Chapter 9: The Mirror of the Water and the Moon
Hearing the flute in the courtyard, she played her jade flute again.
The flute sound is melodious and tactful, the night breeze wraps the fragrance, and the stars in the sky, intoxicated, and dancing.
A long figure came in the night, slowly infecting her plain clothes.
When I turned around, I saw the man who was as warm as jade, looking at him with a smile.
"Lord Wang......" With an exclamation from Wen Di, she fell into the arms full of flowers.
"Didn't I tell you everything, at night, call me 'Jincheng'." He pressed his lips over and said no more.
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On the second day, Wen Di was woken up by the daylight and touched the already cold place on his sideβand sure enough, he was gone.
However, she was very surprised, why did Yu Chi Jincheng still wear that piece of jade during the day, but not at night? Could it be that the piece of jade is not the Ding Yuebi she is looking for?
Baoyue came in with a smile and said that the prince had passed down a message early in the morning and asked her to have breakfast with him today. Wen Di hurriedly asked Baoyue to wait, and took the maid and Xiao Qi to see Yu Chi Jincheng.
When passing by the gate of Duyan Garden opposite, he saw that the gate of the courtyard was closed, and he did not see the sound of anyone talking.
Although the sun is dazzling this morning, the temperature is barely felt. Wen Di and the three of them walked on the stone-paved path in the palace, and their figures were stretched for a long time.
Because of the light, Wen Di lowered his head slightly, looking at the shadow on the ground, and somehow, there was a trace of trance.
"Wait." Hearing the flute, she suddenly made a sound and called Baoyue, who was leading the way, and Xiao Qi also came to her vigilantly.
"Miss, what's wrong?"
Wen Di pointed to the shadow on the ground and said, "Xiao Qi, Baoyue, look at your feet, what's wrong?" β
Baoyue looked down, Niangniang's clothes were neat, and her shoes were just right, what's wrong?
Xiao Qi looked at it carefully, then suddenly drew his sword, protected Wen Di behind him, and looked around vigilantly with a pair of eyes.
"Little Seventh Brother, what's wrong with you?" Baoyue is puzzled, good and dignified, as if facing a great enemy, what kind of sword to draw?
Xiao Qi didn't say a word, but sweat flowed down his forehead. This person can arrange such a real illusion, it can be seen that his skills are by no means under Shu Jiuchen, in case it is unfavorable to Miss, he really can't guarantee that he will definitely protect Miss.
Wen Di pointed to the shadow on the ground and said to Baoyue: "Baoyue, look at the shadow on the ground. We walked in the palace, and the path was not straight, so why did the shadows on the ground keep pointing in one direction? Moreover, it is almost raining now, and there is no temperature on this day, do you think, is this normal? β
When Baoyue heard this, she was startled, and looked around with a pair of eyes: "Concubine Niangniang, don't scare me, what is wrong with us, us?" β
"Water has no phase and three states, and the moon is round and shapeless. Xiao Qi, be careful. Wen Di no longer paid attention to Baoyue, but pointed to Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi nodded, but he didn't know the bottom in his heart.
The young lady had already told him that they had now entered a fantasy set up by someone - the mirror image of the water and the moon. If they can't find the caster, they'll be stuck here forever.
The time had passed, and all the ministers had withdrawn from the court and walked down the court one after another.
Wei Chi Jincheng walked out slowly, but was stopped.
"Seventeenth brother, I've been proud of the spring breeze lately." The person who spoke, tall, with heavy eyes and eyes, was born domineering, and walked like an iron tower, it was Chi Fengxuan, the third prince.
Yu Chi Jincheng stopped, turned his head to look at the person who spoke, raised his eyebrows and replied: "Third brother." β
"I heard that the seventeenth brother has a new room of beauty, but I don't know this beauty...... How? Yu Chi Fengxuan's voice was rough, but it was not arrogant, but domineering. The obscene tone, coupled with his appearance, made Yu Chi Jincheng can't help but want to punch him hard.
However, he didn't do that, just looked at him: "Why, the third brother also wants the Na'vi?" β
"Hahahaha, the third brother doesn't have the physical strength of Lao Seventeen, and the beauties in this house can't stand in a room. The third brother still guards his own one-third of an acre. Yu Chi Fengxuan squinted at him, "However, there has been a new drama in Qiufeng Mansion recently, do you want to go with the third brother to listen to it?" β
Wei Chi Jincheng chuckled and said, "Third brother, is this making fun of me?" My own beauties are really blessed, what are you going to go to Qiufeng Building? The ancient boss of the Autumn Wind Building, although he is also a 'beauty', is not something that our brothers can bear. β
"You!" Wei Chi Fengxuan slapped him on the shoulder with his fist and said, "If it weren't for the beauty in your house, but you still have no heirs, where would it be my turn to worry about the third brother?" Now that the matter of the establishment of the prince has not yet been named, I am afraid that the father's mind is not on you and my brother, if anyone's son can please his old man, maybe ......"
"The third brother is saying this, he is urging me to hurry up and scatter the leaves." Yu Chi Jincheng scoffed.
"Hey! As a prince, this is my duty! Look at the third brother and me, those sons, which one is not smart and clever? Old seventeen, my father's birthday is not far away, the words of the third brother, don't forget, hahahahaha! After Yu Chi Fengxuan finished speaking, he looked at him deeply again, shook his body and left.
"Humph! When is it a woman? Mother is expensive with her son, one step to the sky? Yu Chi Jincheng looked at Yu Chi Fengxuan's back with a gloomy face, "Which of the women you shoehorned in is a good thing!" I don't know! β
In the Seventeenth Palace, Wen Di and the others were still in that fantasy realm.
"Mother, we seem to ...... It's been a long time. "Baoyue was the most timid, and when she saw that the shadows on the earth and the sun in the sky had not changed, she became afraid.
She'd never been in a labyrinth or anything like that, and she didn't know what to do now.
Wen Di looked around vigilantly, she didn't know martial arts, but she had heard people talk about illusions. Illusion is one of the secret techniques of the rivers and lakes, and the person who is tricked will unknowingly enter the illusion arranged by the caster, and then lose himself. If you want to crack it, you either have to see through it yourself and get out of it, or you can force a way out with more powerful skills.
Judging from the realism of this illusion and the ability to let them step into it unconsciously, Xiao Qi is definitely not an opponent! It seems that it is up to them to find an exit from the inside and get out.
"Xiao Qi, let's take a look around." Wen Di spoke.
Xiao Qi's heart froze, he understood what Miss meant: the skill of the person who arranged the formation was definitely not something he could contend with. The only opportunity to go out is to find flaws together.
Every kind of illusion will have flaws, such as this kind of mirror image of the water and the moon, which is to simulate the real scene, mirror an illusory world, make people mistakenly think it is real, and then walk into it. At the same time, there will be an exit, as long as you find the intersection of reality and illusion, you can remove the false and keep the true.
However, the other party will definitely not expose this point easily, and will definitely set up some traps in the illusion, if you just want to hold them back, that's fine. If not, I'm afraid it's thrilling step by step.
Wen Di walked here carefully with Baoyue and Xiao Qi, she had already secretly carried the "Qiankun Wonderful Method", and her five senses were more sensitive than others, intending to find an exit.
"Whoosh!" Three sounds of breaking the sky were heard, and three feathered arrows on their sides shot towards them.
"Bell, bell!" Xiao Qi swung his sword and cut off all the feather arrows, and at the same time, his wrist flew up, and the sword danced with a white light, protecting Wen Di and blocking the rain of arrows that continued to shoot out one by one.
His sword "Tian Yuan" is a peerless sword. It was given to him by Wen Di's father, Wen Wuji, before his death, and it was the sharpest.
After the rain of arrows, everyone looked down, and there was a layer of broken arrows in front of them, although Xiao Qi was unscathed, he also saw sweat on his forehead.
Hearing the flute, he suddenly woke up, this illusion seems to be arranged according to Qimen Dunjia, just now if I am not mistaken, they are going to the east, and the east belongs to the earthquake palace, the five elements belong to the wood, now it is before and after the valley rain, when the Jiamu Emperor is prosperous, Wang is easy to break; The hexagram is active, and it is easy to be injured if it moves.
The arrows happened to come from the bushes, which were wood, and it seemed that they had come to the wounded gate of the earthquake palace.
"Xiao Qi, no!" Wen Di stopped them from continuing to walk around and began to think at the same time.
If this illusion really implies the technique of Qimen Dunjia, then she can try to crack it. The premise is that the person who set up the formation has not changed much, and if the position of the eight gates is changed along with the formation, she is really not sure that she will take them out safely.
Xiao Qi also understood what Miss meant at this time. This illusion is already unpredictable, Miss has learned all kinds of game-breaking techniques and Qimen Dunjia since she was a child, but she has not practiced any martial arts, is it just for this day?
Baoyue was already panicked, and followed behind Wen Di and Xiao Qi timidly, and glanced around in fear from time to time.
Wen Di stood in place and thought, if this direction is the wounded gate, then the Shengmen should be the Gen Palace in the northeast. Now that the vernal equinox has passed, the birth gate should be near the wound gate!
She thought about it, then turned slightly downwards and moved northeast.
It was a dense bamboo forest, and the green bamboo shaded the rocks behind it, and the breeze caressed it, making a rustling sound.
Wen Di stared at the bamboo forest.
If she's not mistaken, this must be where the birth gate is. She noticed that the direction of the bamboo swaying here was a little messy, could it be that this was the junction between the unreal and the real?
She was about to lean over to take a closer look, when a white light flashed in front of her, and a long sword flew out of the bamboo forest, grazing her scalp and flying out, cutting off a few green strands on her head.
"Miss!" Xiao Qi hurriedly flew over and pushed her aside, while raising his sword to meet her.
Jingling, the sound of metal clashing continued, and in the bamboo forest, several long swords flew out one after another.
Xiao Qi's eyes were staring at the bamboo forest, not daring to slack off, and the "Tian Yuan" in his hand kept erasing the sparks with the long sword that flew out. With the increase in the number of long swords, Xiao Qi's physical strength gradually ran out, and with a sudden, a cut was made on his left arm, although it was not deep, but it was also broken.
"Little Seven!" Wen Di was very nervous, just now it was obviously the position of Shengmen, why did it suddenly change? Moreover, looking at the deadly move of this long sword, it has clearly become the door of death here!
Before you know it, the location of the eight gates in this illusion has changed!
It seems that the people who laid them out are trying to trap them here!