Weicheng snow

Chapter 53 The lingering ghost

In Huzi's narration, the first time he saw that disciple, he had an intuition that he was not a good person.

It was half a month before the accident in the village. At that time, he went to fetch water from the lake. There was a wooden bridge on the lake, which was the only way for the herb-collecting team to go up the mountain. The disciple stood on the other side of the river, staring at the village motionlessly. direction.I was curious for a while, and observed that person for a while, and there seemed to be a dead leaf flying in my vision.

When he got closer, he realized that it was a moth the color of withered leaves.

The moth landed on the stone at his feet and remained motionless. When he looked up to the other side of the river, the man had disappeared.

In the following days, every time he walked in the village, he could find moths with the color of dead leaves flying. It was the first time he saw so many moths when he grew up so big. Even the medicinal team said that the moths on the mountain The woods are full of these moths.

But the villagers didn't take it seriously, and many children took pleasure in killing these moths.Later, when he went to the river beach to fetch water, he found a wolf corpse on the river beach at some point. The corpse was covered with dense moths, which made his scalp tingle. He was so frightened that he dropped the bucket and ran home. For this, he was severely scolded by his parents.

Then, one day suddenly, the moths on the river beach disappeared.

The next morning after the moth disappeared, the grandson of the old lady's family disappeared.

Since then, the village has had accidents again and again until it looks like it is today.

He felt that all of this was done by the boy in black, and those moths had nothing to do with him.

After hearing this, Yi Qingchen strengthened his guess, and hurried back to the camp without saying anything.If you will know that Yi Qingchen probably discovered some important matter that needs to be discussed with Shen Yi, but right now he is leaning on crutches and still wants to run, which is a bit messy, so he kindly reminded, "My lord, you should walk slowly, Mr. Don't let the wound open again."

Yi Qingchen came back to his senses, realized his physical condition, and really slowed down the speed of rushing back.

Waiting for Yi Qingchen to go far away, Ruhui kicked the stone next to his feet, turned around and smiled with the three children, "How about we play a round?"

The three children asked curiously, "What race?"

If you can, you will kick the stone, weigh it, throw it, and catch it again, as if you are kicking not a stone, but a light Cuju. "It's like kicking a stone. Who can knock the stone first?" Whoever kicks into the pit wins, but no matter whoever kicks into the pit, I lose, how about it?"

He also pulled a small cloth bag from his waist, took out a whistle from it, put it on his lips and blew it lightly, depending on how he could press the hole with his fingertips, he could also imitate the calls of birds, mountains and animals.

The three children looked at it strangely, so they held up the whistle in their hands and said proudly, "This is the imitation whistle I made, and it is the only one in the world. If you win, I will give this whistle to you. Yes, if you lose, how about giving me that little black's body?"

The three children looked at each other, hesitant, but they were not in a hurry if they would, they just waited quietly at the side. There were countless things in her bag, so she was not afraid that these children would not agree.Not long after, a child really chose to give in. He tugged on Huzi's sleeve and persuaded, "There are three of us, and she is only one. She will definitely not lose. Let's give it a try?"

Huzi's face was tangled, and he raised his eyes to see Ruhui, and Ruhui took out a mechanism villain from his cloth bag while the iron was hot, "This is a small mechanism person I made by imitating Yanzong's map, it can pick up things, I can still run, if you don’t believe me, look..."

The moment Yi Qingchen opened the curtain of the camp tent, a ray of sunlight poured into the tent, Shen Yi was standing in front of the basin washing his face, when he saw Yi Qingchen came back, he threw the handkerchief back into the water, wiping the water droplets on his hands with a towel , and greeted him, "My lord, where did you go just now? I asked Ruhui to look for you, can you see?"

Yi Qingchen nodded, and hurriedly said, "I have something important to tell you."

Shen Yi blinked her eyes, "I also have something to convey to Young Master, why don't you talk to Young Master first?"

The two chose a place to sit down, and Yi Qingchen told Shen Yi everything about the disciple in black, and emphasized the key words "a wolf corpse" and "a group of moths", which made Shen Yi frown uncontrollably. "Could it be... really Broken Moon?"

Yi Qingchen didn't dare to assert, "Prescribing medicine through butterflies is indeed the usual method of her two sisters. If we assume that the tragedy in the village is just Duanyue's revenge for Yeluo in order to attract Lingshan disciples, these things can indeed be said Got it..."

Recalling the figure who pushed himself off the cliff in the Shitenghua Valley, Yi Qingchen hesitated again, "But... is Yeluo really dead?"

Shen Yi said with a headache, "Eldest brother and Shen Sheng took care of the aftermath of Zhao's old house. At that time, I was not qualified enough and suffered some injuries. I had been recuperating in the carriage and had no chance to understand these... ..”

If neither of them remembered whether or not Yeluo's body was found, it would be debatable whether Yeluo was dead or not.Yi Qingchen instinctively felt that this matter had something to do with her sisters, but because of the lack of conclusive evidence, she could only put it aside for the time being, and said to Shen Yi, "What did you say you wanted to tell me earlier?"

Shen Yi said conveniently, "If you will come back, you have already told me all the testimonies you asked. In addition to what you said earlier, son, this disciple who can manipulate moths should be the most suspected person at present. As for the residents who have not been poisoned ...Sir, you know that although it doesn't show on the surface, as long as you eat the food, your body will gradually deteriorate. As for when the poison will show up, it's just a matter of time... .”

"So, there is not much time left for us..."

These words were already in Yi Qingchen's expectation, so he didn't feel too much emotional fluctuation, but asked Shen Yi very calmly, "Do you think that disciple will stay in the camp?"

Shen Yi shook her head, "Sooner or later it will be exposed, and naturally it will escape back as soon as possible."

Yi Qingchen sighed, "Having said that, I still need to trouble you to use some manpower to search for the trace of this disciple in the camp. Remember, you should focus on the weak defense."

"In addition, strengthen your defenses... Lingshan is being hit hard right now, and it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If my guess is right, the Food Marrow Sect should make a big move tonight. Even if I guess wrong, it is considered defensive Let it happen before it happens."

Shen Yi felt that Yi Qingchen's words were reasonable, and everything in the past proved that Yi Qingchen was quite talented in the art of war. He himself didn't realize this, but he could always accurately speculate about the past of the Marrow Sorcerer Sect. most of the plans.Although Yu Xueya had an accident that time and took his life, it is undeniable that this person is very thoughtful, and it is no wonder that he has been a thief for many years but has never been caught.

Shen Yi followed Yi Qingchen's instructions, and soon a disciple came to report that he had made a new discovery.

It wasn't until the two arrived at the scene that they realized that this was where the old lady met her grandson.

This is next to the warehouse where sundries are stored, because of an accident, Shen Yi ordered to remove all those firewood piles earlier, but because of the incident of poisoning, there was no way to spare manpower.Some disciples finally got some free time today, and remembering that there was still a firewood pile to move, they came to deal with it. As soon as they moved the firewood pile away, they found some indistinct paw prints left on the yellow earth behind the firewood pile.

Yi Qingchen looked in the direction of the footprints, and found that there was a gap in the fence where the footprints passed. The footprints stretched all the way to the depths of the forest. Yi Qingchen looked up, only vaguely felt that there seemed to be something deep in the forest Something jumped into the grass, and was raising his foot to chase after it, but a figure had already jumped past him.

It was Ruying.

Not only Yi Qingchen, but even Shen Yi was a little surprised, "Why is he here?"

Before Yi Qingchen could answer Shen Yi's doubts, Ruying came back with a wolf corpse.

The wolf corpse was black and gray, with bite and scratch marks on its stomach, three or two moths were biting the wound to suck blood, maggots were parasitic in the flesh, and the pupils were cloudy, in a dead state.Ruying threw it on the ground, but the wolf corpse did not struggle, only a pool of black water slowly overflowed from its body, soaking the large area under its feet, and emitting a strong stench.

Shen Yi leaned down to check for a while, and came up with an expected answer, "This wolf has been dead for a long time, I don't know what the composition of the black water is, the body is also very stiff, but the joints can still bend, apparently not long ago It just ran...it was in the woods just now, so it must be right."

After speaking, he raised his head to look at Ruying, "Why are you here?"

Ruying only glanced at Yi Qingchen, and kept silent, Yi Qingchen groaned secretly in her heart, but still kept smiling and nodded to Ruying, Ruying closed her eyes, and went back to the camp.

Shen Yi didn't ask questions, and didn't look at Ruying's leaving figure, but ordered someone to take the wolf corpse to the disciple in charge of the autopsy for an autopsy, and then looked thoughtfully at the path in the forest.

Yi Qingchen guessed what Shen Yi was thinking, and persuaded him, "Perhaps there are traps waiting, and it would be dangerous for anyone to go. If my legs and feet were better, I might be able to avoid those traps... After a pause, he suddenly looked into Shen Yi's eyes seriously, and said in a low voice, "Is there any other way to make the wound heal faster?"

Shen Yi smiled wryly and shook her head, "How can there be such a fairy medicine in the world, if the senior brother is here, maybe there is some way, son, don't embarrass me, just take a good rest."

Although Yi Qingchen's face was calm and calm, she was worried and uneasy in her heart.Right now I can't do anything to help, if the Marrow Food Sect attacks tonight, how will Shen Yi and the others deal with it?

The two walked back to the camp, and when Fang approached, they smelled another foul smell.

Yi Qingchen was hesitating whether there was something wrong with her nose, when she saw Ruhui holding a wolf corpse outside the tent, when she saw Yi Qingchen and Shen Yi, she couldn't stop waving to them.

Right now she was facing the two of them, and Yi Qingchen noticed that her clothes were covered in mud and her hair was in a mess. She looked very embarrassed, but she didn't realize it if she would, and just pointed at the wolf corpse and the two. Humanity said, "This is Xiao Hei, I got it from those dolls."

As soon as these words came out, Yi Qingchen's eyes widened, and his attitude towards Ruhui unconsciously changed, "How did you convince them?"

Ruhui picked his cheeks and smiled shyly, "I exchanged some gadgets I made with them. If I can make a new copy sometime in the future, it's not worth mentioning."

Yi Qingchen turned to look at Shen Yi, Shen Yi smiled gratifiedly, and if she saw Shen Yi smiling, she smiled even more shyly, "Hurry up and find someone to check, maybe you can find some useful clues ?”

Shen Yi then called some disciples to send the wolf corpse to the disciples who were dissected, and asked Ruhui to go back to wash and change into clean clothes, and then went into the tent together with Yi Qingchen.

Until the moment before sitting down, Yi Qingchen couldn't stop praising Ruhui's ability, Shen Yi patted her chest proudly, "I don't have a bad eye for people, Ruying and Ruhui are all very talented. Talented people, the two of them are my close servants right now, if they find some meritorious service, they will be able to compete for the position of the next Fourth Division."

Yi Qingchen also sighed with emotion, "Since ancient times, heroes come from youth".

After the two sat down, Yi Qingchen stopped chatting and rubbed his temples, "How much manpower is left to fight?"

Shen Yi silently counted in her heart, "About a hundred people..." After finishing speaking, she even worried herself, "Is there a little less?"

Yi Qingchen shook his head, "There will be a way..."

He drooped his eyes and thought about how to deal with it, but he didn't even notice when Ruhui and Ruying entered the tent.

Some ideas were formed in my mind, and when I looked up again, there were already two more people beside me, Ruhui, Ruying and Shen Yi had a low-pitched conversation for a while, and from the few words, I could guess that they were talking about the two wolves dead body.

Shen Yi noticed Yi Qingchen's gaze, and handed a stack of papers to Ruhui, Ruhui took it and handed it to Yi Qingchen, Yi Qingchen roughly turned it over, but because there were too many uncommon words, she couldn't understand.

Shen Yi was also considerate, seeing the distressed look on Yi Qingchen's face, he explained, "The wolf corpse that Ruying captured had been dead for half a month, but the wolf corpse that Ruhui brought back died yesterday, the former's cause of death was trauma and excessive blood loss, but the latter’s cause of death was poisoning, we checked the stomach of the last wolf corpse, and found that there was food cooked by Ruying yesterday. Of course, these are secondary.”

"The biggest commonality between these two wolf corpses is the moths. All the eggs in the former wolf corpse had hatched, so there were moths staying on the surface of the corpse, but the latter wolf corpse had not waited for the eggs to hatch. It has been poisoned to death, so the eggs in the body remain intact."

"We compared the appearance of the eggs and moths with the hundreds of moths currently known in Lingshan, and confirmed that it is a moth unique to southern Xinjiang. In addition, we also extracted the scale powder on the surface of the moth's wings, It was found that it really contained drug ingredients. I compared this drug with several special drugs made by Lingshan, and even the selection of the key ingredients in it was exactly the same..."

"And as far as I know, because this medicine involves a relatively bloody medicinal material, even ordinary disciples in the sect cannot get the formula of this medicine, let alone spread it to the outside world..."

Yi Qingchen understood, "It really is Broken Moon..."

Shen Yi nodded, but she didn't dare to be too absolute, "Maybe there are other possibilities, but the suspicion of Duanyue cannot be washed away."

The two chatted quite speculatively, Ruying stood aside and kept silent. Ruhui looked at Ruying's expression in embarrassment, and then looked at the two people who were discussing business matters in full swing. , I don't know whether to step forward to interrupt, or continue to wait on the sidelines.

After waiting for a long while, she finally couldn't bear it any longer, so she cleared her throat, walked up to the two of them, and slapped the table, "Master, Senior Sister, don't you two listen to what Ruying has to say?"

The two who had been named realized that Ruying had been waiting by the side for a long time, and if there was nothing else to do, they should have left, so they put aside the matter of breaking the moon for the time being, and looked at Ruying together.

If it is said that Yi Qingchen ignores Ruying because she is too focused on her thinking, Shen Yi's ignoring Ruying is a bit deliberate. On the carpet, he said calmly, "Not long ago, I sent a letter back to Lingshan to report what happened here to the elders, and I received a reply today..."

Ruying took out a brand new letter without folded corners from her sleeve and handed it to Shen Yi. Shen Yi took it and took a look at it. At the end, she was a little shocked, "You've already thought about it, it's very good." , the execution place is indeed more suitable for you than mine."

Ru Ying respectfully bowed to Shen Yi, "Although it has been placed under the name of criminal justice, I will still try my best to help you with the current matter."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shen Yi's reply, he turned around and left the tent.

The author has something to say:

Only then did I know that I would be audited if I got more in one day...what the hell (disgusting face)

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