Chapter 304 Pebbles

Finally, Fang Muyang chose Thousand Faces and a human skin mask.

Li Xuan put away the other human skin masks, and then asked Fang Muyang:

"Can you do it alone?"

"Do you need other help?"

Fang Muyang shook his head, his eyes were unusually firm.

Li Xuan knew that he couldn't force him, so he nodded and left the last line.

"Then I wish you good luck."

After that, Li Xuan jumped onto the window, looked back at Fang Muyang deeply, and saw him stand up and bow to thank him. Li Xuan just sighed in his heart and turned away.

Li Xuan walked through the alley and returned to Hu Yulou. He quietly got into Princess Ankang's arms through the window.

There were fewer people in the private room on the second floor than before.

Princess Yuanan was nowhere to be seen, and most of the flowery eunuchs responsible for guarding were also gone. Only the eunuchs responsible for recording Princess Ankang's words and deeds were still there.

"Ah Xuan, you're back."

Princess Ankang smiled slightly and stroked Li Xuan's fur.

Li Xuan nodded, and then his tail gestured restlessly on Princess Ankang's palm, describing what happened in Fang Muyang's clinic before.

Princess Ankang had a tense face, but her heart was in turmoil.

The story between Doctor Xue, Ayimu, and Fang Muyang and Xixi.

After a long time, Princess Ankang couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Although there were many unexpected things, Princess Ankang guessed the relationship between Fang Muyang and Xixi.

Behind Princess Ankang, Yu'er was stretching her neck to look at the handwriting that Li Xuan gestured on Princess Ankang's palm with his tail, but she still missed a lot.

She could only piece together her own ideas, so it was still a bit confusing.

At this time, they were surrounded by eunuchs who were responsible for recording their every word and action, and they were not as casual as usual.

Yu'er was very depressed after leaving the palace these days.

Even Li Xuan, she hadn't touched him much these days, and her cat addiction was about to come back.

After Li Xuan told her about the situation over there, Princess Ankang began to write on Li Xuan's butt to tell him about Hu Yulou's situation.

Before, Ayimu went to the secret room in the cellar to check on Mother Zhou's body, and was naturally caught by the flower-clothed eunuchs who were responsible for guarding there.

Although Ayimu was seriously injured, she still managed to escape from the hands of the flower-clothed eunuchs.

This made Princess Yuan'an very curious, and she took half of the flower-clothed eunuchs to chase him.

Whether it was Princess Ankang or Princess Yuan'an, they always thought that Fang Muyang was the only one behind the crime, but they didn't expect that there was a master to help.

Princess Yuan'an didn't know that it was Hu Yulou's courtesan Ayimu.

"Will they find Doctor Fang?"

Princess Ankang wrote on Li Xuan's buttocks with some worry.

At this time, there was a eunuch in charge of recording beside them, so many things were not convenient to say.

Since they planned to help Doctor Fang, this matter could only be carried out in secret.

"I hope not."

Li Xuan could only write so.

Li Xuan had no doubt about the ability of the flower-clothed eunuchs.

Now it depends on whether Ayimu is cautious or not.

If she is a little careless, I am afraid Fang Muyang will not be able to wait to take revenge.

But the facts prove that Ayimu's Qinggong is indeed very powerful.

As night fell, Princess Yuan'an returned with the flower-clothed eunuchs without success.

The three little ones also breathed a sigh of relief.

Taking advantage of the gong sound that the East Market was about to close, the group left the East Market and went to Xingqing Palace.

With the successive incidents, Hu Yulou has closed from today.

Mother Zhou was missing, and the Hou family temporarily took over Hu Yulou, investigating inside and outside, looking for Mother Zhou's trace.

Without Mother Zhou to take the blame, Butler Fan would become the unlucky one.

Therefore, he was particularly anxious.

Princess Ankang had lost interest in these things, and she began to hate the prosperous night scene of East Market.

In the past, she didn't know why, and only saw the side with flowers and brocade.

Now that she knew the rottenness inside, she naturally no longer felt novel and interesting.

The prosperous illusion on Flower Street only deceived Princess Ankang for one night.

Moreover, they had to report to the internal affairs staff of Xingqing Palace when they stayed outside.

Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an, who had lost interest in Flower Street, were too lazy to make such trouble, so they returned to Xingqing Palace to rest tonight.

After returning to Xingqing Palace, Li Xuan said hello to Princess Ankang after dinner, and then sneaked out again.

After he left Xingqing Palace, he headed straight for Zhao's Mansion.

Li Xuan believed that Fang Muyang was unwilling to wait even for a moment.

If he left now, he might still be able to catch up.

But when Li Xuan arrived at Xuanyangfang, he saw from afar that a green fire had already been set ablaze in Zhao's Mansion, and the fire was raging.

Li Xuan hurried over to check and found that Zhao Si's house had been engulfed by fire.

The servants and guards of the Zhao Mansion were busy putting out the fire, but just like last night in Hu Yulou, the green fire swelled rapidly when it met water, and the fire did not weaken at all.

Seeing this scene, Li Xuan knew that Zhao Si should be dead.

"The action is quite fast."

Li Xuan looked around and looked at the high place near the Zhao Mansion.

Fang Muyang should not want to miss this last scene of revenge.

Li Xuan left the Zhao Mansion and searched nearby by smell.

When he went to the clinic during the day, he had already memorized Fang Muyang's smell.

After searching for a long time, Li Xuan found Fang Muyang's smell in a restaurant.

Sitting by the window on the third floor, there was a handsome young man with a feminine face.

Li Xuan judged that this was Fang Muyang by the smell.

Fang Muyang was wearing a human skin mask at this time, drinking by himself, looking at the fire over at the Zhao Mansion, and I don't know what he was thinking.

Li Xuan noticed that although he was the only one at the table, he had placed two sets of bowls and chopsticks and wine glasses.

He drank a glass and then poured a glass on the floor.

Li Xuan appeared quietly on the window sill with a cat step. Fang Muyang just glanced at him and then turned his gaze to the green fire in Zhao's mansion.

"You are here."

Fang Muyang greeted casually.

Li Xuan silently looked at the human skin mask on Fang Muyang's face.

This face was not the one he had given Fang Muyang before, which meant that he was wearing "Thousands of Faces".

Li Xuan carefully observed Fang Muyang's face at this time and found that it was a girl's face.

The girl looked like a little girl, very cute.

But it was incompatible with Fang Muyang's gloomy temperament now.

Seeing Li Xuan looking at his face, Fang Muyang smiled and asked:

"Is she very cute?"

Li Xuan nodded.

"She is indeed the cutest girl in the world."

Fang Muyang raised his eyes and looked at the stars in the night sky.

"Do you know?"

"I just wore two human skin masks to go in."

Fang Muyang drank and talked to himself.

He just needs someone to talk to now.

Li Xuan stood on the window sill and listened silently.

"When I tore off the top one and revealed this face, he was scared to death."

Fang Muyang couldn't help but sneered.

"Why can he die so easily?"

Fang Muyang gritted his teeth and looked at the green fire in the distance again with a gloomy look.

He didn't say anything more, and continued to drink and talk nonsense with the green fire in the distance.

But Fang Muyang seemed to have a very good alcohol tolerance, and he couldn't get drunk no matter how much he drank.

He just wanted to forget everything temporarily, but the more he drank, the more he couldn't forget.

"Xixi, Xixi..."

"I miss you so much..."

Li Xuan sighed and looked at Fang Muyang, who was lying on the table, still looking at the green fire in the distance.

The green fire had begun to gradually go out.

Without fuel, even the green fire that was difficult to extinguish would be difficult to sustain.

Fang Muyang closed his eyes heavily until the green fire was completely extinguished, and tears kept flowing from his tightly closed eyes.

There was only one table of guests with Fang Muyang on this floor of the restaurant.

There were not many guests who simply drank all night, most of them went to drink wine.

Li Xuan stood on the window sill, accompanied Fang Muyang, looking at the capital at night, feeling a little confused.

He had thought about taking Princess Ankang to travel around the world before, but this time he had just set foot in the capital and encountered such a thing.

Li Xuan wanted to take Princess Ankang to see the world, but he was afraid that Princess Ankang would be disappointed with this world.

Speaking of which, even Li Xuan couldn't help feeling disappointed.

What happened in Daxing didn't seem to be much different from the world in his previous life.

Although the background of the times was completely different, people's desires were the same.

As long as these desires were slightly indulged, they would create similar tragedies.

Only then did Li Xuan understand what the saying "There is nothing new under the sun" really meant.

Disasters arise from evil hearts, and evil hearts are tempted by desires.

"Do you really want to take Ankang to see these dark sides?"

If possible, Li Xuan wanted to protect Princess Ankang's innocence forever.

At least don't let her be disappointed with this world.

Li Xuan looked at the night sky and thought all night, but he didn't get an answer after all.

He knew that these things would eventually be decided by Princess Ankang herself.

When the sky was slightly bright, Li Xuan patted Fang Muyang with his tail to wake him up.

Fang Muyang opened his bloodshot eyes and looked at the fish belly white in the distant sky.

He still couldn't help but glance in the direction of Zhao's mansion.

Where the green fire burned last night, there was only a charred ruin.

Seeing Fang Muyang was about to be in a daze again, Li Xuan patted his hands and motioned him to open his palms.

Fang Muyang did it in a daze, and then he felt his palms itchy. It turned out that Li Xuan was writing on his palms with his tail.

"What is the green fire all about?"

Fang Muyang smiled slightly and took out a written note from his arms.

"I got the inspiration from a pill recipe. After a little improvement, I got this phosphorus fire."

Internal sulfur method: sulfur one liang, saltpeter one liang. Alkali half a liang. The above three ingredients are ground into powder, and the sweet pot is made into juice. Pour it into the trough, and it will be submerged.

Then below is Fang Muyang's idea of ​​improving the pill recipe and the new recipe.

What is the purpose of the added materials and what role they play, there are relatively detailed records above.

"My, this guy is doing chemistry in the fantasy world!"

Li Xuan looked at the pill recipe of phosphorus fire and was shocked.

It seems that this doctor who treats illnesses and saves lives is not only responsible for saving lives and healing the wounded.

As he said this, Fang Muyang took out two small yellow iron balls.

"This is the phosphorus-sulfur thunderbolt fire I made. It will explode when thrown out and ignite the phosphorus-sulfur fire."

"Phosphorus-sulfur fire will explode when it meets water. It needs to be extinguished with sand. Experts can also extinguish it with true qi."

Fang Muyang explained the use of phosphorus-sulfur thunderbolt fire and how to deal with it.

"This pill formula and phosphorus-sulfur thunderbolt fire are given to you as a thank you gift this time."

"But I will remember your kindness in helping me. If you need me in the future, just use me."

Fang Muyang made his promise.

Li Xuan was not polite either. He swept all the things into the Emperor Hong bone ring with his tail.

Fang Muyang watched Li Xuan put away the items with magical means. He knew what was interesting and didn't ask more questions or look at them more.

Li Xuan then asked him:

"What are your plans next?"

Fang Muyang looked at the sky in the distance and was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly realized that his life became meaningless after losing Xixi.

The two of them had suffered so much for so many years, just to live a happy life in the future.

But all this has become a bubble.

For Fang Muyang now, even becoming a royal doctor has no meaning to him.

After a long time, Fang Muyang just shook his head.

Li Xuan could understand his mood at this time, but still hoped that he could live well.

"Like Ayimu said, live well."

"After you are gone, your relationship will come to an end."

"At least, you can still remember Xixi and the relationship between you."

Li Xuan also knew that his persuasion was pale and powerless, but he still tried his best.

Fang Muyang was comforted by a cat, and he also felt a little magical.

He touched Li Xuan's fur, feeling the soft touch, and was speechless for a long time.

After the drum sounded for the four gates of the market to open, Li Xuan and Fang Muyang left Xuanyangfang.

On their way back, Li Xuan saw a few familiar places and couldn't help but take out the recipe Fang Muyang gave him from the Emperor Hong bone ring, and then carefully compared the materials on it.

The more Li Xuan looked, the more familiar he felt. He stood on Fang Muyang's shoulder and then wrote and drew on his face with his tail.

Fang Muyang felt helpless about Li Xuan, a cat with no sense of boundaries.

But Li Xuan had just helped him complete his revenge, so he couldn't say anything at this time.

"Did you steal the materials on this recipe?"

"I patronized that one and that one, right?"

Li Xuan pointed to the medicine shop and pawnshop that he had visited with Princess Ankang.

"Huh?"

"How did you know?"

Fang Muyang seemed a little surprised.

He was very cautious in this matter, and there should be no loopholes left.

Fang Muyang then explained to Li Xuan:

"The materials on the pill recipes are somewhat sensitive and can easily be associated with others."

"I often see those families, so I borrowed these materials while seeing them."

Li Xuan didn't expect that Fang Muyang was actually a fellow practitioner who liked to borrow things from others.

He then wrote on Fang Muyang's face:

"What about those gold and silver jewelry, antique vases, and four treasures of the study?"

Fang Muyang said helplessly:

"I only borrowed the materials on the recipe, and it was easy for people to figure out my intentions, so I borrowed more property and pretended to be a thief."

"Those things are still in the clinic. After this storm is over, I will return them, and the used materials will be converted into silver and returned."

"When I, Fang Muyang, was the poorest, I never cheated or stole."

"My mother taught me before..."

Fang Muyang was suddenly stunned when he said this, and then his tone sank:

"But I still stole, and even killed people."

"My mother should be very disappointed in me..."

Fang Muyang couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Li Xuan had never thought that the criminal in the serial theft case in Princess Ankang's hands was Fang Muyang.

No wonder there were no signs of burglary at the scene of those houses. It seemed that he walked into people's houses openly and took the opportunity to steal.

Li Xuan realized that their target was Fang Muyang from the beginning.

This made him frown deeply.

"Is it arranged to go out of the palace to investigate the case this time?"

Li Xuan began to suspect that their involvement in this matter might be an inevitable result.

"What exactly does Emperor Yongyuan want to do?"

"Is the target the two Zhao and Hou families?"

Li Xuan was a little impatient to go back and ask Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng.

Next, the man and the cat were silent and fell into their own thoughts.

Back to Fang Muyang's clinic, Ayimu was sleeping soundly on the bed, and Doctor Xue was no longer here.

Li Xuan jumped off Fang Muyang's shoulder and asked him:

"Is it all over?"

Fang Muyang shook his head at Li Xuan.

"I haven't had time to take care of Xixi's funeral yet."

"At the beginning, we actually found a burial ground a long time ago."

"But now it seems that Xixi has to wait for me there for a while."

Hearing Fang Muyang's words, Li Xuan's desire to commit suicide has subsided a lot, and he can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"In fact, there is still one person."

Fang Muyang suddenly said something shocking.

"But I don't need to do it anymore."

Fang Muyang let out a long breath and continued:

"Back then, Xixi's family was implicated by my family because of his uncle's betrayal."

"Afterwards, his uncle sold her to Hu Yulou himself."

"Now that Zhao Si and Hou San are dead, the government must give their family an explanation."

"Xixi's uncle is her only relative in the world, and the government will take him in when the time comes."

Fang Muyang said firmly.

Li Xuan's eyes widened. He didn't expect this guy to have calculated this far.

"By the way."

Fang Muyang said, and walked to the bed. Regardless of Ayimu's messy sleeping posture on the bed, he took out a large bundle from under the bed.

He took the bundle to the table and opened it, revealing the contents.

It was the stolen items that Li Xuan mentioned before.

And the medicinal materials and minerals were indeed gone, leaving only the property.

"How about you go there?"

Fang Muyang was attracted by Li Xuan's magical ability to store things, so he shamelessly used honorifics for cats.

Li Xuan couldn't help but roll his eyes at Fang Muyang. He didn't expect that this kid was so thick-skinned.

Fang Muyang rolled his eyes when he saw Li Xuan, and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment.

"Forget it if it's troublesome."

But Li Xuan thought again, if these lost items were returned to the original owner, then Princess Ankang's case would be closed.

After thinking about it, Li Xuan agreed to it.

If Fang Muyang went to return it himself, he could only use the name of practicing medicine, which would be time-consuming and laborious, and would definitely exceed the seven-day deadline.

"I have a request. You need to explain the reason for compensating the two families for the silver, so that the other party can also know what the money is about."

Fang Muyang agreed immediately.

"That's no problem. I'll just write with my left hand."

Fang Muyang took out a pen and paper and was about to write when Aimu on the bed suddenly got up.

"Alas, this kind of thing can't be done this way."

Ayimu hurried forward to persuade him.

It turned out that this guy was pretending to sleep before.

After several contacts, Li Xuan also changed his opinion of Aimu.

"She looks better when she dances without talking."

Ayimu first smiled at Li Xuan, full of flattery.

Although she couldn't see what Li Xuan wrote before, she guessed the matter through Fang Muyang's reaction and answer.

"Fang Muyang, go get some charcoal and some waste paper. Don't use the paper you usually use to write prescriptions."

Ayimu gave a careless command.

This guy still had the silver needle left by Doctor Xue in his body. He had no power to resist, but he didn't seem to care too much.

Fang Muyang first looked at Li Xuan.

Compared to Ayimu, Fang Muyang trusted Li Xuan more.

Li Xuan nodded, and Fang Muyang followed Ayimu's instructions to find those things.

After Fang Muyang left, Ayimu sat at the table, holding her chin with both hands, and then looked straight at Li Xuan with expectation in her eyes.

"What is she doing?"

Li Xuan felt uncomfortable and quietly moved his eyes away, turning his little face to the side.

As a result, Ayimu kept her upper body still, only moved her perky buttocks, and came to Li Xuan again.

A drop of cold sweat quietly hung on Li Xuan's face.

"Did this guy's brain get damaged by the flowery eunuch?"

Just when Li Xuan was about to explode under Ayimu's burning gaze, Fang Muyang had already returned with something.

Li Xuan clearly saw that Ayimu gave Fang Muyang a look of annoyance, which made Fang Muyang confused.

"Here, the things you want."

Ayimu took the charcoal and waste paper, then looked at Fang Muyang expressionlessly and said:

"You say, I write."

Fang Muyang nodded, then considered the words, explained that he urgently needed those things and now wanted to compensate the other party for the loss.

Fang Muyang also paid more silver to the pharmacy and the blacksmith shop.

Many of those medicinal materials and minerals need to be controlled.

If Fang Muyang went to buy them himself, he could not buy so much.

And these two families lost these necessary stocks, so they must temporarily replenish them.

Considering this, Fang Muyang gave these two families some more compensation.

Aimu took the charcoal and waved it, then let go of it and pushed a few pieces of waste paper forward.

The waste paper had the same content, but Li Xuan and Fang Muyang couldn't understand it.

"What is this word?"

Fang Muyang frowned and looked at the scribbles on the paper.

"This is a common language in the Western Regions. If we pretend to be from the Western Regions, won't we be less suspicious of you?"

Ayimu explained slowly.

Li Xuan wrote on Fang Muyang's face:

"Aren't you afraid that she will cheat you?"

Fang Muyang shook his head and said:

"We are grasshoppers on the same rope, and it's not good for her to harm me."

"And if she wants to harm me, she can just report me directly."

Li Xuan heard that this was indeed the truth.

Logically speaking, from the moment Fang Muyang kidnapped Aimu, it would be easy for Aimu, who had cultivated himself, to kill Fang Muyang.

Fang Muyang sorted the things into categories and labeled them to prevent Li Xuan from forgetting which things to return.

After Li Xuan put all the things into the Emperor Hong bone ring, he went to return the things.

Li Xuan was familiar with this kind of thing. Except for some unfamiliar places, which took him a little more time, the rest of the things went smoothly.

After the things were returned to the original owners, these owners should report to the government.

If there is no movement, Princess Ankang will come to check again, and it should not be difficult to close the case at that time.

"In this way, this month's competition can be considered to be handled."

When Li Xuan came back, Fang Muyang and Ayimu were waiting for him.

Seeing Li Xuan come back after finishing his work, Fang Muyang was relieved. It is always uncomfortable to keep things in mind.

At this time, Ayimu said:

"Fang Muyang, I have already helped you."

"My help, what do you say?"

Fang Muyang said calmly:

"At the beginning, I wanted to kill Mother Zhou, and you agreed to join in order to get Hu Yulou."

"Now that Mother Zhou is dead, how are you going to get Hu Yulou?"

"There is no way those deeds and house deeds can be left to you, right?"

Seeing that Fang Muyang did not turn his face and disown him, Ayimu did not rush him.

"Mother Zhou is dead, so this step can be completed without any problem."

"Before I went to the cellar secret room that day, I went to her room, but I didn't find those documents, but there were many traces of searching. I'm afraid that the people of the Hou family also looked for those documents."

"I'm afraid that those documents will be burned with Mother Zhou."

"If so, I will have to go through more trouble."

Ayimu said a little unhappy.

When Li Xuan heard Ayimu's words, his heart moved.

He had stolen the small wooden box from Zhou's mother before, and there seemed to be something very important in it.

Before Zhou's mother escaped from the secret passage, she was still frantically searching in the room.

Li Xuan planned to study the small wooden box carefully after returning to see what was hidden inside.

That night, he only saw that Zhou's mother hid a lot of banknotes in it, but he didn't see the other things clearly.

If there were Hu Yulou's land deeds and house deeds in it, maybe he could use them to control this girl.

Aimu was a cultivator from the Western Regions. On the surface, she was a courtesan who was proficient in dancing, but secretly she coveted Hu Yulou's property.

It was hard for Li Xuan not to suspect that she was a spy from the Western Regions and came to the capital for an ulterior motive.

Li Xuan guessed that Aimu definitely had her own secrets, and this secret was likely to be hidden from the public.

Listening to the conversation between the two, Li Xuan smiled slightly.

"Forget it, remember this anyway, don't die before you help me get Hu Yulou, otherwise I will kill you..."

Ayimu said halfway, and found something wrong, thought about it and changed her words:

"I will dig you out alone, and not let you and Xixi be buried together."

Fang Muyang smiled bitterly and replied reluctantly:

"I know."

Then, he asked:

"By the way, how are you going to go back? When the government asks about your disappearance, you must have a reasonable explanation."

Ayimu smiled and said confidently:

"Aren't you trying to frame Xixi's uncle?"

"Why don't I help you again?"

Ayimu pretended to be asleep before and overheard Fang Muyang's words.

Fang Muyang was stunned and bowed to Ayimu solemnly.

"Hmph, don't think you can get away with my kindness by just bending over. You have to help me do something practical."

Ayimu said, and climbed back into bed, but before getting into the quilt, she threw something out and threw it into Fang Muyang's hand.

It was a beautiful pebble with some words engraved on it.

"I wish you a thousand years, I wish I stay healthy, and I wish we can see each other every year like the swallows on the beam."

"To my husband Muyang."

"Liu Xixi."

Fang Muyang stared blankly at the pebble in his hand and the familiar handwriting. His chest seemed to be strangled and he couldn't breathe.

His eyes blurred in an instant, and he asked Ayimu in a trembling voice:

"Why is this stone here with you?"

Ayimu turned his back and huddled in the quilt.

"Xixi asked me to pass it to you."

Thanks to Xisi Zhuyu and Xie Qingmo for their support.

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I wrote a little more to make up for the word count.

I reached 900,000 words yesterday and forgot to record it.

Bai Miao is gifted and has a progress bar.

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