Still pity the grass and trees

Li Chengyi was finally dragged out of the coffin.The nurse felt terrified, held him and cried again, but he didn't have a single tear left.

Xie Wufeng came to see him with sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Li Cheng also sat on the bed in a daze, and said for a long time, I shouldn't ask my elder brother to buy sugar.

Xie Wufeng is not good at comforting, especially with half-old children. After thinking for a while, he sat next to Li Chengyi and persuaded him in a heart-to-heart tone: "Don't be stupid, he didn't kill you. If you want revenge, Eat something and grow up quickly."

Li Cheng also looked at him bitterly, Xie Wufeng was very familiar with that look, just like when he was in the palace when he was young, angry and powerless.

Xie Wufeng gently pushed his shoulder: "Eat."

Li Cheng also took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth, looking very fierce, he swallowed it whole without chewing it, and rolled his eyes because of choking.Xie Wufeng poured him a glass of water, and Li Cheng calmed down and asked hoarsely, "Where's brother Xiao Ji?"

There was a moment of silence in the room, Xie Wufeng replied: "He is sick."

"is it serious?"

Xie Wufeng said: "Don't make any more troubles, let everyone worry about it, so that I have more time to take care of him."

Li Cheng also replied dejectedly, and asked again: "Is it okay?"

Xie Wufeng touched his hair, but did not answer.

Ji Tanyin's condition is very bad, he sleeps longer and longer, and his body is getting thinner and thinner.Previously, the skin was scratched due to the unbearable itching, and some wounds festered and festered.Xie Wufeng sat by the bed and gave him medicine meticulously and considerately. Ji Tanyin was very cooperative and remained motionless, as if his soul had returned.He was so quiet that even Xie Wufeng felt heart palpitations, from time to time he had to bend down to listen to his breathing.

The sun was setting, and another bleak and painful night fell on Xiongtu Escort.Grief seemed to be infected by this cold night, its tentacles were restrained, shackles were put on, and it no longer spread wantonly, but was compressed and compressed again, turning into a sharp thorn, piercing into the depths of everyone's heart in reverse.The crying became quieter, and gradually the sobs disappeared. The fact of Li Chengyang's death was finally faced up to and accepted.

Li Conning pointed to the sky with his right hand and swore: "Don't worry, I will definitely find out the truth and make Chengyang innocent."

Tan Fengxuan wiped her tears with her sleeves, twisted her neck and refused to look at him, and said with a sneer, "What's the use of your promise to me? You should go to Chengyang's coffin and say this! After I found out that something was wrong, I reminded you repeatedly that the leader of the alliance You can't fight for it! You can't fight for it! It's your ambition that killed your son!"

The sound of quarreling was very clear in the dead silent mansion, Xie Wufeng went out through the corner door, his ears filled with these painful mutual accusations.The mansion is lonely, but Xiangyang City has changed from the turmoil of the past few days. The streets are brightly lit and bustling.The teahouses and inns were full of knight-errants, chatting and laughing, claiming to be the best of both worlds.They were eagerly discussing the next day's martial arts conference, guessing who would be the leader of the alliance, and also lamenting the grievances between Xiongtu Escort and Xuandaomen.

Xie Wufeng didn't dare to delay, hid in the shadows, passed through many houses, and rushed straight to Hoi An Street.

The back alley of Hoi An Street is a dead end. When he arrived, there was already a woman waiting at the corner, leaving him with a slender back.

How is it a grown woman?Xie Wufeng's heart was full of alarm bells, and when he was about to draw his sword, the woman turned around and said a blessing: "Master Xie, it's me! My sister sent me here."

Xie Wufeng let go of the hilt of his sword and nodded slightly.He remembered that this person was Ancuo's sister, but she was unknown.The woman took the initiative to introduce herself, saying that her name was Danqing.She knew that Xie Wufeng was impatient, so she didn't say hello, she took a white porcelain bottle from her sleeve, handed it over, and said in a low voice: "I'm just a messenger, old man Gongqian said, even if you kill his whole family, he will kill him at this moment." There is no antidote. From your description of the symptoms, the poison Ji Gongzi is suffering from may come from a plant called Jiuzhuan Yinyang Grass, but he has never seen it himself, so he can't be sure. This bottle of medicine is just an experiment, not necessarily It is effective, even if the toxicity is temporarily suppressed, the internal force cannot be used, otherwise it will relapse again. If he wants to completely detoxify, he needs to go back to Xifeng Valley to develop it. In short, it is a gamble."

Xie Wufeng put the white porcelain bottle to his ear and shook it, there was a dull sound of liquid flowing inside.

Dan Qing said: "Dissolve it with warm water and take it. By the way, the old man also said that the medicine itself is also highly poisonous, so people who are not poisoned should not take it, otherwise their lives may be in danger."

"Thank you." Xie Wufeng turned to leave, Dan Qing stopped him again, and threw him a box of pills, saying that it was the secret recipe of the spiritual prescription taught by Xifan, which would be helpful for repairing the sea of ​​​​qi and restoring internal strength.

"It was given to you by the master."

Xie Wufeng was slightly surprised, and was dumbfounded for a moment.Dan Qing nodded to him, turned and left, and quickly disappeared into the night.

Xie Wufeng held the cold porcelain bottle, and his heart beat faster.He turned back in a hurry, because there were many people on the street, and he had to guard against Zhu Yuege's stalking and assassination, so he couldn't help being distracted.When passing by a small teahouse, I inadvertently caught a glimpse of a guest sitting by the door, and he had a meal under his feet.

Judging by his attire, the man should be a farmer, his clothes and pants are made of inferior fabrics, the edges of his shoes are covered with mud, some of them are still new, it seems that he has traveled for a long time to find a place to rest.

Most of the people gathered in the teahouse were people from the rivers and lakes, chatting together, drinking and punching. The man was wearing a bamboo hat, sitting on a low stool near the door, some distance away from them, very inconspicuous, and looked timid. .This scene seems familiar. Because of the martial arts conference, a large number of martial arts practitioners flocked to Xiangyang during these days. The atmosphere in the city changed, and there were sounds of fighting and killing from time to time. Ordinary people did not dare to provoke these people who danced with guns , I happened to run into each other, and I kept them at a respectful distance.

But there was something different about this farmer.

Xie Wufeng stood two feet outside the teahouse, looking at the other party calmly, the man didn't know whether he had noticed it or not, and he also looked out the door.

The bamboo hat covered most of his face, only showing a chin with a white beard.Xie Wufeng's heart was moved, he walked into the shop quickly, sat down opposite the man, looked at the scene in his tea bowl, and commented: "Rough tea, it's not good."

The other party ignored it and continued to drink tea as if nothing had happened.

While talking, a few swordsmen got drunk and got excited and competed in martial arts in the lobby, scaring Dr. Cha into hiding in the back kitchen.Xie Wufeng looked closely at the old man, there was no sign of fear, the teacup was still held firmly, as if he knew nothing about the hustle and bustle around him.

Xie Wufeng asked: "Where does the old man come from?"

The old man shook his head slightly, blowing away the hot air on the water surface, lowered his head and took a big gulp of tea. Now, the bamboo hat completely blocked his face.

Xie Wufeng leaned forward, with his right hand cupping one side of his mouth, his voice was low and cool, "Is it from Yushan to ask Lingfeng?"

The man was unmoved, drank the tea in a few sips, and put the pottery bowl on the greasy table aside, his movements were neither light nor heavy, and he did not show any special emotions.

Xie Wufeng asked again: "Your eldest apprentice died, you came to Xiangyang, but did you avenge him?"

After a while, the old man finally spoke, with a ball of cotton stuffed in his throat, and said hoarsely: "Young man, I think you have misunderstood."

"I didn't misunderstand," Xie Wufeng stared straight at him, "Li Chengyang is dead, it's useless to say more, but Ji Tanyin's body is highly poisoned, and his life is at stake, why don't you go and see him?"

The old man's left hand that was placed on the table made a virtual shake, not too much, but it did not escape Xie Wufeng's eyes.

"You were chased and killed along the way, I think you were seriously injured." Xie Wufeng leaned forward to grab the other's wrist, the man's reaction was extremely quick, after two moves, he grabbed his pulse door instead.

The old man pushed lightly and rebounded his strength. Seeing that Xie Wufeng's figure was shaking and he almost couldn't sit on the stool, he said in a low voice: "The dantian is damaged, and the energy in the middle is insufficient. You should worry about yourself."

Xie Wufeng's lips were tightly closed, his brows were serious, and he looked at the old man wearing a bamboo hat from a distance of two feet.After a while, he sternly said: "Tomorrow is the Martial Arts Conference, and there are many top ten sects present. Are you looking for death when you come to Xiangyang at this time? If Ah Yin knows, how worried you should be!"

There was a rapid and weak gasp from under the bamboo hat, I don't know if it was a wry smile or a sigh.I only heard the other party say that the wrong has its head, and the debt has its owner.

Xie Wufeng disdained: "But haven't seniors heard another sentence? If you keep the green hills, you won't be afraid of running out of firewood."

No more words.Xie Wufeng didn't want to delay any longer, he threw the pill that Dan Qing gave just now into the old man's arms, said: "This medicine can cure senior's internal injuries." After saying that, he got up and left.

"Wait," the old man grabbed his sleeve to let him stop, and asked hesitantly, "Who are you, Tan'er?"

Xie Wufeng was taken aback for a moment, the answer was engraved in his heart long ago, so he blurted out very naturally: "There is a lover."

At the door of the East Wing, Xiaoyu was short of breath and sweating profusely. She had wandered around for [-] quarters of an hour, when she suddenly heard a "crash" in the air, and a figure jumped from the roof into the courtyard. "Mr. Xie, you are finally back!" She greeted her excitedly, "Is there any medicine?"

Xie Wufeng nodded, and told her to go to the kitchen to pour a pot of warm water.

In the room, Qing Luo screamed for help: "Young Master Ji has a fever again, and he is still beating people, I can't stop him!"

"I'll come," Xie Wufeng pushed the door open and went in, seeing Ji Tanyin's whole body was red, gasping for breath, kicking wildly on the bed. "Ayin!" He jumped onto the bed, pressed Ji Tanyin with his body weight, patted his face with his hands, and called his name.

After a while, Ji Tanyin seemed to have a glimmer of clarity in his drowsy consciousness, his hands and feet gradually stopped struggling, but he was still asleep.Xiaoyu brought warm water, Xie Wufeng combed Ji Tanyin's disheveled hair, got up and took out the white porcelain bottle in his arms.He dissolved the antidote and stirred it evenly with chopsticks. He moved very slowly, showing hesitation in his caution. In a very short time, his palms were wet with cold sweat.

Even Xiaoyu saw something strange, and asked in confusion, "Mr. Xie, is this medicine wrong?"

Xie Wufeng didn't say a word, and Dan Qing's words "Gamble your life" sounded in your ears again.He handed the porcelain bottle to Xiaoyu, walked towards the bed with the medicine bowl in his hand, and said, "Okay, put it in the drawer."

Xiaoyu took the bottle and found that the medicine juice was not finished, so she quickly told Xie Wufeng: "There is more, let's melt it all?"

"Don't touch it!" Xie Wufeng sternly stopped, paused for a while, and explained in a calm tone: "I kept it on purpose."

Giving medicine is a hassle.Ji Tanyin was unconscious, didn't know how to cooperate, and clenched his teeth tightly. The first spoonful of decoction was all sprinkled on the mattress.Xie Wufeng was concerned and confused, he couldn't think of a way for a while, and only after being reminded by the maid, did he know to give him the mouth-to-mouth.

They have not been close for many days. When their lips touched, a burst of intense sadness almost drowned Xie Wufeng. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and imagined the previous scene. In the late summer afternoon, Ji Tanyin was leaning against the window to take a nap, under the warm sun With half of her face exposed to the sun, her jet-black eyelashes were distinct and shone with crystal shattered light.Xie Wufeng liked it, and often lowered his head to kiss him until Ji Tanyin woke up out of breath and complaining.

Kissing is a little bit enchanted, a sip of bitter and unpleasant concoction slipped into the throat after several twists and turns, if the person under him didn't respond and his tongue limply curled up, Xie Wufeng would almost drown in this sweet dream.After a lot of effort, the concoction was finally fed into Ji Tanyin's stomach, and his chapped lips were nourished and moisturized a lot.Xie Wufeng put down the medicine bowl, watched intently and fearfully, always observing Ji Tanyin's condition, for fear of his unexpected reaction.He has never believed in fate, but this time, he also hopes that God will favor him and let him win.

The porcelain bottle is indeed poisonous, and the old man Gongqian is not lying.Because of the mouth-to-mouth feeding of medicine, Xie Wufeng inevitably swallowed some soup, and soon felt dizzy, so he lay down beside Ji Tanyin, using the fiery true energy remaining in his body to fight against the severe poison.

He put his arms around Ji Tanyin's waist, and his fingertips fell on the back of the other's hand, swiping back and forth vaguely.After watching for a long time, Ji Tanyin's facial features became unfamiliar, his eyes turned into two black holes, and the corners of his mouth showed an evil arc, revealing a row of white teeth.Xie Wufeng's whole body was shocked, and he stared at it carefully, it turned out to be his own hallucination.

As the night deepened, the blackness outside the window became more and more intense, and a candle stub in the room was still lingering.Xie Wufeng didn't close his eyes for two days, he was already exhausted, and with the hallucinogenic effect brought by the poison, he was like Zhuang Zhou for a while, his thoughts were chaotic, and he couldn't tell whether the scene in front of him was real or not.

When he looked at Shang Ji Tanyin's slightly bewildered eyes, he thought he was in a dream and didn't react at all.Ji Tanyin blinked, and he blinked too.

The next moment, Xie Wufeng suddenly bounced off the bed, opened his mouth in astonishment, and stared at the people around him.

"I..." Ji Tanyin wanted to speak, but found that his throat was swollen and sore, he cleared his throat, and smiled at Xie Wufeng.

"Are you awake? You're awake!" Xie Wufeng hugged the young man's thin body into his arms, and couldn't restrain himself from kissing him behind his ears and on the side of his neck.

Ji Tanyin was paralyzed all over, only feeling that Xie Wufeng was getting tighter and tighter. Along with the pain, the lost vitality seemed to be injected into the soul bit by bit. "I had a long dream..." he said inarticulately.

Xie Wufeng vaguely agreed, let go of his arms full of reluctance, helped Ji Tanyin to lie down again, and asked him: "What did you dream about?"

"Master, wife, senior brother and second senior brother..." Ji Tanyin struggled to speak and stopped to cough a few times.

Xie Wufeng picked up the quilt and covered him, slightly hooking one corner of his mouth: "It's a good dream." Ji Tanyin also smiled, staring at Xie Wufeng with his dark pupils, in the flickering candlelight, he said: "And you."

Xie Wufeng froze for a moment, covered his eyes in a little panic, and then, a tear hit the back of his hand.

The two servant girls once said behind their backs that he was "invisible", but it was a euphemistic expression of his heart as hard as a stone.Ji Tanyin was poisoned, and the Xiongtu Escort suffered an accident. Li Chengyang died, and everyone in the courtyard grieved. Only Xie Wufeng was calm and calm, and assisted the housekeeper in handling the affairs, without showing any signs of depression.He held his breath, and managed to hold on till the end of the day, but at the last moment, he was defeated by Ji Tanyin's ordinary words.

Ji Tanyin smiled and recalled the scene in the dream, and continued: "I cooked the corn for everyone to eat, but you refused to sit down, dislike the stolen goods at home, and think I cooked it too old..."

Xie Wufeng pinched his face in a gesture: "I still arranged for me in my dream!"

"There is no choreography," Ji Tanyin pouted lightly, "It couldn't be more real."

Xie Wufeng moved the hands covering his eyes, the two met their eyes, saw each other's red eyes, and showed a faint smile at the same time.The cold wind was raging outside the house, making the flowers and trees rustle, and the lights in the room were like beans, but they continued to emit warmth.

Ji Tanyin rested for a while, regained some strength, sat up with Xie Wufeng's arm, and said softly: "I want to see the elder brother."

After a serious illness, the lines of his face changed from round to thin, lost some childishness, but appeared resolute because of sharp edges and corners.Just like a shiny sword, after a fight, its luster diminishes, but its sharpness increases.

"Okay," Xie Wufeng said, "I'll take you there."