Ancient Sword II Xie Lelianxin

Chapter 8

Zhanxiyu got its name because of its raininess.When the sky turns the same color as the old city walls, people go out with umbrellas.The alleys paved with blue stones are long and narrow. If someone walks with an umbrella in front of you, the pedestrians on the other end will consciously close the umbrella, stand under the dripping eaves, and wait for the other party to pass first.

These townspeople silently accepted the fleeing people from other places and gave them shelter. Sometimes some people put their old thick clothes in front of the thatched cottage in the south of the city, and then left quietly.Even if they were curious, the townspeople would not easily disturb these strange visitors, just like they no longer remembered that three or four years ago, a strangely dressed foreign woman bought a courtyard in the city with a lot of money, but since then she was often locked and disappeared. Also rarely communicate with people.

When Le Wuyi woke up, it was like a big rock had sunk in his head, and his hands and feet were limp as if he had lost his bones.The mattress under him was cold and damp, and it must have not been changed for a long time. The corner of the medicine box hurt his waist. He wanted to move to lie down, but he felt that his limbs were tightly bound by ropes.

Cut, it's not a crab, why is it so tightly tied... Meow, how dare you use drugs on Dr. Ben!I have no money and no color, and that bandit is too shameless!

The copper bells rang outside the window, and Le Wuyi stared blankly at the roof behind the gauze curtain, gradually remembering the scene before he fell into a coma——

That day, he took Gu from others one after another, and he left Baye's house tiredly until late at night.On the way back to the inn, someone bullied him, and before he had time to react, his mouth and nose were tightly covered by a cloth towel dipped in drugs...

The window lattices were covered with frosty moonlight, and the chill came from all directions.Le Wuyi, whose hands and feet were weak, could only close his eyes and meditate. He didn't know who had plotted against him. Fortunately, the furniture in the house was similar to the inn he stayed in before, and he should still be in Zhan Xiaoyu City at the moment.

It's just that he didn't know how long he had slept, and he was worried that Xie Yi couldn't find anyone.

...In short, we must escape quickly.

He regained his energy, bent his back and bit open the cover of the medicine box, and cut off the ropes on his hands and feet with the sharp beryllium needle in his mouth.Hearing the footsteps of several people outside the door, he lay back on the bed on tiptoe, and pretended to wrap a rope around his hands and feet a few times.

If you can't escape, it's better to take the opportunity to find out.

The two opened the door one after the other and came in, and someone lit a candle.

"Lord Lianzhen, this is the place where Priest Li Zhu was stationed in the past, and there are no outsiders. Right now, the medicine is still effective for half a day. My lord came here overnight. Do you want to take a rest and interrogate him after dawn?"

This man...why does he sound like that Jiang Boluo?

"It's okay. Your Majesty and I went south to investigate Longbing Islet. We passed by here and just received a letter from you. I haven't reported this matter to Your Majesty. I came here privately tonight. I will leave after asking." The woman approached Le Wuyi After a few steps, "You said you found Po Jun's apprentice...is that him?"

Breaking the military?Le Wuyi squinted his eyes and peeped, and saw that one of them was indeed Jiang Boluo, presumably the one who sneakily attacked and drugged him, and the other was wearing a long blue dress, with a jet-black silhouette snaking across the ground, only the gold bracelet on his wrist reflected. Star candlelight.

"Back to Lord Lianzhen, my subordinates believe that this young man is not only Lord Pojun's disciple, but also very likely to be that... child who disappeared from the prison for no reason. Sir, please step forward."

Le Wuyi saw the person getting closer and closer through the slits in his eyes, and immediately closed his eyes tightly.The breath of the two people sprayed on his face, he waited motionless, and suddenly felt that the belt was being pulled, and after a few small jingling bells, there was a sound of cloth being torn.

A familiar fragrance diffused faintly, and he secretly thought that something was wrong—the sachet sewn on his belt was torn.

"...It really is the debris of the holy tree, the wood. Lord Lianzhen, the wood is planted deep in the temple of Liuyue City. Not to mention him as an outsider, even my family can only be approached by high-level priests. After thinking about it, These debris should be a gift from Master Po Jun."

"However, priests such as Wuqu, Jumen, and Tanlang can also approach Jumu, and they have also been to the Central Plains one after another... How do you determine that it is Pojun?"

"This young man's medicine box is engraved with the emblem of the Chang'an Rest House, which shows that he is a member of the Rest House. The medical skills of the Rest House are the best in the world. He was able to enter the hospital to practice medicine at a young age. He must have been a good teacher since childhood. □□… Among the high-ranking priests, only Lord Qisha and Lord Pojun are good at medical skills.”

So they...are from Liuyue City?The spice in this sachet is called Jumu?Master hasn't told me about it, it sounds quite precious... But, the Pojun Priest they are talking about is really my master?

"This young man once said that the sachet was a gift from his teacher, and his subordinates guessed that the man was the long-lost Master Po Jun, so they followed him the next day. They also saw him using needles to force out the Gu worms, so they sent a message Master Lian Zhen waited for an opportunity to stun him."

Hmph, I don't care about saving people, but I don't hinder you... Fortunately, I moved fast enough, and I finished saving people when you attacked.

Jiang Boluo continued: "The acupuncture method he used is the secret method of Lieshan, which was originally recorded in "Shen Nong's Classic"... How could he have learned this method without Master Po Jun personally teaching him?"

"So that's it. Then the stitching method you mentioned is..."

Le Wuyi's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.The half-closed door was violently pushed open by the wind, and slammed against the wall. The slight warmth in the room disappeared instantly, and the words Jiang Boluo uttered fell heavily on the cold ground——

"It's... the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate."

With a sudden pain in his fingertips, Le Wuyi suddenly came back to his senses, only to remember that the beryllium needle was still in his hand.He had indeed wondered about Xie Yi's origin, and it finally dawned on him today.

So that's the case... But it doesn't matter, what about Liuyue City, what about the Pojun Priest, no matter who he was before, he saved me, taught me, and protected me, and he will always be my master... Sigh, but he Don't tell me anything, probably just treat me as a child.

"So it's really him..." The woman sighed, "Pojun couldn't sit still when he was young, but with his temper, he can still teach a good apprentice patiently."

"Lord Lianzhen, Lord Pojun accepted him as a disciple, or there may be other reasons." Jiang Boluo reminded, "Do you remember, my lord, that my subordinates worked in that dungeon many years ago?"

"I remember. In those few years, you and Li Zhu handled all the death row prisoners who entered and exited. You are all my loyal subordinates, but you were transferred to Yu Feng's subordinates for no reason... Sigh, just bear with me for a few more days. I confess to Your Majesty..."

"My lord, you don't need to worry about it. No matter where you are, if you can share your worries for your lord, your subordinates will be satisfied." Jiang Boluo gave a deep bow.

The woman sighed: "Thousands of people have died in that dungeon, and the crimes are serious. The poor Cangming City Lord has to go to see the underground person regularly... How can I bear to let her go alone. If it weren't for this, I would not set foot on it." That haunted place."

"Your Excellency, you don't have to apologize." Jiang Boluo comforted, "The thing that King Hunxie exchanged for our family's holy medicine was originally a prisoner who donated poison. The evil king is voluntary, and we, the Lieshan Clan, have not forced him to do anything..."

Le Wuyi never thought that someone could tell such a bloody story so indifferently.The winter night wind poured into the house, the boy's hands and feet were cold, and his heart was full of anger.

"My lord Lian Zhen, my subordinates boldly speculate that Lord Po Jun took this young man as his apprentice, or because he was also one of the death row prisoners who donated poison back then."

"what?"

Jiang Boluo explained that 11 years ago, Shen Ye gave the donated drug to King Hunxie the elixir, and thus agreed that an ancient temple near the donated drug would be converted into a dungeon, and the death row prisoners who tested the drug would be provided by King Hunxie.Xie Yi returned to Liuyue City a year later, and disappeared a few months later. It is very likely that he took a young child from the dungeon, but he was on duty in Li Zhu that month, so he was not able to witness it with his own eyes.

"It's so? Then how do you know?"

"The entry, feeding, and abandonment of death row prisoners are all recorded. The subordinates and the priest of Lizhu regularly compare each other, and there has never been a mistake. However, shortly after Lord Pojun disappeared, the subordinates counted the number of people in the prison, but found that a child was missing... ..."

"Since you have doubts in your heart, why didn't you tell me about it at that time, and didn't you investigate it carefully?" the woman said coldly.

"My lord, calm down." Jiang Boluo knelt down and kowtowed his head, "At that time, this subordinate did not think that this matter would be related to Lord Pojun, and Priest Li Zhu also said that it was due to her mistake in counting. This subordinate has worked with her for many years and knows her Master Lian Zhen has no two minds, and he also thinks about the friendship of colleagues, so..."

"Thinking of the friendship of colleagues, huh... oh, get up." The end of the woman's sigh was dissipated in the cold wind, "In this way, it is indeed not impossible. That year he ordered the envoy to bring the butterfly eggs back to Liuyue City , and a self-drawn desert road map is attached, and the original site of the dungeon is on the map."

Jiang Boluo was surprised and said: "Master Po Jun actually found the butterfly eggs of Yao Die? But why did my subordinates hear that Master Po Jun had several disputes with the High Priest over the matter of medicine? ..."

The woman was silent for a long time before she said quietly, the medicine effect of the butterfly was not enough, so Hitomi combined the eggs of the butterfly with the Gu worms to breed the butterfly, and then fed it with the flesh and blood of living people, arousing the maximum medicinal power of the butterfly scales, and finally cured the festering disease suppressed.Xie Yi learned that Ming Die Die Lin's pharmaceutical business came back to the city, so he strongly opposed the use of living people to test the drug, and finally had a rift with Shen Ye, and defected to Liuyue before the drug was completed.

The woman sighed again, and told Jiang Boluo to just listen to it, and never speak rashly in front of others.

Alas, I don't remember anything about my childhood. Could it be that I was really a drug donor and was imprisoned in a dungeon?

Although there are many doubts about his life experience, Le Wuyi is more concerned about the so-called Nether Butterfly Gu worms. If he hadn't met Baye by chance, those Gu worms that sucked the blood of living people would soon hatch into Nether Butterflies, and Baye and the others Like the patient who died in the dorm, he will be sucked out of his flesh and blood without knowing it...

"If he was a death row prisoner..." The woman suddenly said, "Shortly after entering prison, he should have been planted with Hades Butterfly Gu worms, why is he still alive?"

"Master Pojun has superb medical skills, he has probably taken out the Gu worm."

"Forget it, Po Jun has lived in seclusion in the Central Plains all these years, not causing trouble... just let him go. I will go back to my superior's residence, and when the child wakes up, you try to follow him to find Po Jun and send him a message for me."

"Sir, please speak."

The woman paused: "...you just say, don't come back again."

"My lord, the High Priest ordered all the priests to bring him back to the city if they find Lord Pojun. I'm afraid that what happened tonight will be revealed, and your lord will also be implicated..."

These people... still want to harm Master?No, I have to get out quickly, and I must never let them find Master!

While speaking, Jiang Boluo bent down to sniff out Le Wuyi's breath, but unexpectedly the "sleeping" boy jumped up and grabbed his wrist like lightning.Jiang Boluo was startled and wanted to back away, but the boy moved faster, restrained his hands and feet in an instant, and pressed a sharp object to the side of his neck.

The beryllium needle with a cold light clings to the beating blood, and the blade is soaked in the chill of the winter night, like the icy fingertips of a teenager.