Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 169 You Are Always By My Side
"Sister Heifeng!"

Ziqi's scream rang in his ears, piercing a desperate trance.

Baili Jiuge regained some consciousness from the world full of fear, turned to look at Ziqi, and wanted to talk to her.

What should I say, last words?
But what is the last word to leave?At this moment, besides Mo Li, he couldn't think of anything.Then, they can only entrust Moli to Ziqi and the others.

and so……

"Ziqi, you must take good care of Mo Li's body. The nine-color ganoderma that blooms once every three years in the Jin Kingdom is about to bloom now. I hope you can help Mo Li find it, so that his health will be much better."

"In addition, when the weather gets a little colder, I will put a charcoal fire basin under the couch to keep him warm. Ziqi, you and Xiao Rong must remember."

"Also, I sewed some blazing weeds into Mo Li's brocade before, Ziqi, you remember to replace them with new ones to keep you warm. Also, Mo Li sometimes stays up late, you must reprimand him severely and let him Rest on time."

The clear eyes were washed extremely soft between the words, flowing like water, as if they could flow to that person and snuggle up with him.

Baili Jiuge raised his head and let out a long sigh.

I didn't expect that I would still not be able to reach the top of the tower, so I just lost my life, and I don't know if Ziqi can survive the next few floors by himself.

In her heart, she was really sorry, and the feeling of regret was like a flood, suffocating her.

however……

Baili Jiuge smiled brightly.

Although sorry, no regrets.

She has no regrets, never regrets, even at this moment, facing the inevitable painful death.

Baili Jiuge closed his eyes.

But it was only at this moment that she woke up like a dream, and realized with shock that it has been so long since the moment when the bug landed on her, and she and Ziqi have also talked so much...Why? !Why is she okay? !
"Sister Heifeng, look! You...look!" Ziqi's voice trembled with excitement.

Baili Jiuge lowered his head, looked at his chest, and was surprised to see that the bug was still lying there, not only did not get into her body, but it seemed to be suppressed by something, trembling in pain.

Then, it finally fell to the ground in frustration, wriggling weakly as if it had been seriously injured.

What is this...

Baili Jiuge was still staring at the chest in a daze, raised his small hand, and pressed it to the chest in a daze, little by little, he touched the place where the Gu worm was stuck to.

Touching and touching, the little hand stopped, feeling a hard bulge under the palm, and a warm breath passed through the clothes to the palm.

At this moment, Baili Jiuge was stunned and infatuated. She didn't know where she had fallen, but she only knew that what lingered in her heart was full of touch and longing. It was so strong and warm that it filled her heart. The warmth even warmed her eye sockets, causing crystal clear tears to ooze from the corners of her eyes like a trickle.

"Mo Li... Mo Li..."

Baili Jiuge choked with sobs, reached into the skirt of his clothes with his small hand, and tremblingly took out the half of the double chi-pattern bibimb he gave her.

This jade bi was put on for her by him himself, allowing her to be alone for the rest of her life.

She still remembers that he said at that time: Jade is originally a thing that suppresses evil, and this double chi pattern is even more so. In times of crisis, it can turn danger into good fortune.

Yu's righteousness... just now, it was this jade's righteousness that drove back the vicious Gu insects and saved her life!
"Mo Li..." Calling his name, Baili Jiuge pressed the half of jade tightly to his heart.

The warm breath emanating from Yuzhong is like a pair of powerful arms, enveloping Baili Jiuge's body, shielding her from the wind and rain, powerful, yet so gentle, creating a safe place for her bit by bit. happy world.

Even though he is in such a situation now, even though she is far away in the Tower of Nine Deaths, he is still guarding her.

Baili Jiuge choked up and wiped away the tears, holding the jade jade tightly with both hands.At this moment she smiled, and that smile was as bright as the first light of dawn.

"Mo Li, it turns out that you have been by my side to protect me."

She smiled, kissed the half piece of jade, and said in a tone more resolute than a sword: "With you here, I will definitely go back safely, just wait for me!"

Lifting his eyes again, he looked towards the dimly lit staircase, wondering if there were other Gu worms hiding there.

Baili Jiuge tightly held the double-chi-patterned wall, and walked forward fearlessly, just like when he was on the execution ground in the imperial capital, he flung the death-free gold medal in front of him without fear.

Suddenly hearing a shrill scream, Baili Jiuge stopped and looked not far away, the Gu worm that was suppressed by the jade biscuit regained its vitality and plunged into a man's body, eating crazily.

That man was the one who pushed Baili Jiuge to block him to death just now, at this moment he was screaming so loudly, half of his flesh, flesh and viscera were gone in half a cup of tea.

"Save, save me..." The man howled subconsciously, and lost consciousness in extreme pain.

Baili Jiuge let out a heavy breath.save him?The matter has come to this point, there is no way to save him, only to make his death less painful.

She waved her hand and sprinkled the snake-killing powder. The man was covered in the powder, and his whole body, together with the Gu worms in his body, turned into pus and water residue.

"Ugh—" Someone covered his mouth in disgust.

But Baili Jiuge started again, walked towards the stairs, and said to the person who turned into pus without looking back: "I originally wanted to spray medicine for you at the beginning, but because of your evil thoughts , pushed me to block death, which led to this consequence. It’s true that you can still live if you do evil, but you can’t live if you do evil yourself.”

Just walking step by step like this, until the stairs are close in front of you, there is a small whimpering sound in your ears, like a woman's sobbing.

Baili Jiuge subconsciously waited in full force, and shouted in a cold voice: "Who is it, come out!"

Someone seemed to be hiding behind the stairs, startled by Baili Jiuge's scolding, let out a "ah", and then poked out half of his head as if walking on thin ice.

The surrounding lights were dim, which made the eyes extraordinarily bright, with tears in them, crystal clear.This made Baili Jiuge suddenly think of the national treasure of the Heluo Kingdom, the Canghai Moon Pearl, which is said to be so crystal clear and bright.

"Who are you and why are you here?" Baili Jiuge asked, keeping vigilance in his heart.

The man finally came out. Out of timidity, he kept pinching the corners of the clothes on both sides with both hands, opened a pair of bright tearful eyes, shrunk his neck, and looked timidly at Baili Jiuge.

Baili Jiuge was surprised.Is it a little girl?Looking carefully, she was a woman who was about the same age as her, and the patterns on her clothes were a bit like...

"Hunan people?" This was Baili Jiuge's first feeling. The lace on the woman's dress in front of him had the smell of Wuluo in western Hunan.

The woman timidly asked back: "Who are you...?"

At this moment, his son Qi had already run to Baili Jiuge, and shouted aggressively: "Where are you from, report your name first!"

"I... woo..." The woman shrank her neck in fright, and murmured, "Han... Han Chan."

"Han Chan? Is that your name?" Baili Jiuge asked.This name is a bit special.

The woman nodded, "Yes, my name is Han Chan, are you from the Yin Yang family?"

Ziqi pouted, looked the woman up, down, left, and right several times, put his hands on his hips, and shouted: "If you ask who we are, we will tell you? Brother Ziqian said that if you suddenly appear in the enemy camp An inexplicable person came, most likely an undercover agent deliberately set up by the enemy. We Qihuagu people are not easy to save fuel, so you can go undercover as much as you want, just cut off your head and play as a ball!"

Baili Jiuge was a little speechless.Ziqi, oh Ziqi, it's fine if you didn't ask someone's background, why did you tell me your own?

Forget it, Baili Jiuge had no choice but to say: "We are going to the top of the tower and find someone. There are many traps here, how did you get up?"

"I..." Han Chan cried sadly: "It's my father. My father is from the Yin-Yang family. In order to pursue the teachings, he didn't want to be a mother. He also arrested me on the ninth floor of the tower and asked me to join the Yin-Yang family." home... But I didn't want to, so I escaped from above, and then... ran into you."

I don't know what's wrong with these words, but Ziqi's whole body froze, and suddenly he couldn't say anything at that moment, and a strong tide gushed out of his eyes.A kind of resentment and sadness from the past spread from Ziqi's body, which also shook Baili Jiuge's heart.

"Zi Qi, what's the matter with you?" Busy asked.

Ziqi turned half of his face, and the corners of his stiff lips evoked a sad smile, and said, "Sister Heifeng, let's continue going up."

Before Baili Jiuge could ask, he asked Han Chan again: "Didn't you just say that you slipped down from the top of the tower? Then quickly explain to us the mechanisms on the upper floors. You are an undercover agent of the Yin Yang family, and I will treat you with my life!"

Han Chan trembled dejectedly, as if she had never met such a weird person as Zi Qi before, and after organizing her words for a long time, she straightened out what she wanted to say.

"Going up is the fifth floor, that floor... there is nothing. Then..."

"Wait a minute!" Ziqi immediately interrupted Han Chan and asked, "You said there is nothing on the fifth floor? Do you think we are fools?!"

"Ziqi." Baili Jiuge patted Ziqi's shoulder, and then said to Han Chan, "You finish your sentence first."

"Oh, okay." Han Chan subconsciously moved away from Zi Qi, and continued talking.

"The fifth floor is really empty, without any mechanism... The stairs on the sixth floor are blocked by a wall of fire. That floor is not dangerous, but you have to break through the wall of fire to move forward. Remember to use the method of deducing gossip. It’s alright... the seventh and eighth floors are tests of willpower, you must not take it lightly, if you are not determined, you may die...then the ninth floor is the top of the tower..."

In this way, have they already climbed half of the Tower of Nine Deaths?
This realization made Baili Jiuge feel a little joy in his heart.

Fortunately, the Tower of Nine Deaths has only nine floors. If it has nineteen floors like the Zheyue Tower in Chaodu, it would be a waste of time.According to what Han Chan said, if there is really nothing on the fifth floor, wouldn't there be only the third floor left, and would he be able to kill Long'er?
The small hands under the red sleeves clenched into fists, tightly, with a determination and fighting spirit as firm as steel.

Baili Jiuge patted Han Chan's shoulder gratefully, and said with a big grin: "We have never met before, I don't care if what you said before is true or not, but if you are willing to tell us what is upstairs, I am very grateful to you I owe you this favor today, if I live well in the future and see you again, I will definitely repay you!"

After finishing speaking, he asked again: "You ran all the way down, so you definitely won't go up again. Do you want to go down alone? The traps below are too dangerous, the Tianji Maze on the third floor, and the one on the second floor." Mouse Pond, how are you going to get there?"

"I'm... fine." Han Chan said cautiously: "Although I'm not from the Yin Yang family, after all, I've lived in this tower for a few days, so I won't be hurt by the mechanism."

Baili Jiuge understands what Han Chan means. The traps in this tower are used to deal with outsiders. The people inside will definitely not touch the traps, or they will turn off the traps every time they reach a floor.No wonder she was alone and able to slip down by herself.

At this moment, looking at Ziqi beside him, he had a thoughtful expression, and complex emotions were still surging in his eyes.

Baili Jiuge thought for a while, then simply took Ziqi's hand and cheered her up: "Let's go Ziqi, didn't you still rush me just now? Why are you in a daze now?"

She smiled, and her bright smile rendered Ziqi beautiful. Before she knew it, Ziqi followed Baili Jiuge's footsteps, and the two went upstairs together.

While walking, Baili Jiuge said: "Although I don't know if you have thought of something sad, but the things that have passed can't be helped after all. People always have to look forward, right? We are all you Your good friend will support you all the way."

"Sister Heifeng..." Ziqi blinked, wanting to cry.

Climbing up the winding wooden stairs, the two reached the fifth floor, and the men behind them followed.

Sure enough, as Han Chan said, the five floors were brightly lit and empty, except for a wooden sign standing crookedly in the center, with black characters written on it.

Someone read the words on it.

"To all trespassers: The owner of this tower is shocked that you were able to see this sign alive. Because you must be anxious to relieve your fear now, the fifth floor is set as a rest area. Dear trespassers , please seize this wonderful time and take a good rest. Perhaps, this is your last rest."

When the last word came down, almost everyone couldn't help but laugh. They really don't know what the Yin-Yang family is up to.

Ziqi's face turned green with anger, pointing at the sign and yelling: "Is this being considerate or cursing people! Sister Heifeng, do you think the owner of the Tower of Nine Deaths is mentally ill? That Long'er Come on, pervert!"

Baili Jiuge responded softly, looked away from the wooden sign, and suddenly laughed loudly.

The laughter was public, like the sound of heaven, it was so willful and hearty.The wide sleeves swayed without wind, and Baili Jiuge smiled, ignoring the surprised gazes of the men on her, just raised her chest and looked up.

He sneered: "Master of the Tower of Nine Deaths, I also have something to tell you. Even though you set up this layer to relieve people's fear, I have never been afraid from the beginning to the end. So what if you are superior? It’s not mediocrity! I laughed at you for being pitiful, but you don’t know what it means to move forward indomitably!”

Laughing like this, the brows are cold and firm, but they are so wanton and innocent.

Baili Jiuge raised his sleeves, unceremoniously shattered the wooden sign with the wind of his sleeves, and walked towards a window next to him amidst the sound of crackling wooden pieces falling.

Standing in front of the window, what I saw was the darkness of the death forest. It was getting late, and it was already night outside, and the entire tower was bound by darkness.

Baili Jiuge smiled, knowing in his heart that people living in this tower would not understand that light originally existed in the heart.

"Sister Heifeng."

Ziqi came over and said, "Sister Heifeng, are you hungry? I just brought some dry food with me, and I haven't taken it out yet. It's really great to be able to use it today." As he said, he took He took out a small round cake, broke half of it and handed it to Baili Jiuge.

I don't know how many days this cake has been stored, it is as hard as a rock, and it is hard to eat when you look at it.

But Baili Jiuge didn't mind, took a bite, chewed hard, finally swallowed it, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Ziqi, you see, this window is quite big. The scenery outside is too monotonous, it’s really not worth seeing.”

While talking, he chewed the next mouthful, and when he remembered something, he ate and asked: "I heard Mo Li say that when he was in Epiphyllum Valley, he often cooked for you and Xiaorong. At that time, I thought you two were bad at bullying patients, but now that I think about it, you were still young at that time, and Mo Li took care of you like children."

When mentioning the past, Ziqi's eyes flashed with nostalgia, she regained her vitality and said, "Yes, senior brother Ziqian is five years younger than senior brother Ziqing, and I am four years younger than senior brother Ziqian." Years old, so to me, Senior Brother Ziqing is not only a sibling, but also an elder."

The bits and pieces of the past years kept popping up in my mind, and my eyes became more and more nostalgic.

"When I was a child, I always had nightmares and couldn't sleep. Brother Ziqing played the piano to calm my mind, and I gradually got better. When the willow trees sprouted in spring, he took me and brother Ziqian to plant willows, and told me about a small tree. It is not easy for a willow tree to grow into a big willow tree through wind and rain, so it takes a lot of practice for a child to grow into an adult."

"Later, we all grew up. Senior brother Ziqian traveled around without taking me with him. Senior brother Ziqing returned to Zhou Guo, leaving only Master and me in the Valley of Epiphyllum. After I finished practicing every day, I would go to see us back then. The willow tree that the three planted together. Before I knew it, I was old enough, and that little willow branch also grew into a towering tree..."

As he was talking, he finally sighed helplessly: "There is always a banquet in the world. It would be great if I could go back to my childhood days, but I can't go back..."

(End of this chapter)