Embrace the blade

Weishan originally had another name, but since it was bought by Wei Min decades ago and built a villa, the local people have become accustomed to calling it Wei. Over time, they gradually forgot the original name and simply changed it to Weishan.It was still midsummer, the mountains were verdant, and there was a courtyard hidden in the continuous greenery. It was crowded with people from the rivers and lakes, which changed from the leisurely summer resort in the past.

It's really because this villa is much smaller than Juyi Village.The corridor sheltered from the wind was full of people lying down, famous families and masters were given rooms, but they also made bunks on the ground, and they all removed the bed boards in the room and sent them to the wounded who were gathered in the hall to rest.

Jiang Li sat cross-legged on the floor, the room was quiet, even the noise from outside seemed vague and unreal.

He lived in the same room with Qi Zhaoxi and Xue Le. Qi Zhaoxi took He Lan to the backyard and imprisoned him along with Zhengdao. Xue Le had been helping to resettle the wounded. Jiang Li sent Ji Xiuming, who was still awake, to Guiyun Villa. Only then did I realize that I was the only one returning to the room.He didn't find anything else to do, just sat with his eyes downcast, as if he was thinking about something, and he just seemed to be in a trance.

There was a soft 'squeak' from the door, and Qi Zhaoxi was not surprised to see the situation when he opened the door: "Cultivating the Tao again, young man?"

"..." Jiang Li glanced at him, but ignored him.

Qi Zhaoxi didn't care, she still sat down in front of him with a smile, and said, "Extend your hand."

Jiang Li handed over his left hand without knowing why.Qi Zhaoxi shook his head, simply pulled his right hand, opened the palm to look, and saw a purple-red and black bruise horizontally on the palm of his right hand, as if a ferocious boa constrictor crawled, obviously it was a whip mark.

"I think you dare to use your hand to catch Cheng Nian's whip, and you still think you are an indestructible body, why are you just a mortal body?" Qi Zhaoxi looked down, "Does it hurt?"

Jiang Li immediately wanted to withdraw his hand, but he held it tightly and couldn't break free. Hearing this, he turned his head away uncomfortably: "It doesn't hurt."

Qi Zhaoxi nodded, and squeezed his hand without warning.Jiang Li's shoulders trembled suddenly, and he turned back to stare at him in disbelief, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his brows were wrinkled in pain.

"Say it again, does it still hurt?" Qi Zhaoxi raised his eyes and looked at him with a half-smile.

"..." Jiang Li took a deep breath, seeing that the other party seemed to be stubborn and wanted to pinch him again, he reluctantly gave in after weighing it up, and replied vaguely, "It hurts."

Only then did Qi Zhaoxi smile in satisfaction, and took out a small round porcelain pot from his sleeve, opened it and asked, "Can I get the medicine?" I don't know when he saw the injury, and he brought the medicine back on purpose , Jiang Li was a little stunned, and he didn't answer in time, so he continued on his own: "Forget it, let me serve you."

As he spoke, he took Jiang Li's hand, drew green ointment in the porcelain pot with his fingertips, and slowly applied it on the terrible bruise with controlled force.When the bruise touched the ointment, there was a tingling coolness, but the movement of the person who applied the medicine was really gentle, even the pain was a bit gentle.

Jiang Li regained his composure, and said in a low voice, "The medicine on my forehead last time was actually..."

"You're ashamed to mention that the scar on your forehead just faded away a few days ago, and a new wound has been added." Qi Zhaoxi cut off the conversation involuntarily, and began to scold, "not to mention that when we first met, I got a sword on my shoulder. , the injuries on your body are almost unbroken these days. How many times have I taken medicine for you. You too, if you have an injury, just keep on hiding it from others. You don’t need to teach you as a teacher to get some medicine secretly. If you don’t care about it, do you plan to wait for the injury to heal itself or wait for the hand to be disabled? Sigh, I really don’t know how I survived before I met me.”

He sighed and was very emotional, and he didn't delay taking the medicine in his hand.Jiang Li looked at his drooping eyelids, and the corners of his lips curled a little imperceptibly: "You talked so much before you met me?"

"It's not too talkative. I was originally in a silent seat, so I had to hold back when I had something to say, and save it up until I meet someone who can talk." Qi Zhaoxi's tone remained the same, slowly, as if deliberately not Let people hear whether it is sincerity or a joke, "If you are unlucky, just bear with it if you don't want to hear it."

"Want to hear."

Qi Zhaoxi paused, almost thinking that he heard it wrong: "...what?"

"Tell me, I'm willing to listen." Jiang Li looked at him.

Those pupils were as clear and unblemished as when they first met, surrounded by a dazed Qi Zhaoxi.He was stunned for a while, and couldn't help reaching out to touch Jiang Li's forehead: "It's strange, let me see, did you hurt your head just now?"

Jiang Li leaned back, and patted his ointment-stained hands away in disgust.

"What are you hiding?" Qi Zhaoxi put her hands in front of his face and said with a smile, "This is the best medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing stasis."

Jiang Li hurriedly raised his hand to block it, Qi Zhaoxi turned his wrist away, and leaned forward relentlessly, the two of them split a few moves, Qi Zhaoxi suddenly grabbed his wrist, the one covered with green oil The oily ointment hand took the opportunity to touch his cheek.Jiang Li turned his head and couldn't dodge it, the ointment rubbed his face cool, the other party still didn't give up, smiled aggressively and kneaded his face, as if to spread the ointment evenly.Jiang Li wanted to break free and dodge at the same time, he rarely looked embarrassed, and heard him say: "This medicine can not only be used on the face, but also eaten, don't believe me, give it a try?"

Looking up, he saw Qi Zhaoxi stretching out his hand dipped in the ointment again, smiling even more brightly, as if he was dazzled by this smile, he really licked his finger by accident.

The ointment melts between the lips and teeth, which is cool and sweet.

Qi Zhaoxi's breathing was stagnant, and he couldn't help letting go of his hand. He even felt that the room was a little hot, and a little numbness ran all the way to his heart along his fingertips. .

Jiang Li also realized what he had just done, and the two of them moved away as if they were on fire.The room was quiet for a while, but the temperature did not drop but increased.

After a while, Qi Zhaoxi still coughed dryly, and said as if nothing had happened: "What were you thinking by yourself just now?"

Jiang Li wiped off the ointment on his face, and subconsciously answered 'nothing', the three words twitched on the tip of his tongue, and finally opened his mouth: "I was thinking... Cheng Nian's words."

Qi Zhaoxi nodded: "She can think that way, and it's a good thing to convince herself to follow Xiao Lingyu wholeheartedly."

"Where is it?"

"Do you really think Xiao Lingyu really needs to stop us from this?" Qi Zhaoxi said, "Cheng Juxian's death has a great impact on Cheng Nian, probably because Xiao Lingyu was also worried that she would have a different heart because of this, so she deliberately led us here Test her mind. On the surface, the Seven Killing Formation is aimed at me, but in fact it is for Cheng Nian. The woman with the gun is always paying attention to the two of you. If Cheng Nian is really shaken by what you say, I am afraid that today will not end so easily. But fortunately, her worries are completely dispelled now, and her life in the Seven Kills Sect will never be bad in the future, and it can be seen that her whipping technique is indeed trained by Xiao Lingyu with all her heart, so it's not a good thing for both sides to seek benevolence and gain benevolence?"

Jiang Li shook his head slowly: "I don't understand."

Cheng Nian asks for caring, Xiao Lingyu asks for loyalty, both seek benevolence and get benevolence, so everyone is happy?

Xiao Lingyu's murderous intentions because of Cheng Nian's possible defection, and Cheng Juxian's death caused by the seven killings, should be forgotten and discarded, and the truth should be erased to whitewash this school of peace?

Qi Zhaoxi pondered for a long time, took off his boots, and sat side by side with Jiang Li on the bunk, with his back against the wall, his eyes naturally fell on the window, and he suddenly said: "Actually, I have thought about it once before, just end my remaining life."

"..." Jiang Li turned his head and looked at him quietly.

Qi Zhaoxi was still looking at the opposite window, and the lights after nightfall printed the intertwined figures on the window paper, as if watching a shadow puppet show in the world.He said: "Not long ago. I was ambushed and fell into a crypt. The wound on my back was bleeding, but I just lay there and didn't want to move. I thought I would die like this, because there is nothing to miss in the world. , and there is no reason to struggle desperately to live. At that time, there were several subordinates who fell together, and one of them was young and followed me for a while, but I never cared about it, let alone named him. The injury was not serious, after waking up, he helped me up to wrap up the wound, and then walked to the depths of the crypt. Before he left, he said something, but I didn't listen."

Not long after, there was a commotion in the depths of the crypt. It sounded like a man's scream or a beast's growl. It echoed in the damp and dark cave, which was very eerie and terrifying, and the subordinate hadn't returned for a long time.Qi Zhaoxi didn't pay attention to it at first, until he vaguely heard a strange movement, he slowly stood up and walked in step by step, the movement became clearer little by little.With heavy panting and overlapping chewing sounds, Qi Zhaoxi suspected that a group of wild beasts were eating in the crypt, but as he looked over the cover of the stone wall, he saw a scene that he would never forget.

Not wild beasts, but a group of monsters eating a living person.

It can only be described as a monster.The vaguely identifiable human figures turned out to be all children, with a thin body under the wide and ragged clothes, and long white hair dragging on the ground, all of them surrounded and bit the people on the ground with crazy expressions, and the blood spattered all over the place. Zhang Zhang's childish and pale face.The one surrounded by layers of figures was his subordinate. He was silent, and only one arm was left slumped outside, holding a leaf in his hand, and there was a large pool of water stains on the ground.

Qi Zhaoxi raised his eyes and looked a little farther away, there was a flowing stream, from where it came from, there were a few fallen leaves floating in the water.He suddenly understood that what this subordinate said before leaving was to find water for him.

"Suddenly, I feel that if he dies like this, I feel a little sorry for him." Qi Zhaoxi glanced at Jiang Li before laughing, "It was because of such a weird idea that I finally killed those monsters. I crawled out of the crypt and lived till now. Don’t you think it sounds absurd?”

Jiang Li pondered silently, and Qi Zhaoxi sighed softly: "In life, one has to rely on something to support oneself to survive. Some people rely on a momentary thought, some rely on the love of others, and some people rely on hatred to survive. Go on. Right and wrong, is it better than willingly?" He paused, looked at Jiang Li, "In the final analysis, that little girl just wants to make myself feel better."

After a long silence, Jiang Li just whispered to himself: "...even though the truth is painful, it is also sober."

"Why do you have so many things on your mind." Qi Zhaoxi laughed, took out the jug and threw it into his arms, "Good boy, don't think about it, let's taste the taste of drunkenness and dreaming?"

The wine jug was already full, and it was heavy in his hands. It seems that Qi Zhaoxi didn't forget to take a trip to the wine cellar besides taking medicine.Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and swallowed a big gulp, the strong wine entered his throat, as if swallowing a ball of fire, he coughed violently.

Qi Zhaoxi hurriedly helped him to comfort his back, and said in surprise: "Such a big reaction, could it be that you have never drank a bar?"

Jiang Li nodded, coughing so hard that he couldn't speak, his pale cheeks were blushing, which added a little more color than usual.Qi Zhaoxi tilted her head and stared at his jade-like side face: "I don't know how much you can drink, will you cry when you're drunk?"

Jiang Li regained his breath, turned his head to meet his gaze, smiled slightly, and passed the jug over: "Try it."

Qi Zhaoxi also laughed, took the jug and drank it down.

At this time, there was another 'squeak' on the door, and Xue Le was startled as soon as he entered the door: "Why does this room smell like alcohol... What are you doing?"

The two people on the floor looked at him at the same time, Qi Zhaoxi patted the side, and said hello: "Come on, let's get drunk tonight." Although Jiang Li didn't speak, there was a rare smile in his eyes .