Abduct a shadow guard to investigate the case

In the morning after the rain, the sleepy sky was lit up by the twilight, the sky was hazy with blue-gray, and the fragrance of earth wafted in the cool air.

The accumulated water on the roof tiles splashed small splashes, and two figures flew past the eaves one after the other, and stopped on a roof not far from the Shadow Guard Camp.

"My lord, Xuan Qi is going back now." Xuan Qi looked at the Shadow Guard's dormitory. After a while, he didn't see anyone entering or leaving the dormitory, so he grabbed the gap and went back.

As soon as he turned his head, his eyes met Shen Yao's. That person's eyes were as clear and gentle as the morning light. Xuan Qi's eyes slid from his handsome eyebrows to his tall nose bridge, and then to his elegant lips. Her lips...the way she silently called out her name last night...as if she had been scalded, Xuan Qi suddenly came back to her senses, and looked away.

The birds on the trees in the villa chirped, and from time to time they uttered a melodious cry, which touched someone's heartstrings.

"Xuan Qi," Shen Yao stopped him, paused for a moment, and asked, "I heard from Dr. Han that Master Lu might wake up in the next two days. Then... what will happen to you?"

"..." Xuan Qi suppressed the sadness in his eyes, and said, "The owner of the village has chosen me as his bodyguard."

"He's crazy and stupid now, that's what he said, but when he wakes up? Will he blame you?"

Xuan Qi's eyes flickered dimly, and finally he just lowered his eyes and said, "At that time, I believe the owner will make his own decision."

"No, you can't 'make up your own mind'!" Shen Yao was a little excited, and blurted out, "I saw you being pressed under him the other day..."

He had never mentioned this matter to Xuan Qi before, but he had just said half a sentence at this time, when Xuan Qi's face turned pale, he hurriedly stopped talking, wishing to bite his tongue off.Xuan Qiyin's look of helplessness made him flustered, he stretched out his hand towards Xuan Qi, but saw that his eyes were a little dodgy, and silently took his hand back.

"sorry……"

"Son, I..."

The two spoke at the same time, Shen Yao stopped, looked at Xuan Qi, and waited for him to speak first.

Xuan Qi's face turned pale, his lips were tightly pursed into a line, his nose trembled slightly, he was silent for a moment, then he whispered, "That day the owner wanted to use my 'double cultivation' to heal his wounds..."

"What?!" Shen Yao exploded, "What's 'double cultivation'? Xuan Qi's expression of despair and pleading reappeared in his mind again, his anger was rekindled, and his heart ached...

He supported Xuan Qi's shoulder and said, "I know you don't want to, don't worry, I won't let that bastard touch you again!"

Xuan Qi met Shen Yao's gaze and saw that he was gnashing his teeth, but his eyes were not full of anger, but there was also deep heartache. The gaze was so persistent, and after just one glance, it occupied Xuan Qi's heart. He suddenly wanted to cry and laugh.

His throat moved slightly, and he managed to suppress his emotions, and explained to Shen Yao, "It's really a 'double cultivation' method that can heal wounds, but Xuan Qi is useless and can't cooperate with the owner."

"I can't cooperate..." Shen Yao frowned, trying to digest the meaning of this sentence.

"Yes, the young master offended the owner for me, Xuan Qi...deserves death." Xuan Qi clenched the hand hanging by his side.

"I just hate that I didn't wake up earlier," Shen Yao said, "He was punched stupidly, it's really cheap for him!"

"..." Xuan Qi's eyes widened.

"Don't worry about this matter, I have my own way to deal with it." Shen Yao took a breath, with a complicated but unbearably distressed look on his brows, and said, "I heard people say, go be the shadow of the 'medicine man' Wei, in fact, has been regarded as an abandoned son by the shadow hall, and in the end...you can't escape death. But when I saw you go down the mountain to accompany me to investigate the case, I took it for granted that you were ordered by the shadow hall, and naturally you have returned to the shadow hall But I never thought that you committed a felony of acting privately, and even took the initiative to accompany me down the mountain when you thought you were going to die... I sometimes think these days, if it wasn't for Xuan San and the others to arrest me in person that day You, if you are brought back to the villa silently... I might lose you, it's really terrible."

Xuan Qi listened to Shen Yao's words in silence, her eyes flickered.

"Why... are you willing to accompany me all the way?" Shen Yao asked.

Xuan Qi lowered his head and pursed his lips, while Shen Yao looked at him intently with anticipation.

"Because... I am afraid that the young master will not be able to defeat the assassin, so I want to protect the young master." Xuan Qi whispered.

Shen Yao raised his eyebrows, then slightly curved his eyebrows and eyes, "I'm not that weak." As he spoke, he raised the corners of his mouth, like a child who has eaten candy.

Xuan Qi looked at him, his eyes were full of smiles.

"Then what's next?" Shen Yao asked.

"Next?"

"It's after Master Lu wakes up."

Xuan Qi's eyes darkened, "If the owner of the villa has any arrangements, Xuan Qi must obey."

The brilliance in Shen Yao's eyes dimmed instantly, and he said, "This is the same sentence again, I really don't like hearing you say this."

"..."

A moment of silence.

At this time, there was movement from the shadow guard camp. It turned out that the shadow guard who was on duty last night had returned to the dormitory after a shift.

"My lord... Chenshi is almost here, I should go back." Xuan Qi said.

"En." Shen Yao responded.

Xuan Qi lowered his eyes and turned around. Suddenly, Shen Yao grabbed his arm from behind. Xuan Qi looked back at him. Shen Yao lowered his head, unable to see his expression clearly, and only heard him say, "What I said, Always counts. And, no matter what you choose, I will not let you die."

Xuan Qi's eyes flickered, as if ice and snow were melting. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Shen Yao suddenly raised his head, his eyes were shining brightly, and he smiled faintly at him, "Go quickly, be careful yourself", and then let go of his hand .

Xuan Qi swallowed what he wanted to say, nodded slowly to Shen Yao, turned around and saw that the shadow guards returning to the camp had entered their respective houses, and jumped off the eaves with light kung fu.

In the thatched cottage of the shadow hall, the bamboo forest in front of the gate is verdant, and the bamboo shadows are swaying.

In the bedroom, Lu Zangming fell asleep peacefully.

In the hall, while roasting the silver needles on the flames, Han Yiyin joked to Xuan Qi who was sitting in front of her, "Why, you two just met last night, so you start to miss him again?" Intentionally or not, his eyes glanced at Xuan Qi's neckline.

Xuan Qi's ears turned red quickly, and he hurriedly withdrew his gaze towards the door, "Yesterday... last night was just delivering medicine to the young master."

"I know, otherwise, what else can I do?"

"It's nothing else." Xuan Qi hurriedly said, seeing Han Yiyin's nervous expression, he couldn't help but tense his back.

Han Yiyin raised the needle and dropped it.

Xuan Qimei peak moved slightly, endured the initial wave of pain, and said, "The wound on Mr. Shen's forehead always hurts in the middle of the night, he said he will come to you this morning to have a look."

"Oh," Han Yiyin twirled one needle, dropped the second needle, and raised the corner of his mouth, "Then let him come, I'll give him a good look, and he won't drop a single needle or medicine."

"..."

On the other side, Shen Yao, who was walking towards the shadow hall, suddenly sneezed. He touched his nose, and his back suddenly felt a little cold.

When he arrived at the thatched cottage, he soon knew the reason for his chills.

"Even though people's ears only take up such a small part of the body, the acupuncture points on the ears must not be pierced indiscriminately. My good-for-nothing brother used to pierce people's faces crookedly with one needle, squinting their eyes and sticking out their tongues. It became facial paralysis, and it took a long time to get cured." Han Yiyin approached Shen Yao with a silver needle, and made a face crooked and tongue sticking out expression while talking.

Shen Yao touched his face, glanced at Xuan Qi who was standing aside, and saw that he was looking at him with concern.

Shen Yao said to Han Yiyin, "My forehead isn't that serious anymore, or if you take the pulse again, you can stop the needle if you don't have it?"

"How can it be, you have such a small injury," Han Yiyin said, gestured with her fingernails, narrowed her almond eyes, raised her crescent eyebrows, "It still hurts, 'I can't sleep at night because of the pain', there must be something in my brain Congestion, need to be stabbed."

Seeing the silver needle getting closer and closer to him, Shen Yao felt that Han Yiyin was smiling sinisterly, so he suddenly reached out to block it, and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong, auntie, please forgive me."

He looked at Xuan Qi and said, "Xuan Qi, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you, my forehead actually didn't hurt a long time ago."

"...so good." Xuan Qi's voice came slowly.

Shen Yao looked up and saw that Xuan Qi's expression was as calm as ever, but there was a smile hidden in his eyes.

"Hmph!" Han Yiyin pouted at them, inserted the silver needle in her hand into the cloth bag, and said, "You two chat alone, I'll go to the study to sort out the last bit of the results of Master Lu's blood sample, I'll bring it to you later."

"..."

"..."

Only Shen Yao and Xuan Qi were left in the hall.

Shen Yao stood up and walked in front of Xuan Qi, took out something from his sleeve and put it in Xuan Qi's hand. Xuan Qi looked down and saw a royal blue brocade bag the size of a palm.

"The amulet," Shen Yao smiled at him, "Don't open it casually, and don't let others see it casually. If..." He thought for a while, and then said, "Forget it, there should be no if, anyway, you should collect it first good."

Xuan Qi didn't ask any further questions, he stared at the brocade bag, slowly clenched his hands tightly, and gently rubbed the fabric with his thumb, "Thank you, sir", after speaking, he carefully put the brocade bag into his arms.

After a while, Han Yiyin came out of the study with a few pieces of paper.

"Mandala, Xiaoshaozi, stalactite, red stone fat, white quartz, stone sulfur..." Shen Yao took the paper and looked at it.

"The toxins extracted from Master Lu's blood sample are complex, and these seven or eight types can be clearly identified." Han Yiyin explained, "Mandala and Xiaoshaozi have hallucinogenic effects, while stalactite and red stone fat , white quartz, stone sulfur, and amethyst, in fact, is the formula of 'Five Stone Powder'."

"Five Stones?"

"Well, it is said that it can greatly increase one's physical strength in a short period of time, and it also has the effect of confusing people's mind. Since the previous dynasty, it has been listed as a banned drug by the imperial court, and folk refining and smoking are prohibited."

"These ingredients are in line with the needs of refining magic soldiers." Shen Yao sighed, "There are so many kinds of poisons/drugs in this world."

"No," Han Yiyin said, "it's because medicine has two sides. The same medicinal material can be used in different ways. It can not only cure diseases, but also poison people. For example, mandala can anesthetize and relieve pain, and stalactite and white stone Yingdu has the effect of warming the lungs and relieving asthma, and red stone fat has the effect of stopping bleeding and promoting muscle growth..."

Shen Yao listened carefully, and suddenly his heart skipped a beat. He turned his head and asked Xuan Qi, "I remember you said that before Shi Bozhong was killed, he once said that he would give you some medicine to protect the heart and lungs, but then he gave you one directly. pill?"

"Yes." Xuan Qi said.

Shen Yao's expression froze, he folded a few pieces of paper written by Han Yiyin and stuffed them into the armhole, and said, "I'll go to the medicine hall."