The Devil is My White Moonlight

In the early morning of the next day, Mu Xiyun woke up to the faint sound of the lake lapping on the shore, and a few pink crabapple petals drifted into the half-open window in the breeze, and fell on the table in front of the window in a whirl.

Mu Xiyun picked up a petal, but saw a person leaning sideways under the crabapple tree outside the window.

It was the young man who called himself Gu Wanbo.

I don't know how long he stood outside the window, several petals had fallen on his head and shoulders, his face was slightly raised, the halo of the rising sun shrouded it, his eyes were slightly closed, and the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, as if What a gentle picture came to mind.

Although that face was ordinary, it became radiant and bright because of that gentle smile.

At the entrance of the small courtyard, Luo Qingwen gently pushed the door open, and what she saw was that smiling face, she couldn't help but blushed, and said softly: "Young Master Gu, can you take a step to speak?"

As if awakened from a dream, Gu Qingqiao immediately suppressed his smile and glanced at the window inadvertently, but just in time to see Mu Xiyun turn around and leave from the window, he couldn't help but froze.

Although he was secretly annoyed, there was nothing he could do, so he had to follow Luo Qingwen out of the courtyard, came to the lake, and stood one step away from Luo Qingwen.

The breeze was blowing the girl's forehead hair, Luo Qingwen hesitated for a while before asking: "Master Gu is from the desert?"

If it was Gu Qingqiao before changing his appearance, his appearance was indeed more three-dimensional than that of ordinary Central Plains people, with a higher nose bridge and deeper eye sockets.Now that he has planted the Disguise Gu, he has already changed his appearance to that of an ordinary Central Plains person, without the characteristics of the Western Regions.

Does this little girl know something?Gu Qingqiao was on guard secretly, and asked her: "Why did Miss Luo say that?"

"I... I'm looking for someone who means a lot to me, and the only clue is a portrait."

"Let me guess, that portrait came from the desert, why do you think I am from the desert? Do I look like that portrait?"

"No..." Luo Qingwen looked at his face again, lowered her head and whispered, "Mingyue Saber Technique."

The rising sun illuminated the green hills in the distance golden, just like the golden sand dunes in the desert. There seemed to be camel bells ringing in my ears, and a group of teenagers were waving double knives in the sand sea.That is the memory of Gu Qingqiao more than 60 years ago.But now standing by the lake is Gu Wanbo, Zhang Jinjin's cousin, no matter what this girl is looking for, now is not the time to reveal the past.

It wouldn't be surprising if it was only guessed from the sword technique.Gu Qingqiao breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and took two steps, then stopped and said, "The Damo Mingyue Daoist created the Mingyue Saber Technique, originally for the people of the desert to resist the Western monsters, and spread it widely in the deserts of the Western Regions. My saber technique is I learned from a martial arts master who also taught other children other martial arts. He probably thought I was more suitable for this, so he supervised me to practice for a few years. Sorry, I can’t help you.”

"I see." Luo Qingwen said in a low voice.

The two were speechless for a while, and the atmosphere was very awkward.

Gu Qingqiao was thinking about Mu Xiyun, and he didn't want to wait any longer. Just as he was about to say something to say goodbye, Luo Qingwen spoke first: "This kind of thing is just luck. .I have caused you trouble these days!"

I didn't expect such a little girl to be so open-minded and transparent, which made people feel good.Gu Qingqiao looked back at her with some surprise, waved his hand and walked towards the small courtyard.

Nie Yao had already been to the small courtyard, and in such a short time, the small courtyard was empty, only the crabapple still swaying in the wind.Gu Qingqiao rubbed his forehead with a wry smile, and hurried to the front hall to find Zhang Jinjin.

Hongye City Government Office.

Nie Yao took Su Yanjun and Mu Xiyun to sit in the side hall, while Lin Xuewu was brought up by several guards.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xuewu was very calm.Lin's family has been taking care of him. At this moment, he is neatly dressed, his face is clean, his hair is neatly combed, and his words and deeds are not inappropriate.If it weren't for the iron chains on the hands and feet, I'm afraid he would be more decent than ordinary people on the street.

Nie Yao had participated in the interrogation before, but he was afraid that his opinion would affect his judgment, so he asked Lin Xuewu to tell his story again.

It is actually very simple to say that Lin Xuewu set off for Taiyuan half a year ago, but he never reached his destination.The night before arriving in Taiyuan City, the bodyguard team stayed overnight in a small inn. Lin Xuewu had two drinks with dinner and went back to his room early to rest.He has no memory of what happened after that.When he woke up, half a year later, he arrived in Hongye City, his hair was disheveled, and his whole body was stained like a beggar.

Seeing that the jade pendant around his waist was worth a lot, some gangsters on the street wanted to snatch it.Unexpectedly, Lin Xuewu was the son of Lianjia, and all the gangsters were injured during the fight.After hearing the news, the servants of the government office rushed to fight with Lin Xuewu, injured several people and put him in prison.

Lin Xuewu spent a few days in the prison in a daze, and then slowly came to his senses.But he couldn't remember anything about the experience from the small inn to the prison in Hongye City.

"The Hongye City Government also contacted the Taiyuan Mansion, and they sent people to look at the small inn," Nie Yao added, "The inn has been emptied, but there is no trace of a fight. The goods of the Lin Family Escort are still in the room. Go. The government and the owner reconciled the accounts, nothing was lost, but they were just some special products that were going to be sold years ago, although there are some treasures with high value, there is nothing special about them.”

"It sounds like a soul-destroyer," Su Yanjun mused, "but the soul of a person who has been decapitated is damaged, and it is impossible to recover on its own. Brother Mu, what do you think?"

Mu Xiyun frowned and shook her head. He had no way of knowing what happened to Lin Xuewu, but this kind of memory damage made him secretly startled.

While thinking, Mu Xiyun suddenly heard a "cluck" sound.

It was a sound made by a person when he was particularly frightened or in pain because of a spasm in his throat.

Mu Xiyun raised her head, only to see Lin Xuewu's face was pale, his head covered in cold sweat, his hands were covering his heart, and he couldn't support himself and fell to the ground.

Mu Xiyun took two steps forward to support Lin Xuewu, only to find that a blue totem suddenly appeared on his skin.The totem was like a living thing, quickly spreading from the neck to the face like branches and leaves.Lin Xuewu's eyes widened suddenly, the strength of his hands surged, he broke away from Mu Xiyun's hands suddenly, and attacked him with the iron chain in his hand.

Caught off guard by this, Mu Xiyun had no time to draw his sword, instead of retreating, he advanced, and got out from under Lin Xuewu's raised arm, dodging in a bit of embarrassment.

At the entrance of the side hall, Gu Qingqiao and Zhang Jinjin rushed in.

Gu Qingqiao couldn't come to the government office with Mu Xiyun in the morning, so he asked Zhang Jinjin to go with him.Mr. Zhang was busy with business, so it took nearly half an hour before he was able to go out.The two hurried to the Hongye Mansion, and when they arrived at the entrance of the side hall, there was a sudden mutation, and they broke in directly regardless of etiquette.

The totem on Lin Xuewu's face was extremely ferocious, making his face look like a devil.Gu Qingqiao stopped abruptly, looked at the totem in disbelief, the iron chain waving by Lin Xuewu was already in front of him, but he didn't dodge it, staying on the spot.

Zhang Jinjin pulled him from behind, Su Yanjun had already caught up to him, grabbed Lin Xuewu's arm and moved to the side, several guards rushed forward and pinned Lin Xuewu down.

Gu Qingqiao came back to his senses, forced himself to clap his hands at everyone and said, "I'm sorry, I was scared at the moment."

After speaking, regardless of Mu Xiyun's suspicious gaze, she retreated to the wall without saying a word.

The totem on Lin Xuewu's body has receded, and he is curled up and trembling at this moment.

After this scene, although everyone was full of doubts, they also knew that nothing would come out of the trial.Nie Yao ordered the guards to take Lin Xuewu back to the prison and put him under strict supervision, and went back to the small courtyard of the post house with everyone.

Although there was a new discovery today, everyone couldn't figure out why the totem on Lin Xuewu's body suddenly appeared, and why he suddenly violently hurt people. They only agreed that the totem was the key.

Mu Xiyun was the closest at the time, so she drew a few copies of the totem on paper based on her impressions. Nie Yao took a copy and brought it back to Lingshan, and Su Yanjun entrusted Zhang Jinjin's post to take a copy to Moyun Mountain. The door and several elders helped to distinguish, and he himself set off for Shanhai City according to the original plan.

Sitting alone in the room, Mu Xiyun recalled Lin Xuewu's changes and that ferocious totem, and always had a strange feeling in her heart. She seemed to have seen this totem somewhere before, but couldn't remember it vaguely.

Before she knew it, it was time to light the lamp, so Mu Xiyun simply lay down and slept, but the terrifying totem kept changing before her eyes, disturbing people's peace.While half dreaming and half awake, a face suddenly appeared in Mu Xiyun's mind. On that face, the pattern that had flashed past completely coincided with the totem on Lin Xuewu's face today.

Mu Xiyun suddenly sat up from the bed, it was——

"It's Li Yao." Gu Qingqiao whispered to Zhang Jinjin.

The two of them were wearing night clothes at the moment, lying on the roof of the Hongye Mansion, waiting for the prison to change shifts.

"I've seen that totem on Li Yao's face before." Gu Qingqiao said in a low voice, "On the night he died... on the night he died."

"You really killed Li Yao?" Zhang Jinjin asked in shock.

"You can put it that way." Gu Qingqiao looked sad.

"What can you say that? If you kill, you kill, and if you don't kill, you don't kill." Zhang Jinjin felt that the person in front of him must be stupid: "Look at the way you love that little fairy, and you still think there is something between you?" Misunderstanding, I didn’t expect the legends in the streets and alleys to be true!”

Gu Qingqiao's eyes froze, "Don't talk nonsense, there is nothing between me and him, he is a disciple of the decent fairy family..."

In the middle of the conversation, there was movement in front of the prison, and several guards chatted together in the yard while changing shifts.The two quietly touched the vicinity, and like a puff of black smoke, they dodged into the prison.

Hongye City is adjacent to Lingshan Mountain, so the law and order is good, and there are no prisoners in the prison.Lin Xuewu was imprisoned in the innermost room because he had injured the yamen servant.The two of them passed by like a gust of wind, and saw him lying curled up on the bunk.

Zhang Jinjin waved his hand and added a simple blind barrier outside the prison door, so that people outside could not see or hear what happened inside the prison for the time being.

When Gu Qingqiao approached Lin Xuewu, he suddenly shrank back, his breathing was short, and he showed a painful expression.Not long after, a totem gradually appeared on his face.

"Strange," Zhang Jinjin said, "Why does it feel like he's having an attack because of you?"

Recalling the situation during the day, Lin Xuewu was indeed fine before, until the two of them came near the side hall of the government office, the totem did not appear.Could it be?Gu Qingqiao suddenly had an idea.

He took out the dagger, lightly cut Lin Xuewu's wrist, then cut his own fingers, and forced a drop of his own blood from Lin Xuewu's wrist veins with spiritual power.

Probably because it had already happened once today, this time Lin Xuewu only struggled a bit, unable to violently.Gu Qingqiao felt keenly that the drop of blood traveled through Lin Xuewu's meridians, and when it reached the heart, it was blocked.

Gu Qingqiao let out a "huh", pulled away the lapel of Lin Xuewu's chest, stared at the position of his heart, increased the input of spiritual power, and crushed the drop of blood directly.

The skin around Lin Xuewu's heart suddenly moved, as if something alive was wriggling inside.

Gu Qingqiao raised his hand and touched several large acupuncture points on his chest, took out a porcelain bottle from his Qiankun bag, and poured some powder on the skin of his chest.The living thing under the skin became anxious and writhed like crazy.

"Quick, cut it open with a knife!" Gu Qingqiao ordered.

Zhang Jinjin was taken aback, and blurted out, "Why don't you row yourself?"

"Then you come to catch?" Gu Qingqiao gave him a sideways look.

Zhang Jinjin touched his nose, resignedly pulled out the dagger, and carefully cut the skin of Lin Xuewu's heart.A fat worm emerged from the wound.

"Gu worm?" Zhang Jinjin took a step back in disgust.

"En." Gu Qingqiao stretched out his hand like lightning, before the Gu worm could react, he had firmly grasped it.But he didn't give up, but took out another medicine and lightly sprinkled it on the Gu worm.

Seeing him like this, Zhang Jinjin knew that things were not that simple. Sure enough, after a while, more than a dozen small Gu worms densely crawled out of Lin Xuewu's wound, and Gu Qingqiao caught them one by one.

After waiting for a while, after confirming that there were no more Gu worms, Gu Qingqiao took out an empty porcelain bottle from his bosom, and put the fat worm in it.

"How do you know it's a Gu worm?"

"What you said just now." Gu Qingqiao glanced at him: "You said that it was because of my approach that you made him go into a fit."

"Is it because you once studied under Southwest Witch Doctor Valley?" Zhang Jinjin asked curiously.

"There are many poisonous insects in the southwest, and the disciples of Witch Doctor Gu can refine and use Gu." Gu Qingqiao explained, "But it's not afraid of me because of this."

"Why is that?"

A trace of gloom flashed in Gu Qingqiao's eyes: "Because of my blood."

Lin Xuewu's breathing had already calmed down, Gu Qingqiao didn't want to say any more, so he applied some golden sore medicine for him, straightened his clothes, and stood up.

The two packed their things, removed the barrier, and slipped out of the prison quietly.

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small theater:

Gu Qingqiao: Ah Yun, Miss Luo came to see me for business!It's not what you think!

Author: What are you drawing, be careful the more you draw, the darker it gets!

Gu Qingqiao: Quickly help me to talk about it!

Author: Okay, I'll go. I'll go.Hey, where are people?Luckily for you!