【Xiyao】Fake prudence

Lan Xichen opened the yellow paper given by Doctor Bai. The yellow paper was very old and the writing on it was mottled, but he could barely read most of the content. Lan Xichen had read the prescription and couldn't believe it. He frowned and couldn't help it. He muttered: "Blood gentian, seven star flower, love thread Gu, bone flower..."

The medicinal materials written in the prescription are indeed medicines, but they are all poisons, and they are the most poisonous poisons in the world. Just one drop of dew for each kind is enough to kill.

If it weren't for the friendship of life and death with Doctor Bai, Lan Xichen would almost suspect that the other party was playing a big joke.

The two fingers were clasped tightly, and the yellow paper was pinched into several deep creases. Lan Xichen's heart was fighting fiercely, and the wrist hanging in mid-air trembled slightly.

After a long time, he pressed the yellow paper on the desk and asked, "Does this prescription really work?"

"I don't know."

Doctor Bai squatted on the soft cushion, with his front paws resting on his fluffy chest.

"I got this prescription by chance 100 years ago from a cave where an earth immortal lived. The detoxification method recorded on it is really weird. After careful consideration, the medicine should be to use the most poisonous poison in the world to condense a new poison, which is different from modern medicine. The gamma poison counteracts each other, and after the two poisons fight, they cancel each other out."

Lan Xichen lowered his eyes and stared at the prescription in front of him, almost staring at a piece of flimsy yellow paper: "This process of canceling each other must be extremely dangerous, right?"

Doctor Bai was silent for a moment, but still told Lan Xichen the truth: "During this process, the toxin will collide with the limbs and bones, and the patient will definitely experience Ling Chi-like pain. If the physique is not strong enough, it is very likely that the poison has not been cured. The person will be gone first, and even if he survives, the damage to his body may be great, and he can only be an unconscious living dead for the rest of his life. Therefore, this prescription is not a last resort, so don't try it lightly. He is unconscious now, There are no relatives in this world, Jin Zongzhu is young and a junior, you are his parent, it is up to you to decide what to do."

Jin Guangyao's life is at stake, Lan Xichen has no other way out, even if he doesn't want to make up his mind, he has to take it, he picks up the prescription and reads it carefully, most of the handwriting can be read, except for "Yao Yin" which is blurred at a glance , only one word "love" is barely legible, and the rest of the paragraph is full of blurred ink marks, so I really can't see what was written.

He pointed to the ink blot and asked Doctor Bai: "What is Yaoyin?"

Doctor Bai rubbed his eyelids: "When I got this prescription, it was incomplete. I still can't figure out what the medicine is. Take it out rashly."

An incomplete prescription composed of highly poisonous substances became Lan Xichen's only life-saving straw.

Lan Xichen was skeptical, and while sending his disciples around to dispense medicine, he tried various methods to prolong Jin Guangyao's lifespan.

Taking advantage of the dawn when Jin Guangyao was sober, he told Jin Guangyao about the new prescription given by Doctor Bai, and after telling him the worst possibility, he asked him if he would like to try it.

Lan Xichen wanted to keep Jin Guangyao, but if Jin Guangyao didn't want to live anymore and wanted to end this terrible life, he would also convince himself not to forcefully keep him.

Jin Guangyao is now living with the flow, without even thinking about it, he said: "I will listen to you."

Then he went to play with Lan Xichen's piano.

The qin is a good qin, the body of the qin is made by Jin Guangyao himself, and the strings are made by Lan Xichen himself.

Fingers brushed along the smooth and cold strings, hooked them suddenly, and made a buzzing tremolo. Jin Guangyao listened carefully and thought the sound was very pleasant, and his lips curved into a crescent shape.

Lan Xichen said insincerely: "If you don't want to suffer that pain, I won't force you. Even if you are gone, I will live well."

Jin Guangyao chuckled and made a serious expression: "Yeah."

Then he turned his face to the window, feeling the floating light that invaded the room inch by inch, the light spots and mottled tree shadows lingered on his face, and the fluffy hair shone with glittering light, he raised his face and closed his eyes, Feeling the warmth of the light and the caress of the wind, his expression is peaceful.

He sighed and thought: "I regret a little. I shouldn't waste my good time on those one hundred steps. It's not worth it. I haven't been to many places, and I haven't seen many places of interest. Some of the second batch of watchtowers just ran aground like this. I didn’t start my business halfway, and the middle road collapsed. I couldn’t watch the watchtower expand to every remote and barren place. I’m really not reconciled... and..."

Cold fingers moved from the strings to Lan Xichen's face, drawing his outline with infinite love: "I haven't seen enough of you yet."

Lan Xichen leaned out of the window, picked an early-blooming begonia, put it on Jin Guangyao's temple, adding a bit of gorgeous color to him, then wrapped his arms around his shoulders, letting him lean into his arms: "Wait for you After your illness is cured, you can go to see it. I will complete the cause of the watchtower for you."

That night, holding a candle, Lan Xichen walked down the damp dungeon step by step.

The Gusu Lan clan's dungeon is much smaller than those of other big families. Compared with the Gusu Lan clan's illustrious reputation, it looks a bit shabby, but it is more than enough to hold a down-and-out suzerain.

Lan Xichen walked up to a row of iron railings. There were several bowls of plain noodles outside the railings. Three pairs of chopsticks rested on the bowls. The plain noodles hadn't been touched at all. One or two bowls had been left for too long and had gone rancid. Lan Xichen frowned and held his breath.

The faint candlelight was projected in, illuminating a gray figure behind the railing.

Nie Huaisang sat at an old wooden table with his back to Lan Xichen. Even when the cell was brightly lit, he remained motionless, like a puppet without a soul.

That day the battle was at a critical moment, the Qinghe Nie clan was about to break through the barrier, the Yunmengjiang clan and the Lanling Jin clan suddenly rushed out, and fought back and forth with the Gusu Lan clan, the Qinghe Nie clan was attacked from both sides, and Gusu was defeated.

This kind of battle victory or defeat is not uncommon in the long history of Xianmen. Except for the victims involved in it, the people at the foot of the mountain have never cared about the rise and fall of the Xiuxian family. When the sun sets, there will be another moon soon rising.

It doesn't matter that the magic is high and the way is high. One move higher in chess is the way, and one move worse is the devil.

Nie Huaisang calculated that Jin Ling would be persuaded to turn against him by Jin Guangyao, but he did not calculate Jiang Cheng's position, so he lost.

After the defeat, Nie Huaisang rejected the suggestion of his subordinates to flee back to Qinghe, and stayed where he was, but was finally captured by the Gusu Lan clan.After being "encouraged" by Jin Guangyao, he fought quite bravely. He was the first to rush to the Nie family's position, pulled down the gluttonous flag, planted the Lan family's flag, and stole the limelight.

As for the rest of the little sect masters who followed Nie Huaisang, those who escaped and those who were arrested were arrested, the Qinghe Nie clan's re-accumulated power over the past few years disintegrated and dispersed.

After being captured, Lan Xichen thought of Nie Mingjue's love, and did not hold a meeting to judge Nie Huaisang, but it was impossible to send Nie Huaisang back to Qinghe, so he had to temporarily detain Nie Huaisang in Yunshen, the new leader of the Nie family in Qinghe. He is Nie Huaisang's cousin, cowardly, busy cleaning up the mess of Nie's family, maybe he still has a little selfishness, but he never came to beg the suzerain.

Lan Xichen stood there for a while, but Nie Huaisang remained motionless.

It was Lan Xichen who spoke first: "Huai Sang, don't be afraid, there is no poison in the food, I will not kill you."

Nie Huaisang turned his head slowly, Lan Xichen met his eyes, his eyebrows trembled, he could hardly tell whether the person in front of him was a human or a ghost.

I don't know whether it was from hunger or what, the flesh on Nie Huaisang's face was gone, his cheeks were deeply sunken, his eyeballs were protruding, and the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, and his thick black temple hair turned white like frost. Blockbuster.

I haven't seen him for half a month, and Nie Huaisang has aged dozens of years. Lan Xichen can imagine that Nie Huaisang must have spent these days in torment, resentment, and fear, like falling into Abi Hell.

When he was in trouble, there was still hope of a comeback, but Nie Huaisang had already lost all his belongings, and there was no possibility of a comeback.

He was still alive, and he might still have a little wishful thinking about retaliation, but in fact, as a human being, Nie Huaisang was already dead, hanging his life on the last bit of value.

After not speaking for a long time, Nie Huaisang's voice was a little hoarse: "Of course you won't kill me, but if he wants to kill me, you will definitely not stop him."

Lan Xichen put the candle on the candlestick on the wall: "He won't kill you either."

Nie Huaisang stood up calmly, shaking his long gown that hadn't been changed for half a month, and smiled darkly: "That's right, he didn't dare to kill me. You protected him first, and I wanted to avenge my brother before attacking Yunshen. It’s justifiable. If I die in the Lan family, the signboard you have painstakingly worked on for decades will be completely lost, and you have to save my life to show the kindness of you, Zewu Junze, and the common people.”

"You are very smart." Lan Xichen never hesitated to praise his younger brothers, "If you run back to Qinghe, many people eager to surrender will cut off your head and send you back to Gusu. Instead of going back to die, you might as well stay in Gusu. Su."

"That's why it's hard to be a good person." Nie HuaiSang shook his head and sighed, "If you've been a good person for one day, you'll have to be a good person for the rest of your life. If you continue to do one bad thing, all your previous efforts will be for naught."

"I have done many bad things." Lan Xichen said suddenly.

After a pause, he asked again: "Have you ever met someone who has never done a single bad thing?"

Nie HuaiSang tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "Yes, he is already dead."

"So, Huai Sang, I'm sorry, but I will never let you out." Lan Xichen said, "I will never let you see anyone in the Nie family again."

Nie Huaisang was not naive, he didn't react much when he heard Lan Xichen say this, he just sneered and said, "You took the precious time to see me just to tell me this?"

He waved his hand, turned around, with a disdainful attitude: "Got it."

"I came here in the hope that you would voluntarily give up the position of suzerain of the Nie clan of Qinghe." Lan Xichen's voice behind him was calm and unwavering, not like a discussion, but a simple order.

Nie HuaiSang was stunned for a moment, then gloated and asked, "Is third brother dead?"

Lan Xichen is a lover, if Jin Guangyao hadn't died, Lan Xichen would have wasted all his ambitions on Jin Guangyao, and absolutely didn't care about these things.

"He's still alive."

Lan Xichen's answer was beyond Nie Huaisang's expectation.

"Third brother doesn't have much time left, right?" Nie Huaisang became energetic when Jin Guangyao was mentioned, and his eyes lit up a lot, "Second brother didn't go to accompany third brother, why did you come to clean up me first? Little brother is a little flattered .”

He took a few steps forward, got closer to Lan Xichen, and looked at Lan Xichen left and right: "Are you really Hanguang-jun in disguise?"

Lan Xichen said, "Wangji went to Qinghe."

Nie HuaiSang stopped laughing, "What are you going to Qinghe for?"

"I chose an upright son of the Nie family to replace you as suzerain. Wangji went with Jin suzerain to persuade him to come out and take charge."

"Who?"

Lan Xichen announced a name.

The person he chose was quite excluded in the Qinghe Nie clan for no other reason than to oppose the practice of sword spirit, which was considered a betrayal of the family tradition.

Nie HuaiSang snorted, "So it's that freak."

Lan Xichen said: "He's not a freak, but he thinks differently from most people. When there are more freaks, normal people become freaks. The Nie family has come to this point, and if they don't give up on Dao Ling, There is no way to go, do you have the heart to watch the Nie family fall?"

"I don't understand." Nie Huaisang was deeply skeptical of Lan Xichen's actions, "Why Jin Guangyao is about to die, but you still want to take care of the Nie family? If it was Lan Wangji's idea, I would still believe it...but you are definitely not like that people."

"I really don't care about the future of the rest of the Nie family." Lan Xichen made no secret of his indifference, and then changed the topic: "But the second batch of watchtowers will be advanced in the Qinghe area, and the cooperation of the Nie family in Qinghe is needed."

"The observation tower..." Nie HuaiSang was confused, he thought quickly, his mind turned nine times, and he really couldn't figure out what kind of conspiracy Lan Xichen was weaving.

Lan Xichen stopped Nie Huaisang's wild thoughts in time: "I think it's his dream to start construction of the second batch of watchtowers in his lifetime."

Nie HuaiSang was noncommittal: "Why should I help realize his dream?"

After Lan Xichen finished his good words, Nie Huaisang really refused to give in. He immediately said the tough words he had prepared: "Do you remember the Tingshan He family?"

Nie Huaisang cut Lan Xichen out: "Are you threatening me?"

"Yes." Lan Xichen admitted directly, because he didn't have time to entangle Nie Huaisang: "Even without him, there are many people who are willing to work for me, Huaisang, do you want the whole family to bear your own failure? ?”