In the wooden house, Zhou Zhilu sat cross-legged on the ground, circulating his spiritual energy to soothe the restlessness in his body.
Yes, like Ling Qingxue, he was also contaminated by the smoke transformed from the red crystal.
However, Ling Qingxue was unable to resist due to poisoning, but at least he could still circulate his spiritual energy to stay awake.
Fortunately, I was not contaminated much, but even so, I had to go through a long period of torture in the hut before I could survive.
Zhou Zhilu slowly opened his eyes and asked to himself in confusion, "Lou Yunxiao?"
Zhou Zhilu had already anticipated that the banquet held by Feng Yuan's Escort Agency would be a Hongmen Banquet, but he did not expect Feng Yuan to be so decisive.
But even so, Zhou Zhilu still prepared a backup plan, which was to send the invitation letter to Magistrate Lou.
In Zhou Zhilu's opinion, the missing persons list that had lasted for a year given by County Magistrate Lou was actually a signal.
A signal that there is discord between my county government and Feng Yuan Escort Agency.
After all, according to the currently known clues, there must be many people in Yancheng County who are attracted to the red crystal.
Among them, those who transformed themselves into demons by absorbing red crystals were most likely assigned so-called quotas and dealt with secretly.
It is impossible that there would be no resistance or outsiders would notice these things.
It’s just that these people may end up on the missing persons list.
It is easy to investigate. As long as we find the common characteristics of these missing people, they must be related to Feng Yuan Escort Agency.
For some unknown reason, Magistrate Lou was unable to investigate Feng Yuan's Escort Agency personally, so he wanted to borrow the power of Fu Ye Si to conduct the search.
So this list was given, probably to draw attention to Feng Yuan Escort Agency.
It’s a pity that he didn’t know that Zhou Zhilu had already learned the secret behind Feng Yuan Escort Agency through Li Yu.
but……
What surprised Zhou Zhilu was that, according to his own reasoning, he was actually seeking help by sending the invitation letter to the county government.
For this case, I have already entered a dangerous place. You have to take care of me in times of crisis.
But I didn’t expect that County Magistrate Lou didn’t even show up!
This also made Zhou Zhilu doubt himself for a moment, maybe he was overthinking it...
“Hmm…”
Ling Qingxue who was standing by suddenly murmured in pain.
Zhou Zhilu hurried forward to check, only to see that Ling Qingxue's originally fair face now looked red.
I touched my forehead and it was very hot.
Zhou Zhilu frowned. This wouldn't work. He had to go out and find some medicine.
…
As night falls, Yancheng County has a small population, so there is no custom of night markets. Various shops will close early after the sun sets.
Wang Ren has been running one of the few pharmacies in Yancheng County for more than 50 years.
That day, I closed the door as usual and was eating in the backyard.
The old man beside him suddenly said, "Old Wang, listen!"
Wang Ren wondered, "What are you listening to?"
"Is there any movement in the front room?"
Wang Ren listened attentively and his face tensed. There was indeed movement!
"Could it be... a thief?" said the old man beside him fearfully.
Wang Ren calmed himself down and picked up a wooden stick: "Wait here, I'll go over and take a look!"
When I walked into the pharmacy in the front room, I saw a figure rummaging through the medicine cabinet.
"Who is it?!" Wang Ren shouted angrily, picked up a stick and hit him.
But unexpectedly, his hand suddenly felt lighter, and the long stick was snatched away by the other party. As the long stick was swung, it fell directly in front of his eyes.
Wang Ren shuddered and said in a trembling voice, "Don't, don't kill me. I'll give you all my money!"
There was a moment of silence, but the other party suddenly put away the long stick and said in a hoarse voice: "Sorry, it's urgent. My friend is sick, and it's not convenient for me to knock on the door outside, so I can only come in and search myself."
Wang Ren swallowed and asked softly, "What disease does your friend... have?"
"I have a fever... I'm injured again."
Wang Ren hesitated, then sighed, "Let me help you find it. Can I light a lamp?"
Seeing that the other party agreed, Wang Ren lit the oil lamp and saw that the other party was just a young boy of fifteen or sixteen years old, but his face was full of fatigue.
This person is Zhou Zhilu.
Watching Wang Ren pick out some medicine from the medicine cabinet, he slowly relaxed a little.
Nowadays, people from Feng Yuan Escort Agency can be seen everywhere on the streets. They have been extremely cautious on the way here.
"Three ounces of ephedra, two ounces of cinnamon twig, one ounce of licorice root, and fifty almonds. Take these herbs home with nine liters of water and boil the ephedra first..."
Wang Ren carefully told Zhou Zhilu how to take these herbs, but saw that Zhou Zhilu looked embarrassed.
"Excuse me, can I take it away after it's cooked here?"
Wang Ren was silent for a moment, but finally nodded and said, "You...come in with me."
As Wang Ren walked into the inner room and watched him cooking the herbs, Zhou Zhilu asked, "Excuse me, sir, do you have any medicine that can calm people down?"
Wang Ren asked in surprise, "Calm?"
"Yes, medicine to relieve the itching and pain in the body, and to calm the mind."
However, unexpectedly, after hearing this, Wang Ren suddenly stood up and looked straight at Zhou Zhilu.
"You...your friend also got this strange disease?"
Zhou Zhilu's eyes widened instantly, and he quickly asked, "Are there other people here like this?"
Wang Ren suddenly felt a little depressed, and slowly sat down, his eyes full of memories as he said:
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