CHAPTER XXXVI
Ying Qi led Helian Jinlin into the house, the house was pitch black, and even if it was bright at noon, it couldn't shine into the house.
Ying Qi slowly pushed open a secret door, and suddenly, a faint candlelight leaked out of the gap, giving a piece of brightness. After seeing the object, Helian Sumirein realized that they were just a small entrance.
The secret door was gradually pushed away, and it could be seen that there was a sword hanging on the wall on the right, because a row of white candles was burning just under the sword, but it was obvious that the sword had old traces, and a layer of ash had fallen, presumably it had not been unsheathed for a long time.
Directly opposite the secret door was a lonely tablet, and Helian Sumire was immediately frightened when he saw it. However, the tablet was placed far away, and from the secret door, the words on the tablet were blurred, and they were not as clear as the sword.
"Ying Qi, you're here." An old voice came from behind the door.
Helian Jinlin knew in his heart that the owner of this voice must be the Xugu Taishi who helped his father and emperor capture Southern Chu in the past.
The two of them stepped into the inner room, and when they closed the door, they saw that Xugu was covered by a strip of white cloth, and there were several shallow furrows on both sides of his cheeks, sitting cross-legged on an inch-high seat. In front of him was a table, on which there was a candlestick on the left corner, and only bamboo slips with engraved words remained. Xugu leaned forward, and his two hands blindly groped each other for the words on the bamboo slips.
Such a scene, even if it is described in words like depression and desolation, is not an exaggeration. Helian Jinlin never thought that the once-famous Northern Liang Taishi would live such a hard life.
Ying Qi faced the Void Valley and bowed, "Master." ”
Xugu still continued to groping, "Get up, you brought someone with you today?"
Ying Qi saluted, "Master, the one next to the apprentice is His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness the King of Wei." ”
"The younger generation Jin Lin, I have seen Master Xugu." Helian Sumire Lindao.
Xu Gu stopped the movements in his hand and left the table with both hands, "His Royal Highness King Wei, the old man has lived alone for many years, and he has long ignored the affairs of the court. ”
Helian Jinlin said: "Taishi, I came today, not for the court, but for the White Feather Order."
Xugu smiled indifferently, "Bai Yuling was found by His Highness?"
"The junior just learned the news of the White Feather Order......"
"Yes." Xugu said self-deprecatingly, "How could someone as smart as Mu Chengji let Bai Yuling appear so easily? ”
Helian Jin Lin was puzzled: "Taishi, where does this White Feather Order come from?"
"Bai Yu Ling......" Xugu let out a long breath, "It was established by Mu Chengji when he was young and did not enter the court, and at that time he entered the master's sect to practice and became my junior disciple. He once mentioned Bai Yu to me, saying that he wanted to recruit all kinds of people with high martial arts skills hidden in various places to defend Southern Chu. Although there were less than 100 people when he first summoned the White Feather soldiers, all of them were strong and should not be underestimated. The second time was that I did something wrong and betrayed the master, and in order to arrest me, he gathered the White Feather soldiers, and there were two hundred people at that time. After that, I was expelled from the division and entered the Northern Liang, and Mu Chengji also entered the court and continued to be his king of Ning. Southern Chu is becoming more and more prosperous, presumably there are already a thousand Baiyu soldiers......"
Helian Jin Lin said: "The white feather soldiers have no leader, and they have become a plate of loose sand, won't they all return to peace?"
Xugu shook his head and smiled helplessly, "Even after a hundred years of His Highness, Bai Yu will not disperse." ”
Ying Qi twisted the jade wrench on his finger, and the candlelight dimly made it impossible to see the look in his eyes, but even if he was just standing, he was not allowed to get close.
Helian Jinlin said, "Why is this?"
"Every white feather soldier has signed a death contract, except for the person who holds the white feather order and gives an order, otherwise, even if the last person dies in battle, he is still a white feather soldier."
Helian Jinlin asked eagerly, "Does the Grand Master know what the White Feather Order looks like?" In whose hands?"
Xugu suddenly let out a chuckle, "Your Highness has the idea of winning the White Feather Order?"
Helian Jin Lin was silent, for fear that Xugu would know his desires. He forcibly covered it up, "Since the White Feather Order is so powerful, why don't you take it and use it for my Northern Liang?"
Xu Gu smiled and shook his head, "That white feather order is different from ordinary tokens, but a short jade Xiao, as for whose hands it is, Ying Qi knows, you can just ask him." I've talked too much today, and I'm a little tired, so take your leave! ”
Xugu slowly got up, stepped down the high platform with great familiarity, and pushed open a door from a dimly hidden corner. As soon as the door opened, the light appeared, and the dim room became bright, and the eyes were stung in an instant. Turning his head inadvertently, Helian Jinlin saw the words on the tablet clearly, and it was written "Mu Chengji's Spiritual Position"!
The two of them exited the house the same way they came, and the courtyard was still being cleaned diligently by the same servant, and the rising sun was still high, and there was nothing abnormal.
Helian Jinlin couldn't wait to know the whereabouts of the White Feather Order.
Ying Qi said: "Mu Chengji, the king of Southern Chuning, has only one daughter under his knees, and after the fall of Southern Chu, I don't know whether he is dead or alive."
Just one sentence, Ying Qi didn't say more, since Helian Jinlin wanted Bai Yu Ling, let him find it,
In just a few days, rumors spread in Suiyang City, with hundreds of opinions from the people, uncles and aunts chatting in the streets and alleys, and elegant scholars in the teahouse...... are all talking to each other about "the momentum of the king of Southern Chuning, making a comeback". Secondly, the only daughter under King Ning's knees is not dead, and he is bound to avenge his father and revive Nanchu!
Rumors swept through Suiyang like a storm. Finally, at a court meeting, the courtiers reported it to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, it is rumored that Mu Xin, the daughter of Mu Chengji, will bring her father's remaining power and will definitely ...... The north beam will be overturned......"
Helian Minghuai was furious, "Presumptuous! ”
In the past, Beiliang was just a small country, and every year it would send a large number of strange treasures of great value to Southern Chu as gifts. Southern Chu is prosperous, the army is growing day by day, thanks to the dominance of the king of Southern Chu Ning, if it provokes a war, Northern Liang will definitely lose!
In the battle of Southern Chu, in the eyes of outsiders, the Northern Liang had a good strategy and a good command, and it was like a bamboo all the way to the capital of Southern Chu...... But Helian Minghuai knew in his heart that it was not glorious for Beiliang to win.
Helian Minghuai was so angry that he immediately retreated from the court, and gave an order, "If anyone dares to talk nonsense in the palace, I will twist his tongue!" "If you can't stop the people outside the palace, can't you still control the people in the palace to talk casually?
Don't be upset when you hear it!
Helian Minghuai returned to the palace and immediately announced that Qin Wei had not entered the palace.
Qin Wei, as the general guarding the city, naturally knows the most about all corners of Suiyang City, and it is most appropriate for him to find out the people who are spreading rumors behind the scenes.
Helian Minghuai raised his eyebrows and glared, Mu Chengji's only daughter has long been gone, and she doesn't know life and death!
"Qin Wei, you must find out for me! Who dares to spread rumors right under my nose?"
Qin Wei responded: "The minister obeys the order!"
The next day, the light of the dawn shone through the thin screen window and into Ning Bai's house, and the room was brightly illuminated, but Ning Bai did not make any move to get up.
It turned out that the curtains around Ning Bai's bed had been lowered, and in the past, as long as there was dawn in the room, Ning Bai felt it, so he would get up. Today, the curtain was pulled down, and Ning Bai slept even deeper.
Ji Ruo was lying on the inside of Ning Bai's bed with his head propped up, and for half an hour, he quietly looked at Ning Bai's sleeping appearance, tracing Ning Bai's eyebrows, eyes, nose and lips, which were really similar to when he was a child.
In order not to be easily discovered that she is a daughter, Ning Bai is dressed tightly even when she sleeps, and her hair is still tied up and never put down.
After a long time, Ning Bai finally moved, Xu is body sensed quickly, but his eyes were unwilling to open, allowing his body to roll, and his limbs were placed indiscriminately. Finally, she suddenly rolled on her side and hugged the same sturdy "big guy", and the "big guy" seemed to have hands, and he was holding himself in turn, which was really strange.
Ning Bai closed her eyes and touched blindly, the more she touched it, the more wrong it became, this felt like silk, but Ning Bai didn't think much about it, her quilt was silk. When I touched it again, I found a strand of hair! Her hair is tied, where did the hair come from!
Ning Bai woke up suddenly, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he realized that he was in an embrace. She quickly pushed away the person who was holding her, and only after pushing away did she see the person's appearance.
Ning Bai clutched the quilt tightly and was shocked, "Jiruo, how did you get in?" ”
She had clearly closed the window, and the latch on the door had been carefully inspected, how did she get in!
"I missed you, so I came. Half an hour, I'm as light as a swallow into your couch, what's the matter? Imceptible! Then he looked at Ning Bai with a look of regret, "But...... You woke up so fast, I have warm nephrite in my arms, and I haven't held enough yet! ”
Ning Bai blushed instantly, and lowered his eyes to see that Ji Ruo was only wearing a red silk undergarment, and she was also only wearing a undershirt!
"How do you ...... How dare you wear only one undershirt?" Ning Bai gritted his teeth.
Ji Ruo smiled lightly: "It's also a rest, why can't I just wear underwear?"
Before the words fell, Ji Ruo sat up, his hair was shawl, hanging down in front of him, his clothes were loose, revealing most of his white chest, he leaned closer to Ning Bai, stretched out his hand as an invitation, the corners of his mouth were shallow smiles, and his eyes were hooking, like a fox demon that was captivating people's souls.
"It's too late at this time, and it's useless to go to the Imperial Doctor's Office, so it's better for us to continue to rest......"
Ning Bai was so frightened that he fell backwards, fell out of bed unexpectedly, and fell out of the curtain. If she lifted the curtain, before her head went out, she was pounced by Ning Bai with a quilt, covered her head, and pushed back into the bed.
Such a fall shook Ning Bai awake. Pushing Ji Ruo into the bed, as soon as he let go, he slipped into the screen and quickly got dressed, and when Ji Ruo opened the curtain again, Ning Bai was sitting on the chair and putting on his boots seriously.
Ji Ruo slowly stayed and squatted down in front of Ning Bai. He looked up at Ning Bai, with endless expectations in his eyes, "Imperial Doctor Ning, you can't abandon me." ”
Ning Baiyi was soft-hearted, don't look too much, didn't want to look at him, Gu Zi got up, "Ji Ruo, you are a commonplace person, you and I have no communication. ”
If you pretend to be angry, "Nonsense, how can there be no communication?" You and I, for a long time, have had a relationship with money. ”
Ning Bai ignored him, just because he really had never seen him. She stepped forward and pulled the latch from the door, and said, "Maybe you mistook someone...... It's time for you to go back, and I hope you don't talk about today, and you don't want to see it a second time. ”
Ning Bai opened the door, hung her head and hesitated, and in the end, she left.
If he stayed alone, he didn't know when there were three more copper coins in his hand. "Over the years, you are the only one who will buy me with money...... There was that cleverness between his eyebrows and eyes, which he would never forget, how could he admit his mistake? ”