63. Chapter 63
Bai Yin is not only virtuous, but also transparent and does not hide things in his heart. One of the benefits of such a person is that they sleep deeply. As soon as you put your head on the pillow, your breath will calm down for a moment, and then you will sleep soundly until dawn.
Therefore, the evening time, for Shen Huan, is to come and go freely, and it is very convenient to travel.
She needs to be in a secluded and uninhabited place, practicing the inner strength and mental method, as well as the assassination technique recorded on the Lingdongzi.
Shen Huan's cultivation of internal strength is the source of his debut, and Taoism pays attention to yin and yang. Women's physique is also yin, suitable for quiet night practice in an open place, and by the way, it can better absorb the essence of moonlight.
As for the assassination technique, it is not that complicated. However, there are two points, and the whole body will be neutralized and retreated with one blow.
She is more interested in the former, and to do this, she must first practice concentration and courage.
Counting nine cold days, the Wei River has been frozen. Breaking through the ice, the water below is still surging. Stepping down, it's bone-chilling. If you don't want to do the root of the disease, you must fight with all your strength, so that the water around her gradually evaporates hot, and it can no longer condense into ice.
Then take out the bow/crossbow and concentrate on it. In the dark, shoot open ice until the Hidden Arrow pierces the surface, but does not break the ice. Then slowly condense and hold his breath, and while resisting the flow of water with his body, he shot out a complete, horizontal and vertical Gu character with all his strength.
As for guts, Huashan, which is thirty miles away from Tongguan, is an excellent place to cultivate. Huashan was called Huashan earlier, the water was injected with clouds, its mountain is five thousand miles high, cut into four directions, look at it from afar, and like a flower. Because the flowers are connected with Hua, over time, it is called Huashan.
No matter how nice it sounds on the water scripture note, it is actually still describing a dangerous word. The south peak is the highest, a thousand zhang cliff, upright as cutting. At first, she spent an hour and a half climbing the Luoyan Peak, but gradually it took less and less time. Ten days later, she climbed the West Peak. The ridges are winding and rocky. She jumped down from the lotus peak, at first she would be scratched by the protruding rocks and dry forks of the trees, but gradually she became faster and more aware of avoiding obstacles. A month later, he was unscathed.
In the Weishui Basin, there are many rivers that have been washed into open plateaus. There are many houses scattered on the hill, but at night it seems empty and quiet. Shen Huan chose to meditate and practice here, and under the moonlight, there was a quiet power flowing, and the breath made people feel full and firm.
Occasionally, animals that forage or absorb the same moonlight may be found, such as elk, roe deer, and occasionally wolves. She hunted them one by one with her Hidden Arrows. Deer blood has a strong effect, and she doesn't mind drinking the fresh blood flowing from the elk's neck like drinking alcohol.
It didn't take long for more and more animals to die on the plateau, and rumors of fox spirits haunting here at night began to spread.
One day, in the middle of the night, Shen Huan suddenly felt the aura converging in his body, and there was no one in his limbs that was not happy. She unconsciously opened her lips, and a clear, long whistling sound came out of her mouth.
The sound of the whistle is like a snapdragon soaring into the air, lasting for a long time, stretching for miles away. At this time, all the people living on the hill had been awakened, and in shock, no one dared to come out to find out.
It was about a cup of tea before the whistling slowly stopped. Shen Huan opened his eyes from meditation and knew that his cultivation had greatly improved. I was a little happy, but I heard a team of people coming here more than ten miles away in the distance.
It seems that it was her long howl that attracted the attention of those who cared, and no matter what the person meant, she should be able to. After a while, the sound of horses' hooves approached, and when I looked at it, it was only a team of thirty or fifty people. The leader stopped at her side and jumped off the horse with a neat movement.
The person who came was tall, wearing a stone blue cloak, his face was extremely white, and he glowed with a faint luster in the dark night, it was Jiang Zhao who he had met more than a month ago.
He walked into her, stopped, and suddenly sighed, "It's you?" ”
Shen Huan had changed his appearance at this time, and it was already different from what he had seen before. But he could still recognize it at a glance, and his eyesight was so good that even she had to secretly admire it.
She nodded and said frankly, "It's me." ”
"Sure enough, it's a master......" he smiled suddenly, and the smile was quite meaningful.
He was accompanied by armoured soldiers. Afraid that he was in danger, the crowd had already turned over and dismounted, pressing the long knife at his waist to protect him.
Jiang Zhao raised his hand to stop it, looked back and said, "No need, I know this person." Yes, it's my friend. ”
When did he become his friend? Shen Huan was in a good mood at the moment, got up and patted his clothes, but stared at him with a smile.
A ray of moonlight turned to her face, illuminating her countenance with extraordinary clarity. Jiang Zhao stared at it for a moment, suddenly his expression froze, showing a little embarrassment, and then hesitantly said, "Your face ......"
Shen Huan subconsciously raised his hand to touch it, and sure enough, he found a piece of sticky matter. There were no mirrors, and she didn't know what her face would look like, but it was certain that it was somewhat weird.
Feeling slightly embarrassed, Jiang Zhao was silent for a while, and suddenly looked at a bend of Qingxi not far away that had not yet frozen. Shen Huan understood, bowed his head at him, and the two walked towards the stream together.
Before he was about to bend down to draw water to clean his face, Jiang Zhao had already said loudly, "Wait, the water here is too cold." As he spoke, he took off a white silk sweat towel, wet it, covered it for a while, and handed it to her, "I haven't used it yet." ”
He suddenly courted himself, Shen Huan was puzzled on the one hand, and a little curious on the other. He took the sweat towel and carefully wiped his face clean. There was a faint fragrance on the scarf, like the fragrance of turnips.
Sure enough, he is a particular person, and he really doesn't have a handsome and delicate face like Bai Chang.
She recalled Jiang Zhao's beauty in her heart, but the other party silently admired her true appearance in the moonlight.
The eyebrows are picturesque, the starry eyes are black and white, light and firm. The skin is like clotted fat, the chin is delicate with a bit of determination, and the whole face is heroic.
How to describe it, it is a kind of beauty that is indisputable, and even transcends the boundaries between men and women.
Shen Huan had already passed the age of conceit and beauty, but he didn't pay much attention to Jiang Zhao's reaction at this time, and handed him back the sweat towel, but he didn't see him pick it up for a while.
When I looked up, I saw him looking at him in a daze. His lips were slightly pursed, and there was a little amazement, a little shyness, and a little dazedness in his eyes. It wasn't until he realized that Shen Huan had been watching him for a long time that his eyes jumped. hurriedly deflected his gaze, but a faint flush had been quietly reflected in his white neck.
The moonlight poured down like water, and the lines of Jiang Zhao's side face were like grinding. Because of the panic, the usual pride has disappeared. Half-hung his head, his expression was a little evasive, and he was a little overwhelmed. makes people look at it in their eyes, and they can't help but feel love and pity.
What's more important is that his current appearance is very similar to Gu Cheng's expression when he was forced by her to have nothing to say and no way out, but he clearly couldn't bear to refuse, which is exactly the same!
There's no way, she just can't forget that person. He didn't even realize that he was fantasizing about a stranger being him. is also such a slender and straight figure, the outline of the side face looks so resolute, and he also has a piece of stone blue clothes, which is worn on the body with the calmness of the breeze and the moon.
She looked at the person in front of her stupidly, and did not hide her thoughts, expectations, sadness, and all kinds of thoughts.
She didn't say a word for a long time, Jiang Zhao turned around and was startled when he saw her like this. After a while, he said softly, "You, what's wrong with you?" ”
The voice was too clear, not as warm as I thought. Shen Huan woke up like a dream, saw the person in front of him clearly, couldn't help but feel full of loss, and said gloomily, "It's nothing, return your sweat towel." ”
Jiang Zhao took it, and didn't know what to say for a while. The two of them were speechless, and after a long time, they suddenly said at the same time, you ......
The embarrassed atmosphere eased slightly, and they looked at each other and smiled. Shen Huan gathered his thoughts and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
"There's been a lot of weirdness on the hill lately, and you've made such a big fuss just now. It's not far from the city, I heard it, so I came to check it out. ”
Shen Huan nodded and praised, "In the middle of the night, your speed is too fast." ”
Jiang Zhao smiled, "It's that your long howl that lasted long enough." Anyway, I couldn't sleep, and I was curious, so I simply came to see for myself which master was here. ”
"I'm really sorry for waking you up."
Jiang Zhao shook his head with a smile, "It doesn't matter, anyway, people in a radius of dozens of miles tonight are afraid that they won't be able to sleep well." After a pause, he said intentionally or unintentionally, "But the voice is very good, like a dragon chanting and a phoenix roaring." ”
Shen Huan casually thanked him for his compliment, and the two of them suddenly had no topic. Jiang Zhao looked at her sideways and asked with some hesitation, "You, are you a man or a woman?" ”
This time she couldn't hold it back, and she laughed out loud. smiled, learned from his inquiring appearance, and tilted his head, his eyes were shining, "Then according to you, should I be a man or a woman?" ”
The voice is clear, with a deliberately suppressed lowness. If it is said that men are naturally like this, it is not unavoidable. Although the appearance is extremely beautiful, there is no flattery, and there is no slightest delicateness. It's hard to tell.
Jiang Zhao thought for a long time, and finally gave up, "If you don't want to say, I won't ask." Then he looked back at the man who had come with him, and then he turned to her, "In another hour it will be dawn, and you should go back." It's better to walk along the way and talk while walking. ”
Shen Huan smiled, "Okay, it's just that I didn't ride a horse, so you can call your people to even me as a horse." ”
It was decided, and the two of them both got on their horses and returned to the city. When the soldiers who followed behind saw that the two were indeed acquainted, they relieved themselves and followed them at a distance, so that they could speak conveniently.
"You're a good rider." Jiang Zhao had resumed his usual arrogance and stared at her.
"Barely getting by." Shen Huan was rarely modest, "Naturally, you can't compare with those of you who often march and fight." ”
Jiang Zhao glanced at her and said with a smile, "How do you know that I often march and fight?" I'm a civil servant. ”
"Yes, he's still a very good talker, and he's good at squeezing people." Shen Huan bowed his head slightly, "Your brother is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs. ”
"Besides, my eldest brother has been looking for you so hard these days." Jiang Zhao glanced at her dissatisfiedly, "How can you slip away without saying a word, don't take his kindness seriously, it's really not interesting to treat friends." ”
"Aren't your brothers very capable, why is it difficult to find someone in this small Tongguan City?"
"It wasn't that hard." Jiang Zhao smiled softly, "I can't stand your changing face every day, my eldest brother is not like me, he will recognize a person from his expression." ”
This is also a person who brags about himself at every turn, Shen Huan took a look, "No wonder you saw it was me at first sight." It's just that your eyesight is so good, but you still can't tell if I'm a man or a woman. And your curiosity is not small, and you can come to me when you hear the sound, but you stop at this crucial question. ”
She laughed loudly, as if she was deliberately teasing, "Are you afraid that I will lie to you?" Or worried, I simply refuse not to answer you. ”
Jiang Zhao's expression froze, and he snorted unwillingly, "I'll know sooner or later anyway." ”
"You've made such a big noise tonight, I'm afraid you won't be able to hide in the city anymore." He greeted the moonlight and smiled confidently, "Early tomorrow morning, enter the Heavenly King's Mansion with me and meet our Heavenly King." You shouldn't refuse, because that's the ultimate purpose of your coming to Tongguan City, right? ”