"Are you okay?"
Mo Xi asked him after dispelling the demonic sound.
Gu Mang smiled as he panted. His lips were moist and rosy, and Mo Xi couldn't help but stare at them for a moment. Then, as if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked away.
"What could happen?" Gu Mang said, "How dare she show off in front of me with such little tricks." He wiped his mouth, and his firm and tight chest heaved. "She has to hold on for a while longer. She'll vomit blood."
Mo Xi looked at the suona hanging in his hand, the white gauze fluttering in the wind. Gu Mang saw him looking at it, and said, "My Divine Martial Art."
"I've seen your battle." Mo Xi added, "In the drill ground."
"Oh." Gu Mang remembered and smiled. "That wasn't a battle. I was helping my brother get out of trouble."
"You were using a knife at that time."
"I bought it from a weapon shop, not the Divine Martial Art that the school asked me for," Gu Mang said, and smiled bitterly as he waved the suona in his hand. "My weapon is actually this. But I don't use it often. Every time I play it, the other music cultivators in the school will say that they can't practice anymore. They're all angry with me, so I … "
He paused and sighed. "I usually go to the back of the mountain to practice, and I don't use it much when I'm free."
Mo Xi nodded. He thought that the other music cultivators' complaints were not without reason. Just look at the unlucky guy who played the Qiang flute.
Seeing Gu Mang waving the suona away and returning it to his palm as specks of light, Mo Qui said, "The one playing the flute is a cultivator from the Burning Nation. We have to report this to the Military Department."
"Oh, no need, no need." Gu Mang patted him on the shoulder. "You're still too young. You'll think it's someone from Liao Country after listening to the Magic Flute. It's not like that. "
As Gu Mang spoke, his gaze darkened: "Liao Country's cultivators can't only boast this much power. If they were the ones who attacked, an untrained cultivator would lose his mind in the blink of an eye. "
"Of course," he added quickly, "you might be an exception." As he spoke, he glanced at Mo Xi's hand, which was unraveling the gauze in order to make a hand seal.
"Who is the piper?"
"It's Embroidery Lady Su Qiao." Gu Mang sighed, "I saw something in Lin Yun's memories. I think that no matter what Su Qiao is planning to do, we should go back to the Lin's Embroidery Workshop. Miss Bai's body and the secret of why Su Qiao had the Scorch Nation Curse should be hidden there. "Gu Mang said," There's no time to lose. Let's talk as we walk. "
They soon arrived at the Lin Family's Embroidery Workshop. Gu Mang first set up a few layers of transparent enchantments around the workshop to isolate it from the people around it. Then, he placed his hand on the door and probed the aura inside.
"There's no ghost hiding." As Gu Mang spoke, he sensed more carefully for a while. He closed his eyes and said, "But the spiritual current in this room is really strange. It seems like there's some kind of power that we're not familiar with."
Mo Xi said, "The Black Demon Spell of the Scorch Nation."
"That should be it." Gu Mang nodded and opened his eyes, "I'm afraid there's something strange in the room. Let's split up and don't stay together. You enter from the main door and I'll sneak in from the backyard by climbing over the wall. Be careful when you enter. "
They then split up. Gu Mang crept up the roof and soon disappeared behind the corner of the eaves. Mo Xi pushed the door open with a creak. The room was still the same as when they were sheltering from the rain. There were piles of beautiful embroidery and the curtains were lowered. The only difference was that the hostess who called them to change clothes was no longer there. The embroidery workshop was terrifyingly quiet.
Mo Xi walked slowly in the smoky silk, with a box for hidden weapons in his sleeve. After walking around, he didn't find anything hidden on the first floor. But Mo Xi felt that something was wrong.
Something seemed to be different from the first time they came here.
He couldn't think of anything at the moment, so he decided to go up to the second floor to check. The wooden ladder made a very soft sound under his feet. The light on the second floor was very dim, but Mo Xi noticed something strange as soon as he went upstairs.
There was a pungent smell of blood coming from behind the door. Along with this fishy smell, there was also the sound of dripping water.
Mo Xi's slender and pale fingers pressed on the door. The door wasn't closed tightly. He exerted a little force and the door slowly opened. At a glance, Mo Xi saw the starry talisman drawn with blood on the floor of the room. A black wolfhound was lying in the middle of the talisman array. Its abdomen was cut open, and its heart, liver, spleen, stomach, and lungs were dug out and placed in the five corners of the talisman array. The dripping sound was the sound of the black dog's blood seeping down. The dog seemed to have been killed not long ago. There were dozens of dried dog corpses piled up in the corner of the room. The leg on the top of the pile was still injured …
Was it the black hound that Gu Mang chased back in the rainy night?!
Mo Xi suppressed his disgust and bent down to carefully examine the blood talisman on the ground. The words on the talisman were complicated and twisted. It was the ancient language of Liao Country. He could understand some of it, but he couldn't immediately decipher the hidden meaning.
But one thing was certain. It seemed that when he and Gu Mang bumped into Su Qiao in the rainy night, Su Qiao was using the black hound to cast an evil spell. But the black hound accidentally bit her leg and escaped. That was why she limped out in the rain and chased after them.
Mo Xi went on to check the other rooms. He didn't find anything strange. So he went downstairs and planned to meet up with Gu Mang in the backyard.
However, just as he passed by the place where he and Gu Mang had rested that day, he inadvertently glanced at a certain part of the room. He didn't notice it at first, but after a while, he suddenly remembered something and stopped in his tracks.
The words that Gu Mang said at that time flashed through his mind.
"This Miss Su is really amazing. Not only did she embroider the landscape and birds so vividly, she even made the female figure so beautiful. Look at the silhouette on the gauze. Doesn't it really look like a graceful lady? "
He knew what was wrong!! That night, they sat here and warmed themselves by the fire. Together, they admired a pair of bright yellow gauze embroidered with the silhouette of a female figure. It was the size of a real person.
At that time, Gu Mang even laughed and said,
"Although this female figure isn't as detailed as the red-crowned crane next to her, it's very interesting. I just don't know what such a large embroidery can be used for. "
But now, this embroidery was gone.
No, it shouldn't be said that the embroidery was gone. The bright yellow gauze was still hanging on the beam, but the "female figure" that was as tall as a person had disappeared without a trace.
This was because … what they saw that night wasn't an embroidery of a female figure at all. At that time, behind the yellow gauze, there was a real person standing!!
Mo Xi's expression suddenly changed. He suddenly got up and walked out quickly, "Gu Mang —!"
At this moment, in the backyard.
Gu Mang walked back and forth between the piles of dye vats that filled the yard. The little wooden man sat on his shoulder and shouted, "Ah, yes, that's right. This is the smell. The person who moved me under the old peach tree and chanted incantations at my grave had this smell!"
It was normal for Su Qiao to have the smell of dye on her body. The smell of these ten vats of dye was extremely suffocating. The embroiderer worked day and night in these vats, so it wasn't strange for the smell to seep into her bones. However, Gu Mang didn't wander around here to study the smell. He kept rummaging in the yard, obviously looking for something.
"What are you looking for?"
"Looking for someone."
"Looking for the Miss Su you mentioned?"
"No, another person."
After Gu Mang finished speaking, he lifted a pile of cloth in the corner of the yard. Seeing that there were only some withered branches and withered leaves, he turned around and lifted other things to cover himself. There were too many things piled up in the backyard. Some of them had been rusted over the years. When he turned them over, the rust fell off and dust flew everywhere. However, Gu Mang didn't seem to mind the dirt. Not only did he not care, he even turned more vigorously.
He just saw the last paragraph in Lin Yun's memory, which was also the most important paragraph —
Before Lin Yun died, she received a letter. In the letter, Su Qiao didn't mention the death of Lin Yun's parents. Instead, her words were gentle. She told Lin Yun that his parents were fine, but they missed him very much. They were also worried that Miss Bai hadn't been pregnant all these years. His parents were old and anxious to hold a grandson. They hoped that they could go back to town to talk.
"The big tree behind the earth temple, the one you often went to pick peaches from when you were young. It probably cultivated for thousands of years and became a tree immortal. It's very effective in praying for children. Bring sister-in-law back to take a look. "
These were the original words written in the letter.
When she received this letter, Su Qiao hadn't contacted Lin Yun and his wife for a long time. Lin Yun knew that Su Qiao was angry at him for rejecting her outside the house. After that, he wrote a letter to explain. However, he didn't know whether it was because the servants of the Bai house didn't send him out or because Su Qiao was still angry. After that day, the two never met again.
Lin Yun originally wanted to go home to visit, but unfortunately, Bai Rouxia's body wasn't very good after the miscarriage. She was also in a bad mood. It was easy for her to get sick just by walking by the lake, not to mention going out on a long trip. After a while, she was delayed.
One day, she suddenly received a letter from Su Qiao. The tone was calm. It was obvious that Sister Qiao was no longer angry. Lin Yun was naturally happy and went to his wife's bed to tell her about it.
At that time, Bai Rouxia was sitting by the window looking at the general ledger. The general ledger involved many secrets. The elder brother of the Bai family usually only let his sister handle it. When she was young, Bai Rouxia flipped through the ledger but didn't understand the contents. She just followed what her elder brother said. However, as she grew older, she had her own ideas. When she looked at the ledger, she became more and more disgusted.
In one of the books, one could see a collection of notes like this everywhere:
"The number of evil spirits has increased. The supply of Exorcism Bells can't meet the demand. The price of Yellow Sky Copper and Soul Returning Grass has increased."
"The Yue house needs a large amount of Snow Yan Wood to view. This is the main material for the 'Peace Guard Pillar'. The Yue house cannot offend it. The price of the Peace Guard Pillar will be increased immediately."
Bai Rouxia originally had a good heart. After the miscarriage, she saw these cold words and felt even more uneasy. She had been bedridden for so many years. In fact, a large part of the reason was that she hadn't let go of the knot in her heart.
"The Bai family has done many wrong things. They were born with the same bloodline as the common people, but they relied on the pain of others to raise the price. I have been sick for a long time. I'm afraid this is retribution from God. "
Lin Yun found her with Su Qiao's letter and showed it to her. After reading it, she sighed and said, "It's great that Sister Qiao doesn't blame us. Then let's go back to Lotus Town to see Father and Mother. You haven't been back for many years. Go and pack your luggage. You don't need to bring anything else. Go to the storeroom and take some herbs given by Pharmacist Jiang. The town's Shanren Hall needs them. "
"But your elder brother won't agree …"
"Just tell him that we are going to Lotus Town to ask for a child and do some good deeds to make friends." Bai Rouxia closed the ledger, "Also, record all the treasures and instruments according to the market price. We will pay for all of them. In this way, even if he is unhappy, he won't say anything more. "
Lin Yun agreed and thanked Bai Rouxia again.
In front of the window of the small pavilion, Bai Rouxia, who was wearing a yellow cloak and had a young woman's bun, had a serious expression. Only when she smiled could one see the shadow of the carefree young lady of the past.
"Why are you thanking me? Look at the pearls, jade, and silk I wear. Which one of them is not exploited by the Bai Family from others? " She sighed softly, "I am insignificant and I don't have any ability. I can't shake my elder brother's heart. But I am uneasy … Brother Lin, I am suffering. "
Lin Yun clumsily didn't know how to comfort her. She could only say, "It's okay. You, you are a good person. We will go to the temple to pray, and we will have a child."
Bai Rouxia smiled and shook her head, "I am not talking about this. Besides, this can't be forced. Compared to asking for a child, I actually want to talk to Sister Qiao more. You are careless. You don't know how hard she has been these years. "
"I know …"
"You only know a little." Bai Rouxia stretched out her white hand and showed the distance of a fingernail, "I am a woman like her. She was born in a poor family, but she has done more good deeds than me. Her little body contains the ambition that my elder brother has never had. It's just that the ambition is too big. She is afraid of being ridiculed, so she never says it. "
"Sister Qiao has an ambition? What is it? "
Bai Rouxia shook her head and didn't answer. She just said, "I haven't seen her many times, but I can see that she has a big ambition, a heavy heart, and is very proud. Every time she asks for something from me, I can see that she is very embarrassed. Although she always looks indifferent, she doesn't even dare to look at me. She is afraid that I will be angry, afraid that I will think that she is too troublesome, afraid that we will drive her away. "
Lin Yun murmured, "So it is like this …"
"Yes. Later, you really drove her away, which is equivalent to the fear in her heart. She doesn't know what kind of person I am. She only thinks that after you came to the Bai family, your heart became harder and harder because of me. In the end, you abandoned her and her parents like old shoes. That's why she has been angry with you and me for so many years. "
"But, but I wrote to her to explain …"
Bai Rouxia said with a bitter smile: "You, ah, you grew up with her since you were young. Don't you know that she is very proud? Do you think that before she calms down, she will be willing to read the letter you wrote and be willing to see you? "
"Now I am finally looking forward to her letter. Tell her that thank you for her request. We will soon set a date and go to Lotus Town to visit her and her parents. "
After the matter was settled, they picked a good day and returned to Lotus Town with seven or eight bags of elixirs in their Qiankun Brocade Bags.
Su Qiao acted as if nothing had happened and received them with a smile. That night, the couple walked into a trap that had been carefully prepared for several years. Su Qiao prepared a table of good wine and dishes and lied to them that her parents went to the city to buy meat. She coaxed them to drink a cup of poisonous wine each …
Lin Yun's memory was interrupted here. The last thing he remembered was the sharp pain in his stomach, Bai Rouxia lying on the table, and Su Qiao's blurry face under the candlelight.
Gentleness, hatred, pain, pleasure, all of them surged on that beautiful face at that moment.
"Little Lin, sister-in-law, what happened to you?" She asked tentatively, her voice was strange and cold, and slightly trembling, "Can you hear me?"
Until he died, Lin Yun did not fully realize what had happened.
In the last memory, he was confused, at a loss, fearful, and puzzled, but he did not doubt Su Qiao. He even wanted to remind her foolishly, "Nothing, it's just that this wine seems to be spoiled. It will be very uncomfortable to drink it. Sister Qiao, you must not drink it. You and your parents should not be so frugal. Why is the spoiled wine still here …"
But these words turned into a murmur in his throat that was dripping with blood.
Everything was over.
"Found it!" After rummaging through many places to no avail, Gu Mang used several kinds of spiritual detection magic tools. Suddenly, he shouted. The Stygian Demon Compass in his hand spun wildly, and a beam of red light shot towards one of the dye vats in the courtyard. Gu Mang quickly ran over and looked into the dye vats.
The dye in the vat was some kind of oily turbid, the color was strange, and the content inside was even more difficult to distinguish. Gu Mang stared at it for a long time, and could only see his own dirty reflection. He was about to look for a pole to fish in, but at this time, he suddenly felt a cold hand on his shoulder.
Gu Mang stood motionless. After a while, he saw a woman's face slowly appear behind him in his reflection. It was deathly pale as it peeked out from behind him and looked into the vat with him.
Their eyes met in the reflection.
Bai Rouxia!!!
Gu Mang's heart was cold, and he instantly recognized the face that appeared in Lin Yun's memory! He suddenly turned around, summoned his thin machete, and slashed at the half-dead Bai Rouxia, but the woman's speed was faster than he expected. She suddenly opened her mouth, and a large amount of black gas came out of her mouth. Gu Mang hurriedly bent down to avoid it, but he still held the machete in front of his chest. Logically, this defense should not be wrong, unless Bai Rouxia could make another hand appear from behind him.
Wait, behind him!
Gu Mang was stunned, and almost immediately realized something, but it was too late for him to react. He heard a "splash" sound from the dye vats behind him, and something jumped out, grabbed his neck like a snake, and pulled him into the dye vats. In an instant, water splashed everywhere!
As Gu Mang coughed, he saw Bai Rouxia standing in front of the dye vat with a cold expression. When he turned his head, he was even more shocked. He saw the monster behind him who had dragged him into the dye vat to take a bath together with her. She actually had the same face as Bai Rouxia!!
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