Chapter 118 Talking about Heroes
Qi Shaoshang, known in Jianghu as the "Nine-appearing Dragon".
He was originally from a noble family. If everything had gone smoothly, he might have entered the court and become a wise and virtuous official. But unfortunately, the court was in power with treacherous officials, and his family was harmed by this. He was too young to protect himself, so he could only become a commoner and began to wander around the world at the age of thirteen.
Perhaps it was God's pity that he was not destined to be like this, but in just a dozen years, he managed to achieve success in this huge world that others could not achieve in several lifetimes.
However, he never forgot his original intention. No matter how the parties tempted him with benefits or forced him with power, he never bowed his head and only walked on the path he chose.
It was also a coincidence that Tie Shou met Qi Shao Shang.
He and Zhui Ming were investigating a secret case together. During the process, they accidentally lost a wanted criminal. They thought that the criminal would disappear into the sea, but when they followed the trail for less than two miles, they saw the wanted criminal being held to the ground by a man with a sword at his neck, unable to move.
Zhui Ming recognized this man; he was none other than Qi Shaoshang, the Nine-Manifesting Divine Dragon.
The three of them were of the same mind, and everyone knew how talented Mr. Qi was, so it was natural for them to team up.
Fortunately, Qi Shaoshang and I were traveling together, otherwise a witness behind us would have been in danger of his life - he was so panicked that he ran into the Huinuo City, and this man had a grudge against the little girl Xiaomei in the Huinuo City, so he almost died on the spot!
Fortunately, the three arrived in time, and Qi Shaoshang attracted Xi Honglei's hatred, so they were able to save the person at great risk.
However, Iron Hand and Zhui Ming are not rigid and inflexible people. This witness was not a good person to begin with. They only pursued him here for the letter he was carrying in his arms as a way out. Now that the letter has been obtained and the confession has been recorded, what about this man...
The two men looked at each other, pushed the person back, and said that they would let Miss Xiaomei deal with it, but they needed to take the other person away.
The other person was naturally Qi Shaoshang who came to the door.
The old grudges between Xi Honglei and Qi Shaoshang could not be explained away in a few words. Naturally, she wanted to keep Qi Shaoshang here, but although the city of Huinuo was difficult to attack, it was not impossible to conquer.
Tie Shou and Zhui Ming were officials appointed by the imperial court. Qi Shaoshang was traveling with them, most likely because he was involved in some big lawsuit. If she forced them to stay, she might offend these two people...
Forget it, let him go today!
Only then did Qi Shaoshang leave Huinuo City safely.
There is no need to elaborate on what happened later. With the help of Qi Shaoshang, the secret case investigated by the two Iron Hands was soon solved.
During this period, something unexpected happened.
During the secret investigation, they encountered a team of Xixia masters dressed in disguise. When they tried to test them, they missed the flaw and the two sides started a life-and-death battle.
In the end, it was the three of them who were more skilled than the others and they slew all of the Xixia masters who had infiltrated the Song Dynasty for some unknown purpose.
Iron Hand and his men naturally wanted to leave a few people alive, but these people saw that they could not defeat them and could not escape, so they bit the poison in their mouths and committed suicide.
The three of them looked at each other, their faces heavy.
During the evening break, Qi Shaoshang was wiping his sword as usual, Tie Shou and Zhui Ming were grilling meat while one was holding a machine box and thinking about something.
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound in my ears.
The two looked in the direction of the sound and found that Qi Shaoshang's sword was broken. He himself was also very surprised.
It was probably injured while fighting with those people during the day.
Qi Shaoshang looked at the broken sword for a few breaths, then sighed and picked it up.
It seems that this sword has some special meaning to him.
Zhui Ming was about to say a few words to comfort him when he saw Qi Shaoshang's expression suddenly become serious. He picked up the broken sword handle, shook it, and a letter fell out of it.
The contents of the letter... After reading it, Qi Shaoshang decided on the spot to hand the letter to Tieshou and Zhui Ming to take it back to Bian Jing, while he would secretly investigate the origin and purpose of that team of Xixia masters.
So the three of them said goodbye that night and rode as fast as they could.
Wuqing unfolded the letter and read it. The content of the letter shocked the whole government and the public. It was solid evidence that Fu Zongshu was colluding with the enemy and betraying the country.
Tarona took a look, then looked away indifferently, and continued to extract the mixed aura from her hands.
This letter came at the wrong time, too late. Even without this letter, Fu Zongshu would have been dead.
Zhao Kuangyin shared the mind-reading skill of Grand Duchess Rose. The darker and more shameful the inner thoughts were, the more obvious and clear they were.
After only attending court once, Zhao Kuangyin heard clearly that several people below wanted to rebel.
He laughed in anger again, and after the court session, he beat Zhao Ji again.
This garbage!
It is really eye-opening to see that an emperor could achieve such a level!
Anyone could dare to rebel against him, why didn't he die earlier and make way for Zhao Kai!
What sin had the Zhao family committed to give birth to such a useless waste!
As for Cai Jing and Fu Zongshu, these parasites who colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, Zhao Kuangyin had already thought of a way for them to die. He did not stay in the underworld for so long in vain. He had many cruel ways to make them experience what it meant to be worse than death!
However, there is never too much evidence, and this letter has its use, which is to make Fu Zongshu and his party die faster.
The box contained not only evidence of Fu Zongshu's crimes, but also evidence of the crimes of high-ranking officials planted by Cai Jing in the Ministry of War and at the border. All of them held important positions, but were secretly traitors to the country.
Tie Shou and Zhui Ming gritted their teeth during the investigation and wanted to kill the people immediately to pay tribute to the innocent people who died because of them, but they finally held back and escorted the evidence forged with blood and tears all the way to the capital.
They are lucky, and so are the evidence.
The person sitting on the dragon throne now is the decisive and murderous Taizu Gaohuangdi Zhao Kuangyin, not the incompetent Song Huizong Zhao Ji who would not listen to the people's cries.
They will do what they are supposed to do.
No one on this can escape.
They will definitely die!
There was no time to waste, so Wuqing ordered Zhui Ming to go to the Ministry of War right away and hand over the evidence to his uncle, who would report it to His Majesty Taizu.
Zhui Ming was still a little dazed. When he heard that the current emperor was the long-deceased Emperor Taizu Gao, he felt as if he had not woken up yet.
With the evidence of how he and Iron Hand had protected each other with their lives stuffed in his hand, Mr. Cui blinked, went upstairs to the Ministry of War in a daze, and seemed to be shocked to accept it, but in fact he had not yet come to his senses.
Tie Shou was not much to be outdone. He looked at his senior brother who spoke calmly, then at his junior brother who nodded at him with his hands folded, and then at Master Fang Xiaohou who was still sitting on the roof and refused to come down.
Iron Hand:……
He let out a long breath and sat down slowly as if he was falling into a dream. He thought with a dizzy feeling: My uncle is right. The world is so big and full of strange things. As long as people live long enough, they can really see all kinds of strange things.
Who hasn’t thought about the appearance of their ancestors?
But if this ancestor really appeared in spirit, which of his descendants who were bowing down to him would not be dumbfounded and terrified?
This is probably another true portrayal of Ye Gong's love of dragons.
His Majesty the Emperor Taizu Gao...
Tieshou slowly clenched his fists on his knees, his eyes warmed up. He recalled the people who had died tragically at the hands of the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom, and the anger and pain he felt when he wanted to save people countless times but couldn't...
At this moment, he had only one thought in his mind -
Great! The Song Dynasty is finally saved!
…
It is a delicate job to completely separate two auras that do not belong to the same world.
It took Tarona a whole afternoon to separate this mixed and almost fused aura.
After separation, the difference between the two auras became obvious.
Feng Jiang wanted to run a hundred or eighty miles away immediately.
Wuqing and the others had been called away by Zhuge Zhengwo. Zhao Kuangyin was furious after reading the evidence. He not only summoned the Four Famous Constables, but also Bai Choufei, who had just been free. He seemed to want to give those people a hell of a health care.
As a hell of a joke, humans have endless inspiration for torturing their own kind.
Once this major case is over, Bai Choufei's name will probably be included in the list of the most cruel officials in all dynasties.
How is this not considered a way to leave your name in history?
As long as Zhao Kai can do those things, Bai Choufei will be the most successful and cruel official in history.
Tarona told these words to Feng Jiang, who was the only listener here.
Feng Jiang's eyes welled up with tears after hearing this, and he immediately decided to avoid Bai Choufei from now on.
After listening to his thoughts, the Great Witch nodded with satisfaction, took back what she had not yet said, and let him go.
This magical herb is the most idle one in the capital city. He does nothing every day and wanders around here and there. He also communicates with the flowers and plants in the capital and learns a lot of secrets, gradually revealing his curious and gossipy nature.
I chatted with Yang Wuxie some time ago and learned a lot of underworld secrets. I don't know what's going on in his mind, but he actually became interested in whether Bai Choufei really had a mole on his body and even planned to peek at him bathing at night.
After hearing his inner voice, Tarona was shocked and looked at him for a long time with a look that said "So you are this kind of grass".
Who would peek at someone taking a bath just to find out if they have a mole? You are not someone like Yang Wuxie who needs to collect intelligence from everyone!
So humans and grass really do have different brain circuits, right?
The Great Witch turned her hand and accurately grabbed Feng Jiang, who was about to give it a try, and brought back the magical herb that had gone to the wrong place out of curiosity.
Bai Choufei is a martial arts expert and a very vigilant person. How can he, a grass whose abilities except for its speed are almost blocked, guarantee that he will not be discovered when he peeks at others?
趕緊歇了這心思吧，人家第二天是有正經工作要做的，才不是你這種逗貓遛狗的閑散人員。
然而好奇心都能把貓害死，草也是一樣，那該如何扼殺一株仙草的好奇心呢？這是一個問題。
塔羅納觀察了風降兩天，終于看到了這家夥的絕佳缺點。
——他膽子小。
膽子小好啊。
大魔女當即放他出去，讓準備去六扇門取些文書的無情帶上這株草，務必讓他見識見識六扇門的死牢。
無情有些不解，但還是照做了。
效果很顯著，可謂立竿見影。
白愁飛不擔心自己會被偷窺了，風降冒頭的好奇心也被壓制了，這波雙贏。
眼看風降徹底老實了，塔羅納也就不吓他了。
她将分離出來的兩團氣息塞進魔法八音盒裏，裏面廣袤無垠的空間足以讓它們團團轉，卻如何都碰不上。
她沖還趴在房頂上瑟瑟發抖的風降招手:“過來，讓我看看。”
風降猶豫了一會兒，還是過來了。
仙人朝他伸手，他立刻将一只手遞過去，冰冷但不容推拒的力量極其快速地在他的經脈裏走了一遍，似乎是在查探什麽。
只眨眼的功夫，仙人便松開了他的手，道:“恢複得很好。”
語罷，又贈予他一支仙藥，“再喝一支，你的傷就好了。”
聞言，風降喜不自勝地接過仙藥，剛要對仙人致謝，就聽到仙人又道:“等你的傷好了，你需得陪我走一趟。”
風降不解:“敢問仙人，您是要去何處啊？”
還要他來陪？
他一株修為低下的風降草能有什麽用？難不成仙人也會有生出心魔的擔憂？
這個想法才出現在腦子裏，風降就七手八腳地把它揮散了。
仙人怎麽會有心魔？
這位仙人如何看，都不像是會生出心魔的樣子，只怕是心魔都會懾于仙人的威赫繞路遁走吧。
仙人只是意味深長地對他笑笑，随後像對待不知事的孩童一般，摸摸他的頭讓他去玩吧。
不知為何，風降看着這個笑，心中十分忐忑。
怎麽回事？他怎麽有一種不詳的預感呢？
塔羅納目送着心思胡亂的仙草離開，素手一揮，拂去了棋盤上的匣子碎屑，接着下她那盤沒有下完的棋。
黑子吞噬完大半白子的時候，忒休斯那邊終于有了回應:【塔小姐，檢索完畢。】
将那團氣息分離開來的第一時間，塔羅納就各取了一縷交給她的搭檔，拿去檢索，看看這兩道氣息分別是什麽東西。
一道是與風降來自于同一個世界的邪靈，這個正是讓風降瑟瑟發抖的正主。
邪靈，顧名思義，可以直接理解為邪祟，生來就是邪惡，永遠不可能被逆轉。以靈石、靈力、靈體為食，只要帶着一個靈字，都是它們的食物。
像風降這樣天生地養的草木精靈，在它們眼中就是最頂級的珍馐美味，給什麽不換的。
因此，哪怕只是一團氣息，在察覺到風降的存在時，也會如同餓虎撲食一般什麽都不顧地向他撲過去。
而邪靈對于風降這般的草木精靈而言，那就是天敵，許多草木精靈連反抗的能力都沒有，風降又不過初具人形，如何能不害怕？
另一道氣息就有點熟人見面的意思了。
它是【惡之花】。
塔羅納遇到過一次，說起來還挺好笑的，那是她執行過的最輕松的一次任務。
【惡之花】這種異常很具有戲劇性，同【妲己之眼】相似的是，它有[惡性]和[善性]兩個株種；不同的是，它的[善性]和[惡性]不會分離，且每次只會呈現出一種。
當【惡之花】附身的人是善人時，它所呈現出來的株種就是[惡性]，半年之內，就能将附身之人異化成與株種性質相同的惡人。
當【惡之花】附身的人是惡人時，則反之。
無論善人有多善良，無論惡人有多邪惡，無論他們的意志有多麽的堅定，半年之內，必定倒反天罡。
想要恢複從前，唯有将【惡之花】從他們的大腦裏連根拔出。
這同樣是一個非常精細的活兒，因為【惡之花】根系會在短短一天的時間深深紮進附身之人的大腦裏，附着每一根神經，只要有一點點微末的偏差，這個人就會腦死亡。
而上一次遇到【惡之花】時，塔羅納并不用去考慮附身之人腦死亡的問題，因為被【惡之花】附身的那個人是小醜。
九個月的時間，他變成了一個比超人還要讓人稱贊有加的大善人。
這樣的異變簡直不要太顯眼，剛剛落地不到兩個小時的塔羅納就發現了異常的正确所在。
如果不是異常必須被帶離任務世界，她都不想把【惡之花】弄走了，那可是小醜啊，還有比他更絕贊的花盆嗎？
當然，在将【惡之花】連根拔出的時候，大魔女畢竟沒有經驗，所以小醜腦死亡也是在所難免的。
塔幹員表示很愧疚，并用了零點零一秒的時間為不幸的小醜先生默哀。
如果她的嘴角不要上揚得那麽厲害就更完美了。
至于為什麽要為【惡之花】定這樣的名稱，無論是善人變成惡人，還是惡人變成善人，歸根究底都是一場無妄之災、殺身之禍，這怎麽不是一種惡呢？
【惡之花】只會在附身之人身上潛藏一年的時間，一年之期一到，就是它盛開的時候了。
附身之人是花盆，是營養土。
花開了，花盆和營養土就沒有用了。
他們會變成飛揚的血霧，随着風的吹拂，散去大江南北，沒入無人得見的虛空，再尋不到半點痕跡。
而盛開的【惡之花】肆意地舒展着沐浴過滾燙鮮血的花和葉，比孢子蔓延還要快速地侵占紮根的大地，一花即是叢生花海。
數不盡的子花從埋入地下的根系中生長出來，馥郁的花香是最好的引誘劑，只要是活着的生命，都會被花香吸引，如同行屍走肉一般像它們走來。
然後，變成新的花盆和營養土。
如此周而複始，直到占領整個世界，直到将世界也變成花盆和營養土。
植物這種生命是很難被完全殺死的，只要留有一點點根系和孢子，它就能生生不息、循環往複，就像是無休止的潮水一樣，怎麽也滅不完。
【惡之花】這一類的植物型異常只有簡單模式和地獄模式，中間的緩沖區直接沒有。
在它沒有盛開之前，它特別好清理，禍害的也只有附身之人一個；當它盛開之後，哪怕只是眨眼的時間，它就已經吞噬了一座城，這個時候要殺死它就必須動用全力。
世界意識頭疼，幹員就更頭疼了。
啪！
猩紅美人神色肅然，落下最後一枚黑子，白子敗局已定。
兩個異常，需要關注的只有一個，【惡之花】。
邪靈不必考慮，直接殺了。
【所以，是【惡之花】在吞噬邪靈。】忒休斯整理着異常的資料，在海量的報告中篩選壞選項，【那麽給鐵手打上标記的是哪一個呢？】
塔羅納分撿着棋子，她已經沒有了下棋的心思:“是【惡之花】。鐵手身上的香氣我聞到過。”
就在小醜身上。
那時她是以真身進入任務世界的，嗅覺沒有【薔薇女大公】這樣強大，再加上哥譚那個地方工業氣味太重，小醜又總是用油漆染料在身上亂畫，那些刺鼻的味道早就已經融進了他的骨肉裏，【惡之花】散發的那點香氣自然就被蓋了下去。
鐵手則不一樣，他不用脂粉，本身又是個愛幹淨的，身上沒別的味道，于是【惡之花】的香氣就格外的明顯了。
而令塔羅納産生食欲的，其實并非是鐵手，而是這香氣的主人。
——比起人類，更具有能量的【惡之花】顯然更對【薔薇女大公】的口味。
吃人，大魔女有些過不去心裏的那一關，哪怕只是喝點血，心裏也有點別扭。
但是吃異常……
忒休斯适時提醒道:【異常也不是刻意随便吃的。】
要看這個世界的【惡之花】是善性株種，還是惡性株種。前者必須遣返原世界，後者才能由幹員就地處理。
塔羅納道:“它聞着就不是善性株種。”
善性株種是沒有攻擊性的，從潛藏到開花這一段時間裏，它連冒頭汲取其他營養的想法都沒有。
只有惡性株種，會在潛藏這段時間裏下意識地尋找其他營養，哪怕還無法破開附身之人自由行動，它也會給心儀的“營養”打上标記，以便之後尋找。
距離太遠了？
不擔心，風會到來它釋放的氣味，大地會留存它标記過的信息。
忒休斯翻了翻到手的關于【惡之花】的報告，時空平衡局的幹員都很優秀，目前為止，這個異常沒有失敗的案例，都是在盛開之前拔除了異常，致使附身之人腦死亡的案例一個——就是他的搭檔。
所以——
【您是怎麽知道惡性株種會标記獵物的？】
大魔女笑了，用尋常的語調說着瘆人的話:“我養過類似的魔植，植物嘛，習性都差不多。”
魔植和食材是一樣的，只要是有用的都是魔植，薅回去種着。實在找不出一丁點兒用途，還兇得要死的才會被魔法銷毀，并記錄到教科書裏，防止小菜鳥們着了道。
越是稀奇古怪的魔植，其藥用越是不可說。
作為禁術大戶，塔羅納種過的魔植不說稀奇古怪，那也是群魔亂舞，随便跑走一只都足夠菜鳥尖叫了。
忒休斯:……
忒休斯默默将這一點記錄在新文檔裏，象征性地在後面打了一個問號。
他還是很相信自家搭檔的經驗之談的，不過為了确保嚴謹，還是打個問號吧。
兩個異常都已經确定了，塔羅納心頭的石頭放下了一半，還有一半沒有放下，是還沒有确定【惡之花】附身了誰。
既然是惡性株種，那被它附身的倒黴蛋究竟會是誰呢？
忒休斯道:【會是戚少商嗎？】
追命身上并沒有香味，可以排除他，那鐵手接觸過的其他人就很有嫌疑了，首當其沖的就是與他們同行過一陣子的戚少商。
況且，沾染上那團氣息的正是戚少商交給鐵手和追命的那封信。
這麽一看，戚少商實在很有可能。
塔羅納卻搖頭否定了，語氣十分篤定:【不是他。】
鐵手和追命是不可能看錯人的，一個看錯了，兩個都能看錯嗎？
他們對戚少商的評價很高，追命甚至願意将自己珍藏的美酒與他同飲。
戚少商是一個好人。
忒休斯沒有get到搭檔要表達的點:【所以？】
“凡是被【惡之花】附身半年的人，都會異變。”
這種異變不會為任何意志而轉移，就像日升日落那樣理所當然。
塔羅納撿完了棋子，從石凳上站了起來，輕輕撫平被風吹得翻飛過來的紅色蕾絲飾邊。
她道:“異常先我們一步來到這個世界，而我們來到這個世界的時間已經過了六個月。”
但戚少商還是一個好人，所以不是他。
忒休斯恍然大悟，繼而發現了新的線索:【這麽說的話，是鐵手和戚少商都被打上了标記，所以戚少商交給鐵手的信上才會沾染着異常的氣息——他們見過同一個人？】
塔羅納不置可否:“有可能。”
天底下的善人很多，用排除法無疑是大海撈針，但在善人前面加上形容詞就好排除多了。
首先——
去把戚少商弄回來，好讓他和鐵手一起回憶一下兩個月內都見過哪些人。
……
大宋滄州。
這裏地處遼宋邊境，是犯人的流放之所，且常年軍事對峙，戰事頻發，時常有小股外族侵入掠奪。
這裏的百姓們苦不堪言，有許多人家因此活不下去，只能拖家帶口地向內地遷徙，哪怕淪為奴隸，也比在這裏被外族當成牲畜一般* 随意宰殺的好。
問宋軍何在？
呵呵，那些尊貴的官老爺們怎麽會來管他們這些卑賤農人的死活？
若有人問起來為何不救，他們也只會說這裏地廣人稀，消息傳達不夠及時，等軍隊來了，人已經死了一地，那些行兇的外族早沒了蹤影，總不能讓他們跑出大宋的邊境去追吧。
如此推搡責任，久而久之，更沒有人去管了。本就人煙稀少的邊境更是見不到幾個人，十村九空，還有一個村子多是跑不動路的老弱婦孺。
滄州的水土也不适合耕種，辛苦勞作一年，往往什麽都沒有。故而這裏的人大多尚武，不是打獵，就是跑商送镖，勉強能混口飯吃。
連雲寨正落于滄州之內。
放眼望去，俱是荒涼之象，十數裏地或許只能見到一座破敗的房屋，而就在這荒涼之中，有一城寨拔地而起，一眼看去，頗為震撼人心。
這寨子坐落有序，有可攻可守之勢，看得出來從前在一些事上吃過虧，因此防守很是緊密，加之附近空曠，但凡有個風吹草動都逃不過瞭望的眼睛。
但是，如果來者是直接從天上來的呢？
猩紅的美人從天而降，輕盈地落在寨子上空，尖銳的高跟踏着無形的空氣，似霧非霧的缥缈玫瑰環繞周身，擋住了滾熱般的落日霞光。
女大公是不懼怕太陽，但也不喜歡這炙熱的光芒。
臨行前，她特意去問過鐵手，戚少商往哪個方向去了。
鐵手認真回想過後，将戚少商行去的方向說了。
正當猩紅美人要劃開空間前往那個方向時，伏案書寫的無情卻道:“他恐怕會回一趟連雲寨。”
西夏高手，還是一隊喬裝打扮過，要暗中潛入大宋的西夏高手。
能同鐵手三人戰得有來有回，不僅僅是武功不低就能做到的，眼見敵不過也逃不了，立刻服毒自盡，可見其訓練有素。
這樣的一群人不是随便什麽人便能驅使，他們背後的主子一定有名有姓，說不定還是李家的人。
這一點，戚少商也能想到。
他若是一個人去查，無疑是羊入虎口，屆時要是出了什麽意外，他連一個接應的人都沒有，更別提将情報送出了。
所以他一定會先回連雲寨。
連雲寨衆人同戚少商是什麽交情也不必贅述了，他們定會勸自家大寨主從長計議，最起碼要有個撤退的計劃。
國仇家恨大家夥保不齊都有，戚少商此行為的是國家大義，而不是為了龍椅上那個是非不辨的皇帝。查是一定要查的，連雲寨明面上反對的人不會有，但保命也是一定要保住的，總不能去一趟命都沒了吧。
大家兄弟一場，要這麽眼睜睜地看着兄弟去冒險，誰能心安理得地坐在後方？
況且，戚少商此行去的是西夏，人生地不熟，比不得大宋境內，還能有熟識之人接應相助。
就算商量出了一個大概的計劃，戚少商也走不了那麽快。
塔羅納好奇地問:“為什麽？”
無情笑了笑，細細解釋。
滄州心懷俠義之人并非戚少商一人，知曉了這件事後，除去連雲寨的人，與他同行之人必然不止一個，而這些都需要一些時間來調和。
就比如息紅淚。
這是位奇女子，昔日能為苦難百姓刺殺朱椤，如今自然也能為了天下百姓深入西夏暗查。
而她與戚少商，他們沒遇上也就罷了，這遇上了……感情一事最是不能計較，因為越計較便越說不清楚，更何況，戚少商和息紅淚之間又豈是簡單的感情二字可以說明白的。
他走不了那麽快。
塔羅納點點頭，從善如流地換了一個方向。
只是在踏入空間裂縫的時候，她轉身看向目送自己的無情，眼中笑意盎然:“我的小崖餘，想不到你竟對情感之事如此的有見地，這樣挺好，我也不必擔心你日後會吃了愛情的苦。”
話音還未落，她果然看見了無情驟然紅透的耳朵。
不等無情支吾着反駁，大魔女朗笑着踏入空間裂縫，全然一副逗完就跑的無賴模樣。
來之前逗了孩子，塔羅納心情很好。
同無情說的一樣，戚少商還在連雲寨裏，不過他已經收好了包袱，看樣子是準備第二天天一亮就走。
連雲寨裏也多了好些生面孔。
她還看到了一行冷面的女子，遠遠地住在另一角，并不與其他人說話，應該就是毀諾城的人了。
房內，戚少商正在研究西夏的地圖。
在古時，地圖都是不流通的，一經發現，定然獲罪。
他手裏這張是從一個商隊的頭領那兒換來的，倘若不是他曾搭救這支商隊，那位頭領是斷然不可能将這地圖換與他的。
地圖并不詳細，但足夠了。
戚少商已經看了這地圖好些時日，心中計劃也改了好幾遍，卻總是覺得不是最好。
他一人去也就罷了，可如今跟随他一同去的還有那麽多兄弟姐妹……
戚少商長長呼出一口氣，展臂取來油燈，撥弄燈芯，室內燭光立刻亮堂了許多。
他才将油燈放回原處，一擡眼，便看見牆上出現了兩道影子。
一道自然是他自己，另一道……
九現神龍眼神一凜，一手成爪，一手握拳，旋身向後掠去，端的是先發制人！
然而他才轉過身來，一把精致且冰冷的折扇已經抵在了他的眉心，他體內翻湧的內裏竟如同冬日的湖水遭遇了強寒一般，沒有半點前兆地驟然凝結，一絲一毫都調動不起來。
不僅是內裏，他的血，他的骨，也一并被這強寒凍結了，使他整個人如墜冰窟，滿腦子只能感知到一個冷字。
但戚少商不是尋常人，尋常人已經在這突如其來的冰寒中昏厥了過去，他除了面露凝重神色以外，竟是未因這未知而生出恐懼驚慌之情，甚至還能穩住心神觀察，實在是教人佩服。
他看到了什麽？
一個美人。
一個比大漠冷月還要孤寒的美人。
一個比炙熱烈火還要輝煌的美人。
Qi Shaoshang was a sentimental man. Under normal circumstances, he would have been shaken, but at this moment, he just felt it was difficult to breathe.
It was strange that the first thing he thought of was the strange stories he had heard when he was young!
So beautiful! The woman in front of me is so beautiful. Is she really a human?
The beauty in front of him smiled, but the folding fan against his brow was steady, without the slightest movement.
She opened her lips slightly, her breath was as sweet as orchid, but the words she spoke made Qi Shaoshang's breath stop and his heartbeat was unbalanced for a moment.
"You are indeed very smart. I am indeed not a human being."
The beauty smiled beautifully, and the fangs faintly visible at the corners of her lips made people's hearts tremble and their hands and feet gradually became cold.
Sure enough, her guess was correct.
Qi Shaoshang smells as good as Tieshou, and he smells even better than Tieshou.
He came into contact with the Flower of Evil before Iron Hand.
Thanks to the lack of rain and water in Cangzhou, and also thanks to Qi Shaoshang for being busy with his plans these days and not having much energy to take care of his personal hygiene image.
Tarona and Grand Duchess Rose do have something in common. They both have cleanliness fetishes. If they were not more particular, Qi Shaoshang would have had his neck bitten by now.
Damn, why does this man smell so good!
【Flower of Evil】Did he spray pollen on himself? !
Tarona closed his eyes in restraint, took back the mother-of-pearl and gold-carved folding fan that was pressed against Qi Shaoshang's forehead, and in the blink of an eye he stepped back more than a meter, trying to weaken the temptation physically.
The scarlet beauty retreated for some reason, and Qi Shaoshang suddenly felt the pressure on his body reduced, and his hands and feet slowly regained feeling.
His hands were shaking.
This is extremely rare.
Over the years, he had experienced countless life and death situations, but none of them gave him such an extreme sense of crisis that there was no hope of survival.
He just felt like he had escaped from a death-defying event that was enough to change his entire life. His hands were shaking, his heart was pounding, and it seemed as if a mouth would pop out of his throat.
Qi Shaoshang slowly adjusted his breathing. He didn't dare to look directly at the scarlet beauty who was sitting at an angle on the long table and fiddling with the lamp wick with a fan. It seemed that his eyes would burn if he looked at her again.
By the time he came to his senses, the beauty had gotten tired of fiddling with the wick. She opened her folding fan to cover the lower half of her face and yawned lazily and gracefully.
Qi Shaoshang coughed lightly, as if to give himself courage: "What is the matter that brings you here? As long as I can do it..."
Before he could finish his polite yet stiff words, the scarlet beauty interrupted him impatiently. Her right hand wrapped in a dark red glove spun in the air like a blooming orchid, and a gold medal engraved with words was hooked on her slender finger.
Qi Shaoshang had excellent eyesight. Although the candlelight was flickering, it did not prevent him from seeing the two words engraved on the gold medal clearly.
It was the word "Iron Hand"!
Could it be that...!
The beauty who could hear his inner voice sighed speechlessly and said: "Iron Hand is not dead. He and Zhui Ming returned to the capital safely. I asked him for this gold medal to tell you——"
She paused, and looked straight at him with a pair of bloodshot eyes, with a complicated expression, "I don't eat humans."
Qi Shaoshang:……
Qi Shaoshang: "Cough! Cough cough!"
This time he really coughed.
Tarona was really helpless. This man's imagination was no less than Yang Wuxie's. In just a short moment, he had already thought of seven or eight ways for Iron Hand to die, and he had also thought of four or five ways to deal with himself. He might be able to make friends with Yang Wuxie.
It seems that she has to use her trump card.
The scarlet beauty closed her folding fan, and her face, which seemed too beautiful to be real, showed only solemnity: "Qi Shaoshang, follow me back to the capital, and I will take you to see someone."
As if he had seen the shock in the beauty's words, Qi Shaoshang unconsciously became serious: "Who?"
Then, he heard a name that made the heavens, the earth, and the mountains pale in comparison.
"Zhao Kuangyin."