The place where Chu Kun lives is not remote, but the courtyard seems particularly quiet tonight.
Liu Ruyan looked into the house through the half-open window lattice. There was no lamp inside. She held on to the edge of the window and turned over. She didn't make any sound when she landed. She stood up neatly and walked to the inner room with light steps.
The bed curtains were opened and the quilts were neatly folded on the couch. It didn't look like anyone had slept on it.
Liu Ruyan made a move. Could it be that Chu Kun was not in the room?
Just a few steps away from her, a shadow came up. Liu Ruyan quickly turned around, but she didn't expect that the other party was so strong that she only felt a pain in the back of her neck, and then she lost consciousness...
In the inner courtyard, Bai Zhi informed the family owner about the poisonous insects.
"The deaths of Liu Shangshu and Master Chen were not caused by cat spirits, but man-made! The deceased had been infected by a rare poison called 'Mei'. They were usually in a dormant state, but once they encountered poisonous insects like centipedes,
He will wake up, and those who have been poisoned will have symptoms of weakness in their limbs and speechlessness, and will be at the mercy of others, without the ability to resist, until they are hanged alive."
Qi Heng clenched his palms and said angrily: "Who is so vicious-hearted that he uses such despicable means?"
"The art of witchcraft originated from foreign tribes. Bai speculated that this matter may be related to the tribes in the southwest."
"Investigate, we must investigate strictly and bring the murderer hiding in the villa to justice." Qi Heng ordered the servants, "Search all the rooms all night, and anyone who raises Gu insects privately, no matter who they are, will be caught on the spot by me."
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"Here——"
Just as the servants were about to leave, several nurses came hurriedly from outside: "Something's happened, sir. The Taoist boy next to Mingjuezi has disappeared!"
Qi Heng was stunned. He remembered that Daotong was a young boy of about thirteen years old, with an old and steady temperament.
"Where did he disappear?"
The nurse replied truthfully: "I heard it was in Mr. Chu's yard."
The night was thick, but the Qijia Villa was brightly lit, and almost all the servants were searching for Liu Ruyan's whereabouts.
Bai Zhi walked back and forth, feeling anxious: "You said she just went to the Chukun Courtyard not long ago, but where are the Chukun people?"
"I don't know." Shen Yanchu frowned, "Chu Kun and Liu Ruyan disappeared together, and their whereabouts are still unknown."
Dong Qingxian pursed his lips, feeling uneasy all the time: "Could it be that Chu Kun discovered that Yan'er was looking for the murderer, and to prevent being exposed, he struck first?"
Thinking that Liu Ruyan might have been killed, Bai Zhi became increasingly uneasy. He walked out of the yard and said, "It's not an option to wait like this. I'll go find her."
"I'll go too." Dong Qingxian said and left.
Darkness is like a tarsal maggot, firmly covering the sky and the earth.
Cold, dark, and biting.
Liu Ruyan closed her eyes tightly, and her body kept sinking and sinking in the freezing water.
She didn't know when her bun came apart, like smudged ink, softly brushing her face, and she seemed to be sinking deep into the water without realizing it.
"Yan'er, Yan'er——"
Who is calling her?
Liu Ruyan opened her eyes, and a bit of light suddenly appeared above her head, looming like fireflies twinkling in the starry sky on a summer night. Deep in the dim light, she saw her father walking slowly, with a rare look on his solemn face.
See the gentleness.
"What is Yan'er thinking about?" Liu's father sat next to her and looked up at the stars with her.
The night breeze gently stirred the tips of the grass, and also blew up the strands of hair on her forehead, revealing a pair of dark and translucent eyes, curved in shape, like a crescent moon.
She raised her hand and pointed to the nearest star: "I'm wondering if there are as many stars in the sky as there are mortals? If I could become a star, Yan'er would be willing to become the biggest and brightest one and guard Liujiazhuang for Aye."
Father Liu smiled slightly and looked at the young faces beside him: "From tomorrow onwards we will go to Dazhou, and you can come with me to the military camp."
Liu Ruyan turned her face, the innocence in her eyes disappeared, replaced by the unique perseverance of a soldier...
underwater.
Ye Xun saw that she had been unconscious, so he had to take on a physical form and try to support Liu Ruyan. However, as soon as his palms touched her, the mechanical prompts sounded continuously:
"Warning, illegal operation!"
"warn!"
Ye Xun would soon be unable to maintain his human form, so he called his host over and over again under the water.
No, she will drown sooner or later if this continues.
Just as Ye Xun dissipated, he opened the host's perspective and transmitted the picture of Liu Ruyan underwater in time.
"Whether we finish playing tonight depends entirely on this time." Ye Xun frowned.
In the courtyard, Shen Yanchu was about to separate from the others to look for him. At the right moment, a soft call came from the night wind.
"Yan Chu."
He paused and seemed to see Liu Ruyan sinking to the bottom of the water.
——Water, is she in the water?
Bai Zhi said at the same time: "Ruyan may be in the water."
Shen Yanchu's face was gloomy. If what he saw just now was true, it meant that Liu Ruyan had met the murderer and was sunk to the bottom of the water.
Thinking that something might have happened to her, there seemed to be a ball of anger in his chest. He hated this villain hiding in the dark and hated his own powerlessness. As this hatred dissipated, it seemed as if his heart was being tightened and he couldn't bear it. It hurts to live.
On the side, Dong Qingxian was also worried and couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with the little Taoist boy? Has he..."
"Separately look for it. No ponds are exposed." Shen Yanchu turned around and left.
Time was running out. Although Liu Ruyan was used to holding her breath, she could not hold on for long without the internal strength. There were dozens of large and small ponds in Qijiabieyuan, including lotus ponds, waterside pavilions, and even drainage ditches.
The three of them split up. Bai Zhi went to the front yard, Shen Yanchu went straight to Yiyuan, and Dong Qingxian rushed to the ditch in the distance.
It was dark at night, and Dong Qingxian wandered along the canal. There had just been a heavy rain here, and the mud was so wet that it was difficult to walk. He didn't bother to roll up his robe, and his shoes flowed through the water, calling Yan'er all the way.
Except for the rocks and mud, there was not a single figure nearby. Dong Qingxian bowed his body slightly, put his hands on his knees, and his eyes finally turned red.
It was also such a spring rainy night. He lived alone in the mountains waiting for his father to come home. Little did he know that what was waiting for him in the end was that his father lost his footing and fell into the valley. It was obvious that he was fine when he went out, but he suddenly disappeared.
In the front yard, Angelica dahurica also stopped by the pond. She had searched all the places nearby, but now only this pond remained.
Thinking that her body was afraid of the cold and was most afraid of the biting cold water, Bai Zhi felt as if her heart was wrenching. He held his breath, took a few steps forward, sank into the water, and swam towards the bottom.
In Yiyuan, Shen Yanchu walked quickly to the waterfront.
Without stopping, he stepped into the lotus pond, and at the same time, the true energy condensed on the soles of his feet. He half-closed his eyes, and the silver thread in his hand glided out and fell to the bottom of the water. Shen Yanchu concentrated on identifying the things on the bottom of the water.
After a long while, he took back the silver thread and put it into the ring, his lips pursed into a thin line.
Liu Ruyan is not here.
Shen Yanchu stood with his hands behind his hands, recalling the scene he had just seen. The water curtain was dark, and he could only vaguely recognize her figure.
Shen Yanchu immediately raised his head and saw a crescent moon in the sky, as bright as a moon.
Water without moonlight?
He frowned and suddenly remembered a place, the abandoned well!
With a tap of his toes, the man jumped into the distance...
Cold, so cold.
Liu Ruyan frowned and started to move her fingers.
She curled up under the water and struggled to open her eyes. The first thing she saw was a skull.
In the cold and biting water, the hair of the skull was floating, and there were some semi-corrupted pieces of cloth scattered around. Looking down, she saw that she was lying on top of the skeleton. The small area nearby made it difficult for her to move.
Liu Ruyan composed herself, spread her arms and swam towards her head. As she got closer and closer to the wellhead, the skeletons at the bottom of the well were completely revealed, lying in a strange posture at the bottom of the water.
The water in the well was so deep that it took all her strength to swim out of the water, and the stinging feeling in her chest was finally relieved. She took a slow breath and then looked at the top of her head.
The manhole cover is closed, so it's no wonder it's pitch black here with no light at all.
Liu Ruyan shook off the water droplets on her forehead, took out the claw rope from the system space, and tied one end of the rope around her waist. As she finished these things, her body became more and more tired, and her consciousness became blurry again. She bit her lip, and the strong pain made her regain some clarity. Then, with all her strength, she threw the iron hook into the sky.
There was a dull "clang" sound in the well, and the hook clung firmly to the wall of the well, but she dropped her fingers as if she had no strength, and finally fell into coma again.