Chapter 18: Towards a New Path

"Ouyang girl, Ouyang girl......" Ling Rui's gentle call beside the bed woke up Ouyang He, who had just fallen asleep due to excessive nervousness, Ouyang He slowly opened his eyes, Ling Rui was holding a decoction and preparing to feed Ouyang He.

"Ling Gongzi, Miss Chu, Meng Gongzi, does he have any news?" Ouyang He asked after drinking the decoction. Ling Rui shook his head with some disappointment, he said that Meng Yan had disappeared since he left the Xinghou Mansion, and now the Lord of Xing County was sending people to look around in the city, and he and Miss Chu would come back first to wait for news. Then Ling Rui went on to say that Marquis Xing had submitted the letter as evidence to the Shen Criminal Division for review, and that King Jin's family should soon be proven innocent, and those who colluded with King Jin would definitely get the punishment they deserved.

"Ling Gongzi still let Ouyang Zhuang Master take a good rest, just now I found out that Ouyang Zhuang Master's illness is a little recurrent, if you don't use the Snow Ghost Fruit to fuse the true qi to open up the meridians as soon as possible, I'm afraid that Ouyang Zhuang Master will permanently lose his internal strength." Chu Birou said to the two of them with some concern.

"In this case, I will immediately go to Victoria to find this thousand-year-old snow fruit for Miss Ouyang, Miss Chu, Miss Ouyang will trouble you to take care of it." After Ling Rui finished speaking, he turned around and prepared to go out, but Ouyang He sat up and stopped him from behind.

"Ling Gongzi, wait a minute, this is a dangerous journey to Xishu, and this is the little woman's own business, how can I repeatedly let Ling Gongzi put himself in danger for me." Ouyang He really couldn't bear to watch Ling Rui running around for her.

"Haha, girl, don't worry, since I promised the sisters of the girls of Jade Bee Villa to take good care of you, in order for you to get better quickly, I am not afraid of going up the knife mountain and going down to the sea of fire. You can recuperate here and wait for me to come back! After Ling Rui finished speaking to Ouyang He in a firm tone, he prepared to go back to the room to pack his luggage. Chu Birou sighed softly, looked at Ouyang He who was sitting on the bed with a helpless expression, and then she said to Ling Rui, who was about to go out, that the shelf life of the Millennium Snow Fruit was extremely short, and she was worried that when Ling Rui brought it back to Chengdu, the Snow Fruit would no longer be able to be used, so she persuaded him to go with herself and Ouyang He, so that the Millennium Snow Fruit could play its best role at the freshest moment.

"In this way, it will bother Miss Chu!" Ling Rui agreed a little embarrassedly, and then the three of them got into the carriage to Victoria after a brief tidying up, and before leaving, Chu Birou told Xiao Wu, who had recovered from his injuries, to keep in touch with Boss Liu of Liu Ji Pawnshop at any time, and once there was news of Meng Yan, he could send a book to them at any time. Chu Birou changed into a white and green corset civilian clothes, and she was already beautiful and not inferior to others, and her gestures were even more chic and smart. And Ouyang He was still wearing a soft light blue off-the-shoulder dress, her face had obviously improved a lot, reflecting her still delicate snowy skin, and the fairy jade color still made anyone who saw her for the first time feel excited. The carriage started slowly, Ling Rui, dressed in a handsome dark red knight's suit, sat in front of the car, and the two beauties sat in the car, and the carriage drove quickly along the official road towards Victoria. And in a hidden place at the back door of the Thousand Medicine Hall, two disciples of the Wind Thunder Hall were monitoring every move of the back door, and when the three of them drove away, one disciple arranged for another person to follow on horseback, and he was ready to go back and report to the two masters.

On the other side, Bai Lichen, the second leader of the Wind Thunder Hall, led a group of his subordinates to catch up with Gao Che and Meng Yan from the side shortly after they left the bamboo forest, but due to Gao Che's full resistance, Bai Lichen and his men failed to catch Meng Yan, and when they chased them to the Xuanwuwei camp, they could only watch the two get out of danger safely. Soon after, due to the secret letter of collusion with the Tang Dynasty assassins was discovered, and at the same time, the Shen Penal Division then found the dying one in the dungeon of King Mu's mansion and the testimony was the assassin who was instructed by King Jin to assassinate the emperor. Then, the new emperor issued a decree to restore the reputation of King Jin and bury King Jin and others, but due to fear and prevention of Meng Yan, who inherited the title of King of Jin, he was in rebellion due to revenge, and Meng Yan was placed under house arrest in King Jin's mansion. At this moment, he was discouraged, and he could no longer see the bright smile on his face when he was in Yuzhou, and when he moved into King Jin's mansion, he was as expressionless as a walking corpse, but after silently locking himself in his childhood room, very few people saw him walk out of the door again.

One night many days later, the moonlight was shining brightly, the stars were twinkling, and the dark Jin Wang's Mansion seemed lifeless, with only sporadic guards and subordinates occasionally moving around. Outside the gate of King Jin's mansion in the pitch black, a figure that was very familiar to Ouyang He walked slowly from the street on the side, but he had already torn off the camouflage on his face, revealing his original tough face with sword eyebrows and starry eyes.

"Stop, what kind of person are you, dare to break into King Jin's mansion?" The two guards stopped him as he approached the door of King Jin's mansion.

"Break? No, no, no, you're wrong, I'm moving forward now, haha! After the master of the Wind Thunder Hall finished speaking, his right hand quickly pulled out a slender long knife from his left waist with lightning speed, and swung forward, and the two guards were cut throats on the spot. At this time, a chilling grim smile appeared on the face of the big boss, and then he kept this smile, licked the blood left on the blade with his tongue, and then swaggered slowly into the gate of King Jin's Mansion, and the two guards in the courtyard of King Jin were also killed on the spot with a long knife before they could react when they saw him. The big boss looked at the fallen guard with disdain and slowly put the long knife into its scabbard, and then leisurely took out an iron fan from his waist with his right hand, and walked leisurely and slowly in the dark and gloomy courtyard corridor under the shaking of the shadows of the trees on both sides. Suddenly, two guards hiding in the dark of the beam threw their claws at the big boss, but the big boss used the iron fan to cut the slender iron cable of the flying claw directly, and then several poisonous needles flew out of the iron fan and killed all the guards on the beam. At this time, a guard patrolling near Meng Yan's room also rushed over when he heard the sound, but the big boss shot out a thin iron wire from the handle of the long knife he held in his left hand and wrapped around the guard's neck until one of the big bosses quickly strangled him to death. Immediately after hearing the sound, more than a dozen guards from the rest of King Jin's mansion shot bows and arrows at the big boss, who still stared at them with great disdain, blocked them with an iron fan, and secretly shot out a number of dragon slaying darts from his sleeves to kill all the guards who discharged arrows in front, and then rushed up with an arrow and waved an iron fan to cleanly cut the throats of the remaining guards in three rounds.

"Meng Gongzi, can I come in?" The big boss asked in a frivolous tone and knocked on the door, seeing that there was no response in the house, he pushed open the door and entered the house, and then saw Meng Yan sleeping quietly on the bed, breathing low and even, the big boss felt a little strange and stepped forward to check carefully, and after checking the pulse, he found that he seemed to have taken some drugs to force him to fall asleep, and now his heartbeat and pulse are relatively weak.

"Hmph, this state of mind is so similar to what I was back then. As the demon general said, with a gentle push from behind, the raging flames of vengeance can make you swallow everything in the world like gluttony. The big boss looked at Meng Yan, who was sleeping like a child in front of him, and said to himself with a sneer, and then after hearing that there were supporting guards outside King Jin's mansion, he quickly carried Meng Yan on his back and left through the back door.

When the big boss returned to Liu Ji's pawnshop, the disciple who was in charge of monitoring at the back door of the Thousand Medicine Hall reported to the big boss that Ouyang He and the other three had already set off for Victoria, and the big boss said "yes" with an expressionless face, and then ordered the disciple to report to the second boss immediately, and then he seemed to be hungry and soon devoured a piece of half-baked meat on the table, and the blood in the meat remained on his lips, which looked particularly oozing.

"The big boss is still the same, and he is still so handy at using the second master!" The originally dark screen beside the big boss gradually reflected the silhouette of a graceful woman.

"Haha, that's you, no matter what you say, I'm happy to listen! If it is the rice bucket that is eroded, this seat will stick another arrow in him! After gobbling it up, the big boss deliberately replied in a fierce tone to the people inside the screen.

"Oh, Yin Eclipse is self-inflicted, who let him play too much and don't listen to the instructions of the big boss. If I was there at the time, I would definitely bring the first beauty of Dashu back to the big boss and enjoy it. Speaking of which, I'm really a little curious about this Ouyang He, I hope I don't just disappoint this girl in vain! The person inside the screen deliberately said in a somewhat delicate tone.

"Trust me, you'll be able to see her soon. Remember, bring her back safe and sound! The big boss walked to the back of the screen, stretched out his hand and stroked the woman's cheek, and said softly, "Don't let me down, Xunxi!" ”

"Where is the second master......" The woman put an index finger on the blood-stained lip of the big boss and teased it left and right, and then asked a little knowingly.

"Hmph, I don't believe that one of the three envoys of wind and thunder will not count in my heart. Rest assured, if he stands in your way, he is in the way of my seat, and you know what to do. The big boss gently lifted the woman's chin with his fingers and stared at her. Then the woman said goodbye to the big boss in a somewhat charming tone, and then drove away on her back towards the official road leading to Victoria. After receiving the report from the surveillance disciple, Bai Lichen, the second master, also set his eyes on Ouyang He again after losing Meng Yan, a cash cow, and tried to catch her to blackmail Yufeng Villa into submission to him, so that with the financial resources of Yufeng Villa, he could fulfill his desire to set up his own door in the Wind Thunder Hall to compete with the power of the big boss. As a result, the two groups of people from Fengleitang followed the carriage of Ling Rui and the other three to Victoria, northwest of Chengdu, and at the same time, the beggar gang who were about to move seemed to be brewing new moves. In Victoria, a town where there has been a perennial conflict between Dashu and Tibet, and officials and bandits colluded with the people to make a living, the owner of Yufeng Mountain Villa, who has not yet understood his true background, may face a more difficult situation in hope and struggle.