Shopkeeper Zhao is someone who has personally experienced this. General Zhao, the general who defended the city twelve years ago, is his brother! The Zhao family and the Mu family are family friends. The Mu family has been the lord of Cangzhou City for generations, while the Zhao family has been the generals guarding the city and loyal to the city lord.
By their generation, the relationship between the two families had become even closer. City Lord Mu married his sister, and the Zhao and Mu families were related by marriage, and gave birth to a daughter, Mu Ci, who had the same bloodline as the two families.
Apart from Mu Qing, his younger brother Zhao Ji was the only person who had seen the tragic situation in the city lord's palace that day. Seeing City Master Mu and their sister lying in a pool of blood, Zhao Ji went to the Zhao Mansion to look for him in a panic. The two hurried out of the city, hoping to save their sister's child, their niece Mu Ci.
At that time, Mu Ci was already married and living outside the city with her niece and her husband. They prayed that the two of them could escape. When he and his brother rushed to their residence, they were both dead, and their eight-year-old grandnephew was nowhere to be found.
Shopkeeper Zhao buried his face deeply in his hands as he recalled the past twelve years ago. He shouldn't blame Mu Qing. Before his brother died, he told him not to be angry with Mu Qing, the child. However, Mu Qing refused to tell him the truth, so he turned his anger on Mu Qing.
Who disposed of the body that day? When he and his brother returned to the City Lord's Mansion from outside the city, the bodies disappeared. They seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, leaving only the empty Cangzhou City Lord's Mansion and Mu Qing who was crying silently. Who did these things? What was the purpose? What is it again?
"Dad, it's my fault. I pressed too hard..." Zhao Bai'er apologized, feeling uncomfortable in his heart.
Facing the truth, he felt a little ashamed. Before his uncle passed away last year, he had given him the post of city guard general and the heavy responsibility of guarding Cangzhou City. Now not only has he failed to find out the truth from twelve years ago, but he has also forced the city lord Mu Qing...
Shopkeeper Zhao also blamed himself again and again and comforted him: "Okay, Bai'er, when the city lord recovers from his illness, you can apologize to him in person! He has passed away, but so many years have passed. I don't know how my miserable grandnephew is doing now. Now, is it life or death..."
Shopkeeper Zhao felt a little lost at this time. There was no point in tracing the truth back then. People can never be resurrected after death.
When Zhao Baier saw his father mentioning the missing child, he suddenly remembered a clue he had found recently and said hurriedly: "Father, I checked the files from twelve years ago. That day you and your uncle were in a hurry, the scene where your sister and brother-in-law were killed. The traces were not completely removed and I found..."
He was about to talk to his father, but when he thought that Ji Beichen was still in the main hall, he stopped talking in detail.
Ji Beichen didn't pay attention to the conversation between the two. He felt tight in his chest and his head was buzzing after hearing what Xue's mother just said.
He secretly thought that it was not good, could the Soul Leaving Syndrome attack again?
The head master once told him that he suffered from Soul Leaving Syndrome before he went to Jiujie Mountain. He couldn't remember many things clearly when he was a child, but he didn't remember them completely.
He remembered that he had been wandering around before he was adopted by the head master and went up the mountain. His memory before wandering was very vague, and his biological parents could only barely remember their appearance. In more detail, he could only find out the truth from his dreams.
The head master also said to Ji Beichen: He may have been stimulated by something, which caused that part of the memory to be temporarily sealed. Maybe he will remember some of it when he meets old friends or revisits his old place.
Ji Beichen was an orphan. He could probably guess that it was about the death of his parents. He couldn't bear the blow, so he chose to forget about it!
When he first went to Jiujie Mountain, Ji Beichen would wake up from the same nightmare every day. After that, he followed his master to practice cultivation and never did it again.
This time he was betrayed by his fellow disciples and seriously injured. He forgot more things, and the nightmare was awakened again. Now after hearing what happened to Mu Qing, his head began to feel tingling again, as if something was about to come out...
"Okay, now that the misunderstanding has been resolved, let's not rush to find out the truth. Curing Mu Qing's disease is the most important thing right now!" Bai Shi appeared behind Ji Beichen at the right time, patted him on the shoulder gently, and said: To express comfort.
Ji Beichen raised his dizzy head and looked at Senior Shi who cared for him so much. When he met his concerned eyes, he immediately said happily: "Senior Shi, you are here!"
Bai Shi nodded slightly, put down the medicine box on his shoulder, and followed behind him was a slightly tired Zhao Ling'er.
Shopkeeper Zhao saw that Zhao Ling'er was fine and hurriedly greeted him. When he heard Bai Shi's words, he felt very confident and immediately responded: "Yes, yes, brother Shi is right! Mu Qing must be cured, or else Our Zhao family feels uneasy!"
"You all go back first, Ling'er and Beichen stay to help me." Bai Shi said nothing more, he asked shopkeeper Zhao and Zhao Bai'er to go back first, and took Ji Beichen and Zhao Ling'er to the inner courtyard.
Shopkeeper Zhao hurriedly chased out the door. Seeing the three of them walking away, he did not forget his courtesy. He cupped his hands and saluted, "Brother Lao Shi and Chen'er are here!"
He knew that his medical skills were not good and he could not be of much help, and he would be somewhat annoying if he stayed here, so he planned to leave the city lord's mansion immediately.
Although Ji Beichen was still young in the world, he still knew the etiquette. At this moment, he came to his senses, bowed and returned the gift, and said goodbye: "Uncle Zhao, you are so polite, I will do my best to help you."
Seeing that his sister Zhao Ling'er was fine, Zhao Bai'er knew that he was now considered a "sinner" in the City Lord's Mansion, so he didn't say anything to stay.
He originally wanted to say something to Ji Beichen, but he swallowed it before he could say it, hugged everyone's fists, turned and left.
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Early the next morning, Mu Qing took the pills given by Bai Shi, which temporarily protected her heart pulse, and fell asleep on the bed. He didn't sleep very peacefully, his brows furrowed slightly, as if he had some painful nightmare.
Mu Qing murmured: "Sister! Brother-in-law! Don't leave, don't leave me alone!"
Bai Shi asked Xue San and Xue's mother to boil water and prepare a medicinal bath for Mu Qing. He wanted to stimulate the toxins in Mu Qing's internal organs first.
Seeing Ji Beichen looking at Mu Qing solemnly, Bai Shi tugged at the corner of his mouth and whispered: "He is suffering from a chronic poison, which is difficult to cure. But it will be different when he meets me. Ah Chen'er, don't worry too much."
Ji Beichen nodded and recalled: "Xue San said that Mr. Mu used to be in good health. In the past few years, he had been a little sick due to worry. This year, he suddenly became critically ill. It seems that it was really caused by poisoning, but this poison Who could it be?"
Ji Beichen was not familiar with the situation in Cangzhou City, so he really couldn't guess who the poisoner was. He could only guess: "Could it be the subtle work of the Demon Sect?"
"Oh?" Bai Shi stopped the smile at the corner of his mouth, and a trace of displeasure immediately flashed on his face.
Ji Beichen knew the relationship between Bai Shi and Lihun Valley, and quickly explained: "The Demonic Chenghuan Sect is good at using poison. I am just guessing. Senior Shi does not need to take it seriously."
Bai Shi touched the white beard on his chin and replied calmly: "Of course."
After the hot water was boiled, Zhao Ling'er prepared the medicinal bath according to Bai Shi's instructions and went out. Ji Beichen gently picked up Mu Qing, and Xue San took off his underwear, revealing his fair and thin upper body.
"Young Master has lost a lot of weight in the past two days. It's my fault. How could Young Master be poisoned?" Xue San has been blaming himself after knowing that Mu Qing was poisoned.
Ji Beichen lowered his head and said nothing. Baishi actually hid something from Xue San and Xue's mother, mainly because he was afraid that they would not be able to bear it. The poison in Mu Qingzhong is very dangerous, and even Senior Baishi is not completely sure of it.
Moreover, the poison has penetrated deep into Mu Qing's internal organs. Even if he takes the antidote now, the toxin cannot be completely removed. Senior Shiraishi said that the only thing left to do now is to try to force the poison out!
As soon as the two of them worked together to put Mu Qing into the medicinal bath bucket, Zhao Linger knocked on the door and called Ji Beichen to the main hall.
Ji Beichen knew that detoxifying Mu Qing was very dangerous. When the two of them discussed how to detoxify in the morning, he confessed his identity to Senior Baishi and told about his adventures in medical treatment in Lihun Valley, but concealed his relationship with Yan Yueli. part.
Senior Baishi was shocked when he heard this. He knew that the method of retrograde movement of Qi mentioned by Ji Beichen was actually a Demon Sect technique. It seemed that this matter must not be simple...
"Actually, the Immortal Sect of the Demon Sect is from the same family. It doesn't matter which Kung Fu you practice!" Bai Shi smiled, feeling that the honest young man in front of him was quite stubborn. He didn't know how he would react when he knew the truth in the future.
Ji Beichen smiled bitterly and replied casually: "Senior Baishi, don't try to persuade me. I'm not biased, I just haven't fully accepted it yet. But I already know that not all people in the Demon Sect are evil people, there are many A person with good intentions and a clear distinction between right and wrong.”
Ji Beichen was no longer the stunned person who didn't know right from wrong and vowed to eliminate the demon sect before he came down the mountain. At least he knew that Yan Yueli was not a bad person.
Seeing that Ji Beichen understood justice and could distinguish between good and evil at such a young age, Bai Shi couldn't help but admire him as a person. If his skills were restored in the future, the Cangxu Sect would still need him to take the helm.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly comforted Ji Beichen and said, "Don't be burdened, Chen'er. I won't mention this matter to others. It's just that if you practice so carelessly, I'm afraid it would be dangerous to poison Mu Qing. This matter can only wrong you and Bai Chen." We have joined forces."
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Not long after, Zhao Baier was sitting there with some restraint in the main hall of the City Lord's Mansion. Seeing his sister bringing Ji Beichen over, he quickly stood up from his seat.
Ji Beichen cupped his fists and gave a slight salute to Zhao Bai'er. He knew that Zhao Bai'er was specially invited by Senior Baishi!
Seeing that the two of them were silent when they met, Bai Shi stopped talking and said, "Bai'er is at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment Stage. He has been walking in the military camp for many years and has experience in healing, so..."
"Is he willing to help? What if something goes wrong..." Seeing that Bai Shi really invited Zhao Bai'er, Ji Beichen was a little unclear about what Zhao Bai'er meant.
"I volunteered, I..." Zhao Bai'er knew that Ji Beichen must have misunderstood him. He owed Mu Qing an apology, so Bai Shi proposed to help Mu Qing heal her injuries, and he agreed without thinking.
Ji Beichen knew that Zhao Bai'er had profound internal skills and it would be safer to have him join, so he stopped talking and agreed.
Zhao Bai'er felt a little sad when she saw that Ji Beichen still didn't want to talk to him. He was extremely talented since he was a child, and his parents and master loved him very much, which in turn fostered his pampering character. His sister Zhao Ling'er was actually much more mature than her.
"Pfft!" Zhao Ling'er couldn't help but snickered when she saw her brother deflated for the first time.
Zhao Baier was very angry at his sister's behavior: "I'm still not your biological brother, you little traitor!"
Zhao Bai'er had long heard his father mention that Zhao Ling'er recognized "Brother Ji", and even Grandpa Shi recognized it. Unexpectedly, the two of them started fighting when they met for the first time today. They were really enemies!
"I told you a long time ago that there are people outside the world. Brother Ji, please conquer you!" Zhao Ling'er dodged and hid behind Ji Beichen, sticking out her tongue happily at Zhao Bai'er.
"I...I won't admit defeat. It's obvious that he has the spiritual sword!"
Zhao Baier had a great foundation building stage, but lost to the Qi Condensation stage. He had already given up in his heart. Although he was convinced in his heart, his stubborn character still made him hard-edged.
