Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 8: The poisonous scorpion and the red dragonfly

Bamboo forest outside the city.

Ding Xiu suddenly stood up straight from the stone chair, paused with the dagger in his hand on the table, raised his head and said loudly: "Master came from a long way, it's been a lot of hard work, my niece has lost her way here, and I'm still waiting for you." I hope my master will forgive me." Her voice was clear and clear, and it was heard far away, echoing in the forest, it was really pleasant to hear.

A burst of laughter came from the woods: "What do you mean, you come from a long way, the old bones can still stand the toss." Suddenly the laughter was approaching, and a tall and thin old man walked out of the forest slowly. Although his steps were slow, he moved extremely fast, almost as soon as he finished speaking, he had already reached the stone table.I saw that he was extremely thin, like a penny, his eyebrows were clear and straight, but his face was indigo. In addition, he was wearing a dark green robe, which made his face even more eerie and terrifying .He first glanced at Zhan Zhao, then his eyes stayed on Ding Xiu's face, and said: "As long as my niece doesn't let the old man come in vain, the old man will not look at his junior sister's face, but at the master's and his old man's." Isn't it on the surface?"

Ding Xiu's complexion remained unchanged: "What Master Murong said is that Ding Xiu's boldness to invite Master to come this time is also the will of Master and his old man."

Murong Qing stroked his beard and smiled: "Oh? How do you say that?"

Ding Xiu smiled: "My master once told me that when Master was alive, Uncle Murong was considered the most favored disciple, and he got all the old man's true biography, but when Master passed away, only my master was by his side, which was appreciated by Master. You need to give advice, and you will benefit a lot." After speaking, he raised his eyes to look at Murong Qing, only to see a flash of hatred in his eyes, then his expression remained normal, and he said with a smile: "The three of us brothers and sisters are brothers and sisters. Sending off to Master by my side can be regarded as an end to the old mind."

Ding Xiu nodded: "My teacher said that the most worrying thing about my master before his death is that my uncle and my niece are really touched by the deep love between my master and my apprentice."

Murong Qing laughed suddenly, his face was suddenly full of greenness, the laughter was filled with inner strength, the wine bowl on the stone table was shaken and rattled, Ding Xiu's face turned pale, and he swayed, Suddenly a hand came up from behind, and a strong inner force was sent along the back heart platform, Ding Xiu felt warm all over, and the feeling of nausea stopped, while he secretly regretted that he had spoken recklessly, if it wasn't for Zhan Zhao who came later If they help each other, they are afraid that they will suffer under Murong Qing's hands.

Murong Qing stopped laughing, his eyes were slightly surprised, and then he changed into a peaceful and loving expression, and said with a smile: "My niece is just good at speaking nice things to please people, my junior sister knows it underground, I'm afraid You can rest in peace, too."

Ding Xiuxin skipped a beat in fright, but her face remained unchanged: "What did the uncle say, but it made the teacher's heart cold and the niece's teeth cold. After the Dragon Boat Festival this year, the teacher also said, so Over the years, I don't know how the seniors were doing, if she left first, it would be lonely to let her live alone, but if the seniors lived a happy life, she would never let go of her heart and leave first."

Murong Qing kept staring at Ding Xiu's expression, and smiled when he heard this.Ding Xiu didn't wait for him to speak again, and continued: "My teacher also said that what she couldn't let go of the most, except for a few senior brothers, was the seven bitter flowers." When it came to the words "seven bitter flowers" , deliberately aggravated the tone, and sure enough Murong Qing's face changed,

Ding Xiu remained calm, and continued: "Speaking of the seven bitter flowers, Master revealed a big secret to the family teacher before he died." When he said this, his voice stopped, and he looked at Murong with a half-smile green.

Sure enough, Murong Qing's face was very nervous, and he said in a quack voice, "What secret?"

Ding Xiu said with a smile: "My teacher knows this secret best. This time, my teacher sent my niece to invite my uncle to discuss this matter."

"Oh," Murong Qing couldn't help but glanced around, "Did Junior Sister come today?" His tone was already a little nervous.

Ding Xiu secretly laughed in his heart, but he didn't answer his question, he just said: "My master told my niece this big secret for a while, and my niece also has a few questions and wants to ask her uncle, why don't we follow Qinggu's rules , how about asking with wine?"

Murong Qing chuckled: "Since my niece wants to invite you wholeheartedly, this old man is disrespectful."

Ding Xiu suddenly bowed and said respectfully: "Don't dare, my niece dares to commit a crime, so I ask my uncle to give my niece three bowls of wine."

Murong Qing said sternly: "This is impossible, my niece is serving wine on behalf of the teacher, how can I mess up Qinggu's rules."

Ding Xiu scolded an "old thing" in his heart, stretched out his hand to pick up a wine jar from the ground, and slapped the mud seal, a burst of wine scented his nostrils, with a smile on his face: "So, let my niece give the uncle a full bottle of wine." Come on." As he spoke, the wine jar tilted, and the eight bowls in front of Murong Qing were filled with wine.

Murong Qing laughed, and saw that when he lifted his hand, another wine jar on the ground had somehow arrived in his hand, he patted the mud seal, without moving his elbows or shoulders, the wine in the jar had reached the wine in front of Ding Xiu The bowl flows away.

Ding Xiu's face was very ugly, he knew that with just that one move, he was inferior, this old man looks so thin and weak, but his inner strength is really deep, now only if he takes every step carefully, can he get out of his body.

Ding Xiu forced a smile and said, "Master, please first."

Murong Qing raised the wine bowl, put it to his lips, took a deep breath, and said with a smile, "20-year-old daughter Hong, your uncle didn't bring any congratulatory gifts when he came today, why don't you give this bowl of wine to this young hero first?" Let's go." Saying "Huh", he blew out a breath, and a line of wine shot out from the bowl, shooting straight at Zhan Zhao behind Ding Xiu!

Zhan Zhao seemed to be standing on the spot carelessly, but he was already on guard. At this time, he wanted to frighten Murong Qing, but he didn't dodge. , but did not shoot back, but turned around and shot towards the nearby tree.

The few of them were standing in the open space, the tree was at least dozens of steps away, and they saw that Zhan Zhao's sip of wine continued unabated, and he shot it on the tree with a "chi" sound, causing a small puff of water to rise. black smoke.

Murong Qing was taken aback for a moment, and then a ruthless look appeared in his eyes: "It's really a hero out of a boy, but this old man has missed his mark."

Zhan Zhao was also taken aback, he had expected that there must be articles in the wine of the two, but he didn't expect such a powerful gun, he couldn't help worrying for Ding Xiu, just a sip of wine could burn the tree, if Going down with eight bowls... Zhan Zhao clenched his hands subconsciously, and sweat dripped from his forehead.

With that just now, Murong Qing didn't dare to make trouble for a while, so he drank the wine from the bowl, smacked his lips, and sighed: "Good wine, good wine! My niece, you know why I am here today , why not just talk to the old man."

Ding Xiu forced a smile: "Why did Master come here? Could it be because of the two murder cases in Kaifeng?" Before Murong Qing changed his face, he continued, "There is a third murder case in Kaifeng. Do you want to blame the uncle? The uncle is doing things for others this time, for the sake of the seven bitter flowers, but he doesn't know that it is the man's poisonous scheme to kill people with a knife. Now the seven cases of Yingtianfu, Damingfu, and Kaifengfu are not involved. Forget it, once the arrest warrant from Kaifeng Mansion is issued, how many days can you live happily, uncle? The most important thing for my niece to come today is to remind my uncle."

The muscles on Murong Qing's cheeks twitched, and he laughed dryly: "My niece's words are interesting, but they are barely worth a bowl of wine."

Ding Xiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said steadily, "Then it's my niece's turn to drink the second bowl of wine." As she spoke, she reached for the wine bowl, but suddenly her wrist tightened, but it was Zhan Zhao's. She held on tightly.

Zhan Zhao didn't look at Ding Xiu, several moves flashed through his mind in an instant, can Murong Qing be restrained?Although I'm not very sure...but it's better than letting Ding Xiu take the risk of drinking poisoned wine.Suddenly Ding Xiu's cold voice came from next to his ear: "Take your hands away."

Zhan Zhao lowered her head, facing Shang Ding Xiu's gaze, the sunlight cast from the shadows of the trees, her eyes were clear and bright, as if she could speak, for a moment, a familiar smile flashed in her eyes, like Laughing he was too nervous.

Zhan Zhao hesitated, and let go of his hand.

Murong Qing has been observing the actions of these two people, he was about to make a violent attack just now, but he was afraid of Zhan Zhao, so he didn't dare to take such a risk.

Anyway, after eight bowls of wine, the matter will be resolved.

Ding Xiu picked up the wine bowl with both hands, and smiled at Murong Qing: "The subordinates have never seen the world, so the master laughed." He raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.

Murong Qing fixed her eyes on Ding Xiu, saw that her complexion was normal, she was startled, but said in a normal way: "This bowl of wine can be regarded as my senior to let you be a junior. If you have any questions, niece, just ask."

Ding Xiu let out a long sigh of relief in his heart, and said: "It is said that the uncle committed these seven cases. My niece absolutely does not believe it. Anyway, it should be counted as Liu's residence in Dongcheng, right?" He said and looked at Murong. Qing, seeing his dazed face, thought in his heart that it was not good, this game of chess can't be broken at this step, and hurriedly continued, "If the master is still in the dark, you might as well ask that person, ask him What on earth is An's intentions, to deceive the master with sweet words, but secretly collude with the Liu family, to frame the truth, don't you know?"

Sure enough, Murong Qing showed suspicion on his face, and asked Ding Xiu: "My niece didn't understand what she said, I really don't understand what I'm saying because I'm old."

Ding Xiu sneered: "Uncle, my niece just asks, did that person tell uncle that he found a way to make the seven bitter flowers bloom?"

Murong Qing nodded, and hummed: "Why, does my niece also want to share a piece of the pie?"

Ding Xiu laughed loudly: "If it's really a dead heart, it can make the seven bitter flowers bloom. The seven bitter flowers bloomed everywhere as early as 20 years ago. That person's rhetoric is just trying to trick the uncle into a trap, and borrow a knife to get rid of the uncle. This is a big worry."

Murong Qing remained motionless, and stretched out his hand to fetch the second bowl of wine. Ding Xiu stared at him as he drank the wine slowly, his palms were sweating from tension, and he said calmly, "Master, what else do you want to ask? My niece will know everything."

Murong Qing put down the wine bowl and smiled, as if he was about to speak, but suddenly let out a miserable cry, Ding Xiu was so frightened that his heart trembled, at first he thought that Murong Qing was cheating again, but seeing him In an instant, his face turned black, his eyes protruded, and the blood vessels on his body bulged, and he knew that he was really poisoned.

Ding Xiu hurriedly took out the silver needle, and was about to give Murong Qing the needle, when suddenly he heard the wind behind his head, and heard Zhan Zhao yelling urgently: "Axiu get out of here!" Subconsciously, he rolled over. With a bang, the stone table was broken in two and fell to the ground.

Ding Xiu looked up anxiously, and saw that Zhan Zhao was already fighting with a man in red, and the man in red was wearing a red silk.Ding Xiu couldn't help but shudder when she thought that the red silk had smashed the stone table into two pieces just now. If Zhan Zhao hadn't reminded her, she would have been hit hard by the red silk. This stone table is even worse.

Seeing that Zhan Zhao had gained the upper hand, Ding Xiu hurriedly went to look at Murong Qing again, only to see that his face was dark, his eyes were wide open, and he had already passed away.For a moment, Ding Xiu only felt his hands and feet were cold, and thought in his heart: Murong Qing is actually dead?Impossible, although his own poison is domineering, but for Murong Qing, detoxification should be no problem at all, how could he die like this?

My mind was in chaos, when I suddenly heard a woman's voice laughing: "It turned out to be Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, Red Dragonfly remembered, this is a great revenge for killing my husband, I will report it another day."

Ding Xiu hurriedly looked up, but saw a red shadow in the forest flashing a few times, and the man had already left.Just as she was about to stand up, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen. She couldn't help but "hum", and squatted down again covering her stomach.

When Zhan Zhao got closer, he realized that something was wrong with Ding Xiu. Her face was pale, and beads of sweat kept rolling down her forehead, and her face was drenched in a short while.There was a "boom" in Zhan Zhao's head, and he hurriedly grabbed her arm, only to feel that she was shaking violently, as if she was going to collapse in the next moment.

Zhan Zhao's voice was dry, and he asked, "Axiu, how are you doing?" His voice was trembling.

Ding Xiu raised his head and said reluctantly, "I...it's fine. I just wanted to detoxify, but the medicine was taken...a little too hard. Don't...leave me alone. I'll just rest for a while and...will be fine."

Zhan Zhao groaned slightly, reached out and took out a loud arrow and shot it into the sky, then leaned over and picked up Ding Xiu, and said, "It hurts like this, and he said it's okay, let Zhao Hu and the others take care of it here, I'll take you Go find Mr. Gongsun."

Ding Xiu struggled in his arms, and said intermittently: "Don't let them touch the corpse with their hands, it's poisonous."

Zhan Zhao nodded: "Understood." Seeing that Ding Xiu seemed to have something to say, he added, "I told them, you can rest assured, nothing will happen."

Ding Xiu smiled, and said in a low voice: "I... didn't want to say this, I just wanted to..." Speaking of this, Zhan Zhao lowered his head, the two looked at each other, and Ding Xiu continued, " Zhan Zhao, can you... throw away that mask? I see... I feel so panicked..."

The author has something to say:

Let me first sigh: What a fat chapter!

Let me sigh again: Xiao Zhan, I told you that you affected the appearance of the city, but you still don’t listen, you see, we girl Ding can’t stand it anymore...

Fixed a small detail O(∩_∩)O~

It turns out that there has always been a big bug~~~~~~ No one reminded me_