There was a girl selling flowers with a basket under the teahouse. As soon as the window was opened, the rich smell of gardenia filled the whole room.
Yunqi folded his arms and leaned lazily on the window sill, watching the carriage that Yu Fangjing was riding in slowly disappearing from the end of the alley.
He chuckled and turned his eyes: "This slick guy wants to sell well in front of us, but he doesn't want to offend Xue Tai just like that, and he also smoothly transfers the Zhou family's case to me. He kills three birds with one stone."
Lu Anran took a sip of herbal tea into his mouth, and the coating on his tongue was slightly bitter, "From what the prefect said, it seems that the destruction of the Zhou family is related to what they are doing now."
Let’s be more clear, such as entanglements of interests.
"Steward Zhou said that Zhou Hou was planning to take his whole family to escape. Judging from the gifts collected by Zhou's family, this statement was true. If Yaksha didn't seek his life, then why did he do this?"
Lu Anran's eyes were as clear as snow, "The Zhou family cannot stay here any longer."
Yun Qi tapped the window sill with his finger, "That is to say, there is a reason why the Zhou family has to leave."
"Perhaps Yasha," Lu Anran paused and spoke slowly, "just became an opportunity for Zhou Hou to move."
It happened that a Yaksha murder occurred in Diqiu County. If the Zhou family had ulterior motives and deliberately publicized the Yaksha incident, they could use this opportunity to escape from Diqiu.
Yun Qi stood in front of the window, with sunlight falling into his eyes. A confident smile appeared on his pure face, "Is it true that as I expected, the Yaksha of the Zhou family and the Yaksha encountered by others are not the same species."
Lu Anran thought for a moment and immediately understood. The implication was that the Zhou family's case and the other deceased cases were classified into two cases.
"Mo Yan." Yun Qi called out: "Check the copper mines dug privately by the Zhou family."
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After coming out of the teahouse, Lu Anran took a second look at the flower seller. She didn't move much, but her head tilted slightly, but Yun Qi noticed it.
"want to?"
Lu Anran denied, "No."
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows and smiled, his peach blossom eyes showing a sense of wantonness, "Just say what you think, I won't laugh at you."
He walked over and took a look at the flower basket. In addition to the ones with green leaves cut into branches, there were also gardenia bracelets. The snow-white flowers surrounded a circle and bloomed wantonly among the green leaves.
"Which one do you want?" Yun Qi asked calmly.
Lu Anran pursed her lips and said with a paralyzed face: "Garland."
Yun Qi laughed out loud and threw the silver coins over, "Come on, come on, give me all the garlands in the basket."
The flower girl was shocked and said, "Sir, you gave me too much money, I can't find it."
"No need to look for it, I am happy."
The flower girl was so happy that she simply handed the baskets out and said very politely: "Girl, I will bring them for you."
After a cup of tea, Lu Anran had a garland on her right hand. Pink ribbons and flowers were repeatedly wrapped around her slender white wrist, making the fragrance follow her.
There was not much joy in her eyes, but her eyes were dark, as if she were looking at another layer of things through gardenias.
Yun Qi plucked the remaining flowers in the basket and said, "Beauties are like flowers, they complement each other, so there is no need to be embarrassed."
"Thank you." Lu Anran stroked the delicate snow-white petals, and a low sigh escaped from her lips and teeth.
Yun raised his ears and immediately asked: "What are you sighing for?"
The two walked to the carriage and did not rush to get in. Lu Anran said: "It is very cold in the north. The frozen soil has only begun to melt at this time. There are no such flowers."
Yun Qi seemed to have some insights, "If you like it, just get some soil from the south and cultivate it carefully in the future."
Lu Anran did not answer the question and said to herself: "This is the first time I saw this flower. It's actually a painting."
"painting?"
"Well, it's in my father's study." There was a lingering rhyme to the words, with the mist of a rainy day, "The person in the painting has a wreath like this on his hand."
Lu Anran did not say that the person in the painting was her mother, but Lu Xun told her——
"The first time I met your mother, she had a wreath of gardenias on her hand."
At that time, Lu Anran knew the name of the flower, but the bigger doubt was, "Father, why is the place on mother's face blank."
Lu Xun turned his back to her and was silent for a long time before he said, "Your mother is so beautiful that no matter how good the best painter in the world is, she can't be painted even one bit."
To this day, Lu Anran doesn't know what her mother looks like, and that painting left a deep impression on her, so she couldn't help but stop when she saw the same wreath.
Before leaving the city, the carriage suddenly stopped.
"Wufang, who did you meet?" Yun Qi knew Wu Fang's temper. If someone hadn't blocked the way, he would never have stopped for no reason.
Without waiting for an answer, Guan Yue's voice came through the curtain: "Your Majesty, the villagers from the same village as Miss He He have been found."
Yun Qi opened the car curtain in surprise, "Where did you find it?"
"It can't be said that we found her. She broke out of the mountains on her own and happened to meet our people."
In addition to helping in Longling these two days, Guan Yue also secretly searched for the village girl He He mentioned. This girl was simply lucky and was not eaten by Yaksha like the missing ones before.
"According to her own words, she was picking mushrooms in the mountains. She heard someone talking and followed her out of curiosity. As a result, she got lost. Looking around where the people came from, they were all barren mountains. But she was lucky and found a cave to stay in for the night. In the evening, after dawn, I walked around in a daze, and she accidentally walked out."
Yun Qi nodded after hearing this, "Send her back, and by the way, warn the people in the village not to enter the mountains at will in the near future."
In fact, there is no need for a special order from the government. Those who are still sneaking into the forest are people who don't want their lives. It doesn't matter whether they are warned or not.
The carriage started running again, and Lu Anran considered: "He He..."
"Um?"
"Some talent for studying medicine."
"That's what you said?" Yun Qi looked in disbelief.
Lu Anran raised her clear eyes, "What else?"
Yun Qi was disappointed and said: "I thought you were going to be jealous!"
Lu Anran: "..."
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Except for the soil, Monkey Mountain is different from other places. What remains are the same rocks, trees, and small villages scattered in the valley.
The only amazing thing is that azaleas are blooming on the mountainside. The flowers are as red as brocade and as red as flames. They stand out against the vast green mountains and the lingering clouds and mists. Their ups and downs are more beautiful than the haze.
The two of them were still at the foot of the mountain, looking up for a moment, and Yun Qi sighed: "Flowers bloom and fall without interruption, and it doesn't matter whether spring comes or goes."
Rather than admiring the flowers, Lu Anran cared more about the ground beneath her feet. She used a silver hairpin to sweep some of it on the ground, "It's the same as the red mud stained on the soles of Zhou Ting's shoes."
Yun Qi was dissatisfied and pressed her shoulder with the jade bone fan, "Do you have to be so uninterested?"
Lu Anran looked diagonally upward, "Whether anyone cares or not, the flowers and butterflies will come."
"So it's not that you don't understand, but you have seen the essence." Yun Qi bent over with one foot on his knees and put his hands on his knees to support his chin, with a lazy look on his face, "Lu Anran, there is something that I am curious about." .”
Yun Qi rarely called Lu Anran by his first name, so she was stunned for a moment before answering: "What?"
"You really are always pure and devoid of desires. What will make you lose your composure?"
Just like this moment, Lu Anran's eyes were always calm, like a mirror lake without waves, as if any joys and sorrows in the world were blended into it, and it became a pool of stagnant water, unable to stir up any splash.
"You are only seventeen, and you live as if you were seventy. Don't you think life is boring?"
Lu Anran wrapped the soil in his hand with a cloth and looked at Yunqi with clear eyes. He did not have any emotional fluctuations. He was calm and calm. He said in a calm tone: "A pure heart and a few desires are easy to take care of."
Yun Qi slowly raised the corners of his mouth, and Qing Jun's face was particularly beautiful against the background of azaleas. As if he was aroused by something, his black eyes were dancing with light, "You have a heart of ice, and I am covered in red dust. You said, Between us, who will save whom?"
Lu Anran's hand shook, and dirt leaked out of his palm.
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When walking towards the valley, Lu Anran felt restless, like a piece of cake that had been complicatedly branded, causing both sides to burn due to the steam.
After clearly saying that, Yunqi looked as if nothing was wrong in the blink of an eye. His eyes were raised and he was naturally smiling. He pointed his jade bone fan forward and said, "There is a village ahead, go and have a look."
Lu Anran followed Yun Qi slowly, stepping on the dirt tracks he walked on. His eyes retracted from his face, and he quickly calmed down, but there was a trace of self-mockery in his eyes.
How could she forget that even though the person in front of her has two faces, it is true that he is ruthless and ruthless, and it is also true that he plays games with the world. His specious words confused her mind, and she became stupid.
Abandoning all distracting thoughts, Lu Anran nodded: "There is nothing on Monkey Mountain, and there are no traces of anyone passing by when entering the mountain. Maybe he did not go up the mountain at all, but went to the village."
The two of them thought that there would be no one in the village at this time, but as soon as they arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of people gathered in an arc, with the shadowy figure among them revealing half of their head and a crescent moon crown in the shape of an ingot.
Yun Qi sighed softly: "Hey, we met the Taoist priest who catches demons again, is this?"
The people in the village were so focused that no one noticed the two strangers who had joined in at some point. Their eyes seemed to be unable to see enough, just staring at every move of the blue-robed Taoist priest in the center.
The Taoist priest danced his mahogany sword, and the yellow talisman spontaneously ignited without lighting it, causing the villagers to exclaim. He shouted softly: "Between Liuhe and within the four seas, evildoers are hiding, and I can trace them with just one talisman. The evil spirits go away quickly, and report to my emperor." .Hurry as the law dictates.”
After some vigorous movements, the talisman fell into the big porcelain bowl. He poured half of the bowl of water, raised his hand and gave it to the person next to him. He said with a fairy-like attitude: "The evil spirits will be eradicated. There are still wandering souls who have not returned yet. If you drink this bowl of talisman water, your soul will return in less than a day."
Lu Anran moved his eyes and found a child lying on the wooden board behind him. The person holding the bowl was probably the child's father. He thanked the Taoist priest profusely and offered him water in a hurry.
As soon as she frowned, a voice next to her said before her, "Wait a minute, what is the magic function of this talisman water? Why don't you let me see it?"
