Youxu Hexu

A string of wind chimes hung in the corridor leading to the cellar.

Whenever the wind chime rang, Ji Qinglan knew that the man was coming.The man's footsteps were very light, like a feather landing on the ground, without a sound, and he hung the wind chimes to let those who couldn't hear his footsteps know that he was coming.

Just like this moment.

The wind chimes jingled crisply.

There was a faint light at the other end of the cellar.

Ji Qinglan closed her eyes subconsciously.

"Is the food I cook not delicious? Why don't you eat it?" The man held the candlestick in one hand and the noodles in the other, and sighed, "If you don't eat, you will starve to death."

Ji Qinglan looked down at the bowl of noodles on the ground, without saying a word.During the few days he was locked up, he had deeply realized one thing, the bald fat man in front of him was an arrogant, moody and extremely difficult lunatic.He likes to stand on a high place and calmly let others crawl at his feet and be played by him.

The man held the candlestick closer.

The dark orange fire light shone on Ji Qinglan's naked body, and the deep and shallow scars made up alternately. Some were treated with medicine, some were sprinkled with salt, and some were stuffed with thin wooden strips. It was horrible.

"Does it hurt?" The man looked at him with concern.

Ji Qinglan still lowered her head.

The man put the noodles on the ground and placed them side by side with the previous bowl, then he straightened up again and said, "Are you really not going to consider my suggestion?" He asked very seriously, "Although you were tortured I blocked your hands and feet, but I didn't seal your martial arts. As long as you want, you can break free at any time and bow your head to eat noodles."

Ji Qinglan still didn't respond.

The man stared at him for a long time, nodded slowly and said, "It turns out that even if a person is extremely hungry, he can't bear to give up his arms." He put the candlestick on the ground, picked up the noodles, and fed them to Ji Qinglan with chopsticks. lips.

Ji Qinglan ate without thinking.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll poison you?" the man said, "Speaking of which, I'm your uncle."

Ji Qinglan chewed desperately.

The man frowned, stretched out his hand and tapped Ji Qinglan's body, and the noodles he had just eaten were spat out.

Ji Qinglan leaned forward, weakly retching.

The man looked at his spitting shoes, shook his head and said, "I don't like being ignored. If I were you, I would definitely speak up. I know you don't want to die."

Ji Qinglan raised her head slowly, her expression as calm as ever, "How do you know I don't want to die?"

The man said: "The emperor is not dead yet, why are you willing to die?"

Ji Qinglan's eyes twitched, and he whispered, "You're lying."

The man shook his head and said: "Although the five-stone and seven-grass pill left by your master is difficult to detox, there is no cure. You should never have, you should not have chosen me to enter the palace. It’s not okay to stand by and watch.”

Ji Qinglan stared at him steadfastly. If his gaze could melt water, then his gaze must be the most poisonous water in the world.

The man said: "However, that's fine. I also hate this emperor. You poisoned him, so I have a chance to make him half-dead. In this way, I still have to thank you."

Ji Qinglan said, "What do you want to do?"

"You can't guess?" The man looked at him in surprise, and then he was dissatisfied, "If you can't guess, it means you are an idiot. If you are an idiot, then I can't invite you to join my chess game. If It can't be like a chess game...why should I feed you noodles?"

Ji Qinglan said, "Will you let me go?"

The man said: "Do you know what kind of person I hate the most? People who speak straight to the point are too lacking in the fun of thinking."

Ji Qinglan was silent for a while and said: "You want to support a puppet emperor?" Throughout the ages, many courtiers have liked this.

The man smiled, "You really think too highly of me. Is it so easy to support a puppet emperor? You have to have cronies everywhere, and you have great power. I'm just a little doctor, how can I have such a big power? I want it, It's just the emperor's wholehearted favor."

Ji Qinglan said, "What's the difference?"

The man said: "Of course there is a difference. I want the emperor to obey me, but I don't want to be entangled in all kinds of mundane matters. I am alone, have no relatives, no relatives, no wife and no children. I just want to be at ease."

Ji Qinglan said: "With your medical skills, where in the world can't you go? Where can't you be at ease?"

The man shook his head and said, "Why is that the same? What I want is that when I want to eat lychees, someone will deliver them all day and night. Send it to me."

Ji Qinglan couldn't help but sneered and said, "Do you want to be Concubine Yang or Bao Si?"

The man said: "Why not? It's wonderful to be favored by the emperor without having to sacrifice your life for the country."

Ji Qinglan said: "Idiots are talking about dreams."

"Oh, don't you believe it?" The man looked up intoxicated, "I have met two such emperors, but unfortunately, one became old and fatuous, listened to the slander of the treacherous concubine, and alienated me. I had to let him die One was secretly wary of me because of Ji Huihuang’s death, and even sent me to kill Lingyang King, so I had no choice but to let him die. It’s hard to wait for the third one, but I don’t know who he is. I didn’t intend to kill him Well, anyway, he finally eats and drinks to enshrine me, and he treats me pretty well. Who knows that Cheng Yaojin killed you halfway, I thought about it all night, why not try my luck again, maybe I can find a new emperor who is more considerate .”

Ji Qinglan looked at him in shock.This person actually made it easy to talk about such a big event as killing a king. "You, no one killed you?"

The man said: "Yes, there were, but their lives were not good, and they all died. Speaking of it, the most regrettable thing is Ji Huihuang. I used to like him so much. His martial arts are the best in the world, and my medical skills are the best in the world. Let's work together. It is enough to restrain the emperor, to be happy with wind and rain, and to be happy. But he chose to stand on the side of the emperor to deal with me... Sigh. I have killed 360 people in my life, and he is the worst I have killed. The unbearable one is also the happiest one."

Ji Huihuang...was actually killed? !

Ji Qinglan said: "Aren't you afraid of blowing your hair out?"

"Don't you believe it? His son did. I saw that he had been trying to find the murderer for his father for so many years, and he deliberately gave him some loopholes. He really took the bait, and then I wrote another letter to remind him Unexpectedly, he was so scared that he immediately hid in Turkic.” At this point, the man paused and sighed, “People say that there are talents from generation to generation. It’s a pity that my old friends are not as good as each generation. Back then Ji Huihuang, who is a hero with martial arts all over the world, gave birth to a son who can only be a coward. The same is true of your master. His medical skills are second only to me, and he can be called the second in the world. Stupid apprentices of the system. Mingzun and Darkzun's apprentices are a bit decent, but their masters are nothing more than that, even if they inherit their master's abilities, they are nothing special."

Hearing that he had ruined the new generation of top figures in the Central Plains, Ji Qinglan couldn't help asking: "What about your apprentice?"

"I don't accept apprentices." The man turned his head to look at him, "Looking at my relationship with your master, I can barely use you."

Ji Qinglan sneered and said, "Will I be of use to you?"

The man raised his hand and slowly touched Ji Qinglan's naked chest.

Ji Qinglan's body tightened slightly.

The man moved his hand away slowly, and a silver needle was pulled out from his body.

Ji Qinglan's face changed, and cold sweat suddenly oozed from his forehead.

The man said: "I sealed your pain with twelve silver needles. If one is missing, you will suffer a lot of pain. If all twelve are pulled out, you should guess what will happen?"

Ji Qinglan stared at him bitterly.

The man said: "My chess game has always started with me playing black, and it is also up to me to decide who can play against me. It cannot be refused. Ji Jifeng is like this, Ji Huihuang is like this, the emperor is like this, and you are like this too."

Ji Qinglan's face became paler and paler.

The man threw the needle on the ground, "I decided to delay my life for the emperor for three months. During these three months, I need you to do something for me. If you do it, I will set you free." He said Finished, watching him quietly.

Ji Qinglan's breathing became more and more heavy, and it took a long time before he said, "A word from a gentleman?"

"I have never been a gentleman. You can only choose to believe." The man smiled, "There is no doubt."