Embrace the blade

According to the news from Jiang Lanze, the farmer who came back from the dead was named Fan Li, and he lived in the west of Pingchuan Town.

He is known to everyone in the town now, Qi Zhaoxi, Jiang Li and the old man Xu Gu walked into the streets and alleys in the west of the town, without asking any questions, someone would give enthusiastic directions.When I arrived at the gate of De Fanli's courtyard, I saw that the gate was closed tightly, and there were cocks crowing and dogs barking from inside, as well as the sound of children playing. It was obvious that the owner was at home.

Qi Zhaoxi knocked on the door and asked, and a woman's impatient voice sounded from the door: "The man has gone out, he is not at home, you go!" Fu muttered again, "Looking for the door every now and then, annoying It's going to be annoying too."

Even through the thick door, they could still hear these words clearly with their martial arts ears.

Jiang Li asked: "Wait for him to come back?"

Qi Zhaoxi waved his hand, listened carefully, then took out two taels of silver from his pocket, and threw it into the door.Immediately afterwards, the woman's surprised voice sounded: "Oh, you are at home, why are you silent in the house. Quickly pack up and get out, I will open the door for the guests!"

Then there was a rush of footsteps, and the door was pulled open with a creak. The woman looked around at the three of them, and gave a friendly smile: "I guess it's a knight-errant, come in and sit down!"

Jiang Li: "..."

Old man Xugu stepped into the courtyard, Qi Zhaoxi laughed, patted Jiang Li on the shoulder, and followed him in his arms.

There was a square table and a few chairs in the yard, and the man sitting there was looking at the two children who were digging sand and playing in the mud not far away. He was strong and strong, but his face was weak and pale. Are you also here to ask what kind of sword it is? I really don’t know more, I’ve already said all I can say.”

"Talk about your coming back to life, how you died, and how you came back to life." The old man Xugu pulled up the chair, sat down in front of Fan Li, and looked at his expression.

"Death is the sudden blackness in front of my eyes, and I don't know anything. At that time, I was working in the field, and I didn't get hurt at all. The people next to me saw me collapsed straight up. When they came to pinch people, they found that I was lifeless. As for the work, "Fan Li spread his hands, "I woke up with my eyes open, feeling like I fell asleep, except that I couldn't exert myself, everything was fine."

Elder Xugu asked: "Your body was already stiff when you died, are you sure?"

"How do I know, I heard from them that it took a lot of effort to move me back because of this."

The old man Xugu seemed to have thought of something, and was silent for a moment.

Fan Li looked at them: "What else do you want to ask?"

Qi Zhaoxi said: "I heard that when the knight who rescued you was hunted down, were you also in that old house?"

Fan Li nodded. Apparently this question had been answered countless times, he opened his mouth and skillfully described the situation that night.

At that time, he had just put down his food and asked the knight-errant what else he needed, but the other man's face suddenly changed and asked him if there was a place to hide in this old house.Fan Li hurriedly said yes, and led the knight to the cellar in the backyard, but the other party stuffed him in, and told him not to come out no matter what he heard. He was confused, but he could tell that the knight With an extremely nervous expression, and out of trust in the savior, he did so.

After a while, there was indeed a chaotic sound above the head, the sound of footsteps was numerous and mixed, and the sound of fighting was even more intense. Fan Li shrank in the cellar and did not dare to breathe out until the sound was far away and quiet, and then he cautiously poked his head out to look around. .The courtyard was full of mess, and there were a few men in black standing with weapons in their hands, listening to an unarmed man saying: "...he escaped, no doubt that the sword is really powerful. But he was seriously injured and couldn't escape. In this town, we need to send more people to watch, we must not let the "Longevity Formula" slip away."

The man stood sideways with his collar open, and the red tattoo on his collarbone was particularly eye-catching in the moonlight.

This is why Shen Zhiyan judged that the pursuer was the Prajna Sect.

There were no loopholes in the whole process, and Fan Liyijie, a farmer, didn't look like he was good at lying, but Qi Zhaoxi always felt something strange, and couldn't help frowning.

Jiang Li suddenly asked: "What kind of person is saving you?"

"He is handsome, gentle and fair, he speaks kindly, and is patient with my children." Fan Li recalled, "Like the kind of modest gentleman that scholars often say."

Jiang Li nodded, but his expression became confused.

Seeing that he couldn't ask any more questions, Qi Zhaoxi signaled to leave with his eyes, but the old man Xugu asked again: "Apart from being weak, do you have other discomforts?"

"It's gone, it's just that I don't have the strength."

Elder Xu Gu took out a porcelain bottle and a needle roll from his sleeve, said: "Take one piece of the medicine in the bottle, and I will give you a try."

Fan Li was taken aback, and the woman who was listening quickly stepped forward and looked them up and down suspiciously: "You can't take medicine indiscriminately, and you still need to use needles. Who are you and what do you want to do to us?"

Without waiting for the old man Xugu to explain, Qi Zhaoxi picked up the thing first, then stuffed it back, and said in a serious manner: "Oh, old man, didn't we just agree to come and see, they can't afford the consultation fee, so you meddle in our business." But it’s a loss. Let’s go, let’s go, we won’t die anyway.”

He gave a sneaky wink, and Jiang Li immediately understood, and stood up, "Let's go."

As soon as the words came out, the woman understood something, and hurriedly stopped in front of the old man Xugu, and her attitude changed: "Wait, you are a doctor? I just had a bad attitude, please forgive me. You don't know, Our whole family depends on him, he can’t do heavy work now, if he continues to consume, the family will have no food, if you see any disease, please help us!”

The old man Xugu let out a "hmm" and sat down again.Without further hesitation, Fan Li raised his head and swallowed the pill. After waiting for a while, there was no change. The old man Xugu unfolded the needle roll, took out a few silver needles, and pierced several large acupuncture points on his body one by one. He couldn't help twitching because of the pain, and when it was the seventh needle, he suddenly stopped moving, his whole body was stiff, and a frightened expression appeared on his face: "I...I..."

"What's wrong with you?" the woman asked anxiously.

"I feel like something is crawling in my head..."

Qi Zhaoxi subconsciously pulled Jiang Li closer to him, the old man Xu Gu took out the eighth silver needle, and slowly pierced his skin.

The woman screamed violently, covered her mouth and took two steps back.

Fan Li sat on the spot with staring eyes, trembling with fear, and did not dare to move again, only to see a light blue worm protruding from his ear, slowly wriggling out and crawling down his cheek .

The old man Xugu stretched out his hand to pinch the bug, took a closer look, threw it on the ground and crushed it to death, and said with a smile, "It's as expected."

Fan Li almost slumped on the chair, shaking his hands to touch the ear, afraid that something would crawl out of it.

"Let's go." Elder Xu Gu said.

Only then did the woman come to her senses, she was very grateful to let them have lunch, but the old man Xugu shook his head and refused, leaving a sentence that he would recover after two days of rest, and then walked out the door first.

Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li followed and asked, "Senior, what did you see?"

"As I said, bringing the dead back to life is just a myth, people are not dead yet." Xu Gu said slowly, "That bug is called Yicunqing, and some people call it Nine-day Zombie. Life, known as the most poisonous in southern Xinjiang. It is said to be killed by touch, but it does not mean to die on the spot. It will penetrate into the human body, causing people to lose their breath. The body is stiff as if dead for a long time. For nine days, There is no cure, and this is really dead."

Jiang Li questioned, "Is there no cure?"

"Originally there was no antidote. However, many years ago, a witch doctor from a tribe in southern Xinjiang fell in love with Han people, and intermarriage with outsiders was not allowed in the tribe. She fed it with blood, refined an inch of green, and lost more than half of it. poison, and then implanted the bug into the body to feign death, allowing the Han to leave smoothly with the antidote and her 'corpse'." Xu Gu said, "The fact that the farmer surnamed Fan can come back to life means that the poisonous bug in his body has been refined. Transformation, resurrection is a well-designed drama."

"Why didn't that person take out the poisonous bug directly, but left this loophole for us instead?" Jiang Li asked.

When he asked, Qi Zhaoxi suddenly had some thoughts, and asked, "Senior, is there any difference between taking out the poisonous bug on the spot and detoxifying it without taking it?"

"The result of not taking out the poisonous insects is like what you saw today. Although the person wakes up, his physical condition is still not as good as before." The old man Xugu thought for a while, "The other thing is that it takes different time, detoxification only takes one or two hours. It will be able to wake up, but taking out an inch of green is much slower, because the human body is stagnant for a long time, the blood is not as smooth as today, and it takes about ten hours to force the poisonous insect out."

While talking, the three of them had already returned to the inn where they were staying, and sat down in a remote place in the lobby.

Qi Zhaoxi took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, an idea gradually formed in his mind, and said, "Since it is certain that Fan Li's resurrection was intentionally designed, the first question is, why was he selected?"

Jiang Li shook his head, but he really didn't see anything special about the farmer.

"Maybe it's because he's popular."

Elder Xu Gu couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words: "What's the reason?"

"From the attitude of the person who showed us the way today, we can see that Fan Li's popularity is really good, and Jiang Lanze also said before that half of the town was there when he went to the funeral. Since the half of the town is him The testimony of the resurrected witness can spread the news widely and quickly for him." Qi Zhaoxi said, "This may explain why the person chose not to take out the poisonous insects, because after ten hours, the people dispersed. It’s not worth the impact of witnessing.”

"But even so, the news spread too fast." Qi Zhaoxi raised his chin and signaled them to watch.

Jiang Li turned around and saw three disciples from the Tianmen Sect sitting at the table a few steps away, who happened to know them all.

Wei Ke, the young owner of Juyi Village in Dongting, joined the Tianmen Sect. Now he changed into his disciple's robe and sat quietly aside. Du Heng who had provoked Qi Zhaoxi was talking excitedly, while the one sitting in the middle was It was their elder brother Meng Sifan, who was blinded by the poison and wore a blindfold. Although his handsomeness was not damaged, he was a little strange after all, which attracted a lot of inquiring eyes.

Meng Sifan raised his hand uncomfortably to cover that eye, and said to the chattering junior: "If you want to play, you can go by yourself. I have business to do, so I don't have time to accompany you."

"Where you are not free, you obviously don't want to go. Ever since you put on the blindfold, you don't like to go out anymore." Du Heng said, "Brother, you believe me, you are such a special man, and you look much more handsome than the little boy with the face before." Yes, if I have a younger sister, I will marry her to you!"

Meng Sifan couldn't help laughing and cursing: "Hurry up, get out of here, and none of you are allowed to leave if you keep talking to me."

"Okay." Du Heng shrugged, stood up and greeted Wei Ke, "Little brother, let's go."

Wei Ke looked at Du Heng, then at Meng Sifan, still a bit restrained, Meng Sifan smiled and said: "Go, look at your brother Du, don't let him fight with others, and don't come back too late."

The two went out, and Meng Sifan also got up and went upstairs.

The old man Xugu withdrew his gaze: "It's really strange."

"What's so strange?" Jiang Li couldn't keep up with his train of thought.

Qi Zhaoxi smiled: "You haven't been to Tianmen Mountain, so it's normal if you don't understand. From Tianmen Mountain to here, it will take six days at a fast pace. So, the news of Fan Li's resurrection spread to a few miles away the next day." Hundred miles of Tianmen Mountain?"

"Someone created Resurrection, which is related to the Undoubted Sword and the Prajna Sect, and then spread the news to attract people from the rivers and lakes here?" Jiang Li said.

Qi Zhaoxi stared at Jiang Li and said, "Maybe it's also to lure you and me to appear."

Jiang Li's expression changed, but he didn't answer.

"I have a guess." Qi Zhaoxi mused, "Theoretically speaking, the next step is to check the old house where the Jiang Hu people lived. If it is really aimed at you and me, the old house is probably a trap."

"Then we have to go." Jiang Li said decisively.

Qi Zhaoxi smiled: "I knew you would say that."