Ink Burns

Chapter 88 Broken Porcelain in Hand (Last Two Chapters)
Qiu Tao grabbed the corner of her clothes and trembled: "Miss Liu, go up, what's written on it?"

These three or four days have almost overturned Qiu Tao's lifelong cognition! It was said that she came to serve a short time in a competition, but now she found that the situation was almost out of control. There were flames outside the window, and the sound of fighting and killing came from near and far. She was so scared! She only went up the mountain for the reward of half a tael of silver, and she didn't want to lose her life for half a tael of silver!

Qiu Tao subconsciously moved closer to Shanyue: this sister looked cold, but was actually very kind to others. Her intuition told her that if there was real danger, this sister could protect her.

——However, when she was leaning halfway, Qiutou stopped in fear.

After the dim doors closed, Miss Liu was seen with her head lowered, her slightly messy hair blocking her eyes, her neck hunched at a strange angle, and her hands tightly grasping the note.

Miss Liu was completely immersed in darkness. She was a gray figure, huddled in a gray and blurred outline, with murderous intent rising from all directions.

Qiu Tao trembled and became even more scared!

Miss Liu Liu seems to be possessed by an evil spirit!
Qiutou didn't dare to breathe.

Shanyue finally raised her head slowly, and held the glass lampshade of "Fengqisi" with one hand, seemingly unaware of the heat. She grabbed the note with one hand and put it into the flame. With a "bang", the bright red flame almost burned Shanyue's thin lips.

"Qiu Tao——"

Shan Yue opened her thin lips and said, "Guard the house well. I'll be back soon."

Shanyue put on a thick cotton-padded coat and watched the strong wind and heavy snow whistling past through the crack of the door. She then leisurely opened her dressing table, drew her eyebrows, put on bright red lipstick, and put the thick-glazed white-glazed porcelain bottle into her sleeve pocket.

Because of the body search when entering the fortress, she did not have the butterfly bone knife with her.

Shan Yue pushed the door open with one hand.

The wind and frost come immediately and attack us head-on.

The entire fortress had returned to silence amid the shouting, fighting, and swordplay - all the dark shadows were chasing towards the eastern mountain.

Shan Yue walked slowly to the east corridor.

Standing on the rockery in the garden, Shan Yue walked past a huge banyan tree, and his left shoulder was pulled into the pile of grass and stones in the rockery by a long-planned force!
Instantly fell into darkness!
A hand quickly and accurately grabbed Shanyue's neck, with fierce force and cold fingertips!
The other hand grabbed Shanyue's shoulders horizontally, not giving Shanyue any chance to struggle and escape!

Come on!

No reasons given!

The goal is clear! Only take human life!

Shan Yue was clamped so tightly that he couldn't move at all. He groped around the rock with his hands. The thin, cold air was slowly supplied into the increasingly cramped cavity.

"Miss Gu Gu."

Shan Yue tried his best to choke out hoarse words from his throat: "Why did you choose to kill me first instead of Wen?"

The hands that were clamping my neck lost their strength.

To kill someone, one must do it with all one's might. Once one's strength fades, one's morale will also fade.

Shan Yue keenly felt the brief stiffness of the person behind him.

After stiffening, the man immediately came back to his senses and pinched Shan Yue's neck again. He wanted to continue his attack, but he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "How do you know who I am?"

Shan Yue's hands slowly dropped, and he remained in the clamped state obediently: "Calligraphy and painting have the same origin, and people's brush strokes and ink usage habits will not change. When you were doing a fine brush painting, the tip of the brush unconsciously rose up at the end of the painting - this habit continued in the handwriting of the note you sent."

When people listen and talk, they can't help but be distracted.

Gu didn't realize that the strength of her grip was gradually loosening.

"Heh, you're quite smart."

Gu's gloomy voice sounded behind him, which was completely different from his clear and gentle voice during the day. For a moment, he couldn't tell which part was wearing the mask.

In the rockery, the rugged rocks scratched Shanyue's hand, and Gu's murderous intent was obvious.

"So, why is it me today and not Wen?" Shanyue paused.

Shan Yue raised his head with difficulty: "If I have to die, I want to be a sensible ghost, right?"

"hehe."

Gu chuckled twice: "I didn't want to kill you today, but today the time, place and people are all right - Lan suddenly fled, I deliberately chose to kill you on the road that Lan must take to escape, just to create the illusion that you blocked Lan's escape and were killed by him!"

Gu took off her gentle and friendly mask, her eyes were full of calculation and pride: No matter how capable Liu is, life and death are now controlled by her!

"Then how do you know the secret of me?" Shan Yue breathed in and out with difficulty.

"Secret?" Gu looked as if she had heard a big joke: "We are butterflies that can be chosen by anyone, who doesn't have some secrets? I tricked you out with this little bait, you are really stupid!"

Shan Yue turned away, leaving two lines of tears, but her hand was hidden behind her back, holding a thin needle.

Seeing Shanyue crying, Gu became even more proud: "As for why I killed you and not Wen? - Oh, Wen is not going to do it. She has never been in the dye vat of 'Qingfeng' for a few days. Her life experience is real. She has an innocent father who is a scholar. If her life is too smooth, she will be frivolous. She doesn't understand what Madam Zhu wants - if I were the Xue family, I would never choose her."

Gu's right hand tightly gripped Shan Yue, slowly increasing the force: "But you are different, you understand the rules of the game, the chosen one must be between you and me! Kill you and put the blame on the escaped Lan - wouldn't the position of the censor's wife be within reach?!"

Shan Yue was strangled by the neck, and he clutched the back of Gu's hand tightly with both hands, struggling desperately for a chance of survival: "Cough cough cough——"

"I entered Qingfeng when I was eight years old. I've suffered more than you have! You can't imagine how we survived!" Gu lowered her voice and roared, "This is what I deserve! I can't die, and I don't want to be a concubine to an old man, to be a prostitute in a music house to get information, or to be sent back and forth as a gift! I don't want to! So only you have to die--"

Gu's voice stopped abruptly, and a sharp stinging pain came from the back of his hand! It was not the pain of being pierced by the little girl's nails!

Instead, it was like some kind of silver needle piercing the skin, and the hidden medicine in the needle tip quickly merged into the flesh and blood, causing a continuous and intense burning sensation!

What is it!
Gu suddenly shook off his hand, and Shanyue quickly bent over to avoid him, pressing his back against the rockery, and calmly watched Gu hurriedly put his hand close to the flickering torch outside the rockery, trying to find clues.

"Don't bother."

Shan Yue's tears were still falling down her cheeks, but her expression was cold and indifferent: "In medicine, there are five methods of healing: moxibustion, roasting, medicine, pushing, and roasting. Among them, silver needle moxibustion and medicine were mentioned earlier."

"The doctor will stick the extremely refined medicine on the tip of the silver needle, and the good medicine will go directly to the acupoints in the hope of curing the disease. If the good medicine is replaced with poison and inserted into the acupoints, it will naturally be more effective with half the effort."

Medicine and poison have been inseparable since ancient times. Cheng Xingyu is proficient in medicine and has some experience with poisons. He cannot stop Shanyue from moving forward, but at least he can do his best to provide Shanyue with a way to protect himself.

The white-glazed porcelain box sent by Cheng Xingyu had a very thick bottom, and there was a dark layer hidden in the bottom, sealed with beeswax.

Shanyue placed the white-glazed porcelain box close to his body, and the beeswax slowly melted into sticky sugar water under the influence of human body temperature.

The skin of pit viper can be used as medicine to clear heat, and the snake bones can be soaked in wine to strengthen the sexual function. The venom in the back teeth is only three drops, but once it enters human flesh and blood, it can cause the heart to stop beating, breathing to become rapid, and death without any pain in a very short time.

The pit viper, also known as the king snake, often lives in Pingning Mountain in northern Anhui.

Its venom is now hidden in a secret compartment, ready for anyone to pick.

The short silver needle hidden in the porcelain bottle lid and with a hollow interior had already been tightly hidden between Shanyue's two fingers!
Anyone entering the fortress must be searched, and even the light and lovely butterfly bone knife cannot be brought in. So, Shanyue has reason to be sure that not only her, but no one else will carry any weapon.

Since there was no sword, there were only two ways to kill her: fake a drowning, or strangle her.

The former is too risky, while the latter is easier to implement.

Gu is different from Lan. Lan is a pure killer, well-trained in action, highly skilled in martial arts, and never drags her feet. Gu, on the other hand, is more like a standard "noble daughter-in-law" who has been immersed in the "Qingfeng" for many years and has been cultivated with great effort. From her handwriting, it can be seen that she has received all kinds of education, but is not good at everything. She knows a little about everything, but is by no means proficient in it - such a person is most suitable to be the daughter-in-law of a noble family.

If the Ruolan family wanted to kill her, she would be powerless to fight back;
If Gu wanted to kill her, she only needed to find the right opportunity to distract Gu. Once Gu was distracted, her chance to counterattack would come!

Shan Yue stared closely.

After feeling severe pain on the back of Gu's right hand, it gradually became numb. The numbness quickly spread upwards and soon reached his right shoulder!

"What is this?" Gu's face turned pale. She took a big step forward and wanted to grab Shanyue, but she found that the more her emotions fluctuated, the faster the numbness spread, and now it had reached her left chest!

"Sister Liu, Sister Liu, please listen to me." Gu stopped and swallowed nervously, "That's not what I meant. I didn't want to kill you. There must be an antidote within three steps of the poison. Please give me the antidote. I will serve you like a slave for the rest of my life, and I will never have two hearts!"

The paralysis moves from the left chest down to the abdomen!
Gu was extremely scared!
She came here to kill someone, but was easily killed!

She is unwilling to accept this! She is unwilling to accept this!

Madam Yushi, the phoenix crown and bridal robe were bestowed upon her. The sky should have been filled with festive red. But now it has turned into a dizzying black.
Gu was horrified and stared straight ahead, blood slowly flowing out of his eyes, nostrils and corners of his mouth.

With a loud bang, Gu fell to the ground.

Shan Yue lowered her eyes slightly.

We are of the same root, why are we so eager to fight each other?

If there is an afterlife, remember not to say too much before killing someone.

Shanyue bent down and pulled out the silver needle soaked in snake venom from Gu's palm, tore off a thick leaf to wrap the silver needle, turned around, raised his right hand slightly, and threw the leaf and the silver needle into the bushes covered with fallen leaves, and they disappeared without a trace.

Shan Yue walked back along the same path he came, neither hurried nor slow.

In the bushes on the cliff not far away, there was a rustling sound, like a bird startled by a flying bird.

Shan Yue glanced sideways and saw the shadows of the trees swaying under the moon, and the white snow covering them fell to the ground.

Where did this bird come from, so reckless?
Shanyue turned his gaze and left. Before he reached the attic, he saw Qiutou waiting at the entrance of the alley with red eyes.

"Why did you come out?" Shan Yue lowered his voice: "It's not peaceful outside."

Qiu Tao sobbed, "I, I, I went to the small kitchen and the shed to ask for charcoal and hot water, saying that you had cold feet and couldn't sleep at night. I was afraid something might happen. If others knew you were not in the room, you wouldn't be able to explain yourself."

Oh, you even know how to create an alibi.

Shan Yue rubbed Qiu Tao's furry head: "It's okay, it's solved, let's go in first."

The only light in the room was a "wind-dead" glass hexagonal lamp flickering, and my sense of smell became more sensitive in the dimness.

Shanyue looked around calmly, put his hands behind his back, and held the white glazed porcelain bottle tightly in his hands, but his eyes fell on the teacup on the table.

Shanyue picked up the kettle to pour water, but accidentally dropped the teacup and broke it.

Shanyue bent over to pick it up, and a sharp triangular piece of broken porcelain quickly found its way into his palm.

"Qiu Tao, go to the porch and get a broom."

Shan Yue stood up and ordered: "Don't pick it up with your hands, be careful not to bleed."

Qiu Tao left immediately.

Shanyue walked slowly to the bed, suddenly squatted down, and unexpectedly met the pair of eyes hidden under the bed!
(End of this chapter)