withered prosperity

Li Ke and his party met Bai Yinuo and Gu Jingzhe of the Junshan Sword Sect in front of the gate of the Star Picking Tower. When they entered the hall together, they saw three corpses covered by white cloths.

Because the deceased was from the Bai Family and Junshan, the people from Zhaixing Tower did not examine the body immediately, so Pei Buyi and Wei Heng stood there waiting.

Gu Jingzhe is about 30 years old, he is a stable and reliable person at first glance, and he always regards himself as a junior, so he is very popular.

"Look!" Pei Buyi was very impatient to hear their greetings, so he walked over and pulled the white cloth away.

There was silence in the hall.

Firstly, I didn't expect him to be so direct, and secondly, because the corpse was too strange.

The three corpses lying side by side were exposed in front of everyone one by one, but if they didn't know that they were corpses, just looking at the appearance, they would feel that there were three pieces of dry wood in front of them.

Humanoid wood!

The three shriveled corpses stood upright, wearing almost intact clothes, as scary as they could be.

"Are you sure it's the three missing people?" Li Ke asked, "Where did you find them?"

"It's in a hidden grotto not too far from the place where the incident happened." Another disciple surnamed He who was searching with Mao Jiang and the others came over and said, "If it weren't for Master Mao and the others who were good at following the trail, that place would may be found."

"Judging from their clothes, these two are indeed my Junshan disciples." Gu Jingzhe also said beside him, "It's just that people have become like this now, and they can't tell the difference."

The corpse became shriveled and sunken, and the face was difficult to discern.

"Mr. Pei, why did the corpse change like this?"

Pei Buyi had been crouching and fiddling with the corpse, but when he heard Li Ke asking himself, he just shook his head.

Wei Heng also squatted down, checked and found out.

"Here." He greeted Pei Buyi to go over.

The two muttered to discuss.

Murong Yu sneaked in from the door. Although everyone noticed her, they pretended not to see her.

Pei Buyi and Wei Heng seemed to have reached a consensus and stopped talking.

"Mr. Pei and I did a preliminary inspection, and the three corpses turned into this because their blood disappeared in an instant," Wei Heng said.

"What is a moment?"

"It's like a skin bag, which is full of water and miscellaneous things. When you suck up the water in the skin bag, it becomes like this." Wei Heng took the corpse's hand and bent it Demonstrate to them: "If it is naturally weathered, this arm should have been broken by me at this moment."

"Doctor Wei means that these three corpses are suddenly devoid of blood?"

"Yes!" Pei Buyi replied. "The blood is gone."

Everyone looked at each other.

"It's not that we don't believe you two, it's just that this is really unbelievable." Bai Yinuo was the first to question: "I've never heard of such a thing in this world."

"Mr. Pei and I both hold the same opinion," Wei Heng said, "If there are other reasons, it's beyond what we can define."

"Doctor Wei, is it possible that this is a kind of overbearing poison?" Mao Jiang pondered: "The reason for Zhao Yi's death, Governor Xue concluded that it was caused by the poison, so is this corpse with the same peculiar shape also the same? Caused by a poison we don't know?"

"Extremely poisonous?" Wei Heng and Pei Buyi didn't know Xue Changdu's conclusion, so they couldn't help but let out a sound of surprise at the same time.

"Governor Xue was very concerned about Zhao Yi's matter, and finally found some clues in an overseas miscellaneous diary. It is said that a fishing boat was found on the East China Sea. On a deserted isolated island, it was caused by eating some kind of fruit on the island by mistake." Mao Jiang glanced behind him: "Therefore, Governor Xue concluded that Zhao Yizhi's death must have been caught in this unknown drama. poison."

Pei Buyi immediately pulled Wei Heng back, and the two started talking again.

Everyone was about to ask Maojiang for more details, but they saw him turn around and pull out a thin young man from behind the pillar.

"Hei Lang, what's wrong with you?" Mao Jiang asked, frowning.

Hei Lang whimpered, and immediately ran behind Mao Jiang when he let go.

Mao Jiang was taken aback, and looked at Murong Yu who was also staying there.

"I didn't do anything!" Murong Yu immediately said, "He ran away as soon as I came over! What the hell are you doing!"

She is also very strange, okay?The guy who usually sees her and walks around in circles suddenly hides himself when he sees her one day. This feeling is really strange!

"Hei Lang!" Mao Jiang turned his head and patted Hei Lang's head: "You've never been quite right, what's going on?"

Ever since the corpse was found in that cave, Hei Lang didn't know why, but he was a little anxious. Although it wasn't obvious, but he was with him day and night, and he could always feel it. After Murong Yu approached, Hei Lang's behavior Even more unusual.

"I'm afraid... Princess..." Hei Lang lowered his head, his words were somewhat incoherent.

Mao Jiang immediately looked at Murong Yu with a look of disapproval.

Murong Yu suddenly felt that even if she jumped into the sea, she wouldn't be able to wash herself clean!

"I really..." She wanted to continue explaining, but apparently Mao Jiang didn't want to listen, but stepped back a few steps following Hei Lang's meaning, and she could only say: "Okay! I see, I Stay away from him!"

After speaking, she really backed away and ran to the other side.

Only then did Hei Lang relax a little bit, but he still hid behind Mao Jiang, staring at Murong Yu very vigilantly.

Everyone only pretended not to see any conflicts between them, and Mao Jiang, the only one who found it strange, didn't have time to ask why.

Pei Buyi discussed with Wei Heng, and felt that Xue Duanchang's conclusion was not impossible.

"But..." Pei Buyi seemed a little hesitant.

"Is it just like this?" Lin Zhian said dissatisfiedly: "Then can you find out who poisoned it? Can you find out where the poisoned person is?"

"Since it's such a rare and highly poisonous substance, it should be found somewhere..."

"Mr. Pei! Mr. Pei!" A man staggered into the door.

The man was covered in blood and looked terrified.

"Hey! What's going on today?" The interrupted Lin Zhian smiled instead of anger, and said with a sneer, "Don't tell me what happened again, what did we do in Chaomu Pavilion?"

"It's not good! It's not good!" The man tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground with a bang.

"What's the matter!" Pei Buyi had already run to the door, just in time to help the man up from the ground.

"Quick! Hurry, go and have a look!" The man's mouth was covered with blood, and his speech was vague, and no one could understand what he said after this sentence.

"Aren't you Lian Baoxuan's servant? What's going on?" Li Ke also walked over, and recognized the man after looking at him: "Slowly, take a breath before talking!"

"Elder Li, Li!" The man regained his composure, and only then did he see clearly who was in front of him, and immediately showed a relieved expression: "Something happened, something big happened in Lianbaoxuan!"

As soon as these words were said, except for Maojiang and the others who didn't know the situation, everyone else's expressions changed when they heard this, and they huffed and surrounded them.

"what happened?"

"What happened?

"What's the matter?"

"All right, all right! Let me ask!" Lin Zhi'an stopped all the chattering: "Tell me quickly, what happened and why is your body covered in blood?! Who put Lian Bao Xuan in the fight?"

That's what he asked, but anyone who watched the blood flow knew that it was impossible to just fight.

"He's dead!" The man stared at Pei Buyigou again: "My lord, my lord... My lord told Pei, Mr. Pei, you go and have a look!"

"what!"

"Let's go!" Li Ke reacted quickly, pulled Pei Buyi up, moved towards Lian Baoxuan with his lightness kung fu.

Lin Zhian and Hu Mingqi exchanged glances, and followed them.

"Princess, what are you doing?" Mao Jiang stepped in front of Murong Yu. "What's the matter?"

"Prince Cheng and Concubine Cheng live in Lianbaoxuan!" Murong Yu hurriedly said, "Hurry up and take a look!"

Mao Jiang was also stunned, watching her run around him.

"Maomao, hurry up!" Murong Yu ran outside and waved to him.

Mao Jiang hesitated for a moment, then looked at Hei Lang who was holding him tight, raised his head and said: "Princess, please pay attention to safety, the subordinates will follow later."

After Murong Yu walked a little farther, he dragged Hei Lang to follow behind.

Bai Yinuo and Gu Jingzhe heard that something happened to King Cheng, so they also followed from a distance.

Only Wei Heng walked slowly to the side to get the medicine box, and was the last one to walk out of the Star Picking Tower.

When he stepped out of the gate, he glanced at the sky.

At this time, it was evening, and the sky was full of gorgeous clouds and clouds, shining a wonderful light between the heaven and the earth.

At this time, Li Ke had brought Pei Buyi to the gate of Lian Baoxuan.

The gate of Lianbaoxuan was opened, behind the screen wall carved with Baoxiang flowers, a strong smell of blood came from behind.

Pei Buyi was led by him to run wildly all the way, and he ate a lot of cold wind with his mouth open, and now he was still head-heavy after being put down.

"Mr. Pei, you follow me."

Li Ke was the first to stand in front of the door, and at this moment Hu Mingqi and Lin Zhian also arrived. The three of them looked dignified, and they formed a triangle shape, sandwiching Pei Buyi in the middle, and stepped into the Lianbao Pavilion.

At first glance, they saw Yin Yutang sitting on the steps.

Although his face was sullen and he held a bloody dagger in his hand, it didn't hurt to look at people.

It has to be said that the fact that King Cheng is still alive and kicking made everyone heave a sigh of relief.

Then they noticed the dead bodies strewn about on the ground. Almost all of these corpses were detached from their heads, and their deaths were extremely tragic.

In this small courtyard, more than [-] people died. It is not an exaggeration to say that the blood flowed like a battlefield.

"My lord." Li Ke stood on the spot very carefully, and saluted Yin Yutang: "Are you okay?"

Yin Yutang raised his head, the murderous look in his eyes had not retreated.

"Excuse me, what's going on here?"

Yin Yutang stood up, the brocade robe he was wearing was covered in blood, and the hem was soaked in blood. With his footsteps, drops of blood fell to the ground, splashing out ripples.

"The murderer who killed Bai Chunchun was hiding among my personal guards. Today he wanted to attack the princess, but I caught him." Yin Yutang spoke slowly and in a low voice: "All my guards are dead. I have also driven a crane."