Embrace the blade

Qi Zhaoxi carried the drowsy Jiang Li back to the room, put him on the bed, and took Jiang Li's pulse first.

He had been worried that Jiang Li's bloodthirsty instinct would not be vented, and forcing him to survive in a coma would intensify the backlash from the "Longevity Formula", but at this time Jiang Li's pulse had stabilized, and there was no way to be sure.

But after thinking about it, even if this is really detrimental to Jiang Li, is there any better solution?

Qi Zhaoxi sighed silently, stretched out his hand to straighten out Jiang Li's messy long hair slowly, and involuntarily fixed his eyes on the newly added white hair on the young man's forehead. It was like holding a handful of frost and snow. He stared at it for a long time, rubbed his fingertips lightly, and after a long while, he just moved close to his lips and kissed it.

A small lamp was left in the room, and in the faint candlelight, Qi Zhaoxi tucked up the quilt for Jiang Li, then leaned against the bed and closed his eyes to rest, waiting for him to wake up.

But this time, until the sun was high the next day, Jiang Li still didn't show any sign of waking up.

The porridge and rice that Qi Zhaoxi had prepared had been cold for two or three times. When the maid came in and asked if he wanted to redo it, he didn't have the time to answer.

When it was past noon, even Qi Zhaoxi couldn't bear his temper anymore, and poked into the quilt to feel Jiang Li's pulse, but his tentacles felt cold, his heart was shocked, he quickly grabbed Jiang Li's hand, and unexpectedly Like holding a piece of ice.

Jiang Li lay in the warm quilt for half a night, but his whole body was still completely cold.

Qi Zhaoxi looked at Jiang Li's peaceful sleeping face again, his fingers trembled involuntarily, and he almost poked there to test Jiang Li's breathing, but he immediately woke up and restrained himself.Qi Zhaoxi took a deep breath, cursed inwardly, held Jiang Li's hand tightly again, and covered it with the warmth of his palm. It took an unknown amount of time before he finally felt the warmth of the other's hand. up.

When he sent his maidservant to invite old man Xugu, Jiang Lanze also heard the news, and rushed over in a hurry. Seeing this situation, he was spinning around in a hurry beside the bed: "How could this happen! When I was in Pingchuan Town last time, brother, he was just Did you wake up at this time?"

Old man Xugu inspected it carefully, pondered for a long time, but just shook his head and said: "There is nothing unusual, we can only wait for him to wake up on his own."

"Is it because Jiang Li used the "Secret of Longevity" again and again, making the backlash more and more serious?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

The old man Xugu sighed: "The backlash has never stopped."

"..." Qi Zhaoxi stopped asking, and turned to look at Jiang Li, holding his fingers tighter and tighter.

Having said that, the old man Xugu still went out and prescribed a few prescriptions for nourishing qi and nourishing blood, but he couldn't tell whether it was more nourishing or more comforting.

Qi Zhaoxi took time to glance at Jiang Lanze at the side, and asked, "Young Village Master summoned everyone in Jianghu to explain what happened last night. It's getting late now, shouldn't it be over?"

Dozens of people died overnight in Guiyun Villa, and even Jiang Zhongyue, the person in charge, turned the world upside down. The Jianghu people who lived in the villa were inquiring and guessing early in the morning. It's not going to work if you want to get rid of it without giving an explanation.

"...I'll wait, I'll go when I wait." Jiang Lanze lay on the head of the bed and whispered, "I have never experienced such a scene, and I have to face so many people from the rivers and lakes alone, I know in my heart Yes, it’s useless to scold myself, but I still can’t help but feel scared.”

"As long as you follow what I taught you last night, nothing will go wrong."

"Yes, I know, what I'm afraid of is not making a mistake." Jiang Lanze looked at Jiang Li'an's sleeping profile, "Now that my father is gone, my uncle is dead, and even Senior Brother Ji is missing, although there are still many familiar people in the villa. people, but I still feel so alone.”

Qi Zhaoxi asked: "Do you want to go there with you after Jiang Li wakes up?"

"No, that's not what I meant." Jiang Lanze shook his head quickly, and after a long silence, Fang said, "When my brother wakes up, can you not leave and stay in Guiyun Villa? Even if it's only for a year or so That's fine too."

Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help laughing when he heard his question carefully, and said, "You tell Jiang Li directly, I think it will be very difficult for him to refuse you."

"Really?" Jiang Lanze's eyes flashed brightly, and his whole body seemed to relax a little bit, and he murmured, "That's good, that's good."

Gaining confidence, Zhao Qi Zhaoxi nodded earnestly, then got up and left the room to go to the martial arts arena.

The martial arts arena was already full of people waiting, and the ring in the middle hadn't been dismantled. Jiang Lanze had just stepped up to stand still, and before he could speak, Jiang Huaiyang who was nearby couldn't help asking repeatedly: "Lanze, what happened last night? Uncle Who did they suffer? What happened, why did you delay coming here until now?"

Tangtang Guiyun Villa, who was the number one in the world admired by everyone before yesterday, not only has his status plummeted today, but also a bloody case happened, what a shame, the disciples were full of anger, and they just wanted to find an outlet to vent immediately.

Jiang Lanze glanced at the other party, and said in a steady voice: "I am the young owner of Guiyun. Now that my uncle is killed, I am the owner of the villa. Jiang Huaiyang, you shouldn't call me like this."

"You!" Jiang Huaiyang rushed his head angrily, and was stopped by the disciples around him, so he could only grit his teeth and lowered his head, "Yes, Young Master, then please speak quickly!"

"Please calm down, I'm also investigating the specific situation." Jiang Lanze glanced at the audience, "About four or five people sneaked into the villa last night and attacked Uncle and the others in the ancestral hall. When Jiang Li, Qi Daxia and I arrived, Uncle They had already suffered heavy casualties, and the other side did not love to fight. When they saw Qi Daxia and Jiang Li's martial arts skills, they immediately evacuated. We focused on helping the wounded, so we didn't go after them, but unfortunately...we still couldn't save them."

"A group of people sneaked into the villa?!"

"Why didn't we hear anything?"

"It's strange, why were so many of them in the ancestral hall in the middle of the night last night, and Qi Daxia and his two outsiders, why did you go to the ancestral hall with you, Young Master?" You Guiyun asked.

Jiang Lanze was waiting for this question, and calmly said the answer he had prepared: "I was defeated in the ring yesterday, and I was in a bad mood. After I met Jiang Li, I stayed in his room until midnight and chatted like-mindedly." , I became sworn brothers with him, and then asked Jiang Wanli to tell his uncle that he planned to worship the ancestors together in the ancestral hall according to the rules, under the witness of his uncle, to prove that Jiang Li is my man from Guiyun Villa. But no Thinking that Uncle and the others will encounter a sneak attack, the other party is obviously prepared, so be careful, if we hadn't walked outside the courtyard, we wouldn't have heard the sound of fighting."

Disciple Gui Yun, who was wondering just now, suddenly remembered: "That's right, the young master didn't return to the courtyard last night, it seems that he did stay in that Jiang Shaoxia's room for a long time."

"But Master didn't specifically clarify in the mourning hall that Jiang Li has nothing to do with us Guiyun?"

"Uncle clarified the rumors in Jianghu in the mourning hall. Since he went to the ancestral hall last night, he naturally agreed to the matter of me and Jiang Li being sworn brothers." Jiang Lanze hurriedly defended.

The people in Guiyun Villa didn't ask any more questions, but the other Jianghu people didn't care about these trifles, and asked anxiously: "Young Villa Master, you haven't explained clearly, what are the origins of those attackers?"

"That's right, not to mention the guards of Guiyun Villa, we have so many masters of the rivers and lakes living here, and we can let several people sneak in without anyone noticing. How high is the martial arts of the other party?"

"This..." Jiang Lanze's brains turned sharply. "The martial arts should be very high. They are all black-clothed and masked. I didn't recognize their origins, but Qi Daxia said that they look familiar, and there must be clues."

"What about Qi Zhaoxi, why didn't he come?"

"...Jiang Li was injured during the fight and is still in a coma. Hero Qi is watching over." The more Jiang Lanze spoke, the more guilty he felt, his palms were sweating, and he prayed in his heart that the audience would not ask any more details.

But many people were terrified by the martial arts attacker he described, and they would not give up easily: "Do you have any clues, what kind of weapons are those people using, and what kind of moves? Young master, please explain in more detail." , everyone may analyze it!"

Qi Zhaoxi had expected these things, but Jiang Lanze was not good at lying in response to such urgent inquiries. He was afraid of showing his feet, and his words got stuck in his throat. He didn't know what to say.

The less he answered, the more urgently the people in the audience pressed for questions. Just in the midst of the commotion, a hoarse voice suddenly came from behind:

"It's Prajna Teaching!"

Jiang Lanze looked up in surprise, and everyone turned around to look, only to see Meng Sifan, the eldest disciple of the Tianmen Sect, walking slowly with the support of his junior brother Wei Ke. His face was pale, and his robe was stained with blood. A fierce battle.

"Mr. Meng just won the throne of leader yesterday, what's going on today?"

Meng Sifan coughed twice, helped his junior to stand still, and looked around at the crowd: "I was attacked last night too, do you all remember the tall and thin swordsman who slandered me under the ring?"

He raised his hand, and a gleaming silver chain hung down, and a pendant etched with seven-petal flower traces was worn on it.

Everyone in the rivers and lakes immediately recognized that this was the token used by the Prajna Sect to identify the rank of the congregation, and there was an uproar.

"You mean, this belongs to the swordsman yesterday, and people from the Prajna Sect are among us?"

"Exactly!" Meng Sifan raised his voice, "Last night that swordsman came to my room to apologize, he didn't say a few words, he suddenly attacked, I was cut by him in the back, but he finally subdued him, Before he died, he was arrogant and revealed the truth."

Meng Sifan's voice paused for a moment, and seeing that everyone had quieted down, he waited intently for the next sentence before continuing: "The Prajna Sect did not allow us to choose a new leader, so it killed me. Sha, so that we can liquidate all sects one by one! They killed Senior Jiang Zhongyue last night, it must be for the purpose of disturbing Guiyun Villa."

"This..." Jiang Lanze was at a loss for words.

"I implore you to keep your eyes open and recognize the situation! The Prajna Sect will not let us go. What is the opportunity to recuperate? Ning Yu is just a mere hall master. Is it credible that he ordered not to go out of the mountain for three years? Now in charge Prajna teaches Yin Huaishu, the Right Protector, and everyone can see how vicious he is, in order to avenge the sect leader, he issued a arrest and killing order to Second Young Master Shen, how could he let us live in peace?"

He was seriously wounded, his voice was already hoarse, but he shouted with sincerity, which shocked people's hearts, and everyone in the river and lake looked at each other, anxious.

"Everyone, it is better to seize the opportunity than to sit and wait for death!" Meng Sifan struggled to draw his sword, "I am still saying that, I would like to take the lead of the Tianmen Sect, and unite with all the heroes and heroes of the various sects to encircle and suppress Jiuyuan Mountain, eliminate demons and defend the way!" !"

"Get rid of demons and defend the way, avenge Guiyun for me!" Guiyun's disciples immediately responded.

The crowd was so angry that Jiang Lanze was caught off guard and had no choice but to bite the bullet and admit it.

Qin Zheng also raised his arms and shouted: "Eliminate the demons and defend the way, destroy the evil spirits!"

A loud shout ignited the chaotic mood of everyone in the rivers and lakes, and gradually became firmer. The shout was a little weak at first, but as more people joined in, the voice became more orderly and powerful, and finally merged into a monstrous billow:

"Eliminate the demons and defend the way, encircle and suppress Jiuyuan Mountain!"

In the tide that engulfed everyone, Shen Zhiyan's expression changed slightly, and he quietly left.

He returned to the guest room without packing his bags, grabbed the saber and walked out, but he didn't want to step out of the door and almost ran into a wall of people.

Three disciples of the Qingshan Sect stood guard outside the door, and the female disciple in the middle looked at the sword in his hand anxiously and asked, "Brother, where are you going?"

"Junior sister," Shen Zhi said, "You don't need to know about this matter, big brother will naturally know."

After saying that, he wanted to bypass them, but Junior Sister Zhu opened her arms to block him again, and the two disciples next to her also took two steps forward, blocking the way out tightly.

"What are you doing?" Shen Zhiyan asked in surprise.

"Eldest senior brother has ordered us three to keep an eye on you and never let you leave."

"Most of your martial arts are taught by me, don't I know if I can stop you?" Shen Zhiyan smiled helplessly, "Get out of the way quickly, I have important things to do, and I don't have time to entangle you too much."

"When it comes to martial arts, of course you can't stop Senior Brother." As soon as the words fell, Junior Sister Zhu suddenly drew her sword across her neck, and the disciples on the left and right did the same. , staring at him beggingly.

"You..." Shen Zhiyan was startled, "What do you mean?"

"If senior brother steps out of the room, the three of us will immediately kill ourselves in front of your eyes." Junior Sister Zhu said, "If senior brother acupuncture makes us fall asleep or leaves without us noticing, once we find out, we will kill ourselves immediately."

"By killing each other." Shen Zhiyan's expression slowly sank, "Is this your idea?"

Junior sister Zhu hesitated to answer for a while, but the disciple next to her said, "It's the elder brother's idea."

"No, it's not Big Brother, he can't think of such a way." Shen Zhiyan shook his head, his eyes showing pain, "I know who it is."

The three disciples didn't know why, they exchanged glances with each other, and just said: "Brother, please go back to the room, and when the senior brother lifts the ban, you can go out and do things."

"It will be too late until then." Shen Zhiyan looked at the three closest juniors and juniors in front of him, lowered his voice, and almost begged, "Are you really going to force me like this?"

"Eldest brother said, as long as you survive this calamity, senior brother, everything will be fine." Junior sister Zhu said softly.

"Get better?" Shen Zhiyan smiled wryly, and took a step forward, only to see the expressions of the three disciples tense, and then a bloodstain was pressed on their necks, he stopped, and stared at them blankly, then The bloodstains were blindingly red.

Junior sister Zhu lowered her eyes, not daring to look at his expression again: "Brother, we will do what we say."

"...Okay." After a long time, Shen Zhiyan let go of his hand, and the saber fell to the ground with a clang, but he didn't look at it, and turned back to the room, "Put the sword down."

Junior Sister Zhu put down her sword, raised her eyes, and saw Shen Zhiyan stumble across the threshold, almost falling down: "Senior Brother!"

"It's okay." Shen Zhiyan supported the door frame to stabilize his figure, stepped into the room, and closed the door.

Junior Sister Zhu became more and more anxious, holding her breath and listening, but the room was very quiet, no sound was heard.

When the lights were on, in the courtyard where the Tianmen Sect lived, when Wei Ke walked into the senior brother's room with a tray full of wound medicine and bandages, Meng Sifan was studying the terrain of Jiuyuan Mountain with a roll of maps in front of the desk, and saw him coming , then turned to the couch, sat down, and took off his shirt.

Wei Ke sat down behind him, looked at Meng Sifan's deep, narrow and terrifying wound on his back, dipped in the ointment in fear, and applied it carefully.His movements were already gentle enough, but as soon as he touched the wound, Meng Sifan still trembled, hissed and took a breath, Wei Ke's hands froze instantly, he didn't dare to move, and said timidly: "Daddy!" Brother, I'm sorry."

Meng Sifan was puzzled: "What apology?"

"I didn't expect that swordsman's knife to be so sharp. I should be more gentle."

"No, that's fine." Meng Sifan patted him back, signaling to continue to take the medicine, "You have to do enough acting, no one came to confirm my injury today, maybe someone will come to check if they get suspicious , there can be no mistakes in this kind of place.”

Wei Ke responded, and after a while, couldn't help but said: "It will take a long time to recover from this injury, senior brother, is it really worth it?"

"Of course it's worth it." Meng Sifan gritted his teeth, enduring the pain in his back, "You didn't see their attitude yesterday, what kind of leader am I? Shen Zhiyan couldn't shirk his position, it seems like he gave me the position of leader , Ridiculous, can I really lose to him? Why did you say that in the past, you only saw the second son of Shen, but not me? Isn’t it because he is one of the three sects of the Qingshan faction, and he only wants to listen to his dispatches in times of crisis? I have to Only by leading the righteous way to destroy the Demon Cult can I establish my prestige and make everyone believe in me!"

Wei Ke nodded obediently, concentrated on prescribing the medicine for him, and stopped asking any more questions.

As soon as he was quiet, Meng Sifan felt unhappy again. He hastily pulled up his coat and put it on, looking at him with his head down, and suddenly said: "My juniors and younger sisters feel that I have been killed since I came back from the cliff. , the temperament has changed drastically, and she doesn't want to have too much contact with me. Why, are you afraid of me too?"

"I'm not afraid." Wei Ke raised his eyes and looked at him cautiously, "I don't think the big brother's temperament has changed, but his life is too hard."

"..." Meng Sifan didn't expect him to answer like this, his face suddenly tightened, and his throat felt a little sore. After a long while, he calmed down and took out a cold and bright long sword from under the pillow, "Actually , I retrieved not only this life from the cliff, but also this sword."

Wei Ke took it with both hands, seeing his own eyebrows reflected on the blade of the sword, and the two seal characters 'no doubt' on a thin scar, he was shocked: "This is... this is..."

"Yes, just don't doubt the sword. The whole world is crazy about it, and I can't ask for it, but I got it easily on the cliff." Meng Sifan picked up the silver chain of Prajna and looked at it, and said foolishly, "Last night I killed the swordsman, and I wanted to frame him as the blame, but I found the token of the Prajna Sect from him."

"Do you know what this means?" Meng Sifan looked at Wei Ke suddenly, "God helped me, it was God who helped me! I sacrificed my right eye, my dignity and pride, and my closest junior brother My life, now, fortune has finally fallen on my head! How could I not seize it?"

Wei Ke seemed to understand but half understood, and could only nod repeatedly.

Meng Sifan pointed at Buyijian, and said, "People in the world say that there are clues to the "Longevity Secret" on Buyijian. Take a look, what can you see?"

Wei Ke looked at the Unsuspecting Sword carefully from beginning to end, then shook his head in vain: "There's nothing on it, it's just a sword."

"Yes, there is no clue." Meng Sifan's eyes seemed to be burning with faint wildfire, staring at the long sword with ecstasy, "But what I got in exchange for a narrow escape must not be a piece of scrap iron. Wei Ke, are you willing to follow me?" , you chose the right one, and when I get the "Longevity Formula", I will naturally have your share."

Wei Ke smiled shyly, and said: "Eldest brother, you don't have to promise me anything. You and senior brother Du Heng are the best people in the world who treated me the best. They even sacrificed their lives to save me in Pingchuan Town, except for my mother who died young. Even my father wouldn't care about me like this. Senior brother Du Heng is no longer here, so no matter what the senior brother wants to do, of course I will follow you."

Meng Sifan was slightly stunned, the fire in his eyes dimmed a bit: "Du Heng, Du Heng... If he was still alive, when the swordsman insulted me for being blind with one eye yesterday, he must have rushed to fight someone."

Thinking of this, Meng Sifan lowered his head and laughed, feeling unspeakably sad, the candle on the desk was blown sleepily by the cold wind.

Winter night is like a deep and cold pool of water, in the middle of the night, there is only the beeping sound of beeping.

Jiang Li slowly opened his eyes, he heard the steady heartbeat, he was surrounded by people, warm and reassuring.

Before he could make a sound, the other party had already noticed it keenly, and immediately tightened his arms around him, and said in a hoarse voice, "You're finally awake."

Jiang Li looked up, Qi Zhaoxi was looking down at him, his eyes were also heavy: "Jiang Li, you slept all day and all night."

There was only a small lamp on in the room, the surroundings were dim, and lying on the bed, they could only vaguely see the outlines of each other's faces. Jiang Li could hear the exhaustion hidden in his voice, and couldn't help but guiltily said, "I'm sorry."

Qi Zhaoxi stroked his hair slowly, just said: "Don't apologize to me, I don't want your sorry."

Jiang Li was silent for a while, then whispered, "Thank you."

"..." Qi Zhaoxi's chest was sore, but there was no sound in his voice, "Is there anything else?"

Jiang Li thought for a moment, leaned up and kissed the corner of his lips, and his breath lightly blew on his face: "I like you."

Finally, Qi Zhaoxi couldn't help laughing, and hugged Jiang Li tightly in his arms, rubbing his chin against the hair on his forehead, feeling all kinds of feelings in his heart, turning and turning, and finally he uttered a laugh sighed: "You..."