There was no sound in the silent valley. Only a dark shadow staggered past. The woman seemed to be injured. She put a hand on her shoulder and walked forward tremblingly. There was no wave in her eyes, only the sweat that kept falling from her forehead.

Shows the pain caused by the wound.

If he hadn't pushed Mo Shuruo away and diverted the man's attention, he might have lost his life long ago.

A dark and terrifying smile appeared at the corner of her mouth: My resentment has not been vented yet, how could I die so easily.

Something inside her body suddenly twitched. She stopped in her steps and her whole body convulsed with pain. The cold sweat on her back instantly soaked the tightly wrapped black clothes. She hugged herself with her hands, her face was pale and weak, and she couldn't bear it for a moment, so she fell to the ground.

A dark figure flashed from a distance, and with a few quick steps, it was already in front of her.

Jinglou Xue half-opened her eyes in embarrassment, "Master..."

Facing her pain, the woman in black robe looked at her coldly, "Didn't I tell you not to go out these two days? You forced the bewitching, and now the fetal poison has spread. You deserve to suffer."

She turned around to leave, but Jinglouxue grabbed the corner of her robe and begged: "Master... I know I was wrong, please... please save me..."

The woman in black robe raised her eyebrows slightly and said in a compassionate tone: "Jing Zhaoxian poisoned you when you were young, but you have considered a thief as your father for twenty years. If you hadn't met me, you would have died."

You will know how hard it is to be deceived by others in this life."

Jinglouxue's expression turned painful, and her hands gradually slipped from the corners of her clothes.

The woman in black robe knelt down and raised her chin without mercy, "As long as you obey me and stay quiet for a day or two, you will be free for the rest of your life."

Jinglou Xue closed her eyes and showed no more expressions or movements.

The woman in black robe took out a small porcelain bottle, opened the lid and drank it for her. Excessive black juice dripped from the corner of her mouth, which was dazzlingly different from her pale face. Her eyebrows moved, as if she felt more comfortable, and she frowned.

The raised brows finally calmed down.

The woman stood up and quietly looked down at Jinglou Xue on the ground, her eyes full of mockery, "There will still be some soup left in six hours, come back to me then."

The woman in black robe walked for a long time, and in the cold wind, the snow in the Beijing Tower lay peacefully among the gravel in the valley, looking gray and decayed, and no one cared about it.

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When Mo Shuruo woke up, he found that he had returned to Baiyue Mansion.

The sun was setting outside the window, and it was already afternoon.

"Senior brother?!"

As soon as she opened her eyes, she found Xiang Jingyi sitting beside the bed, staring at the steaming porridge on the table in a daze, without responding to her call.

She stretched out her hand to touch him and said strangely: "Senior brother??"

Xiang Jingyi came back to his senses and looked into the bed, "You're awake."

"Yeah." Mo Shuruo smiled and nodded, "What are you thinking about? You don't even know when I call you."

"It's nothing." He avoided her eyes and reached out to help her, "You must be hungry, the porridge is still hot."

She casually put on her clothes and sat down at the table, staring at the porridge in his hand, smiling with satisfaction, "I wasn't hungry at first, but I couldn't stand it when I smelled the aroma."

Xiang Jingyi handed the bowl to her, "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."

She responded vaguely, and showed a satisfied expression after finishing a bowl, "What was added to it, and why is it different from the previous ones?"

Xiang Jingyi said: "It's the same as usual, white rice and water. It's just that you haven't eaten anything since you went to bed last night, so it feels particularly fragrant."

"Oh." Mo Shuruo responded disappointedly, "I thought I was not in good health and gave me extra meals. I was so happy for nothing."

Seeing that she had no desire to eat anymore, Xiang Jingyi put away the bowl and chopsticks and stared at her funny, "If you are not in good health, you should eat something light."

She stood up and protested: "Then why did you still eat white rice porridge when you were in good health?"

Xiang Jingyi was stunned for a moment, then thought about it as if it were serious business and said, "Indeed, it seems that from now on I can only eat white steamed buns in the morning."

"!!!!!" Mo Shuruo was sweating profusely. In order to have more luxuries in the future, he hurriedly changed the subject, "Um, is Wang Sunling okay?"

"Huh?" Xiang Jingyi looked over with confusion.

"I am...I heard what Mo Chuan said." Before she fainted, she asked Yan Jue to take her back to Baiyue Mansion in advance. Neither Mo Gong nor the others knew that she had gone out quietly. This opening revealed her secret.

. She giggled, and after lying, she was so scared that she broke into a cold sweat on her forehead, "Didn't a living corpse appear in Wangsun Ling yesterday? What's the situation? No one was injured, right?"

Xiang Jingyi responded: "The remains of the resurrected Wang and Sun were not found, but fortunately there were no casualties. Anyone who had come into contact with the living corpses, Ms. Hongzhao, had also been prescribed medicine, so there was no serious problem."

"Oh." Mo Shuruo nodded and sat down slowly, feeling finally at peace and relaxing.

"Right." He seemed to remember something.

Mo Shuruo looked up at him, nervous and jumped up immediately, "What's wrong?"

"I forgot to tell you that Nanyue Hou Jing Zhaoxian and his wife arrived at Xinling City when it was dark yesterday."

Mo Shuruo frowned: "What are they here for?"

Xiang Jingyi said: "It seems that I heard that the Mo family was investigating this matter, so I rushed over to see the results. Mr. Mo wants you to prepare and announce the progress of the case in a few days."

She smiled coldly, "They are quite well informed." Knowing the whereabouts of Jinglou Xue, did they rush here immediately? Thinking of the outline of the case, she frowned in embarrassment, "The result is there, but the whole story is not clear at all.

, in front of the two leaders of Baiyue, aren’t you making things difficult for me, grandpa!”

Xiang Jingyi patted her shoulder and said, "Don't be discouraged, we still have enough time."

She comforted herself, "I hope so."

Seeing that she was depressed, Xiang Jingyi suggested, "Don't you feel bored after sleeping for so long? Do you want to go for a walk?"

Mo Shuruo looked up at him, frowned and said, "Good idea."

The evergreen trees in the courtyard outside the house are still green, but the peach branches are withered and lonely, which makes them even more desolate in comparison.

After leaving the room and walking around several corners, the two of them were silent all the way with their own thoughts on their minds.

"Senior brother."

"Um?"

She was silent at first, as if thinking about how to speak, and then murmured: "Jinglou Xue is still alive." Apart from Yan Jue, this was the first time she spoke.

Xiang Jingyi stopped and looked at her back as she walked slowly forward, "She's not dead?"

Mo Shuruo also stopped, looked up at the sky, took a deep breath, and said in a slow and feeble tone: "Yes, she is still alive and well."

"In that case, why are you still worried?"

Mo Shuruo said: "Because the murderer is her."

"The murderer?" Xiang Jingyi looked confused, then suddenly realized, "You mean he poisoned people!"

Mo Shuruo nodded, "I don't know where to start. Maybe only at the critical moment, some things will naturally come to light." The whole story was like a mess entangled in her mind. If Uncle Mo really had no way of starting, she would

All I know is that the only thing I can do now is to make Jinglou Xue stop all revenge.

Mo Shuruo looked around casually and suddenly felt strange. After taking a closer look, she remembered that this place was the room where the statue was picked up last time.

"where is this place?"

Drawn by her gaze, Xiang Jingyi also started to look at it, "I heard from the servants that it seems to be the house where Baiyue Xi lived during his lifetime."

"Let me tell you, how come the scene is so decayed in such a good terrain? By the way!" After walking through the long corridor and turning through a stone gate, Mo Shuruo strode towards the rockery among the weeds.

Xiang Jingyi followed her, "What did you remember?"

"I saw a figure here last time, but when I followed him to this area, he disappeared." She reached out and tapped here and there on the stone, as if she was looking for something.

"Do you suspect there is a secret passage here?"

"Who knows, let's look for it."

The two of them searched the rockery carefully over and over again, but found nothing.

"Maybe you are overthinking it." Xiang Jingyi took a long sword and stabbed the soil on the ground. "Looking at the overgrown weeds here, no one has been here for a long time."

Mo Shuruo frowned, "Am I really too worried?"

A female voice suddenly interrupted her thoughts.

"Miss Mo, Mr. Xiang, it turns out you are here." A maid came quickly from the corridor, "Miss Mo, Miss Hongzhao is looking for you. She said there is something urgent and asks you to come over immediately."

Her first reaction was that there was a poison in the snow in Jinglou.

The two of them soon arrived at Fang Hongzhao's guest room, and there was Yue Changfeng in the room, so there were just four of them.

"Come and see." As soon as she entered the room, Fang Hongzhi brought an ancient book to her. The more he read, the paler his face became.

Xiang Jingyi frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

She slowly put down the ancient book in her hand, her eyes shocked, "How could it be butterfly blood Gu?"

"Butterfly Blood Gu, what is that?"

Fang Hongzhao explained: "Butterfly blood voodoos are voodoos raised from the human body. This kind of voodoo is extremely rare. They live in the human body. When the time comes, they will turn into cocoons from under the skin like silkworms and turn into butterflies. Front

It is true that people have experimented with it, but the butterfly blood Gu needs to suck the essence and blood of the host for nourishment in order to grow, and the blood in a normal human body is simply not enough to nourish it until it breaks out of its cocoon, so now, this kind of Gu has almost become extinct.

"

Xiang Jingyi said: "Are you sure Jinglou Xue was infected by the butterfly blood poison?"

Fang Hongzhao nodded and said: "You can't be wrong. The mucus on the cloak is the residue secreted by the Gu insects when they suck blood." She paused, glanced at Mo Shuruo who was standing aside, and said, "As it stands today.

It seems that the blood in Jinglou Xue's body has been sucked clean."

Xiang Jingyi continued to ask: "Then why is she still alive?!"

Fang Hongzhao shook his head, "I don't know, it's simply impossible."

Mo Shuruo and Fang Hongzhao looked at each other with serious expressions. Mo Shuruo frowned and said, "Once the butterfly blood Gu breaks out of its cocoon, Jinglou Xue will undoubtedly die. The poisonous powder after hatching of this Gu is extremely poisonous, and

I don’t know what conspiracy that woman has. In any case, our most important thing right now is to find her first.”

Yue Changfeng suddenly said: "How to find it? You don't have any clues."

Mo Shuruo walked to the table and put down the heavy ancient book in his hand, "Gu has many functions, and manipulation is just one of the ways to get started. There are many methods of manipulation, such as musical instruments commonly used in hearing and spices commonly used in smell.
To be continued...