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The child looked at the adult in front of him who seemed to be smiling but was actually indifferent and fickle, and then looked at the stream pillow which was as bright as the sky when he saw it in the afternoon.
Finally, he shrank his neck, turned around and pushed open the door behind him.
It was almost late at night, and there was no light in the house, so it was pitch black.
The child held the medicine bag tightly in his hand and hesitated for a moment. However, due to the two adults standing behind him, he did not have much time to return. So he took a step forward and walked into the inner room in the dark as if he was familiar with the way.
Qin Lan seemed to have received some news. He paused for a moment and gestured to Xizhen.
It was pitch black all around, and Xizhen's attention was focused on the child leading the way in front, until he felt a slight movement beside him, then he glanced over.
The child, unaware of what was happening behind him, stopped somewhere in the house and knocked on the door.
"grandmother?"
In a pitch-black environment, human perception seems to be infinitely amplified, becoming more acute than in the daytime.
There was not a sound in the inner room.
The child's hand was hesitant when knocking on the door. His sixth sense gave him a bad feeling, which vaguely indicated that something had happened behind the door.
Xizhen narrowed his eyes slightly and put his hand on the wooden door.
After a moment of silence, he lowered his head and looked at the somewhat confused child.
"Mind if I force the door open?"
It would be normal if the child didn't hear anything, but he didn't hear anything either.
Under normal circumstances, at this distance, he could hear the breathing of the people inside.
When I left in the afternoon, everything in the room was in perfect condition.
But now the ominous atmosphere here is very obvious, as if there is something that can be called "ominous" lurking inside, waiting for outsiders to arrive with bad intentions.
This kind of breath...Xizhen is very familiar with it.
The child was frightened by his cold and smiling face, and nodded after a while.
"good."
Qin Lan, who was following behind, left when the child knocked on the door, leaving only Xizhen and the child.
The timing was really fortuitous, as if he knew that from the beginning to the end, no matter how many people were added to the game, in the end, the only one left would be Xizhen.
The air was filled with the smell of dust, and in the silent night, this unpleasant smell was even heavier.
The child stepped aside, holding the medicine bag tightly in his hand, and stared at him with his dark eyes without blinking.
Xizhen lowered his eyes and found the most easily broken part of the door in the darkness. He pulled out the knife from his sleeve and chopped off the key point accurately and neatly.
There was a slight sound and a teeth-grinding snapping sound, and he retracted the sleeve blade quickly, completing it in just a moment.
The child, who wanted to see how Xizhen pried the door open so as to learn from him, opened his eyes wide, trying to discern every step of his movements in the dark, but he did not expect to see only the wind blowing and the tightly closed door opened a crack.
Xizhen, who felt the intense gazes coming from below from beginning to end, curled his eyes slightly, put his fingertips on the door, and knocked on it facing the child.
"Let's go."
—
The changes in the furnishings in the inner room compared to before they left were very obvious. Anyone who had seen the furnishings in this room could tell the difference between what I saw in the evening and what I saw in the afternoon.
First, there is a formation symbol drawn on the floor.
The second is that the bed where the child's grandmother was lying is now empty with no trace left.
The windows were locked from the inside out as usual, and there was no scene of the door being open and the curtains being rolled up high.
The child got in before Xizhen and stood in front of her. After his eyes adjusted to the darkness in the room, he ran to the bed and reached out to try to feel some residual warmth.
The quilt was neatly folded, as if the owner of the room had a new plan and wanted to go somewhere, so he packed up and set off.
Compared to being kidnapped by outsiders, the atmosphere left here is more like tranquility.
——If you ignore the circle of talismans on the floor.
Xizhen didn't pay much attention to the whereabouts of the child's grandmother.
The reason he agreed to the child today was simply because he wanted to see what kind of things were hidden here that he wanted to explore from the bottom of his heart.
I haven't felt that restless feeling for a long time.
This feeling came without warning, as if it was fate that allowed him to choose not to go to Yu He today, but he chose to go out at that moment.
Likewise, he could have been away from home at that time, but happened to stay.
The jet-black hair covered Xizhen's fair face. When he half-knelt down and reached out to touch the talisman, the child was hoping to get some comfort from Xizhen.
The child's eyes, which had adapted to the darkness, fell on the fingers of the stream pillow that were about to touch the ground. Startled for a moment, he quickly pulled his hand back from the bed and ran towards the stream pillow.
"elder brother--"
The sound of hurried footsteps and the voice of a child rang out together. From his perspective, the talisman came without any warning, as if it had grown on the ground inexplicably, which reminded him of his missing grandmother.
Perhaps if someone touches this talisman, they and the talisman will disappear together.
But his voice was still a step too late, and Xizhen had already calmly touched a part of the talisman with his fingertips.
The sound of fingertips groping for sandpaper was extremely clear, reaching my ears with a rustling sound.
The child was stunned, as if frightened by the unchanged scene, and took a step back.
Seconds later, only a handful of ashes remained on the ground where the ominous object was spread.
It was as if it could not resist the external things, and it took back all the malicious intent it had originally emitted. It escaped from the crisis and fled to other places.
The child stared at the gray remains for a moment, and then spoke from inside the house.
"Brother, who are you?"
Xizhen laughed as if he heard something funny.
"You didn't know who I was, so you just casually brought a stranger into your home?"
He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the child meaningfully.
"I saw that you were never so stubborn when you were making up lies this afternoon."
The wind blew, and the treetops outside the house rustled. The moonlight was half blocked by clouds and mist, hanging into the house like a cage.
"To make a long story short."
Xizhen stood up, raised his hand and placed it on the sword at his waist. He was alert but looked a little lazy.
"Kid, take me to see them."
—
Taking the packet of powder that Mo Qing gave him, Qin Lan held it in his hand and tossed it slightly, then tilted his head and asked:
"Apart from the subsequent arrangements, what else does Xiao Yingzhu want to tell me?"
Mo Qing was not familiar with the affairs of Cang County, so he did not ask any more questions about the subtleties and answered directly:
"The master's men have discovered something. Some of the people under the goddess's command are using human bodies for autopsies. The clue about the boatman's body can't be traced back to the goddess, but this one is very likely."
"As long as the goddess is convicted, most of the Wumi people in Cang County will be able to stay quiet for a while."
This is the best possibility.
As long as this goal is achieved, the road ahead will be much easier and you will save a lot of worry.
Qin Lan held the powder bag in his hand and was silent for a moment. Suddenly, he remembered something and frowned.
"Oh no, Yu He is also looking for these people."
Mo Qing was confused and his gaze lingered on Qin Lan's face for a few seconds: "So?"
Qin Lan didn't answer the question directly, but instead asked in a roundabout way, "Did Xiao Yingzhu ask you to investigate Meng Zheng's whereabouts?"
"No, he asked me to follow Miss Jiang later."
“…”
Seeing that Qin Lan seemed to be having trouble explaining himself, Mo Qing became inexplicably interested and asked, "What's wrong? You don't mean to say that Commander Yu has..." implicit feelings of admiration for the master.
Qin Lan glanced over, and Mo Qing knew he had crossed the line, so he smiled and closed his mouth.
"Come on, let's not talk about this. Are you free now? Go somewhere in my place."
When what happened in the afternoon is combined with the news brought by Mo Qing now, the gossip about the relationship between Xiao Yingzhu and Jiang Nian is no longer that important.
If the goddess chooses to take action at this time, she must be unable to wait any longer.
He now had to ask his subordinates to take him to Qixia Mountain to have a look.
Perhaps we can get some important clues there.
About the 'Lu' who disappeared out of thin air.
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There are only three days left from tomorrow to the Flower Festival.
After Jiang Nian returned to the room, he didn't want to rest or wash up yet, so he leaned against the door for a while.
Although Xiao Yingzhu didn't refuse explicitly or stop her actions, she just felt uncomfortable in her heart.
It was like being tightly locked by a thin thread and unable to break free.
Jiang Nian now knew clearly how to deal with the other party's actions, and she no longer had to worry about the operation of the pharmacy in the future.
After the Wu Mi people in Cang County are dealt with, the Wu Mi people in Pingzhou will scatter like birds and beasts. Then we only need to deal with the people from the Xu family.
Since Xiao Yingzhu is cooperating with her, his reputation in the future will not be too bad.
It seems to be a smooth road.
She was not treated unfairly. When she was away from home, Qin Lan and Ai always took care of her. Even the powerful people around her treated her equally.
Xiao Yingzhu also agreed to the cooperative relationship she wanted and even gave her the earrings.
No matter which path I take in the future, the benefits and connections I will gain will be more than ten times greater than before.
The future is so bright and promising, why is she complaining here?
Is it just because she is the most useful chess piece in Xiao Yingzhu's countless plans, so he wove this caged dream for her?
Jiang Nian pinched his fingertips that were a little painful from the cold, raised his hand to tidy up his loose hair, and walked towards the room with his head raised.
There was still a mirror on the table that had not been put away when I went out just now.
The light was dim at night. In the unlit room, Jiang Nian's shadow reflected in the mirror was hazy, like mist across water.
As long as the current cooperation is completed, she and Xiao Yingzhu will go their separate ways, and the only thing related to him from then on will be the contract that continues to be fulfilled.
That's the contract that brings profit to the pharmacy.
And now these fascinating cages will also be removed by him - after all, there is no need for them to exist anymore.
People always like to push for more.
She seems to be no exception.
After getting his external support, she wanted to go further and get his heart that was absolutely loyal to her and left no room for retreat.
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