After the rain in Ezhou City, the breeze hit, the air was exceptionally fresh, although there were no stars in the night sky, except for the occasional one or two black clouds drifting by, but it was unusually clear,

Thousands of miles away in the Valley of Beauty has never rained, the night is as bright as usual, Xianjie has been unable to sleep steadily these days, she always feels flustered, and I don't know what the reason is, I always feel a bad premonition.

Xianjie thought that she was in the Valley of Beauty, and she had no worries about her life, and her brother was far away from the world, so she must have hosted some life-critical things for the valley, and she had a bad premonition these days, and the two of them had a good heart, if it wasn't for her own danger, then there would be only Brother Zheng, Xianjie couldn't help but worry about Zongzheng, she had already thought of a way to leave the Valley of Beauty, but because she didn't get the antidote, she had to continue to wait in the Valley of Beauty.

After thinking of the way out of the valley, Xianjie was eager to get the antidote, so every time she took advantage of the return of the white eagle, she put on a night suit and went to the forbidden place of the middle valley.

Tonight, Xianjie was still standing outside the Xuan, staring at the night sky carefully, as if waiting for something, suddenly, a black shadow passed from the night sky, straight to the hills full of flowers and plants in the middle valley, Xianjie showed joy, immediately returned to the Xuanshe, locked the door, changed into night clothes, she was ready to explore the forbidden place in the middle valley at night again.

Xianjie blew out the candles in the room, then came out of the window, and quietly went all the way to the forbidden place.

With the experience of entering the secret room a few times before, Xianjie became familiar with the road, and came to the corridor again smoothly, and when she saw someone in front of her, Xianjie took advantage of the night to hide softly behind a pillar and stare carefully ahead.

The two big men took a large iron cage according to the custom, put the white eagle who returned the news inside, and then carried the iron cage into a room, and soon, there was a noise of the white eagle, Xianjie took advantage of the sound, immediately walked through the corridor, and crossed the door.

At this moment, a door in front of her suddenly creaked open, Xian Jie immediately retracted her heels, immediately lifted her breath and flew away, and landed on the roof lightly with a vertical leap.

The mid-valley steward walked out of the house, holding a tray in his hand, with more than a dozen small medicine bottles on the plate, Xian Jie crouched on the roof of the tile, and looked carefully at the medicine bottles, which could be vaguely seen that the bottles were pasted with paper, as if there were words written on them, and they couldn't see clearly.

Xianjie saw that it was a medicine bottle, and inquired many times, and finally caught a clue, and she was slightly happy.

After the middle valley steward left, Xian Jie walked softly to the roof of the room where the middle valley steward walked out, gently uncovered a few tiles, and looked down through the gap, only to see that it was empty and spacious, and there was nothing, Xian Jie couldn't help but wonder a little, obviously saw the middle valley steward take out a large number of medicine bottles from inside, why was there nothing in it? Could it be that there was still a secret room inside? Xian Jie turned her brain, and then realized.

The two men also walked out of the room where the white eagle was placed at this time, and left with the steward of the middle valley, Xianjie softly put back the tiles, and when no one was around, she flew down to the corridor and gently pushed away the house that the steward walked out of.

After Xianjie tiptoed into the room, she carefully closed the door again, and the room was empty, only the candles on the four walls were shining, and the light was spread all over the room. If there is a secret room, there must be a mechanism, but where the mechanism is, Xianjie didn't know for a while, so she began to search carefully, sometimes knocking on the floor tiles, sometimes quietly on the wall, acting secretly, not daring to make a noise, so the progress is very slow, Xianjie feels as if the mechanism is not in this kind of place.

The candle was full of flames, Xianjie's eyes couldn't help but shift to the four candlesticks hanging on the four walls of the room, carefully looked at the four candlesticks, and touched the dust on the table with her fingers, after a comparison, Xianjie couldn't help but secretly rejoice in her heart, this house is a secret room, few people can enter, let alone arrange people to come over to clean and take care of it often, therefore, there is a thin layer of dust in the room, naturally, the candlestick is also, however, Xianjie found that the candlestick on the left side of the house is obviously less dust than the other three candlesticks, there is a gap that circles around is obviously no dust, I think it must be because people often twist the candlestick。

According to Xianjie's intuition, she slowly turned the candlestick with a little force, and sure enough, the candlestick was able to turn open, and after a while, an opening appeared on the ground against the wall, and a little light came out from underneath.

Xianjie was secretly happy, and then carefully walked into the narrow tunnel entrance.

Go down a staircase, then come to the secret room below, when you first arrive inside, you smell a strong smell of medicine, faintly see some medicinal materials and utensils, it seems to be the beauty valley where the medicine is refined, Xianjie walked carefully inside, but saw a cloak, the old man with his feet bound by iron chains crouched on the ground, his hair and beard were a little white.

Xianjie was afraid that he would shout loudly, and as soon as they met, he picked up a small stone hammer with grinding medicinal powder in his hand and wanted to fly forward to kill the person, but he didn't know that this person couldn't help but make a noise, and immediately raised his finger to his lips and said in a 'shhh

Xianjie stopped her hand in time, looked at the person in front of her, looked at his behavior, saw that his feet were tied, and felt that he should not be those Mongolians in the Beauty Valley, so she asked softly,

"Who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to know that I am not the same person as the people here, and I don't think the girl and the people here are the same people, right?" the old man lowered his fingers from his mouth and replied softly, his tone condensed and calm.

Xianjie thought that the business was important, so she ignored the old man, seeing that he was silent and was tied up, she felt that she should also be a pitiful person who was coerced by the beauty valley, so she hurriedly looked around for an antidote, and no longer guarded against the old man.

The old man saw Xianjie flipping around the medicine cabinet and medicine bottles, so he knew her intention, and asked kindly,

"Why don't you ask me, girl? ”

When Xianjie heard this, she immediately stopped, turned to the old man's side, and asked,

"How do you know which medicine I'm looking for?"

The old man pointed to the medicinal herbs, bottles and utensils scattered around and said, "All the medicines here are made by the old man, you just need to tell me what kind of antidote you need, and I can find it for you." ”

"Great, uncle, I have been poisoned, you say, what antidote should I need?" Xianjie saw that the old man was a good person and seemed to be willing to help herself, so she was called "old man" and asked politely,

The old man couldn't help but feel funny when he heard the little girl in front of him turn to call himself uncle, seeing the little girl's sincere appearance, but he didn't have the heart of a snobbish villain, so he didn't blame, but he didn't have a definite answer to Xianjie's question, so he replied truthfully,

"There are several kinds of incense poisons, and the ingredients of each concocted incense poison are different, however, the fragrance on the poisoned person is similar and difficult to distinguish, and the corresponding antidote must also be modulated due to different incense poisons. ”

After listening to the old man's explanation, Xianjie hurriedly asked,

"Does the old man know what kind of poison I have in my body?"

The old man shook his head and replied, "I don't know,"

Xianjie was a little disappointed when she heard this, and her eyes turned dim,

The old man deliberately teased Xianjie, and when he saw that Xianjie was a little disappointed, he said again,

"Don't worry, girl, as far as I know, you are not the only one who has incense poison in the valley, and the person in charge will also give you the antidote regularly, and if the girl can bring me the antidote, I will know what kind of poison you have, and I can make it for you. ”

"Really?" asked Xianjie,

The old man nodded in response, quite earnestly.

"Thank you, sir. ”

Xianjie was excited for a while, and couldn't help but grab the old man's hands with both hands and shake them slightly, thinking that if the incense poison could be resolved, she could regain her freedom, and she couldn't help but be extremely happy.

The old man was moved by Xianjie's move, looking at Xianjie's excited appearance, his eyes were filled with tears, and his heart was full of flavors.

Trapped in this dungeon for more than 20 years, no one has ever spoken to herself, Xianjie has no intention of putting her hand on herself, that is, she does not dislike herself from the bottom of her heart, this kind of girl is very pure and kind, the old man knows people richly, and she will not be mistaken.

Thinking that he was coerced by the Beauty Valley, he did a lot of unrighteous things, and harmed many kind people, especially a pure and kind girl like Xianjie, and couldn't help but blame himself.

Seeing Xianjie, the old man also thought of his daughter for a while, so he also had a feeling of longing for a while.

Thinking of this, the expression of true feelings could not be suppressed for a while, so there were some tears in his eyes.

Xianjie saw the slight tears in the old man's eyes, so she asked with concern, "Uncle, why are you crying?"

The old man stubbornly argued, "Who is crying? I just have an eye disease." ”

After the old man finished speaking, he couldn't help but think that there was something wrong with what Fang Cai said, and said with a sad expression,

"Girl, I forgot to tell you that the antidote is only an antidote to suppress the onset of toxins, and it will be difficult to eradicate it. ”

Xianjie couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, aren't you a pharmaceutical person, why can't even you mediate a cure?"

The old man explained: "There is an antidote to any poison, but this poison penetrates into the skin and into the bone marrow, and there is no cure, and it can only be temporarily maintained by medicine." ”

Hearing this, Xianjie also understood the truth, Fang Cai's joy was gone, and her eyes showed a little sadness, but at the moment, she couldn't take care of a lot, and she had no choice, so she still cheered up and replied,

"That being the case, or asking the old man to concoct the antidote to suppress the onset of toxins for me, I have no choice at the moment. ”

The old man felt deeply guilty, so he naturally agreed to Xianjie's invitation.

Xianjie kowtowed to the old man to thank him, and the old man immediately helped Xianjie up, felt guilty in his heart, and replied,

"Don't be like this, shame on the old man, in the end, I also have a sin in the poison in your body, and I have the opportunity to forgive, how can I not grasp it. ”

Xianjie got up and asked again,

"Does the old man know about 'Ice Beans'?"

Xianjie was worried about Zongzheng in her heart, seeing that the old man was a person who was very knowledgeable about poisons, thinking that since the poisons in the valley were all developed by him, this ice bean might also be, but Xianjie could feel it, the old man was also forced to be helpless, he must have some hardship, and he also had a sense of guilt, if he mentioned it directly, he was afraid that it would arouse his guilt again, so he asked euphemistically,

"Ice beans. The old man's expression was solemn and his expression was shocked, as if he knew about it.

After a pause, the old man explained,

"Ice beans are strange poisons, people who are hit by ice beans, every time the yin qi is at its peak, the blood will be cold, and the whole body seems to be placed in a 10,000-year-old ice cave, and the pain is very great. ”

Xianjie listened to the old man's explanation, thinking that since the old man knew this thing, he must know the solution, so she immediately knelt on the ground again, kowtowed and begged the old man,

"Ask the old man to rescue him and give him an antidote. ”

The old man sighed, quickly picked up Xianjie, and replied,

"Girl, I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding, I've only heard of this ice bean, this strange poison grows in the bitter cold realm, it's a rare poison, I've only heard of it, but I've never seen ice beans, and, as far as I know, today, there is only the medicine to suppress the ice beans, but there is never an antidote to eradicate the ice beans. ”

When Xianjie heard the old man's reply, she couldn't help but twitch in her heart, thinking that if her brother had no antidote, he would have to suffer from the cold poison every day, and she felt distressed.

"Girl, get out of here, and in the hour someone will come down. The old man suddenly reminded, urging Xianjie to leave quickly.

Xianjie realized that she had been staying here for a long time, and if she was discovered, her previous efforts would be wasted, so she hurriedly bid farewell to the old man.

The old man advised, "This is the most appropriate time for the next meeting." ”

Xianjie kept it in mind and hurriedly left the basement.

Xianjie walked out cautiously, and just before she got out of the tunnel, she heard a slight rumbling sound.