Chapter 12: Think long term

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 in the headquarters of Yiyong Escort Bureau. Unexpectedly, he closed his eyes and opened them, and he was already in an inn in Anqiu. I asked again Days later, I realized that I had been 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 these 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...

The power of "Stealing Life" is no joke. Generally speaking, even if a person endures hunger for more than ten days, it is impossible to quickly lose weight from a strong man to a skinny man. But those who are haunted by this evil curse will lose a layer of skin every day... Mr. Xie is really lucky to be able to withstand it 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 go Notified Shuangxue.

However, since it was 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.

This Fairy Miaoshou is also considered to have relatively good medical ethics. Although she has already accepted the consultation fee from Yiyong Escort Bureau, she decided to wait until Xie Run wakes up before leaving Anqiu to avoid spending the next few days. What changes have occurred?

Now, Hu Ning'er came to see Xie Run's condition, and then prescribed two more prescriptions, saying that he should take the first medicine for the first half month, and then change it after half a month. She took the second dose, and also 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 more money, but Hu Ning'er still refused - she was also an old man in the world, "How many things can I do?" She doesn't understand the principle of "just charge as much as you want."

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 feels that what happened to Xie Run is not simple. No matter whether there is really such a "ghost skill" here, she doesn't want to get involved. , so after prescribing the last two doses of medicine this morning, 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 things...as soon as you enter the houseIt was just a cheap talk over and over again, while calling Mr. Xie a brother-in-law, while repeatedly mentioning that they were the main force in saving his life.

Finally, Sun Yixie's words "It's all for the brothers" are used as a conclusion. Basically, it is a unilateral announcement that the Yiyong Escort Bureau owes them a huge favor. If they don't repay it in the future, It's just shameless.

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 palms: "These two young heroes are quite thick-skinned... When we went to invite you just now, you were lying in bed and shitting. , wash up, have breakfast... there was no delay at all, and I didn't see you in any hurry on the way here. It was only in the few steps before entering the house that you two took such a fast pace... But after entering, you were still able to show such affection. In such a state...why does this chicken thief feel more powerful than us old men in their thirties and forties?"

Of course, they think about it, but it's still hard 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 shower first.

Some people may wonder, is this matter so urgent?

You think about it... It was not like now. In our modern hospitals, comatose patients can rely on infusions to maintain their lives, and excretion can also be solved by catheters; but in ancient times, like Xie In Mr. San's case, we can only 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 for him... This lasts for nearly ten years. At the end of the day, even if you are changing clothes and scrubbing every day, you can imagine the smell.

Now that Third Master 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 are used to seeing stories like “a certain character is in a coma for several days, does not eat, drink or defecate, but can act as usual within a few moments after waking up.” It’s okay to listen to this long-winded story once in a while.

At 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 just came to Xie Run's room again, sent all the rest out, and started discussing business.

Because Miao Yinzi’s words paved the way for him, Xie Run no longer worried about the “industry regulations” of the escort agency, and quickly told him the story of the escort trip and Miao Yinzi’s treatment of him All reminders were given.

"I didn't expect..." After saying that, Xie Runcai sighed, "Senior Mianyinzi said at the beginning that the people who would come to ask me after the tribulation were the two worthy brothers. "You guys."

"Don't say you didn't expect it, neither did we." Huang Donglai was thinking about it, thinking about it, his master.Since you've already arrived, and I've been included in it, then I'm afraid I can't just ignore it, right?

As for Sun Yixie, after listening to what Xie Run said, he was silent for a moment, and then asked again: "Brother Xie, you just said that you went to Wujian Villa to have escorts." Was it the owner of the village, Xiao Zhun, who personally met you?"

"Yes," Xie Run replied.

"Yes." Sun Yixie nodded, "Did he personally hand over the money for this escort to you?"

"Hiss..." Xie Runwen He said, thinking about it for a while, but he really couldn't remember the details of a year ago, "At that time... Village Master Xiao seemed to be sitting and talking to me, and then... Oh! Then he came from the back room I called someone out, and it was the person who handed me the tail silver."

"Oh?" Sun Yixie's little eyes suddenly shone when he heard this, "What kind of person? ?"

"This..." This question made Xie Run look embarrassed, "...I really can't remember this. I think he is a person who is not very eye-catching, so I just assume it. He was just an ordinary servant of Wujian Villa and didn't pay attention."

"Is there anything unusual when he gave you the money?" Sun Yixie asked.

"Abnormal..." Xie Run frowned and recalled again and again, "...No way."

"Then what does the tail silver you got look like?" Sun Yi Xie changed the question again.

"Eh?" After hearing this, Xie Run suddenly thought of something, "When you said that, I remembered... The tail money I received at that time was all packed in a big In the wooden box, there were silver ingots, broken silver, and bunches of copper coins. In short, there were whole and partial pieces... Xiao Zhuang also explained to me that the accountant in their villa had been ill recently, and there was a I haven’t been to a bank for a while, so I couldn’t find a large-denomination banknote, so I had to pay like this so I wouldn’t be offended.”

“Fuck...” At this moment, Zuo Dingkun said. But he couldn't sit still, because he had heard Huang Dong explain the principle of "stealing life" beforehand, so he had already understood it when he heard the word "copper coin". After Xie Run finished the whole paragraph, The second master Zuo stood up and cursed, "Hey Xiao Zhun... They say that Wujian Villa is uncontested and the sword master is unpredictable... I didn't expect that your surname is Xiao, you are such a vicious person. Such a sinister way to assassinate my third brother! I...I..."

Although Mr. Zuo wanted to say "I, Zuo Dingkun, will tear you into pieces" at this moment, but then When the words came to his lips, he found it a little difficult to say them.

Why?

It’s simple – this is difficult.

Zuo Dingkun's martial arts is not bad, almost at the level of deputy head of those high-end sects, but compared with Xiao Zhun, a recognized top swordsman in the world... he is afraid It's not 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.

One more stepTo put it bluntly, 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 bureau, but if it has to face the "elite per capita" Wujian Villa... I am afraid it will be a disaster.

"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 still didn't know that his "illness" was caused by a curse, so he asked with a puzzled face.

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At this time, Huang Donglai reported the matter of "stealing life" Told him.

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 them immediately - now he combined this matter with Miao. When I combined Yinzi's words with my memories, I felt a sudden realization.

"So..." Xie Run said as he thought, "Then Xiao Zhun wants to kill me, it must be related to the 'thing' I escorted."

" That's right." Zuo Dingkun also said, "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?" Just take action?"

"That's not easy." Huang Donglai continued, "If something happens soon after Brother Xie sends the escort, you will definitely suspect Xiao Zhun immediately. "

"Well..." Xie Run thought for a moment and then continued, "But...he doesn't have to wait for a whole year, right? As long as he waits three or four months before taking action, it won't happen either. Someone must have thought of it."

When he said this, Huang Donglai and Zuo Dingkun were a little confused, but Sun Yixie answered confidently: "That's too early. '."

"Is it still early after such a long time?" Xie Run said.

"My term 'too early'... doesn't mean that the timing is not far enough away from the day you send off the darts, but that it was too early compared to 'now'." Sun Yixie Even the English words came out as he spoke.

"Uh...it's also humorous. Brother Yu can't understand it." Xie Run really didn't understand it, 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 you?" 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 , we must 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 that Brother Xie died due to 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 it really can't be found, What, with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live doctor..."

"Then you say..." Sun Yixie interrupted Huang Donglai again, "With the calculating character of Master Xiao, Would he be wary of this? "

"Huh..." Huang Donglai now followed Sun Yixie's train of thought, "Then if you want to say so...the detail of the surname Xiao is a bit good, regardless of whether Brother Zuo knows it or not. Even if he got to that point, in Xiao Zhun's mind, he would still be on guard against this move. "

Sun Yixie nodded and continued: "So, from his perspective, if he takes action too early, might it cause others to fail before he implements his 'big plan'? Find it on him? ”

“In this case... he chose to take action now, doesn’t it mean that his ‘big plan’ is about to start, or has already started? "Huang Donglai answered.

"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 wise men? Brother, what is this 'big plan' you are talking about? "

Hearing this, Sun and Huang exchanged glances, and then Sun Yixie told what he had extracted from Kang Haijiao three months ago, about Xiao Zhun collecting swordsmen's blood and swords. I said it again.

When Mr. Zuo and Mr. Xie heard this strange thing, combined with the fact that someone under Xiao Zhun might use "demon magic"... they felt numb at the time. Ah, because it is hard for them to imagine what Xiao Zhun is doing...

"Two worthy brothers, this matter is not trivial..." Zuo Dingkun said seriously, "According to what you said,? What Xiao Zhun is doing is probably something big that can shake up the entire martial arts world, otherwise he wouldn't dare to attack the third boss of our Yiyong Escort Agency just as a precaution. "

"Yes..." Xie Runye added nervously, "In my opinion, now is no longer the time to seek personal revenge for a certain person Xie. We must immediately distribute martial arts posts widely to kill Xiao. Tell everyone about the accurate conspiracy..."

"Harm~" Before Xie Run could finish speaking, Sun Yixie turned his head to the sky and sneered, "Show me a hair..." His catchphrase Yiye blurted out, "We don't have any evidence at hand, so it's just the four of us who tell a story about the 'Ming-stealing Yu' and the 'Blood Sword', and we want Quan Wulin to help us kill Xiao Zhun." ? "He paused, "This kind of approach will not only fail to achieve anything, but it will also scare the snake..."

"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 say that we should consider 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 the man named Xiao will definitely take action soon... and his actions must have been escorted by Brother Xie. It is related to the thing about the government, and it is public... We should make good use of our existing advantages, wait and see what happens, and lure the snake out of the hole, so that we can take the lead..."

"Oh~" Huang Donglai He shook his head and responded, and continued to ask the question that Xie and Zuo also wanted to ask, "Then how should we operate? ”