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There is clear water and cotton cloth next to the porcelain jar.

The man in black that Feng Chen had seen not long ago was sitting beside Li Xiruo.

Hearing Feng Chen come in, Li Xi Ruo motioned for the man who raised his hand to go out to deal with the mess outside, then continued to look at the official document without raising his head, and said casually, "You are not allowed to come in, you just want to come in, could it be Want me to kick you out myself?"

The man in black got up and walked out, bowing slightly to Feng Chen as he walked.

Feng Chen nodded, watched him go out, turned around, stared intently at Li Xiruo's hand on the porcelain pot, walked forward, and said: "Most things you hide from me are not good things, I will Gotta figure it out."

He sat down opposite Li Xiruo, held his wrist, and motioned for him to raise his hand.

Li Xiruo glanced at him, then slowly raised her hand.

In the middle of the palm, bright red blood, like a tiny long snake, came out of the hand and rushed straight into the porcelain vat.

Feng Chen looked at Li Xiruo's hand in surprise, turned his palm up slightly, and saw a small cut in the middle of the palm, from which blood flowed out.

Feng Chen was extremely surprised: "What's going on?"

Li Xiruo put his hands on the edge of the porcelain vat, exposing the contents of the vat, and saw a black worm the size of a thumb lying on the bottom of the vat, red blood flowed into it and Gradually accumulating, at this time most of the bug's body has been soaked in blood.

The body of the black worm is quite fat, and the sides of the body are constantly beating inside and outside, and occasionally vibrate the wings slightly.

Feng Chen looked at the bug, he looked at it for a while, then turned to look at Li Xiruo: "What the hell is this?"

Li Xiruo: "Gu worm."

Feng Chen was stunned for a moment, and held Li Xiruo's wrist tighter and tighter: "Are you feeding it with your own blood?"

"En." Li Xiruo moved his hand back to the porcelain vat again, a few drops of blood accidentally splashed on the edge of the vat, against the white body of the vat, it looked particularly glaring.

Feng Chen held Li Xi Ruo's wrist and remained silent.

Li Xiruo: "Every national teacher will raise Gu worms. As for their uses, you should know."

He put down his pen and turned his head to look at the porcelain vat: "When Shu Ji was in chaos, someone once said, 'This kind of person can't make a fortune, and will kill himself sooner or later'. In the tenth year of her ruling the government , One day, King Li forgot his homework because he was too indulged in having fun, so she made him kneel in the courtyard as a punishment. Unfortunately, it rained suddenly that day, and King Li was drenched in the rain for an hour before Shu Ji remembered him Then hurried to bring him back, that night, King Li developed a high fever, and died of tuberculosis seven days later."

He raised his head and looked at Feng Chen, his dark eyes were bottomless, making it impossible to guess how many emotions were hidden inside, and how many secrets were buried inside: "Liguo is different from Fengguo, women can supervise the government, but She cannot be a direct regent. The reason why Shu Ji has been able to run amok for many years is because she has a son who is the king of Li, once she loses this amulet, she will have nothing."

His fingers resting on the edge of the porcelain jar lightly slid, scrubbing the porcelain jar, and the long eyelashes cast shadows on his eyelids.

The burnt part of the Zhuanhun incense turned into black ash, fell from the incense head, fell into the incense burner and was smashed into pieces, Li Xiruo's voice was like the cracked incense ash.

"After that child's death, Shu Ji was accused by everyone as a sinner, and almost all her accomplices turned against her. No one was willing to forgive her. She changed from a high-ranking person in power to a person who was criticized by thousands of people overnight. A despised sinner. After half a month, she was executed, and after that, the new king ascended the throne."

The gloomy fragrance is getting colder and colder, and Li Xiruo's voice is like a lone leaf covered with thin frost, facing the cold wind alone.

"I originally raised two of these Gu worms, but now..." He paused: "There is only one here."

Feng Chen was speechless.

Li Xiruo looked up at him and smiled: "Don't you think it's ridiculous that a woman who used to dominate the world and dominate the world is ruined by a little bug like this."

"Hahaha..." After he laughed a few times, he murmured to himself, "When that child died, his lungs were full of small holes. At first he cried every day, but in the end he But he couldn't even cry, he could only gasp for breath in great pain, and when he died, his face was purple and his whole body was cold..."

"Xi Ruo." Feng Chen interrupted him, tightly wrapping his hands around his wrists.

Li Xiruo stopped speaking, and quietly looked at the opposite curtain, her hand pressing on the porcelain vat was as pale as snow.

After a while, he said in a cold voice: "He's just a child, he didn't do anything wrong, but I killed him."

He raised his hand, picked up the cloth on the table and wiped the wound, muttering to himself: "I am the one who should be executed. And not only this child, I have killed many people in the past few years, some of them Some were directly killed by me, and some were indirectly killed by me..."

Feng Chen took his hand and helped him apply the medicine in silence.

Li Xiruo looked at him, and his fingers trembled slightly, as if he wanted to break free, and seemed to want to hold Feng Chen's hand, but in the end he let him hold it without moving.

The curtain was blown up by the wind, and soon sank again, rolling out ripples like waves.

Li Xiruo was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "I know that this is tantamount to deception, but... I still don't want you to know these things, I hope that in your heart, I have always been the same as seven years ago Same."

"I said Xi Ruo..." Feng Chen took the cloth and carefully wrapped the wound: "If there is a person who can independently support a country for many years and gradually bring the country back from the brink of subjugation, what do you think of him? Will it be someone as innocent as a child?"

Li Xiruo stared at him blankly, with extremely complicated emotions in his eyes.

Feng Chen wrapped the cloth strips and held his hand in his own: "I always knew that you are no longer the child of seven years. I like you, and it's not you who I remember." He looked at Li Xi Ruo's eyes: "You don't need to hide anything from me, I can accept everything from you."

The wind, with fine sand and gravel, passed by at low altitude and hit the camp tent.

The golden sunlight penetrated into the tent from the gap in the curtain, and a long and narrow light shadow lay on the ground.

Li Xiruo opened his mouth, but did not speak, the sunlight left a mark on his delicate face, as if cutting him into two people.

Feng Chen let go of his hand, wiped the porcelain jar clean with a cloth, then held the porcelain jar in his hand, stood up and asked, "Where do you want to put this thing?"

Li Xiruo blinked, looked up at him for a moment, and pointed to a corner of the tent.

Feng Chen leaned over and pecked his lips lightly, then walked to the corner.

In the dark corner where the light cannot enter, there is a small wooden box with black branches. Feng Chen opened the box and put the porcelain jar into the box.

The white vat wall was lined with the black bottom of the box, so glaring and ironic, Feng Chen took a look at the porcelain vat, and slowly closed the box.

Feng Chen sat back at the table, opened the golden dragon ear tripod on the table, and scattered some of the spices inside.

The scent of incense faded immediately, Feng Chen covered the cauldron with satisfaction, and spread out a hand in front of Li Xiruo: "I almost forgot the business - I'm here to get the roster of Li Guo's army."

Li Xiruo pulled out the roster from the pile of documents that had been prepared and placed on the desk, and put it in his hands.

Feng Chen opened the dark red and gold-rimmed roster, glanced at it quickly, and then suddenly seemed to find something interesting, the light in his eyes flickered, he raised his head and looked at Li Xiruo with great interest.