Atractylodes

Chapter 19

That was also the last happiness in Bai Shu's memory. He waited in the room all night until the light of dawn pierced the darkness, until he was gradually awakened by the noise around him, gradually fell silent, and gradually shed tears.He never thought that the back view of the man when he walked out of the room was the last time he saw him.

Lin is dead.

Caught off guard like three years ago, weird like three years ago.

The method of killing has never been seen before, and it is said that it comes from a special technique.

Old man Lu frowned and looked at Chong Ying, and Chong Ying also understood something at that moment.Lin Jin's body was lying in the yard, covered with a layer of white cloth, and under the white cloth was a ferocious bruised face.

Old man Lu asked the rest of the Chong family to go out for the time being and then made an assertion, "It's "Nine Styles of Phoenix Dance."

"Impossible! Every family's cheat books are fragments! The Lan family has lost the very first part!" Chong Ying's face was livid.

Old man Lu said, "Yes, I lost it..."

Chong Ying took two steps back, "Impossible!"

"But that's the only explanation..."

"No." Bai Shu analyzed calmly, then he shook his head and said, "There is a ghost in the Zhong family. I asked Lan Junrong, and he never took the Lan family's fragments from his father. That is to say, Lan Junrong himself After my father died, the secret book is most likely still in the hands of the head of the Lan family. And someone from the Zhong family pretended to be me to cooperate with the head of the Lan family. Both of them practiced the first half of "Nine Styles of Phoenix Dance". In order to snatch the original of the secret book in Lan Xuan's hands, they killed Lan Xuan..."

"Wait! What did you say originally? Originally it wasn't..."

"Actually, I guessed that there was something else going on. The head of the Lan family was not the only murderer who killed Lan Xuan. But at that time, I didn't expect that the murderer was a member of the Chong family..."

Chong Ying and old man Lu looked at each other, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm not talking nonsense. Now there are two people who know "Nine Styles of Phoenix Dance"."

"two?"

"Jun Rong will also, and Lan Xuan died because of this."

"Lan Junrong?" Old man Lu looked at Zhong Baishu in surprise.

Chong Ying's eyes widened, and he slapped Bai Shu directly, "You bastard! You know why you didn't say it earlier!"

Chong Baishu suddenly realized what he had said, and defended, "Lan Junrong, he can't possibly kill Senior Brother..."

"Snapped……"

Bai Shu's nose was bleeding from the slap, "Nie Zi! Nie Zi!"

"Didn't Lin Jin sleep in your room recently? Didn't you know he didn't come back last night?"

"..."

"say something!"

Bai Shu took two steps back in a daze, the breath he had held up was finally released, he knelt down as if he was weak, "Senior brother went out with Lan Junrong last night... this is a conspiracy..."

"You bastard!" Zhong Ying was held back by the crowd, and the veins on his forehead swelled, "Your elder brother is so sorry for you, he treats you like a brother! Listen to what you just said! Lin Do you look a little sad after dying, but you are here to say good things to Lan Junrong!"

Bai Shu looked at the person under the white cloth, and many things flooded into his mind at once.Lin Jin seems to be the most ubiquitous person in his memory, but also the person who has the least presence.His elder brother, the elder brother who nagged in his ear every time, the elder brother who aspired to be a hero, was lying stiff and unseemly on the cold ground at this moment.

Lin Jin...

These two words completely disappeared from his life.When Lan Xuan died, Bai Shu felt the impermanence of death, it always came without any warning, but it was irreversible, so sudden that people couldn't react...

Bai Shu pushed open the door, and Lin Jin's quilt folded into squares was placed on the stool in the corner of the room, and his breath seemed to still be on the ground.Bai Shu almost felt that Lin Jin was the best person in the world, although he was a bit wordy.But he died.

he died.

This thought lingered in Bai Shu's mind.Outside the room, it seemed to be another world. Bai Shu could restrain his emotions and seemed overly calm, but from the moment he stepped into his room, sadness rushed towards him overwhelmingly. Everything about Lin Jin, he Every movement in this room emerges clearly.

Bai Shu's body bent slowly and squatted down along the wall, those memories also gradually dissipated, and he was still the only one left in the room.The one curled up in the corner, the one with his fingernails buried in his flesh to prevent the tears from flowing out, the one alone, heavy Atractylodes.

He kept the same movement until he felt pain between his fingers, and slowly lay down, trying harder to grab the last breath of Lin Jin left here, so that he could get closer to him.

Big Brother...

After an unknown amount of time, the door suddenly lit up, and Lan Junrong was terrified when he saw Bai Shu.Bai Shu was lying on the ground, her body curled up into a ball, looking at him with tired and confused eyes.If it wasn't for his chest still rising and falling, he even thought he was dead.

Chong Baishu looked at Lan Junrong, the dullness in his eyes was even greater than the sadness.

Lan Junrong originally had a lot to say, saying that Lin Jin's death had nothing to do with him, that it was a conspiracy.But the moment Lan Junrong saw Bai Shu, he suddenly couldn't say anything.No one can replace Lin Jin.

Bai Shu spoke with a hoarse voice, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm afraid you'll think too much."

"I'm sorry." Tears flowed from Baishu's eyes, as if not controlled by the master, Baishu's tone sounded so calm, "I may not be able to talk to you well."

"Calm down..."

"I can't calm down..." Bai Shu's eyes were red with horror, and then he didn't know whether to call the expression on his face crying or laughing, "How do you tell me to calm down? Tell me Lan Junrong, how should I calm down?" ?”

"I'll look into your elder brother's affairs." Lan Junrong paused, "I'll leave if you don't want to see me, take care of yourself..."

Bai Shu grabbed his sleeve, it was almost a subconscious reaction, and then he slowly let go of Lan Junrong's hand.Lan Junrong left.

Bai Zhu hugged her knees, her chest felt as if it was going to explode.He stood up and lay down on the bed, and covered Lin Jin's quilt, but it was still cold, even the sweat on his body was cold.

After an unknown amount of time, he felt someone hugging him through the quilt.

……

Bai Shu buried her head in the quilt, and finally couldn't help crying softly like a child.

Lan Junrong held Chong Baizhu through the quilt like that, until his crying gradually became quieter and finally became a steady breathing.

Chong Baishu woke up at dawn, and Lan Junrong had already left.

He pushed open the door, the sky was slightly bright, it was a new day.

After climbing over the wall and leaving the gate of Lin's house, I bought two steamed buns at a small stall, watched the jugglers on the street for a while, and it was noon.He didn't bring any extra money with him, so he knocked on the door of Ban Xiyao's house.

Announcing his name, the leader took him all the way to the courtyard where Ban Xiyao lived, "You better not disturb Master Sixteen when he is researching things, you have to wait for him to recover. If you are not in a hurry, I will Let people watch here first, and I will call you when the young master rests."

Bai Shu shook his head, "I also want to see how you young masters work."

"The old man will retire."

Bai Shu gave a little salute to the old man.As soon as I walked to Ban Xiyao's yard, I was shocked by the pile of wood and rocks on the ground.Ban Xiyao stood in the middle and studied the strange-shaped thing he saw that day.

Bai Shu stopped in her tracks.Because he saw a man in black squatting behind Ban Xiyao, the man turned around and smiled at him...

Bai Shu instantly had goosebumps all over his body, "You..."

Zuo Yi put his finger on his lips and made a silent gesture.Bai Shu walked over and saw Zuo Yi squatting on the ground casually, looking at Ban Xiyao with his face propped up on one hand.

Pan Xiyao stretched, caught a glimpse of Bai Hou and hurriedly put down the things in his hands, "Brother Bai Shu? Why are you here!"

"I just came, but the one over there seems to have been waiting for a long time."

Pan Xiyao turned his head and glanced at Zuo Yi, "Zuo Yi? Why are you still here?"

Zuo Yi slowly stood up from the ground, and leaned against a pile of waste, "Look."

Ban Xiyao rolled his eyes, "Are you busy all day? Shouldn't Ming Lou be busy?"

"Ming Lou is busy... It's not that I'm busy..." Zuo Yi dragged his voice and raised his head to look at Bai Shu, then slowly curled the corner of his mouth, "My junior brother is much busier than me..."

Bai Shu's expression turned cold instantly.

Seeing Bai Shu's expression changed, Pan Xiyao hurriedly asked, "What happened to you and Lan Junrong?"

Zuo Yi leaned into Ban Xiyao's ear and said, "His elder brother is dead, Lan Junrong killed him..."

"Don't fucking talk nonsense to me!" Bai Shu rushed forward and punched him.

Zuo Yi pulled Ban Xiyao away, and after receiving a solid punch, he suppressed Bai Shu so that he couldn't move. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his ring finger, and his voice was still smiling, "Why are you so excited? I think Lin It should be because he knew something that he shouldn't know before being..."

Bai Shu's face was pale.

Zuo Yi lowered his voice, "My junior brother seems to have a good temper, but you have no idea how horrible things he will do to achieve his goal..."

Pan Xiyao looked at Zuo Yi puzzled, "What should I not know?"

Zuo Yi blinked, glanced at Bai Shu, "Guess."

Lan Junrong has indeed changed a lot, and there is more blood-soaked cruelty in his eyes.He didn't like to talk in the past, but at that time, he didn't make Bai Shu feel scared. Now Lan Junrong's occasional silence has already made Bai Shu feel frightened.

No, Lan Junrong will not kill Lin Jin for such a thing...

No... Lan Junrong is not this kind of person...

Bai Shu raised his head and gritted his teeth and said to Zuo Yi, "Lan Junrong won't kill Lin Jin! It can't be him!"

The smile on Zuo Yi's face gradually faded. He looked at Bai Shu and smiled slightly. It was different from his usual superficial smile, but tinged with an unknown sadness. He put down the bag on Ban Xiyao's shoulder. hand, "I'm actually a little envious of that kid surnamed Lan..."

The smile on Zuo Yi's face became weaker and weaker until it became a stiff movement. He turned his head and stroked Ban Xiyao's hair, and Ban Xiyao looked at Zuo Yi's movement in horror.

Zuo Yi said, "I'll go first. Don't miss me too much."

Ban Xiyao was obviously annoyed, "Get lost!"

Zuo Yi's figure flashed and then disappeared without a trace.

Ban Xiyao kicked the wooden board under his feet, "Is this guy mentally ill!"

Realizing that he lost his composure, he glanced at Bai Shu who had been standing beside him with a guilty conscience, and then remembered to ask him, "By the way, what can you do with me?"

"What is the most powerful hidden weapon you have ever designed?"

Ban Xiyao's eyes lit up for a moment, but quickly darkened again, "What are you going to do?"

"My brother is dead."

Ban Xiyao blinked a few times without warning.

"I don't want to die."

Ban Xiyao looked serious, "You want revenge?"

"Yes. But I can't tell you more. I came to ask you to help me. I have no other choice. I don't want more people to die."

Ban Xiyao was silent for a while, "Come with me."

Ban Xiyao brought Bai Zhu into a room. There was no furniture in the room, only various strange-shaped design drawings were hung on three sides.

Ban Xiyao warned in a cold voice, "Follow my footsteps, don't go wrong."

Bai Shu followed Pan Xiyao into the door, walked around in a long circle and walked to a picture, "My father put this thing in the forbidden weapon room after it was designed, most of the hidden weapons in the Jianghu are hard to kill without quenching the poison. And I designed the 'Nine Companies' based on this characteristic."

Ban Xiyao used a specific technique to press on the seemingly blank wall. After a while, a piece of the wall protruded. Bai Shu took a closer look and found a dark compartment inside, with a ring-shaped thing dragged with red satin in the middle. There are nine iron beads around.

Ban Xiyao picked up a bead and pressed it, and the bead immediately split into willow leaf-shaped blades. "In order to make Jiulian have greater lethality, when it is shot out, it is in a spiral shape and the blade rotates at the same time. The addition of nine blades not only reduces the failure rate of ejection, but also increases the area being shot. .As long as you are almost right, your opponent is close to death."

Ban Xiyao said again, "But Jiulian also has a fatal flaw."

"When you send out Jiulian, the tendons in your wrist will be seriously injured. Even if you don't lose it, the possibility of holding a sword is very small." Ban Xiyao looked up at Bai Shu, "If your enemy doesn't If you want to retaliate in this way, you don't have to choose it, I have others..."

Bai Shu interrupted Ban Xiyao, "Since you chose it for me first, it already shows that it is the best choice for me."

Ban Xiyao lowered his eyebrows, "Actually, I have selfish intentions for giving you Jiulian. I spent a lot of effort to create it. I don't want it to be left here forever, but..."

Bai Shu clasped Jiulian on his wrist, "You don't have to think too much, I beg you, whatever happens has nothing to do with you."

Ban Xiyao lowered his eyebrows, "I hope you will never use it."

Bai Shu smiled back at Ban Xiyao, "I hope too."