Embrace the blade

Jiang Li guardedly did not respond.

"Don't you remember me?" The girl walked down the stone steps slowly, holding on to the pillar, "I lost my way in Dongting, and you sent me back. My name is..."

"Rourou." Jiang Li said, "I remember. How did you recognize me?"

Rourou stopped a few steps away and did not approach rashly. She laughed and pointed to her ear: "I can hear your footsteps. I said that everyone's footsteps are different, just pay attention can be identified.”

"Then... why are you here?"

"My brother and I live in this courtyard, but he hasn't come back yet, I'm the only one here." Rou Rou smelled the bloody smell in the wind, "Are you injured?"

Jiang Li pressed his right arm hard, but didn't answer.

But she seemed to understand: "Did you also meet wolves? There have always been wild beasts in the back mountain. Ever since the little boy was eaten by wolves, my brother forbade me to go again. You are so powerful that you can escape here. Is it seriously hurt?"

"……fine."

"Then don't stand still, go into the house and rest for a while, I remember there are some medicines to stop the bleeding." Rourou said as she turned around and walked back, Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, and out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the approaching flames outside the courtyard, Finally caught up.

She was blind, so naturally she didn't need to light a lamp, so the room was dark, and she could barely see through the moonlight leaking in. Jiang Li looked around vigilantly, and he didn't notice any ambush, so he was slightly relieved.Rourou groped and took out the gauze from the medicine bottle from the drawer, and put it on the table: "I can't help you, can you bandage it yourself?"

"Thank you."

Jiang Li scribbled on the medicine, and tightly wrapped a few circles of gauze on his palm, barely stopping the bleeding.His eyes gradually adapted to the darkness, and he was surprised to see Rou Rou kneeling on the futon beside her, slowly moving a string of rosary beads in her hand, enshrining a golden Buddha in front of her, and burning orange red in the incense burner, it was the house. The only light in it.

This scene is unimaginable, and there is a hint of absurdity.

Everyone in the Prajna Sect has blood on their hands, and countless monks have been killed. The Jiuyuan Mountain where it is located is even more frightening. There are no people living in it for dozens of miles, and there are still Buddha statues hanging on this dirty and bloody land. With compassion in her eyes, the girl recited scriptures silently and peacefully.

After a long silence, Jiang Li couldn't help asking softly, "When will your brother come back?"

"I don't know, he's very busy these days." Rou Rou smiled, "You don't have to worry, my brother is a very good person."

Jiang Li nodded: "Isn't the maid from before here?"

"They are not here usually, I can take care of myself, and I don't like being surrounded by people." Rou Ju said, "Jiang Li, do you know the way down the mountain?"

Before he had time to answer, the lights in the room flickered on, and someone came in with a candlestick in his hand. The moment their eyes met, the movements of both sides froze at the same time, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense and chilling.

Yin Huaishu's expression turned cold, and he narrowed his eyes slightly to stare at him.

Jiang Li held the dagger again.

Only Yin Huairou didn't realize it, and smiled towards the door: "Brother, you're back."

"Well, the search is not over yet, I'll come back to see you when I have time." Yin Huaishu's voice was very gentle, his eyes were still tightly locked on Jiang Li, seeing that he seemed to be inconvenient to move, and he didn't intend to make a move easily, so he moved The candlestick was placed on the table, and he stretched out his hand to pull Yin Huairou to his side first, "Who is he?"

"His name is Jiang Li. He lost his way in the back mountain and was bitten by a wolf. Can brother send him away?"

Yin Huaishu sneered silently: "He told you so?"

The flames and human voices outside the courtyard were faint, and the possibility of breaking out by force was very slim. Jiang Li sat there calmly and made a plan in his heart: he had recovered some strength, and once Yin Huaishu approached, he would be able to suddenly attack , took him as a hostage.

But Yin Huairou shook his head and said, "I guessed it myself, I don't need him to tell me."

Yin Huaishu couldn't help but glanced at her in surprise, she held Yin Huaishu's sleeve and shook it: "I like him very much, and I want to send him down the mountain to go home, brother, can you help me?"

Seeing that she was full of anticipation, Yin Huaishu couldn't help being silent for a while.She realized something from the brief silence, she loosened her sleeves loosely, Yin Huaishu's eyes moved, he shook her hand quickly, and said with a smile: "Of course."

Then he gestured to Jiang Li to follow up, and Yin Huairou happily urged him.Jiang Li couldn't figure out the change in the situation. Yin Huaishu was about to walk out the door in a few steps. He turned around and saw that he hadn't moved yet, so he knocked on the door frame impatiently: "Why, are you afraid?"

"..." Jiang Li settled down, held the dagger tightly in his hand, got up and followed.

The courtyard path was still dark, and Jiang Li kept a few steps behind Yin Huaishu.He stopped, pressed the door with one hand, and when Jiang Li came close, he suddenly asked, "Did I see you before?"

Jiang Li ignored it.

He said again: "Your name is Jiang Li?"

Jiang Xin jumped his head and subconsciously looked at Yin Huaishu. At this moment, Yin Huaishu pushed open the door and pushed him hard on the back almost at the same time.Jiang Li bumped head-on into a blaze, and several black shadows rushed forward and grabbed his arms.

Outside the courtyard were all Prajna disciples holding torches. Jiang Li struggled, but the opponent's hands seemed to be made of iron, firmly encircling his arms. A sharp pain hit his right hand again, and the dagger was precariously caught by him. In his hand, even the resistance seemed pale and powerless.

Yin Huaishu pulled the dagger away with a little force, and nodded to the two people restraining him: "You two, follow me to take him to the Gu room."

Jiang Li turned his head and glared at him angrily, but the two men forcibly broke his body and pushed him forward without breaking free.

The Gu room is not in the Prajna Sect, and the group of them walked to the back of the mountain, Yin Huaishu followed unhurriedly.Jiang Li was still not reconciled to being caught without a fight, and observed the terrain along the way, but before he could make a move, when he passed through the dense tree shadows, the shackles on his body were suddenly loosened, and the two people who were holding him collapsed to the ground before they could make a sound.

Jiang Li looked back in astonishment, only to see Yin Huaishu holding a bloody dagger, slashing his robe a few times, and then throwing the dagger back into his arms.

"Since you dare to come up, you must be quite courageous. You might as well go down here and give it a try." Yin Huaishu walked a few steps to the side of the road, and saw the light green grass rolling down, but stopped abruptly, like being caught by a giant. swallowed by the beast's open black maw.

The terrain of this mountain is strange, there are countless ravines, and there are as many as nine cliffs cut by knives and axes, so it is named Jiuyuan Mountain.

And this place is the most dangerous cliff, so the Prajna Sect did not set up patrol personnel.

"There is actually a road along the cliff. If you are lucky, you might be able to walk down the mountain."

Jiang Li sized him up cautiously, then turned his eyes back to Yin Huaishu, who was annoyed and said first, "Is there anything else?"

Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, but said in a low voice: "Thank you." After speaking, he jumped down, his figure was still light, and he disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

On the contrary, Yin Huaishu was a little dazed by his thanks, and felt it was funny, turned around and walked back the way he came from.Yin Huairou was still waiting in the room, when he heard his return, he hurriedly asked, "Has Jiang Li left?"

"Don't worry, he has been let go." Yin Huaishu gently pinched her face.

Seeing that the night was dark, it was time to rest.Yin Huaishu pulled her to sit down on the bed, then half kneeled on the ground and took off her shoes and socks.The two had established a tacit understanding over the years, so without further words, he turned around, and Yin Huairou fumbled behind him to change his clothes.

Yin Huaishu stared at the candle, the room was quiet except for the rustling of the fabric, he suddenly called out, "Rourou."

"what happened?"

"Actually, you don't have to wait for me to come back, let alone ask me that sentence."

The voice behind stopped, no one spoke, and the courtyard was quite empty.

"Brother will never lie to you." Yin Huaishu sighed, and the candle dimmed, "If I want to lie to you, then what's the point of me living in this world?"

"...I know." Yin Huairou's voice was full of bewilderment, and he explained softly, "I was wrong, but I was just worried, and I never distrusted my brother."

Yin Huaishu smiled softly, turned around, saw Yin Huairou wanted to touch him, and stretched out his hand, as if grabbing a flickering candle.Yin Huaishu held that hand, leaned over and hugged her: "Go to sleep."

When she fell into a deep sleep, Yin Huaishu blew out the candle, but instead of resting, went out again, went to the back of the mountain alone, and knocked on the heavy door of the Gu room.

The Gu room is actually a stone room, the walls are all made of bluestone, and countless holes have been dug on one wall to place the refined Gu worms. In the middle of the stone room, a five-foot-deep pool was dug out, and the pool was pitch-black. The bruised and purple poisonous insects and snakes mingled together and surged into dirty waves.

Yi Buzhi stood by the pool, holding a small pottery pot in his hand, and glanced coldly: "Where is the person?"

"Forgive me, the right protector. I had already captured him and brought him to you. Who would have thought that he had an accomplice who snatched him away on the edge of the cliff." Yin Huaishu half knelt down.

"Trash!" Yi Buzhi threw the pot over, Yin Huaishu knelt on the same spot without avoiding it, the pot smashed hard on his forehead and shattered to the ground again.A light blue bug slowly squirmed out of the debris.

"Where did the Prajna teaching become, to tell people to come and go freely over and over again?" Yi Buzhi's voice was stern, "You can even let a kid who has been handed off, with your little ability, you still want to take over the patrol? "

He knocked on the ground with his head: "It was my negligence that allowed the right guardian to punish me. I promise you that I will not be an example, otherwise I would be nailed to the triple rich family!"

"Next time?" Yi Buzhi sneered, "You hand over the sign, and Ning Yu will naturally handle it well next time."

Yin Huaishu clenched his fists and did not move for a while.

"hurry up."

With trembling hands, he slowly reached into his bosom, took out a gold token with four corners, and handed it up with both hands.Yi Buzhi took the token, but grabbed his wrist with his backhand, the sleeves slipped down to the elbow, and the exposed arm was covered with deep and shallow old and new wounds.

When he was in the Qingshan School, Shen Zhiyan searched for sects for him who lost his memory. After visiting all the sects to no avail, he thought of the Prajna Sect.However, Shen Zhiyan accidentally saw the scar on his arm, and mistakenly thought that he was a captive slave, so he didn't say anything, just hugged him, and dropped a sigh-like kiss on his temple.

But then again, what is the difference between him and a slave?

Yi Buzhi swipe lightly with his fingers together, but as if a sharp knife cut his wrist, a bright red blood line gushed out immediately, and the blood dripped on the stone floor in big drops.Yin Huaishu's face was pale, and he didn't move at all. He just looked down at the blood beads falling on the poisonous insect. The light blue color was covered with blood red. Jet black.

Yi Buzhi let go of him, took out the handkerchief and wiped his hands: "Southern Xinjiang is very poisonous, if you touch it, you will die, it seems that you are still no match for your blood."

Yin Huaishu remained silent.

"The triple rich family is the place to deal with dereliction of duty and betrayal, and it's not your turn. You, and your sister, are all good materials to help me refine adult Gu. It's better to be honest than to fight for power and profit in vain. If you really are a waste, you can live a few more days."

"Yes." Yin Huaishu said dumbly.I Buzhi turned around and stopped looking at him, waved his hand in boredom, and he backed out silently.

The summer night wind carried a wave of hot air, blowing towards his face, but he felt that his whole body lost temperature, and even the bone crevices were faintly radiating cold air. He didn't know whether it was because of excessive blood loss or a cold heart.In order not to disturb his sister, Yin Huaishu took the wound medicine gauze, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard and wrapped it up hastily.

A solitary moon hung high, his eyes fell on the void, he sat for a long time, suddenly got up and went back to the living room, and took out a small white jade flute from the hidden compartment.

Yin Huaishu didn't understand music theory and fingering, so he studied it upside down and found that several holes had been sealed, so he put it on his lips and played it.The sound of the flute was clear and clear, like a warbler singing out of the valley, turning up to the sky. He looked around, but there was no change, only the birds on the branches responded.He waited patiently for a while, put away the jade flute in disappointment, and was about to go back to the house when he heard a sound behind him.

He saw a black hawk descending, screaming at him, and shaking its wings, Yin Huaishu saw clearly that its foot was tied with a piece of pure black bamboo tube.The eagle looked ferocious, but let him approach, and took out a roll of notes from the bamboo tube and unfolded it.

Xiao Lingyu's beautiful handwriting was written on the half-finger-wide paper:

"I have been waiting for you for a long time."