Chapter Seventy-Two: The Psychological Game
Seeing Barron like this, Li Zijun's heart sank, and he knew that the poison in Barron's body had attacked again. He hurriedly helped Barron to his feet, and quickly patted several important acupuncture points on Barron's back in turn, and Zuihou slapped his palm on the back of Barron's heart.
"Poof" Barron spurted out a mouthful of black blood, and his face turned pale again.
"Is this a martial art or a medical skill, how come I have never heard of your rescue technique?" Barron asked as he turned his head and looked at Li Zijun with curiosity.
"Even if it's a medical skill!" Li Zijun helped Barron back to the bed.
"You take a rest first, I'll let Jasmine come and accompany you!"
"I'm dying, am I?" Barron said with a wry smile.
Li Zijun didn't know how to answer him, so he silently covered him with a quilt.
"Will you grant me a request?"
"You say, I can only do my best!"
"After I'm gone, let Jasmine follow you, even if she makes her a maid for you without any name. I can tell she likes you. ”
"You're thinking too much!"
"Actually, Jasmine has always been grateful to me, then and today! I was hopelessly fond of her, and I thought I could give her happiness. But now it looks like I'm overestimating what I'm capable of!" Barron sighed and continued.
"Jasmine is very timid, she doesn't even dare to see blood! But she has been watching you kill people just now, and I can feel that her eyes never leave your figure. ”
Although Li Zijun couldn't see Barron's eyes, he heard a strong sense of loss in his tone.
Barron is not only a failure in his career, but also a failure in his feelings, and he is completely dead at the moment! Li Zijun wants to comfort and comfort him, but he doesn't know what to say.
"Don't comfort me, I've seen everything!" Barron smiled faintly.
"Because of my relationship, Jasmine's life will be very difficult in the future, and no one will be able to bring her happiness except you!
At this moment, Barron's spirit was getting better and better, and Li Zijun understood that he had reached the stage of returning to the light, so he didn't waste any more time, and immediately called Jasmine over.
Seeing Jasmine sit in front of Barron's bed, Li Zijun turned around and walked out of the room.
The sky was bright, and Li Zijun heard Barron finally exhale a breath, he sighed secretly, and walked into the room.
Barron lay peacefully on the bed, he had completely left this shijie. Jasmine sat beside him with a blank expression, neither crying nor grieving. Li Zijun was worried that Jasmine was overly sad, so he walked to her side and gently hugged her and leaned against his chest.
"If you want to cry, cry, don't hold yourself back like this!"
Jasmine, who was leaning on Li Zijun's chest, suddenly stretched out her arms and gently hugged Li Zijun.
"Young Master, is what Barron said true?"
"When the fake is true, the truth is also false! Who is true and who is false, who is right and who is wrong, and who can really say clearly!" Li Zijun said sentimentally.
"Death is like a lamp going out, let everything pass! You just need to have those memories that make you happy, and as for the rest, forget about it!" Li Zijun said with one hand on Jasmine's cheek.
"Can you really forget?" Jasmine asked blankly as she met Li Zijun's gaze.
"Must forget!"
"What are you going to do next?"
"Barron told me to follow you all the time!" Jasmine probably had been thinking about it all the time, and blurted out when she heard Li Zijun ask. Immediately, she found that she had misunderstood Li Zijun's meaning, and her cheeks instantly turned red, and she didn't even dare to look at Li Zijun again.
"I wonder if Barron has any last wishes?" Li Zijun was also a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly changed his question.
"Barron wants us to cremate him and scatter his ashes in the lake. I just hope it's not those rivers that flow through the Aojin Empire, he never wants to go back there!"
"You've been sitting here all night, go and rest for a while. I'll go buy some food, and then hire a carriage, and after breakfast, we'll take Barron outside the city to be cremated, fulfilling his wish!" Li Zijun patted Jasmine's shoulder, and Jasmine realized that she was still holding Li Zijun, and hurriedly let go of her arm.
"I'll do it, I think there are a lot of things at home, you can go out after breakfast." Jasmine was anxious and stood up abruptly.
But Jasmine forgot that she had been sitting like this all night, and her legs were completely unconscious! Before she could stand up straight, she suddenly rushed towards Li Zijun.
Li Zijun's first reaction was to dodge, but then he found that Jasmine was just unable to stand on her feet because of numbness in her legs, so he hurriedly reached out to support her. It's just that his hands are a little slower, and as soon as he lifts them, Jasmine has already bumped into them, and his hands have landed right on Jasmine's chest.
Li Zijun immediately realized that he was in the wrong position, and withdrew his arm in a panic. But Jasmine, who had no strength in her legs because of the numbness in her legs, continued to turn in his direction. Just as Li Zijun wanted to hold Jasmine from another position, it was a coincidence that Jasmine had already fallen into his arms, and their lips were almost close together.
It took a lot of effort for Li Zijun to help Jasmine back to her original position and sit down, and both of them were so embarrassed that their faces were flushed at the moment, and for a while, neither of them knew what to say.
"Shall I carry you to another room to rest?" Li Zijun said tentatively.
"Hmm!" Jasmine's voice was extremely quiet, and Li Zijun could barely hear it.
Li Zijun exhaled and quickly carried Jasmine to another room.
"You rest for a while, I'll go out and buy some food. Li Zijun turned around and walked out.
"You're not going to leave me here alone, are you?" Jasmine asked, looking at Li Zijun worriedly.
"Would you like to be my personal maid?" Li Zijun saw Jasmine's expression and knew what she was worried about, so he decided to give her an explanation today. Li Zijun walked up to Jasmine's side and asked with a smile.
"But I"
"I'm not a god, I can't control things that are too far away, I can only see in front of me. Li Zijun understood what Jasmine wanted to say, and raised his hand to stop her from continuing.
"I do!" Jasmine replied with some emotion, her eyes filled with tears.
"Then you have to get well quickly, I'm still waiting for you to resume serving me quickly!" Li Zijun held Jasmine's shoulders, put her back on the bed, and helped her cover the quilt, and then walked out of this small courtyard.
When Li Zijun hired the carriage, he also stopped by to take a look at the place agreed by Elena and him, but there was still no secret mark left by them. This time, Li Zijun began to worry a little about the safety of Susan and Elena. After dealing with Barron's affairs, if he couldn't see the secret marks left by them, he would go out of the city alone to inquire about their situation.
Thinking of this, Li Zijun bought some things casually, hired two carriages, and quickly returned to this temporary home. At this time, Jasmine had already gotten up, and she saw that Li Zijun's face was a little ugly, so she hurriedly greeted her.
"We'll take a casual bite in the car, and after Barron's last wish is fulfilled, I'm afraid I'll have to go out of town, so you stay here and wait for me to come back. ”
"I also know some martial arts, can I protect myself, can you take me?" Jasmine was still a little worried that Li Zijun would leave her, she looked at Li Zijun and pleaded.
"It's dangerous!"
"I'm not afraid!"
Li Zijun hesitated for a moment, nodded and agreed to Jasmine's request.
After simply buying some cremation necessities in the city, they and Barron each took a horse-drawn carriage out of the city to the suburbs.
The nobles in the city all have their own family burial grounds, but ordinary commoners do not have such treatment, and they usually take cremation. Over time, a natural crematorium was formed around the city, and the horse-drawn carriage took them directly to a crematorium on the outskirts of Guayacan.
An industry has been formed here, and as soon as Li Zijun got out of the car, a person who looked like a principal walked over.
Soon an agreement was reached, the principal waved his hand behind him, and immediately someone began to arrange everything necessary for the cremation. Zuihou, they put Barron's body on the pile of wood that was ready to be haode, and they sprinkled Barron's body with fire oil.
"Wait a minute!" these people were preparing to fire the fire, and Li Zijun suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, he always felt that Barron should have some deep meaning in letting Jasmine cremate himself, and he hurriedly stopped the group of people from lighting the fire.
"This son, we still have a lot of things to do, we can't delay too much time! If you have any other requirements, please order them as soon as possible!" Hearing Li Zijun's words, everyone looked at the principal, and the principal hurriedly ran to Li Zijun to coordinate.
"It's a good friend of mine for many years, and I still have something to say to him alone. And I want to see him off personally, I hope you and your men can leave for a while!" Li Zijun said as he took out a few silver coins from his bosom and handed them to the principal.
Although Li Zijun's request is a little strange, it is not particularly unusual. Moreover, the reward given by Li Zijun was much higher than the price they had just negotiated, and the person in charge happily took the silver coin and left with all his subordinates. Immediately, Li Zijun invited the coachman to a farther position, and when everyone was far away, he set fire to the wooden pile under Barron with his own hands.
The firewood "crackled", and soon Barron was engulfed in the fire.
Suddenly, Barron's stomach didn't know that Weishenme was getting more and more bulging, and Jasmine was so frightened that she hid behind Li Zijun and grabbed him by the placket of his clothes.
With a "bang", as Barron's stomach exploded, a pearl the size of a dragon's eye rolled out of it.
Jasmine didn't expect such a change, turned her head and looked at Li Zijun in surprise, thinking that he knew something, so she let the others leave.
Li Zijun looked at Jasmine and shook his head, stepped forward and carefully picked up the pearl. When he approached this pearl, Li Zijun felt a little strange, and after holding it in his hand, he was even more shocked!
The pearl that was still in the flames just now was unusually cold at this moment, and a thin layer of ice quickly formed on its surface! With Li Zijun's current strength, the palm holding this pearl also felt cold to the bone. It's just that this cold doesn't make Li Zijun feel sad, on the contrary, it gives him an unusually fresh feeling, which makes him very comfortable. This also made him full of curiosity about this mysterious pearl in his hand.
"Have you ever seen this thing?" asked Li Zijun as he held the pearl in front of Jasmine, who shook her head blankly.
"This should be something Barron left you, you put it away first! It's a little cold, you pay attention. Li Zijun handed Mingzhu to Jasmine.
Jasmine carefully picked up the pearl from Li Zijun's hand, and in an instant, her face turned pale, and she hurriedly put the pearl back into Li Zijun's hand.
"It's so cold! I can't hold it! Why don't you look like you feel cold at all?" Jasmine kept rubbing her palms, and kept breathing hot air into her palms.
"It's a little cold, but I think it's okay, it shouldn't be like you now, right?" Li Zijun was a little puzzled when he saw Jasmine's state.
"No, no, I really can't take it! You better help me keep it first!" Jasmine waved her hand to Li Zijun vigorously. Li Zijun had no choice but to take this pearl into his arms.
They waited a little more before the fire around Barron finally went out. Lee and Jasmine collected Barron's ashes into a jar that prepared the haode, sealed the jar and left the crematorium.
Because of Barron's departure, both of them were in a heavy mood, and on the way back to the city, they did not say a word.
Li Zijun watched Guayacan City get closer and closer to him, and he secretly prayed that Elder Susan and Elenno would be able to leave a secret mark in the set place!
Perhaps it was Li Zijun's prayer that moved the heavens, and when they were about to enter the city of Guayacan, Li Zijun finally saw the secret mark left by Elenno in the window of the carriage.
This secret note reminds Li Zijun that his situation is very critical and needs to be more careful, and also asks Li Zijun to get in touch with them as soon as possible.
Originally, Li Zijun wanted to take Jasmine to eat something in the city, but after seeing this secret note, Li Zijun immediately canceled this Jihua and went directly to the small courtyard where Jasmine stayed last night.
Li Zijun pulled Jasmine off the carriage, and then took out the money to settle the bill with the coachman. What he didn't expect was that the coachman looked at Li Zijun's slightly raised sleeves, and actually showed a surprised expression, as if he had picked up a gold coin!
Seeing the driver's expression, Li Zijun couldn't help but secretly complain! The arm that his sleeve was lifted up was the arm that was injured last night, and the traces of bandaging could be seen in the direction of the coachman!
The other party must have issued a high reward for this scar of his own, and the coachman is rejoicing in his windfall today!
Li Zijun observed the surroundings, although this place is not prosperous, but after all, there are many people passing by here, he has no chance to kill people at all, he can only pretend that he has not found anything, and pay the coachman to leave.
After this day, although Jasmine was physically and mentally exhausted, she still walked to the kitchen to prepare dinner for Li Zijun.
Li Zijun quickly grabbed her from behind, made a booing motion, listened to the movement outside the courtyard, quickly opened the courtyard door, and walked onto the street.
"As soon as we turn this street, we will keep our distance, and I will always follow you, and you must not look back at me. Li Zijun whispered in Jasmine's ear.
"What's the matter, have we been discovered?" asked Jasmine, remembering the thrill of last night, with some concern.
"I'll explain to you later! You find a single room in a regular hotel, and I'll follow, but I'll pretend I don't know you. You take this piece of cloth and put it at the door of your room, later, I will go to your room, you must not sleep, wait for me!" Li Zijun observed the surrounding situation and handed a piece of cloth to Jasmine's hand.
Although Jasmine was nervous, she still did exactly what Li Zijun said. They turned the corner and immediately distanced themselves from each other, looking like a pair of strangers.
Soon, Jasmine walked into a hotel. Li Zijun waited outside for a while, and when he saw that Jasmine did not withdraw, he walked over slowly.
This inn is not very big from the front of the door, but when you walk in, you find that there is a cave, and there are many single rooms inside.
Li Zijun asked the guy to take him to pick a room, and he quickly chose Jasmine's next door. He grinned and ordered the man to bring him a table of wine, and then walked into his room.
The hotel was very efficient, and a large table of wine and food quickly appeared in Li Zijun's room. Li Zijun threw a copper coin to the guy who was waiting to get a tip, and the guy left happily.
Li Zijun listened to the movement in the corridor for a while, and made sure that no one would appear unexpectedly, and in a flash, he entered Jasmine's room.
"You're here! We're leaving, and you're pretending not to know each other?" Jasmine asked nervously as she looked at Li Zijun.
"That coachman should be the eyeliner of our enemies, at least a guy who has been bought. If I'm not mistaken, the area around our little courtyard is probably already full of our enemies at this time, and it is very likely that they have already attacked!"
"Are we safe here?"
Hearing Jasmine ask, Li Zijun shook his head slightly.
"As long as there are people around the other side who are familiar with the situation in Guayacan City, they will find this place very quickly!"
"Since you knew they were coming, you still let me in?" Jasmine asked with wide eyes as she looked at Li Zijun suspiciously.
"Judging from the current state, the other party has already laid eyeliner in the main positions of the city, and it is impossible for us to be absolutely safe no matter where we go!"
"Since you have made such a discovery, we have to go back to Guayacan City?
"Am I dragging you down? You must leave me alone, your martial arts are so high, no one can stop you!" Jasmine said this, trying to get Li Zijun out of her room.
"It's not that simple! After last night's battle, the other party has already understood my strength, and they must be ready to deal with my masters, so they are so big to hunt us down. ”
"I'm most worried about them joining forces with Bradley and Archiel behind me! Once they show up here, even without you, I won't have any chance of escaping!" Li Zijun said with a smile.
"When has this been? You're still laughing! You're trying to figure out how you can't be caught by them anyway!" Jasmine was so anxious that she almost cried as she thought of what had happened to Barron after he was captured.
"Don't worry, I've already thought of a solution, believe me, we'll all be fine!" Li Zijun still looked at Jasmine with a smile on his face, but his eyes were a little more determined.
Jasmine saw Li Zijun's confident eyes, and her heart finally settled down, and she nodded to Li Zijun.
Around midnight, a group of men in black appeared around the hotel and quickly surrounded it. Look at the reaction speed of all of them, each of them is agile! These people are actually masters at the level of sword master or above.
When they finished encircling the hotel, three more people appeared at the door of the hotel.
"Stewart, are you sure Edlaide is in this hotel, and won't let us pounce like we did just now?" a dull voice asked the people around him.
This Steward's movement is obviously unnatural, his ribs are still bandaged, he is the guy who fought Li Zijun last night.
"Our people have already asked the guy, the two of them stayed in this hotel before dark, but if that person is the Edlaide you call it, I can't guarantee it!"
"Who else but Edward can casually hurt you, the would-be swordmaster of the Awkin Empire?" Bradley said with a cold look at Stewart. Bradley's words made Stewart feel unusually embarrassed.
Although the three of them were talking, their feet did not stop. Bradley and Achill arrive at Lee and Jasmine's rooms, respectively, and they nod, Bradley bursts into the room first, followed by Achill breaking down the door, but soon they are back in the hallway together. Looking at each other, they shook their heads in unison, and both of them had disappointed expressions on their faces at the same time.
"No, no, the guy said they never left their room!" Stewart asked, seeing their expressions, incredulous.
"If you don't believe it, you can go in and see for yourself! You've been tricked by Edred! When he came here, he should have guessed that his whereabouts had been discovered, so he went to the inn and made the illusion that he was staying here, when in fact he was long gone!" said Bradley, mockingly.
"Will they hide in other rooms? Shall we search the entire hotel?" Stewart, still a little unwilling, suggested a search for the hotel.
"You go inside the room and see that everything in the room hasn't been moved! What does that mean? It shows that he hasn't been in the room for long at all. Now that he has suspicions, he's going to wait here for you to search the hotel?" Bradley's tone became more and more scathing, and he turned and walked out of the hotel.
Achill looked at Steward and said nothing, and walked out after Bradley.
Stewart looked at the backs of the two, sighed, and told his men to call it a day and leave.
Hearing the sound of everyone retreating outside the door, Jasmine just wanted to speak, but Li Zijun immediately reached out and blocked her mouth, and shook his head at her vigorously.