devil in heart

【Blood Gu Worm, Bean Powder】

Ding Yu was wondering whether to come out on the tray with Xie Muyou.

Xie Muyou, who had listened to the old man's advice, was currently in the box, squinting slightly at the sunny phoenix eyes outside the window, studying the small test tube he separated from the big bowl of animal blood.

Thick animal blood bubbled small bubbles in the test tube, and the warmth of the blood inside could be felt through the glass.

Xie Muyou always thought it was because of the gluttonous beast blood before, but now it seems that this is not the case.

Xie Muyou poured out a drop of animal blood on the paper, and soon saw the clue.

Generally, when fresh blood spreads outward, it is like water droplets spreading, but it is thicker.But this drop of animal blood was different. The moment it touched the paper, it scattered randomly. Wherever it passed was blood red with a burning sensation on the edge, and it spread to the corner of the white paper at an extremely fast speed. , as if... running around for their lives.

Xie Qi was stunned, he didn't take out the talisman, but snapped his fingers out of thin air, and a ball of fire fell on the white paper like this.

In an instant, the white paper was burned to nothing.

But there was still blood splattered on the table, Xie Muyou didn't blink his eyes, raised his hand and there was another ball of fire, but this time the ball of fire was white.The white fire ball fell on the table without leaving any traces, but the animal blood wrapped in the fire ball made a shrill scream.

Until the screams disappeared, Xie Qi lowered his eyes, and fiddled with the flames with his fingers, the small white flames wrapped around his fingers and finally disappeared.

Where the flames disappeared left a mass of corpses.

Xie Muyou used a paper towel to observe carefully, and suddenly felt a sense of dread.If Qin Ruiyang really drank this bowl, or if Xiao Taotie drank it, the consequences would be disastrous.

Just as he was thinking, he heard Jing An's unique footsteps, and realized that the restraint was passive.

The moment Jing An opened the door, Xie Muyou rolled up the tissue and stuffed it into his pocket.

"What's wrong?" Jing An sensed something was wrong as soon as he entered the door.

Xie Muyou blinked, and said innocently: "I know what happened to that bottle of animal blood."

Jing An went outside to fetch water, he put the thermos on the table, squinted at Xie Qi, with an expression of "don't lie to me".

Xie Muyou thought to himself, it's better not to show it to him, he was disgusted by these things in the first place, and it would be even more uncomfortable to see them.

After Jing An sat down, Xie Qi stroked his thoughts before he said, "Teng Qi's surname is Miao, and the Miao people are good at Gu poison. What he fed Qin Ruiyang was not gluttonous beast blood, or not entirely gluttonous beast blood."

"What is that?" Jing An frowned slightly.

"Blood Gu worms, gluttonous blood gu worms formed by feeding on the blood of gluttonous beasts."

……

When Xie Muyou was young, when he went to the southwestern border to play, he heard the local old man say-blood gu insects, fed with blood, live bloodthirsty, blood gu enters the body, never dies.

It is said that this kind of Gu insects are fed with blood, and after they are cultivated, they are naturally bloodthirsty.When the blood in the host's body is not exhausted, the Gu worms will always feed on the blood in the host's body.There are such Gu worms in the whole body, and the host can only obey the master of the Gu worms.

But if it is now, it is already a long time ago.This recipe should have been lost, after all, the old man said at that time that no one could raise blood Gu worms anymore.

It's not that I don't want to, I won't.

The old man said that there is only one family in the southwest that still retains the secret method of raising blood gu worms, and the name of that family is Xie Muyou, which he no longer remembers.

After all, he is not a person who likes to go out to play, and he was also dragged by that person at that time.

When I go out, I still want to talk about him: "You are old-fashioned at a young age. Teenagers don't know what it means to be sad, do you understand? Be happy when you are young, so you won't be bitter when you grow up."

He is not convinced, isn't it a bit bitter when he was a child, and it is not bitter when he grows up?

Hearing what he said, the man picked a bean powder candy and stuffed it into his mouth: "Isn't it sweet?"

Xie Qi could only nod with sugar in his mouth.

The man said: "When I was young, I ate sweet, but when I grow up, I don't feel bitter. When it is bitter, I will relish how sweet it was when I was young, and I can survive no matter how bitter it is."

……

"what happened?"

"It's okay." Xie Muyou came back to his senses, restrained his more and more presumptuous memories recently, and continued to tell him about the blood gu worm.

At this moment, there was a knock on the box door, Jing An got up and opened the box door, Ding Yu was standing at the door.

"Can I go in?"

Jing An glanced at Xie Qi who didn't respond, turned to let her in, and sat down beside Xie Qi himself.

"Is something wrong?"

Although Ding Yu has been hesitant to know whether these two people can be trusted, she has always been decisive in doing things. When she figured it out, she went directly to Xie Muyou and Jing An, asking them to help her.

After she confessed everything, Jing An said, "You mean you went to become Nine Markets because of Qu Xin and Lin Simiao? But you returned to Que Family this time because of Teng Qibo."

"That's right, Queshi and Cuiyu have a deep relationship." She paused and changed the subject uncomfortably, "The reason why I asked you two for help is because of Teng Qibo's matter."

Jing An raised his eyebrows.

Then I heard Ding Yu say: "The art of blood gu is a secret forbidden art that our family does not pass on to outsiders. Teng Qibo guards against it and steals it. I only found out that he had raised blood gu worms when he was arrested. I also know that the two of you are investigating this matter." , so I hope to hire two of you to find out the truth for me."

"Self-defense..." Xie Muyou looked at her, "What's your relationship with Teng Qibo?"

Ding Yu showed embarrassment, and after a long silence, he said: "The Que family has servants, I am the master, and he is the servant."

Jing An twitched the corner of his mouth, and said sarcastically, "So, you know your servant made a mistake, but you didn't care about it. You didn't plan to pursue him until you found out that he used your forbidden technique?"

"I..." Ding Yu was dumbfounded, and finally he could only explain dryly: "I knew he was ambitious, but I never thought he would attack a child. I was busy with Cuiyu's affairs at that time..."

"Stop, stop." Jing An waved his hand, "Xie Qi didn't see you anywhere when he ran around because of Xiao Cuiyu."

Ding Yu opened his mouth, but in the end he couldn't say anything.

The Que family was born proud.They were so arrogant that they only cared about what caught their eyes. She dared not say that she didn't know 100% about Qin Ruiyang's affairs. She was aware of it, but she only limited herself to a few words of warning to Teng Qibo. She didn't expect him to make a big mistake later.

But Teng Qibo made a mistake and still used the family's secret method, so if she can't take the blame and make meritorious service, she can't escape the crime.

Xie Muyou seemed a little puzzled: "Since the source of the disaster is Teng Qibo, why don't you ask him about the cause and effect rather than looking for us?"

Ding Yu pursed his lips, and his cheekbones were stained with anger: "Teng Qibo, run away."

***

Ran?

Xie Muyou borrowed a mobile phone from Ding Yu and called Wu Xi, who gave him the exact answer.

It is true that he ran away, but the police said that he had left Dangjiu City, so Wu Xi and the others could rest assured.

Jing An wanted to say something, but Xie Muyou patted the back of his hand reassuringly: "I can take it, but my salary is very expensive."

"I can pay you as much as you want." Ding Yu was overjoyed and said repeatedly, how could he be as cold as ice when they first met?

"What I want is not money." Xie Muyou shook his head, "Qin Ruiyang's mother asked me to solve the problem and paid a piece of Long Tunyu."

Bai Bi has no time to ascend the Ruilong, swallowing breath and exhaling essence to strengthen the soul.

Jing An subconsciously touched the jade pendant hanging on his chest, and when Xie Muyou received it, he threw it to him and asked him to take it with him.He didn't know the value of this thing before, but he would naturally wear what Xie Qi gave him.

But now he has more or less guesses, Ding Yu's despair after the shock in front of them seems to be enough to explain the preciousness of this thing.

"Can't we discuss it again? After all, Long Tunyu is just a legendary thing, and how much effect it has is unknown..." She nervously twirled the ring on her index finger.

"Miss Ding." Xie Muyou smiled slowly, "I only want treasures that are beneficial to the soul, you can think about it slowly. I can't accept this commission before thinking about it."

In Ding Yu's desperate expression, he added another sentence: "But we can go back with you to take a look, and you can think about it slowly during this period."

After Ding Yu left, Jing An disagreed and said, "You don't like her, so why did you accept this commission?" He said that he had eyes to see Xie Muyou's mood.

"I don't like her because she is not worthy of being a teacher." Xie Muyou smiled, squinting his eyes like a fox, "And I didn't want to accept this commission, I think she has the clues we want. "

"What clue?"

"The silver ring on her finger has the same pattern on the collar of the woman who came out to answer us from Yin Shisan's house that day."

He didn't pay attention at first, but she kept turning the ring to let him see the pattern clearly, and then remembered the scene many days ago.

"By the way, this jade." Jing An was debating whether to return the jade pendant to Xie Qi. This was the first thing Xie Qi gave him, but he was rewarded for nothing...

"It was originally made for you, don't take it off when you wear it."

***

The train finally stopped at Baipucheng Railway Station, and they still couldn't get rid of their kindergarten colleague. They wanted to escape but were watched closely by that female colleague.

The female colleague's name is Yu Tong, the same female teacher who provoked her colleagues after Ding Yu recognized them, and also the female teacher who blew a dozen bottles of beer that night out of control and came to Jing An in the dining car.

And Ding Yu refused to let them go, the reason was that they were going along the way, and with the cover of a group of people, the clan would have scruples if they really wanted to ask for a crime.

Xie Qi looked at Jing An apologetically, it seemed that this trip was completely ruined.

Jing An didn't say anything, just let him wait for him.

"Well." Xie Muyou's mouth was suddenly stuffed with something.

Jing An just squeezed back from the crowd, holding a small bag in his hand: "I saw someone selling it there, so I bought some. My uncle said it's called bean powder candy."

Seeing Xie Qi who was stunned, who only knew how to chew sugar crisps mechanically, Jing An stuffed another one for him: "Sweet or not?"

After a while, Jing An heard Xie Qi's answer—"Sweet."

A sweet sound made the wind in Baipu City seem to become sweeter.