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Assassins, young mothers with blood on their clothes, airtight "boxes"...women come and go, both familiar and unknown. They often go in with hot water or clean silk cloth, and finally come out with cold water and silk cloth that smells of sweat and blood.
"When my mother gave birth to me, would I have been cared for like this?"
When he woke up from the dream, two streams of warm heat fell along his cheeks.
"Forehead!"
Li Ke wiped his eyes hard, but couldn't help but sob - as if the sadness came from the instinct in the body, and it was in vain to resist.
"It's time to report to the Heavenly Master what happened last night."
He walked out of his bedroom and went straight to the outside of Tianxuanzi's medical clinic. A plaque with the three characters "Qingyue Hall" hung high above it. Yesterday, he sent Murong Yan here and stayed here all night long, and did not rest until dawn.
Li Keyong walked around and made a brief inspection. There were more than two Taiping Taoists standing guard at each entrance and exit, showing a dignified and orderly appearance.
"It seems that I have to personally guard you at night from now on. Master Tianxuan is here during the day, so don't worry."
After a while, the person Li Keyong was silently thinking about arrived. She was a petite Taoist woman with fair and translucent skin and no eyebrows.
"Li Keyong, why are you still here?" She glanced sternly. Because she had no eyebrows, it was difficult to guess her mood from her expression: "Did you tell the Heavenly Master about the assassin attack last night?"
Li Keyong lowered his head and said in respect: "Uncle Tianxuan, I was just going to report this matter, but I was worried about any omissions here, so I went to Qingyue Hall first."
"Are you saying that I will not be able to do things well?" Tian Xuanzi suddenly changed his tone, and then veins popped out on his forehead. He gave the other party a vicious look, and said in a particularly soft voice beside Li Keyong: "Go quickly. , don’t delay the important events of Taipingdao because of personal affairs..."
After speaking, Tian Xuanzi brought a few servants in and started today's routine consultation with Murong Yan.
Li Keyong stayed where he was for a long time, amazed that the woman who was as small and chic as a doll could make people speechless with such ordinary words.
Is it an illusion?
"No, absolutely not." Li Keyong knew very well in his heart that as a "child" who had been cared for by his uncles since childhood, Tianxuanzi might know him better than he did: "Am I doing this because of a personal relationship? What's wrong with me? …”
After thinking about it, there was no answer, and his mind was in a mess. Fortunately, the commotion on the competition ground temporarily diverted his attention.
It was Bai Feng and Murong An who had a dispute.
Li Keyong didn't pay much attention to such trivial matters. He walked through the layers of guards to the tower and told Sima Tu everything about last night.
"You have done a good job. It is the best choice to send the witch to Tianxuanzi in time." Sima Tu said: "We will settle her down after we successfully capture the assassin."
"Yes, Heavenly Master."
Turning their eyes, both of them moved to the competition ground.
"Taiping Dao Yu Hengzi versus Miao Gu Master Yang Kang!" The figure of the Central Guard General Bai Feng was under the tower.
Li Keyong's heart tightened and he said, "Is it really not necessary to get rid of that person?"
"Wouldn't it be a good thing if it could be used by me?" Sima Tu said with a squinted smile: "Taipingdao has never been a vicious bandit, nor is it good at getting involved in power struggles - let the Gao family decide for themselves. "
"It's Master Yuheng!" Li Keyong said.
But Yaoguang and Yuheng were seen supporting each other and walking to the middle of the competition field. After they were in place, they greeted each other.
"Taoist Priest, I see that it is inconvenient for you to move, why don't you just admit defeat?" Yang Kang said: "My poisonous insects and poisonous snakes will not show mercy to people."
Yu Hengzi said: "If you don't try, how will you know?"
"What?"
The Taoist held his sword in salute and invited to fight without any hesitation: "If you don't make a move, I won't hold back."
"How dare you underestimate me?"
Yang Kang took out his sleeves, turned around suddenly, and a green snake flew out of his sleeves and fell straight to where Yu Hengzi was.
Yu Hengzi seemed to be able to feel the faint vibrations in the air, and in an instant he used his sword to chop the flying snake into three pieces!
Yang Kang didn't give up. Seeing that his opponent really lived up to his reputation, he immediately used his lifelong skills, "Feel the feeling of being devoured by thousands of poisons!"
After speaking, he released more poisonous snakes and flying insects from a bamboo basket behind him, and then used his jade flute to control them.
The crisp sound of the flute seemed to break through the sky, sharp and strange, and poisonous snakes and flying insects attacked forward.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, something unexpected happened again.
"No movement?" Li Keyong was stunned: "Why are these insects and snakes suddenly not moving?"
Just outside the range that the blind swordsman could attack with his sword, the Gu Insects and Gu Snakes all stopped moving.
"What's wrong with you?" Yang Kang was shocked: "What's going on? You suddenly don't listen to me!"
Yu Hengzi explained: "Everything has a spirit, especially for insect beasts. When they encounter an opponent that is definitely stronger than themselves, they will not be willing to take risks in order to survive."
"In short, they were driven back by the hostility I radiated."
After hearing this, Yang Kang was so frightened that he couldn't even hold the flute steady. After throwing it away, he ran off to find Bai Feng to ask for surrender.
"Is it over like this?" Li Keyong sneered in disbelief: "The so-called 'Breaking Bad Master' turned out to be just a mediocre person who knows some skills in controlling insects and snakes."
Sima Tu immediately denied it and said: "No, this person's skills are by no means mediocre, but it was a bit futile when facing Junior Brother Yu Heng - insect beasts are not like humans and are willing to give up everything, even their lives, for certain things."
"Really..." Li Keyong was a little emotional, but while he was sighing, he suddenly realized that he was taking the opportunity to be lazy and watch the martial arts for a long time. He really shouldn't, so he said goodbye to Sima Tu and went back.
There is a pool of water in the Qingyue Hall. It is not large in area, but it happens to be a regular circle. It can cleverly reflect the moon in it at night. It is surrounded by corridors extending in all directions. You can follow the marble paths from the corridors. Go deep into the courtyard to get here.
People often come here to enjoy the cool air, and they exchange Taoism, scriptures, medicine, and pharmacy with each other.
When Li Keyong was standing guard in front of the medical center, he would occasionally look at the pool in a daze. Since most of Tianxuanzi's disciples were women, Li Keyong didn't have frequent contact with them, so he would inevitably be touched by the scene and start thinking about it.
"Will they also become mothers?" The ridiculous thought passed by for a moment, and he immediately denied it: "Impossible. Since you are asking for immortality, do you still care about the title 'mother'?"
My thoughts are getting more and more confusing.
He suddenly remembered what Tianxuanzi once told him: "Is it really because of my personal relationship..."
Unknowingly, it was getting dark, and the surroundings fell into a long-lost silence. There was no one around the pond, except for a few night watchmen.
"You guys...have you noticed anything unusual?" Li Keyong suddenly asked.
Everyone else responded in a negative tone.
"Senior brother is here, which little thief dares to cause trouble?"
"Senior brother, just rest, we will watch for you!"
"No... Senior brother, look ahead, someone seems to be coming."
It was a female Taoist priest, holding a big lantern in her hand.
"Brothers, this is the tea sent to the miko-sama. It was found from the miko-sama's hometown."
Li Keyong asked: "Tea? I've never heard of Miko-sama liking this kind of thing."
"Maybe it's because Miko-sama misses her hometown?"
"Hometown?" Li Keyong fell into deep thought. After a while, he agreed to let the female Taoist go in and deliver tea.
After a while, the female Taoist came out. She was still walking by the lamp, but this time, her steps staggered a lot.
Li Keyong didn't care about this. He seemed to be still thinking about the word "hometown" in his heart. He only said that this oversight made him regret it.
Early the next morning, Li Keyong, who was still sleeping soundly, was woken up anxiously by Tianxuanzi's disciple. The disciple was so panicked that he almost lost his mind and shouted: "The witch is missing!"
