After Xiaofan saw Duan Yunchang, he stood up in embarrassment and wiped a few tears on his face, sobbing, "Shopkeeper He is lying in the room now, and he is awake."

"Take us to have a look." Duan Yunchang said softly.

Xiaofan nodded obediently, and walked in front of the group.

The shopkeeper's room is in the backyard of the tea house, and there were many detours when going there.

When passing by the flower garden in the backyard, Duan Yunchang smelled a vague fragrance, which was so faint that ordinary people could hardly smell anything.

Sniffing lightly, Duan Yunchang raised his head and took a closer look in the flower garden, but found nothing special, so he could only look away.

When they reached the door of the shopkeeper's room, everyone stopped in unison, looked at the door with embarrassment, and listened to the old crying sound from inside.

Shopkeeper He still cannot accept the tragic death of his daughter for no reason, and is still wiping away tears.He only had this one daughter to depend on him for life. Now that the white-haired man sends the black-haired man, one can imagine how painful he is.

Thinking that it would not be a problem for Shopkeeper You to cry like this, Duan Yunchang finally stood up from the group of people and raised his hand to knock on the door a few times. "Shopkeeper He, I'm Yunchang. Can I meet you?"

Hearing Duan Yunchang's voice, the crying in the room was suppressed, leaving only uncontrollable sobbing.

"Please... come in."

Pushing open the door and entering, Duan Yunchang looked at the person on the bed and frowned unbearably.

Shopkeeper He is nearly sixty years old, and white hair and wrinkles are indispensable, but he is also full of rosy face and full of energy on weekdays.Now it was a face like dried pigskin, wrinkled and yellow.

"My condolences." Duan Yun said after a long time.

He has always been stupid, he can't speak in the scene, and he can't even utter a good word to comfort others.

Shopkeeper He looked at Duan Yunchang's pale lips and trembled, and then smiled wryly, "I was planning to betroth Xiwan to you, but I didn't expect..."

Before he finished speaking, shopkeeper He began to cry again.

Hearing this, Gu Nianzi glanced at Duan Yunchang with an incomprehensible smile and took a step forward.

"I, Gu Nianzi, are responsible for the investigation of this case. Now I have some questions and I want to ask the shopkeeper for clarification."

Duan Yunchang noticed that when Gu Nianzi introduced himself, he didn't often reveal his identity, so he did it as concisely as possible.However, his name was resounding in the ancient city of Jiangyuan, and his status was known to everyone.

Hearing the name he gave, shopkeeper He immediately staggered up from the bed and was about to present Gu Nianzi with a big gift, but Gu Nianzi stopped him in time and helped him back to the bed and said softly, "Excuse me."

"Caomin...Caomin must know everything." After knowing that Gu Nianzi was in charge of his daughter's case, shopkeeper He couldn't help but relax a little. "Please...also please, my lord, catch the murderer as soon as possible, so that the little girl can rest in peace as soon as possible."

Gu Nianzi nodded with a gentle smile, looking very reassuring.

Taking a deep breath, shopkeeper He began to tell the story.

"The little girl didn't come home last night. The grass people have been looking for it all night and are about to get up and report to the government. Unexpectedly...unexpectedly, I saw the little girl jump off the stairs and fall to the ground..." Shopkeeper He was heartbroken Said, almost silent.I saw that he bit his trembling lips fiercely, and continued, "I saw her the day before yesterday and she was still alive!"

"Is there anything unusual about her recently?" Gu Nianzi pondered for a while.

"Except for not returning last night, everything else is normal." Shopkeeper He wiped away tears.

"Then has she mentioned Longjiang recently?"

Shopkeeper He was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "This kid has been afraid of ghosts since he was a child, and Yuanjiang doesn't get close to him often, let alone bring it up."

After asking the question and walking out of the teahouse, Duan Yunchang was quite puzzled when he thought about the frowning of Long Jiang mentioned by Gu Nianzi for a long time.

"Why did you mention Longjiang?" Duan Yunchang finally asked Mr. Gu who was walking in front of him.

Gu Nianzi narrowed his eyes, "The stone that I just took out from Miss Xiwan's mouth is smooth and pure black. This kind of stone is very common near the Longjiang River."

Duan Yunchang didn't look closely at the stone in Xi Wan's mouth, all his attention was on the black charm.

The crowd who had been watching on the street just now slowly dispersed as the corpse was carried away. Many people shook their heads with expressions of regret and sympathy.

"Just now shopkeeper He said that he wants to betroth Miss Xiwan to you?" Yu Baichu asked Duan Yunchang with a heart of gossip.

Duan Yunchang didn't bother to explain anything, unexpectedly he touched Gu Nianzi's curious eyes as soon as he turned around, as if he was particularly interested in this matter.

"That's just a joke, don't pretend it's true." Duan Yunchang rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, and he didn't have the patience to waste time with the two people in front of him.

He cupped his hands and made a casual bow, "You two are busy with business, so Duan will take my leave first."

Juyang Pavilion is very close to the tea house, just turn a corner.Duan Yunchang felt that he had had enough rides.

"Goodbye." Gu Nianzi said with a smile.

Duan Yunchang looked at Gu Nianzi's gentle smile, his heart trembled, and he stammered, "Okay...okay."

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Duan Yunchang quickly turned around and left quickly.

Gu Nianzi looked at the back of Duan Yunchang leaving quickly, the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared, and his voice also cooled down.

"Is Mian Jiang in the palace now?"

Yu Baichu also lost his frivolous appearance, and approached Gu Nianzi, "He is in the palace."

After saying this sentence vigilantly, Yu Baichu and Gu Nianzi got into the carriage driven by Siu Si.

After getting into the carriage, Yu Baichu relaxed a little, then took a deep breath and said, "Now the emperor is deeply bewitched by Mian Jiang, and I'm afraid to strike hard in this case..."

Gu Nianzi supported his head and looked sideways at the people coming and going outside the car window, listening quietly to Yu Baichu's words.The whole person seems to be stagnant in time, neither salty nor light.

"So what about a heavy punch? Isn't the purpose to bring Mian Jiang down?" After Yu Baichu finished speaking, Gu Nianzi said. "Both of you are people who came out of the wild land of southern border, don't you understand what he wants?"

"He's going to ruin this world." After being dazed for a while, Yu Baichu lowered his eyes and said calmly.

Gu Nianzi laughed softly, "You two are suffering the same pain, why can't he figure it out when you can figure it out?"

Yu Baichu pursed his lips, unable to explain.

"How is Duan Yunchang?" Gu Nianzi withdrew his gaze from the crowd and looked at Yu Baichu.

"Last night, I checked Mr. Duan's birthday horoscope and calculated his fate. I think I can enshrine the vine in his body." Yu Baichu yawned lazily as he spoke, his tone rising slightly "However, this may require Mr. Gu to sell some of his looks."

Xie Zhiteng was originally parasitic in Gu Nianzi's body, his flesh and blood had already integrated into Xie Zhiteng, and was accepted by Xie Zhiteng, now Xie Zhiteng has changed to a personal parasite that no longer needs his flesh and blood but must be in contact with his breath It's okay, this is a short-term relief for Gu Nianzi, and it is also a huge problem.

"Find a way to follow Mr. Duan..." Yu Baichu looked at Gu Nianzi with a smile, as if he was in a hurry, "Besides, I think Mr. Duan seems to be interested in you, Master Gu. Don't forget, he is Juyang Pavilion Master."

Yu Baichu showed his white teeth, and that smile added a bit of schadenfreude.

However, Gu Nianzi showed a little bit of annoyed expression, still indifferent, and lost the interest to continue talking on the spot.

In the three years since he knew Gu Nianzi, he had never seen this person laugh better than the smiling Buddha when he was angry.

Duan Yunchang walked to the Juyang Pavilion, knocked a few times on the door which was closed during the day, and his expression became worse and worse.

He could feel the vines in his body stretching and rubbing against his flesh and bones, wrapping around his spine and making his scalp numb with pain.

Bingzhi punched the door and happened to see Duan Yunchang who was about to faint. He widened his eyes in horror and hurriedly supported him and yelled at several colleagues to help him onto the tatami in the room.

"Thank you Bodhisattva for blessing! Pavilion Master, he finally came back alive!"

Among the group of colorful men surrounded by Duan Yunchang, there was a young man who had been fair and handsome all his life, clutching the Buddhist beads in his hand, and said excitedly, wiping away his tears.

Bingzhi looked at Duan Yunchang's pale face, with cold sweat on his forehead, and became worried, "Pavilion Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Go and call my father." Duan Yunchang finished speaking weakly, his consciousness completely blurred.

It was vaguely felt that Bingzhi and the others carried him back to the bed in the room in a panic, and then ran away in a hurry.

"Let's call Doctor Duan immediately!"

……

After the room became quiet, Duan Yunchang couldn't move anymore.The carrying branch vine in his body was still growing wantonly, frantically trying to plunder something in his body, Duan Yunchang was in pain as if being bitten, but he was still a little conscious.

"Snapped!"

Not long after, the door of the room was pushed open, and an anxious female voice came.

"Brother! Are you okay!?"

The woman lay down in front of Duan Yunchang's bed, seeing her brother's miserable appearance, weeping until Lihua burst into tears.

Duan Yunchang only felt a pain in his forehead.

"Father, look at brother!" The woman turned her head and shouted towards the door.

Then another middle-aged man walked into the room with his hands behind his back. He looked at Duan Yun and stroked his beard.

"Good boy! You can come out safely after entering the Dao of the Paradox." Seeing that his son's limbs are healthy and he has not lost his appearance, Ying Qi expressed his satisfaction.

He put his hand on Duan Yunchang's cold forehead, and then frowned, "Why is this vine parasitic in your body?"

"Take...take it out." Duan Yunchang opened his pale mouth.

Duan Yingqi shook his head, pursed his lips and said, "I don't know how to take it out."

Duan Yulian on the side listened, and her big eyes became redder from crying. "Father! It was you who asked your brother to go to the Paradox, why don't you know how to get it out?"

Duan Yunchang remained silent for a long time, and his resentment towards his irresponsible father rose to another level.

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