The cold air in the sleep that should have been empty was lying in the air.

Qiu Jing looked straight at the person lying on the couch behind the screen.

No, that's not a human, it's just a corpse.

The Fengxing Pavilion Master has received many gifts that come directly to the door without following the rules, including those with good intentions and malicious intentions.

But in this situation, she didn't know whether the person who "gifted" was the former or the latter.

Because this body was her father.

The person who sent the corpse thoughtfully made ice cubes to prevent the corpse from rotting too quickly. After all, it is not winter, and the nights of this season are all hot and hot. The corpse will even be unrecognizable within an hour and emit an unpleasant smell.

With the benefits of ice, Qiu Si's face was just pale at this moment, not too scary.

The fatal point was clear at a glance. A piece of iron was inserted into the forehead, and the blood that flowed out was wiped out.

The iron piece is not big, like a part of the hidden weapon being removed, or like someone crushing a hidden weapon and rubbing it into integrated fragments at will.

The ice was slowly melting. Qiu Jing touched the water. She was completely erratic, without any shock or joy. Before entering this room, she was still planning how to deal with the forces that were biased towards Qiu Si in Fengxing Pavilion. She dared not underestimate Qiu Si.

The pain of being betrayed by the only relative was originally deeply pressed into the heart, but now it suddenly fell into nothing.

Qiu Jing stood up for a long time before reason slowly recovered.

There are not many people in the world who can silently bring a corpse with so many ice cubes to Fengxing Pavilion.

Qiu Jing is not afraid of Meng Qi, she is afraid of not Meng Qi.

Ning Tai, Jiangnan really can't resist another force.

"Since you are here, please see you again."

Qiu Jing closed her eyes, and as soon as she spoke, a figure fell down.

Meng Qi sighed, feeling very embarrassed.

I don’t know if I thought I wanted to make enemies! But Qiu Si’s body could not be left in that small courtyard, and his death would be exploited by those who were interested. As long as I dragged it for two days, everyone’s thoughts would be led away by the army of the King of Heavenly Scholars. If you want to make trouble and compete for territory, you have to carefully consider it.

Even Meng Qi has never encountered such a thing as killing someone and then finding someone's daughter.

Because it was too difficult, Meng Qi simply refused to let Mo Li come.

Even though Qiu Jing had turned against Qiu Si, she was not as crazy as Qiu Si and didn't care about anyone.

"This way of death... will soon be no pain." Qiu Jing lowered her eyes and looked at the corpse. Many messy scenes appeared in front of her. However, she could not be immersed in it. She did not have time to analyze from the past whether Qiu Si had a true father-daughter relationship with her. She had thought of questioning in person, or being a stranger from now on, and now everything is meaningless.

"What did he say before he died?" Qiu Jing looked up at Meng Qi, "What I want to hear is not the last words. He would not die so willingly. He would definitely do something."

"…We later discovered that the tonic prescription he used was not well enough when he noticed something was wrong and he hurriedly removed."

If it were someone else, it would probably be difficult to identify the residue that was poured into the carbon ash pile.

Meng Qi said with a serious expression: "That should be taken for the old man who is about to die."

Old age is actually a disease.

The internal organs gradually weaken, and I gradually can't eat too much, I can't sleep, and when I'm late at night, I can even feel my life span like a drop of drops. I'll come to an end when it's dawn.

Even if you invite a famous doctor to treat it, it is useless, because there is no exact disease, but you are old. You cannot continue to operate from bones and internal organs to brain. At most, you can prescribe a new prescription, which will cost you money to save your life.

Those are good medicines. Qiu Si's symptoms are not serious, and at least he can still make up for it. So although he looks thin, his energy is good.

"He, he has reached such a level?" Qiu Jing was in a state of chaos. Obviously, he didn't expect Qiu Si to be dying.

Qiu Jing thought that he was not very old. Among the Ningtai clan, there were many older people than Qiu Si. Qiu Si was considered to be pampered and not so... However, when he thought about it, after calculating like Qiu Si, he was more exhausted than others. He had never learned martial arts, so he was afraid he would not live long.

Qiu Jing heard Meng Qi say again in a trance:

"This is not all speculation. He also said something today, like what people know about their death period."

Qiu Jing suddenly looked up, but soon she woke up and calmed down again, as if the wavering just now had never existed.

"It's not because he's about to die that he's like this. He's always like this. The root cause of Fengxing Pavilion's division is not something that happens overnight..."

Qiu Jing restrained the surging memories and suppressed the endless sorrow. Even if it was memories, thinking with different moods, the things she got were different.

——If you deceive yourself, you will be comforted. Anyway, you are dead. Even if you want to be a kind father again in your heart, you will not be used or betrayed.

But what's the point?

Deception cannot break free from pain, it will only make people become cowardly.

Qiu Jing held his forehead and whispered: "We must find out how long ago he discovered it. A person who is unwilling to die. If there is enough time to plan, I even suspect that he will burn the entire Ningtai City to ashes."

Meng Qi shook his head slowly and said, "No, one Ning Tai can't satisfy him, at least it must be the entire Jiangnan."

“…”

Qiu Jing was in shock, Meng Qi said again: "Actually, what he feared the most should not be death."

But old.

If you are old enough to walk and cannot recognize people, your mind will become less and less effective.

Qiu Si is not afraid of death, but he is afraid that he will no longer be the "Mr. Qiu" that everyone fears.

He has raised too many wolf dogs and uses his fat meat to fight and bite each other. Once the owner is too useless, these beasts will rush over to fight back without hesitation.

Qiu Si grabbed the greed of many people, tax collectors, small officials, yamen runners, and down-and-out gangsters... for various reasons, they gathered together and became the same force, but their loyalty was almost gone.

Even the servants around Qiu Si were loyal to the omnipotent Mr. Qiu, who obeyed him from the bottom of his heart and believed that what he said was right. However, what about a "master" who was old and even couldn't remember things at the beginning? Not to mention a person like Cheng Jingchuan who had been waiting to replace Qiu Si.

"... When I saw Qiu Siqi, I felt that his behavior was abnormal. He was not afraid of death, but instead made people unable to take action. At that time, I felt that killing him was fulfilling his wish."

Meng Qi told the situation in the palace that day one by one, and many things that I couldn't understand were solved after Mo Li found the medicine residue.

Looking at these medicines alone, most of them are to replenish qi and nourish the body. However, Mo Li and Qiu Si had met, and Qiu Si did not have a strong smell of medicine. If you were really afraid of death and wanted to save your life, it would be better not to drink tea when you took that prescription. Qiu Si was not afraid of it at all. Obviously, he had already decided to "die at the right time". As for what the right time is, I have to ask Qiu Si himself.

The more people who think they are important, the more they are addicted to the chaos that will appear around "if they are missing themselves", and the more they are addicted, the more they can't help but add fire and do whatever they want.

Meng Qi said in a deep voice: "We need to see Cheng Jingchuan, and the news of Qiu Si's death cannot spread. The army of King Tianshu is about to invade Jingzhou and Yangzhou. He will not want to see that Jiangnan is in chaos."

This is another reason why he had to send the body here. He could not say in vernacular terms that Qiu Si was dead.

Cheng Jingchuan is just Qiu Si's disciple, but Qiu Jing is Qiu Si's daughter.

"Cheng Jingchuan may know some of the inside story. He knows Qiu Si much more than you."

Qiu Jing was silent for a while and nodded with difficulty.

Before she could speak, a panic scream came from outside: "Master, it's not good! Something might be wrong with Mr. Qiu!"

Qiu Jing quickly stepped out of the room and came to report the news. He said angrily: "Those old guys deliberately pressed down the news and did not report it to the Pavilion Master. If I hadn't had several ways in the city, I would have treated me as a hardcore brother. I'm afraid we will still be kept in the dark!"

He spoke like a firecracker, and he opened his mouth in a long list, and he didn't seem to have to stop and breathe.

"I heard that more than a dozen people died in Dongyunfang. I have sent my brothers to inquire overnight..."

"Okay, don't be confused first." Qiu Jing waved his hand, "It's not advisable to act rashly. Who knows if it's a trap? Don't move. Let's clean up the inside and outside of Fengxing Pavilion first."

The mountain tiger was stunned and nodded quickly.

***

That night, there was a deserted slope outside the city.

There were several remote fields here. As the people in nearby villages could not afford the land tax and became tenants, the barren land had to be left to waste.

Wild foxes make nests, yellow wolf drills holes, and black owls cry at night.

The waning moon in the sky was lit up faintly, illuminating the swaying white banners.

Cheng Jingchuan stopped, looked at Meng Qi standing under the nearby trees, and looked at the Mo Li who brought him here.

"In front." Meng Qi signaled.

Cheng Jingchuan had actually seen the thin coffin on the hillside for a long time, and he also saw the autumn scenery standing in front of the coffin, but he still wanted to get a positive answer from others.

——Qu Si is really dead.

Unfortunately, Meng Qi and Mo Li didn't speak.

Cheng Jingchuan could only move to Qiu Jing. He calmed down and then reached out to touch the corpse's face in front of Qiu Jing.

Mo Li: "…"

How afraid is Qiu Si cheating to death?

Qiu Jing's expression changed and wanted to get angry, so she quickly endured it again.

"He... was really dead." Cheng Jingchuan looked strange, not happy or relieved, but deeply confused.

"He has indeed been preparing for funeral, but..."

It may also be a fraud or other conspiracy.

Cheng Jingchuan dared not guess Qiu Si's thoughts. Maybe this was another test? He was used to it and became numb. He felt that Qiu Si was really going to die, and he was prepared for it. Now this situation is obviously not very consistent.

The coffin is too thin and the place is too desolate. Even a tomb is not dug, so the tomb cannot be built.

"This coffin is the only one I can find in a hurry. Qiu Jing said word by word, "At this moment, no one except the four of us knows about his death."

Cheng Jingchuan knew it and frowned and said, "Although I can't see people in my life or death, the paper can't contain the fire after all, and I can only hold it for three days at most."
To be continued...