The book continues from the previous chapter.
But it was said that after Mr. Xie took the medicine prescribed by Fairy Miaoshou, another two days and two nights passed, and on the morning of the third day, he finally woke up from his coma.
When I woke up, it felt like a lifetime ago.
Before Xie Run passed out, he was still at the headquarters of Yiyong Escort Bureau. Unexpectedly, he closed and opened his eyes and was already in an inn in Anqiu. When he asked about the date again, he realized that he was already there. He was in a coma for nearly ten days.
When Mr. Zuo saw his third brother wake up, he was so excited that he burst into tears and couldn't speak clearly. Others on the side told Xie Run about the many things that had happened in the past few days.
When Xie Run heard this, he was sometimes surprised and moved. After hearing this, he immediately stood up and kowtowed to his second brother. Unfortunately, as soon as he tried hard, he found that he had no strength to sit up at all...
Of course, this is normal.
The power of "Stealing Life" is no joke. Generally speaking, even if a person endures hunger for more than ten days, it is impossible for him to quickly lose weight from a strong man to a skinny man. But those who are haunted by this curse , but you lose a layer of skin in a day... Mr. Xie is really lucky to be able to survive this time. It can only be said that his more than 30 years of training as a boy have not been in vain.
To make a long story short, after the second master Zuo finished crying for a while, he finally remembered business after being reminded by others, so he quickly sent someone to ask Fairy Miaoshou to come for a follow-up consultation, and also asked someone to notify Shuangxie.
However, since it was early in the morning and Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai hadn't gotten up yet, it turned out that Master and Disciple Hu Ning'er and Xiner arrived first.
Fairy Miaoshou is also considered to have relatively good medical ethics. Although she has already accepted the consultation fee from Yiyong Escort Agency, she decided to wait until Xie Run woke up before leaving Anqiu to avoid any changes in the past few days.
Now, Hu Ning'er came to see Xie Run's condition, and then went to prescribe two more prescriptions. She said that she should take the first dose of medicine for the first half month, and then change to the second dose after half a month. She wrote down some things to pay attention to in her diet and daily life, and promised that as long as she followed what she wrote, Xie Run would be back to her original self within two months.
After getting this prescription, Zuo Erye was naturally very grateful to her, and even planned to add some more money, but Hu Ning'er still refused - she was also an old man in the world, and the principle of "charge as much as you do" , she won’t understand.
In this world of business, if you take less, you are willing to keep it, but if you take too much... you have to be careful, you may have to "pay it back" one day.
Hu Ning'er has been thinking about it for the past few days, and she also vaguely feels that what happened to Xie Run is not simple. No matter whether there is really such "ghost magic" here, she doesn't want to get involved, so she finished this morning After the last two doses of medicine, she said goodbye to Second Master Zuo and Third Master Xie on the spot, and left the city without stopping with her apprentice Xin'er.
As soon as they left with their front legs, Sun and Huang arrived with their rear legs.
You all know these two guys. As soon as they entered the house, they made a lot of cheap talk. While calling Mr. Xie a brother-in-law, he repeatedly mentioned that they were the main force in saving his life.
Finally, Sun Yixie's sentence "It's all for brothers" was used as a conclusion. It was basically a unilateral announcement that the Yiyong Escort Bureau owed them a huge favor. It would be shameless if they did not repay it in the future.
The key point is that they stood there singing in harmony and finishing the lyrics quite naturally. Mr. Zuo and Mr. Xie are both upright men, so they didn't notice anything was wrong.
On the other hand, the two men standing aside muttered in their hands: "These two young heroes are quite thick-skinned... When we went to invite you just now, you stayed in bed, pooped, washed, and had breakfast... There was no delay at all, and I didn’t see any of you in a hurry on the way here. It was only in the few steps before entering the house that you two walked so fast... But after entering, you were still able to put on such a loving attitude... This chicken Why do you think the thief is more powerful than us old men in our thirties and forties?"
Of course, they wanted to think about it, but it was still difficult to say this...
In short, after some pleasantries, Sun and Huang were not in a hurry to ask Xie Run for clues. The most urgent task was to let Mr. Xie take a bath first.
Some people may wonder, is this matter so urgent?
Think about it... It was not like now. In our modern hospitals, comatose patients can rely on infusion to maintain life, and excretion can also be solved with urinary catheters. But in ancient times, like Mr. Xie's situation, only You can send someone to feed him some rice soup and water on time every day, and then he still has to follow the original route for excretion. Every time something "something" comes out, someone has to come and clean it up... After nearly ten days, even if it is done every day They were changing clothes and scrubbing, so you can imagine the smell.
Now that Mr. Xie is awake, and Fairy Hu has told him before he left that he can take a bath, so she has to help him get rid of the smell on his body.
Don’t think my book is too long-winded. You’re used to stories like “a certain character was in a coma for several days, refused to eat, drink, or defecate, and was able to move around as normal within a few moments after waking up.” Occasionally, listen to this long-winded story It's okay.
Around noon, several servants helped Mr. Xie finish his bath, carried him to bed, fed him a few mouthfuls of food and drank the medicine. At this time... Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Zuo Dingkun had just returned again He came to Xie Run's room, sent all the idlers out, and began to discuss business.
Because Miao Yinzi's words paved the way, Xie Run no longer worried about the "industry regulations" of the escort agency, and quickly told the story of the escort trip and Miao Yinzi's reminder to him. .
"I didn't expect..." After saying that, Xie Runcai sighed, "Senior Miaoyinzi said at the beginning that the people who would come to ask me after the tribulation were you two virtuous brothers."
"Harm, don't say you didn't expect it, and neither did we." Huang Donglai was thinking about his master at this moment, thinking that since you had already figured it out and included me in it, I'm afraid Is it okay to just ignore it?
As for Sun Yixie, after listening to Xie Run's story, he was silent for a moment, and then asked again: "Brother Xie, you just said that when you went to the Wujian Villa for escort, it was the owner of the village, Xiao. Are you going to meet me in person?"
"Yes." Xie Run replied.
"Yes." Sun Yixie nodded, "Did he personally hand over the money for this escort trip to you?"
"Hiss..." Xie Run heard the words and thought for a moment, but he really couldn't remember the details of a year ago, "At that time... Master Xiao seemed to be sitting and talking to me, and then... Oh! Then he called someone out from the back room, and it was that person who handed me the silver."
"Oh?" When Sun Yixie heard this, his little eyes suddenly shone, "What kind of person?"
"This..." This question made Xie Run look embarrassed, "...I really can't remember this clearly. I guess he was a not very eye-catching person, so I just thought he was an ordinary servant of Wujian Villa. He was just a human being and didn’t pay attention.”
"Is there anything unusual when he gave you the money?" Sun Yixie then asked.
"Abnormal..." Xie Run frowned and recalled again and again, "...No."
"So what does the tail silver you got look like?" Sun Yixie asked another question.
"Eh?" After hearing this, Xie Run suddenly thought of something, "When you said that, I actually remembered... The tail silver I received at that time was all packed in a large wooden box with silver ingots. , broken silver, and bunches of copper coins. In short, there were whole pieces and odd parts... Xiao Zhuang also explained to me that the accountant in their villa had been ill recently and hadn't been to the bank for a while. So I couldn’t find a large-denomination bank note at the moment, so I had to pay like this, so I don’t want to be offended.”
"Fuck..." At this moment, Zuo Dingkun couldn't sit still, because he had heard Huang Dong talk about the principle of "stealing life" in advance, so when he heard the word "copper coins" just now, he had already I came to understand, and when Xie Run finished what he said, Mr. Zuo stood up and cursed, "Hey, Xiao Zhun... They say that Wujian Villa is unrivaled in the world, and the sword master is unpredictable... No. To think that you, surnamed Xiao, are such a vicious person, using such despicable methods to harm my third brother! I...I..."
Although Mr. Zuo really wanted to say "I, Zuo Dingkun, will tear you into pieces" at this moment, when the words came to his lips, he found it a bit difficult to say them out.
why?
It's simple - it's difficult.
Zuo Dingkun's martial arts is not bad, almost at the level of deputy master of those high-end sects, but compared with Xiao Zhun, a recognized top swordsman in the world... he is probably not good enough.
Don't say that he is not good enough, even if the three heads of their Yiyong Escort Agency join forces, they may not be Xiao Zhun's opponent.
Going a step further, although the Yiyong Escort Bureau is known as the number one escort bureau in the Central Plains and has a lot of masters in the escort agency, it will probably be a disaster if it has to face the "elite per capita" Wujian Villa...
"Second Master Zuo, please be patient. This matter needs to be discussed in the long term..." Two seconds later, Sun Yixie seemed to have seen through Zuo Dingkun's thoughts, so he followed suit.
"Well..." Zuo Dingkun also exhaled from his nostrils, suppressed the anger forcibly, and then continued, "What you said makes sense..."
"Second brother, Yi Xie, what are you talking about? What did Master Xiao do?" Xie Run didn't know that his "illness" was caused by someone casting a curse at this moment, so he asked with a confused look on his face. asked.
At this time, Huang Donglai told him about the "stealing of life".
Xie Run had already seen monsters and strange things when he was at Lanruo Temple. In addition, he had great trust in Sun and Huang, so of course he believed it immediately - now he combined this incident with Mianyinzi's words to recall, Suddenly I felt a sudden realization.
"So..." Xie Run said as he thought, "The reason why Xiao Zhun wants to kill me must be related to the 'thing' I escorted."
"That's right." Zuo Dingkun also added, "He wants to kill people and silence them!" But after saying this, he suddenly thought of something, "Eh? That's not right... Since he wants to kill people and silence them, why did he wait so long? How long did it take to take action?"
"That's not simple." Huang Donglai continued, "If something happens soon after Brother Xie sends the escort, you will definitely immediately suspect Xiao Zhun."
"Well..." Xie Run thought for a moment and then continued, "But... he doesn't need to wait a whole year, right? As long as he waits three or four months before taking action, no one will think of him."
When he said this, Huang Donglai and Zuo Dingkun were a little confused, but Sun Yixie answered confidently: "Then it's 'too early'."
"Is it still early after such a long time?" Xie Run asked.
"My word 'too early'... doesn't mean that the timing is not far enough away from the day when you finish sending escorts, but it means that it was too early compared to 'now'." Sun Yixie said, even speaking in English The words just popped out.
"Uh...Yixue, Brother Yu doesn't understand." Xie Run really didn't understand, in every sense of the word.
Huang Donglai and Zuo Dingkun also looked at Sun Yixie with questioning expressions.
"Brother Xie, think about it...if you were really killed by Xiao Zhun's spell, would the Yiyong Escort Bureau investigate?" Sun Yixie said.
Zuo Dingkun said loudly at that time: "That goes without saying! Even if others don't investigate, Zuo will still investigate to the end! Even if it takes ten or twenty years, as long as I still have the breath, I will definitely find out the truth... …”
"Okay, okay..." Sun Yixie interrupted, "We all understand what Brother Zuo means, so let me ask again... If Brother Zuo keeps investigating like this, is it possible to find out whether Brother Xie died of ' This is the method of stealing life?"
"It's hard to say..." Huang Donglai continued, "Generally speaking, according to the way people in the martial arts think, they won't investigate this aspect, but if nothing can be found, it's just a dead horse. The mentality of a horse doctor..."
"Then tell me..." Sun Yixie interrupted Huang Donglai again, "With Master Xiao's calculating character, will he be wary of this kind of situation?"
"Huh..." Huang Donglai followed Sun Yixie's train of thought, "Then if you want to put it this way... the detail of the surname Xiao is a bit good. No matter whether Brother Zuo can do that, but in Xiao's case, In his mind, he must still be on guard against this move."
Sun Yixie nodded and continued: "So, from his perspective, if he takes action too early, might it lead to others finding out about him before he implements his 'big plan'?"
"So... if he chooses to take action now, doesn't it mean that his 'big plan' is about to start, or has already started?" Huang Donglai continued.
"That's right." Sun Yixie narrowed his eyes and smiled, "It's very possible."
The two of them were on the same page, but Zuo Dingkun and Xie Run hadn't caught up yet. They were stunned for a while, and then Zuo Dingkun asked: "Two worthy brothers, what's the big plan you're talking about?" 'What's going on?"
Hearing this, Sun and Huang exchanged glances, and then Sun Yixie told what he had gotten out of Kang Haijiao's mouth three months ago, about Xiao Zhun collecting swordsmen's blood and swords.
When Mr. Zuo and Mr. Xie heard this strange thing, and combined with the fact that someone under Xiao Zhun might use "demon magic"... they felt their scalps go numb at that time, because it was hard for them to imagine what Xiao Zhun actually was. What are you doing...
"Two worthy brothers, this matter is no small matter..." Zuo Dingkun said seriously, "According to what you said, what Xiao Zhun is doing is probably a major event that can shake the entire martial arts world. Otherwise, he would not just do it for the sake of the past. Just in case, I dare to attack the third boss of our Yiyong Escort Bureau."
"Yeah..." Xie Runye responded nervously, "In my opinion, now is no longer the time to seek personal revenge for a certain person Xie. We must immediately spread the martial arts posts to inform everyone about Xiao Zhun's conspiracy... "
"Harm~" Sun Yixie turned his head to the sky and sneered before Xie Run could finish his words, "Show me a hair..." one of his mantras also blurted out, "We don't have any evidence at hand, we just rely on the four of us. A man, just talking about a story about the 'Ming-stealing Yu' and the 'Blood Sword', just want the whole Wulin to help us kill Xiao Zhun?" He paused, "This kind of approach will not only fail to work. It’s not a big deal, maybe it’s just a warning…”
"What do you mean, Brother Sun?" Huang Donglai knew that Sun Yixie had already made up his mind, so he followed the trend and asked.
"Didn't I tell you to think about it in the long term..." Sun Yixie said, "Since we have deduced that Brother Xie's curse is a signal to start Xiao Zhun's plan, then Xiao Zhun will definitely take action soon. ...And his actions must be related to the thing that Brother Xie escorted, and it must be public... We should make good use of our existing advantages, wait and see, and lure the snake out of the hole, so that we can take the lead..."
"Oh~" Huang Donglai shook his head and responded, and continued to ask the question that Xie and Zuo also wanted to ask, "Then how should we do it specifically?"
