Aggrieved Fish Sprite

It was cold in the bedroom that should have been empty.

Qiu Jing stared straight at the person lying on the couch behind the screen.

No, that's not a person, just a corpse.

The owner of Pavilion Fengxing has received many gifts that did not follow the rules and were delivered directly to his door. Some of them were well-intentioned and some were malicious.

But in the current situation, she didn't know whether the person "given" was the former or the latter.

Because this corpse is her father.

The person who brought the corpse thoughtfully made ice to prevent the corpse from decomposing too quickly. After all, it is not winter, and the nights in this season are equally sultry and hot. The corpse will even change beyond recognition within an hour, giving off an unpleasant smell.

Thanks to the ice cubes, Qiu Si's face was only pale at the moment, not too scary.

The fatal spot was obvious at a glance, a piece of iron was inserted into the forehead, and the blood that flowed out was wiped off.

The iron piece is not big, like a part of a hidden weapon that has been dismantled, or someone crushed a handful of hidden weapons, and kneaded them into integrated pieces at will.

The ice cubes were slowly melting, and Qiu Jing touched the water with one hand.Her whole body was erratic, without anger or joy. Before entering this house, she was still planning how to deal with the forces in Fengxing Pavilion that favored Qiu Si. She dared not underestimate Qiu Si.

That kind of anger, the pain of being betrayed by the only relative, which was deeply pressed in the bottom of my heart, suddenly disappeared.

Qiu Jing stood there numbly for a long time before slowly regaining his senses.

There are not many people in the world who can bring a corpse and so many ice cubes into Fengxing Pavilion silently.

Qiu Jing is not afraid that it is Meng Qi, but she is afraid that it is not Meng Qi.

Ningtai and Jiangnan really can't stand another side.

"Since you're here, please see you again."

Qiu Jing closed her eyes, and as soon as she spoke, a figure followed.

Meng Qi sighed, very embarrassed.

This kind of sending the dead body to the door, I don't know, I thought it was a revenge!But Qiu Si's body can't be left in that small courtyard, the news of his death will be used by those who want to, as long as it drags on for two days, everyone's thoughts will be drawn away by the king's army. .

Even Meng Qi has never encountered such a thing as killing someone and then going to his daughter to deal with the aftermath.

Because it was too difficult, Meng Qi simply refused to let Mo Li come over.

Even though Qiu Jing has turned against Qiu Si, she is not a lunatic like Qiu Si and doesn't care about anyone.

"This kind of death...is very fast, and there will be no pain." Qiu Jing looked down at the corpse, and there were many chaotic pictures in front of her eyes, but she couldn't immerse herself in them, and she didn't have time to analyze whether Qiu Si had something for her from the past. She once thought about questioning her face to face, or being a stranger from now on, but now everything is meaningless.

"What did he say before he died?" Qiu Jing looked up at Meng Qi, "What I want to hear is not the last words, he would not die willingly, he will definitely do something."

"...We later discovered that the tonic prescription he used, when he realized something was wrong and hurriedly withdrew it, the dregs of the medicine could not be processed well enough."

For someone else, it may be difficult to distinguish the medicinal residues poured into the carbon ash pile.

Meng Qi said solemnly: "It should be given to the elderly who are dying."

Aging is actually a disease.

The viscera are gradually weakened, and you can't eat too much, and you can't sleep well. In the dead of night, you can even feel that your life span is like a dripping pot, and it will come to an end by dawn.

Even if you invite a famous doctor for diagnosis and treatment, it is useless, because there is no definite disease, just old age.From the bones, viscera to the brain, it can't continue to function. At most, a new prescription will be prescribed, and it will cost money to save its life.

Those are good medicines, Qiu Si's symptoms are not serious, at least he can make up for it, so although he looks thin, he is in good spirits.

"He, he has come to such a point?" Qiu Jing was in a state of confusion, apparently he did not expect that Qiu Si was about to die.

Qiu Jing wanted to say that he was not very old. Among the Ningtai family, there were many people who were older than Qiu Si.Qiu Si can be regarded as pampered for so many years, not so much... But after thinking about it, it takes more mental energy than others to count others and count himself like Qiu Si, and he has never learned martial arts, so he may not live long.

In a trance, Qiu Jing heard Meng Qi say again:

"This is not all guesswork. He also said something today about what people in the world will do when they know they will die."

Qiu Jing suddenly raised her head, but soon she woke up and calmed down again, as if the shaking just now had never existed.

"He didn't become like this because he was about to die. He has always been like this. The root cause of Fengxing Pavilion's division did not happen overnight..."

Qiu Jing restrained the surging memories, suppressed the endless sorrow, even if it was a memory, if he thought about it with different moods, he would get different things.

——If you deceive yourself, you can get comfort. Anyway, a person is dead, and even if you think of him as a loving father again in your heart, you will not be used or betrayed again.

But what's the point?

Deceit can't break free from pain, it can only make people weak.

Qiu Jing supported his forehead and said in a low voice: "We have to find out how long ago he found out, a person who is unwilling to die, if he has enough time to plan, I even doubt that he will burn the whole Ningtai City to the ground. ash."

Meng Qi shook his head slowly and said: "No, one Ningtai can't satisfy him, at least the whole Jiangnan is needed."

"..."

While Qiu Jing was in shock, Meng Qi said again: "Actually, what he fears most is probably not death."

but old.

Too old to walk, too old to recognize people, and the brain will become more and more difficult.

Qiu Si is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that he will no longer be the "Mr. Qiu" that everyone fears.

He has raised too many wolf dogs, and usually uses fat meat to make these wolf dogs fight and bite each other. Once the owner is too old to be useful, these beasts will not hesitate to jump over and bite back.

Qiu Si pinched the greed of many people, tax collectors, petty officials, yamen servants, down-and-out Jianghu people... various reasons brought them together and became the same force, but their loyalty was almost nonexistent.

Even the servants around Qiu Si, they are loyal to the omnipotent Mr. Qiu, obey him from the bottom of their hearts, and believe that what he says is right, but one is very old at the beginning-->>

What about the "master" who can't remember things?Not to mention someone like Cheng Jingchuan who has been waiting to replace Qiu Si.

"...When I saw Qiu Siqi, I felt that his behavior was abnormal. He was not afraid of death, but people couldn't do it. At that time, I felt that killing him was fulfilling his wish."

Meng Qi told about the situation in the palace that day, and many things that he couldn't figure out were solved after Mo Li found the medicine residue.

Looking at these medicines alone, most of them are for nourishing qi and nourishing the body. However, Mo Li and Qiu Si have met face to face, and Qiu Si does not have a strong medicinal smell. If he is really afraid of death and wants to save his life, it is best not to drink tea for that prescription.Qiu Si didn't shy away from it, apparently she had already made up her mind to "die at the right time".As for what the right time is, that's up to Qiu Si himself.

The more people think that they are important, the more they are addicted to the chaotic scenes that will appear around "if they are missing themselves".

Meng Qi said in a deep voice: "We need to go to see Cheng Jingchuan. The news of Qiu Si's death cannot be spread. The Tianshou Wang army will invade Jingzhou and Yangzhou soon, and he will not want to see Jiangnan really mess up."

That's another reason why he had to send the body here, so he couldn't just say that Joth was dead.

Cheng Jingchuan is only Qiu Si's disciple, but Qiu Jing is Qiu Si's daughter.

"Cheng Jingchuan may know part of the inside story. He knows more about Qiu Si... than you do."

Qiu Jing was silent for a while, then nodded with difficulty.

Before she had time to speak, a panicked cry came from outside: "Pavilion Master, it's bad! Something may have happened to Mr. Qiu!"

Qiu Jing stepped out of the room quickly, and it was Shashanhu who came to report the news. He said angrily: "Those old guys deliberately pressed down the news and didn't report it to the pavilion owner. If it wasn't for me, there are still several ways in the city." , they all treat me as a hard-core brother, I'm afraid we will still be kept in the dark!"

He spoke like setting off firecrackers, he opened his mouth in a long line, and he didn't seem to need to stop to catch his breath.

"I heard that more than a dozen people died in Dongyunfang. I have already sent brothers to inquire overnight..."

"Okay, don't make a mess first." Qiu Jing waved his hand and said, "It is not advisable to act rashly, who knows if it will be a trap, so stay still and clean up the inside and outside of Fengxing Pavilion first."

Shan Shanhu was taken aback for a moment, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

***

That night, there was a barren slope outside the city.

There used to be a few remote fields here. As the people in the nearby villages could not afford the land tax and became tenants, these barren lands had to be left barren.

Wild foxes make their nests, yellow wolves drill holes, and crows cry at night.

The waning moon in the sky shone faintly, illuminating the fluttering white flags.

Cheng Jingchuan stopped in his tracks, looked at Meng Qi who was standing under a nearby tree, and then at Mo Li who brought him here.

"In front." Meng Qi motioned.

In fact, Cheng Jingchuan had already seen the thin coffin on the hillside, and he also saw Qiu Jing standing in front of the coffin, but he still wanted to get an affirmative answer from others.

—Jose is really dead.

It's a pity that neither Meng Qi nor Mo Li spoke.

Cheng Jingchuan could only move to the side of Qiu Jing, he collected himself, and then reached out his hand to touch the face of the corpse in front of Qiu Jing.

Ink Carp: "..."

How afraid of Qiu Si's death?

Qiu Jing's complexion changed and he wanted to get angry, but he quickly held back.

"He...is really dead." Cheng Jingchuan had a weird look on his face. It wasn't joy or relief, but deep doubt.

"He has been preparing for his funeral, but..."

It could also be a fraudulent death, or some other conspiracy.

Cheng Jingchuan didn't dare to speculate on Qiu Si's thoughts, maybe this is another test?He was used to it and numb. He felt that Qiu Si was really going to die, and he was prepared for it. Now this situation is obviously not suitable.

The coffin is too thin, the place is too desolate, not even a grave has been dug, and there is no way to erect a grave.

"This coffin was the only one I could find in a hurry." Qiu Jing said word by word, "At this moment, no one knows about his death except the four of us." "

Cheng Jingchuan understood it, he frowned and said: "Although there are no dead or dead, but the paper can't contain the fire after all, I can only hold it down for three days at most."

"enough."

Qiu Jing turned around slowly, stared at Cheng Jingchuan, and continued, "The news from Jingzhou is that people from the Thunder Hall sneaked into Jingzhou and set up an ambush on King Jing's way to the barracks. Half of the guards in the palace died. Burned by the fire...so the Tianshou Wang Dajun may be faster than we thought."

"what?"

People from Jianghu are not as fast as horses, but people from Jianghu can leave Jingzhou, which is under strict surveillance, more easily than Ningtai's spies, so Cheng Jingchuan has not received this news yet.

While he was in shock, he heard Qiu Jing say: "I suspect that the King of Heaven has received Qiu Si's help. Yizhou's development momentum has been too rapid in the past two years. Under the eyes of Fengxing Pavilion, shouldn't Jiangnan have a lot of cotton, hemp, The food flowed to Yizhou, and I found something wrong in the ledger's ledger. Even if Qiu Si died, the trouble he left us is far from over."

Qiu Jing suddenly took out the fire folder, picked up a torch wrapped in oil and wrapped around a cloth cord, and lit it.

Beside the coffin were stacks of paper money and two jars of wine.

Cheng Jingchuan thought it was a burial offering, but at this moment he realized something was wrong.

Qiu Jing opened the jar, and the smell of spirits wafted out.

"you……"

Cheng Jingchuan was very surprised. Although he hated the aristocratic family occupying large tracts of good land as ancestral graves, he didn't even object to a square of soil for a three-foot coffin.

At this time, regardless of whether the beggars or officials have the same thoughts on the funeral, it is safe to bury the body and bury the whole body. If it is burned, it will be a setback and ashes.

People in the Jianghu are not so particular about it. It would be nice to have someone who collects the corpse and collects the ashes after dying in a foreign land.

Qiu Jing poured strong wine on the coffin, pulled out weeds and dead branches and piled them beside him, threw the torch into it, watched the thick smoke and flames rushing out together, and said after a while: "In the past, he once said that since he left home, he has been dying." I never thought that the fallen leaves would return to their roots and be safe in the soil, and even said that it would be better for countless people to remember him if they brought gold, jewels and jade objects into the ground... At that time, I didn't think about today, but now I just think that, regardless of family or hatred, I always don't want to see snakes, rats and ants The beast gnawed him into a bone, so it would be better to burn him. If I take a step ahead, General Cheng, Meng Guoshi, Doctor Mo... I will trouble you to give me a ride like this."