Embrace the blade

"What's wrong?" Qi Zhaoxi asked tentatively.

Jiang Li's tone was unusually calm: "Who are you?"

Qi Zhaoxi's heart sank, and she realized something: "Who told you what?"

Jiang Li didn't answer, but asked again: "What's your relationship with Prajna Sect?"

"..." Qi Zhaoxi turned around and faced him, "Then you promise me that you will listen to me?"

Jiang Li nodded: "Say it."

But he didn't know how to say it, Qi Zhaoxi thought and thought, raised his hand hesitantly, and opened his collar. The tattoo with double flower marks was branded under his left collarbone, and it was set off by the setting sun, making it more red like blood. .

Jiang Li took another step back almost subconsciously, and the Qingshuang Sword came out, pointing directly at him.

Qi Zhaoxi was stunned for a moment, glanced at Jianfeng who was close at hand, then looked at Jiang Li who was frowning tightly, and could not help but smile wryly: "You really want to treat me like this..."

"You lied to me!" Jiang Li clenched his sword tightly, his knuckles turning white.

"I didn't lie to you." Qi Zhaoxi stared at him seriously, "I have no interest in "The Secret of Longevity". The reason why I stay with you is because I like you."

Jiang Li just looked at him and didn't make a sound.

"My mother is the last protector of the Prajna Sect. I have been in the Demon Sect since I was born. I have no choice." Qi Zhaoxi said, "I never interfere with the affairs of the teaching. The protector of the right has taken refuge in the young master, and I am even more at odds with him." Well, you told me about the attack on Luoxia Valley, so I only found out about it. And the old teacher asked me to find the whereabouts of the "Longevity Formula" for him. After wandering around for ten years, I felt lifeless and wanted to Get away with feigning death."

Jiang Li's eyes changed slightly.

Qi Zhaoxi saw that he was remembering that he had left without saying goodbye, and said, "It was that time, but I can't leave anymore."

"Why?" Jiang Li asked.

"I can't bear you." Qi Zhaoxi smiled slightly, "With you here, I suddenly feel that this world is not so bad."

"..."

Qi Zhaoxi said: "What else do you want to ask?"

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Hearing this, Qi Zhaoxi became abnormally silent.

Jiang Li stared at him closely: "Why..."

"I'm afraid." Qi Zhaoxi hastily interrupted his questioning, showing a rare look of restlessness, as if he was forced to tear off his comfortable coat and had to show his nakedness to others.

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, unable to understand what he meant.

Qi Zhaoxi sighed slowly, her emotions calmed down a bit, it seemed that once she opened her mouth, the following words would not be so hard to say: "I'm afraid you don't like me that much, once you know, even if you don't kill me, you can forgive me." I can't be with you any longer."

This time the silent person was replaced by Jiang Li, his eyes were complicated, and he couldn't tell what kind of emotions were floating in it.

The setting sun gradually sank into the ground, and the light gradually dimmed, as if covering the sky and the earth with a layer of mist. Only the blade of the sword still shone with a dazzling cold light.

Qi Zhaoxi slowly took a step closer, stretched out his hand and lightly pressed on the body of the sword, so that the edge of the sword was pressed down, stopped under the collarbone tattoo, and hit his chest right away. He stared into Jiang Li's eyes for a moment, and said in a low voice: "If you don't believe me, you can open this place and ask my heart for yourself."

With a slight movement of the sword's edge, Qi Zhaoxi almost held his breath, waiting for the verdict of life and death, but Jiang Li abruptly withdrew his sword, turned around and left.

This reaction was unexpected, Qi Zhaoxi completely panicked and hurried to catch up.

With a sound of "Clang", the Qingshuang Sword was thrown on the ground, Jiang Li suddenly turned around, Qi Zhaoxi couldn't dodge it in time, and in the next moment, he was forcefully thrown onto the ruins, and a cloud of dust rose up.

Jiang Li pressed on him, his hands clutching his collar tightly, the sky was dark, Qi Zhaoxi was stunned, with dust and sweat stains on his forehead, before he could react, Jiang Li bit him viciously on the lips.

The smell of blood spread instantly between his lips and teeth, and Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help but gasped.

Like a desperate kiss, but also like a hateful bite, Jiang Li entangled with his lips and tongue, the smell of blood became stronger and stronger, and his movements became more and more rough. Under the overwhelming emotion like a sea tide, Qi Zhaoxi felt that his soul was shaking. I was trembling, I was almost out of breath, and I couldn't concentrate on thinking.

When they parted, both of them were out of breath, the sky was completely dark, Jiang Li's eyes were bright, his lips were still stained with blood, and his hands tightened his collar: "If you dare to lie to me, I will definitely kill you."

Qi Zhaoxi laughed out of breath, reached out and stroked the back of his neck, as if comforting an angry wolf cub, and said softly, "It's a deal."

Only then did Jiang Li loosen his collar.

Qi Zhaoxi didn't get up in a hurry, pressed Jiang Li's back neck to make him lower his head again, and smiled again while breathing within easy reach: "You are so fierce."

Jiang Li ignored it.

Qi Zhaoxi leaned up to kiss him tenderly, Jiang Li's lips were still tense and did not respond, Qi Zhaoxi whispered: "I was wrong, you bit me like this, calm down?"

Jiang Li still didn't say a word, but he loosened his teeth. Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help but drive straight in, kissing him deeply.

When they finally got up from the ruins, it was already dark. The two walked to the inn and waited until they reached the main street. When the lights along the road shone, Jiang Li realized that the wound on Qi Zhaoxi's lip had stopped bleeding. , is still very conspicuous, and can't help asking: "When you go back, how do you explain this?"

Qi Zhaoxi raised her hand and touched the wound: "Let's just say I was so happy to find the clue, maybe I accidentally bit myself."

"..." Jiang Li felt that it was extremely unreliable, "Will anyone believe it?"

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Qi Zhaoxi gave him a playful look, "You said I was scratched by a cute and fierce kitten?"

Jiang Li looked away and changed the subject: "What happened in the cellar?"

"There is a big cave in the cellar, and there is a pool in the middle, and the fire can't show it. My foot stepped into the water, and the water wave should have triggered the mechanism. A thin knife covered with willow leaves was covered under the cave When I responded, the torch fell into the water and went out, and the person hiding in the dark shot at me."

Jiang Li thought about it and said, "So apart from bringing the dead back to life, what Fan Li said was the truth, and after the man was hunted down by the Prajna Sect, he hid back in the old house again."

"However, I saw it with my own eyes today, and I have a question that is more certain." Qi Zhaoxi said, "The backyard is not particularly large. According to the farmer, he looked from the cellar on the night of the accident, and there were several people in the backyard. Huai Wugong, and one of them is the new right protector standing sideways so that he can see the tattoo clearly, how could those people not notice him?"

"Those people knew that he was eavesdropping, and they even talked about the Sword of Undoubtedness and the "Longevity Formula". Could it be that they did it on purpose?" Jiang Li frowned, "Why?"

Qi Zhaoxi thought about it: "If you want to spread the news, apart from bringing the dead back to life, the pursuit of the Prajna Sect and what the farmer heard are also important proofs that the No Doubt Sword appeared here."

"Do you think the Prajna Sect conspired with that person to lure the Jianghu people here?" Jiang Li shook his head, "It doesn't make sense."

"By the way, there is one more thing." Qi Zhaoxi said.

"what?"

Qi Zhaoxi approached him, and said in a low voice: "Jiang Shaoxia, does the evening's 'reward' still count?"

Jiang Li looked at him, with a smile hidden in his eyes, but said ruthlessly: "Forget it."

Qi Zhaoxi sighed, and had no choice but to comfort herself that there was still a chance in the future, and followed her into the inn.

Didn't notice that not far from them, a group of people hurried out of the inn, but stopped suddenly.Shen Zhiyan turned around and looked at their backs, and said to the disciples of the Qingshan School beside him: "You said that two people entered that old house, and the holder of the Buyi sword also appeared?"

"Yes, they fought."

"Is it those two people?" Shen Zhiyan asked.

The disciple nodded: "That's right, but I'm far away, so I don't know what happened inside."

Shen Zhiyan withdrew his gaze, and thoughtfully said: "I always feel that the figures and voices of those two people are somewhat familiar, and I should have seen them somewhere."

Pingchuan Town at night should be deserted, but the main street is bustling with people from the rivers and lakes who come here. They wander here, drink and get drunk, and the lights on the street are bright.Qingshan sent a group of people against the flow of people, and was about to walk out of the main street to investigate the old house. Suddenly, Shen Zhiyan was caught by a familiar feeling, and he turned around involuntarily to search. figure.

"You go first." Shen Zhiyan only had time to say something, and then quickly chased after him.

The figure loomed in the crowd, and seemed to be walking in a hurry. Shen Zhiyan apologized repeatedly and squeezed through the crowd. His eyes followed closely, but the figure turned around the corner of the long street.Shen Zhiyan was startled, he didn't care much, he used his lightness kung fu to jump up, stepped over the railing of the restaurant on the street, and after a few ups and downs, he crossed the corner, and when he looked around, he saw that figure disappearing into the busiest building .

Shen Zhiyan didn't have time to think about it, so he chased him in. The smell of makeup in the building was savory, his ears were filled with women's soft voices, men and women embraced and flirted, and they even couldn't help making out in the corridor.

The moment Shen Zhiyan realized that this was a brothel, his footsteps stopped, as if something had been upset in his heart, which was very unpleasant.He suppressed his emotions and walked in. Sure enough, outside a room in the corridor, he saw the figure kissing a woman. The dark purple robe was hanging loosely on his body, and it was wrinkled by the woman's painted nails. rise.

Shen Zhiyan couldn't bear it anymore, stepped forward, pulled the figure over, and pressed it against the wall.

But it was a completely unfamiliar face. The man was so suppressed that he couldn't move, staring at him in surprise.

Shen Zhiyan was startled, speechless.

The woman was suddenly inexplicably interrupted, she immediately pushed him and scolded: "Is there something wrong, come here to grab a man from us?"

Shen Zhiyan came back to his senses, and quickly let go of his hand: "Sorry."

The man tugged at the robe that was about to slip off, then gave him a blank look, and led the woman aside.

Shen Zhiyan stood there, unable to tell whether he was happy or sad for a while, and finally lowered his eyes, turned and left.

After he left, the man and woman turned back out of this room, the lustful look on their faces disappeared, the woman knocked on the door, and the man took off his coat, and handed it in with both hands respectfully.

In the room, Xiao Lingyu casually stroked the embroidery on the purple robe, and cast a glance behind the screen: "He has already left."

In response, a young man walked out from behind the screen, it was Yin Huaishu, he opened the window and looked out, Shen Zhiyan's back on the street was already far away.

Xiao Lingyu looked at him with great interest: "Why haven't you seen Second Master Shen? The people in the town respect him somewhat, and he has the most information. No matter what you want to know, or what you want him to know, It couldn't be easier, why do you have to avoid him?"

"I get annoyed when I see him." Yin Huaishu closed the window and held out his hand to her.

Xiao Lingyu shook off her outer robe and smiled at him.

Although Yin Huaishu frowned, he still opened his arms, Xiao Lingyu stepped forward to put on the robe for him, stroked the back of his shoulders carefully, smoothed out the wrinkles, then turned to the front, straightened the collar for him, and said softly He said: "Since you found Buyijian and set up an ambush, why didn't you tell me, because you were afraid that I would disrupt your plan?"

"I didn't know that the Unsuspecting Sword appeared." Yin Huaishu said.

Xiao Lingyu raised his eyes, and the two looked at each other at a very close distance: "That man is trying to melt his sword to get away, and he is hiding in the cellar, and every step is in line with your plan. If you don't know, who else would know?" ?”

"The person I arranged is Ning Yu, who has been by my side after performing the scene where the farmer was hunted down by the Prajna Sect." Yin Huaishu pushed her hand away, walked to the side and sat down, "What did you say?" People deliberately cooperate with us in acting, obviously the purpose is the same as ours."

"You mean, that person wants to use our hands to get rid of Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li?" Xiao Lingyu asked.

Yin Huaishu sneered: "Isn't it a good thing that the sword will come to you without waiting for us to find it?"

Xiao Lingyu looked at him suspiciously, and couldn't help asking: "As the letter said, are you really willing to hand over the sword of no doubt to me?"

Yin Huaishu glanced at her, and said mockingly, "Should I obediently dedicate the sword to Pei Zhao, and let him get the "Secret of Longevity", so that I will have no hope of turning over from now on?"

"You don't want anything yourself?"

"I have self-knowledge. This kind of martial arts requires extremely high aptitude for practitioners. The "Longevity Jue" fell into my hands, which is no different from a roll of waste paper." Yin Huaishu said, "As the letter said, you If you don't doubt the sword, I'll take Qi Zhaoxi's life, and each will take what he needs."

Xiao Lingyu looked at him for a while, then nodded and smiled.