Embrace the blade

Early the next morning, the three of them were already standing in front of the door of the wing.Xue Le considered his words again and again, then took a deep breath, raised his hand and knocked on the door, there were a few knocks, but the room was quiet and there was no response.

He couldn't help wondering, just as he was about to knock again, Qi Zhaoxi, who was next to him, first reached out and tried to push the door, and the door creaked wide open in the astonished eyes, revealing the empty interior.

"Don't..." Seeing Qi Zhaoxi stepping into the door without hesitation, Xue Le subconsciously wanted to stop him, but Jiang Li hesitated for a moment, then caught up with Qi Zhaoxi, he had no choice but to turn and look around. Around, after confirming that no one saw it, they also followed the wing.

Ye Xinghe was indeed not in the room.Chen Changfeng lay quietly on the bed, covered with a thin quilt, although his face was pale, he seemed to be fast asleep.Qi Zhaoxi put his hand under his nose to test it, and his complexion changed slightly: "It's true that I'm not breathing," and then pulled his arm to feel the pulse on his wrist, with his fingertips sticking to the skin, "There is no pulse, and the body is cold."

Even though it's autumn now, the scorching heat of the sun is still unabated. In this season, there are really corpses that don't rot for half a month?

Xue Le and him looked at each other, but Jiang Li thought of something, stepped forward and carefully pulled off Chen Changfeng's obscene clothes, and carefully inspected his shoulders.Then Jiang Li raised his head slowly, with shock in his tone: "...There are no corpse spots."

The blood of a dead person stagnates and will naturally deposit under the body to form corpse spots. However, Chen Changfeng's back is smooth and clean, without any abnormality.He is like a porcelain statue, his appearance is intact, but he is silently cold.

Qi Zhaoxi said: "Could it be that Yi Buzhi used him to make a human gu?"

"If that's the case, is Chen Daxia dead or still alive?" Before Xue Le's hesitant words fell, there was a loud "bang bang" in the room. Looking at the reputation, he saw a copper basin falling on the ground and spinning around , sprinkled hot water all over the floor, and a mist evaporated, and behind the mist stood a thin woman.

Feeling guilty and flustered, Xue Le hurriedly said, "I'm really sorry, I know I shouldn't intrude..."

Ye Xinghe ignored his words, and said firmly: "He is still alive. Of course he is still alive!"

Xue Le couldn't help but shut up.

"He's just hurt too badly, but he will wake up sooner or later. Chang Feng will never leave me alone." Ye Xinghe turned his head sideways, his eyes entangled with the person on the bed, and approached step by step, "You guys I don’t understand, you don’t understand, only I know him best. Changfeng has been with me for as long as I was born in this world, from babbling to reading and practicing martial arts, to finally becoming his wife, He doesn't hide anything from me, and wants me to accompany him in everything. Just like when his father asked him to go to the Tianmen Sect's sword test meeting, he got on his horse and set off during the day, but in the middle of the night he sneaked back and climbed into the wall He came to me and told me that it was a very lively martial arts event, and he insisted on dragging me to go with him, so the two of us slipped away boldly like this, and didn't dare to send a letter home to admit our mistakes until we were far away."

She smiled softly: "I know Chang Feng is the one who misses me the most, how could he have the heart to abandon me?"

"Even if he no longer looks like a living person?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

"No, you're wrong!" Ye Xinghe suddenly turned his head to see that among the three of them, she was only familiar with Xue Le, and she grabbed his hand without warning, regardless of the suspicion of men and women.Xue Le's heart skipped a beat, and before she could react, she saw her pulling away Chen Changfeng's skirt, exposing his chest, and pressing his palm tightly against it.

The tentacles were cold, but at the moment when Xue Le was stunned, there was a faint beating in his thin chest, like a living life being imprisoned by the chest cavity, but he was unwilling to be silent, one after another, weakly hitting his chest The palm clearly manifests its existence.

Ye Xinghe caught the astonishment on his face and asked: "You feel it, right? This is Chang Feng's heartbeat, he is indeed still alive!" Her voice was urgent, I don't know if it was to try to convince them, or to persuade To myself, "It doesn't matter whether his breathing or pulse condition really disappeared, it's just that we can't notice it. As long as we can find a cure, he can wake up!"

Xue Le smiled at her, easily pulled out his suppressed hand, and then gently squeezed it on her trembling palm before closing it, restrained and not overly polite: "Yes, I also believe that he will wake up. "

Ye Xinghe looked at him, faced with such certainty but couldn't answer the words, finally nodded his head heavily, sat down beside the bed, carefully smoothed and pulled Chen Changfeng's obscene clothes, and had no intention of investigating the three people's affairs Trespassing.

So they bid farewell tactfully, and after walking a certain distance, Qi Zhaoxi asked the first question, with a hint of joking: "Even though there is still a beating heart, they have become like this, do you really think Chen Changfeng can still come back to life?"

Xue Le glanced at him, pursed his lips and did not answer.

"Do you want to stay?" Jiang Li asked suddenly.

Xue Le nodded silently: "I want to wait until I confirm Daxia Chen's condition before leaving."

Qi Zhaoxi shook his head and smiled, mercifully not revealing his intentions, only said that he never likes to meddle in other people's affairs, seeing that Jiang Li didn't intend to stay any longer, so he planned to bid farewell to Qin Zheng today and continue to go south.

After saying goodbye at lunch, Qin Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and then asked, "Why are you two leaving in such a hurry? Could it be that Mr. Qin didn't entertain you well, and why did he neglect you?"

"How could it be? Don't think too much about it, Mr. Qin. It's too late for us to be grateful for your hospitality." Qi Zhaoxi said with a smile, "It's just that Shaoxia Jiang and I plan to go to see the scenery in the south again, so we won't bother you any more."

"There are also many beautiful scenes in Qiancheng, and I just want to invite you to watch them together. Since there is nothing important, why don't you stay for a few more days?" Qin Zheng said earnestly, "Besides, it is rare for me to meet Jiang Shaoxia, and I have to say goodbye before I have time to chat. , I don’t know when we will meet next time, it’s really a pity.”

Jiang Li hesitated but did not answer, Qin Zheng then talked about the martial arts classics that he had treasured for many years, and strongly invited him to the study to have a look.Now Jiang Li was really struggling, and he turned to Qi Zhaoxi for help again and again, but Qin Zheng's heart was as strong as iron, and the mediocre 'Liu Qiubai' had nothing to say in this matter, so he finally had to agree. down.

After eating, Jiang Li and Qin Zheng went into the study for a secret conversation. Xue Le was thinking about Chen Changfeng's matter heavily in his heart. He wanted to inquire about more relevant news in the city, and he left the mansion under the scorching sun in the afternoon. Qi Zhaoxi waited in the room bored, who would have expected that the wait would last the whole afternoon.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, and the clouds that had been ignited by the fire were gradually extinguished, a vague figure of a young man appeared outside the wide open door.Qi Zhaoxi was about to call him to stop, but saw Jiang Li stepping into the room consciously, and the light reflected on his face showed a strange look on his face.

"What's the matter?" Qi Zhaoxi got up to meet him, looked him up and down, "Qin Zheng made things difficult for you?"

Jiang Li looked thoughtful, shook his head and said, "It's nothing, it's just indescribably strange."

"What did you all talk about?"

"It's not really a talk. He showed me a lot of swordsmanship formulas, and even took out his family's gun skills and told me."

Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help but be taken aback: "Twelve Forms of Youlong?"

Jiang Li nodded.

Qi Zhaoxi couldn't speak for a while, and was rarely shocked.

People in the Jianghu rely on martial arts to walk, and the unique knowledge of martial arts has always been a secret that is not passed on. Those who are not from the same sect as teachers should avoid suspicion even practicing martial arts.Qin Zheng won a place in the world with his proficient marksmanship like a dragon. The twelve moves of the dragon are the foundation of his life. What's more, it is a unique skill passed down from his family. How could he just tell a person he met for the first time?

"Not all of them, there are the last three moves." Thinking about the situation at that time, Jiang Li frowned in confusion.

When it came to the dragon spear technique, Qin Zheng was quite proud of it, and he disassembled every move and talked about it, but when it came to the most critical last three moves, he paused slightly, took a teacup to moisten his throat, While observing Jiang Li's expression, he asked, "What does Jiang Shaoxia think?"

Jiang Li was fascinated by what he heard, and said without hesitation, "It's really exquisite."

Hearing this, Qin Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, but reached out to close the scroll, stared at him solemnly and said, "In this case, if Shaoxia Jiang really has this intention... come to me and ask for the last three moves."

"What do you mean, could it be that Qin Zheng has taken a fancy to your roots and wants to rob me of my apprentice?" Qi Zhaoxi said.

"It's not like." Jiang Li pondered, "...he seems to want me to say something."

This is almost a kind of vague intuition, erratic like a gossamer, and I still have no clue after thinking about it.The two were contemplating each other for a moment, then suddenly there was the sound of footsteps rushing over, Xue Le rushed into the house, gasping for breath, straight to the point and said to the two of them: "I heard a piece of news in the city!"

Qi Zhaoxi tilted her head and raised her eyebrows: "Hey, why did you get so anxious, something happened to Chen Changfeng?"

"It's not him, it's you!" Xue Le stared at Qi Zhaoxi with a solemn expression, "The body that was faked as you buried outside the Dongting Biezhuang is gone!"

Qi Zhaoxi's smile faltered, Jiang Li was stunned and asked, "Why didn't you see me?"

"The reason is unknown. But the news has been circulating for some time, and those who brought it up are very cautious. They only know that the tomb has been dug up, the coffin has also been opened, and the corpse inside has disappeared. It seems that someone stole it. But I don't understand, what's the use of stealing that charred corpse?"

"The use is not on the corpse." Qi Zhaoxi took off the mask, revealing her original face, and looked at Jiang Li, "Do you still remember Qin Zheng's saying that the "Secret of Longevity" can bring the dead back to life?"

Jiang Li came to a sudden: "Once someone finds out your true identity, it means that we have the "Secret of Longevity" in our possession."

Qi Zhaoxi reminded: "You are the most suspicious."

Compared with Xue Le, who was not deeply involved, Jiang Li's impression was a bit mysterious, withdrawn and reticent, not to mention that he showed all kinds of grief in front of the corpse.The apprentice was so obsessed with stealing the corpse to revive his master, the plot couldn't be more logical.

In this way, everything became clear immediately.

"It seems that Qin Zheng recognized me a long time ago, and my superb acting skills for the past two days have been wasted." Qi Zhaoxi put on the mask again, and said with a sneer, "No wonder he tried everything possible to keep you, and even took out I learned the unique knowledge passed down from my family, so I wanted to exchange the "Secret of Longevity" with you with the Twelve Movements of Youlong, it was wishful thinking."

"Then what should you do?" Xue Le worried.

"We can't stay here any longer." Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li looked at each other, "When it's midnight, when there are few people, the two of us will leave immediately, you just pretend you don't know."

I don't know if it's because of the yellow talismans everywhere, but after nightfall, the Qiancheng City has a gloomy air, so quiet that you don't even hear the sound of dogs barking and insects. The next piece of hoarfrost left the whole city in a daze.

Quietly skimming over the tile eaves, the moment he got away and left the mansion, Jiang Li thought of Qin Zheng's eyes looking at him for no reason, it was not so much greed and ambition, but more like burning expectations with unknown reason.He couldn't help turning his head to look back, but he only gave a hasty glance, and immediately followed Qi Zhaoxi.

The other party stopped suddenly, raised his index finger at him, and signaled to listen.

There is a sound in the silence, light and heavy, rustling, it is the sound of mud rubbing, like something breaking out of the ground, or like...

Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li saw the answer in each other's eyes.

The so-called 'sound of grave digging in the middle of the night'.

They followed the sound and slowly approached a street, and just when they could vaguely see the situation below, the sound stopped abruptly.

Qi Zhaoxi looked down, there was no one on the street, before he had time to think deeply, Jiang Li who was next to him had already jumped down, his eyebrows twitched, and he had no choice but to follow his fate.

Jiang Li leaned over and pinched a handful of soil on the ground, it was soft and damp, it really looked like new soil just dug out from the bottom.He sniffed it close to his nose, immediately frowned, and asked in a low voice, "It's very pungent, what's the smell?"

Qi Zhaoxi took his hand and smelled it, and said, "Gunpowder."

Jiang Li was startled, and was about to ask again, when voices came from far and near in the side courtyard wall, they hurried back to the eaves, and saw two heads poking out from behind the courtyard door, cursing and looking around Push the door and walk out.The two walked around the streets with the lights on. A middle-aged man spat on the ground and complained angrily that he couldn't stand this horrible life. I was so frightened that I dared not sleep, and I almost collapsed.

The people next to him anxiously advised him not to talk nonsense, dragged him back to the courtyard, and closed the door tightly.

Just as their attention was still on those two people, a black shadow suddenly moved in the corner of the street, like a frightened bird, plunged headlong into the thick night with lightning speed.

Qi Zhaoxi vigilantly locked onto the whereabouts of the black shadow, and from the corner of her eye fell on Jiang Li: "Chasing it?"

"Go." Jiang Li followed without hesitation.