knife cut mountains and rivers

The pale moon hung in the sky, leaving a faint outline.

Fu Cheng sat on the bell tower, his mind was full of Jin Ling's words.When the little prince offered a reward to Zhou Xuanyi, Jin Ling once asked him if he liked Zhou Xuanyi.

At that time, Fu Cheng's answer was no, and Jin Ling asked him to think carefully.

Fucheng thought about it seriously, but he didn't seem to have anything to do with the word liking. The only person he ever liked was Daze, but it didn't end well.After Daze's death, Fucheng lost the ability to kill, and also lost the ability to like someone.

What is like it?Fucheng has never been able to figure out this problem.

Jin Ling can tell a hundred facts to prove that Fucheng likes Zhou Xuanyi, and Fucheng can also come up with a hundred reasons to say that he doesn't.

Looking at the sword in front of him, Fucheng thought of many things in the past, he shouldn't have the emotion of liking it.

Zhou Xuanyi didn't mind Fucheng's thoughts.Since childhood, he has understood a truth, to get what he likes, and to fight for what he wants.For Zhou Xuanyi, there was no such thing as flinching.

For Fu Cheng, he seemed to treat it as if that incident never happened, but he never fought with Zhou Xuanyi again.

Zhou Xuanyi was not in a hurry at all, he and Fucheng were forcibly linked together because of the case of Xiahou Mansion, and the case of Xiahou Mansion had not been solved yet, so Fucheng would not want to get rid of him.

And, when everything was at a loss, Fang Hai came back.

Fang Hai hurried on and finally brought news of Yan Shaokang.He was sitting in the ruined temple in Fucheng, but he felt uncomfortable all over. Fucheng was not at home, only Zhou Xuanyi was there.

Fang Hai and Zhou Xuanyi looked at each other, his impression of Zhou Xuanyi was still outside Xiahou Mansion, he still remembered Zhou Xuanyi glanced at him at that time, it was quite scary.

"Are you going to tell me or not?" Zhou Xuanyi sat on the grand teacher's chair and casually flipped through a page of the book.

Fang Hai's palms were sweating. Zhou Xuanyi had done nothing, but he had the illusion of being tortured to extract a confession.Even if Zhou Xuanyi could live in the ruined temple dignifiedly, Fang Hai was worried about Zhou Xuanyi, he was loyal to Fucheng, and said, "I won't say anything about killing me before the boss comes back!"

Zhou Xuanyi let out a sigh, and said, "Then just wait."

Fucheng probably went back to the bell tower to hide, and continued to guard his mysterious sword.

Fucheng didn't come back until the evening, because Jinling was cooking, Fucheng had to go back to the ruined temple to eat for the sake of Princess Jin.

When Fucheng entered the door, he saw Fang Hai was a little excited, and Fang Hai came back early. Fang Hai's return meant that Yan Shaokang's case had progressed.

"How long have you been back?" Fu Cheng poured Fang Hai a cup of tea.

What Fang Hai drank most in the ruined temple was tea. During the time he was waiting for Fucheng, he only drank tea. Fang Hai smiled and said, "It's been more than two hours."

"Why didn't you inform me?" Fucheng said to Zhou Xuanyi, with a bit of complaint in his words.

Without raising his head, Zhou Xuanyi turned another page of the book and said, "How do I know where you are?"

No matter what Zhou Xuanyi said, he had also quarreled with Fucheng, why did he rush to find Fucheng when he had nothing to do?After Zhou Xuanyi said this, he felt it was funny again. The two of them were like an old couple who had a quarrel. The quarrel would bring trouble to each other in the trivial matters of life, but they were both willing to use trouble to tease each other.

Fu Cheng clicked his tongue, this fellow obviously knew where he was, so he didn't want to say anything.

Fang Hai couldn't see any kindness or resentment between the two, coughed lightly, and said, "I found out about Yan Shaokang's life experience."

Fu Cheng sat across from Fang Hai and said, "Speak."

Fang Hai was a little confused by Fu Cheng's words, when did his boss speak so concisely?

"I went to Miaojiang, but there is no family of great doctors in Miaojiashan County with the surname Yan." Fang Haidao.

Fucheng knew in his heart that if Yan Shaokang dared to come to Bailu City alone, he must remain anonymous and would not reveal his true identity.

"I stayed in Dushan County for seven days, inquiring about the news overtly and secretly, and finally found out that a local family, the Meng Rao family, was massacred with more than 190 people overnight." Fang Haidao.

Hearing this, Zhou Xuanyi finally put down the book, stared at Fang Hai and continued to listen.

There are many witch doctors in Miaojiang, whose medical skills are not the same as those of the Han people. Some Han doctors think that Miaojiang is witchcraft, which is evil and crooked, and it is not something that can enter the house.However, some Han people felt that Miaojiang witchcraft had some mysterious power and could cure intractable diseases, so many Han people in Miaojiang came to seek medical treatment.

Fang Hai lied that he had an incurable disease, and got a lot of information from the group of people seeking medical treatment.

Rumor has it that there used to be a Meng Rao family in Dushan County, with a dragon as a totem, who has been stationed in Dushan County for five generations. It is an ancient family well-known far and wide.Meng Rao's medical skills are superb, but they are not publicized, so even if it is a big family, there are only more than 190 people, and they firmly hold the secrets of medical skills in their own hands.

The doctors of Meng Rao's family are benevolent and often give free consultations to nearby villagers for free, so they are very popular among the villagers.

And Meng Rao's most famous medical skill is to seek a child. As long as you take Meng Rao's panacea, the child will be guaranteed to be a boy.

In this regard, the Meng Rao family itself is an example. There is no girl in the five generations, and all of them are boys.

But this witch doctor's panacea is a forbidden drug. It is said that if you want a boy, you must pay a corresponding price, sometimes money, sometimes even your own life, so ordinary people have no chance to touch it.

One night, Meng Rao's family living on the high mountain suddenly heard horrific screams, and then there was a big fire, which burned the whole mountain red.According to nearby residents, the fire lasted all night.

The next morning, the villagers opened the Mengrao family's mansion and found that more than 190 members of the family had been silenced without exception.Some villagers felt that Meng Rao had only had a son for many years and was finally punished by God.

Some villagers felt that they were being cursed by others, and they provoked people they shouldn't.

"Actually, he was slaughtered by an assassin." Fang Hai said.

"What does this have to do with Yan Shaokang?" Fu Cheng asked.

"Listen to me," Fang Haidao said, "Meng Rao's family was exterminated, but the local people thought of their kindness and raised money to bury their family. Although it can't be a grand burial, it is at least safe in the ground."

The villagers buried more than 190 people in Mengrao in an open space at the back of the mountain. In fact, they dug a pit and buried them hastily, and then erected a crude wooden sign. Because they were burned beyond recognition, it was impossible to identify who was who. No lettering on it.

The local custom is to put the clothes of the deceased on the tombstone, or the clothes of relatives if not, so as to protect the dead to sleep in the ground.But Meng Rao's family was burnt seven or eight times, and the villagers couldn't hold this ceremony for them, so they gave up.

When Mengrao happened this incident, the villagers felt it was unlucky, and they didn’t go up the mountain for a long time, until one day, when a herb picker went up the mountain to collect herbs, he passed by Mengrao’s cemetery and found more than 190 tombstones of Mengrao’s family. There are white clothes floating on them.

As soon as the wind blows, the clothes tied to the tombstone are blown and fluttered like colorful flags.

The local people took this incident as a strange thing and kept silent, but they became less and less afraid to go up the mountain. Over time, the Meng Rao family mansion was abandoned on the mountain.

"Is anyone alive?" Fu Cheng asked.

"When did this happen?" Zhou Xuanyi asked.

Zhou Xuanyi and Fu Cheng asked together, Fang Hai didn't know which one to answer first, in the end he answered the boss's question first, and said: "Yes, someone is not dead, I guess that person is Brother Yan in all likelihood. It was three years ago."

"Three years ago..." Fu Chengdao: "It was three years ago when I met Yan Shaokang."

It can be confirmed that Yan Shaokang is a member of the Mengrao clan, and he might be the future patriarch of the Mengrao clan at that time, no wonder he has excellent medical skills.

"What is the reason for the extermination of the clan?" Zhou Xuanyi asked.

When Fang Hai found out here, the clues were actually broken, but his biggest question was why Meng Rao was exterminated. Meng Rao is a family of five generations of witch doctors, and he has never heard of healing the dead.Not only did they not treat the dead, but instead helped the people everywhere, it is hard to believe what kind of forces they provoked to cause the entire clan to be wiped out.

Fang Hai searched for a long time, and finally let him find some clues. He didn't look for Meng Rao's old department. Those who haven't been silenced just don't know anything, which means they are safe.

Fang Hai did the opposite. He found Meng Rao's competitor, another witch doctor family in Dushan County.This family has a Han surname and a Wu surname.When Meng Rao was still there, the Wu family had been suppressed all the time, and could only take second place.With Meng Rao gone, the Wu family gradually became the largest family of witch doctors in Dushan County.

After some troubles, Fang Hai got a message from the Wu family that Meng Rao's patriarch, that is, Yan Shaokang's parents, had entered the capital and offered His Majesty the panacea of ​​the Meng Rao clan.The young master of the Wu family still had a look of disdain when talking about this matter, saying that the Mengrao clan only relied on the favor of the emperor to grow so strong, and they have been riding on the head of the Wu family.

Zhou Xuanyi firmly pinched the armrest of the grand master's chair, and he immediately figured out the origin of it, but he asked a little unwillingly: "When is the medicine presented?"

"21 years ago." Fang Hai said.

With a slap, the armrest of the grand teacher's chair was pinched and shattered by Zhou Xuanyi's hands.

21 years ago was the year Zhou Xuanyi was born.The relationship between them is self-evident, Emperor Yong Le was unable to give birth to an heir for many years, until 21 years ago he had the crown prince Zhou Heng, so he doted on the only son of the royal family in every possible way.

It was precisely because the Meng Rao clan donated medicine to the emperor 21 years ago that Zhou Xuanyi was born.Then three years ago, why was Meng Rao exterminated?Is it because something went wrong with the prince himself?

"Zhou Xuanyi..." Fucheng was calling Zhou Xuanyi's name.Fucheng also thought of this, he was afraid that Zhou Xuanyi would be overwhelmed.

Zhou Xuanyi didn't speak, but instead raised his head and glanced at Fucheng.His expression remained calm, if it wasn't for the crushed armrest of the grand master's chair, Fu Cheng even suspected that he was not like any emotional fluctuations at all.

Being good at disguising oneself and controlling the fluctuations of one's emotions to the slightest extent is Zhou Xuanyi's ability to survive.The closer the truth of the incident was, the more obvious Zhou Xuanyi's performance would be.

Fang Hai's trip to Miaojiang brought too much useful news, and Zhou Xuanyi understood many things.

The relationship between Yan Shaokang and Zhou Xuanyi gradually became clear, Yan Shaokang is a descendant of the Meng Rao family.Zhou Xuanyi existed precisely because of Meng Rao's donation of medicine.

Three years ago, the Meng Rao clan was exterminated, and Yan Shaokang, who had traveled for more than half a week, came to Bailu City and met Fucheng.

Yan Shaokang probably wanted to live the life of an ordinary person, or he had been lurking to complete some kind of revenge conspiracy of his own, and he didn't find the opportunity until Zhou Xuanyi appeared.

He did not hesitate to violate his doctor's oath, kill Xuefengniang in Tianxianglou, Baihua Street, and lure Fucheng into this trap.Yan Shaokang used Fucheng to infiltrate Xiahou Mansion to rescue Zhou Xuanyi, and then disappeared. It is not known whether he disappeared on his own initiative or was erased by someone.

What did Yan Shaokang do in Xiahou Mansion?