original intention

Su Qingran stared at Nan Jin's leaving back until it disappeared. On the other side, A Luo cried and said, "My aunt is still alive."

Su Qingran turned her head suddenly, her face seemed to be the joy of being reborn after the catastrophe, and she couldn't hide her inexplicable happiness. The next moment, she hurried to the front of a row of cabinets standing along the wall of the house, and looked at Ling After searching for a long time in various bottles and cans, I poured out a pill from a small celadon bottle, sniffed it closely, and then came to Aunt Deng, opened her mouth carefully, and raised her chest slightly. Throat, the pill was swallowed...

After being busy for a while, after confirming that Aunt Deng should not be in danger of life, Su Qingran cast a searching look at A Luo, not because she couldn't find A Luo's evasion and guilty conscience from the beginning to now, and now she is receiving Su After Qingran's gaze, she moved her hands back a few steps unconsciously, her eyes that were red and swollen from crying seemed to be crying again, Su Qingran couldn't bear it for a while.

Unable to explain, he pulled Ah Luo over and comforted him softly, "Don't be afraid, Ah Luo, your back is injured, I'll apply some medicine to you."

After all, he stopped looking at A Luo, and took the grease that A Luo had just applied to Aunt Deng's welt, and carefully and carefully applied it on A Luo. Looking at the extremely glaring scars on the smooth skin, Su Qingran couldn't help being angry at Nan Jin again.Ah Luo, who was half leaning, couldn't help but blushed, and could only try her best to resist being still.

After Su Qingran finished all these things, thinking of A Luo's evasive eyes and what happened early in the morning, she couldn't stop feeling tired. After asking A Luo to take good care of Aunt Deng these days, she left.

Su Qingran kept walking aimlessly, and didn't know where he was going. He just knew that he didn't want to go back to the courtyard room, and he didn't want to go to the main hall to deal with the academic affairs. In the distance, there seems to be a little bit of flowering branches in the distance, and there is a hint of coolness in midsummer...

Su Qingran was stunned, how did he come here, as if it was a wasteland of weeds just now, if it was in the past or an ordinary person, he would never continue to come here, he just walked here in a mess of thoughts, regardless of his thoughts, At this moment, I belatedly noticed that the legs under the robe were hot, and it seemed that they were scratched a lot by weeds and thorns...

Su Qingran unconsciously walked in a little further. Seeing the scene in front of her, she opened her mouth in astonishment. The winding mottled covering the top and surrounding of the stone cliff turned out to be dots of plum blossoms, as white as snowflakes in the twelfth lunar month. , the cold fragrance floats and drifts, near and far, thick and hidden, Su Qingran unconsciously gets closer, calling him in the middle of summer, so cold that it arouses goose bumps all over his body...

Su Qingran was stunned for a moment and then calmed down. After thinking for a moment, she had to admit that this is really a white plum blooming in midsummer, and the temperature around here is really much lower than other places. A few white plum blossoms blooming strangely and coldly are about to continue to move in, but they may find that there are people guarding the mouth of the stone cliff.

The man also looked at Su Qingran when he heard the movement, holding the saber at his waist and looked at Su Qingran warily, but Su Qingran didn't care. The jade plaque that symbolizes his status as chief executive of the Qingxuan Palace surprised him, but it was the man's clothes. There was no embroidered mark on his whole body that symbolized which hall he belonged to. , the brows are indifferent and solemn, looking at this person's breathing Su Qingran thinks that this person has a high skill, Su Qingran now shows a bit of inaccuracy.

Sure enough, the man didn't care about Su Qingran's identity. When Su Qingran got closer, the man held his saber tightly and held it in front of Su Qingran without hesitation, and glanced at the jade tablet , the words were neither humble nor overbearing, "Forgive me, Chief Manager, unless there is an order from the Palace Master, no one is allowed to enter here."

Su Qingran frowned and stopped, but this place was so weird, and the world behind the cliff cave made him clamor to go and explore it. He couldn't help but confront this person. Su Qingran quickly thought of tricks in his mind, and even himself Should I go back and ask that bastard Nan Jin for an edict, but obviously this place is definitely a forbidden area of ​​the Qingxuan Palace, and even most of the congregation don’t know that there is such a place, so if you want to come to Nanjin Jhin will not let himself know easily, so Su Qingran's willingness to go in and explore the universe is even more persistent...

Just when he didn't know how to proceed, he suddenly heard a familiar sneer from behind him. Su Qingran turned his head suddenly, and met A Fu's cat eyes without any surprise, revealing undisguised arrogance and contempt. Su Qingran really couldn't I like this person's attitude, but isn't this person in confinement? Why did he come here?Could it be that this man was released after he rested for three to five days?

However, A Fu completely ignored Su Qingran and walked over. Although A Fu had been imprisoned in Beiya during this period of time, and the fine clothes and brocade robes on his body were more dilapidated, there was a sense of naturalness when he walked. Seeing A Fu, the guard immediately bowed his luggage respectfully, "I have seen Master A Fu."

A Fu ignored this person, only waved his hand slightly, and the person retreated to one side. At this moment, Su Qingran also had to admire A Fu's deep foundation in this Qingxuan Palace, and forgot to speak for a while, A Fu Maoyan He glanced at Su Qingran, as if to say, what are you doing in a daze and don't follow in?

At this moment, Su Qingran was so lucky that he understood in his heart, and he raised his foot to follow. The guard beside him was obediently blocking A Fu, "Master A Fu, this... I'm afraid you can't bring anyone in..."

A Fu looked at him coldly, and then laughed again, "It's okay, if the palace master blames it, I will bear it." After saying that, he walked in without looking back, and Su Qingran followed without hesitation.

Su Qingran entered the cliff cave and crossed a thin iron cable bridge over the water. The deck of the bridge was covered with simple planks, and the middle and both sides were fixed with arm-thick iron cables. There were no guardrails above the two sides, which made people feel It was a bit dangerous, and after crossing the bridge, Su Qingran was keenly aware that the temperature here was a bit colder than the outside, not at all like the summer season, and the cold fragrance similar to that outside the cliff cave was stronger Several times, Su Qingran was startled, and suddenly realized that the cold fragrance outside the cliff cave was not pure plum fragrance, but the smell from the medicine...

It's just that Su Qingran is a well-educated medical student, and he doesn't know what kind of medicine it is. After crossing the bridge and walking over the cliff face for more than ten feet, he came to a place that looked like a big well. Ran was surprised and disgusted with pantothenic acid in his stomach.

I saw that the big well was only two or three feet long and wide, and it was dug out of the cliff in a square shape. At this moment, Su Qingran and A Fu could see the whole scene of the big well when they looked down. No, to be precise, this is a huge water prison.But what is frightening is that on the cliff on the opposite side of the water prison, there is a... "person", if this "person" can still be called a person.

I saw that the man's upper body was exposed, and the waist down was submerged in the dark brown potion in the big well. The exposed hands and neck were imprisoned by black iron chains, as if the chains had already been embedded in the flesh and blood, intertwining and growing together with the flesh and blood. The exposed skin is like old bark, and the flesh-colored skin is faintly visible, as if the skin has been turned into wood.

The veins under the skin were enlarged several times, mixed with the flesh and blood under the skin, it was extremely hideous, and the tree-like skin also covered and twisted on the face, making it difficult to distinguish this person's face, only a pair of amber eyes, lazy His eyelids were closed, he was lifeless, he couldn't feel pain, he couldn't tell whether he was alive or breathing... But Su Qingran had an intuition that this person was alive, and intuition that this situation must be very serious Pain, life is worse than death.

There was a little mist of water vapor floating above the dark brown potion, and Su Qingran intuitively realized that it must be the medicine that was constantly lingering and volatilizing.The potion in the water prison seems to be bottomless, there is no wind or waves here, the pool of medicine is like a pool of stagnant water, it seems to be devouring the flesh and blood of that person bit by bit...

Su Qingran felt unstoppable palpitations and nausea again, and unconsciously cast a questioning look at A Fu. A Fu looked at the man in the well, but his eyes were solemn and heavy.

Su Qingran waited for a while and Ah Fu didn't respond. Just when Su Qingran thought that Ah Fu would not pay attention to him, Ah Fu said, "Is this place more in line with the demon sect in Jianghu?" Su Qingran was noncommittal.

A Fu continued to ask, "Who do you think that person is?" Su Qingran slandered, if I knew, why would I ask you?

A Fu didn't care whether Su Qingran heard it or not, ignored himself, and continued, "Twenty years ago, the Qingxuan Palace spread across the rivers and lakes. At that time, all martial arts in the Central Plains hated and hated the Qingxuan Palace. At that time, the old man The palace lord is still in his prime, and although the Jiamo Heart Sutra has not been practiced to the top level, he is almost invincible in the martial arts world, and Cang Luo, the master of Fengying Hall, was the sharpest weapon in the hands of the old palace lord. Make great contributions.

But I don't know when, the old palace master found that the most powerful hall master under him gradually paid less and less attention to the educational affairs, and even noticed that Cang Luo wanted to retire, hehehe, it's so funny , After entering the gate of Qingxuan Palace, there is no such thing as the blessing of retiring from the world. There is only one fate after entering Qingxuan Palace, and that is a bad death. "A Fu stopped here, staring at Su Qingran with a pair of cat eyes, and asked him maliciously, "Tell me, what will happen to you?" "

Su Qingran felt palpitations and chills, couldn't stop feeling strange and thought of Nan Jin with a trembling that she couldn't even notice. So, what will happen to Nan Jin?

A Fu didn't wait for Su Qingran to answer, and asked again, "Guess why Cang Luo has the willingness to retire? Heh... that's because of Deng Qiuxin!" Su Qingran's heart skipped a beat, Aunt Deng!

"Deng Qiuxin was just a medicine student in the Buddha Temple at that time. At that time, the owner of the Qingxuan Palace Buddha Temple was the mother-in-law Yudi, a well-known medical god in the world. Deng Qiuxin was really talented. At that time, she was already the best of her mother-in-law A student with medical skills would be her successor after a few years, and the new master of Futu Temple, but when Deng Qiuxin met Cang Luo, after the two fell in love at first sight, they no longer thought about the days of licking blood on the edge of the Qingxuan Palace. , in an attempt to live an ordinary life as a husband and wife..."

Su Qingran couldn't help interjecting, "What's wrong with wishing to live an ordinary life?"

A Fu sneered, "As I said, if you enter Qingxuan Palace, you will only end up with one fate, and you will die!" Glancing at Su Qingran again, he sneered, "What kind of a good person do you think Deng Qiuxin Cangluo is? Once the two made a plan to escape, Deng Qiuxin, relying on her mother-in-law's trust, killed her mother-in-law with the medical skills taught by her mother-in-law, and left the Buddha Temple and was arranged by Cang Luo in the congregation of Fengying Hall. Lord, while I was away on some errands, I led the congregation out of Qingxuan Palace with Deng Qiuxin among them..."

"However, Qingxuan Palace is such an easy place to leave. The two of them fled and hid outside for more than a month, and they were captured by the old Palace Master himself. Originally thought that these two apostates were just handed over to Xingchatang The death penalty is enough, but who knows, at that time, Granny Yuzhang was dead, and the elixir and peerless medicine of Futu Temple have always been an indispensable help for Qingxuan Palace. I figured out a way to find a peerless medicine "Immortal Water" from the medicine left by Grandma Yudang, and this medicine has been used on Cang Luo's body for 20 years."

Su Qingran was startled, and blurted out, "Undying?" After that, he held back the sourness in his throat and glanced at Cangluo.

A Fu's cat's eyes curved, "That's right, immortality, this person has been in this water for 20 years, and he can survive without eating. This medicine can keep the surrounding temperature at the same level as autumn and winter forever. His flesh will never stink. At the beginning, the potion will slowly soak into the corroded flesh. Gradually, the flesh is like flowers and trees planted in the soil. It's just a breath of air and a distraction from the person, that person has long been unable to speak, can't move, can't even lift his eyelids, Deng Qiu's feelings are deeply rooted, even this can trap her in Qingxuan Palace forever, until Cang Luo completely disappeared."

Su Qingran couldn't figure it out, and asked repeatedly, "Aunt Deng is very skilled in medicine, she is a holy doctor in the world, can't she deserve this antidote to save Cang Luo?"

"So what if the antidote is prepared, this water of immortality has been soaked in Cang Luo's body for many years, if he leaves this medicine pond, he will be like grass and trees leaving soil, his bones and heart will rot, and he will die immediately."

Having said that, Ah Fu stopped again, and started to ask Su Qingran again, "Tell me, what does this have to do with you?"

This time, Su Qingran felt flustered, and subconsciously wanted to avoid the question. A Fu did not let go of Su Qingran's face dodging like a prehistoric one, and couldn't stop being angry, and grabbed Su Qing with one hand. He said viciously and resentfully, "The last thing is that over the years, no matter how many drug boys have been sent to the Buddha Temple, those drug boys will always die for various reasons. ..." After saying that, he threw Su Qingran away fiercely, Su Qingran staggered for a while, couldn't stop the panic in his heart, and ran away regardless.

Ah Fu looked at the figure of the person leaving, his face was ashen, and he murmured, "Ah Jin, you and I have been dependent on each other since we were young, and I know you better than myself. Can feel one or two, today you are for him... I can't bear you to be in such unbearable pain, but, I told him, I made him understand you, then... then who can understand my obedience? ..."

Forget it, if you want me to be in confinement, I will go back to confinement and if you want me to practice martial arts, then I will practice martial arts non-stop. All Ah Fu can do is to listen to you forever.