Chapter 536: Open Plank Road
"Bang, bang, bang!"

"Miss Pan is here to change the medicine for Hei Zhi Shan."

"squeak!"

With a slight sound, the door opened and Ling Qing led Pan Yuyin into the room.

At this moment, Pan Yuyin's face looked a little confused, as if she had something on her mind.

Liu Xunyi sat on the edge of the bed and took off his clothes with great pain, revealing his strong body and strips of blood-stained linen wrapped around his shoulders and abdomen.

"Brother Liu, please sit still and let me do it!"

Seeing Liu Xunyi trying to untie the sackcloth by himself, Pan Yuyin's face changed with fright, and she hurried forward, quickly opened the medicine box, took out bottles of medicine powder, and prepared to replace the cloth.

According to previous practice, Ling Qing would stay by Pan Yuyin's side, get the cloth and change the bandage for her, and help her out.

However, Pan Yuyin was a little strange today. Not only did she not bother Ling Qing to help, but she also made up an excuse to send him away.

This action caused Liu Xunyi to murmur in his heart.

"Brother Liu, I'll help you change the medicine."

After saying that, Pan Yuyin carefully peeled off the linen cloth covering the wound. Her movements were skillful and light, as if she had received a lot of guidance from Granny Taohua during this period.

When the blood-stained cloth was peeled off Liu Xunyi's body, the shocking wound appeared in front of Pan Yuyin.

Today, the sword wound on Liu Xunyi's shoulder has healed and formed a scar, but the penetrating wound on his abdomen is still bloody and messy, which is unbearable to look at.

At the beginning, Ren Wuya's five fingers pierced his lower abdomen fiercely, leaving deep scars in his body, which would take more than three or five days to heal. To this day, he was lucky to be able to save his life.

"Hiss!" Pan Yuyin looked at the wound on Liu Xunyi's abdomen, and her face became increasingly uglier.

"Miss Pan, this is..."

"I repeatedly warned Brother Liu that you can't drink alcohol or get excited about your wound, and you must take good care of it. Why didn't you listen?" Pan Yuyin complained, "It had clearly shown signs of healing yesterday, but today it's broken and bleeding again. As a result, I have no choice but to cut out the eroded flesh from your wound, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."

"Thank you Miss Pan for your concern." Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly, with helplessness in his eyes.

"It hurts to cut the flesh, Brother Liu, please... bear with it."

After saying that, Pan Yuyin took out a dagger from the medicine box, and then took out a wooden stick and handed it to Liu Xunyi.

"Bite it!" Pan Yuyin explained, "No matter what, don't move. I will... do it as soon as possible."

"it is good."

After saying that, Liu Xunyi bit the wooden stick in his mouth to reassure Pan Yuyin.

After everything was ready, Pan Yuyin took three deep breaths, then steeled herself, pressed one hand on Liu Xunyi's wound, and with the other hand held the dagger to cut at the festering area.

The moment the sharp dagger pierced the skin, dark brown blood plasma gushed out like the Yellow River bursting its banks, splashing Pan Yuyin's face with blood.

As the dagger continued to penetrate deeper, the blood gradually turned from dark brown to deep red, gushing out like a spring and flowing everywhere.

"Forehead!"

The pain of having his flesh cut was so piercing that Liu Xunyi's muscles instantly tensed up as if they were made of iron. At the same time, his brows furrowed and a soft groan of pain came from his throat.

"Brother Liu, please be patient."

"call!"

The most intense pain was the first one. When Liu Xunyi gradually got used to the pain, he simply spit out the stick from his mouth and waited for an opportunity to test her: "Miss Pan, you seem to have something on your mind?"

"Hmm?" Pan Yuyin agreed subconsciously, still concentrating on helping Liu Xunyi treat his injuries.

Liu Xunyi asked intermittently: "Could it be... related to the death of Mr. Jiang San? Could it be related to Granny Taohua...hiss!"

Before he finished speaking, Pan Yuyin, perhaps due to her inner shock, lost her aim and the dagger penetrated a few inches, causing Liu Xunyi to frown in pain.

"Ah! I'm sorry...Brother Liu, don't move. It will be fine soon."

Pan Yuyin cried out in surprise and apologized repeatedly. At the same time, she straightened her eyes and cut out all the eroded flesh in one go. Only then did she let out a long sigh of relief.

Looking at Liu Xunyi again, he was already sweating profusely and in great pain.

Looking at Pan Yuyin applying medicine to his wound, Liu Xunyi smiled bitterly and said, "Could it be that I guessed right?"

"Brother Liu, are you still in the mood to joke at this time?" Pan Yuyin glared at Liu Xunyi with resentment and said unhappily, "If my knife had deviated by half an inch just now, you would have had another new wound."

"Ms. Pan, you deliberately sent Ling Qing away. Do you have something to say to me?" Liu Xunyi struck while the iron was hot and ignored Pan Yuyin's complaints.

"I..." Pan Yuyin hesitated and hesitated for several times, as if she was very conflicted. "I want to remind Brother Liu that in the Xianwang Mansion...you have to be careful everywhere."

"How do you say this?"

Hearing this, Pan Yuyin subconsciously glanced outside the door. Seeing that there was no one in the courtyard, she nervously explained, "Master said that there was something strange about Mr. Jiang San's death. There are undercurrents in the Xianwang Mansion, and it is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface. Brother Liu, you have done a favor to me and the Pan family. I can't watch you stay in the dark, so..."

"Is there something strange about Mr. Jiang San's death?" Liu Xunyi's face changed and he interrupted, "What's strange?"

"I don't know." Pan Yuyin shook her head. "We just got back to our residence, and our master told us to leave this troubled place as soon as possible. I asked her again and again, and she told me this. As for the reason, I don't know."

"A place of right and wrong?" Liu Xunyi was stunned. "Did Grandma Taohua really say that?" Pan Yuyin bit her lower lip lightly with her pearly teeth, looking at Liu Xunyi with a complicated look on his face. After a slight hesitation, she nodded heavily.

"Hiss!" Liu Xunyi took a breath of cold air, and his mind quickly calculated, hesitantly said, "If that's the case, why didn't she tell the Palace Master?"

"Master has always disliked interfering in other people's affairs." Pan Yuyin smiled bitterly, "Based on my understanding of Master, no one can force her to do or say anything she doesn't want to do."

"There are other things that are strange, undercurrents, and troubles..." Liu Xunyi frowned and muttered to himself, "It seems that the death of Mr. Jiang San is not that simple."

Pan Yuyin rebandaged Liu Xunyi and put the necessary items into the medicine box. She said worriedly, "After I leave, Brother Liu, be careful."

"When are you leaving?" Liu Xunyi changed the subject and asked, "Where are you going?"

"We will leave in the next two days to go to Changbai Mountain to treat Baoer. Master promised Seniors Huang Yangming and Mei Zichuan that he would not give up until Baoer's strange disease was cured."

"I see……"

"Where is Liu Xunyi?" Suddenly, Yan Bugui's voice sounded in the courtyard, "The mansion master wants you to go to the study to discuss something."

Hearing this, Liu Xunyi perked up and murmured, "It seems that the Palace Master has also seen the clues."

After saying that, Liu Xunyi quickly put on his robe, said goodbye to Pan Yuyin in a hurry, and went straight to the study room without returning.

In the study, Luo Tianjin, Xie Xuan, Deng Changchuan, Huang Yulang and Murong Bai were discussing something closely.

"See the Palace Master."

"Xunyi, I just promised last night that you could rest and recover from your injuries, but unexpectedly I called you here today. You won't blame me, right?" Luo Tianjin pointed at the chair next to him, motioning Liu Xunyi to sit down.

"In fact, even if the Palace Master doesn't look for me, I would still like to see him."

Seeing that Xie Xuan and the others were standing aside, Liu Xunyi dared not sit down alone. So he bowed to Luo Tianjin and thanked him, while he still stood respectfully in front of the table.

Luo Tianjin raised his eyebrows and asked curiously, "Why?"

"It's about Mr. Jiang Sanye and Li Jia." Liu Xunyi reported truthfully, "In fact, after I left the study last night, I met Mr. Li on the way and exchanged a few words with him."

"Oh?" Hearing this, Luo Tianjin's expression froze, and then he looked at Xie Xuan and asked, "What did he say to you?"

"Mr. Li said that Mr. Jiang San has shown signs of waking up, and he is going to report to the mansion master." Liu Xunyi said bluntly, "He also asked me if the mansion master is in the study."

"Hiss!" As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes changed and they looked shocked.

"When did this happen?"

"Not long after I left the mansion master's study last night, around... 15:30." Liu Xunyi recalled, "Mr. Li was beaming with pride and smugness at the time. I even jokingly said, 'It won't stop him from asking the mansion master for credit.'"

"You mean... Jiang Yiwei woke up last night, and Li Jia came all the way to report to me?" Luo Tianjin pondered, "I sat in the study until late last night, why didn't Li Jia come?"

"This……"

Luo Tianjin's question made Liu Xunyi at a loss as to how to answer.

"So, you are the last person to see Li Jia?" Yan Bugui asked in a bad tone.

"Not necessarily." Liu Xunyi shook his head and said, "After me, Mr. Li should have appeared in front of the Palace Master, but that was not the case. In other words... someone intercepted him on the way."

"Who can prove it?" Xie Xuan asked.

"This..." Liu Xunyi hesitated again and again, and finally shook his head silently.

"Master!" Huang Yulang's eyes turned cold, and he reminded, "Do you still remember the matter of Di Mo? If what Liu Xunyi said is true, there must be treacherous people in the mansion. We must be on guard against the lessons of the past!"

Yan Bugui interrupted and said, "At the moment, Liu Xunyi is the most suspicious, so we should start the investigation with him."

"No!" Murong Bai said righteously, "If Liu Xunyi was related to Mr. Jiang Sanye's death and Li Jia's disappearance, why would he take the initiative to tell us about this?"

"Is it possible... Jiang Yiwei didn't wake up last night, and when Liu Xunyi met Li Jia, Jiang Yiwei was already dead, and Li Jia was trying to escape?" Yan Bugui speculated, "As for the 'rosy face' and 'smug look' that Liu Xunyi saw, they were all fake illusions deliberately created by Li Jia."

"Not like that!" Liu Xunyi recalled carefully, then shook his head and said, "Li Jia is just an ordinary person. If he pretended to be calm, I would not be able to fail to see it."

"What if you are wrong..."

"Alright!" Luo Tianjin waved his hands impatiently, "I've always thought there was something fishy about this matter, and Xun Yi's words just now undoubtedly confirmed my guess. Jiang Yiwei's death was not an accidental poisoning, and Li Jia's disappearance was not absconding from the crime. Everything was caused by someone secretly making trouble."

At this point, two piercing cold rays of light suddenly flashed from Luo Tianjin's eyes, and he said faintly: "Dare to play such a trick in my house, it seems that someone thinks I, Luo Tianjin, am a fool."

"The Palace Master means..."

"What Huang Yulang said is correct. We must take precautions against the past." Luo Tianjin ordered, "Liu Xunyi, send the disciples of the lower three sects to find Li Jia's whereabouts. If he is alive, we must find him within three days. If he is dead, we must find his body."

"Yes!"

"Yan Bugui, Deng Changchuan, Huang Yulang, Murong Bai. I'll give you three days to visit all the coroners in Luoyang. I must find out the real cause of Jiang Yiwei's death."

"As ordered!"

After saying that, Luo Tianjin looked around at everyone and said word by word: "As the leader of the martial arts world, I have a fire in my backyard. Am I being laughed at by the world? If this matter cannot be thoroughly investigated, you will never come back to see me again!"

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(End of this chapter)