Dichlorvos Chronicle

Qiao Jiu was silent for a while.

His situation will get worse and worse after the poison is completely released, so he knew from the beginning that he couldn't hide it from Xie Liang, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon.

Xie Liang's voice sank a bit: "Qiao Jiu?"

Qiao Jiu looked at him and finally spoke.

"Xie Liang," he said, "I'm poisoned."

There was a "buzz" in Xie Liang's mind.

It took him a long time to find his own voice and asked, "When did it happen?"

Qiao Jiu said: "I found it when I took you to drink fish soup last time."

Hasn't that been nearly two months?

Xie Liang suppressed the anger and panic in his heart, and asked calmly as much as possible: "Why didn't you say it all the time?"

Qiao Jiu didn't answer.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Liang's heart sank.Of course, Qiao Jiu wouldn't seek death on purpose, but if there was some hope, he couldn't have kept it secret. It was probably because he knew that there was no way to save it.

No help.

His hands trembled slightly, and he gently put down the chopsticks.

Qiao Jiu turned his eyes away from him, and asked, "Don't you want to eat?"

Xie Liang felt his chest constricted, but he knew that Qiao Jiu was definitely more uncomfortable than him, so he picked up the chopsticks again and said, "Eat."

The two of them didn't speak again for a while.

Xie Liangshi ate half a plate of the unpalatable food in front of him, wiped the corners of his mouth, and finally stopped.Qiao Jiu didn't want to eat for a long time, so he paid the bill and left.

I don't know when the rain stopped, but the humidity is still heavy, and there will probably be another one.

Qiao Jiu held the umbrella in one hand, and clinging to Xie Liang with the other hand. After walking a few steps, he moved towards him and hooked his fingers.

Xie Liang squeezed him tightly, and glanced at him: "How do you feel now?"

Seeing that he didn't seem to be angry, Qiao Jiu's heart that had been hanging for a long time fell back to its original position, and said, "I don't feel it for the time being."

Xie Liang said, "Huh?"

Qiao Jiu immediately said, "It's just that occasionally it gets dark."

He hadn't been so guilty for a long time, and the feeling of weakness made him extremely uncomfortable, so he couldn't help but said, "I didn't want to hide it from you, I just didn't think how to say it."

Xie Liang said: "Oh, if I didn't find out, when are you going to tell?"

Qiao Jiu didn't change his face: "I've talked about it in the past two days."

Xie Liang looked at him, not wanting to argue with him about the truth, so he dragged him to continue walking.

Qiao Jiu felt that his guilty conscience was not relieved at all, so he calmed down rarely, and obediently followed him.

If it was normal, Xie Liang would have already started molesting her.

But at this moment, his mind was in a mess, and he was not in the mood at all. Instead, he quickly went through the genius doctors in the rivers and lakes, and even began to think about how to invite the imperial doctor to come forward.

Qiao Jiu glanced at him and could guess what he was thinking, and said, "I wrote a letter to my former doctor. If she is still alive, she should come."

Xie Liang said: "The one who suppressed poison for you?"

Qiao Jiu let out a "hmm".

Xie Liang thought about those famous genius doctors, and asked, "What's their name?"

Qiao Jiu said, "Lin Shuang."

Xie Liang was a little surprised.

He had heard about Lin Shuang before, and he was a legendary figure in the world.

Every three years in martial arts, there will be a medicine and poison conference. The winner will get a precious medicinal plant and the title of the first genius doctor in the world. In the past, the "No. [-] doctor in the world" was won by Xuanzhenmen, only five or six years The winner in the previous match was a little girl named Lin Shuang.

It is said that Lin Shuang is very good at using poison. Back then, she single-handedly picked the door of Xuanzhen, but she disappeared after that, and did not participate in the next two medicine and poison conferences. The title of the first genius doctor returned to Xuanzhen Door.Because of this, many people think that she was secretly killed by Xuanzhenmen, and Xuanzhenmen has been carrying this cauldron to this day.

But at that time, another major event happened in the Jianghu, that is, Guiyuan killed the previous master of the Xuanzhen Sect in order to grab the snow lotus, so some people think that Lin Shuang was also killed by Guiyuan, but there are different opinions, what is the truth? , no one knows.

Xie Liang said, "Is she still alive?"

Qiao Jiu said, "I don't know."

Xie Liang said: "...then why did you send her the letter?"

Qiao Jiu said: "She has a pharmacy in the capital, send the letter to the pharmacy, and the people there will contact her."

Xie Liang said, "When was the last time you saw her?"

Qiao Jiu said: "Two years ago."

Two years ago, the chances of being alive were high.

Xie Liang nodded, feeling relieved.

Qiao Jiu hesitated for a moment, but did not tell him that Lin Shuang had said that she had no choice.

He had a little hope in his heart, thinking that after all several years, the current Lin Shuang might be able to figure out a way.

After a few words, the gloomy atmosphere between them finally dissipated.

Xie Liang simply followed the topic, and curiously asked about Lin Shuang, such as why she didn't attend the medicine and poison conference later, why she was so powerful at such a young age, and so on.

Qiao Jiu told him that Lin Shuang had been bought by Duan Ba ​​and was working for Duan Ba. She was not interested in the title of the number one genius doctor, and the competition at that time was probably for medicinal materials.And the reason why she is so powerful is because she is a half-disciple of Poison Master, which is also the reason why his grandfather left him in Jingbai Mountain.

Xie Liang's heart skipped a beat.

He had thought before that if the Poison Master really had a descendant, it was impossible for Qiao Jiu not to look for it. It turned out that it wasn't that he didn't look for it, but that he knew him at all.

He asked, "Is the lost medical book in Poison Master's hand in her hands?"

Qiao Jiu said: "Not here."

He paused and explained in detail, "She was bought back by the Poison Master when she was five years old. She was originally going to be the medicine master of the Poison Master. Later, she always followed him to collect medicine and refine medicine, and she would also do it herself. The Poison Master saw her If you have talent, start teaching her."

However, the Poison Master has a withdrawn personality, and he is not used to her changing from an "object-like medicine man" to a "little apprentice", so he has taught her for a few years, and seeing her becoming more and more dependent on him, he can't stand it .

He said: "These are the original words of that old man Li Chen, I don't know if they are true or not."

Xie Liang was speechless: "And then?"

Qiao Jiudao: "The old man Li Chen has a strange temper, he may be the only one who can talk to Poison Master, and Poison Master threw Lin Shuang into Li Chen's care, and before he left, he gave Lin Shuang a lot of medical books , and told her to pick her up when she finished reading, and when Lin Shuang finished reading, he was also killed."

Xie Liang felt that the girl was quite pitiful, and asked, "Why is she crazy?"

"She's not crazy, she only recognizes the Poison Master as her teacher, and she was only living in Jingbai Mountain back then, not my fellow student," Qiao Jiu said, "Except for treating me, she basically never appeared in front of us, and she only knew how to read medical books all day long. and tinkering with herbs."

Xie Liang said: "How did Duan Ba ​​buy her?"

Qiao Jiu said: "Duan Ba ​​promised to help her find the murderer who killed the poison master."

Xie Liang said: "Can't you also investigate this matter?"

Qiao Jiu glanced at him, but didn't answer.

Xie Liang reacted for a few seconds, realizing that Qiao Jiu's condition was not very good at that time, and Lin Shuang felt that he would not live long.

The topic circled around and returned to Qiao Jiu's poison, and the two were silent for a while.

Xie Liang searched in his heart, and was about to start another topic when Qiao Jiu stopped suddenly.

They had just returned to the main road from the side road at this moment, Xie Liang followed his gaze and saw a girl walking slowly on the main street leading to the city gate.This girl was wearing a green dress and carrying a bundle on her back. She looked like she was in her twenties, with only a green jade hairpin stuck in her head, she was very delicate.

She also happened to see them, came over and stopped in front of Qiao Jiu, and stretched out her hand without saying a word.

Qiao Jiu then took out a bank note worth a thousand taels and threw it to her.

Lin Shuang said: "There is still travel expenses for the round trip."

Qiao Jiu said: "Are you poor and crazy?"

Lin Shuang didn't answer, but continued to stretch out her hand.

Qiao Jiu was reluctant, and gave her ten taels of silver.

Lin Shuang said, "Not enough."

Qiao Jiu added one or two to her.

Lin Shuang said, "It's not enough."

Qiao Jiu took out the money bag from Xie Liang's body, opened it, looked through it, found a copper coin and put it in her palm.

Lin Shuang: "..."

Xie Liang: "..."

Xie Liang couldn't laugh or cry, snatched the money bag back, and was about to ask how much it was, when Lin Shuang looked at him.

Lin Shuang said, "You are Mr. Xie?"

Xie Liang said, "I am, are you Doctor Lin?"

"I don't dare to be a genius doctor." Lin Shuang collected the money, took out a red envelope and handed it to him, "My brother asked me to bring you a meeting gift."

Xie Liang instantly remembered the little note "Brother is very pleased", probably it was brought by Duan Barang, but it is quite thoughtful to give a greeting gift before we meet.

Seeing that Qiao Jiu didn't object, he took it over and said, "Thank him for me."

Lin Shuang responded, "Brother said that if you have time to go to the capital, he will treat you to dinner."

Qiao Jiu couldn't bear it any longer, and asked, "Can you stop calling him brother, is it disgusting?"

Lin Shuang said, "He made you shout."

Qiao Jiu said: "If he asks you to call him?"

Lin Shuang was very honest: "Well, I dare not mess with him."

Qiao Jiu gave her a disdainful look, pulled Xie Liang around and left without mentioning the matter again.

Lin Shuang would not take the initiative to mention it, and followed them all the way into the stronghold, and went to Qiao Jiu's room despite the eyes of the surroundings, and ordered him to take off his clothes.

As soon as the thought of "Jiuye is not happy to take off his clothes in front of other girls" flashed in Xie Liang's mind, seeing Qiao Jiu take off his shirt obediently, he guessed that he might have been used to it.

Lin Shuang checked Qiao Jiu's pulse, then took out silver needles, and pierced each of the three acupuncture points on his chest.

Qiao Jiu's brows twitched suddenly, and she held back her silence.

After a while, a thin layer of sweat oozed from his forehead.

Lin Shuang looked at him and pulled out the needle, only to see that it was completely black.

She said calmly: "The poison is gone, I can't save you."

Xie Liang's heart sank suddenly.

Qiao Jiu was silent.

Fate always seemed to treat him extraordinarily harshly, and those expectations of his did not come true as expected.He put on his clothes slowly, not daring to look at Xie Liang's body.

Lin Shuang said: "You can probably last two or three months, and then you will weaken."

Xie Liang said, "Is there no other way?"

Lin Shuang said: "Unless you can find my master's medical book, if there is a record of Yan Wangling on it, I can give it a try." She looked at Qiao Jiu, "Have you found out who killed him?"

Qiao Jiu said: "No, what did Duan Ba ​​say?"

Lin Shuang said: "He said that the only thing that can be used as a clue is the year my master died. Daoist Guiyuan happened to retreat again. He stole a lot of good medicinal materials before retreat, and quite a few of them were poisonous. So if my master hadn't The one who was killed by the Chou Family may have been the hands of Daoist Gui Yuan. I have heard the rumors, you have seen him, is he dead or alive now?"

Xie Liang said: "Dead."

Lin Shuang said: "Then you can look for his lair."

Xie Liang closed his eyes.

After he was rescued last time, with the idea of ​​searching Gui Yuan's lair, he sent someone to search the mountain, but nothing was found, so it was obvious that Gui Yuan was insane and admitted to the wrong home.

And since it wasn't that mountain, all other mountains were suspect.

The whole rivers and lakes have been searching for a place they haven't found for ten years, and now they only have two or three months, can they find it smoothly?