In the blink of an eye.
Two months flew by.
That night, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and darkness enveloped the earth.
"Boom..."
"Dong, dong..."
"Brother Zhong, what's the matter with you?"
Zhao Min had just finished his evening practice and was about to undress and go to bed when he suddenly heard He Zhong knocking on the door from outside.
"I just made rice porridge with lotus seeds and rice. Seeing that the light was on in Miss Zhao's room, I filled a bowl for Miss Zhao."
He Zhong's gentle voice came from outside the door.
Zhao Min opened the door and saw He Zhong holding the steaming porridge in his hand. He quickly thanked him: "Thank you, Brother Zhong, for bothering you so late."
"It's nothing, I'm just hungry."
He Zhong doesn't take credit either.
Seeing Zhao Min taking the bowl, he said: "It's late at night. After Miss Zhao has eaten, just put the bowl in the house. I will clean it up tomorrow morning."
Zhao Min watched He Zhong leave.
I couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Zhong is really a good person."
After returning to the house.
She couldn't wait to smell the lotus seed rice porridge in her hand. She felt the aroma coming to her face and her appetite suddenly increased.
Zhao Min didn't notice.
He Zhong stopped immediately after leaving her sight.
He turned around and looked at Zhao Min's house, his figure motionless and making no movement.
If anyone looked closer, they would notice the strange look in He Zhong's eyes.
Through the window paper.
Through the candlelight in the house, you can vaguely see the black figure in the house. The figure is holding a bowl and eating the contents in small bites with a spoon.
one
two
three
Four
...
He Zhong counted silently in his heart.
When he counted to "fifteen".
Sudden.
The figure in the room swayed slightly, and there was a crisp "pop" sound. The bowl in his hand suddenly fell to the ground, and then the black figure fell straight to the ground.
"Cartilage powder is really useful."
He Zhong was not surprised, because the porridge he sent to Zhao Min had added ingredients.
He waited a while longer.
Make sure there is no other movement in the house.
Then he carried the Luo Shui Sword and entered the house cautiously.
After entering the house.
I saw that the bowl of porridge had been smashed into pieces, and Zhao Min fell close to the bed.
He Zhong first grabbed a stone.
He used the technique of throwing a hidden weapon to hit Zhao Min's "pain point". Seeing that she still had no reaction, he calmed down a little.
It shouldn't be fake.
Zhao Min doesn't have this idea yet.
He carried Zhao Min to the bed, tied her tightly with a rope, and poured some cartilage powder into her to make sure that she would not wake up in a short time, and then gave up.
"You are wrong, I am not a good person."
Looking at Zhao Min's unconscious body.
Even though he knew she couldn't hear him, He Zhong still said something in a low voice.
Next.
He cleaned Zhao Min's room again, covered Zhao Min with the quilt, and looked like she was sleeping soundly.
Then.
He Zhong took the oil lamp and went to the main hall to start busy.
Replace the incense with drugged incense.
Add cartilage powder to the tea leaves.
The seat moves to the giant pit trap.
...
Quiet main hall.
He Zhong held the oil lamp and arranged it silently, like a ghost, without any movement.
The reason for doing this.
It's because He Zhong already knows that He Bei will arrive tomorrow.
And alone.
After he got the news, he thought about it for a long time and finally decided to give it a last try.
Give Zhao Min some cartilage powder tonight.
There are two purposes, one is to prevent Zhao Min from interfering with his plan when He Bei arrives tomorrow, and the other is to experiment with a weak smile.
Cartilage powder is a very powerful drug.
Colorless and odorless, it only takes a few grams to fascinate a person with martial arts skills.
But He Zhong has never been used by cultivators.
I took this opportunity to use Zhao Min for experiments.
...
The next day.
The morning light is faint and the sun rises in the east.
He Zhong looked as usual, boiling water and cutting wood for cooking according to his usual habits.
"He Zhong."
Sudden.
A female voice reached his ears.
He Zhong's expression changed. He looked up and saw a woman wearing a red-yellow robe, stepping on huge green leaves, flying from far to near from the horizon.
Who else could it be if it wasn't He Bei?
"Miss Bei, you are finally here."
He Zhong looked happy, stood up quickly, and greeted He Bei with a smile.
"You should have settled your affairs at Jiuyao Temple, right?"
Not seen for three months.
He Bei's face was full of energy, and he looked much better than when he first saw He Zhong in the desert.
He Zhong knows.
This is not only because He Bei got out of the haze of her mother's death.
The more reason is that because she reported Qian Feibai and Liu Wenhan this time, she came into the sight of some big shots in Jiuyao Temple, and received a lot of compensation.
"It's in the past."
He Bei put away the green leaves and made a casual remark without looking at He Zhong for too long.
Instead, he glanced around.
Said: "Where's Junior Sister Zhao, call her out quickly, I want to take her back for observation."
"Miss Zhao should still be sleeping."
He Zhong stretched out his hand and said, "Miss Bei, why don't you go to the main hall to wait, and you can have a meal by the way. I'll call Miss Zhao right away."
"No."
He Bei didn't have the patience to wait.
She held an antique compass in her hand. She just glanced at the compass and then turned her eyes to Zhao Min's house: "It's in that house, right? I'll call her myself. She's still sleeping at this time."
Say it.
Ignore He Zhong.
Then he followed the compass' guidance and walked quickly towards Zhao Min's house.
"ah......"
Just as she approached the door of the house.
Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in the back of my neck, my vision went dark, and I fell unconscious.
"I asked you to come in and drink tea, but you didn't listen."
He Zhong held He Bei's limp body.
He muttered dissatisfiedly.
Naturally, he couldn't let He Bei see Zhao Min being tied up, so he followed He Bei. When she was not alert at all, he used his palm as a knife and chopped He Bei unconscious with his hand knife.
He repeated his old tricks.
He Bei was fed cartilage powder and then tied up.
...
It didn't take long.
A carriage drove slowly out of Lanzhou City.
The driver was wearing a black cloak and carrying a three-foot sword on his back. Only a pair of extremely calm eyes were exposed.
Three days later.
Nameless Valley.
"Miss Zhao, tell me which pill is the breath-shielding elixir, and I'll let you go, okay?"
In the valley.
He Zhong took a kettle and fed Zhao Min water, and was very seductive.
"Pooh!"
Zhao Min's body was tied up and the cartilage was removed. His whole body was limp and he could only express his disdain with angry eyes.
"You're a big liar."
"Do you think I'm that easy to deceive?"
"Too bad I thought you were a good person. Even if you kill me, I won't tell you anything!"
He Zhong was not angry either.
He pointed to another tied figure next to him: "Then even if you don't think about yourself, don't you think about your senior sister? She has been in a coma for three days. If she doesn't wake up in these two days, I'm afraid she won't wake up again. not coming."
Yes.
In the past few days, He Zhong only woke up Zhao Min.
He Bei fed her a large amount of cartilage powder every day, causing her to be in a coma for three consecutive days.
After all, Zhao Min is easier to coax, and He Bei will definitely not give in easily if he wakes up.
He looked at He Bei.
His face was getting paler and paler, and it looked like he couldn't hold on for a few more days.
Zhao Min hesitated: "Then..."
"Then can you guarantee our safety?"
She also knew that He Zhong could not let them go, so she could only do the next best thing.
"If I wanted to take your lives, I would have taken them a long time ago. How could I wait until now?"
He Zhong explained patiently: "I've already told you, it's just because I don't have spiritual talent, so I don't want future generations to be like me, so I do such things."
"But if you never cooperate, for the sake of my own safety, I will have no choice but to destroy the flower."
His last sentence was specially emphasized.
Show that you are not an alarmist.
He Zhong told the truth, and he never thought of deceiving Zhao Min and He Bei, because what he wanted was to breed offspring, which was not something that could be accomplished in a short time.
So it definitely requires the cooperation of two people.
Force alone is completely useless.
He Zhong plans to rely on time to kill the rebellious spirit of the two, and then let them gradually recognize the reality and agree to his request.
