Bloodkiller - Chapter 22

Chapter 22: Dark Chess

The bright moon was in the sky and the night was as cool as water. There were only a few maids walking around in Meizhuang, and the huge manor was quiet and silent.

A maid walked to a wing in the backyard with a charcoal stove. The charcoal stove was quite large and had more than one arm long. It looked heavy, but the maid was not red or out of breath, and her appearance was relaxed. There were several female guards standing at the door of the room, all holding long swords and cold faces. When they saw the maid coming, they just nodded slightly. One of them said: “ Mei Xiang girl, the master is still awake, you need to move faster. ”

The maid named Mei Xiang nodded and said: “ naturally I don’t dare to disturb the master’s purity. It’s inconvenient in my hands, so I bother my sister to open the door. ”

The guard responded, pushed open the door, and asked: “ remember faster. ”

Mei Xiang nodded repeatedly, turned around and closed the door, but suddenly stopped smiling. She had no expression on her face, and her movements were neat. She first set up a charcoal stove, lit a red candle, and then opened half of the back window. For a moment, she could only smell the sandalwood growing in the room. It turns out that this charcoal stove is not simple. The bottom is first covered with a layer of precious white sandalwood. The charcoal on it is a rare green and black color. It burns smokeless but is very hot. It also has the effect of incense to help sleep. It is used by the royal nobles. thing.

After Mei Xiang finished doing this, she first listened to the movement outside the house. Her footsteps were silent and she turned to the bedside.

Some cold wind leaked outside the house, blowing up and down the bed curtains, and vague figures were vaguely seen lying on the bed. Mei Xiang carefully lifted the curtain and saw a tall man lying on the bed. He looked at him who was a few years old, but his face was still handsome, but his face was gray and his lips were dark, as if he was seriously ill.

Mei Xiang’s eyes were astringent when she saw this. She stared at the man for a moment, and suddenly heard the sound of people outside: “ Mei Xiang girl, can the house be packed? ”

She quickly straightened the bed curtains, pinched her face again, and replied: “ is ready, I will come out now. ”

She pushed the door open and saw that the surrounding guards were all looking bad, so she apologized and smiled, saying: “ Sister Mei San had something to do tonight, so she ordered me to come. I am stupid and have been delayed for a long time. I hope you sisters will forgive me. ”

The guard still looked like a derivative person who should not get close to him. He just said: “ Madam doesn’t like outsiders staying in the room for a long time. Now that you are happy with Madam, you must know the rules. ”

Mei Xiang responded repeatedly and closed the door diligently. But the moment she closed the door, she saw her eyes wide open, with some pain in her eyes. She secretly said in her heart: There is still one day, there is still another day, big brother and little sister will be able to rescue you tomorrow!

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On the first day of August, the sun rises to the middle of the sky.

Yao Chuan and Lin Yi had already arrived in front of Meizhuang Gate. The maid at the door came forward as usual to salute, and led them to the backyard of Meizhuang. The two were already familiar with each other this time, but when they were passing by the backyard garden, they heard Lin Yi shouting softly. He looked happy and deliberately said to Yao Chuan: “ husband, look! When the two of me came back, the flowers in the garden were still green, but in the two days, they looked a little ready to be released. The flowers were delicate and I had never seen them anywhere else. ”

The maid’s expression changed when she heard what he said. Just as she was about to start talking, she heard Yao Chuan echo: “ Madam has good eyesight, it must be God’s beauty. I hope the two of us can successfully pick the life-saving medicine today. ”

He turned to look at the maid again and said: “ Miss Lao led the way, first led my couple to worship Mrs. Mei, and then went to Zhu Xiufeng to pick flowers. ”

Seeing that Yao and Lin looked as usual, she breathed a sigh of relief and said politely: “ Fu Shaoxia is polite. Since they have answered his wife’s three questions, they are the distinguished guests of Meizhuang. Let me do it. ”

Messing was also ready. When he saw the two of them coming here, he stepped forward to greet him and said: “ distinguished guests are coming here, and they will take their seats first. ”

Seeing that her expression was as usual, Yao Chuan thought of what Lin Yi had said before, and he felt that the city in front of him was quite deep. What’s ridiculous is that the three of them obviously know each other’s identities, but they still pretend to be polite, and they don’t know how long this drama will last.

He sneered in his heart, but replied: “Since Mrs. “ has promised to help the two of us collect medicine, there is no need to be so polite. How about taking me to Zhu Xiufeng to explore the road now? ””

Messing nodded, but looked behind him and said: “ This is natural, but Zhu Xiufeng is dangerous, and his wife is inconvenient. Why don’t you just let her stay in the mansion for the time being? I sent several guards to take the young hero there, how about it? ”

Yao Chuan paused and said: “It’s not that I don’t trust my wife, it’s just my wife’s previous actions.” . . . . If Jiao’er is left here alone, I will indeed be worried. “

He spoke slowly, and then said: “ is not as good as this. Jiao’er stayed in the house, and Mrs. Laomei was with me. She only pointed a little bit at me, and I would personally go up to investigate. As for the flower picking at Zishi. . . . . The day before yesterday, my wife said that she needed help from Meizhuang to pick the magic medicine. I wonder what this means? ”

Messing’s eyes were narrowed and he said: “ Fu Shaoxia loves his wife deeply. As for the flower picking, it is actually not difficult to say, but it is not simple to say. The red epiphyllum grows on the top of Zhu Xiufeng Mountain and is surrounded by cliffs. Even martial arts masters need a lot of effort to go up, but they just go up the mountain and go down the mountain. The difficult thing is to go down the mountain. The flower will thank you three quarters of an hour after it is unearthed, so you need to go down to the foot of the mountain within three quarters of an hour after picking it, pick the petals, and place them in my gourd. . . . . ”

As soon as she raised her hand, she saw the maid on her side taking out a gourd wrapped in red cloth: “ This is the secret medicine in our village. If the petals are placed in it, they can be kept from rotting or breaking for three days. Otherwise. . . . . I thanked you after three seconds. What else can I do? ”

Yao Chuan was surprised. No wonder everyone had failed before. They originally asked her for this medicine, but this person was tricky and must still have a backhand.

He frowned again and asked: “Why don’t you bring this gourd to Zhu Xiufeng and pick it directly after the flowers bloom, so you don’t have to worry about those three-quarters of an hour!“”

Messing smiled and said: “ Why is Fu Shaoxia so naive at this moment? I said the day before yesterday that you two came to take my treasure with empty fists and bare hands, but you still thought that I would help you get this flower without taking a penny? What’s more, if you are a person who is seeking fame and reputation and your martial arts skills are not good, but you fall from that mountain, wouldn’t you have ignored my gourd medicine in vain? I only allowed you to pick flowers because you answered three questions correctly. If you really have the ability, you should pick epiphyllum flowers within three quarters of an hour and come back, so why ask me for a bargain again? ”

Yao Chuan snorted coldly. As soon as he wanted to speak, he felt his right hand warm. It turned out to be Lin Yi holding it up. The man came closer and said: “ Husband, please be careful. The mountain is steep. If you can’t pick flowers, don’t hurt yourself. . . . . I think I am jealous of my lover. If I am really going to die, just stay with you for a few more days, it will comfort my life. And you and I have been loving each other for several years, so why should I waste this life? ”

He deliberately spoke loudly, and what he said fell into Messing’s ears word for word. When she heard him say that he was jealous of his lover, Messing’s expression froze. She couldn’t help but think of Lin Lie and the b1tch, and a deep hatred burst out in her eyes. She turned around and saw that his hands were intertwined, and the affectionate relationship between the couple was not like a lie.

She frowned and could not hide her disgust in her eyes.

I heard Yao Chuan say again: “ I have my own sense of proportion, Jiao’er doesn’t have to worry about me. Mrs. May, in that case, please take me to explore the road first. ”

Messing didn’t reply to him. He only raised his eyes and looked at Lin Yi, his emotions unclear. She was silent for a moment and said: “ Mei Xiang, take Mrs. Fu to rest in the backyard wing, and Fu Shaoxia and I will go back. ”

Several female guards behind her came forward after hearing this, raised their hands and said to Yao Chuan: “ Young Hero, let us come. ”

Yao Chuan looked back at Lin Yi. When he saw the man looking up at him, he smiled at him, and then left with them.

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Zhu Xiufeng is not high, but looking from the foot of the mountain, it is also a straight pen. Yao Chuan raised his eyes and saw that the mountain was more than 20 feet high. Even a master of light skills would have to spend a lot of effort.

He was thinking to himself, when he heard the man behind him say: “ is the mountain in front of him, can Fu Shaoxia see clearly? Twenty-three feet south of the mountain is where the flowers bloom. Tonight, I will order people to prepare what the young hero needs at the foot of the mountain. As for picking flowers, it still needs to rely on Fu Shaoxia himself. ”

Messing leaned back on the soft sedan chair, his tone rather lazy. She doesn’t know martial arts, but several of her female bodyguards are first-class masters. These people carry sedans and walk on mountain roads, but their breath is still stable. Although they don’t have any expressions on their faces, there is murderous intent in their eyes.

“Mrs. Lao leads the way. It’s still early. I want to go up and explore by myself. I’ve written down the mountain road, so I won’t bother you to wait here. ”

Messing sneered: “ Aren’t you afraid that I will attack your wife at this time? ”

Yao Chuan turned to look at her and said: “ I am not a good person. If something happens to my wife in your house, even if she fights for my life, it will cause trouble in your house! ”

Messing’s face darkened and he shouted: “What exactly is your relationship with him!? ”

The person she asked was not Fu Shan, but Yao Chuan.

Yao Chuan was slightly surprised. He didn’t know why she suddenly made it clear. He just smiled and replied: “ I am his husband, he is my wife, and this is how the two of me relate. ”

Messing looked fierce, patted the arm of the sedan chair and cursed with hatred: “ little beast, I really don’t know how to be honest! ”

Her chest rose and fell, as if she was very angry with Yao Chuan’s words, but after calming down for a while, she sneered again and said: “ OK, let’s see if your husband can save him! ”

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and the guard could turn around and leave at this speed, as if he didn’t want to look at him again.

After the woman left, she gnashed her teeth at the guard and said: “ There is no need to follow the original plan. Tonight, I will chop off this Yao Chuan first! ”

Yao Chuan looked at the man’s back from a distance and said secretly in his heart, look at her appearance, she doesn’t look like she has no feelings for Lin Yi. . . . . Between him, mother and son, it was really a bad debt.

He shook his head, but did not climb Zhu Xiufeng. After the group of people walked away, they found a hidden place at the foot of the mountain and confided in him. While Yao Chuan was doing his luck, he counted the hours and estimated that he would get up after three and a quarter of an hour. He wiped the hot sweat from his forehead, thinking about the situation in Meizhuang, and thought secretly: I don’t know what happened to Linyi?

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Lin Yi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: “ has not been seen for a long time, but the girl is becoming more and more beautiful. ”

Mei Xiang knelt in front of him and kowtowed three times hard. With tears in her eyes, she said: “ The slaves and maids have completed all the instructions given by the leader of Shaozhai. I hope the leader of Shaozhai will have mercy on me and miss my brother and sister. If you haven’t seen each other for many years, just let my eldest brother go! ”

Lin Yi sighed and said: “ He is now the master of Meizhuang. He cannot enjoy all the glory and wealth, and the medicine does not harm his life. Why should you be so persistent? ”

“Shaozhai Lord! If it weren’t for the kindness of the old village owner, my brother and sister would have starved to death on the street. What else would we talk about glory and wealth? My brother. . . . . . . . He was confused for a moment and caused great trouble, but . . . . . But for many years, I have only been the leader of the village. I hope you will spare his life when the merits and demerits of my brother and sister are equal. . . . . ”

She kowtowed loudly, but Lin Yi’s eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, showing some impatience.

It’s just that he hid it very well and comforted him softly: “ since I promised you, I won’t go back on my word. Get up first. If you make some noise, it will be bad to attract outsiders. ”

Mei Xiang wiped away her tears, stood up and replied: “ is a slave who is anxious, and I hope the leader of Shaozhai will not be surprised. ”

She sobbed in a low voice and said: “ Madam hid the jade talisman in the secret box on the bed. There was a mechanism hidden in the box. She looked over it from time to time, and it was difficult for a slave to do anything. However, a few days ago, the owner of Shaozhai sent a letter to me. There was a way to crack it in the letter. I saw that my wife got up very early today, so I slipped in in the name of cleaning and tried it according to what the owner of Shaozhai said in the letter. . . . . ”

She looked up and saw Lin Yi smiling, but she didn’t look at her and just tasted tea quietly. She couldn’t see through the person’s thoughts in front of her, but she also knew that this was the last chance, so she gritted her teeth and said: “ The slave has brought out the jade talisman, and she still hopes that the leader of Shaozhai will give him medicine! ”

Lin Yi drank half the cup of tea in front of him and replied in a cold voice: “ I forgot that the girl’s surname is also Chen. Like your eldest brother, she is an ungrateful person! ”

Mei Xiang’s face turned white, and she only listened to Lin Yi’s answer: “ Since the girl has not forgotten my father’s life-saving grace, she still remembers that your eldest brother and Messing hooked up and committed adultery. Then let me ask you, if I really killed Chen Chang, I would just avenge my father and your benefactor, not to mention that I only drugged him and never injured his life. Dare I ask the girl, what is my fault? ”

Mei Xiang fell to the ground with another plop and said in a trembling voice: “ Shaozhai Lord, slave. . . . . ”

Lin Yi said sternly: “ Back then, it was a girl who came to my door and said that she was grateful to the old village owner for his kindness and was willing to repay him with death. But now when I listen to you, it seems that I forced you, right? ”

“everything a slave does is voluntary! ”

“oh? In this case, does the girl still want to exchange the jade talisman for your brother’s antidote? ”

Mei Xiang’s eyes were tearful. She thought that when she was young, there was a flood in her hometown, and both her parents died. Only she and her brother escaped. The brother and sister begged along the street, but they were unable to eat and were still panting. At that time, the owner of Lin Lao Village was traveling abroad. When he saw that the two of them were pitiful, he took him back to Yaocheng, leaving her eldest brother to do some miscellaneous work in Qingfeng Village. However, later the owner of the old village got married and welcomed his wife into the door. . . . . .

She was only seven years old at the time, but her brother was already nineteen. She only remembered that every time her eldest brother came back from the village, he always looked sad, and he came home less and less often. He only left a lot of gold and silver every time he came back, but he never told her about the village in detail. When the old village owner returned to the west, he was nowhere to be seen.

Later, when she grew up, she only received two letters of silver from Chen Chang, but she didn’t see them for a long time. She was so panicked that she pretended to be a maid and came to Qingfeng Village. After asking several times, she learned the truth. It turned out that the eldest brother actually had s3x with Mrs. Mei. He became an adulterer and not only occupied Qingfeng Village, but the two also gave birth to a child.

She was ashamed and ashamed. She only felt that her brother was ungrateful and actually did such scandalous things. But before she could find her eldest brother, the leader of the Shaozhai took action.

She still remembered that when she first met Lin Yi, this man was only fourteen or fifteen years old. His eyebrows had not yet grown, and he still had a young childish look. He only had a pair of cold and terrifying eyes. He was obviously nine years older than him, but in front of him he looked like a girl who was not as good as a hairpin, and she was speechless.

How did he answer himself then? By the way, he said ——

“repay with fate? Your life is still out of my eyes. ”

Her face was hot, thinking about what her brother had done, and she couldn’t lift her head in shame for a moment.

“Besides, that poisonous woman is very defensive and has a femme fatale heart. How can you help me? ”

The young man reclined and sat, knocking on the mahogany table with his right hand intermittently. Seeing that the kneeling person did not answer, he gave a long finger, his eyes were narrowed, and he said: “ I remember that my father once told me about you, Chen Chang’s sister. . . . . But their names are Chen and Chen Yue? The poisonous woman has been driven out of Qingfeng Village by me. If you really want to repay my father for saving his life, I have a plan, but I’m afraid you don’t want it

She suddenly raised her head, took two steps, kowtowed and said: “ As long as the young village leader can use the slave’s place, the slave will be in the mountains of swords and the sea of fire! ”

Lin Yi raised his palm and laughed: “ good! Since Miss Chen is a kind and righteous person, how can I, Lin Yi, be a person with a small belly and a chicken intestines? I will not be angry with you about your eldest brother. After the matter is completed, gold, silver, brocade, fur and fine clothes will be served with my own hands. ”

Chen Yue shook his head and said: “ The slave has received great favor from the old village leader, and my eldest brother has done such an ungrateful thing. How can the slave have the face to receive the favor from the young village leader? It’s just that. . . . . The slave wishes to repay the cow and horse, but only asks the master of the Shao Village to spare my brother and sister’s lives. Chen Yue swore to heaven that he would go away from home with his eldest brother and never appear again in this life. In front of the master of Shaozhai! ”

Mei Xiang. . . . . Chen Yuesi and the old story opened her eyes slightly. She trembledly took out a jade talisman wrapped in red cloth from her arms, raised her hands above her head, and presented the jade talisman to Lin Yi.

Lin Yi picked up the jade talisman unhurriedly, rubbed it with his hands and looked at it carefully for a moment before he responded: “ is indeed the real thing, there is a girl from Lao. As for what the girl just said, I only promised to keep him alive before, but I didn’t say that I would give him medicine to save him. It’s just that I thought it was meritorious in offering jade to you, so I agreed to you. ——

He pinched it with two fingers and took out a white jade porcelain bottle with one finger long from his sleeve. He shook it gently in front of Chen Yue and said sarcastically: “ After taking this medicine, you will be in a coma for three days and three nights, and you will recover when you wake up. You have to take good care of your eldest brother

She took the porcelain bottle with her hand, her lips trembled slightly, as if she had something to say, but in the end she only spat out a few words: “ thank you Shaozhai Lord. . . . ”

Lin Yi’s eyes were cold and his face was disdainful. He leaned close to her ear and whispered: “, his animal, how could killing him not dirty my sword? Don’t worry, there’s still a good show going on, and I have to keep him alive. ”

He stood up, stuffed the jade talisman into his arms, touched the hard object with his hand, and then smiled. Seeing that Chen Yue was still kneeling on the ground, he nodded his jaw with his hand and reminded her in a good voice: “ The time has come. Messing must be returning home. You are still kneeling here. Could it be that you are waiting for her to come and chop off your head? ”