[Yi Tian Tongren] Fighting for life

Yin Li finally stood up.

"I'm going to look at the body," she said.

Song Qingshu smiled slightly and said, "I'll go see if there are any clues nearby."

Yin Li squatted next to the corpses of those people, carefully checking their causes of death one by one, checking whether there were other wounds on their bodies, and whether they might have died from other reasons.But unfortunately, she searched and found that the sky was completely dark, and she didn't find anything unusual on the corpses of these villagers.This probably only shows that there was no accident before they died, and they were all burned to death.

Song Qingshu came back with some different news. He said that there was a trace of a fight on the other side of the plantation.Yin Li followed him to look.The traces of the fight appeared on a nearby wall that had burned down.Most of this wall had already been burned black, and it had already fallen to the ground, but it was also because of this that a sudden green spot somewhere in the center of the wall was eye-catching.

"Look here." Song Qingshu pointed to the piece of green, "It looks like the trace left by some poisoned weapon."

Yin Li took a closer look, and found that there was a very thin hole in the center of the green piece, and the green color spread to the surroundings around the center of a circle that could hardly be found.She sniffed the difference between that wall and the surrounding walls, and her face suddenly changed.

"This is the poison I made." Yin Li said, "It is a life-saving weapon I gave to these guards. Each person has one, and the poisoned person will be poisoned unknowingly, and the poison will also dissolve in the body after death. , others can't find it out at all... And I only told them that the poison of the human being infected with this poison will dissolve with the corpse, and it can't be detected by other operations. I didn't tell them that there is still a way to check for this poison .And no one knows this method except myself.”

Song Qingshu was a little surprised, and subconsciously asked: "Can I take the liberty to ask, what is the verification method?"

"Before dying, he will twitch unconsciously, but after the twitching, there will be no traces left. And after that person dies, he will have to react with vinegar and fire to show up." Yin Li said, thinking of that The messenger Wang Manglai twitched twice before he died.At that time, she was stunned by the fire and didn't pay attention for a while, but thinking about it now, she felt a little strange.

Then he said to Song Qingshu: "Let's go back and check the corpses of the three disciples I teach."

Song Qingshu also had this intention, so he nodded.

After all, it was already night, and Yin Li hardly ate anything that day. Now that he was going back to the town, he felt a little hungry, so he ate with Song Qingshu at a restaurant near the city gate.But Yin Li didn't have much appetite, so he ordered a few dishes without moving his chopsticks.Instead, I ordered three other peanut and sesame buns, and ate all three of them one bite at a time.

Song Qingshu looked at her and knew that this kind of sesame buns had added a lot of sugar, and eating too much would inevitably lead to dry mouth, so he called Xiaoer: "Pour a cup of tea." After Yin Li finished eating, the refreshing tea was brewed just in time.Song Qingshu asked Xiao Er to pour a glass for both of them, and then watched Yin Li drink a glass in one gulp, she poured another glass and drank it all by herself, and then went to eat his food without saying a word .

Finished.The two went back to the pharmacy together.Yin Li introduced Song Qingshu to those people again, and then began to search the body.

All three bodies had been stripped clean and wrapped in a whole piece of cloth.People in their Ming Cult pay attention to not bringing them with them when they are born, and not taking them away when they die. When the time comes to bury them, they must go clean.It's just that it's still inactive now, so I found a piece of cloth to cover it.Of course, the incomplete clothes that were taken off were not thrown away, and they were all put aside.Yin Li believed that Song Qingshu had nothing to do with this matter, and she thought that although this person would be able to be ruthless because of Zhou Zhiruo in the future, he is still a three-generation disciple of Wudang Gen Zhengmiaohong with a bright future, and he has little chance to come into contact with evil spirits and heretics , Wudang faction has always been aboveboard, even if it is a bit strange for him to appear here, he should not be a black hand involved in it.

So she asked Song Qingshu to find out if there was anything unusual on the dress, and went to check the messenger Wang Mang's body by herself.

A corpse is not much different from a normal corpse with burns too severe to die.She pinched the man's arm twice, and carefully inspected the two mummified corpses, before she said to the shopkeeper who was watching: "Go get me a jar of vinegar. Go buy a basket of Polygonum indigo leaves." If you want to investigate the poison, you have to use fire and vinegar to carry out a chemical reaction at the same time, but this person has already been burned, so you can only rely on vinegar and some of the dyed plants such as indigo leaves. Color components to get.

Yin Li paused for a moment, and then said, "Everyone else is staying here, you go yourself." The shopkeeper was a little surprised when he heard this. He is Yin Li's confidant, so he naturally understands what this order means, which shows that Yin Li It is suspected that today's incident has something to do with the insiders in their teaching.

Yin Li looked at the rest of the guys, and they were naturally members of the Ming Cult, some of them were picked by Yang Xiao for her, and some of them were picked by herself.As the herb is her favorite herb, she thinks that the precautionary measures are not bad. The eighteen generations of everyone's ancestors can't be investigated, but she has already investigated everyone's background clearly. Logically speaking, these people should be extremely loyal.But the problem now is that at least one traitor has emerged.

She was basically sure that Wang Mang was a traitor.Because if there were already signs of fighting beside the plantation, and he was also poisoned by the poison he gave, it means that he also experienced fighting at that time.Then when he came back from running so far to report the news, he couldn't possibly say that it was Tianhuo, he would definitely say that someone had betrayed!He didn't say that, he could only explain that he himself was the traitor.

In the mountains in midsummer, sometimes fires occur in the mountains because the weather is too dry and hot, and fire prevention measures are not in place. This is undoubtedly a natural disaster.Lanshan Village is another small village in the mountains. It is at least ten miles away from the nearest village. There was a fire there. Even if the people from the surrounding villages hurried on, it would take half a day to get there. When they got there, the fire was gone. Self-extinguishing.

Yin Li thought to himself, the person who sabotaged this matter did not know who it was, but he really had a good plan... Fully considering the geographical disadvantage of Lanshan Village, he attributed this matter to the uncommon but not uncommon Tianhuo come up.With Yin Li's not particularly cautious character, he was probably going to be deceived.

Thinking of this, Yin Li pointed to Wang Mang and said to the others: "I already know that he is an inner ghost. Before he died, he was poisoned by the life-saving needle I gave you, but he reported false news when he came back. And this happened right before my death." It happened on the day I arrived at Lanhe Village, and the timing was also very ingenious, since it is not our own people, I am afraid that I will not know my specific itinerary."

As she spoke, she pointed to the other two corpses that had been burnt into mummified corpses and said: "I checked their corpses just now and found that Liu Gan's skull and Qin He's armpits have fine holes, which means that they were all murdered before they died. It is hard to say how Liu Gan got the needle. Qin Hezhong is under the armpit. Someone must have pretended to be close to him and then murdered him. This person may be Wang Mang who came back to report the letter, or not. Take out all the life-saving needles you used to make sure you haven't used them yet."

Those intelligence personnel looked at each other for a moment, and took out their life-saving needles one by one, but in the end, one person never took it out.It was a person named Xu Xiaoduo, why Yin Li remembered it so clearly, because he was a person who Yin Li paid more attention to when he was picking people.At that time, Yin Li was picking someone, and everyone else looked confident, but he looked shy and shy, with a slight lack of confidence.Such a performance can be considered special among a group of calm and confident people.

Yin Li noticed him, so he smiled at him: "Don't be nervous, I won't eat you again."

His face flushed instantly.

Yin Li saw that he was interesting, and asked again: "What's your name?"

He said: "Ms. Hui, I, my surname is Xu, and everyone calls me Xiaoduo."

"Oh, Xu Xiaoduo, today I am picking people to station in a place. The standard of living may not be as good as it is today, but you only have to stay there for about five years. After five years, you can come back. Just remember to keep it secret when you work. Okay, do you want to try it?"

Xu Xiaoduo was stunned for a while, then nodded.Yin Li added his name to his list.Xu Xiaoduo was one of the people Yang Xiao gave her.It stands to reason that the people Yang Xiao gave her were carefully selected by him, and they might be more reliable than those picked out by Yin Li himself.

So now this result even surprised Yin Li himself.She couldn't help but began to wonder if it was a mistake for her to trust Yang Xiao so much.

Now Xu Xiaoduo's face was flushed and pale, and he just shook his head and said, "Miss Yin, you trust me, I have not apostate, and I, I don't know why the life-saving pin disappeared."

Yin Li is of course willing to trust everyone in his heart.People in the martial arts world have already been eyeing the Ming Cult, so she naturally hopes that everyone in the Ming Cult can be as friendly and loyal to the inside as the canon stipulates, unite like an iron bucket with the outside world.

But in fact, the Ming Cult is still in a state of fragmentation, and there are distinct factions in the sect. Only technical personnel like her remain neutral to a certain extent. No faction will easily provoke her, nor can it easily win her over.Yin Li's willingness to trust Yang Xiao and befriend the five scattered people is also because in her impression, these few people still have a certain sense of the overall situation.

So now the problem is with Xu Xiaoduo, which makes Yin Liyou feel disappointed.She said to Xu Xiaoduo: "Then you'd better think about why your needle is missing."

After finishing speaking, she knew that Xu Xiaoduo still had to think about it, so she went to check those who had already taken out their needles to see if their needles had been used.After checking one by one, Yin Li didn't find any problems, and finally heaved a sigh of relief.She didn't want anyone else to be a suspect.

At this time, the shopkeeper finally brought back the Polygonum indigo leaves, Yin Li did not avoid the others, squeezed out the juice from the Polygonum indigo leaves in front of them, and then used a small brush to apply the vinegar on the two The wound area of ​​the mummy.

After the vinegar was applied, there was no change in the wound, only showing a vinegar color.After Yin Li smeared the indigo juice on it, and waited quietly for a while, everyone saw that the wound gradually changed from dark blue to a similar golden color, which looked extremely weird.

"Both of them died from the poison of the life-saving needle." Yin Li said, "Song Shaoxia and I were in the village just now, and we found the needle hole of the life-saving needle on a wall. The life-saving needle can only be used once. So four life-saving needles were used today, but only three people died. This means that there is another traitor. Xu Xiaoduo, have you thought about the reason? How did your needle disappear?"

Xu Xiaoduo's eyes turned around Song Qing's writing, and then at Yin Li's face. After a moment of silence, he lowered his head and said: "I don't know why my needle disappeared. But please think about it Thinking, I can come here thanks to the girl's kindness, how could I betray the girl?"

"People's hearts are changeable. I don't know if a word from me is a kindness to you. You can't come up with an excuse for where to throw the needle. How can I trust you? You'd better tell me what you know. I've made it clear, don't force me to send you to Zuo Yang and let him send you off. You have to know that Zuo Yang picked you out for me, and now his people make such mistakes, no matter what. He will try his best to find out why you betrayed me. You should think about it yourself. It’s okay to say it when you haven’t been exposed, but now that it’s been exposed, do you still want to get away with it?”

Xu Xiaoduo was silent again for a moment, then suddenly said: "Young lady kept questioning me and didn't want to believe me, but why did you let a foreign teacher participate in the investigation of this matter? If I'm not mistaken, this Song Shaoxia named Song Qingshu is from the Wudang sect Don’t you know that the girl doesn’t know that the conflicts between the Emei sect and my sect have become more and more intense these years? And Wudang and Emei are the best allies, how can the girl know that this matter is not about Wudang and Emei? The hypocrite designed to frame us and cause us to fight among ourselves?"

"..." Yin Li was speechless for a moment, and she suddenly realized that this young man who was a little shy in his impression and stuttered occasionally was actually articulate, clear-cut, and even able to fight back like a Jedi, smearing him on the head. The indelible stain was gently brushed away, but he pointed the finger at himself.

She was silent for a while, and said to the other people who looked at her with piercing eyes: "Wudang and Emei are friends, it is a matter between sects. But I am friends with Song Shaoxia, it is a private matter. I have been with Song Shaoxia for three years Friendship, I believe he will not harm me in this matter. And Song Shaoxia is more thoughtful and considerate than me, so I asked him to assist in the investigation. Do you have any objections?"

The few people looked at each other for a few moments before saying: "No objection, please continue the interrogation, Miss."

Yin Li looked at Xu Xiaoduo again, "The trick you just did was to divert your gaze, but you didn't answer the needle's question, which shows that you have a guilty conscience in this matter. And when did you become so smart and clever? The old you Is it really you? You’re not telling the truth! Do you really want me to send you to Yang Zuoshi?"

Xu Xiaoduo's face changed, and the eyes of others looking at him also became sharp.He knew that this matter could not be resolved, so he bowed his head and remained silent for a while, Yin Li waited quietly, neither he nor she moved.There is no trace of impatience, but there is no intention of letting him go.

After an unknown amount of time, Xu Xiaoduo finally asked: "Could it be that Miss will send me to Yang Zuoshi herself?"

Yin Li didn't expect his first sentence to be this, and said coldly: "You have a good idea! Do you treat me as good food and drink for you? I will ask Zuo Yang to send a reliable person to escort you back .”

"So that's how it is." Xu Xiaoduo sighed and said, "Since that's the case, I'm afraid I won't have any chance to confess and be lenient after today, so I'd better take it."

"...Tell me, what's going on with you and Wang Mang."

"Wang Mang was coerced by me." Xu Xiaoduo said with a chuckle, "I captured his wife and threatened him to be my scapegoat. And I promised him that when he finished, I would help him support him for the whole day I only know about the crying wife."

"...Then what's going on with you?"

"Miss San, I belong to the eldest son." Xu Xiaoduo was silent for a long time before finally answering. "I was originally sent to monitor Yang Zuoshi's movements."

Yin Li was stunned for a moment, according to her guess, it was probably Granny Jinhua who came out to make trouble again, but she really didn't expect it to be an internal matter of Mingjiao himself.

Only to hear Xu Xiaoduo laughed again: "At that time, I completed a few tasks assigned by the son, and Yang Zuoshi began to doubt my identity, but he put me in the list to test whether I was a traitor. My mission is to stay with Yang Zuoshi, so naturally I can't just randomly go to Third Miss's place to be entertained. At that time, I deliberately pretended to be more shy than usual, so that you would think I'm useless and exclude me Come, who knows..."

"Who would have thought that I would give you a chance with so much kindness? You are self-defeating." Yin Li said with a smile.But her smile was so shallow and faint that it was almost invisible.

"Yeah, who would have thought that Yin Li, who has always been able to survive the death of Hu Yixian's true biography, would show kindness? I had no choice but to follow me to Lanhe Town, and the mission entrusted to me by the eldest son was also not completed."

"So that's how it is." Yin Li was silent for a moment, then asked again, "What about this one now? Did he order you to do it too? Why?"

Xu Xiaoduo sneered and said, "Miss San is from the Yin family, but she doesn't want to plan a future for our Tianying Sect, but wants to develop medicines for Yang Xiao and the Five Elements Banner that can improve their combat power. What?! When this medicine is made in the future, I am afraid that my Sky Eagle Sect will be eaten to the point that there is not even dregs left!"

Yin Li had no idea that it would be such a reason.She was stunned for a while before asking back: "How do you know that after the medicine is finished, I won't give it to people in the Skyhawk Sect? Although I don't have a good relationship with my family, who in the Skyhawk Sect will heal me?" Pushed away? I made this medicine for Mingjiao, and I regard Tianyingjiao as a part of Mingjiao, so I won’t be biased in the future.”

"And..." Yin Li said angrily, "You don't even know what this medicine is for, so you destroyed it!"

Xu Xiaoduo stopped talking this time.About what he wanted to say, he also finished.

Yin Li also ignored him, pointing to two people: "Put him down, don't give him any chance to commit suicide." Then he said to the other two people, "I'll write a letter to Yang Zuoshi right away, you two Also go to find out where the young master of Tianying Church, Amano Hall, is recently, I want to confront him face to face!"

After Yin Li finished spraying, she finally calmed down a bit, and she began to reflect on herself.She thinks that she has had a lot of contacts with Yang Xiao, Wusanren, and Wuxingqi in recent years, but not so much with Tianying Sect, because of her grandfather, except for her grandfather, it is her father Well, since Yin Li ran away from home, from a single-digit age up to now, he has never met him once, or said a word to him.

The two elder brothers had a grudge against her, so naturally they could avoid running into each other.From the perspective of outsiders, I am afraid that there is really a huge rift with the Skyhawk Sect.

Song Qingshu should not have been involved in such a matter, but Yin Li never thought that Xu Xiaoduo, who was apostate, could not be regarded as apostate strictly speaking, she thought it was a foreign matter, and secondly, it was Song Qingshu who found out In order to explain to others, Yin Li just said that he invited him to investigate. After discovering that this matter was actually an internal factional struggle, Yin Li wanted Song Qingshu to avoid it.But she had no reason to ask Song Qingshu to leave.

It was as if he dug a hole for himself and jumped down to bury himself.

So Song Qingshu watched from the beginning to the end.

After all, he belongs to the Wudang sect, which can be regarded as the decent sect of the famous sect. It is really not a good thing for him to see clearly the struggle and reality within Mingjiao.

Yin Li thought, how to stop his mouth now.At least he couldn't let him reveal this matter when the six major factions besieged Guangmingding a few years later.