mtl008 Chapter 312: Two more ghostly painted talismans
Chapter 312: Two more ghostly painted talismans
The words fell.
A hint of surprise flashed across Guan Ziheng's eyes, but it took him a very short time to accept what Lin Lezhi said. The look in his eyes revealed firm conviction, and he had no doubt about what Lin Lezhi said.
He moved a stool over from the side, without any intention of urging him, and let Lin Lezhi tell the matter clearly.
After listening to Lin Lezhi's brief description of the past four months, Guan Ziheng's expression did not relax. Instead, the solemnity between his brows deepened, and there was a hint of heartache.
"Wuyou, as soon as the case here is over, we will leave here."
This was the first time that Lin Lezhi saw such a solemn look in Guan Ziheng's eyes. His tone was serious and there was a hint of non-negotiableness in it.
"No, I'm going to pack my things now."
Guan Ziheng seemed to think it was too slow and was eager to leave. But just as he stood up, he heard Lin Lezhi's deep voice, with a determined tone, "No, I can't leave yet."
Guan Ziheng seemed to have heard unbelievable words, and the emotion in his eyes was not just surprise, but extreme astonishment.
Guan Ziheng's eyebrows were serious and he said, "Wuyou, do you know what you are saying?"
Lin Lezhi remained silent in response to Guan Ziheng's question.
In response to Lin Lezhi's silence, Guan Ziheng seemed a little anxious out of worry and said: "Haven't you ever thought that your appearance in Yulong Village is not a coincidence? What if someone harms you..."
Afraid that Lin Lezhi would be sad, and also afraid that someone might be listening, he lowered his voice and changed his words, "What if they are the ones who caused your amnesia?"
It would have been fine if Guan Ziheng didn't know about this, but now that he knew about it, in order to prevent Lin Lezhi from suffering more serious harm, he had to tell it.
"I've thought about it."
"Have you ever thought about..."
Lin Lezhi smiled, feigning indifference, but also spoke with determination, "I didn't come here for them, but for something I must clarify. I didn't expect to meet them here, but Xiao Xu had several attacks of poison in a row to save me. Besides, whether they have deceived me is just speculation, with no concrete evidence. Therefore, I will not leave until he is fully recovered."
"It's not like you poisoned him. What if he's already at the point of no return?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Lezhi's eyes were shaken.
Knowing he had spoken too harshly, Guan Ziheng's expression softened slightly. He sat down again and offered soothing words, "Wuyou, I know you value friendship and loyalty and don't want to owe anyone anything, but you don't have to take all the blame on yourself. Even if you wanted to save him, how would you do it? You've seen all the flowers in the forest destroyed, and the poison in his body is already endangering his life. How are you going to find flowers to heal him in just a few days?"
"Even so, I want to try my best. Maybe there will be a chance of recovery."
Lin Lezhi said this with a faint light in his heavy eyes, and Guan Ziheng knew that it was useless to persuade him any further, so he could only sigh helplessly with a worried look on his face.
Lin Lezhi inspected the entire room and looked at Guan Ziheng and asked, "Where are the medicines Liu Yunhe bought for me?"
Guan Ziheng didn't know why Lin Lezhi was looking for medicine, but when he heard Lin Lezhi looking for medicine and looked at the paper with Lin Lezhi's scribbles on it, he realized it belatedly. He immediately looked towards the place where the medicine packages were placed and found that one package of medicine had been opened.
No wonder he felt the color and size of the paper looked familiar.
That's medicine to cure the disease.
"No, why are you writing on the paper that contains medicine?"
"I just used it. Where are those medicine bags? You didn't throw them away, did you?"
Seeing a hint of urgency in Lin Lezhi's expression and words, Guan Ziheng thought it must be a very important matter, so he didn't ask Lin Lezhi any more about being so careless about his own affairs. He walked to a cabinet beside him and took out a bundle from it.
He walked over with it, untied it and said, "After all, I spent money to buy medicine. It would be a shame to throw it away. After you left today, I had nothing to do, so I packed up everything."
Although he didn't intend to pursue the matter, Guan Ziheng couldn't help but say a few words.
"I really don't know what you were thinking. Why would you write on the paper that contains the medicine? Do you think I can't see it since it's wrapped inside? The ink will see through the paper."
When he wrote down those lines on the medicine bag, Guan Ziheng had already been replaced by Qi Xi, so he was not aware of it.
But when he heard Guan Ziheng's words, a look of surprise flashed across Lin Lezhi's eyes.
"You mean... the ink seeped through the paper?"
When Lin Lezhi said the word "through", his tone became heavier, and his eyes showed disbelief.
"correct."
Wasn't he looking for the medicine packet because he had written something on the paper? Guan Ziheng didn't know why Lin Lezhi was so surprised. He took out the medicine packet from the bag accurately and turned the bottom side towards Lin Lezhi.
"look by youself."
Lin Lezhi's eyes immediately darkened and his expression became extremely solemn.
Guan Ziheng couldn't help but feel a little uneasy when he noticed that Lin Lezhi looked a little strange. He asked tentatively, "Is there something wrong?"
Lin Lezhi slightly tightened his grip on the medicine bag, looked at Guan Ziheng, and said seriously, "I wrote it directly on the bottom of the medicine bag, and didn't hide it inside."
When these words were spoken, Guan Ziheng was really scared.
He looked towards the door, his eyes wide and stiff, instantly filled with fear, and a chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his head.
Fearful, Guan Ziheng could not help but move closer to Lin Lezhi, his Adam's apple rolling up and down as he said in a panic, "Could it be...could it be that someone entered our room while we were away?"
Lin Lezhi frowned, his eyes fixed on the medicine bag in front of him. The knotted rope on the medicine bag was obviously different from the other medicine bags, and there were no other medicine bags with ink stains in the bag containing the medicine bag.
Lin Lezhi untied the rope, and when he saw what was on the paper clearly, his eyes suddenly narrowed.
To Guan Ziheng, the dense and meaningless strokes on the paper looked like ghostly scribbles.
"Wuyou, this..."
"I only drew the first half." Lin Lezhi pointed at the ink and said, "From here on, someone else added it later."
Lin Lezhi gently stroked the newly added strokes at the back. They were very dry and obviously not newly written.
"Why did you draw this?"
"I found this on the wall of Wu Sanshan's basement. I thought it was related to the case, so I drew what I remembered. When I wanted to see it again later, the traces on the wall had been destroyed."
"If that's the case, then maybe it's actually related to this case. Otherwise, why would you destroy it?" Guan Ziheng forced himself not to look at the door. The fear in his eyes grew deeper as he asked in confusion, "Have you figured out how these ghostly drawings are related to the case?"
Lin Lezhi shifted his gaze from the ambiguous strokes and looked at Guan Ziheng. "Ziheng, I remember you brought some rice paper with you for practicing calligraphy."
Hear the words.
The fear in Guan Ziheng's eyes deepened, and he was more wary of Lin Lezhi.
The rice paper used for practicing calligraphy is very expensive. If Guan Ziheng was not absolutely sure that he could write well, he would not be willing to use it himself. When he thought of Lin Lezhi's calligraphy, he was even more reluctant.
"What do you want to do? Can't ordinary writing paper be used?"
"I only use one, never waste one."
Hearing that Lin Lezhi only had one and his eyes were sincere, Guan Ziheng's expression relaxed. He took out a box containing the four treasures of the study and took out one to give to Lin Lezhi.
The paper is not big and as thin as a cicada's wing.
When Lin Lezhi heard the sound of tearing the paper in the middle, Guan Ziheng's heart seemed to be bleeding.
Then he watched Lin Lezhi writing and drawing hard on the two torn pieces of rice paper, silently and concentrating for almost two incense sticks of time before he finally stopped.
Guan Ziheng leaned over to take a look, and his heart felt like someone was tugging at him. It looked like a ghostly scribble, so it was fine.
Now there are two more.
I feel both panic and heartache.
After finishing writing, Lin Lezhi overlapped the two pieces of paper and placed them close to the sesame oil lamp on the table. The lines of the latter piece of paper appeared on the rice paper of the former piece through the light, and there was no overlap between the lines.
Lin Lezhi's gaze, fixed on the lines on the paper, darkened. His expression was solemn and resolute as he said, "It seems I have to go to the island again."