Xie Zhaoan felt that he was crazy. He and Shen Xining actually dug up the grave.
There was a corpse in the tomb, but it was obvious that the person did not die of an epidemic. Shen Xining looked at the corpse and pursed his lips.
"The body has no smell, it's not from the plague. Moreover, the corpse spots are very heavy, and he has been dead for many days, not just today. The county magistrate is lying."
Xie Zhaoan looked at Shen Xining with pity in his eyes, and he didn't say anything.
Shen Xining clenched his palms. If the county government lied, then what the old lady said was true. What about that person? Where did he go? Why did the county government want to arrest him
Shen Xining just thought it was ridiculous. It seemed that he had to find out the truth from the old lady in the black market. Xie Zhaoan's people came and restored the body to its original state.
The next day.
Shen Xining dressed neatly and went to the cliff to look for trumpet creeper. Xie Zhaoan followed her unnoticed.
"Miss Shen, what important matter is this going to take place? Going to the cliff? The people under my command are all highly skilled in martial arts, and they can certainly help Miss Shen."
"What conditions?"
Shen Xining is not a fool, and it is not so easy to get benefits from Xie Zhaoan.
"A request, undecided for the time being, how about it?"
"Not very good."
This requirement is much more difficult than obtaining the trumpet creeper.
After Shen Xining finished speaking, she took her things and prepared to leave. Yuewei looked at her figure and glanced at Xie Zhaoan.
"Mr. Yue, should we take action?"
Although the trumpet creeper is rare, it is nothing special for the Yueying Guards. There are quite a few trumpet creepers in Yueying. At least for Shen Xining, this number must be enough.
"No, since she has already said that she doesn't need it, why should we force her?"
Xie Zhaoan is a person who hates to force others the most. Sooner or later, he will make Shen Xining willingly agree to their conditions. But before that, he wants Shen Xining to watch with his own eyes that all the paths ahead of him are cut off.
Shen Xining came to the top of the cliff, looked at the trumpet creeper on the steep surface, gritted his teeth, put on his equipment, and slowly slid down. Just as he was about to hold the flower with his hands, a gust of wind blew in the next second, and the head of the flower swayed. Shen Xining almost lost his grip on the rope and nearly fell down.
She supported herself with her feet on the cliff, trying to support her body. She tried her best to pick up the flower, but the soil became loose.
Because the environment in which the trumpet creeper grows is the softest and most fertile land on the cliffs, so now, with the slightest disturbance, its soil is a little unusable and falls directly down. Shen Xining looked at the soil, his heart was shocked, and sweat fell down his forehead.
A voice came from above my head.
"Ms. Shen, now, the condition just now still applies, as long as you give in."
Shen Xining didn't even need to look up, she knew who the person talking above her was. She bit her back teeth and didn't want to pay attention to this person, but the rope around her waist was shaking violently, making her feel completely insecure. At this moment, she tried her best to reach out to the trumpet creeper, but at this moment, all the soil of the trumpet creeper fell off, and the trumpet creeper fell with it.
"Why!"
Shen Xining was startled. She wanted to take the flower, but the rope around her waist loosened completely. Xie Zhaoan reached out and held her hand, whispering.
"Ms. Shen, do you want flowers or life?"
"I want both!"
As Shen Xining spoke, he took out the dagger in his hand and stabbed it directly between their clasped hands. Shen Xining slowly fell to the ground. Xie Zhaoan widened his eyes. He was about to say something when he was kicked in the back and rolled over.
It was unknown how long it had been before Shen Xining finally woke up. There was someone on top of her. She pushed hard, but the person showed no sign of waking up.
Pfft...
Shen Xining's chest was in great pain from being pressed down on, so she kicked the man hard and he finally rolled off her body. His forehead hit the tree stump over there and started bleeding instantly. Shen Xining glanced at his forehead and secretly sighed, thinking that he was really an unlucky guy.
But Shen Xining had no intention of paying attention to Xie Zhaoan, and was busy looking for the trumpet creeper. At this moment, a hidden arrow flew out, and Shen Xining hid in the bushes. The man came over rustling, and was about to shoot an arrow at Xie Zhaoan's heart. Shen Xining threw a stone at hand, and the man's attention was distracted. Xie Zhaoan suddenly woke up for some reason and shot the hidden weapon in his hand at the man's leg. After the man fell down, he shot the hidden weapon in his hand at the man's abdomen again.
In an instant, the man began to bleed profusely, and all the blood he shed was black.
Xie Zhaoan was resting on a tree stump, gasping for breath. He looked extremely haggard. He touched the blood on his forehead. The bright red blood on his white fingertips created a stark contrast that was jaw-dropping.
Shen Xining looked at him like this and turned her head away guiltily. Xie Zhaoan's Yueying Guard arrived and took Xie Zhaoan away. Shen Xining was a person who would not suffer a loss in front of her, so she naturally followed him and left.
She also had many wounds on her body, but the trumpet creeper was never found in the end. The trumpet creeper grows on cliffs, with only one plant growing every hundred years. Once it is separated from the soil, it will disappear into thin air. Therefore, there is basically no chance of finding the trumpet creeper after it fell off the cliff.
After being sent to the county post station, Shen Xining fell into a coma. Her injuries made her very tired. She woke up slowly at night and refused the dinner prepared by Chun Xing. She carried a pot of cold wine to the eaves. Xie Zhaoan was also sitting there. Shen Xining didn't expect to meet him here. She thought his injuries were enough for Xie Zhaoan to recuperate for a few days.
She glanced at the cold wine in Xie Zhaoan's hand, her eyes shining slightly. The cold wine in his hand was very famous, but the price was a little expensive, otherwise Shen Xining would also get some to try.
Noticing Shen Xining's eyes, Xie Zhaoan threw the cold wine in his hand over.
"Miss Shen's wolf-like eyes, I'm afraid if I don't let you have a taste, I will be thrown down by you in the next second."
Shen Xining didn't care about his sarcasm. After taking a sip of cold wine, he spoke.
"Is there some problem within your group? Today, the one who wants to deal with you is not someone else, but someone from the Moon Shadow Guard."