There was no sound in the silent valley. Only a dark shadow staggered past. The woman seemed to be injured. She put a hand on her shoulder and walked forward tremblingly. There was no wave in her eyes, only the sweat that kept falling from her forehead.
Shows the pain caused by the wound.
If he hadn't pushed Mo Shuruo away and diverted the man's attention, he might have lost his life long ago.
A dark and terrifying smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: My resentment has not been vented yet, how could I die so easily.
Something inside her body suddenly twitched. She stopped in her steps and her whole body convulsed with pain. The cold sweat on her back instantly soaked the tightly wrapped black clothes. She hugged herself with her hands, her face was pale and weak, and she couldn't bear it for a moment, so she fell to the ground.
A dark figure flashed from a distance, and with a few quick steps, it was already in front of her.
Jinglou Xue half-opened her eyes in embarrassment, "Master..."
Facing her pain, the woman in black robe looked at her coldly, "Didn't I tell you not to go out these two days? You forced the bewitching, and now the fetal poison has spread. You deserve to suffer."
She turned around to leave, but Jinglouxue grabbed the corner of her robe and begged: "Master... I know I was wrong, please... please save me..."
The woman in black robe raised her eyebrows slightly and said in a compassionate tone: "Jing Zhaoxian poisoned you when you were young, but you have considered a thief as your father for twenty years. If you hadn't met me, you would have died."
You will know how hard it is to be deceived by others in this life."
Jinglouxue's expression turned painful, and her hands gradually slipped from the corners of her clothes.
The woman in black robe knelt down and raised her chin without mercy, "As long as you obey me and stay quiet for a day or two, you will be free for the rest of your life."
Jinglou Xue closed her eyes and showed no more expressions or movements.
The woman in black robe took out a small porcelain bottle, opened the lid and drank it for her. Excessive black juice dripped from the corner of her mouth, which was dazzlingly different from her pale face. Her eyebrows moved, as if she felt more comfortable, and she frowned.
The raised brows finally calmed down.
The woman stood up and quietly looked down at Jinglou Xue on the ground, her eyes full of mockery, "There will still be some soup left in six hours, come back to me then."
The woman in black robe walked for a long time, and in the cold wind, the snow in the Beijing Tower lay peacefully among the gravel in the valley, looking gray and decayed, and no one cared about it.
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When Mo Shuruo woke up, he found that he had returned to Baiyue Mansion.
The sun was setting outside the window, and it was already afternoon.
"Senior brother?!"
As soon as she opened her eyes, she found Xiang Jingyi sitting beside the bed, staring at the steaming porridge on the table in a daze, without responding to her call.
She stretched out her hand to touch him and said strangely: "Senior brother??"
Xiang Jingyi came back to his senses and looked into the bed, "You're awake."
"Yeah." Mo Shuruo smiled and nodded, "What are you thinking about? You don't even know when I call you."
"It's nothing." He avoided her eyes and reached out to help her, "You must be hungry, the porridge is still hot."
She casually put on her clothes and sat down at the table, staring at the porridge in his hand, smiling with satisfaction, "I wasn't hungry at first, but I couldn't stand it when I smelled the aroma."
Xiang Jingyi handed the bowl to her, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
She responded vaguely, and showed a satisfied expression after finishing a bowl, "What was added to it, and why is it different from the previous ones?"
Xiang Jingyi said: "It's the same as usual, white rice and water. It's just that you haven't eaten anything since you went to bed last night, so it feels particularly fragrant."
"Oh." Mo Shuruo responded disappointedly, "I thought I was not in good health and gave me extra meals. I was so happy for nothing."
Seeing that she had no desire to eat anymore, Xiang Jingyi put away the bowl and chopsticks and stared at her funny, "If you are not in good health, you should eat something light."
She stood up and protested: "Then why did you still eat white rice porridge when you were in good health?"
Xiang Jingyi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it as if it were serious business and said, "Indeed, it seems that from now on I can only eat white steamed buns in the morning."
"!!!!!" Mo Shuruo was sweating profusely. In order to have more luxuries in the future, he hurriedly changed the subject, "Um, is Wang Sunling okay?"
"Huh?" Xiang Jingyi looked over with confusion.
"I am...I heard what Mo Chuan said." Before she fainted, she asked Yan Jue to take her back to Baiyue Mansion in advance. Neither Mo Gong nor the others knew that she had gone out quietly. This opening revealed her secret.
. She giggled, and after lying, she was so scared that she broke into a cold sweat on her forehead, "Didn't a living corpse appear in Wangsun Ling yesterday? What's the situation? No one was injured, right?"
Xiang Jingyi responded: "The remains of the resurrected Wang and Sun were not found, but fortunately there were no casualties. Anyone who had come into contact with the living corpses, Ms. Hongzhao, had also been prescribed medicine, so there was no serious problem."
"Oh." Mo Shuruo nodded and sat down slowly, feeling finally at peace and relaxing.
"Right." He seemed to remember something.
Mo Shuruo looked up at him, nervous and jumped up immediately, "What's wrong?"
"I forgot to tell you that Nanyue Hou Jing Zhaoxian and his wife arrived at Xinling City when it was dark yesterday."
Mo Shuruo frowned: "What are they here for?"
Xiang Jingyi said: "It seems that I heard that the Mo family was investigating this matter, so I rushed over to see the results. Mr. Mo wants you to prepare and announce the progress of the case in a few days."
She smiled coldly, "They are quite well informed." Knowing the whereabouts of Jinglou Xue, did they rush here immediately? Thinking of the outline of the case, she frowned in embarrassment, "The result is there, but the whole story is not clear at all.
, in front of the two leaders of Baiyue, aren’t you making things difficult for me, grandpa!”
Xiang Jingyi patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged, we still have enough time."
She comforted herself, "I hope so."
Seeing that she was depressed, Xiang Jingyi suggested, "Don't you feel bored after sleeping for so long? Do you want to go for a walk?"
Mo Shuruo looked up at him, frowned and said, "Good idea."
The evergreen trees in the courtyard outside the house are still green, but the peach branches are withered and lonely, which makes them even more desolate in comparison.
After leaving the room and walking around several corners, the two of them were silent all the way with their own thoughts on their minds.
"Senior brother."
"Um?"
She was silent at first, as if thinking about how to speak, and then murmured: "Jinglou Xue is still alive." Apart from Yan Jue, this was the first time she spoke.
Xiang Jingyi stopped and looked at her back as she walked slowly forward, "She's not dead?"
Mo Shuruo also stopped, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and said in a slow and feeble tone: "Yes, she is still alive and well."
"In that case, why are you still worried?"
Mo Shuruo said: "Because the murderer is her."
"The murderer?" Xiang Jingyi looked confused, then suddenly realized, "You mean he poisoned people!"
Mo Shuruo nodded, "I don't know where to start. Maybe only at the critical moment, some things will naturally come to light." The whole story was like a mess entangled in her mind. If Uncle Mo really had no way of starting, she would
All I know is that the only thing I can do now is to make Jinglou Xue stop all revenge.
Mo Shuruo looked around casually and suddenly felt strange. After taking a closer look, she remembered that this place was the room where the statue was picked up last time.
"where is this place?"
Drawn by her gaze, Xiang Jingyi also started to look at it, "I heard from the servants that it seems to be the house where Baiyue Xi lived during his lifetime."
"Let me tell you, how come the scene is so decayed in such a good terrain? By the way!" After walking through the long corridor and turning through a stone gate, Mo Shuruo strode towards the rockery among the weeds.
Xiang Jingyi followed her, "What did you remember?"
"I saw a figure here last time, but when I followed him to this area, he disappeared." She reached out and tapped here and there on the stone, as if she was looking for something.
"Do you suspect there is a secret passage here?"
"Who knows, let's look for it."
The two of them searched the rockery carefully over and over again, but found nothing.
"Maybe you are overthinking it." Xiang Jingyi took a long sword and stabbed the soil on the ground. "Looking at the overgrown weeds here, no one has been here for a long time."
Mo Shuruo frowned, "Am I really too worried?"
A female voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.
"Miss Mo, Mr. Xiang, it turns out you are here." A maid came quickly from the corridor, "Miss Mo, Miss Hongzhao is looking for you. She said there is something urgent and asks you to come over immediately."
Her first reaction was that there was a poison in the snow in Jinglou.
The two of them soon arrived at Fang Hongzhao's guest room, and there was Yue Changfeng in the room, so there were just four of them.
"Come and see." As soon as she entered the room, Fang Hongzhi brought an ancient book to her. The more he read, the paler his face became.
Xiang Jingyi frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
She slowly put down the ancient book in her hand, her eyes shocked, "How could it be butterfly blood Gu?"
"Butterfly Blood Gu, what is that?"
Fang Hongzhao explained: "Butterfly blood voodoos are voodoos raised from the human body. This kind of voodoo is extremely rare. They live in the human body. When the time comes, they will turn into cocoons from under the skin like silkworms and turn into butterflies. Front
It is true that people have experimented with it, but the butterfly blood Gu needs to suck the essence and blood of the host for nourishment in order to grow, and the blood in a normal human body is simply not enough to nourish it until it breaks out of its cocoon, so now, this kind of Gu has almost become extinct.
"
Xiang Jingyi said: "Are you sure Jinglou Xue was infected by the butterfly blood poison?"
Fang Hongzhao nodded and said: "You can't be wrong. The mucus on the cloak is the residue secreted by the Gu insects when they suck blood." She paused, glanced at Mo Shuruo who was standing aside, and said, "As it stands today.
It seems that the blood in Jinglou Xue's body has been sucked clean."
Xiang Jingyi continued to ask: "Then why is she still alive?!"
Fang Hongzhao shook his head, "I don't know, it's simply impossible."
Mo Shuruo and Fang Hongzhao looked at each other with serious expressions. Mo Shuruo frowned and said, "Once the butterfly blood Gu breaks out of its cocoon, Jinglou Xue will undoubtedly die. The poisonous powder after hatching of this Gu is extremely poisonous, and
I don’t know what conspiracy that woman has. In any case, our most important thing right now is to find her first.”
Yue Changfeng suddenly said: "How to find it? You don't have any clues."
Mo Shuruo walked to the table and put down the heavy ancient book in his hand, "Gu has many functions, and manipulation is just one of the ways to get started. There are many methods of manipulation, such as musical instruments commonly used in hearing and spices commonly used in smell.
The method varies with the degree. The bewitcher usually uses special musical instruments or spices to manipulate the dead body, so no matter how far away it is, as long as it can still smell or hear it, it will definitely return to the bewitcher."
Fang Hongzhao said: "You want to take advantage of this and let the living corpse take us to Jinglouxue."
"right."
Yue Changfeng held a tureen teacup and plucked the tea leaves back and forth in boredom, "What's the use of finding her? Isn't it already hopeless?"
Fang Hongzhao glared at him, "If you stop saying a word, you'll die." The latter shrugged helplessly, raised his head to drink tea, and said no more.
"He's right." Mo Shuruo sat quietly behind the long table, and the hands tightly clenched on the black robe became increasingly pale. She raised her head and looked at the three of them, "Because of this, we must make the past happen."
Everything tells her that only by convincing her that Baiyue Xi did not betray her and marrying a wife is just a scam, can we follow the clues and uncover the conspiracy of the woman in black robe, and Jinglou Xue will not die in vain."
Xiang Jingyi looked at the two people who were staring at each other, and then looked at Mo Shuruo, "Why am I so confused? Who is this woman in black robe?"
Mo Shuruo shook his head, "I don't know either, but it was this woman who instigated the reanimation of the corpse by the Jinglou Snow Gu, and she was more or less involved in other matters."
Xiang Jingyi was confused after what he heard. However, as a disciple of the Mohist School, he has specialized in logic, and his thinking is quicker than the average person. Based on what he knows, he can quickly come to a conclusion in his mind.
"You mean, Jinglouxue is just a shield, and there is actually another conspiracy behind the living corpse! This woman in black robe is the key?"
Mo Shuruo had to admire her senior brother Xiang's intelligence.
After getting the acquiescence, Xiang Jingyi felt a big headache, "I think Jinglouxue already trusts this black-robed woman very much. If you want her to help us in turn, that's simply impossible."
"It's possible." Mo Shuruo said quietly, "As long as Jinglou Xue no longer trusts her."
"What are you going to do?"
"Play a play."
The two people suddenly raised their heads in unison, "acting?"
Mo Shuruo nodded, "Yes."
Nothing is more shocking than the present.
Mo Shuruo knew very well that as long as Jinglou Xue remembered the wedding that night, the black-robed woman's lies would be self-defeating. But this fact was a bit cruel to Jinglou Xue.
"Whether I succeed or not, I want to give it a last try, and I want to figure out all the ins and outs." Mo Shuruo glanced at each of them, "Tomorrow morning, I will follow the living corpse to find Jinglou Xue."
Xiang Jingyi objected: "No. Jinglou Xue can control living corpses at any time. I don't trust you to go. Let me do this."
Mo Shuruo shook his head, "My goal is not to find Jinglouxue, but to bring her back to the city. Don't worry, Hongye will go with me."
After thinking again and again, Xiang Jingyi said: "It still doesn't work, it's too dangerous..."
"What are you worried about?" Fang Hongzhao folded his arms and said disdainfully: "You men underestimate us women too much."
Yue Changfeng burst into laughter.
Fang Hongzhao glared over, "Why are you laughing!"
Yue Changfeng coughed a few times and said seriously: "When it comes to women, Miss Mo is one, but you..."
Seeing how he looked at her up and down, Fang Hongzhao reflexively turned her head and clasped her hands as if to hit someone, gritted her teeth and said, "What about me?" The subtext was: If you dare to say bad things, your aunt will kill you.
It was obvious that Yue Changfeng had felt the murderous intention. He jumped to the door a few times and winked at her, "You can only be regarded as a girl with yellow hair who has not grown hair. Oh no, you are a girl with red hair."
"Yue Changfeng! You are tired of living!!"
Fang Hongdrill swept away from the house like a wind and a lingering cloud, and with the quarrel, the two of them gradually disappeared into the dusk.
Xiang Jingyi said in advance, "I will not agree to your going. If Mr. Mo knew about it, he would be even less likely to let you go. You must understand that Jinglouxue is not a kind person, and she will really kill you."
"I know."
Jinglouxue doesn't trust anyone, and after the guidance of the black-robed woman, she sees that no one is a good person. But she has to go even if she risks her life, because the only thing she can do now is to let Jinglouxue know the truth.
.
But she was also confused. Everyone said Baiyue Xi was dead, so why did Jinglouxue believe so firmly that Baiyue Xi was still alive? Even if it was a lie from the woman in black robe, why did she want to deceive Jinglouxue? Could it be that
Is he really not dead? The Baiyue Xi he saw in the tomb is beyond recognition. Although he was buried with the jade pendant, it does not mean that he is the real Baiyue Xi. All the fragments are not connected together. For all the characters and events,
She was half-convinced, and what she learned at Tianmu Peak told her that until the truth was revealed, all the evidence might be false, and everything that was impossible might actually be true.
She was stunned for a moment, and said with a trance in her eyes: "If Baiyue Xi had not died, where do you think he would have gone?"
Shocked by her sudden question, Xiang Jingyi asked strangely: "Why do you think so?"
"When you first arrived in Baiyue, didn't you feel that the Marquis of Baiyue and Mrs. Suho were not a little sad?"
Xiang Jingyi thought for a while, nodded and said, "That seems to be the case."
Mo Shuruo looked at the teapot on the table, his eyes wandering, "At that time, I was surprised that there was no reaction at all when a relative passed away. And Baiyue Xi in the tomb that day..." When he thought of that full face
With her scarred face, she trembled all over. She held her forehead with her right hand and pressed it, "Have you ever thought that the corpse in the tomb may not be Baiyue Xi."
Xiang Jingyi did not deny it immediately, "Just pretend that he is not, then why doesn't the real Baiyue Xi appear?"
"That's what I'm confused about. If he's still alive and he knows that Jinglouxue is looking for him like crazy, why doesn't he show up?"
Xiang Jingyi reminded: "Perhaps Baiyue Xi was weak-minded. He was indeed seriously injured by the snow in the Beijing Tower on the day of the wedding."
"If it is true as you said, then why did the Marquis of Baiyue still announce that Baiyue Xi was dead, and also find someone to take his place and present it to the Wangsun Mausoleum?"
Why?
Something suddenly popped into her mind.
Why did Jing Zhaoxian come to Baiyue? How was Kan Jinglouxue arrested? To avenge the Nanyue princess who was burned to death by Jinglouxue?
She denied herself: This is absolutely not the case.
Not everyone knows that Jing Louxue is not from the Jing family. What he is worried about is that if the secret is leaked, he, Jing Zhaoxian, will be Baiyue's sinner.
And Marquis Baiyue...she suddenly understood.
"Maybe we're not wrong."
Xiang Jingyi was confused: "What do you mean?"
"This incident was all about selfishness." Mo Shuruo said, "If you think about it carefully, some things are actually not that complicated. I never mentioned Jinglouxue to you. She is not actually from Nanyue County.
host."
"What!!"
"Do you still remember the night I was kidnapped by Jinglouxue? I used psychic Gu and understood roughly from Jinglouxue's memory. Twenty-one years ago, Jing Zhaoxian found an abandoned baby to replace the real
Princess of Nanyue."
"You mean Jinglouxue...is not the biological daughter of the King of Nanyue?"
Mo Shuruo nodded and admitted, "If it is really what I think, their selfishness is obvious."
Xiang Jingyi had not yet recovered from the message just now. He was stunned for a while before asking: "What selfish motives?"
"Jing Zhaoxian's selfishness is to protect his own status; as for Baiyue Hou, he does not approve of the marriage between Baiyue Xi and Jinglouxue just because of the rule of his Baiyue family that heirs are the main ones. Jinglouxue was chosen by the devil.
He cannot let the reputation of Baiyue descendants be tarnished. So..." Her voice was trembling, "Jing Zhaoxian will never allow the secret that Jinglou Xue is not a Jing family to be leaked, and Baiyue Hou does not want to go crazy.
The dying Jinglouxue drags down Baiyue Xi, and their common hope is that Jinglouxue will die."
Is this the truth behind the scenes?
Xiang Jingyi comforted him: "Isn't it all just speculation? Why take it seriously? Don't force yourself to think in the worst direction."
Mo Shuruo frowned at him and retorted: "If my guess is true, Baiyue Xi was hidden by Baiyue Marquis? Until the end, all guesses are possible, right?"
Xiang Jingyi was stunned.
Mo Shuruo suddenly had tears in his eyes, "There are people behind every conspiracy. Who is alive and who must die is just a process of their planning."
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The desolate wilderness is filled with never-ending strong winds. The Gobi Stone Valley is sparsely populated. The large and small mountain pass caves are like sound holes. When the wind passes by, it is like playing the sad music that no one listens to, which is scary and lonely.
At this moment, Jinglou Xue was hiding quietly among thousands of caves.
She held a carving knife in her hand and concentrated on trimming the shaped jade pendant. Her face was pale and her eyes were shining with life that she had never seen before.
When the last stroke was completed, she suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
It was her little wish to finish it with her own hands before she died.
She should really thank Mo Shuruo, whether it was the wood carving or the jade pendant, they finally came back to her.
There was a sudden weight on her chest, as if someone had suddenly hit her with a hammer. The pain almost made her suffocate. She squeezed the clothes on her chest tightly, as if she was trying to pull something out. However, the pain did not stop, but spread from her chest to her limbs.
It filled her whole body. Suddenly she felt the world was spinning, her mind was in a trance, and she fell to the ground. She hugged her arms tightly, and the pain all over her body made her want to cry.
The jade pendant fell from her hand and rolled aside. In the darkness, two tightly intertwined lilies were half-open, with the tender green core setting off the full white petals, crystal clear.
She stretched out her hand to pick it up, her wrist was burning, and on her skin exposed to the air, a black butterfly came to life. Accompanied by severe pain, the black butterfly's body glowed with blood-red light, and it spread its wings and escaped into the void.
"ah--"
With a frightened scream, Jinglouxue grabbed the sword she carried with her and slashed it with her hand. The black butterfly that was still flying in the air was instantly split into two halves, slowly falling down and turning into a pool of black water.
"Clang~" The sword fell from her hand, and she fell to the ground helplessly, with the shadow of death all over her body. On her white and tender skin, the place where the black butterfly broke formed a terrible wound, and black liquid slipped down and flowed along her fingers.