Demolition

Lu Chen's small courtyard is not big, and the furnishings are even simpler. The inner room is only a table, a chair and a bed, and at this moment there is actually a person lying in the middle of the room.After observing for a while, he found that the other party did not respond, and the room was filled with blood, and he should have been unconscious.Lu Chen held the lamp and took a closer look.

This person should be in his twenties, he lost a lot of blood, his complexion was like gold, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and the robe at his waist was already blood red, he might die if he waited a little longer.Lu Chen found medicine for sores and gauze from the outhouse, first moved him to the bed, carefully cut off his clothes, and exposed the wound, which was quite deep, as if he had been cut by a sharp weapon. Lu Chen cleaned the wound first, then applied the golden sore medicine to the affected area, and wrapped it with gauze.

This person was wearing clothes that were beyond recognition. Lu Chen hesitated and changed another one for him, and went to deal with the traces where he fainted just now. He went to the kitchen to get some coal ash and poured it on the bloodstain, and then used a dustpan Clean up the dirt, and just took two of the fruits rewarded by the third prince during the day to get the juice and spray them in the room, and the bloody smell disappeared a lot.

After dealing with these, Lu Chen went to the clean room to wash up, and finally sat down to observe this person again.Judging from his appearance, although he is handsome, his outline is deeper than that of ordinary people from the Southern Dynasty, so he should not be from this Dynasty.Apart from being curious about the other party's identity, Lu Chen couldn't figure out why this person appeared in his room.

Although Yinxiao Building is an important military and political place, it was built in a market place. Perhaps the people who first built it thought that there were many strange people and strange things in the building, and they needed to be grounded and neutralized.Except for the street where the Yinxiao Tower is located, the surroundings are full of ordinary people. The officials in the building dislike the mixed fish and dragons here, and there are few mansions around it. My own courtyard is specially chosen not far from the Yinxiao Tower for the convenience of my job. two streets away.

If such an unknown bloody person appeared in the homes of ordinary people, they would definitely be frightened and report to the officials immediately, and this person is obviously hidden here, and he definitely doesn't want to be discovered by idlers.His wound was so deep, if he had to find it by himself, there would inevitably be drops of blood left in the room, but Lu Chen checked just now, and there was no trace of it anywhere except where he was lying, and the person who hid him seemed to be not afraid of trouble Also put him in the inner room, for fear that the owner of the yard will bring guests with him when he comes back, and he will be found as soon as he enters the outer hall.This series of actions seemed to be that this person was placed here specially for Lu Chen to find out.

It is not uncommon for a seriously wounded and dying person to be hidden in the home of a court official in a place where most of the common people live.

Besides, it's here.

If Lu Chen lived in an old house, then all of this might still make sense. The Lu family has been cracking crows for generations, and has accumulated a lot of magical artifacts. These magical artifacts are said to have a special aura, and may be taken away by those who are interested. aware.But here?Nothing but daily necessities.

Lu Chen thought hard and didn't know why, so he couldn't help being a little annoyed. He naturally had his own intentions for keeping this person, and even if he really woke up, he wouldn't speak the truth.There are only so many clues, Lu Chen felt that he might have missed something, but he couldn't catch it.

Lu Chen waited all night but did not wait for this person to wake up. When the sky was gray and bright, Lu Chen had no choice but to get up and make some simple snacks and put them on the table, and added a few forbidden spells around the room, hoping that he would wake up. When I came, I wanted to say thank you personally to my savior, instead of leaving.

Inside the Yin Xiao Building, Lu Chen sat at his seat and checked last night's patrol report, and checked out a few suspicious points to call his adjutant in.

"Has anything unusual happened recently?"

"Reporting to my lord, no."

"Then what happened to the bright lights in Lianle Lane in the west of the city for several consecutive nights?"

"This," the adjutant glanced at Lu Chen's face, and quickly knelt down, "It's my subordinate's dereliction of duty."

Lu Chen knocked on the table with his hand, "Get up and talk."

The adjutant wiped his face, stood up and bowed

"In the past few days, around three o'clock in the morning in Lianle Lane, there will be a strange light. The brightness is very low. If it is not in the middle of the night, it is difficult to notice. It's just that the position of the strange light is different every time, and the time is very short. Although the subordinates stayed there for two nights, they still haven't found out which house it came from." After a pause, he added, "The subordinates don't dare to search rashly."

Lu Chen didn't speak.Yangyue City is divided into eight districts and four gates. Except for the imperial city in the north, the other districts have their own customary functions. For example, Anping District, where Lianle Lane is located, is mostly places like churches and schools. There is nothing that cannot be investigated, but there have been a few emperor teachers here, and this dynasty respects the teachers, this place is special, not to mention that the people who live there are all pedantic Confucians, and sending troops in to search rashly, I am afraid that the next day the emperor His own impeachment report is piled on his desk.

This matter is indeed rather difficult. The capital city is not peaceful during this time, so it is definitely impossible for him to turn a blind eye. The only way to do this is to inspect the palace after a period of time.He waved his hand to let people go down, thinking to quickly report the process and personnel arrangement of the palace tour.

While drawing up the list, a line of words suddenly appeared on the stone slab on the wall. Seeing this, Lu Chen packed up his work and walked out.

Yesterday, there was an unremarkable room opposite the courtyard where the prison room was located. Just by passing by, one could smell the strong smell of medicine coming out of it. It avoids it.

At this time, Lu Chen was standing inside, clasping his hands in front of him, looking very respectful.

"Where did you get this?"

"The students accidentally found it when they were investigating the case."

"Tsk, you brat, you still play tricks in front of me."

In front of Lu Chen was a gray-haired old man, but the old man's sitting posture was extremely indecent, and his attitude was even more sloppy, with a black feather between his fingers.

"It's not uncommon for this kind of poisonous weed to be called Daming, but it's only found in Danqiu in the Northern Kingdom. Taking it internally and externally for seven days, the poisoned person will grow wings and turn into a bird shape. It's just that the poisoner is too vicious, and he used his own skills to urge him Ripe poisonous weeds not only greatly increase the toxicity, but the poisoned person will gradually lose their will and become a real crow."

"These crows emit a stench, is it related to poisoning?"

"They will become more and more stinky, which means that the more poisonous they are, and when there is no more stinky smell, they will turn into birds completely, and they will never return to their original appearance."

Lu Chen pondered for a moment, and suddenly thought of something

"Teacher, is the wound caused by Linjia different from the wound caused by ordinary swords?"

The old man raised his eyebrows, "Why, did Ye Ji get into trouble again?"

"Students are just curious."

The old man stuck his head in the cabinet behind him, scrambled for a long time to find an earthen bottle, and handed it over

"This powder and blood touch each other. If the blood changes color, it is an ordinary sword."

Lu Chen carefully put the bottle on his chest, and was about to leave when the old man suddenly said earnestly

"Achen, you need to be careful in everything."

"Students listen carefully to instruction."

Lu Chen came out of the room, turned around and walked towards the prison room. Today's stench has gone up to a higher level, but after hearing what he said just now, Lu Chen didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

"Bring a crow to the gas chamber."

There was only one table in the gasification room, and there was a cage with a crow on it. Lu Chen took out a charm from his sleeve and pasted it on the cage, and then opened the door to catch the crow.The crow didn't know whether it was poisoned or locked up for two days. It was a bit sleepy, and Lu Chen didn't respond after waiting for a long time.

Strange, Lu Chen thought, the prison room has been casted with a special spell, and all phantom power will be invalid in it, and the gasification chamber is the only place where it can transform into a human form.Normally, during interrogation, a note was pasted to force the crow to transform into a human form. After all, it was more convenient to communicate in human language, but there was no response at this time.Could it be that the medicine is too powerful and one spell is not enough.

Lu Chen was puzzled and added another one. Suddenly, the crow flapped its wings frantically, but it seemed that it couldn't fly. It just fluttered on the table. Lu Chen quickly grabbed his wings and saw the crow's eyes At this time, it had turned blood red, staring at Lu Chen firmly, the bird's beak was bleeding after a while.

The bird stopped struggling, and it seemed that all the last strength had gathered in its eyes. Lu Chen couldn't help being shocked, and then the bird didn't move, and died unwillingly.Lu Chen's hand didn't move away. At that moment, Lu Chen only saw it on people. It wasn't resentment, but the determination to die after entrusting his wealth and life to others.

Does that bird, no, that person, know that he is stepping towards a situation where life would be worse than death?What did he want to ask himself in the last moment of being a human being?

Lu Chen was not in a happy mood when he got off work. He walked through the noisy evening market and looked at the people coming and going. If these people knew that they would soon become a crow that could only eat carrion, how would they react?Scared, or panicked?No matter what, you won't accept it frankly, right?

Back home, Lu Chen actually smelled the aroma of food, and he looked at the person who was setting the table and chopsticks in surprise.

"came back?"

The person I rescued yesterday was actually standing in the room. The person has not fully recovered, his face is still pale, but he is in good spirits.

"What are you doing?" Lu Chen was indeed taken aback. Not only did this person not run away, but he actually had time to cook!

"Come here, it's not convenient for me to go out, so I just made some casually, you have a try."

Lu Chen remained motionless with a cold face, the man smiled helplessly

"You are willing to save my life, so will I still poison you? Come and eat some first, and ask me after you finish eating." After speaking, he took the initiative to pick up a handful of vegetables with chopsticks and put them in his mouth.

Seeing the other party's appearance, Lu Chen didn't insist anymore, and sat down to pick up the bowl and chopsticks.The man stopped talking, and the two remained silent.Lu Chen chewed with a blank expression, but in his heart he felt that there was probably nothing more delicious than this in the world.I don’t know how to cook, and I eat big pots of rice most of the time. Sometimes I can burn the kitchen down when I serve myself a bowl of noodles. The food this man cooks is exactly to his taste.Lu Chen felt that his stomach betrayed him first.

After dinner, the man was sitting in front of Lu Chen and was about to speak, but Lu Chen raised his hand to stop him

"Let's change your medicine first."

"it is good."

Lu Chen took a new bandage, took off the blood-stained bandage and observed the wound first, the man coughed softly, Lu Chen took a step back, looked at the naked man and said

"Come by yourself."

After finishing speaking, I went out.While the person was changing the dressing inside, Lu Chen unfolded the old bandage, took out the earthen bottle and sprinkled some powder on it, frowning to see that the color of the bandage hadn't changed at all.

After changing the medicine, the man really confessed his origin.

"My name is Shen Jichuan. I am from Tinglin County, Liaoyang County in the North Country. My family has been in business for generations. My father was the head of the family, but later died of illness, and my uncle replaced him. The Shen family has a special seal, which can be called at will. Family property, the whereabouts of this seal was unknown when my grandfather was in charge of the family, but my uncle always felt that the seal was secretly passed on to my father. After my father died, he suspected that the seal was in my hands, and my mother and I had to move away. I moved to my family and lived in Wanzhou. Wanzhou was plagued by crows when I was seven years old, that is, in the ninth year of Yonghe. I was attacked by a large group of crows. It was your father Lu Jie who saved me."

Lu Chen looked up at him, Shen Jichuan said sincerely

"Benevolent, kind and righteous, not only saved me, but also left a fortune when my mother and I were in a difficult situation. Before leaving, he even left me a book to encourage me to learn." Shen Jichuan said from his arms. Taking out a crumpled book, Lu Chen glanced at it, it was "Zeng Guang Xian Wen"

"I once asked Engong's name, but Engong refused to tell. I followed Engong quietly, saw many people walking with him, and called him Mr. Lu. Later, my uncle pretended to pick me up, but in fact he wanted to control me to find Seal, in order to support myself and my mother, I had to bear the humiliation and go back to the family to start a business. In the process of doing business, I met Engong again. Engong was very sad when he saw that I was in a difficult situation, but said that he was too busy to help me immediately. , so he gave me a jade plaque and told me his address so that I could find him if I had any difficulties, and only then did I know that your benefactor is called Lu Jie, and he was a high-ranking official in the Southern Dynasty."

Shen Jichuan took out a jade tablet out of nowhere and put it in front of Lu Chen. Lu Chen didn't look at it and just asked him

"Then why did you come to see me?"

Shen Jichuan looked sad

"I never thought that the benefactor has passed away, and the young master must be in mourning."

"My father has been dead for 15 years, it's too late for your condolences." Lu Chen was not moved by the other party's tears at all, Shen Jichuan didn't care about Lu Chen's sarcasm, and suddenly stood up and knelt in front of him

"Please save my life, young master. You don't know anything. After I saw the side of benefactor, I never left Tinglin County."

Lu Chen raised his eyebrows, Shen Jichuan continued

"My uncle put me under house arrest and asked me about the whereabouts of my seal. I had never seen that seal before, so I couldn't tell him. Who would have thought that he wanted to murder me and my mother? My mother lost her life in order to save me. Although I escaped, I spent a few years hiding in Tibet. Some time ago, my uncle found out about my whereabouts and sent killers. Fortunately, I still have a few loyal servants who were forced to go down. They fled to the south with me, and wanted to ask Engong for help, but after finding Engong's old place, they learned that Engong had passed away more than ten years ago."

Speaking of Shen Jichuan crying again, although Lu Chen did not speak, his expression eased a lot

"I stayed in the city for two days. I wanted to pay homage to my benefactor, and I found the descendants of my benefactor to express my condolences. Unexpectedly, the killer chased me all the way to this place. I was seriously injured. The loyal servant hid me in desperation. At the young master's house, I wanted to kill the killer and bring me back, but at this moment, I knew that my loyal servant and the killer would probably both die.

That Shen Jichuan paused for a moment, then suddenly bowed and threw himself on the ground."

"Benefactor saved people from the fire and water back then. I can't repay you. I didn't even see him for the last time. It's my big fault. It's just that I have nowhere to go. I just ask the young master to take me in. I will repay you like a cow and a horse." The kindness of you and benefactor."

Lu Chen's face was a little moved, he hesitated for a moment, and helped him up

"Get up first, I don't have the habit of keeping people behind."

"I'm sorry for the Engong's family. I can't do anything, and I have brought you such a big trouble. If the young master doesn't want to take me in, I will never stay here. No matter what, I will always live, live One day, if my little master needs me, I will die."

"Oh, you don't have to be like this. My father saved you back then and didn't want you to pay for it. If I hadn't saved you or treated you like a cow or a horse, my father would not agree. If you really have nowhere to go, just stay Let me stay here, I can protect you even if I have no skills."

"Thank you, son, thank you son."

"You don't need to call me Young Master, my single name is Chen, you are older than me, just call me Brother Chen."

"No way, you and benefactor have helped me too much, I can't go beyond that."

The two argued about the name for a long time, but there was no result, so Lu Chen had to give up and arranged for him to sleep in the outer hall. After turning off the lights, he also lay on the bed.