That night, the whole city of Night shook. The prince was attacked and killed by traitors, and an unknown thief attacked the palace of King Houfeng, although King Hou Feng tried his best to suppress the spread of news, but for some reason, almost all the people in the city talked about this appalling event. The seemingly impregnable Yeyang City was invaded by someone, and caused the endgame of the prince being killed, which made the people of Yeyang City panic all day long, and some students with little knowledge even speculated that the secret army of the Qin Dynasty, the greedy wolf rider, had mixed into the city, and maybe the Qin Dynasty would break the city at any time. The border city, which originally enjoyed peace in the year of war, was shaken by a night of change.

Houfeng Wangfu, in the inner hall, dozens of people sat on both sides, Houfeng Wang Shen Zhengfeng shouted angrily, the generals and officials stood up, only to hear Shen Zhengfeng said coldly: "The prince was killed, the military department sent troops to return in vain, how do you want my Houfeng Wangfu to gain a foothold in Yeyang City? Who spread these rumors, haven't you found out yet? What are you all doing, you can let such a big matter reach the ears of the people for no reason, the nine elders and magnates in the city have already submitted an application to me, asking me not to live up to the trust of the people. I'm afraid that the throne of Zhengfeng will be shaky!"

"The prince is angry! Weichen has arrested the person who spread the rumors, and after I tortured him to extract a confession, I found out that he was a mountain bandit from Ganyong Village, and he was driven by a mysterious person, and he knew nothing else!"

Sam Ziqi took a step forward at this time, bowed down and said: "Father, I thought that Ganyong Village was being used, a few days ago, the thief Jiang Ming defeated the owner of Ganyong Village, Guan Huang, and cut off his arm, Guan Huang escaped from Cambrian Pass, and did not return to Ganyong Village, these days are the original second master Chu Lihong to control the cottage personnel, he is just a husband, I don't know what benefits he was stuffed, he dared to offend my palace!" Regardless of whether he is used or not, this nail should also be pulled out from the boundary of Yuzhou, without Guan Huang, Ganyong Village is just a rabble, and this king will personally clear Ganyong Village. ”

Wei Daoan Cambodia said: "Lord, the people in the city are panicked at the moment, and it is not appropriate to transfer the soldiers and horses in the city to other places, so as not to be caught by people with intentions and create deeper panic." I have already sent someone to watch Ganyong Village, and it will not be too late to send troops in a few months. Shen Zhengfeng responded: "What the military advisor said is very true, in addition to this Ganyong Village, I also have two things in my chest, one is the thief Jiang Ming's escape from the palace, and the other is the origin of the person who helped Jiang Ming escape. ”

Ning Yuanshan's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing that he was going to blame himself, so he stepped forward and said, "Lord Wang, this time the veteran is guilty." Because I relied on Wu Gao to be superior to the thief, I was arrogant and arrogant, so the thief fled from my hands, and I asked the prince to punish the crime. ”

Shen Zhengfeng looked at Ning Yuanshan's white hair and pale face and stepped into the coffin with half a foot, and wanted to blame a few words, but remembering that Ning Yuanshan had followed him loyally for more than 20 years, he couldn't bear it, so he sighed lightly and said: "That's it, the thief escaped and fled, my son Heng suffered misfortune, and the revenge can be avenged later, General Ning doesn't have to blame himself too much." On the contrary, the two Zhongwei generals who followed General Ning were too derelict in their duties this time. If someone comes, he will be punished by eighty strokes and degraded to three positions. ”

Hearing this punishment, Ning Yuanshan frowned, and wanted to say something superfluous, but when he saw Shen Zhengfeng's angry eyes, he knew that someone must suffer today, so he pretended to be indifferent and stood aside silently. The two Zhongwei generals looked unconvinced, broke free from the restraint of the armor soldier, immediately knelt down, and shouted: "Lord Wang, my lord, although the last general is guilty, if it weren't for that sudden white powder, General Ning would have killed the thief earlier, how could anything happen!"

"What are you talking about?what powder?" Shen Zhengfeng glanced at Ning Yuanshan, who was silent with his head bowed on the side, and already knew in his heart that things were not constant.

I only heard a Zhongwei general say: "It is not a rumor that the enemy has entered the city in the city, and what we experienced last night was exactly like an enemy attack." We besieged and killed the thief Jiang Ming for three hours, and General Ning Yuanshan took action to suppress him and kill him on the spot, when there was a muffled sound in the sky, and then a large piece of white powder fell like haze, almost enveloping the square around the entire Yuheng Tower, and the thief escaped. Later, the general led the army to pursue, and found traces of about 100 horsemen under the city, and the north gate had been opened without permission, which shows that there is more than one comrade of the thief Jiang Ming. ”

"White powder?" Shen Zhengfeng was suspicious in his heart, although he heard the spies report the general situation and learned the news of Jiang Ming's escape, but no one reported the news of the white powder to him, at this time he looked at Ning Yuanshan again, Ning Yuanshan still lowered his head and did not say a word.

"At that time, the last general collected the white powder residue that fell for future investigation, and asked the prince to send the two of us lightly. ”

Shen Zhengfeng took the box presented by the waiter, opened it carefully, and after just looking at it, his brows were furrowed, as if he had seen some unbelievable ghost.

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"Where am I now?" Jiang Ming woke up and found himself in a mountain gorge, surrounded by two sides of the gorge, and one of the mountain streams gurgled out, which suddenly set off the green fields of the mountains and fields very poetically. The land of the border city is a barren place, although the night city is prosperous, but the green plants are still extremely scarce, many mountains under the control of Ganyong Village, some even bare the entire mountain, compared with this place, other peaks are like bad land.

Jiang Ming had a wound on his chest, he had suffered from the veteran before, although he did not hurt his organs, but the blade penetrated three inches under the skin, and the flesh and blood of about forty centimeters were shocking, causing Jiang Ming to lose most of his combat effectiveness on the spot, but now it seems that he is too worried, after several injuries, he found that his healing ability is extremely excellent, as long as it is not a fatal injury, sometimes it is enough to heal only by relying on natural immunity. At this time, all the wounds on his chest to his lower abdomen had formed blood scabs, and he didn't expect that in ten days, there would not be a lot of pain.

While moving his stiff arms, he slowly stepped into a small pool by the stream, and threw a handful of water on his face, the water was not frozen in winter, but the cold and unforgiving feeling was still there, and he suddenly became much more sober.

"It seems that a lot of white powder fell from the sky, and when I took the opportunity to escape, I was knocked unconscious by a man. Who is that person? Why didn't she show up after saving me? Where is Qinglan?"

Jiang Ming thought carefully about what had happened, and felt very strange, in that kind of killing situation, who else could save him? Saving him must be for profit, so what does the person who save him need?

"There's still a lot to do, and since I'm still alive, I'm going to do it. Let's go!" Jiang Ming muttered a few words to himself, and then prepared to leave this strange place, Fang was about to get up, a warm palm covering his shoulder.

"Young man, you are not as ordinary as you seem. ”

When Jiang Ming looked back, he saw a white-haired old man standing in front of him, without any expression, if ordinary people saw it, he was afraid that he would think it was an old man in the mountains.

"Senior, you have won the award, except for a little understanding of swords, guns and halberds, but I don't have any ability to get on the table. Jiang Ming was secretly surprised in his heart, and he suspected that this person had already noticed something in his body, but at the moment, he didn't know what his purpose was, and it was the truth to be careful not to show it.

The old man stroked his beard and stared into Jiang Ming's eyes, as if he wanted to see him through: "Although I can't be sure what the specific treasure is, I will never let go of my hundreds of years of face and snatch the things of a junior." ”

Jiang Ming laughed a few times, as if he was embarrassed to be seen through his thoughts, he had to bow down and salute, and said respectfully: "Senior, the younger generation has not thanked you for saving your life, please accept my worship, if you succeed in the future, you will repay it a hundred times." ”

"Haha, you kid knows people's hearts, but the old man is not so easy to fool, and there is a purpose for saving you. It just so happens that my purpose is the person in your heart. The old man smiled slightly, which was to bring the topic to the point, which was his focus and Jiang Ming's focus.

Jiang Ming hurriedly asked: "Are you talking about the woman who is walking with me?Where is she? Is she okay? Can I see her?" The old man said: "Her name is Mu Qinglan, I brought you out at the same time the night before, but I want to ask, are you Jiang Ming in her mouth?"

Jiang Ming was a little puzzled, this sentence obviously had a deep meaning, but he couldn't understand it clearly, he thought back to the sentence she said that day, "You want to be Jiang Ming, and I am no longer Mu Qinglan", his face suddenly turned pale like a serious illness, and he couldn't bear to force his throat from his heart and didn't dare to vomit lightly, it was like a fish bone stuck in his throat.

The old man observed the change in Jiang Ming's expression, and couldn't help frowning, still without any enthusiasm, and only said to Jiang Ming: "She's fine, at least she doesn't have any injuries." ”

Jiang Ming just didn't hear it, looked at the old man in a daze, and asked: "Senior, the junior has something to understand, please answer." If I am not a wanderer, then what is the poem talking about?"

The argument is not a Zen master, and the argument is not Wang Weng. The old man was also good at discernment, so he said: "Huma crisscrosses the wasteland, the days go to be bitter, the coming days are long, the north wind is both open, urging it to grind, attached to it, can look back, unbearable to turn around, can not rely on, and it is difficult to rely on; ”

Hearing this, Jiang Ming smiled bitterly, and squatted on the ground like a weak child, as if he wanted to cry, but he couldn't cry. It is difficult to rely on it, and it is difficult to rely on it, and it is impossible to get the nest. These words are like a spell, planted in Jiang Ming's heart, and they will not be relaxed for a long time, that is, because of this sentence, it is difficult for the two people who were originally green plums and bamboo horses to be affectionate together.

"Old man Fan Ye, I have accepted Mu Qinglan as an apprentice, and after that, she will follow me into the sect to practice and cultivate the mind, and she will no longer see you. ”

"Can't you even see you for the last time?"

"It was she who decided, and the old man would not object. ”

"How will the seniors teach her to practice?"

"She has excellent cultivation talent, focusing on the red dust refining heart, and she doesn't have to get involved in the red dust in the future, the heart is the first, and the sex is true. Although you have a rare heart, but your talent is average, and the old man can't take you to practice together. ”

"If I see through those things in the future, I will come to her, and I will not be embarrassed by the present. ”

"Yes, Taiwei Yuan Wind Yin Sect, if you have the strength, you can come in. ”

"Then I bothered my seniors to take care of my friends. ”

"Hmm. ”

This sentence must be cherished.

Knowing people and observing things, Jiang Ming has never been lacking, good at settling quietly, being able to observe all things from silence, and then respond to all changes with the same, this is the way of survival and reason, not the way of cultivation. Jiang Ming will not easily put Mu Qinglan in danger, if the old man Fan Ye is a traitor or a person with ulterior motives, as long as Jiang Ming can detect the slightest bit, he will swear to resist to the death to rescue Mu Qinglan, but the old man's demeanor and words are not leaky, and the authenticity is unquestionable.

When his words of care squeezed into his mouth, but he couldn't swallow it, the old man was already ready to leave, as for where Mu Qinglan was now, he didn't say it, and Jiang Ming wouldn't dare to ask.

"Do you want to see how strong I am?" Old Weng Fan Ye was gone, and he only heard the echo of Sanskrit sound rippling in the mountain stream, clear and clear.

When Jiang Ming looked up, he heard that the rocks of the mountain stream were floating, and thousands of huge stones covered the sky and the sun, as if the world was apocalyptic. Suddenly, the wind blows, the grass is broken, the dead branches are scattered, it seems that the season has changed in the mountains in an instant, such a terrifying scene, it is daunting.

The wind is calm, the stones fall, and everything is still.

"Is this the real powerhouse? I don't know when I will reach this level. Jiang Ming knew that Old Weng Fanye showed such a move before leaving, not only to open his eyes, but also to make him recognize the gap between the real powerhouse and him, which was the condition for going to the Wind Yin Sect.

"Let's work harder, in other words, even if he wants to have other goals for Qinglan, I can't stop it. I can only let you go, and I don't know when we can see each other?"

"This gorge seems to naturally contain a formation, similar to the ancient gossip array, so the grass and trees can be kept in spring here. ”

The mountain peak where Jiang Ming is located is more than 300 miles away from Yeyang City, close to the Cambrian Pass of Xiongguan in the world, I don't know how the old Weng Fanye can get here overnight. He entered the pass that day, found an inn to stay, because his injuries had not healed, so he decided to rest for a few days, after such an unpredictable battle, even if he had been asleep for a long time, but after a simple freshening, he could not help but feel tired, with a heart full of depression and confusion, and fell asleep again.

On a rugged mountain road, two figures walked with difficulty, one was a young girl, the simple and simple light-colored dress was very pure, and the face without half red makeup was extremely youthful, this person was Mu Qinglan, who had experienced the battle of Houfeng Wangfu, at this time she was no longer as good as before, and her clothes were extremely neat.

"You say, should I go to the Wind Yin Sect?" Mu Qinglan's slender index finger was loosely wrapped around a wisp of green silk, as if she was groaning, and when the mountain wind caressed her beautiful face, she stopped in a rocky place, and her demeanor hesitated.

"Miss should have decided in her heart, stepping on a hundred steps, thinking about the sun and moon in her previous life for ten years, every time she settles down, it is the struggle and distortion of time, and the pent-up emotions in her heart have already been expressed, so why does Miss hesitate?" The man who spoke caught up with a big burden on his back, his face was calm, his eyes were very respectful, and looking at his appearance, it was actually the previous beggar Mu Chuan.

"Alas, how can it be so easy to put it down?" Mu Qinglan sighed lightly, suddenly turned her head, put on a smile, and said: "It's you, I thought you would leave, but I didn't expect to involve so many people to rescue us, but I am even more curious about your identity." ”

Mu Chuan said: "Miss is serious, I have already sworn a poisonous oath, I will follow Miss for a lifetime, how can I leave easily? As for my identity, Miss is clear, the original Qin Dynasty soldier, and the later prisoner of Jiufu, there is nothing special about it." If the young lady wants to know more, I will tell you the truth, for example, my senses are very good, I can hear the chicks of a hundred meters, I can detect the actions of people outside the wall, the reason why I beg is to hide these abilities, because I don't want to work for the Nine Mansions Alliance, and I don't want to be used by them. ”

Mu Qinglan was quite surprised by this secret, and nodded approvingly, his senses are far beyond ordinary people, if he can continue this exercise, he will definitely become an excellent warrior, but his heart is not here, how can he show his ability? At this time, she was puzzled again, and asked, "In that case, why didn't you flee from Night City far away, and why did you choose to follow us?"

"I'm waiting, waiting for someone who deserves it to show up. I believe that even if I escape from Night City, it will be a desolate scene, and it is better to stay there and watch the moon for a day, until I see Miss, who will redeem me, and I know that this life will be full of meaning. Mu Chuan looked at Mu Qinglan reverently, and his tone was extremely serious.

Although Mu Qinglan noticed that there were no other impurities in his eyes, the intimate confession like a love word still made her cheeks blush, so she had to tilt her head away from looking at those fanatical eyes, and muttered: "It's not that I saved you, and you don't have to be so polite." ”

"No, I can see that. Although Jiang Ming Gongzi is also a good person, he will not treat me like a young lady", Mu Chuan paused, and said: "I only know that there is a sky in this life, which is not cold because of ice and snow, and not filthy because of wind and dust, so I look there and look for the meaning of my life." ”

It turned out that he was also looking for something. So, what's my point? Mu Qinglan understood that he didn't mean to be offended, so she smiled and said jokingly: "You said so much, but it doesn't look like Mu Chuan who I knew before. ”

Mu Chuan lowered his head seriously and said, "If Miss asks me to say less in the future, I will say less." This kind of response made Demu Qinglan quite embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "Don't do this, I'll just laugh, it's your right." You can call me Miss, but you are my friend, not a slave, so you don't have to be so restrained. ”

Friend? Mu Chuan faintly popped out these two words between his teeth, and he felt extremely precious, as a lowly soldier and captive, what qualifications did she have to be called a friend? But she was willing. She is the noblest person in the world, so he is no longer as lowly as dung, his heart is already like a river and the sea, this is a kind of shock, enough to make his last confinement completely relieved: "Miss, thank you, Miss." I understand. ”

"Well, now I have less than half of the memory in my heart, and I don't have so many heavy emotions anymore, and my mood is excellent, so you can chat with me. Tell me about those people that night, how did you ask for help?" Mu Qinglan sat on a stone slab with her skirt and took a short rest, but she felt very cold, after all, it was early winter, although Zhu Tianye's climate was mostly mild, this season was also cold. Mu Chuan hurriedly took off his jacket and put it on the stone slab, let Mu Qinglan sit down again, and then talked eloquently: "After I left Linqing Lane, I went to Ganyong Village. As soon as Chu Lihong was reckless, I scared him, Guan Huang has been captured by us, as long as he can send troops to wait for the Fengwang Mansion, I will send Guan Huang back. They all witnessed the scene of Jiang Minggongzi's halberd slashing the famine, and they were quite jealous in their hearts, and if I revealed my identity, they would naturally believe it. It just so happened that the reckless man Chu Lihong attached great importance to affection and righteousness, and he usually had a very close relationship with Guan Huang, so he had already believed in my words. ”

"It was my strategy to let the people of Ganyong Village feint to attack the Fengwang Mansion, but what I didn't expect was the white haze in the sky, and I still haven't figured out who put it. In addition, I can be so sure, it is also because I accidentally met the senior of the Fengyin Sect Fanye, he exchanged words with me, so I asked him to help me once, as for him to be able to fancy Miss as his disciple, it was even more surprising. ”

"When the soldiers and horses of Ganyong Village feinted to attack the Fengwang Mansion, and the soldiers in the city moved, Fanye's predecessors took advantage of the chaos to leave Miss and Jiang Minggongzi, and we waited for the slow exit of Yeyang City. As for at the city gate, I saw two groups of people, neither of them were city guards, but they took the initiative to block the city guards, which shows that they also have the same purpose as me. It's just that I don't know who they are. ”

Mu Qinglan was extremely surprised, she didn't know that the situation was so complicated that night, and there were many imperceptible dark lines hidden in the secret, so she didn't know how to explain: "Fortunately, we all came out alive!"

Fortunately. Luckily, they are all alive.

"Miss, are you going to meet Jiang Minggongzi?"

Mu Qinglan's smiling eyes suddenly blinked hesitantly, as if she had experienced a struggle in her heart, and her face gradually became cold: "No, there will be opportunities in the future." Senior Fan Ye asked us to go to Guye City, saying that he would find us in three months, I don't know what else he has to do?"

Mu Chuan responded: "Masters naturally have the attitude of masters, and in these three months, Miss can play in the surrounding cities, so you don't have to remember too much." ”

Mu Qinglan snorted, turned her head to look at the barren mountains in winter, and realized that this mountain road had led to a strange future, and now she could only know where she could go step by step.

"The reason why I walked so steadily in the Yuheng Building of the Houfeng Mansion may only be because since then, I can no longer be attached. ”