【Kuan Xin】Snake and Venom

Yuan Zhongxin put the Nine-Life Lock tightly in his pocket, got on his horse, turned back to meet Wang Kuan and the others, and the six of them walked back to the secret pavilion together.

However, as soon as he returned to the door of the secret pavilion, a figure rushed towards Yuan Zhongxin. Xiaojing beside him was inattentive and was knocked down hard. Yuan Zhongxin was startled, and quickly reached out to help her up , looked at the person who came with a hint of anger on his face. Not surprisingly, it was Lin Liang who came with grief and indignation.

Lin Liang stepped forward and grabbed Yuan Zhongxin by the collar. Wang Kuan and the other five were about to explode, but Yuan Zhongxin raised his hand to stop him. He stared at Lin Liang indifferently with deep eyes.

Lin Liang was short of breath, and his voice was trembling slightly: "Yuan Zhongxin, where is Big Brother An?"

Yuan Zhongxin looked at him for a long time, and suddenly sneered, he said indifferently: "Your Brother An is probably reporting to His Highness the King of Hell at the moment."

Hearing this, Lin Liang was furious immediately, and pushed Yuan Zhongxin back with all his strength. The latter was unstable and fell into Wang Kuan's arms. He stood up straight calmly, looked at Lin Liang extremely indifferently, and mocked He snorted and laughed: "Why, An Lijiu is a drug dealer, he has brought disaster to the country and the people, he has committed a lot of crimes, and he is full of nonsense, shouldn't he die?"

Lin Liang's eyes were red, and he roared paranoidly: "I told you! Brother An is not this kind of person! Why don't you go and find out!"

Yuan Zhongxin shrugged innocently: "I'm not going to find out? You can ask other students in the Secret Pavilion. I even offended the Imperial Army to investigate the matter of Anlijiu. How do you want me to investigate? What's more, I have already reminded you that it was An Lijiu who pleaded guilty with all his heart, he didn't even bother to defend himself, and he didn't cooperate, you still expect me to read minds and read his difficulties?"

Lin Liang was speechless, and his thoughts were confused for a while.

Yuan Zhongxin narrowed his eyes inaudibly, his eyes were unclear, and his tone was condensed: "Brother Lin, you are done questioning, should it be time for me?"

Lin Liang raised his eyes to look at him resentfully, but was startled by the unfathomable light in Yuan Zhongxin's eyes. He bit the bullet and asked, "What do you want to ask?"

Yuan Zhongxin took a few steps forward, staring at him for a moment: "I ask you, why did you come to me in the first place?"

Lin Liang didn't understand, so he said, "I'm looking for you to save Brother An!"

Yuan Zhongxin sneered: "Ask me to save Brother An? Who are you, you know me so well, why do you think that I will be able to rescue Brother An?"

Lin Liang was confused by the question, he asked in surprise, "Yuan Zhongxin, what exactly are you trying to say?"

Yuan Zhongxin gritted his teeth secretly, and the anger in his heart came out silently: "You don't understand what I want to say? Well, I can't help you if you want to pretend to be stupid, and I'm too lazy to go around with you-tell me the truth , Who told you to come to me in the first place?"

"You said that you rarely came to Kaifeng in the past, but you were able to come to Kaifeng Secret Pavilion without any mistakes, and reported my name easily, saying that you want to ask me for help—why, when did the name Yuan Zhongxin change? You have become so famous, even I don't know, but you in Yidu believe that I am the only one who can rescue An Lijiu?"

Lin Liang froze in place, Yuan Zhongxin's words made him feel confused.

That's right, since when did the name Yuan Zhongxin appear around my life for no reason?Since when have you been instilled with the idea that "Yuan Zhongxin is very powerful"?Obviously, he had never known Yuan Zhongxin before, so why did he think of going to Kaifeng to find Yuan Zhongxin when something happened to Anli Jiuyi?

why?

Seeing Lin Liang's dejected expression, Yuan Zhongxin felt an ominous feeling in his heart, and gradually surrounded his whole body, his eyes turned around, and suddenly he saw a girl in a plain long skirt standing timidly not far away Yuan Zhongxin sighed secretly, and his tone was full of powerlessness: "You go home first, the matter of An Lijiu is over, Don’t stay too long in Kaifeng, it’s not safe here anymore.”

Then, he turned to leave.

Hearing Yuan Zhongxin's words, Lin Liang was frightened for a while, and stopped him suddenly: "Yuan Zhongxin, do you know something?"

Why do you say Kaifeng is not safe?

If even the capital of Song Dynasty is not safe, where is there any safe place in this world?

Yuan Zhongxin didn't look back, his eyes were downcast, and he said to himself, "If I really knew something, I wouldn't be so clueless now."

Wei Yanei was the last one to enter the door, and he said to Lin Liang worriedly: "You should listen to Yuan Zhongxin obediently, he will never harm you, take your sister and go home quickly."

Back at Qizhai, the six of them didn’t rest at all. After some hesitation, Yuan Zhongxin smashed all the nine bells of Jiumingsuo. Lay it flat on the table, nine names were written on the slips of paper, but not only the names, but also the names of administrative districts in different places in the Song Dynasty were marked on the back. Correspondingly transcribed on paper:

Li Fu—Guangzhou, Jiang Lan—Qianzhou, Shen Lingqing—Xingyuan Mansion, Jing Yi—Yan’an Mansion, Xiang Yao—Qizhou, Nangong Lin—Luzhou, Liu Zhisui—Hangzhou, Song and Autumn ——Hengzhou, He Jing——Quanzhou.

Wang Kuan grew up looking at the territory map of the Great Song Dynasty since he was a child, and he was quite familiar with the directions of these places. After a closer look, he said, "These places are basically close to the borderlands of the Great Song Dynasty—everyone The name corresponds to a place, that is to say, each detail is responsible for this area."

When Wei Yanei thought that these areas pointed to poisonous nests, his scalp became numb, and he said with a sad face: "Nine poisonous nests, so many."

Yuan Zhongxin's eyes were deep: "Not only that, but An Lijiu said that there are a total of fifty secret agents who have entered the poisonous nest to lurk, and now only nine people have survived, corresponding to the nine poisonous nests. Assigning two or three people to analyze the lurking pattern, so far, there are at least [-] large or small poisonous nests in the entire Song Dynasty that have not been wiped out."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere among the six people immediately became heavy and depressing.

An Lijiu has been lurking in the hidden drug nests around Kaifeng since eight years ago, and has been suffering until now, even if she sacrificed her life, it is only an egg hitting a rock for real drug dealers.

Twenty poison nests, how to clear them?

Not to mention Zhao Jian and the others, even Yuan Zhongxin was at a loss. He lowered his eyes and considered for a long time before he said, "Send this list to Wei Zhuoran."

Wei Yanei looked at Yuan Zhongxin in surprise: "My father?"

Yuan Zhongxin had no other choice: "Now, this is the only way to go. Twenty poisonous nests, relying on us alone, are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket. Let alone destroying them, it is very likely that the nine spies will be killed by then. We There is no escape from bad luck."

After all, Wei Zhuoran is the Taiwei in front of the palace, and he certainly has no fewer cards than Yuan Zhongxin and the others. Before, it was not because of unknown causes and consequences, but now with this list, even if it is really impossible to wipe out the poisonous nest, he can go smoothly. It was a great luck to rescue those nine secret agents.

Wei Yanei carefully put the list into his arms: "Then I'll go home tonight and give it to my father."

Yuan Zhongxin nodded, and added: "Xue Ying, you go back with Ya Nei."

Xue Ying responded immediately.

The Anlijiu incident is now considered to be over. This mission has become a scar that everyone keeps silent about. Although the relationship between the six people is still the same as usual, the real laughter is less than before. A lot, I don’t know if it’s everyone’s illusion, Yuan Zhongxin, who can’t stand the boredom on weekdays, is in a daze more and more times, but as long as the six of them get together, he is still the Yuan Zhongxin who loves to joke and play pranks, As if nothing had changed.

On the third day after An Lijiu's death, Wang Kuan took advantage of the clear weather to clean the inside and outside of the dormitory. Yuan Zhongxin helped to dry the quilt in the backyard. After everything was settled, Yuan Zhongxin sat down On the stone chair in the backyard, Wang Kuan was in a daze as he watched the room clean up the dormitory in an orderly manner. Suddenly, he hurriedly raised his hand to cover his nose, turned his back to Wang Kuan and looked up at the sky. After a while, he moved his hand away, A smear of blood stained the cuffs.

Yuan Zhongxin frowned slightly, wiped his nose cautiously, took a deep breath of air-conditioning, and smelled all the smell of blood rust, he rubbed his cuffs vigorously, and muttered to himself: "I knew I shouldn't have wiped the sleeves, it won't be clean I will be questioned again by Wang Kuan."

At this time, Wang Kuan shouted behind him: "Zhong Xin, the room is finished cleaning, you can come in."

Yuan Zhongxin answered in a high voice: "Come here." He casually pulled up his coat, rolled up a part to cover the bloodstains, and then walked leisurely towards the bedroom. At the door, he stopped. He stepped forward and blinked: "It's so clean and spotless, I don't even want to step in."

Wang Kuan pursed his lips and smiled: "Come in, spring is coming soon, there is a lot of melting water, and the chill is getting deeper. If you stay outside for a long time, you will easily get sick."

Yuan Zhongxin smiled with crooked eyebrows, walked to the bed, slumped on the bed and never wanted to get up again. He stared at the ceiling and said suddenly: "I don't know what happened to Sister Suyi."

Wang Kuan paused slightly, and said in a comforting tone: "Sister Suyi is so strong, she will live well."

Yuan Zhongxin sat up from the bed suddenly, stared at Wang Kuan without saying a word.

Wang Kuan didn't dodge either, and met Yuan Zhongxin's gaze directly. He walked up to Yuan Zhongxin and said jokingly, "Why do you look at me and stop talking? Do I look good?"

Yuan Zhongxin glanced at him depressedly: "Who did you learn your glib tongue from?"

Wang Kuan looked at him with a half-smile: "Who else do you think?"

Yuan Zhongxin replied dryly: "Yes, yes, I taught you, you are the most beautiful in the world, you are the most beautiful, have you succeeded?"

Wang Kuan smiled lightly, raised his hand and nodded Yuan Zhongxin's eyebrows, and said in a low voice, "Since I'm so good-looking, why don't you just look at me for the rest of your life?"

Yuan Zhongxin suffocated for a moment, stared blankly at Wang Kuan, not knowing how to answer.

Wang Kuan couldn't help laughing, withdrew his hand, and said gently: "You kid, let's go, it's our turn to light the fire and cook today."

Yuan Zhongxin regained his composure, and wanted to hit him with his fist: "Wang Kuan! You are so courageous, you dare to tease me!"