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The moon is shining brightly, the lights of the lake and the shadows of the people blend together.The arrival of the Flower God Festival made the night of the full moon even more lively. Qi Zhong and the two sat quietly under the tea shed next to the crowd. While waiting for them, they watched the crowd's hilarity and each had their own understanding.

"By the way, why did you suddenly leave today without saying goodbye? I was almost dying of anxiety." When he came back to his senses, Qi Zhong remembered what happened in the afternoon, and began to "settle accounts" stingily.

Mu Yun was dumbfounded for a moment, so he had to slowly take out the colorful candy from his sleeve and hand it to him.

"This... glazed candy? You went to buy this for me?" Qi Zhong took the candy in surprise, cherishing it in his hand.

"No way, there are too many children, and the queue time is a bit long..." Mu Yun explained in a warm voice.

Qi Zhong snorted, "What's the queue? I think it's almost like those brats jumping in the queue randomly, swarming around there, greedy, and have no money to buy it. I finally hope that you, an honest man, will pay for it." They eat..."

Mu Yun blinked and smiled, silent by default.Knowing that he was joking about the interesting events of his travels back then, he couldn't refute it.

While eating candy, Qi Zhong casually looked towards the lake, and suddenly saw a familiar figure holding a lantern on the bridge aisle, hovering in front of a young fish seller, as if chatting politely, but the figures kept intersecting, and he could not Seeing the man's face clearly, he had no choice but to ask Mu Yun sideways: "Hey, why hasn't this medical sage come yet? It's almost past the agreed time... Why don't you see that guy who buys fish over there looks like him?"

Mu Yun looked back after hearing the sound, but he didn't see anyone, so he shook his head lightly.

Qi Zhong didn't believe in evil, so he dragged him to look for that figure, weaving through layers of crowds, the two approached the slightly quiet downstream by the lake, and finally saw the man's face clearly.

"Master Medical Sage? It's really him." Mu Yun was stunned for a moment and then recognized him.

Qi Zhong was overjoyed, and was about to go up to greet him, but Mu Yun grabbed his hand and stopped where he was.

"Why don't you go over?" He scratched his head and asked, Mu Yun closed his eyes and remained silent.

Qi Zhong continued to wait and see, and saw that Feng Mei put the red carps he bought into the river one by one, and after finishing these, slowly sent a crabapple flower that he carried with him into the water, letting it drift away.As if he understood something, he didn't ask any more questions, and turned his face sadly.

When she came back to her senses, Feng Mei had already come to the two of them: "It's been a long time, both of you."

Mu Yun folded his body and saluted, "I'm going to bother you again."

"There is no need to be so polite between you and me. I have already understood the reason for your visit. I also saw through the abnormalities of the last few spiritual veins a few days ago and dealt with them as soon as possible. For details, let's go back to the humble house first."

Hearing this, the two of them felt a little more relaxed with half the effort, but Qi Zhong thought about it for a while. At first, he felt that Feng Mei's covenant at the bottom of the border was a bit redundant, but just now he saw him releasing carps by the river, and the festive atmosphere of tonight's festival... ... He felt that it was reasonable again, and it was a small thing to do, thinking about talents was the main purpose of Feng Mei's going out this time.

Thinking of this, his guilt towards Fang Yanxiao and the others deepened.

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Back at the herbal medicine shop in the outskirts of Jingxin, Qi Zhong followed into the house, and while Feng Mei was making tea, he inadvertently looked around, and suddenly saw countless dead pomegranate trees in the courtyard, crooked and twisted bodies, Hiding in the dark.

He got up and looked into the side room, and saw a gentle corner behind the bookshelf full of medical books, under the bronze mirror, full of rouge, all new...

"Let's have some tea, both of you."

When Feng Mei came back, Qi finally didn't dare to be rude anymore, and quickly sat back beside Mu Yun, calming down the sadness in his heart repeatedly.

"Thank you for the tea, my friend." After taking it, Mu Yun took a sip, put it aside on the table, and started talking about business.After Feng Mei sat down and listened, her expression gradually became serious.

"So right now, in the opinion of a medical sage, how should we deal with these three-party clay sculptures, so that Tongjiang can get rid of this ideological dilemma?"

Answering with questions seems redundant, but there is something in the words. Feng Mei failed to drink tea. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and glanced at Mu Yun, with a calm expression, and said: "Mu Yun, I haven't seen you for a few months, you are here again Trick me?"

"Ah...don't dare." Mu Yun blinked and smiled, and kept quiet.

Feng Mei glanced at Qi Zhong who was beside him, and her tone seemed to be teasing: "Huh, why don't you dare? Over the years, how many pills have been 'cheated' by me, and how much consultation fees have been 'owed' to me. I didn’t bother with you, now that I’ve encountered a difficult situation, and I have a perfect plan, why do you want to ‘torture’ me? Do you regard me as a friend, or as an enemy?”

"There is no such meaning. The Medical Sage is magnanimous. I have always remembered my gratitude. The words were inappropriate just now, which made you worry too much. Forgive me."

Mu Yun explained lightly, still trying to figure out Feng Mei's intentions.At this time, Qi Zhong couldn't stand it anymore, and hummed: "Okay, okay, you two don't hide your words, what are you doing so far away? My brother-in-law is just asking for this favor, can you help me?"

Hearing this, both of them froze in astonishment. Feng Mei was almost choked by the water and lost her composure. She calmed down, looked at Qi Zhong in surprise, frowned and said, "What did you call me? Ha! Pulling you back from the gate of hell is to let you Team up with Mu Yun to bully me?"

Qi finally smiled embarrassedly, scratched his head and hid behind Mu Yun.

After the joke was over, the atmosphere in the room relaxed a little, Feng Mei was still rational, he looked at Mu Yun, and said lightly: "Actually, I have already guessed what you are going to do, these nine years are enough for me to understand you Quite a few...but the god of heaven, with my master, I can't help you do more, I can only not stop you..."

"That's enough! It's a lifetime of luck for my friend to understand Mu Yun's heart. I'm so grateful."

Knowing that Feng Mei had no intention of blocking the big plan, both of them felt relaxed physically and mentally, and they were one step closer to liberating Tongjiang from imprisonment. Mu Yun couldn't suppress the joy in his heart and was sincerely grateful.

Fengmei lowered her eyes, wanted to say something, but finally pressed it back into her throat. She just took a deep look at the two people who matched well, and the old memories became more and more blurred in her heart...

"Hey, medicine picker, why are you experimenting with medicine indiscriminately and poisoning yourself? Brother and I came to see you, can't you see it?"

"Sorry, you two, I have temporarily lost all five senses, and I can't see you clearly, so I can't entertain you well..."

"Ah, it's so pitiful... It's too miserable to be the apprentice of Su Nuv..."

"Xiaoyue! Don't talk nonsense...Friend Feng Mei, take good care of your wounds, we will visit again next time..."

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Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, the phrase "next time" will become a farewell forever.Feng Mei recalled the past when she was a teacher when she was young, and seeing the two people who were similar but different, she suddenly felt that things were right and wrong.

Qi Zhong asked about the business: "Then now, should we destroy these clay sculptures carrying Jiyuan first? lest the soul consciousness inside be taken back by the people behind the scenes, and our previous efforts will be wasted."

Hearing this, Feng Mei woke up, and said seriously: "No. If you want to lure out the mastermind behind the scenes, this thing cannot be destroyed. Leave it to me first, I will soak them in the medicine pool to suppress its influence."

Mu Yun nodded, put the rest of the clay sculptures in Feng Mei's hands, and said, "Then, during this period of time, I will temporarily borrow my friend's house to live in, and we need to improve the layout for the next time, so as to ensure nothing goes wrong... ..."

"Live here if you want, you can get used to the smell of medicine here, it's your skill." Hearing his tone of refuge, Feng Mei thought about it, and replied leisurely.

Qi Zhong frowned, covered his nose with his sleeve, and muttered in a low voice: "This guy did it on purpose. Before you were not here, he poured me a lot of bitter soup..."

Mu Yun sighed helplessly: "The good medicine is bitter, and the medical sage has worked so hard. Don't mention these stupid things again. Otherwise, when we are kicked out, we will have to live in the wilderness."

Qi Zhong curled his lips and said lazily, "Oh."

Feng Mei squeezed the space between her eyebrows, continued to read her medical books, and said calmly: "The tea is cold, you have worked hard on your journey, the guest room is on the east side, please take care of yourself."

"Thank you." Mu Yun saluted with a light smile. After finishing speaking, he led the person out without bothering him anymore.

Inside the Jiugai Mountain Palace, there was a complete silence.

Behind the curtain, a person was flipping through ancient books, desperately looking for new methods, but every sentence hit a wall.Xi Yan was furious, and was about to tear up the book to vent his anger, but a sharp pain came from Tianling, which made him lose his composure and groan.

"Ah! Who? Who destroyed my double?"

He was in unbearable pain, and his soul consciousness seemed to be torn apart. The backlash pain made him tormented and rolled all over the floor. With trembling hands, Xi Yan sent the elixir into his mouth, fighting the poison with poison, and saved himself, finally stabilized the danger of his soul consciousness leaving .

He collapsed and supported the edge of the table to stand up, his blood red eyes looked indifferently at the side of the seat, like a puppet walking dead, crying bitterly: "Qingchen, Qingchen, you have pity on me, see how I am?"

When Luo Qingchen heard someone calling him, his eyes rolled slightly, his expression was still numb, but his lips parted slightly, as if he was about to say something.

Xi Yan looked at him expectantly, full of joy, but heard him read: "...Geng Lan, where are you?"

Expectations are broken like jade, falling to the ground.Xi Yan was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of internal wounds and blood stasis on the ground, then stared at him with shattered eyes, stared at him fiercely, rushed towards Luo Qingchen frantically, and asked harshly: "Mu Xi! It's Mu Xi again! I'm dying, you are already my puppet, why do you still have to read his name? Why haven't you remembered me?"

"Luo Qingchen, you are so cruel to me! I won't let you get your wish!"

Xi Yan lost all reason, took out the last hole card, fed a black pill into Luo Qingchen's throat, and said viciously to himself: "Yan Wang Suohun Pill, it is a poison I have studied for you for many years, it will make you completely belong to the Mine, can never be separated from mine...Even if you die, you still have to be with me, Qingchen."

He supported his body in severe pain, sat staggeringly beside Luo Qingchen, leaned on his shoulder with peace of mind, and whispered: "It's fine... they should all be damned! How dare they ruin my life for so many years?" My hard work, I will not let them go! Anyway, I will not live long if we are together now, and I will be buried with these sluts before I die, it will be considered...peaceful."

The effect of the medicine gradually penetrated into the blood, and the second before Luo Qingchen's consciousness completely fell, his eyes flickered twice, and he shouted hoarsely: "Genglan..."

This time, Xi Yan was weak and didn't hear it, and only thought that he had obediently surrendered to the poison, and would never push herself away, never blame herself for Mu Xi, and never leave him.

But when Xi Yan realized why all this humbleness came from, the anger in his heart couldn't stop boiling, he squeezed the hand of the seat, so hard that it turned white, and cursed: "I want you all to die badly!" !"