Embrace the blade

As soon as the sky dawned, the two tacitly neither mentioned last night, just treated it as a good night's dream and nothing happened.

In Juyi Villa, Wei Min graciously converted a water pavilion with spacious sides into a mourning hall, filled it with plain onyx and white candles, and Cheng Juxian's body rested in it.There were not too many people paying tribute, some of them left disappointed after a famous sword meeting changed;

And Cheng Juxian's only relative in this world is being imprisoned in a house not far away.But thinking about it, even if Zhaoyue could move freely, he might not be willing to see him.

The Qingshan faction is still relentlessly investigating, but unfortunately there is no progress.

Instead, the two of them stood still for nearly a day, and finally Jiang Li broke the deadlock and proposed to go to the forest to see if there was any missing clue, so please accompany Master.Qi Zhaoxi smiled and said no trouble no trouble, why are you and I being polite.

From outsiders' perspective, it really looks like a master-student harmony.

The dark brown blood stains in the forest are still there, and the smell of flesh and blood mixed with the smell of mud has turned into a paradise for insects and flies.Jiang Li drove away the buzzing and dancing insects without changing his expression, he walked around the bloodstain a few times and still felt that it was not enough, finally he squatted down, pushed aside the roots of the grass and carefully inspected what was there.

Qi Zhaoxi was originally sitting under the shade of a tree not far away, and it was obvious that Jiang Li was gradually walking away along something, and finally got up to follow: "What did you find?"

Almost at the same time, Jiang Li stopped and pointed to a dark bloodstain on the blade of grass beside his feet: "The bloodstain suddenly broke here."

The bloodstains formed an intermittent line along the way, and it was quite a distance from the place where Cheng Juxian died. No matter what, the blood would not be splashed over, it could only be the trace left by the murderer.

"People don't disappear out of thin air. It should be that the other party took the murder weapon when they came here?" Qi Zhaoxi looked around, "Even if this is in the opposite direction from Juyi Village, what can it prove? Could it be that people in the village can't pretend Do you want Tsukuru to leave here and make a detour?"

Jiang Li didn't respond, and bent down to observe again.

I don't know when the sky became dark, and it was not too early for them to come, and it was almost nightfall now.Qi Zhaoxi was considering whether to urge him, when a cool wind suddenly blew up in the forest, followed by a bang, and thunder rolled.

Sure enough, the summer showers came swiftly and violently, without any reaction from anyone. The thunder sounded like an order, and then the raindrops fell like beans in a box.

This time, Qi Zhaoxi didn't have to ask, and ran back as soon as he pulled Jiang Li up.The water was splashing, and Juyi Village was still far away. He saw a corner of the eaves faintly exposed among the leaves of the rain forest, and rushed over decisively.

This is a dilapidated house, the door has collapsed, and the remaining three walls are filled with wind. Fortunately, there is no rain leaking from the top of the head.The two of them were almost drenched, but the rain fell more and more quickly, pattering against the eaves, and the black clouds in the sky churned, like a dragon wantonly churning, spewing out lightning and thunder all over the sky.

Jiang Li looked into the distance of the storm, and suddenly said, "The blood will be washed away."

"Do you still have the heart to worry about blood stains?" Qi Zhaoxi wrung out his sleeves and said, "This rain will last at least one night. Tonight we two can only make ends meet here."

Jiang Li glanced at him, and walked around the broken house.It has been abandoned by the owner for a long time, but it seems that there are farmers who cut wood on the way to rest here. There are some dry firewood piled up in the corner, and a few pieces of flint are even thrown.I really don't know whether the two of them are unlucky or lucky.

There was a sound behind him, Qi Zhaoxi unscrewed the water from his clothes, turned around and saw Jiang Li set up a handful of firewood, squatting beside him and was about to light a fire, he hurriedly said, "Leave it alone, I'll come..."

With a sound of "cha", the flames moved and licked the firewood.

The flame gradually stabilized, illuminating Jiang Li's side face.

Qi Zhaoxi raised her eyebrows lightly.This young man is really strange. It can be seen that he just entered the rivers and lakes and doesn't know how to deal with people. He looks like a young man raised in a deep house. But which young man can be so proficient in making fire?

Qi Zhaoxi lowered his head and straightened his clothes, as if casually said: "By the way, did Guiyun Villa hide the tomb of the old leader Jiang in Luoxia Valley?"

He told the old leader that he did not know the whereabouts of the tomb was false.Every winter and summer, Guiyun Mountain Villa will secretly send out a team to escort supplies. The routes are different from the north to the south, and they can go round and round, and they always go east again.As soon as it is a hundred miles away from Luoxia Valley, it disappears like a fish entering the river and sea.He personally went to investigate twice, and found that someone had set up a strict and complicated formation, and it was too dangerous to rush in, so he gave up.

Now that Jiang Luming's tomb was attacked and the gravekeeper was massacred overnight, it was confirmed that, as he expected, that team was delivering supplies to the tombkeeper in Yanzhong.

Qi Zhaoxi's voice fell, and in an instant, the sound of wind and rain and the crackling of firewood also became weaker by three points.

There was a sudden sound of breaking wind.

With a flash of his figure, he dodged the sharp blow towards the back of the heart, Jiang Li reacted extremely quickly, and twisted his arm back with claws.Qi Zhaoxi didn't retreat but advanced, she also grabbed his wrist and moved to her side.

The moment his body was uncontrollably thrown forward, Jiang Li turned sideways and slammed his elbow into his arms fiercely.

Now Qi Zhaoxi had no choice but to let go of his arms and step back, letting go of the strength in his arms, while Jiang Li took advantage of the victory to pursue, raised his palm and slashed, and no longer concealed his moves.Qi Zhaoxi didn't expect to fight for real, and was forced to retreat to the fire for a while.

Seeing Jiang Li lift his legs and sweep across, it seems that he intends to push Qi Zhaoxi to the ground first before speaking.But Qi Zhaoxi's figure was like a ghost, and he obviously didn't see him dodging, but this move was in vain, and only kicked a cloud of carbon stars in the fire, the orange-red light flashed away, and the dust fell.

Taking advantage of this gap, Qi Zhaoxi turned to Jiang Li's side, and at the same time drew his sword away.Jiang Li turned around abruptly, with the long sword resting on his neck, his movements stopped.

"Be good." Qi Zhaoxi said leisurely, "Your master is old and his hands are not steady, so don't move around."

Jiang Li didn't look at him, but stared directly at the fire: "What are you going to do?"

"Don't do anything. Whether you don't doubt the sword or the formula of longevity, I'm not interested." Qi Zhaoxi said, "We two still have to get along day and night for a while, it's meaningless to be wary of each other, how about a few open words?"

Only then did Jiang Li look at him with a guarded expression.

Qi Zhaoxi rolled his eyes and smiled, "How about this, three chapters?"

Jiang Li said: "Let's talk about the content first."

"First, they don't ask each other about their identities."

"Yes." Jiang Li answered happily.

"Second, speak up when you have something to say. Especially you, say as many words as you can, don't always act like I'm the only one there." Qi Zhaoxi sighed.

Jiang Li said mercilessly, "It's because you talk too much."

Qi Zhaoxi narrowed her eyes slightly: "Huh?"

"……I try my best."

"Third," he put the long sword back into its sheath and raised his palm, "don't make sudden moves."

"..." Jiang Li lowered his eyes uncomfortably, and gave him a light high-five, "I'm sorry."

"Ouch," Qi Zhaoxi was pleasantly surprised, "Didn't you catch what you said?"

Jiang Li ignored him, went to the wall and sat down with his knees hugged.

After all this tossing, although their clothes were still wet, they stopped dripping.It stands to reason that they should take off their clothes and dry them, but as soon as their eyes met, they looked at the fire again, and neither of them had the intention of taking off their clothes.

Qi Zhaoxi touched her left collarbone subconsciously, even though the wet clothes were sticking to her body, she had no choice but to bear it, and sat down leaning against the wall: "This night is still long, do you want to chat for a while?"

"I don't want to talk."

When he laughed at Shen Zhiyan's choking before, he really didn't expect that he would experience such a cruel and merciless rejection in the blink of an eye.

Qi Zhaoxi pretended not to hear, Gu Zi said: "You came here to search for clues, do you want to prove the innocence for that little girl?"

Jiang Li was silent for a while, but still replied: "I want to know what happened that night."

"And then?" Qi Zhaoxi turned to Jiang Li, and suddenly thought of an interesting question, "If it was indeed that little girl who killed Cheng Juxian, and you have such a good relationship with her, what are you going to do? Is it for the sake of justice, or not?" Rescue them in black and white?"

Jiang Li said: "I don't make assumptions."

Qi Zhaoxi smiled: "Okay, let's be honest. Second Young Master Shen said that she was the only one who knew that Cheng Juxian would be in the forest that night. Although his words were true, he also took into account the little girl's feelings, so it's easier to avoid the serious. You Didn't you also see that apart from his daughter, who else could make Cheng Juxian die willingly?"

Before Jiang Li could reply, he said again: "Ah, I forgot. She was able to prove her innocence in the first place, but it's a pity that the only turning point was not in the room that night. It's really a funny coincidence."

Jiang Li glanced at him indifferently: "The aggressive general is useless to me."

Small things that don't get into oil and salt.

On the contrary, Qi Zhaoxi became more and more interested. He leaned over and leaned on the wall with one hand, staring into Jiang Li's eyes: "Tell me quietly, it's okay. You don't suspect her at all?"

The moment he approached, Jiang Li subconsciously wanted to retreat, but his back was already stuck to the earth wall, and there was no way to retreat.And Qi Zhaoxi's eyes were like a bottomless abyss, he couldn't move his eyes away, a suction force captured his heart and soul, trying to pull him down, down.

The sound of wind and rain between heaven and earth disappeared, and he could smell a faint fragrance in his nose, only Qi Zhaoxi's lowered voice remained beside his ears: "Do you believe her?"

"Or—do you like her?"

Jiang Li opened his mouth involuntarily.

"Then do you like her, or Master?"

Jiang Li bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and pushed Qi Zhaoxi away suddenly, the sound of wind and rain fell back to his ears at the same time, and the dark fragrance suddenly dissipated.

Qi Zhaoxi laughed and fell back on the wall, not forgetting to praise him: "That's right, this apprentice is very determined."

With a faint taste of blood on the tip of his tongue, Jiang Li rubbed his forehead vigorously: "Are you bored!"

"Isn't it just boring." Qi Zhaoxi sighed, "Otherwise you come to propose, what should we do?"

"Okay." Jiang Li said, "Let's have a competition, and whoever loses will go outside in the rain."

Qi Zhaoxi readily agreed, but Jiang Li said, "Whoever speaks first before dawn will lose."

"Are you trying to suffocate yourself as a teacher..."

Jiang Li looked at him and raised his finger to the torrential rain outside the house.

"..." Qi Zhaoxi said, "Forget it, I have nothing to worry about with your child, let's go to sleep."

After finishing speaking, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes lazily.

Sleeping in the rain is a bit romantic, if you don't sleep in this broken house in the wild forest, next to this fake apprentice, it would be even better.

Between half-dream and half-awake, there was a soft weeping sound suddenly, hidden in the sound of the rain like a frightened kitten, fleeing at the touch of a touch.Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help opening her eyes, and looked to her side in surprise.

Jiang Li's face was buried in the crook of his arms, he couldn't see his expression, and he didn't know if he was asleep.

Qi Zhaoxi stretched out his hand hesitantly, hung it in the air for a while, and then patted him lightly on the back: "Okay, I shouldn't be joking. But you are a man, why are you still crying..."

Jiang Li slowly raised his head, staring at him inexplicably.

Under the light of the fire, Jiang Li's face was clean without any trace of tears, and his eyes showed that he was woken up by Qi Zhaoxi just after falling asleep.

Qi Zhaoxi rested his hands on his back, and looked at each other. Before a trace of embarrassment could spread, he was startled by another sob.

The cry was very clear, and it was whimpering and hoarse, it rang in the endless rainy night, and rang beside them.