Cheng Muyou ignored her taunts, he leaned forward, his eyes brightening even brighter, "However, I really found a clue in Qifeng Tower." ” Yan Niang looked at him, "What is it?"
” Cheng Muyou put a bracelet woven of five-colored silk threads in front of Yan Niang, "I have already sent someone to ask, this longevity thread belongs to Zhu Xiaosi, I found it in front of a firewood room in Qifeng Tower." ” "Why did you tell me this?"
A smile bloomed on Cheng Muyou's face, this smile was very sincere, without a hint of temptation, "I saw the girl running out of the rockery in a little panic in Qifeng Tower, so I expected that the purpose of your going there is not simple, I have always had no shortage of capable people, and the reason why Emperor Taizu was invincible and pacified the territory of the Great Song Dynasty was also thanks to the help of some capable people around him."
He paused for a moment, and then continued, "If the girl is willing to help me solve this case, Cheng will be grateful." ” "My lord's words are serious," Yan Niang's expression did not change at all, as if the things they were talking about had nothing to do with her, "I do know a little about the Five Elements Technique, but I only know a little bit about it, how can I compare it with those founding heroes, but," her words suddenly changed, "My lord is right, Zhu Xiaosi is indeed in Qifeng Tower, and he was indeed caught by the monster that mutilated the child." ” Cheng Mu stood up in a hurry, "You mean Zhu Xiaosi, she......
Not dead yet?
” Yan Niang bowed slightly, she stood up, "My lord, please come with me." ” As she spoke, she lifted the curtain and walked into the inner room, Cheng Muyou followed her footsteps, he saw a person lying on the carved wood bed in the innermost, although he had only seen it once, but he still recognized that the dying figure was Zhu Xiaosi.
Her clothes were ragged and her face was as pale as a dead man's, and only the muffled moans that came from her mouth from time to time proved that she was still alive.
Cheng Muyou walked quickly to the edge of the bed and sat down, grabbed Zhu Xiaosi's arm and touched it seriously for a long time, then he breathed a sigh of relief, took out a pill and gave it to her, so that she could temporarily stabilize her breath.
"You rescued her?"
Yan Niang nodded, "I didn't really leave after showing Aunt Hua, but hid in Qifeng Tower, and then took advantage of the night to bring her out." ” "Where did you find her?"
"Rockery, there is a dark hole in it, maybe even Aunt Hua doesn't know, this child is lying in the dark hole, only one breath is left."
Cheng Muyou's brows furrowed more and more, "Aunt Hua?
Are you saying that this has nothing to do with Aunt Hua?
Zhu Xiaosi is in Qifeng Tower, but she doesn't know?
” "If she knew, how could she not be defensive at all, not shy away at all," Yan Niang glanced at Cheng Muyou expressionlessly, "I met her next to the rockery, looking at her expression, there was no fear at all, not to mention, with her figure, it was impossible to get into that cave." ” "Miss Yan's analysis is right, in this case, that monster is just hiding in it under the cover of Aunt Hua's territory, but what is it?"
The corners of Yan Niang's mouth curled, "Don't worry, it should be delivered to the door by itself soon." ” "Miss Yan is in her chest, is there any basis?"
Yan Niang looked at Cheng Muyou with a straight face, "Does Master Cheng know the cause of death of those children?"
” Cheng Muyou's gaze swept across her face, "Don't tell the girl, I asked Shi Jin to check their corpses and found that the brains of those children were all sucked off after death. ” Yan Niang didn't debunk the fleeting suspicion in his eyes, she looked at Cheng Muyou fixedly, "But that's not the fatal cause, the cause of their death is Gu worms." ” "Gu worms?"
Cheng Muyou suddenly realized, he stood up and walked back and forth in the house, "No wonder, the night Zhu Wu'er died, I found a hole the size of a mung bean on the sole of his foot, presumably that is the entrance of the Gu worm, and the thing that attacked Shi Fei that day was pointy, multi-legged, and covered with mucus, it should also be this poisonous insect, but isn't the Gu insect the poison of the Dali Miao people?"
How did you come to the Central Plains?
” Yan Niang didn't answer him, she looked at Zhu Xiaosi on the bed, like a statue.
"Miss Yan, what are you thinking?"
After a long while, Cheng Muyou finally couldn't help but ask, "Gu worms need to be raised, this Gu cultivator should be the monster that likes to eat human brains, it first used Gu worms to kill those children, and then ate their brains, but why didn't it attack Zhu Xiaosi for a long time?"
” Yan Niang finally retracted her thoughts, she glanced at Cheng Muyou, and then turned her head to something else, Cheng Muyou didn't notice the fleeting chill in her eyes, at this time his mind was all about to come to light on this case, and he couldn't care about anything else.
"Lord Cheng still has research on Gu poison?"
Her tone was calm and natural.
"I love to read medical books since I was a child, and I often go to the clinic with my father, so I know a little bit about Gu poison, don't talk about this, the girl just said that the thing will be delivered to the door by herself, is it because of Zhu Xiaosi?"
Yan Niang took a deep breath and forced herself to swallow the congregated breath in her chest, she looked at the jumping candle flame, "I only know that Zhu Xiaosi is special to it, it raised her in the hole, but she was reluctant to start, which shows how important this girl is to it." ” "I understand," Cheng Muyou looked at Yan Niang gratefully, "I'll send someone to ambush around Jihong Embroidery Village, and we'll wait here for the rabbit and catch the turtle in the urn."
After he finished speaking, he walked towards the door, and just walked to the door, but he stopped again, and looked back at Yan Niang, "Miss Yan, everything you have done for Xin'an City, I will definitely keep in mind, and if there is a need for me in the future, I will definitely repay it twice." ” "I remember."
Yan Niang said these words expressionlessly, and her voice was as cold as ice underground.
Seeing Cheng Muyou walk out of the gate, his right ear swayed in, he glanced at Zhu Xiaosi on the bed, and then said to Yan Niang: "Why, you have become his benefactor so quickly, and you were tempted to come and go a few days ago, without a word of truth." ” Yan Niang snorted coldly, "That's a good thing to say, he was still wondering if I had been to the iron and stone fence just now, and whether I killed the hungry wolf with a handkerchief, this Lord Cheng's mind should not be speculated at will." ” While they were talking, a blue bird suddenly flew from the window and landed on Yan Niang's arm, and it chirped as if to tell something.
"I see, you guessed correctly."
After the bird stopped chirping, his right ear widened and looked at Yan Niang, "It seems that Master Cheng is not the only one who has a bad mind." ”