Chapter 18: The Good Days Are Over
The torture and suffering day after day have gradually changed a lot for both Lu Zhiyao and the two children. Trapped in this place by Liao Wuxian, they were involuntary most of the time. What to do and what to eat involuntarily is all up to Liao Wuxian to decide.
Lu Zhiyao read a lot of books during this time, and he did learn a lot from Liao Wuxian. In the huge attic, there were no books but books, and most of those books were about martial arts, and the rest were books on medicine.
Lu Zhiyao once innocently asked Liao Wuxian if she learned all the things in the books here, so she could be better than him? But Liao Wuxian just replied to her mockingly, who would turn the mastery into words and put it in a place where others could see and touch it? If she wants to win him, she won't think about it for the rest of her life.
It makes sense for Lu Zhiyao to think about it, what Liao Wuxian asked her to learn now is something he already disdains to see. But a lifetime is so long, who can say for sure? He's so old, maybe he'll really let her win one day?
Three months passed like this, Lu Zhiyao's belly grew bigger day by day, and finally passed the dangerous stage. She didn't know what had happened outside during her absence, and she couldn't imagine that because of her disappearance, the beams between the Qing Netherworld and Xia Lai Kingdom had become bigger and bigger.
Su Shi and Mu Ranchen groped all the way, and finally found out where Lu Zhiyao might have appeared after spending a lot of time. That village was the one where Mo Tianshu also stayed and was saved by Lu Zhiyao once.
The two of them were actually passing by here, and they became suspicious after hearing the small talk of several people. Beast, Lord Xuanyuan, the words woman surprised them greatly, and immediately intercepted those people, gave some silver and asked what happened, the more they listened, the more they felt that the woman they said was like Lu Zhiyao. But what's going on with the kids around her?
went to the village to inquire, and when those simple villagers saw that the two of them were looking for Lu Zhiyao, they were a little puzzled and a little repulsed.
"Are you the child's family?" An elderly mother-in-law looked at Su Shi and asked. "You forced the kid to leave home, right?"
Su Shi and the others couldn't cry or laugh, and they couldn't explain it for a while, and the more they talked to these people, the more chaotic they became, and then they were simply misunderstood as the culprits who abandoned Lu Zhiyao.
Su Shi and Mu Ranchen were very curious, how did Lu Zhiyao tell others about her life experience during the days when she lived here? He has aroused the pity of so many people. Either way, they got some useful information.
Xuanyuan Junfan, sure enough, as Lin Yinan was worried about, Lu Zhiyao had contacted Xuanyuan Junfan after arriving here.
In this way, Xuanyuan Junfan's house ushered in two uninvited guests. As soon as he saw these two people, Xuanyuan Junfan knew that his good days were over. But he still had to pretend not to know and talk to the two.
"Here...... It should be the king's room, right? As soon as Xuanyuan Junfan pushed open the door, he saw two people sitting at the table, and there were a few minions who had been knocked out by them lying at their feet. His eyes flashed first, then he looked back at the familiar courtyard, then glanced at the room where he had lived for many years, stepped into the house, and asked Su Shi and Mu Ranchen with a smile.
"Lord Xuanyuan, long time no see." Su Shi and the others stood up and said to Xuanyuan Junfan.
There are also several princes of the Qing Netherworld, but the only one in front of him is directly the king in the name of Xuanyuan. The Xuanyuan family is the ruler of the Qing Netherworld, which is enough to see what Xuanyuan Junfan's status is.
"It's only a few months, and for our antagonistic relationship, a few months of seeing each other shouldn't be considered a long time." Xuanyuan Junfan walked over and beckoned the two to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Your emperor misses the time of cooperation with this king, so he specially sent two of you to greet me?" ”
"The prince is thinking a little too much." Mu Ranchen didn't plan to spend time on catching up with Xuanyuan Junfan, and went straight to the point, he asked in a low voice: "We came here on purpose, just to ask the prince, do you know where our queen is now?" ”
Xuanyuan Junfan looked at him helplessly and said, "Isn't this a clear embarrassment for this king?" Where is your queen, how can this king know the way? ”
Mu Ranchen and Su Shi exchanged glances with each other, Xuanyuan Junfan would not admit it so easily, they had expected this a long time ago.
"Isn't it possible for the prince to know the Dao?" Su Shi took his words and asked with a smile: "As far as we know, people in a certain place are now spreading that she is your woman...... If we take this back and say it to the emperor of our country, what kind of things do you think will happen, my lord? ”
"The two countries are at war, and it is only the people who suffer, and none of us wants that to happen." Xuanyuan Jun knew that these two people had done their homework before they came, and it seemed that they had already found out where Lu Zhiyao had been. "I really don't know where Lu Zhiyao is, if I can, I would like to meet her now and settle the account between the two of us. The only thing I can tell you is that she is indeed in the Blue Underworld now, and not only you, but I also want to find her. ”
"I'm afraid this explanation and answer are a little unreasonable, right?"
"The past is true." Xuanyuan Junfan looked at Mu Ranchen with a solemn expression and said, "If I guessed correctly, she came here to find an antidote for your emperor, so what I can help you now is just to give you some places for you to try to find." I've never liked war, and I don't want a war between two countries to be started by a woman, what do you think? ”
Xuanyuan Junfan's words were reasonable, and Su Shi and Mu Ranchen had no choice but to leave first, but secretly they did not give up and continued to follow and investigate him.
In addition to Su Shi and the others, the power of the Flying Crane Tower also slowly penetrated into the Qingyin country during this time. This is not what Mo Baiyan thinks, but the two people under him, he really can't control it.
Li Muchen is Lin Yinan's person, and Mo Baiyan has long known this, but when did Qu Wan'er become a woman who could sacrifice herself for Lin Yinan? Didn't she ever think about killing that Lu Zhiyao? This made Mo Baiyan unable to understand, a woman's heart was needled, what she said was really good.
Li Muchen and Qu Wan'er secretly left from the Flying Crane Tower, and threw all the cumbersome things to Mo Baiyan to fight alone. Mo Baiyan was extremely depressed, but he knew that he couldn't stop these two people at all, so he could only go with them.
The people of the Flying Crane Tower plus Lin Yinan's henchmen, the sudden appearance of these masters in the Qing Netherworld is definitely not a good thing.
Although Xuanyuan Junfan didn't want the emperor to know about Lu Dao Lu Zhiyuan, he could tell which one was lighter and which was heavier, so he had to go into the palace and tell Xuanyuan Haotian about it.
Xuanyuan Haotian sneered after hearing his words, "It's just a woman, is it really worth it for him Lin Yinan to be so excited?" And are you sure that the people from Feihelou came here for this woman named Lu Zhiyao? ”
"Nine times out of ten, Feihelou has a great relationship with the Emperor of Xia Lai, and they have contributed to dealing with the Nangong family before."
"This land is far away...... What kind of person is he? Xuanyuan Haotian thought back to the scene when he only met her, and it was so long that he almost forgot it.
Xuanyuan Junfan thought about this question seriously for a while, and then replied: "Clever, cunning. ”
"Oh?" Xuanyuan Haotian was a little surprised that he would hear such an answer, because in his opinion, these two words were not bad. "If she's really smart enough, she'll run to my territory alone?"
Xuanyuan Haotian's question made Xuanyuan Junfan not know how to pick it up, and Xuanyuan Haotian didn't embarrass him, and directly let him leave.
The idea of Xuanyuan Haotian wanting to wage war against the Xia Lai Kingdom had been in his mind for more than a year or two. Of course, he will not abandon this idea just because there is a new emperor over there.
In Xuanyuan Haotian's view, this rapidly established and developed country is not yet stable, and if you want to take it down, you can only rely on it now, otherwise it will definitely be a bigger hidden danger in the future.
Lin Yinan's name Xuanyuan Haotian had heard it before, but more of what he heard was the Nangong family and the prince. The understanding of Lin Yinan also began after Lin Yinan took Lu Zhiyao to sneak to the Qing Netherworld to watch his concubine selection conference and let him discover the dagger on Lu Zhiyao's body. After Xuanyuan Junfan came back from Xia Laiguo, he also told him some things about Lin Yinan, and the evaluation he gave was very high.
But now Xuanyuan Haotian is a little skeptical of Xuanyuan Junfan's words, an emperor, if he is really calm enough, will he do this for a woman?
Xuanyuan Haotian felt ridiculous when he thought of Lu Zhiyao, a woman, and he walked out of the room and walked around the palace. His palace can be said to be very secure. Just as everyone knows, every year he will select some women with good martial arts from the people to enter the palace and become his people. But those people didn't know what Xuanyuan Haotian's real purpose was in choosing these people.
In the Xuanyuan family, there has always been a team responsible for protecting and carrying out the orders given by the Xuanyuan family, the number is small, but they are all excellent enough. In recent years, the rapid growth of the Charlais Kingdom has made people have to worry, and this escort team has unknowingly lost a lot of talent. In order to make up for this defect, Xuanyuan Haotian can only choose people at all costs. And most of the women he brought back were also sent to training, and many of them died on the training ground, which is why he has to choose a concubine every year.
This time, Lin Yinan's people took the initiative to send it to the door, and Xuanyuan Haotian felt that this was the best opportunity to give the other party a "meeting gift". But how to do it still needs to be carefully studied.
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