That wretched vixen has disguised herself as my wife!

Was this the feeling she had when she left Forget-Worry Valley?

Crossing the snow that has never melted in Liangzhou for thousands of years, and traversing the winding Longji Mountain Range, a person slowly walks the path that his father walked before his death, in order to find the murderer in this world with millions of people.

But what good would it do to find them? They were already dead.

Even a figure like the Ghost Doctor, after a lifetime of searching, could not find a true way to bring the dead back to life, so death is irreversible.

Therefore, Fang Zhiyi's eyes always held a temperature like falling snow, drifting and lonely.

Because life has no roots, it drifts like dust on the road.

Chapter 113 How can we say we have no clothes? We share the same robes.

Jiang Jingming remained silent for a long time, and finally uttered only one sentence softly:

"You've had a tough journey."

"It wasn't exactly hard work."

Fang Zhiyi smiled faintly, a gentle ripple appearing in her eyes.

"The more roads you travel, the more you realize how bitter life is. Everyone is like a rootless duckweed, drifting with the current, day and night, through life and death."

As Jiang Jingming listened to her gentle tone, he suddenly thought of Master Han standing in the sunset, seeing him off on his journey.

The skinny old man who always had a pipe in his mouth, puffing out smoke, once taught him a poem.

Jiang Jingming had only listened casually with his ears at the time, but now, recalling it, he felt that every word was still vivid in his mind.

In this situation, it suddenly became clear why Master Han looked so melancholy when reciting poetry.

"Alas, this tumbleweed, how can it be alone in this world?"

The roots of life have long since departed, and there is no rest throughout the night.

It stretches seven streets from east to west, and nine fields from north to south.

Suddenly, a gust of wind arose, blowing me into the clouds.

The rain was still falling outside the window, and the fire in the brazier had gone out, leaving only glowing embers. A chill was gradually creeping up on me.

The group of people sitting around were all lost in their own thoughts, and no one spoke for a long time.

......

Finally, Xie Yunqi broke the silence.

She was a lively person and couldn't stand seeing everyone looking so preoccupied and downcast.

Because the young lady knows very well that sadness doesn't just disappear on its own because you keep being sad.

The only way is to cheer yourself up, to pull yourself together, and to temporarily put the sad things aside, as far away as possible.

"Okay, okay!"

So Xie Yunqi stood up and snatched the half-finished letter from Jiang Jingming's hand.

Then she clapped her hands, signaling everyone to look at her.

"Today! We are all gathered here to find the real culprit in the massacre at Tingpu Manor!"

She pointed at Jiang Jingming and said loudly:

"Young Master Jing! You traveled a long way to seek refuge with your uncle, only to find that he had been unfortunate enough to be implicated in the massacre of his entire family and had died an innocent death!"

"This Miss Aqing! Uh... she's here to help Young Hero Jing, your kindness is truly admirable!"

"And this Young Master Lu! Cough cough, although he's just a lowly soldier with no rank, he has the ideal of upholding justice! He deserves encouragement!"

"This Sister Fang is the sole successor of the Ghost Doctor! She has been wandering around in search of her father's killer, and the deal between the Ghost Doctor and Tingpu Manor has become the last clue!"

"but me!"

Finally, she came full circle and returned to talking about herself.

"I made my decision long ago. If the murderer in the Listening Waterfall Manor case is the witch of the Crossing Moon Sect, I, Xie Yunqi, will personally avenge my old friend!"

Xie Yunqi stepped forward and raised his sword as a pledge.

"Since we've come together for the same goal, let's not waste any more time on sentimental musings! In any case, at least we still have each other on the same side."

She stretched out one hand, palm open, the residual heat from the brazier making the back of her hand slightly hot.

Xie Yunqi took a deep breath and shouted with surging emotions:

As the saying goes: "How can we say we have no clothes? We share the same robes with you!"

She had a vague feeling that they were close to uncovering the truth, in a situation where they were at odds with everyone.

Looking at the young lady's face, which was flushed with excitement, Lu Zhao thought to himself that she was indeed Commander Xie's biological daughter.

The initiation ceremony for new disciples of the Divine Capital Guard is held once every three years, and each time it is personally presided over by Commander Xie.

Lu Zhao still remembers the sight of Commander Xie standing on the high platform, revered by all, with all the disciples shouting in unison with his voice:

"How can we say we have no clothes! We share the same robes with you!"

At that time, Lu Zhao shouted the loudest, feeling as if the hot blood in his chest was about to burst out. Even if Commander Xie on the high platform ordered them to draw their swords and charge into battle right now, they would not hesitate for a moment.

Perhaps that's just how people are; they'll draw their swords without fear of death for the sake of a burning passion in their hearts.

Commander Xie's brilliance lies in his ability to ignite people's passion; the saying "a scholar will die for one who understands him" perfectly captures this sentiment.

And it's only a matter of time before his daughter can do it too.

……

Xie Yunqi suddenly felt a weight in his palm. He looked up and saw that Jiang Jingming was the first to put his hand on top of his.

"Young Miss has lofty ambitions, and I shall gladly oblige."

Looking at her passionate yet silly appearance, it felt as if the sky had cleared up a bit.

After a brief pause, everyone placed their hands on the brazier and, using the residual heat, said "Good!" in unison.

"it is good!"

"very nice!"

Xie Yunqi was delighted and excitedly spun around several times.

"Now that the pre-battle declaration is finished, shall we talk about what we should do next, Commander Xie?"

Lu Zhao glanced at her a few times, and seeing that she wasn't going to stop anytime soon, he had no choice but to urge her on.

The sarcastic address "Commander Xie" clearly pleased Xie Yunqi; she seemed to have been wanting to take over her father's prestigious title for quite some time.

"Okay, okay! Let me see."

Xie Yunqi composed himself and refocused his attention on the letter in front of him.

Aside from the earlier revelation that Fang Zhiyi is the Ghost Doctor's daughter, the remaining sentences on the letter are:

"Cenzhou is a wild and uncivilized place, rife with poisonous insects..."

"A corpse cannot serve as a host, there's no need..."

"Poison can be used to create Gu poison, and medicine can also be refined; one is immune to all poisons..."

Although each sentence is only half a sentence, we can still roughly deduce what the Ghost Doctor wants to say.

"Cenzhou is a wild and uncivilized place. The Ghost Doctor must think that the people of the Cenzhou tribes are all barbaric, and that they don't know how to read or write, and only know how to practice poison and Gu techniques!"

Xie Yunqi frowned, pondered deeply, and came to a conclusion.

The words may be rough, but the principle is sound.

Lu Zhao nodded in agreement.

Jiang Jingming listened to their conversation and looked up at Fang Zhiyi.

As the daughter of the Ghost Doctor, her deductions are certainly more convincing than those of the two of them.

"That should be about right."

Fang Zhiyi smiled slightly.

“I’ve been to Cenzhou. The people there are very wary and suspicious of outsiders. But that’s understandable. In a place like Cenzhou, where gold is everywhere, most outsiders have ulterior motives.”

"Too."

Lu Zhao recalled the cases that his colleagues had mentioned before.

In Zhongzhou, there are often some idle hooligans who travel together with merchant caravans to Cenzhou to help carry goods. In reality, they are all dishonest and always thinking about stealing something.

If they are not discovered, that's fine, but if they are discovered by the people in the tribe, they will be detained as slaves and never heard from again.

Lu Zhao found it hard to understand. Everyone knew what kind of place Cenzhou was. It was full of poisonous Gu worms. Trying to make money from them was like asking a tiger for its skin.

It is precisely because there are so many people like this that the people of Cenzhou are becoming increasingly wary of outsiders.

"Whenever they get sick, they only seek out the poison doctors and witch doctors in the tribe to treat it. They scoff at my father's medical skills, which must have caused quite a few conflicts between them. That's why he said so directly in the letter that they are uncivilized."

Fang Zhiyi seemed to want to laugh as she said this, but after a long while, she just shook her head and sighed.

Lu Zhao nudged Jiang Jingming with his elbow and said in a low voice:

"I've heard of people abducting young girls from other tribes and tricking them into eloping with them!"

"Really?"

Jiang Jingming raised an eyebrow slightly, finding it hard to believe that anyone could be so audacious.

According to the rules of the Cenzhou tribe, one is born in the tribe and dies in the tribe, and can never step outside the tribe for the rest of one's life.

If they leave, they will surely face retaliation from the tribe.

The methods of revenge employed by those who practice Gu poison are chilling to even contemplate.

"Really."

Lu Zhao nodded firmly; he had heard this story from his colleagues.

The man was originally a thug who wanted to steal things, but he fell in love at first sight with a beautiful girl in the tribe.

Unfortunately, once the caravan had finished its business, it naturally had to leave Cenzhou and return to Zhongzhou.

The two were deeply in love, their passion burning brightly, how could they bear to part ways?

So he boldly decided to abduct the girl and elope with her, but halfway there, he became afraid when he thought of the tribe's methods of revenge, such as using Gu worms and poisons.

After much deliberation, he could only abandon the girl and secretly run away under the cover of night.

He fled all the way back to the capital, exchanged the medicinal herbs he had stolen from the tribe for a large sum of money, and went to the best restaurant.

Before he could even take a sip of wine, he suddenly collapsed with a loud thud and died.

"Those present said that when they turned him over, his chest was completely empty, leaving only a bloody hole the size of a palm."

As Lu Zhao spoke, he shook his head and sighed.

"Isn't this...?"

Jiang Jingming was slightly taken aback. Before he could finish speaking, Xie Yunqi beside him shouted loudly:

"The Heart-Binding Gu!!!"

"It really is true! So that girl had put a love spell on him!"

Lu Zhao stared wide-eyed, belatedly realizing what was happening.

They didn't know what the Heart-Connecting Gu was before; they just thought he had suddenly fallen ill.

"That should be correct."

Fang Zhiyi nodded:

"The Heart-Binding Gu devours flesh and blood, transforms into a butterfly, and bursts out of the heart. To outsiders, it appears as if the area of ​​the heart has become hollow."

"They deserve it!! Faithless people should be punished!!"

Xie Yunqi said angrily.

Jiang Jingming recalled Lu Zhao's description and thought that the Heart-Binding Gu was probably placed on the girl when she decided to elope with him.

However, the Love Poison took effect not when he abandoned her, but several days later.