I was killed by domestic violence, and I went crazy with barrage

Chapter 236: The Art of Controlling Insects
Jiang Anning looked at the thumb-sized porcelain bottle, and a strange feeling lingered in her heart.

She couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Is this thing one of the powerful methods passed down from your Imperial Master's Mansion?"

"That's natural!"

Xie Lan was a little proud: "This is the top secret recipe of the Imperial Master's Mansion that is not to be passed on to outsiders! It requires 9981 ingredients, which are not easy to find, making such a small bottle of stuff even more precious!"

Jiang Anning:...

There seemed to be plenty of this ingredient in the woods near her home.

"If I hadn't come out to find an embroiderer who could repair the embroidery pattern that has been passed down in the Imperial Master's Mansion for hundreds of years, I wouldn't have been able to ask for such a bottle of stuff!"

"I really treat you as a friend, so I'm giving this to you."

Xie Lan's face turned serious: "You have to promise me that you won't use this thing to hurt innocent people, otherwise, I will be punished by God!"

"Condemned by God?"

Jiang Anning frowned slightly: "Will I be punished by God if I use this thing?"

If that's the case, then wouldn't she... No, that's not possible. Maybe this thing just has the same effect as the corpse powder recorded in A Niang's notes. In fact, they are not the same thing.

What's more, she was also seeking revenge for herself!

Why does God condemn her?

Jiang Anning took a deep breath, unwilling to scare herself again.

Xie Lan uttered a "hmm".

"How could it be possible that if I use it, I will be punished by God? What are you thinking in your little head?"

She reached out and poked Jiang Anning's little head.

"The way of heaven is not something unreasonable. How could it punish you without any reason?"

Jiang Anning pursed her lips and said nothing.

If God were reasonable, why would there be so many injustices in this world?
"But this thing is harmful to nature. Once a person is injured by it, the wound is irreversible and cannot be repaired."

Xie Lan sighed: "As my ancestors said, once you use this thing, it will only give you time to regret it, not a chance to go back on your word."

"That's why our ancestors repeatedly warned us not to use this kind of thing on others easily."

"Especially when you are extremely angry or emotionally unstable, you must never use this thing on others on impulse."

"Otherwise, once you calm down and realize that you regretted it or misunderstood something, there will be no chance to make amends."

"By then, I'm afraid I'll have to live in regret for the rest of my life."

Jiang Anning nodded in agreement.

Indeed it is!
Recently, when she wakes up in the middle of the night, she often thinks about how she was too impulsive!
He really shouldn't have just slashed Zhao Hai 360 times, leaving him covered in blood, and then poured the corpse powder all over him.

We should keep people and pour a little bit of water in every day.

I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let him watch his left leg disappear with his own eyes!
I'm in a bad mood today, so let him watch his right leg disappear with his own eyes!
The more Jiang Anning thought about it, the more remorse he felt.

Cheap him!

“Don’t take it lightly!” Xie Lan looked at the man who was obviously not paying attention and was even a little distracted, and his face became serious.

She stretched out her hand, muttering something to herself. After a while, a emerald green grasshopper jumped out from the weeds that grew out of the cracks in the rocks nearby, flapped its wings, flew to the person's hand, and chirped.

Jiang Anning's eyes widened in surprise.

Xie Lan took off the ear pick and the gold and silver hairpin with grass insects that were used as decorations on her head, and with a serious face, she took the thumb-sized bottle from Jiang An Ning's hand and gently pulled it open.

"go with!"

Xie Lan gave a light rebuke, and the grasshopper, which was flapping its wings and chirping happily, immediately followed the direction of her finger and flew into the teacup, behaving very obediently.

She then used an ear pick to gently scoop a little bit of powder from the bottle and sprinkled it on the back of the grasshopper.

The green katydid shook its wings.

Not only did it not shake off the powder, but it was shaken off more evenly.

Xie Lan picked up the teapot next to him, which had already grown a little cold, and poured the water over the grasshopper.

Zi La ~ Zi La ~
The katydid, which was originally flapping its wings happily, suddenly became like lard thrown into a hot pan. With a few sizzling sounds, it condensed into a small ball.

The water in the cup has a little more green.

Jiang Anning stared with eyes full of disbelief.

This……

Isn't this the corpse powder left in her mother's notebook? ! !
However, this bottle didn't seem to be as effective as the one she prepared according to her mother's notes.

The color of the powder also seemed to be darker.

She mixed the ingredients according to the method left in her mother's notes and the resulting corpse powder was emerald green in color.

The bottle that Xie Lan gave her was a little dark in color.

Could it be that color represents effect?

Jiang Anning leaned over to take a look into the cup. The dark green water was emitting a foul smell like mud.

There was also a brown irregular condensate floating in the cup.

It's like lard falling into a hot pot, instantly condensing into a ball of oil, and more oil appears in the pot.

But when she sprinkled the corpse powder on Zhao Hai, there was no foul smell except a cloud of smoke.

Are these two the same thing?
Jiang Anning was a little unsure.

Looks quite similar...

"Did you see that? I'm not kidding you or scaring you. This thing really has a powerful effect!"

Xie Lan looked serious, fearing that Jiang Anning would not take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, Jiang An Ning was more interested in Xie Lan's way of getting the locusts to obey her: "Sister, is this the art of controlling insects?"

"That Katydid can actually understand what my sister says!"

Her eyes were shining like they were filled with stars, sparkling: "How magical, how amazing!"

Xie Lan suddenly became a little arrogant: "Of course! I am a descendant of the Imperial Master's Mansion!"

"Is this also a method passed down from the Imperial Master's Mansion?"

Jiang Anning was full of longing.

If she could also learn this method, wouldn't she be able to kill people without them even noticing?

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask again: "Sister, is this method of controlling insects only effective for katydids, or can it also be effective for other insects?"

For example, cockroaches, centipedes, spiders...

The easiest thing to kill is probably a spider, right?
I think chili peppers might be okay too?

Jiang Anning began to think about various insects that were suitable for killing people.

From wasps, I think of mosquitoes; from dragonflies, I think of crickets.

"According to the records passed down by our ancestors, if practiced properly, one can control hundreds of insects and even hundreds of beasts."

Xie Lan sighed: "But I am not very talented. I can only operate this kind of gadget... and it is an ugly little gadget at that."

She had read in the storybook that the heroine would attract butterflies and flowers...all of them were particularly pretty and beautiful.

But she only attracted ants, mantises, katydids and the like.

Bugs!
How scary. Jiang Anning not only did not feel scared, but her eyes sparkled and she became even more interested.

Xie Lan raised his eyebrows: "You don't like this thing, do you?"

She corked the bottle, locked it again, and approached the man, coaxing him: "Want to learn?"

Jiang Anning straightened up and said righteously: "This is a skill passed down from your family. How can an outsider like me learn it?"

She waved her hands repeatedly: "No, no."

"I just think it's magical. I don't have any intention of prying into the secrets of your Imperial Master's Mansion." She denied the idea of ​​wanting to learn, as if she was reluctant.

Xie Lan chuckled: "What's the big deal? If you really want to learn, I'll teach you."

"What's not a secret?"

"Now that the descendants of the Imperial Master's Mansion have died out, I'm afraid that no one will inherit the mantle of the old stubborn people in my family. After a hundred years, the lineage of the Imperial Master's Mansion will be cut off."

"If you want to learn and are willing to learn, they will be very happy."

Xie Lan leaned forward again, his voice full of temptation: "Do you want to learn?"

Jiang Anning blinked and asked instead of answering, "Sister, do you really want me to learn?"

She dodged backwards, looking terrified: "Are you planning to capture me and take me back to be a soldier?"

"I-I didn't!"

Xie Lan was like a cat whose tail was caught. He jumped away guiltily, not daring to look people in the eye.

"Oh~"

Jiang Anning stretched out his voice to show his refusal: "As the old saying goes, a quarter of an hour on stage is the result of ten years of hard work off stage. Learning any skill requires hard work."

"Take my embroidery training for example. I don't know how many times I got pricked by the needles."

"My fingers are connected to my heart, it hurts so much!"

"Sis, your ability is so amazing, it must have required more effort and more suffering."

Xie Lan recalled that when he was learning the art of controlling insects, he was frightened to tears by the densely packed ugly insects.

Jiang Anning said, "As expected, I knew it," and then she said, "I'm afraid of hardship," and declined politely, "I think I'd better forget it."

"Now my Suzhou embroidery skills are enough to support my life. I don't want to work hard anymore."

She chose to play badly in a righteous way.

Xie Lan couldn't help but get a little anxious: "No! Even if you don't want to learn this insect-controlling technique, then, then, then, then other skills, don't you want to learn them too?"

Jiang Anning blinked, as if asking again: Is there anything else besides this?
"Aren't you curious about this barrier method?"

Xie Lan pointed at the invisible barrier surrounding them.

Jiang Anning blinked: "Can I learn this too?"

"of course can!"

Xie Lan confirmed it anxiously, fearing that Jiang An Ning would not be interested.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Anning just thought about it, shook his head, and declined again: "Forget it."

"This thing doesn't seem to be of much use?"

"It's just that when you're talking to someone, you can prevent them from eavesdropping."

"Can……"

Jiang Anning showed a tangled expression: "I am just an ordinary person, and there is nothing I cannot keep secret from others."

"Not to mention that I usually don't talk much. Even if I did, it would just be gossip about other people's affairs. It's not worth using such a powerful method."

"It's certainly not worth the effort and hardship."

Jiang Anning made his attitude clear: refuse to endure hardship, refuse to be burdened, and live to be the worst!
Xie Lan was anxious.

"Even if you're not interested in this, I have something else!"

She racked her brains and thought for a long time, but she really couldn't think of any inheritance from the Imperial Master's Mansion that would allow her to be powerful and domineering without having to practice hard.

Jiang Anning looked at him with starry eyes, as if she was aroused by him: "What else?"

"Well, there are..." Xie Lan suddenly had an idea: "There are too many amazing ones! If I were to tell you one by one, I'm afraid I would have to talk for three days and three nights and still not be able to finish!"

"How about this, you follow me back to the Imperial Master's Mansion, and I'll let you enter the Imperial Master's Mansion's Sutra Library, where you can check out all kinds of magical powers. As long as you can learn it, you can learn anything. How do you think?"

Xie Lan approached the man again and asked, "Are you moved?"

My heart is beating, of course it is beating.

It's just...

Jiang Anning showed an embarrassment: "Sister Alan, you look like an old witch who is kidnapping beautiful little girls."

Xie Lan: ...

The knife is coming! She wants to chop this little girl into pieces and feed her to the dog!

"People of the bright side don't tell secret words!"

Xie Lan also played dirty: "I just want to trick you into going to the Imperial Master's Mansion and help me repair the embroidery painting in the Imperial Master's Mansion."

"As long as you agree, even if your skills are not good enough and you cannot repair it, I promise to let you learn the same inheritance as the Imperial Master's Mansion!"

"If you succeed in repairing it, you can learn whatever you want from the inheritance of the Imperial Master's Mansion."

"This is the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion. It will be open to you in the future. You can come anytime you want."

As if sensing the rejection, Xie Lan said before Jiang An Ning could speak: "Don't underestimate the inheritance of the Imperial Master's Mansion."

"What I know now is just the tip of the iceberg."

"The true inheritance of the Imperial Master's Mansion can connect the past and present, ghosts and gods!"

"As long as you have the ability, it is not impossible to travel through time and space."

"Not to mention such trivial matters as calling the wind and rain."

Xie Lan's face was serious and proud: "Besides, the gate of our master's house is not open to just anyone."

"But once you become a guest of honor at the Imperial Master's Mansion, no matter what happens to you in the future, even if you are ordered to be killed by the highest authority in the Dajing Imperial Palace, as long as you can run to the Imperial Master's Mansion alive, the Imperial Master's Mansion will be able to save your life!"

“Moreover, in the future, even the Emperor Dajing will not be allowed to pursue the crimes of those protected by our country’s Master’s Office.”

Xie Lan moved closer and whispered, "This is like a golden ticket to immunity from death!"

"Are you really not moved?"

"There are so many powerful families in the imperial capital who want to be protected, appreciated and supported by the Imperial Master's Mansion, but they can't even get into the door of the Imperial Master's Mansion... If you can become a guest of honor at the Imperial Master's Mansion, not only will the powerful people in the imperial capital not dare to offend you, but even the royal family will have to treat you with respect."

"From now on, you will be able to walk sideways in the imperial capital!"

Xie Lan folded his hands and sat back in his seat calmly. "You don't have to rush to give me an answer. Think about it."

"Anyway, you will go to the capital sooner or later, and we will meet there eventually."

"When you have enjoyed the benefits of power, you will naturally no longer treat the Imperial Master's Mansion as a worthless shoe."

There was still a hint of grievance in Xie Lan's voice, as if Jiang An Ning looked down on the Imperial Master's Mansion, which made her very sad.

"I have not abandoned the Imperial Master's Mansion."

Jiang Anning felt a little helpless: "I just..."