Chapter 90: Queping Ridge (Today's Second Shift)
After climbing over two hills, the two finally arrived at Queping Ridge.
Queping Ridge is called "the second Penglai" by the people on the rivers and lakes, because the fog in the mountain range is deep, and the surrounding white is boundless, and outsiders are easy to get lost when they enter, and this is also one of the reasons why the "natural strings" are not easy to obtain, but this is only the first difficulty.
Fortunately, Pei Yao carried a compass with her, and she could rely on the compass's guidance to reach the second difficulty - the iron rope flyover!
The two of them left their horses and luggage at the inn at the bottom of the mountain, and took out only the useful compass and went up the mountain.
At the foot of the mountain, the spread of the fog made the two shiver, and the further they went up the mountain, the heavier the fog became, and the temperature became colder.
"Take me!" Pei Yao took out the compass from her sleeve, stretched out a hand to Mu Chuyu backwards, and explained more in one move, "In case you get lost, who will help me complete the task?" ”
Mu Chuyu handed over his hand with a smile, grabbed Pei Yao's jade hand, and held it tightly in the palm of his hand, Pei Yao instantly felt a warm current rapidly swell from his palm to his whole body.
But she still calmly held Mu Chuyu in one hand and the compass in the other, and walked into the white vast area in front of her step by step for the camp.
Originally, the temperature on the mountain was low, and the cold pierced into the slightly thin clothes, and it was slightly cold. However, I don't know whose palms were sweaty, and this fine burning heat covered up the cold all around.
"Be careful!" Mu Chuyu was so nervous that she changed her voice and pulled Pei Yao back.
Pei Yao took three steps back and stood still before she was horrified to find that there was an abyss in front of her, and they had already walked to the position of the moat-iron-locked overpass!
"It's dangerous!" Pei Yao patted her chest in shock.
Mu Chuyu squatted down and touched a stone, and threw it towards the abyss, without a single echo, he would definitely be crushed if he fell at such a height!
The Iron Lock Skybridge is just an iron lock, it passes through layers of white fog to the opposite bank, standing on the other side but can't see the distance on the other side at all, and even the iron lock can only grope forward with perception and blurred vision.
"In this way, I'm in front, and you walk in the back by my waist!" Mu Chuyu thought for a moment and then said.
Pei Yao felt that it sounded like a good idea, so she agreed: "Okay! ”
The two let go of their sweaty hands, Mu Chuyu explored the way in front, and Pei Yao supported his waist behind and moved slowly.
Although the white mist was deep, Pei Yao looked under the iron lock, and could vaguely see the bottomless abyss and the suspended mist, and couldn't help but tremble unconsciously with her legs.
"Don't look down!" Mu Chuyu may have sensed her trembling, and her tone was very patient.
"Hmm!" Pei Yao pursed her lips tightly, her body stiffening.
"Let's talk about something else, maybe we won't be so scared after we divert our attention!" Mu Chuyu said loudly, trying to suppress the fear in Pei Yao's heart.
"Good!" Pei Yao was a little absent-minded, and casually pulled out the first topic that came to mind and said, "You say, why are three of the six begonia orders that appear at present in the hands of the evil devil?" ”
Mu Chuyu was slightly surprised, he only knew that Ding Ruoshuang and Luoxiang had the Agarwood Begonia Order in their hands, and he didn't know that Zhou Langhe exchanged the tanuki for the prince to seize the leader of the martial arts alliance.
"This ...... I don't know! It stands to reason that when Mu Haitang gave these ten agarwood begonia orders, most of them should have been given to famous and decent families...... And Ding Ruoshuang was still a little kid with no hair twenty years ago! and Luoxiang, at that time, she should still be in swaddling clothes, and she may not be born in infancy! Mu Chuyu thought seriously and replied, suddenly feeling that there must be layers of conspiracy hidden in it, "And who put the piece of agarwood begonia order in my room?" Shen Xiaoxun? At least of all the people I woke up to see, he was the most likely ......."
Mu Chuyu's inference came to an abrupt end, because he suddenly realized with sadness that Shen Xiaoxun was Pei Yao's sweetheart, and it was inevitable that he would have some scruples.
"Even if it's really Brother Shen, where did he get the Agarwood Begonia Order?" Pei Yao was immersed in the layers of fog about the Agarwood Begonia Order, and didn't care about Mu Chuyu's "gaffe".
"You didn't ask him?"
"What if you ask, what if you don't? His answer must be the same as Ding Ruoshuang and Xu Lizheng - I don't know who sent it! ”
"It's really weird!" Mu Chuyu frowned and sighed.
"Perhaps, there is a stronger force behind us...... Could it be the Soul Guard? Pei Yao suddenly remembered this mysterious killer organization raised by the imperial court.
"Not necessarily...... But it's not impossible! Mu Chuyu fell into deep thought, and blurted out without hesitation.
Under his leadership, the two of them have reached the other side before they know it.
The moment the two jumped from the iron lock, their hanging hearts finally fell to the ground, and the whole body felt a sense of pleasure of nine deaths.
The other shore where the two are no longer like they are on the iron lock, on the other side of the vast expanse, but the clear and clear of the clouds and mist to see the moon.
Looking around, there are all mountain ridges and stone walls or abysses, and there is only one road at the moment.
"Since there is only one way, it must be this one! Let's go! Pei Yao grinned and hooked her hand at him.
Mu Chuyu nodded with a deep face, and did not forget to continue: "I always feel that this Agarwood Begonia Order has popped up one after another after being silent for twenty years, and it is definitely not accidental!" Someone must be behind all this! ”
"That's for sure! But the problem is that no one knows who? The people who obtained the Agarwood Begonia Order should be the closest to the truth, but they don't even know it! We're here to think about it and not come up with a clue! Don't think about it! Headache! Pei Yao walked briskly in front of her, looking optimistic and open-minded.
"Well, well!" Mu Chuyu was a little unwilling, and put aside these mysteries for the time being.
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The night was ethereal, the clouds were bleak, and the moonlight was cold. There are no stars, no dots, and there is a terrible dead silence all around.
"Rui'er, it's so quiet tonight! I felt an inexplicable creeping! Zhou Langhe tightened the dark robe on his body and gasped.
"The alliance leader won't be cold after drinking Rui'er's ginseng soup, and he won't be scared!" A woman dressed in a white bedding dress brought up the celadon cup.
Zhou Langhe grabbed the woman's slender jade hand, and said with a wicked smile: "Rui'er's mouth won't be cold, shouldn't it be a loose drink in the soup of this seat?" ”
The woman's face turned red, and the hand holding the porcelain cup was not easy to retract, so she had to beg for mercy angrily: "The alliance leader is dead!" Rui'er didn't dare to use such a strong medicine to trap the heart of the alliance leader! ”
"The heart of this seat is already firmly tied to you without your set! You must have been a seductive little vixen in your last life! Zhou Langhe gently snatched the porcelain cup, put it on the round table, took out one hand to scrape Rui'er's nose, and the other hand slid over her waist, pulled it closer to her arms, and hugged her thighs.
"The alliance leader is really annoying!" Rui'er lowered her head and stopped looking at him.
"When you get to bed in a while, I'll let you see what is really annoying?" Zhou Langhe deliberately put his mouth close to her ear, and the ambiguous breath made Rui'er's body start to stir.
Rui'er didn't answer, and was suddenly picked up by Zhou Langhe.
"It's not early, let this seat warm the quilt for you!" Zhou Langhe continued to tease Rui'er, but Rui'er in his arms just smiled and nodded shyly.
With a "bang", a white-clothed disciple smashed through the window and flew in, landing right at Zhou Langhe's feet.
"Alliance-alliance leader, someone-break-in-in!" The white-clothed disciple clutched his chest, pointed out the door, and gulped blood.
Zhou Langhe hurriedly put down Rui'er: "You hide it!" He walked quickly to the door, but there was no one to be seen.
"Who the hell is it? Come out! He clenched his fists and shouted angrily.
An imminent sense of crisis quickly swept through the body: Where are all the disciples of Lihuawu?