Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

Shen Yao looked at Xuan Qi, but saw that his face was pale and his eyes were evasive. Shen Yao was annoyed, so when he heard Xuan Qi say "Your Excellency, forgive me", he jumped up the tree and quickly disappeared.

He looked up, the shadows of the trees were dark, and there were no people.Shen Yao clenched his fist and hammered on his forehead, feeling that a bucket of cold water had been poured on his face, so he had to walk slowly back to the entrance of the cave.

Xuan Qi hid in the dark, his eyes flickering, he kept watching Shen Yao walk back into the cave, the moonlight sinking Shen Yao's figure was clear and handsome, but looking at himself, he had already melted into the darkness of the tree shadow, obviously not far away from Shen Yao, But it seems to be in the two realms of light and darkness, and it is out of reach.

Early the next morning, the three set off again.

When Shen Yao walked out of the cave with Lu Zangming, his eyes swept the ground casually, and suddenly he stopped, Lu Zangming looked at him strangely, Shen Yao smiled, raised his hand, and asked Lu Zangming to take a step ahead.Lu Zangming walked towards the entrance of the cave. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at a corner of the wall and saw a large gray spider that was crushed and flattened.

Lu Zangming adjusted his breath all night, but his complexion did not look better, and there was a faint blackness between his brows.

There was only one horse, so it was naturally given to Lu Zangming to ride.Shen Yao walked beside the horse, with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.After Xuan Qi served them breakfast early in the morning, he hid himself and followed them secretly.

There were no more attacks along the way, and Shen Yao guessed that they should have escaped the hunting range.

A good horse knows the way.

The black horse led them to a small village in the mountains. They asked for directions in the village, and after a short rest, they set off in the direction of Luanqing Mountain. According to the current pace, it will take two days to arrive.Coincidentally, Sanhe Town and Luan Qingshan are in the same direction, they can pass by this town first, and Shen Yao intends to go to the town to inquire about the spies of the Demon Cult who stole the book from the Wutang.

As dusk came, several people found a leeward flat ground in the forest and prepared to rest.

Xuan Qi came to the river, holding a branch that had been folded along the road in his hand, the river surface was rendered golden red by the setting sun, reflecting his slender and nimble figure, and after a while, a few fish stuck by the branches lay lying on the river.Xuan Qi cleaned up the fish and skewered it, took out the water bag from his waist, dipped it into the water and filled it with water. At this moment, familiar footsteps came from behind him.

When he turned his head, he saw Shen Yao walking over.He hurriedly stood up, called "Young Master", and then lowered his eyes.

Shen Yao looked a little uncomfortable, coughed lightly, looked at his feet, and praised, "Hey, the fish you caught is really fat, you will have a good meal tonight."

Xuan Qi said, "My lord, wait for a while, Xuan Qi will start a fire to grill the fish after getting the water."

"En." Shen Yao pursed his lips.He watched Xuan Qi fill the water bag and pick up the fish, Xuan Qi walked towards him, he went forward to help Xuan Qi get the fish, Xuan Qi avoided his gaze, and said "No trouble Young Master", Shen Yao had no choice but to follow Xuan Qi back to where they stayed.

Seeing the two of them coming back, Lu Zangming raised his brows slightly.Xuan Qi came in front of him, knelt down on one knee, holding the water bag with both hands.Lu Zangming took a few sips and said "Mmm", Xuan Qi got up and went to a nearby forest to collect firewood as if ordered, when Lu Zangming called Shen Yao to sit down and rest behind him.

The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the shade of the green trees, casting a dense twilight. Just as Xuan Qi gathered up a pile of dead branches, Shen Yao followed him, holding a few branches in his hands, and put them into his arms.Xuan Qi took it, glanced at Shen Yao, then quickly lowered his head, and said, "Thank you, my lord, the firewood has been picked up, Xuan Qi will go back to light the fire and grill the fish."

After finishing speaking, he walked forward, Shen Yao hurriedly followed, said "I'll get it for you", and reached out to take some firewood from Xuan Qi's arms, Xuan Qi stopped, Shen Yao put his hand on the firewood, and the two of them Stand still for a moment.Shen Yao frowned, his face was not very good-looking, Xuan Qi looked up at him, his eyes flickered.

"Sorry……"

"Sir, I..."

The two spoke at the same time, and stopped at the same time.Seeing that Xuan Qi was a little dazed, Shen Yao hurriedly said, "Yesterday it was Shen Menglang, you... don't get angry, okay?"

A subtle crack appeared in Xuan Qi's dull expression, he shook his head and said, "Xuan Qi is not angry..."

"Really?"

Xuan Qi nodded.

Shen Yao breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at Xuan Qi, and wanted to take the firewood from Xuan Qi's hand, Xuan Qi said again, "Don't bother me, my son", with a look of hesitation, Shen Yao asked, "What did you want to do just now?" say what?"

Xuan Qi's eyes moved slightly, he hesitated for a moment, and said, "My lord, Xuan Qi is just a humble shadow guard, and I really can't repay you for falling in love with you..."

Shen Yao frowned, Xuan Qi pursed his lips, and continued, "Tibetan Villa trained us shadow guards, and we have already sworn to be loyal to the villa. We have never thought about leaving the villa. I hope you will forgive me."

"Are you replying to my proposal from yesterday?" Shen Yao's voice was a little shaky.

Xuan Qi lowered her eyes and nodded.

"Heh... is it because you don't want to go with me?"

Xuan Qi was suffocated, and said, "The shadow guard vows to die and never betray the village."

Shen Yao asked, "Even if they force you to do something you don't want?"

Xuan Qi looked up at him, his eyes flashed with shock for a moment.

"When the owner Lu was rescued that day, he ordered you to kill the two people who were stunned by us. I can see that you are unwilling."

Xuan Qi's eyes darkened, and then he became more and more sad, and said, "Your Majesty's order, there is no one who is unwilling. There are more than one or two people who died at the hands of Xuan Qi. Killing people has long been used to it. You really think highly of Xuan Qi."

When Shen Yao saw Xuan Qi talking, his hand holding the dead branch tightened slightly. He took a breath and said, "Well, you are so loyal, so I can't say anything else. I want to get along with you and me a few days ago. I didn't ask your wishes clearly, I'm afraid it will make you embarrassed."

Xuan Qi blinked her eyelashes slightly, and there seemed to be a dark mist in the depths of her black eyes, and she slowly picked up the dead branches with both hands.

Shen Yao paused for a while, seeing that Xuan Qi hadn't spoken, he continued, "Don't worry, I will never force you. If you... change your mind, you can talk to me at any time before Shen leaves the village." Finally A few words are quite weak.

Xuan Qi lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Xuan Qi thank you, Young Master."

Seeing Xuan Qi standing stiffly, Shen Yao rubbed his nose, forcibly changed his tone back to relaxed, and said, "Go back and light the fire to cook, I'm already hungry."

The flames of the pyre danced.

Xuan Qi quietly knelt behind Lu Zangming and Shen Yao, watching the two chatting happily, but this time, Shen Yao was no longer like before, looking back at him quietly from time to time.

Xuan Qi lowered his head and looked at his left hand. There was a rather long gash on the tip of his index finger. The blood had dried up. It should have been scratched by a dead tree thorn before. The strange thing is that he didn't feel any pain just now. .

After Shen Yao and the others finished their dinner, Xuan Qi went to clean up as usual.When he came to the side where Shen Yao was sitting, he saw a green leaf on the ground, which seemed to be covered with something.He took the green leaf away and looked, and there were two sections of grilled fish in front of him, the back section with the most fish meat, and a clean leaf under it.

Xuan Qi turned his head to look for Shen Yao's figure, and saw that he was helping Lu Zangming get pulse not far away, and the two were talking about something, Lu Zangming nodded slightly.

Xuan Qi withdrew his gaze, and felt pain in his chest and fingertips for a moment, and Shen Yao's figure became somewhat blurred in his eyes.

In the middle of the night, the forest was silent.

Lu Zangming, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot, he opened his mouth and panted silently for a few times, covered his chest with one hand, wrinkled the clothes on his chest, and groped around for a while with the other hand, Picking up a stone, he shot at the side of Shen Yao's neck who was sleeping against the rock not far away. Shen Yao tilted his head and lay on his side on the ground.

"Xuan Qi!" Lu Zang called out.

A figure quickly appeared in front of his eyes, with black clothes and black hair, straight back, kneeling on one knee.

"Master, what's wrong with you?!" Xuan Qi raised his head and asked nervously when he heard Lu Zangming's painful panting.

"The drug is poisoned, come and help me!" Lu Zangming pressed his chest tightly and said.

Xuan Qi took two steps on his knees and came to Lu Zangming. He stretched out his hands, but he didn't dare to touch Lu Zangming.

"Use the yin-sustaining mind method to help me circulate my true qi and the small Zhoutian." Lu Zang said famously.

"Yes!" Xuan Qi hurriedly went around behind Lu Zangming, turned his palms and wanted to touch his back, but his chest was suddenly suffocated. He tapped a few large acupoints on his chest quickly. Hearing the movement, Lu Zangming turned his head to look, his eyes were dim and uncertain. He didn't make a sound to urge him, but he crossed his legs first, with five hearts upward, and started to get lucky.

Xuan Qi closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment, his face became paler, but the color of his lips showed a bewitching red, and there was a streak of blood streaming from the corner of his lips.When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were firm, and he quickly threw out his palm with luck, resting on Lu Zangming's back.The Yin Su mentality is pure and delicate, pulling the chaotic and domineering pure yang internal force in Lu Cangming's body, assisting it to calm down and gather, starting from the lower dantian, bypassing the two veins of Ren and Du, and slowly pushing the stagnant poison in Lu Cangming's body from the blood vessels out.

Beads of sweat continued to drop from the faces of the two of them, and the dark air between Lu Zangming's brows gradually faded, and his brows stretched.

Halfway through forcing the poison, when Lu Zangming continued to incorporate Xuan Qi's pure yin internal force into his body to repair and improve, Xuan Qi's internal force gradually weakened. Although Xuan Qi's hand exerted force on his back several times, But the momentum of exhaustion cannot be contained.Lu Zangming felt that Xuan Qi wanted to use his last strength to gather the true energy in his body back to his dantian, and when he reached the Ren meridian, he let go of the hand holding his back, and the person behind him fell to the side, coughing Voice.

Lu Zangming lost his support, and half of the poison returned to his blood. He felt a sudden pain all over his body, and his depression hit his chest again.

He turned his head and was about to explode, but saw Xuan Qi was struggling to prop up his body with his hands, trying to recover his kneeling position. His face was as pale as paper, his chin was covered with blood, and there was a pool of dark red on the ground, and Lu Zangming was standing behind him. On the ground, there were still a lot of scattered blood drops.

"This subordinate should be damned..." Xuan Qi kowtowed, his body lying on the ground still swaying slightly, "Please ask this subordinate to help the owner get rid of the poison again."

As he spoke, he raised his upper body and tried to point his backhand to his chest.

The next moment, Lu Zangming grabbed his wrist and picked him up, throwing him on his back to the ground.

Lu Zangming raised his hands above his head, pressed them together, and pressed his whole body up.

Xuan Qi's eyes widened, his bent legs were flattened again, his fists were clenched and then slowly released.

Lu Zangming looked down at him, watching the light in his eyes gradually shatter and dim.How long has it been since I saw the bright eyes from the shadow guards in the villa, not a docile puppet, not an emotionless stone and wood, when looking at me, there is worry, stubbornness, and fear, but it can put away the eyes of beasts Sharp Claw, extremely forbearing and obedient, was clearly seriously injured, but he didn't care about his own life, helping him to expel the poison.

Once upon a time, there was also such a pair of eyes, which also belonged to a man in black clothes and black hair.At that time, I was young and energetic, and I only wanted to make a name for myself. I only regarded the personal bodyguard assigned by my father as a tool. Whenever I was dissatisfied, I would severely reprimand/admonish him. Forbearance and submission, but failed to understand the hidden deep meaning in that person's eyes in time in the process of going through dangers in the rivers and lakes and getting along day and night.It wasn't until the man helped him block the enemy's fatal sword, until the man's cold hand touched his face more and more, and then hung down forever, that he didn't know that he didn't understand the man's affection, but he didn't dare to admit it—— He, Lu Zangming, doesn't like men, but he just likes his personal bodyguard.

Suppressing the fluttering thoughts, Lu Zangming held the pulse of Xuan Qi's wrist, squinted his eyes and said, "Your internal injury seems to have been there for some time, why would the shadow hall send a seriously injured shadow guard to carry out the task of finding me?"

Panic flashed in Xuan Qi's eyes, but he didn't dare to turn his head sideways. He bit his blood-stained lips and said, "This subordinate deserves to die. This subordinate was only ordered to assist Mr. Shen in investigating the murder of Deputy Hall Master Shi. Mr. Shen provided clues, and then followed all the way."

"Oh?" Lu Zangming sneered, and pumped out a burst of energy from his hands, directly hitting Xuan Qi's pulse. Xuan Qi let out a low cry, and then bit his lip tightly, with blue veins protruding from his forehead.

"Do you know why I punished you?" Lu Zangming asked.

"Subordinate..." Xuan Qi breathed a sigh of relief, his brow was already sweating, "This subordinate left the village for several days without asking for instructions. If it is mild, it will be regarded as a crime of arrogance, and if it is serious... it will be regarded as defection."

"Hmph, do you still remember the rules of the Shadow Guard?" Lu Zangming had a cold look in his eyes, "You just helped me expel the poison and used the method of self-harm to improve my internal strength. I can see that you are still loyal. No. It's just that you are so cautious, you should give up as soon as possible, my hidden name villa will not let a shadow guard mess up the ethics and tarnish the reputation, not to mention Mr. Shen, who is young and talented, how can he be bewitched by you. do you understand?!"

Xuan Qi clenched his hands into fists, nails dug tightly into his palms, lowered his eyelids, his nose trembled slightly, and said, "This subordinate is guilty, and this subordinate will never get closer to Mr. Shen again."

"Yeah." Lu Zangming held back the strength of his subordinates, seeing Xuan Qi's chest heaving and rising, the collarbone under his neck looming in his collar, a sense of dryness and melancholy emerged spontaneously.

He did not let go of Xuan Qi's hand, and the other hand grabbed his skirt, Xuan Qi was startled and trembled all over.

"Bastard!" Lu Zangming shouted, "The technique of dual cultivation will not only benefit me, but also benefit your recovery from internal injuries. If you cooperate earlier, you won't be in the same shape as you are now." As he spoke, he pulled Xuan Qi's hand away Jacket.

The flame flickered and shone on Xuan Qi's thin and tight body, and Lu Zangming was stunned for a moment with numerous scars in his eyes.

"Villa Master... Please..." Xuan Qi whispered, "Your subordinates can use the Shadow Guard method to increase your internal strength and expel poison for you, please..."

Against Xuan Qi's pale face in the dark night, his expression looked extremely fragile. Lu Zangming slightly let go of Xuan Qi's hand, and emotions flashed in his eyes.

At this moment, a strong wind came from behind, Lu Zangming hurriedly turned around, and saw a heavy punch greeted his face.

"Go away!" Shen Yao roared angrily and punched Lu Zangming. Lu Zangming raised his hand to catch it, and the hair around his face was blown away by the wind of the fist.

Shen Yao kicked up and swept across. Lu Zangming was sitting on the ground, and wanted to raise his breath and roll over to dodge, but unexpectedly he was suffocated, and he didn't dodge in time. Shen Yao kicked him in the side and fell to the ground.Shen Yao straddled him in one step, and punched him.

Xuan Qi exclaimed "Stop", Shen Yao had already punched Lu Zangming on the back, he raised his hand and wanted to punch the second time, but Lu Zangming's whole body went limp and he passed out.

Shen Yao dropped Lu Zangming and rushed to Xuan Qi, seeing that he had already sat up with his shirt folded, Shen Yao squatted down and hugged Xuan Qi in his arms, touched his head, and panted, "It's okay. It's okay..."

Xuan Qi closed his eyes and leaned on his shoulder for a moment, then suddenly wanted to break away from him, and said, "Villa Master..."

Shen Yao let go of his arms, supported Xuan Qi, and said, "You are still worried about what that person is doing! If I hadn't become vigilant today and raised my breath to avoid it when Lu Zangming's acupoints were pressed, I don't know when I would wake up." , if... if... I..." He couldn't continue, his eyes swept to Xuan Qi's blood-stained chin, and then to the inside of his clothes that hadn't been closed tightly, and he gritted his teeth.

Xuan Qi wanted to open his mouth to explain, but he felt the pain inside and outside his body screaming, his lungs were like needles, he closed his eyes slightly, the deep voice in his ears became farther and farther away, and his consciousness gradually left his body.

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