The five visitors were all wearing dark purple night clothes.
Compared with black, dark purple can better cover the movement of a living person at night.
When Qingqing suddenly saw these five people, she subconsciously took two steps back and asked Zhao Rang:
"who are they?"
Zhao Rang handed Qingqing the bone flute he had just played.
After taking it, she played with it carefully and found that on the side of the bone flute, there was a graceful white crane about to fly.
"Is this what Bai Hezi gave you?"
Zhao Rang nodded.
Bai Hezi has long known that there is no peace in the mountain, but when he is there, he is enough to intimidate all the young men, and it is difficult for the other party to reveal their flaws. Therefore, he secretly selects smart, capable and loyal people among the mountain guards to form this hidden force. In the darkness, there is an unknown power.
There are only fifteen people in this force, divided into three groups.
Apart from Bai Hezi himself, only the sound of the special bone flute in Zhao Rang's hand could mobilize them.
The people standing here now are the strongest of the three groups. The martial arts cultivation of all the people is at the peak of the fifth level, and the leader has completely entered the fourth level, which is still above Zhao Rang. .
The fourth level in Baihe Mountain is enough to become a deacon with real power. If you work hard in this realm for a few years, you can be promoted to the position of elder.
The fact that they are willing to give up such a lucrative job and all kinds of preferential treatment in the mountain gate shows their loyalty to Baihe Mountain.
For such people, Zhao Rang is absolutely assured.
This kind of trust comes not only from the trust in Bai Hezi himself, but also from the admiration for the "immovable as a mountain" tenacity exuded by these five people.
"It turns out that Bai Hezi had already arranged a backup plan."
Qingqing said.
There was some emotion in his tone, and there was some blame in his eyes when he looked at Zhao Rang.
She was blaming Zhao Rang for having such a key power, why didn't he tell her at the beginning?
As long as a woman's complaints take hold, they will spread endlessly... and then spread to all aspects. Even if Qingqing is a member of the Investigation Department, belonging to the first floor will not make any difference.
After thinking about it, complaining has become the atmosphere.
Zhao Rang saw his clenched fists and clenched teeth.
But he didn't know what exactly caused this.
The woman with whom he had the deepest contact was Ye Sanniang. But Ye Sanniang never gets angry because of these things, or there are not many things in the world that she cares about.
Qingqing is different.
Although Zhao Rang and her have known each other for a long time and are familiar with each other, he only knows Qingqing's face and name, and does not know her as a real person.
Since knowing her true identity, the relationship between the two has actually changed from being familiar to being the most unfamiliar.
This kind of twist is wider and farther than the distance between two people who meet by chance. It is not an exaggeration to call it a natural chasm.
"Bai Hezi didn't let me tell anyone. You see, even his junior brother, the acting headmaster, doesn't know. But... my uncle should know, but he won't come down from the Nine Heavens."
Zhao Rang thought for a while and felt that he still had to give Qingqing an explanation.
This is a matter of attitude, whether he will listen or not. Women tend to care more about attitude than whether what they say is correct or not.
Sure enough, after listening to Zhao Rang's explanation, Qingqing gritted her teeth and relaxed.
In fact, Zhao Rang's explanation was half true and half false. Bai Hezi never told Zhao Rang not to tell anyone, but the current acting headmaster, Bai Hezi's junior brother, did not know the existence of these fifteen people.
From this point of view, Zhao Rang is not lying, he is just making reasonable calculations based on reality.
"You called all five of them out, what are you going to do?"
Zhao Rang looked back at the five people.
From beginning to end, these five people did not say a word, just like five flagpoles deeply embedded in the ground, standing quietly. It was not until Qingqing asked this question that they turned their attention to Zhao Rang in an instant.
They also wanted to know what Zhao Rang was trying to do by calling them out with the bone flute.
But they were more curious about what kind of person Zhao Rang was.
The person who can be entrusted to Bone Flute by Bai Hezi himself will certainly not be a mediocre person. But Zhao Rang is really too young.
The advantage of being young is that you have a lot of time, which can bring endless possibilities. But the disadvantage of being young also comes from this, infinite possibilities bring endless variables. For people who are accustomed to Bai Hezi being mature and prudent, variables mean uncertainty.
And this kind of uncertainty can easily kill everyone in a critical situation.
"I called them here to show them."
Zhao Rang explained.
Qingqing frowned in confusion.
What's there to see here?
Are you looking at Sun Er who had his spine crushed and died into a ball of flesh, or are you looking at the senior sister who fell to the ground due to poisoning and fell into a coma?
"I let them see that what Bai Hezi was worried about has happened. Faster than expected, and more ruthless than expected."
No matter how loyal a person is, if he does a hopeless thing for a long time, he will become tired and even bored.
This feeling and loyalty are opposites, and they will constantly wear each other down. When the boredom reaches a certain level, even if they seem to be still doing it, the enthusiasm in their hearts has completely cooled down like a fire that has gone out.
What Zhao Rang wanted to do was to rekindle the fire in their hearts.
Clearly he was on the right track and got it done.
Because among the five people who had never spoken, the leader suddenly said:
"Mr. Zhao, you have the bone flute in your hand. I will wait and follow your orders."
Zhao Rang, who had his back turned to them, raised his lips.
Now his youth is no longer an issue.
No matter what age you are, as long as you have the same purpose and a consistent fire in your heart, you will be full of power. The young variable has now become a positive energy. At least these five people will no longer question Zhao Rang.
Besides trust, the most important thing is unity.
"Okay, then I'll have something to say!"
Zhao Rang turned around, bowed his hands to the five people, pointed at the poisoned senior sister and the dead Sun Er and said:
"She was poisoned. Is there any miraculous medicine in Baihe Mountain? I don't want to be able to detoxify it, as long as it can temporarily suppress the poison. In addition, this person's death method is very strange. Do you have any clues?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the people on the left and right of the leader stepped forward. One person stretched out two fingers and placed them on the pulse of the senior sister, while the other person began to carefully explore Sun Er's body.
But soon, both of them shook their heads solemnly.
"I have never seen the poison in this disciple."
Another person said the same thing about Sun Er's body.
Compared with outer martial arts, Baiheshan places more emphasis on the cultivation of internal martial arts. It is said that one breath is practiced internally and the muscles, bones and skin are trained externally. People in the Taoist sect focus more on the cultivation of this breath, so as to achieve their own inner harmony, so that they can continuously conform to the natural way.
Sun Er's death was obviously caused by the finger force of a person who was proficient in external martial arts. Not to mention the cruel method, it was not the usual practice method in Baihe Mountain, so it was impossible to determine who actually did it.
Zhao Rang nodded.
His judgment was similar to that of these two people, so there was no need to bother with it, but no matter how confident you are, you need some real inner evidence to support your confidence.
Seeing Zhao Rang nodding, the leader said again:
"Does Mr. Zhao already know who did it?"
When others look at him and nod, they just think that he has a plan in mind.
But Zhao Rang shook his head again and said:
"I have no idea."
This time, the leader was confused again.
Since you don't know, why did you call yourself and others here and expose them to the public? Even when Bai Hezi was still in the mountain gate, his contact with them was extremely secretive and infrequent.
All of a sudden, the unity that had just been established became in danger again.
The five of them didn't think that Zhao Rang was really who he said he was. He just asked them to "take a look", so he must have a back-up plan. But now I find that Zhao Rang seems to be too young... It's good to be aggressive in doing things, but you must not be reckless about the consequences.
"Although I don't know who it is, I already have suspicions."
"Who does Mr. Zhao suspect?"
The leader asked urgently.
Zhao Rang said with a smile:
"People who are suspicious can only keep it in their minds and cannot say it out loud. If you don't say it, there is still room for it. If you say it, it will be confirmed. If it is not this person, it will be even more difficult to handle!"
The leader took a deep breath.
After taking a closer look, he felt that what Zhao Rang said was reasonable, but he still wanted to know who Zhao Rang suspected, but he did not continue to ask.
"Well, there is no need to care about the dead, but the living can still be saved. There must be no place in Baihe Mountain that you can't go to, right?"
The leader nodded in agreement.
"Go tell the other two groups of ten people what happened here, and then no matter how many places in the mountains you run, you have to find a way or something to prevent her from dying."
Zhao Rang's arrangements were very specific.
The leader heard it very clearly.
But he quickly added:
"There is one place we still can't go to."
Zhao Rang asked:
"where?"
The leader said:
"Lu Zu's Golden Body Hall, Ninth Heaven."
This is where my uncle is.
Zhao Rang said calmly:
"If I really need to, I will go there in person, don't worry."
The leader responded, and then just like when they came, five figures were pulled up from the ground, and pushed backwards at great speed with the mountain wind at night. In a flash, it disappeared into the mist that had not been blown away by the wind in the mountains and forests.
"Why are you looking at me like this?"
After watching the five people leave, Zhao Rang turned around and saw Qing Qing's eyes looking strange, and couldn't help but ask.
"I can't understand it."
Zhao Rang continued to ask:
"Can't you understand what? Me?"
Qingqing nodded.
"If there's anything I don't understand, I'll sing whatever folk songs are on the top of any mountain. Besides, it was you who asked me to come up to Baihe Mountain!"
Zhao Rang said casually.
"My impression is that you are not a nosy person. Even if we ask you to go up the mountain, you can just eat and drink for a few days without paying attention to anything."
Zhao Rang's face suddenly sank and he said:
"In my impression, you are not from the Investigation Department. To be honest, when I heard that you changed your profession and became an embroiderer, I was happy for you from the bottom of my heart!"
After hearing this, Qingqing's tone became cold:
"So you never look down on me from the bottom of your heart."
Zhao Rang shrugged and did not explain any more.
No one can avoid worldly prejudices, and there is no need to explain this.
Returning to the room again, the smell of the junior sister's vomiting had almost dissipated.
Qingqing closed the door.
She always cared about whether the door was closed properly.
If the door had been open just now, the air in the room should be fresher.
But for her, closing the door seemed to keep out all the pain and clutter. Even if this room is not her home, she will carefully close the door.
Zhao Rang didn't care about Qingqing's trivial matters.
Of course, this also has preconditions.
If it weren't for the fact that he would ask for something soon, Zhao Rang would have said a few words about whether the door should be opened or closed.
"They're gone, what do you want me to do?"
Qingqing is a very discerning girl, especially knowing what Zhao Rang is thinking.
The two of them spent the most time together drinking.
People who like to drink are often not scheming people, and they are more likely to be figured out by others.
"I want her to sober up as soon as possible."
Zhao Rang said.
Qingqing blinked, but there was no reaction.
She was waiting for Zhao to give her a reason.
Even if she could roughly guess why Zhao Rang wanted her to sober up, she still wanted to hear Zhao Rang say it himself.
This is a minimum level of respect.
When you ask others to do something, you have an obligation to explain clearly why.
"Because she can only speak when she's sober."
Zhao Rang's reason is simple, but it is enough for Qingqing.
Regardless, this is indeed a defensible reason.
As for why Zhao Rang asked her to do this, Qing Qing didn't think much about it.
For her, sobering up people is easier than eating and drinking, because she drinks far more wine than she drinks water and eats.
Zhao asked Qingqing to move away, and at the same time turned around consciously.
He was not trying to avoid danger, but was afraid that he would learn this method of sobering up.
The purpose of drinking is to get drunk.
Once you have a way to sober up, drinking will suddenly lose its fun.
Zhao Rang didn't think he could bear to not use it after watching it, so the most thorough way was to turn around and not look at it at all!
Seeing this, Qingqing couldn't help but smile, and the shallow dimple appeared on her face again.
Then she turned her junior sister's body sideways so that her back was facing her, and then untied her skirt until her entire back was exposed.
Junior sister's skin is excellent.
Delicate and fair.
Even Qingqing couldn't help but admire and admire him.
Although her skin is not bad, in comparison, it lacks a kind of vitality and has a bit more lifelessness.
Only people who worry less will burst with vitality from the inside out, and young people have long been deprived of this right.
The sadness disappeared in a flash. Qingqing held her junior sister's shoulder with her left hand, and used her right hand to massage several acupuncture points on her back with the second knuckle of her index finger from shallow to deep, repeatedly.
This process is not easy.
Just after finishing the first time, the green hair on the temples was already wet with sweat.
