ”
"Oh?" Bai Shi closed a smile on the corner of his mouth, and a trace of displeasure immediately flashed on his face.
Ji Beichen knew the relationship between Baishi and Soul Valley, and hurriedly explained: "The Demon Dao Chenghuan Sect is good at using poison, I'm just guessing, Senior Shi doesn't have to take it seriously. ”
Bai Shi touched the white beard on his chin and replied with a calm expression: "Naturally." ”
After the hot water was boiled, Zhao Ling'er followed Baishi's instructions, prepared the medicinal bath and went out. Ji Beichen gently picked up Mu Qing, and Xue San took off his underwear for him, revealing his white and emaciated upper body.
"Childe has lost a lot of weight in the past two days, blame me for this, how could Childe be poisoned?" After Xue San knew that Mu Qing was poisoned, he kept blaming himself.
Ji Beichen bowed his head and was silent, Bai Shi actually hid something from Xue San and Xue's mother, mainly because he was afraid that they would not be able to stand it. This poison in Mu Qing is very dangerous, even Baishi's predecessors are not completely sure.
Moreover, the poison has penetrated deep into Mu Qing's internal organs, and even if he takes the antidote now, the toxin cannot be completely removed. Shiraishi's predecessors said that now the only way to try to force the poison out is now!
As soon as the two of them worked together to put Mu Qing into the medicated bath bucket, Zhao Ling'er came and knocked on the door and called Ji Beichen to the main hall.
Ji Beichen knew that the matter of detoxifying Mu Qing was very dangerous, and when the two discussed how to detoxify it in the morning, he confessed his identity to Baishi's seniors, and explained the adventures of healing in the Valley of Leaving the Soul, but he hid the part related to Yan Yueli.
When Senior Shiraishi heard this, he was shocked, he knew that the method of retrograde operation of true qi that Ji Beichen said was actually the Demon Sect Exercise, and it seemed that this matter must not be simple......
"Actually, the Demon Sect Immortal Sect is originally a family, so what about which practice method!" Bai Shi smiled, only to feel that the honest posterior in front of him was a tendon, and he didn't know how to react to knowing the truth in the future?
Ji Beichen smiled bitterly, and replied casually: "Senior Baishi, don't persuade me, I'm not biased, it's just that I haven't fully accepted it, but I don't know that the people of the Demon Sect are not all evil, and there are many people who have good thoughts and distinguish between right and wrong." ”
Ji Beichen is no longer the stunned person who didn't distinguish between right and wrong and vowed to get rid of the Demon Sect before he went down the mountain, at least he knew that Yan Yueli was not a bad person.
Seeing that Ji Beichen understood righteousness and distinguished between good and evil at such a young age, Bai Shi couldn't help but admire him as a person, and if he recovered his strength in the future, the Cangxu faction still needed him to take the helm.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly comforted Ji Beichen and said: "Chen'er, don't be burdened, I won't mention this matter to others." It's just that you are cultivating so indiscriminately, I'm afraid it will be a little dangerous to force poison for Mu Qing, and this matter can only be wronged for you to join forces with Bai'er. ”
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Not long after, in the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion, Zhao Bai'er sat there a little restrainedly. Seeing that his sister brought Ji Beichen over, he quickly stood up from his seat.
Ji Beichen gave Zhao Bai'er a slight fist salute, he knew that Zhao Bai'er was specially invited by Baishi's seniors!
Bai Shi saw that the two of them didn't say anything when they met, so he pulled the conversation over: "Bai'er is a nine-fold cultivator in the foundation building period, he has been walking in the military camp for many years, and he has experience in healing, so he ......"
"Was he willing to help? In case something goes wrong...... Ji Beichen saw that Baishi really invited Zhao Bai'er, and he didn't know what Zhao Bai'er meant.
"I volunteered, I ......" Zhao Bai'er knew that Ji Beichen must have misunderstood him, and he owed Mu Qing an apology, so Baishi proposed to help Mu Qing heal his injuries, and he agreed without thinking.
Ji Beichen knew that Zhao Bai'er had profound internal skills, and it would be safer to have him join, so he stopped saying nothing and agreed.
Zhao Baier was a little sad when he saw that Ji Beichen still didn't want to pay attention to him. He has been extremely talented since he was a child, and his parents and master have been extremely fond of him, but he has developed a pampered personality, and his sister Zhao Linger is much more mature than her.
"Poof!" Zhao Ling'er couldn't help but laugh when she saw her own brother deflated for the first time.
Zhao Baier was very angry at her sister's behavior: "I'm still not your own brother, you little traitor!" ”
Zhao Bai'er had long heard his father mention that Zhao Ling'er recognized a "Brother Ji", and even Grandpa Shi recognized it, but he didn't expect the two to fight when they met for the first time today, and it was really a narrow road!
"I told you a long time ago, there are people outside the sky, Brother Ji has subdued you!" Zhao Ling'er dodged, hid behind Ji Beichen, and happily stuck out her tongue at Zhao Bai'er.
"I ...... I don't admit defeat, it's obvious that he has that spirit sword! ”
Zhao Bai'er was in a foundation building period, but he lost to the condensation period. He had already admitted defeat in his heart, although he was convinced, his stubborn personality made him still hard-mouthed.