Demolition

"The damage to the heart channel is difficult to heal for a while, so I can only recuperate slowly from the back. The other injuries are no longer serious."

"Thank you doctor."

This was Lu Chen's second day in a coma.He vaguely felt that there was someone taking care of him all the time, but he couldn't open his eyes no matter what. Now he heard a rather familiar voice, and felt that he was probably still wandering in his dream.The man sent the doctor away and turned back to his bedside, glanced at him, and then leaned over in surprise.

"you're awake!"

Lu Chen realized that his eyes had been opened, but he didn't know whether it was because he didn't trust him or his mind hadn't fully returned. He still felt that the person in front of him was a little strange. In fact, it might be because of his thinner eyes, cheekbones and eyebrows. The bones are a little protruding, but the eyes are still the same, Lu Chen's lips tremble a little, and he can't say a word.

"Young master?" Ji Chuan was so frightened by his reaction, he quickly raised his hand to press his temple, and moved closer, "Can't you see? Do you remember me?"

This idiot actually thought he had lost his memory!Lu Chen couldn't laugh or cry, the wounds all over his body were in pain, his face was wrinkled like a walnut, Ji Chuan pressed his shoulders in a panic

"Don't move, don't move. Don't be afraid, my name is Shen Jichuan, I'm not a bad person, I won't hurt you, you were seriously injured, I..."

"Old liar." Lu Chen whispered softly.

"What?" Ji Chuan's words got stuck in his throat, and he looked at Lu Chen in surprise.

"Old liar, stinky crow, big idiot..." Lu Chen's body hadn't recovered yet, and his cursing was soft and unconvincing, and his eyes became redder as he spoke, "Why did you abandon me? Why didn't you come to me? Why? You want to save me? Don’t you care if I live or die?” I miss you very much, do you know that.Tears were mixed with choked sobs, which made people feel more distressed than the blood on his face a few days ago. Ji Chuan paused, and finally changed his actions into a comforting hug. He rested Lu Chen's head on his shoulders with his palms, and let him sob .

Lu Chen has almost no memory of crying since he was nine years old, and he did not expect to make an exception twice because of a liar crow.But at this moment, he didn't care about these things, he cared more about Ji Chuan's recovery than recovering his life.He came, he did what he said, he didn't lie to himself.Leaning on his shoulder, this is the only thing Lu Chen can think about.

For a long time afterwards, Lu Chen would recall this moment, a moment of sadness and joy, which is probably the so-called being blinded by emotions.If you like someone, you will change yourself for the other person. This is a disaster that no one can escape.You will remove the disguise of indifference because of him, because of his joy and sorrow, because of his vulnerability, because of his skin and bones, because of his betrayal of principles.People who fall in love are often ignorant at first, they dismiss them, ignore those glaring details, they are happy with the pain, and they don't understand until the last moment that falling in love with someone is to give up their right to joy and sorrow. Handed over to another person, this life, this life, will be tortured by him.

"Young master, young master, don't cry anymore, it's okay." Ji Chuan patted Lu Chen's back like a baby, Lu Chen vented for a while and finally stopped in embarrassment, blinking his wet eyelashes Ji Chuan has a lot to ask him, but now he just wants to look at him.

Ji Chuan was seen laughing

"Are you hungry, porridge is simmering on the stove, how about a drink?"

Lu Chen nodded, but suddenly thought of something, looked at Ji Chuan in horror, Ji Chuan guessed his thoughts, patted the quilt

"It's all right. Except for the one who was trampled to death while fleeing for his life, there were no other casualties. The crow has already left."

Lu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, no one was injured?It's a miracle!I don't know what happened to him after he passed out.He relaxed physically and mentally, only to realize that he was struggling to raise his energy, presumably it was caused by the backlash of his true energy when the silver net was broken.

Ji Chuan brought the porridge in, sat on the side of the bed naturally, stirred it with a spoon, blew, and handed it to Lu Chen's mouth, ready to feed him.Lu Chen was already in a state of uncertainty, and was taken aback by his actions. Ji Chuan thought he was depressed because of his injury, and comforted him:

"Young master's injury is actually not serious, he will come back after raising him, don't worry."

Seeing his seriousness, Lu Chen couldn't hold back, so he accepted Ji Chuan's food spoon by spoon.

After eating something, Lu Chen recovered a lot of energy, cheered himself up and began to ask Ji Chuan about his whereabouts during this time and the result of the crow attack.Who knows that he hasn't asked the question yet, so Ji Chuan asked him seriously first

"Young master, do you know that there is a mole inside you?"

Lu Chen was surprised, he didn't tell anyone about Ren Yuan's guess, how could Ji Chuan know?The traitor Ji Chuan was referring to was not Ren Yuan, he looked at Lu Chen and said

"You have a sword wound on your back."

Lu Chen was really dumbfounded this time.

"I was cut on the back with a sword?"

The only ones who could inflict sword wounds on Lu Chen in mid-air were those dozens of crow dismantlers, and someone among them actually wanted to kill him?

"How is it possible?" Although Lu Chen didn't say that he had seen countless people, he still had the ability to read people's words. From the pre-war training to his performance of ordering all the crow destroyers to fight the enemy bravely, no one showed any signs of it. It's the same, besides, "I used to draw a knife to cut off the water. If someone wants to kill me, he only needs to leave his true energy when I separate from the sword, and I will definitely die. Why bother? Could it be an accidental injury?"

Ji Chuan shook his head

"Young master himself understands, how could a professional crow cracker make such a low-level mistake?" Speaking of this, Ji Chuan's eyes suddenly became meaningful, "Besides, he doesn't dare to keep his true energy."

"What do you mean?"

"This is what the young master taught me. There must be a sign of Yinxiaolou's true energy."

Ji Chuan's pointing was too obvious, Lu Chen couldn't help frowning, he didn't want to discuss with Ji Chuan whether people from Yin Xiao Lou would harm him, but Ji Chuan denied Lu Chen's conjecture

"What I mean is, if he is from Yinxiaolou, then it is natural for him to leave evidence, but what if he can't leave evidence?"

There is no evidence left!

"You mean he's the North's Raven Breaker!"

This is impossible. It is a principle that the north and the south do not participate in politics. How could such an important place in Anqing mansion have a northern crow demolition man without anyone noticing it.Ji Chuan's conjecture was too bold.

"Young master, I won't speak without proof." Ji Chuan took out an iron box, which contained the ball that he crushed to death that day, "This is the crow inner alchemy I found in the city."

The ball was now dimmed, no different from a random pebble by the river, Lu Chen took it suspiciously

"How do you know this is Neidan?"

"Young master, don't forget who I am, I have also received their call."

"they?"

"Yes, this is not the inner alchemy of a crow. It is the inner alchemy of many crows with high phantom power after being dissected and mixed together through a special method. That's why its power is so great."

"That is to say, those crows who attacked the city did not intend to attack humans, they just heard the call of this inner alchemy."

"That's right, after I destroyed the inner alchemy, the remaining crows dispersed on their own."

Lu Chen was speechless. Those crows who were killed were so innocent. Humans took away the inner alchemy of their ancestors, and then used this inner alchemy to trap them. They went on to die one after another. They were bait. Life is the bait, and so are the soldiers who have dedicated themselves to fighting in front of the battle.Who is so cruel?

"who is it?"

"Young master, I'm going to ask you this."

With this expression again, Lu Chen felt that Ji Chuan knew everything, but he was the only one who foolishly broke into a dead end.Ji Chuan looked at Lu Chen, but Lu Chen was very guilty, and he talked about him from left to right.

"Where have you been all this time?"

"I met an old man and learned something about my family."

"Old man? Is that Mr. Kong?"

Ji Chuan probably expected that Lu Chen had already investigated his whereabouts, so he didn't show any surprise.

"His surname is Cang. He is a descendant of an ancient surname. He knows a lot of things, but he has no choice but to hide his name in the market and make a living as a storyteller."

"What does he know about your family?"

Ji Chuan gave him a strange look, then smiled lightly and said

"Young master, you can't bully me with empty hands and white wolves."

Ji Chuan didn't force Lu Chen to tell what he knew, but Lu Chen's mind was completely on another side

"So you left me for him and disappeared?"

"Young master's words are wrong. You have to stay in Chaohu Lake wholeheartedly. You don't need me at all, so I just find something to do by myself. How can you say that I abandoned you?"

"Obviously you pushed me in, yet you still argue!" Lu Chen angrily

"I did it to protect the young master's safety. If I don't push you into Chaohu Lake, will the two of us be killed in one go? Besides, I had expected that the young master would come here, so I came all the way here and rescued the young master." One life, young master Mingjian."

The lines in Ji Chuan's words are the same as before, but to Lu Chen's ears, it sounds like drums and gongs, which almost cover up the sound of the accelerating heartbeat, and his speech becomes hesitant

"Then why didn't you show up earlier, I still used a paper man to find you! Where is my paper man!"

Ji Chuan smiled and took out two little paper figurines

"Young master, this thing is really useful, I think the young master will not be stingy and give me another one, right?"

"Send you off, see you off." Lu Chen stared blankly at Ji Chuan's smiling eyes, then turned his gaze away in a panic, feeling that he was about to spontaneously combust.

"I've already told you everything I know, so why don't you keep your mouth shut?"

Alas, Lu Chen sighed, really dizzy.You can't tell him that I like you.

"Do you know the three-legged crow?"

In fact, Lu Chen just wanted to start over with Ji Chuan from the beginning, but he didn't expect that this first sentence would make Ji Chuan's face change.Lu Chen has never seen Ji Chuan's expression before. In his impression, the other party has always been indifferent. He hardly cares about panic. Ji Chuan was obviously shaken by these words, the old wound was accidentally splashed with salt water, he would not feel it anymore, but the memory of his fear remained in his body, and he shrank instinctively.Lu Chen was suddenly curious about the secrets of Ji Chuan's family.

Ji Chuan's change was only in an instant, and he quickly packed up all the leaked emotions

"I know, this is a legend, the three-legged crow is a very powerful divine bird."

Lu Chen didn't delve into it, and continued to say

"Before the crow plague broke out, I checked the local chronicles of Anqing Prefecture, and found that someone had recorded the legend about the three-legged crow in it, and it was recorded that the three-legged crow lived in Baiyazhai not far from here. The Baiyazhai Crows once attacked human beings in the ninth year of Yonghe. My father participated in the suppression. He also visited Anqing Mansion again before his death, so I always feel that this place is related to my father’s death. Three days ago, the advance sent by the Anqing Government The team was wiped out by a sneak attack. I was ordered to find the garrison in the southern border. The general led most of his troops on patrol but failed to return. We had little chance of winning. But I suddenly remembered that the local chronicles said that three-legged crows like fire, so I lit many places. The haystacks indeed attracted a lot of crows, but they were too numerous to resist after all."

"In fact, I think the crows in Baiyazhai may be a special species that like heat sources, so they were mistaken for three-legged crows. This legend may have been learned by the court many years ago, and they investigated it in the name of dealing with crows. I don't know what the outcome will be, but this crow attack must have been intentionally planned by someone with intentions, trying to bring the legend of the three-legged crow back to light and disrupt the court situation. However, my appearance in Anqing Mansion was purely accidental, and they must not have expected that the crow would not be there. The assailants left, and those whose plans were disrupted who should show their feet will definitely be thrown into disarray."

"Who does the young master think might show his feet?"

Lu Chen silently criticized Ji Chuan's insight, he hesitated

"The general in the garrison is called Ren Yuan. He is a subordinate of a well-known general in the south. It stands to reason that General Ren's resume is very clean, so there shouldn't be any problems. But this time he not only went on patrol without permission, but also brought most of the troops with him, which is very suspicious. I don't know which side Ren Yuan is on, but either side may benefit from this matter."

"Oh?" Ji Chuan raised his eyebrows

"Well... recently there has been some debate on how to deal with the crows in the north, and everyone is unwilling to give in, so..."

Lu Chen's obvious protection made Ji Chuan feel a little annoyed, he tapped Lu Chen's lips with his finger

"Young master, how about we make a deal? I'll ask you three questions, and you answer me truthfully. I can tell you a secret."

The cold temperature of Ji Chuan's fingertips lingered on the corner of Lu Chen's mouth, as if he had been drugged, it was crispy and spicy, and took away all of Lu Chen's will.he nodded absentmindedly

"it is good."