89, Mountains and Forests
Speaking of the Jade Immortal Palace, Xin Yi took out a very scribbled topographic map, and she pointed to a few paths above,
"Fifth brother, this is the Qingqiu Master Gate where I stayed with my master at the beginning, the terrain layout and the view of Chaotian are exactly the same after my observation."
"If nothing else, these two paths to the Jade Immortal Hall will not be discovered, I originally wanted to go up the mountain with you today to investigate, but I heard that there are guards on the mountain, so let's wait for me to find out the situation of the guards before going."
Xiao Yuanyou looked at the topographic map, which should have been drawn not long ago, and rubbed her head twice,
"No, if you really want to go to the Jade Immortal Palace, you don't need to make an unannounced visit."
As a royal Taoist temple, if His Majesty wants to do something, a will can be issued, and the national teacher must agree if he does not agree.
Of course, this may only be able to see things on the surface, but taking this opportunity to find out the shape, garrison, etc., is much cheaper than Xin Yi going to ask people, or going on an adventure in person.
"Oh, I just combed it before dinner." Xin Yi is very distressed, the fifth brother likes to rub her head the most, and every time he kneades it very far, her hair is fine and soft, it is not easy to take care of it neatly, and it is like just getting up when she is rubbed.
But on the contrary, she still seems to like the fifth brother rubbing her head, and she feels very comfortable.
The two talked about the death of Mama Qing for a while, Yan Wuming hadn't found out the clue yet, there were too many people coming and going to the sky, and the poison of hook and vine kiss was used on Xin Yi's body last time.
Now that it has appeared on Mama Qing again, this makes Xiao Yuanyou and Yan Wuming speculate that maybe the people behind the scenes are dealing with Xin Yi's vein.
The poisons of hook vine kiss and arsenic crane top red are different, they are rarely seen in the world, and now they appear again and again, and they are still people and things related to Xinyi.
It's hard not to think in that direction.
Since it is the Xinyi lineage, it was originally that Mama Qing was immortal, and she could ask about some hidden secrets that were unknown, but she ......
Perhaps this is also what the murderer wants to cover up.
Because he helped Xin Yi to bring Mama Qing to her side in front of His Majesty, the murderer was afraid that Mama Qing would tell Xin Yi more things, so he covered it up.
Xiao Yuanyou doesn't think that things are really so simple, it's too simple and crude, and it's easy for people to focus on someone.
He coughed lightly, and saw that Xin Yi was staring at him, a little uncomfortable, "Weiwei, is your memory very good?" Last time I was in Dongyueguan, you also quickly drew the topographic map, and you didn't draw the topographic map of Qingqiu Shimen for a long time, right? ”
Xiao Yuanyou really appreciates this, because of the habit he has always cultivated, even if he observes the surrounding things in detail, it is still not as good as Weiwei.
Xin Yi rolled up the topographic map and said seriously, "I've been very clever since I was a child, and I can especially remember things, especially in books." Of course, I also look at people, such as the fifth brother, the first time I saw the fifth brother, I knew that you were the person I was looking for. ”
What she meant was just to show off her own a little bit closer, and the first time she saw Xiao Yuanyou, she knew that he was an upright and upright person.
She was anxious to go back to Qingqiu, Xiao Yuanyou was the best thigh, and holding it tightly could help her.
However, when this situation is said at this time, the speaker has no intention, but the listener feels that he is dissecting the meaning of the truth.
Therefore, unintentional flirting is the most deadly.
Xiao Yuanyou's heart was beating for a while, and he couldn't help coughing lightly again, and said softly.
He raised the corners of his lips and looked at a serious Xin Yi, the soft and glutinous little girl didn't know when she would grow into a little girl, after the death of Mama Qing, the last bit of childishness on her body faded, her face was clear, and her little mouth opened and closed to say something.
He didn't hear her say anything at all, he only saw that the shape of the lips was exceptionally good, and the corners of the mouth were naturally slightly upturned, and when he didn't speak, he seemed to be smiling.
He couldn't help but move his fingers, and the touch was also extremely soft, like glutinous rice cakes.
"Fifth brother...... Xin Yi called softly, frowning, the fifth brother hadn't expressed his opinion on what she said.
With a stunned look, Xin Yi found that he was wandering and asked, "Does the fifth brother have something on his mind?" ”
Xiao Yuanyou came back to his senses, moved his body, and flatly denied it, "No, think about the matter of the Jade Immortal Palace." ”
Just now, he really wanted to ask His Majesty for his will, and it was not a lie, Xiao Yuanyou was a little weak-hearted.
Xin Yi didn't believe it, she clasped her hands around her chest and pouted, "Fifth brother, you did something bad, you didn't lie to people before, when you think about things, your eyes are always clear, and your brows will be wrinkled." “
"You didn't frown just now, your eyes were sloppy......"
Xiao Yuanyou, his stupid girl, when she is really deceiving, she will never be easily seen through.
Everyone says that Xiao Yuanyou is a blue sky, he is very good at solving cases, he speaks sharply, he doesn't beat around the bush, he doesn't say some hypocritical and perfunctory scenes, and he always does things like sinners.
In fact, really, he has so many positions, if this is really the case, can he persevere? has long been eaten alive by those who are not used to him.
For example, when solving a case, he often cheats, and he has never been recognized, he usually doesn't tell lies, but he doesn't think it's necessary.
The girl in front of her crossed her hands to her chest, with an expression of 'I can see through you' and 'That's it's so', the corners of Xiao Yuanyou's mouth were raised high, and he praised sincerely,
"We're really discerning."
Xin Yi didn't want to accept this compliment, she really felt that the fifth brother had something on her mind.
Xiao Yuanyou diverted her attention, "You have been down the mountain for so long, are you still keeping the precepts?" Do you want someone to send something to make up? ”
This supplement is also meat and the like.
Xiao Yuanyou asked, because he saw that Xin Yi's meals were made by himself in the small kitchen, so he thought that she would probably live in Chaotianguan for a while and help her stock up on something.
Xin Yi was naturally led astray by Xiao Yuanyou, and asked in surprise, "Fifth brother, how do you know that I keep the precepts?" ”
Xiao Yuanyou, "You said it yourself." ”
"Impossible!" Xin Yi was categorical, she didn't even say it to her grandmother.
Xiao Yuanyou smiled and rubbed her head again, "I ate with you today, how can I not know?" ”
Xin Yi blinked slyly, "Is that because you have to abide by some rules in Chaotianguan?" ”
"Then you can't be looking at the sky the past few times." Xiao Yuanyou ruthlessly pierced her excuses.
Xin Yi, "...... Well, you know that I quit meat, but you don't know that I only eat clean meat. ”
It is true that she does not usually eat meat, but she does eat meat, but she never mentions that she only eats clean meat.
The so-called pure meat means 'not killing for me' or 'not killing for me', that is, not killing living beings, and not letting living beings die because of me.
For example, if she wants to eat meat, if the pig is killed because she wants to eat meat, it is not pure meat.
The rules of each school of Taoism are different, some completely abstain from seven emotions and six desires, meat, and men and women cannot be touched at all, and some are not, and some even have a deep study of the matter of weekends.
Xiao Yuanyou propped his elbows on the small table, leaned forward, approached Xin Yi, hooked his lips and smiled,
"You said before that your master often travels around, and you and Mama Qing are guarding on the mountain, and there are many pheasants and hares on the mountain, and you can't get these with Mama Qing's skills.
But from the first time I ate with you, you were very hungry for meat, but you were very restrained, which means that you do not kill on the mountain. “
"But you also said that many people come to see your master, and they will bring a lot of things, so it is the meat they bring."
"You still say ......"
Before Xin Yi met, Shengshi's beautiful face got closer and closer, and he was a little stunned, completely ignoring whether what he said was right or not, only feeling that within a few moments, those good-looking eyes were like goblins that would attract people's spirits.
I'm going to suck her up.
She couldn't help but leaned closer, her lips fell between his eyebrows, and she sent it herself without waiting for the goblin to suck it.
Xiao Yuanyou couldn't help but tremble his eyelashes, and his whole body froze.
For a moment, neither of them moved, everything seemed to stop, the two looked at each other, how turbulent and churning beneath the stagnant surface, let them get closer, closer.
"Fifth brother......" Xin Yi couldn't help but tremble and screamed like a cat, her palm was pressed against her chest, and she said tremblingly,
"I feel like there's a rabbit in my heart, jumping around."
Xiao Yuanyou said softly, "Huh? With a sound, the voice was low and hoarse, as if it came out of the nasal cavity, very similar to when he first woke up, but not like it, just like the seductive eyes, and there was a seductive goblin in the voice.
Xin Yi didn't think about anything, followed her instinct, leaned forward, buried her head in his neck socket, rubbed his neck hard, her soft lips just touched his strong pulse, and she couldn't help but stick it hard.
"Fifth brother, do you have a rabbit in your heart?"
Xiao Yuanyou chuckled lowly, "Yes, I also have a rabbit." ”
When he spoke, and when he chuckled, Xin Yi, who was attached to his neck, felt tremors, and made Xin Yi's heart tingle, as if he had a terrible illness in his eyes.
The rabbit in her heart was beating even more wildly, almost jumping out of her chest.
Xiao Yuanyou straightened up and sat up straight, he was a young man with strong blood, in the dead of night, in case he got out of control......
Xin Yi was stunned by his sudden departure, and she looked at the young man opposite with moist eyes......
Xiao Yuanyou almost couldn't control the demon in his heart, all at once, just a little, a little indulgence.
In the end, after years of guarding himself and defeating the demon in his heart, he bent his fingers and flicked Xin Yi's brain,
"It's late, you rest, I'll go down the mountain and go back, and someone will bring something up tomorrow."
Xin Yi covered his forehead, his eyes floated around, and he nodded, "Master said, people live because of desire, although our vein also has the desire to live forever, but we don't abstain from desire, we don't follow our desires, it's all up to our own hearts. ”
People are alive because they have desires, and if they want to live freely, they can't quit their desires, but excessive desires are easy to produce evil consequences, so being able to enjoy desires without being dominated by desires is also a kind of Tao.
Xiao Yuanyou watched Xin Yi fall asleep, and then left, and when he left, he was in a very good mood.
Before he was sure of his thoughts, he took the first step and encircled Xin Yi by his side, and after he understood his intentions, he was forced to propose marriage by His Majesty.
In the past, because he was still young and didn't know the world, when he was like a normal man, he felt extremely dirty when he had that kind of thought about women, but just now, that mood had some changes.
When the desire arises, he feels not self-blame, nor embarrassment, but irrepressible excitement, excitement and sweetness.
He knew that it was because she had a response, and unlike when she rushed over and stole kisses on her face at the door of Xin's house that day, she responded to his feelings.
Xiao Yi followed behind Xiao Yuanyou, thinking of the relaxed and unrestrained smile on the adult just now, many years later, he still remembered this day.
originally thought that life in Chaotianguan would be very boring, but before Xin Yi could experience this boring, the lord of Baoping came.
She has a great posture of living in the sky and not leaving.
Now it is spring, everything is growing, Xin Yi changed into green clothes, held his hair in a bun with a wooden hairpin, put a small basket on his back, and went to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables, and naturally followed Baoping behind him.
In fact, since Xin Yi saw Bao Ping yesterday, she didn't quite understand why Princess Fu would agree to her to come to Chaotianguan, although it was a royal Taoist temple, but it was also in the mountains and countryside.
Baoping's marriage hasn't been decided yet, don't you have to look around?
“…… I told my mother that there are many noble wives in Chaotianguan who come to ask for hexagrams...... "Baoping jumped up and down, looking at Xin Yi slyly.
Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, please forgive Xin Yi for not understanding this truth.
So......
"So, what if any of the noble ladies takes a fancy to me? Hehehehehehe......" Baoping smiled treacherously,
"I also asked my father and sister to help me speak, and my mother weighed the pros and cons and decided to let me come......"
All right.
She moved.
Speaking of which, the lord of Baoping, as the royal lord of the county, should not have worried about marriage, such a good family background is simply a family with a hundred families, but the two people who were married when they were young died young, and they lost the reputation of a Kefu in vain, plus there are many nobles in the capital, and there are too few good gentlemen......
There are more wolves and less porridge, and there are leftovers, and they have not yet settled down at this time.
Speaking of which, it's only sixteen, but in the end, it's a noble girl, and sixteen doesn't have a lot of eyes if she doesn't get married.
Princess Fu is very anxious, but it's useless to be anxious about this matter, she can only look at each other one by one, she can't marry a bad man.
Anyway, the palace can afford to raise it, so it's too late.
Xin Yi wiped his face, and Baoping looked at it with a big grin, without any heart. But it's very accurate for her mother's lifeline.
The two little girls walked slowly in the mountains.
Baoping beat the grass with a stick, and Xin Yi focused on finding wild vegetables.
The two searched for a while, but they didn't find the wild vegetables, but they found one.
"Why are you here......" Baoping looked at the girl in green clothes in front of him with some anger.
Kang Ping was alone, and the maid didn't bring one, standing in front of the two, facing Baoping's questioning, he didn't get angry, just said calmly,
"Today, my mother went up the mountain to ask for hexagrams, and I heard that the seventh girl was here, and I wanted to come to you, but the matter over there was no more, and I was impatient to listen to that, so I came out by myself and walked around, but I didn't expect to meet you......"
It means that I came here by accident, and I didn't look for it on purpose, and it was a coincidence that everyone could meet.
"We really have fate...... Xin Yi picked up a stick that he didn't know what it was and threw it into the back basket, his tone was flat.
Kang Ping looked at her, the corners of his mouth moved, Xin Yi thought she would say sarcastic words, but he didn't expect this grumpy county lord to say nothing.
Baoping's prejudice against Kangping is still very deep, so he naturally doesn't want to stay with her, pulls Xin Yi to the other side, and says to Kangping before leaving,
"Let's go this way, you can go wherever you like, goodbye, no, don't see ......"
Kang Ping pursed his lips and watched the two of them walk towards the other road, their faces full of loneliness, and then walked towards the opposite side.
After Baoping pulled Xin Yi to the other side, Xin Yi still felt a little strange about Kangping's low-eyed appearance now.
I didn't expect the British princess to make a move, and it was amazing as soon as she made a move.
How arrogant Kangping was in the past, and how much silence there is now, who would have thought that this was the high-flying and domineering Kangping county lord in the past?
Baoping didn't look down on Kangping, so he didn't pay attention to her changes, and went around teasing cats and dogs with wooden crutches.
This side is some distance from the Jade Immortal Palace, Xin Yi put his hand on his forehead in front of the pergola, and he can see that there are figures moving below, but the specific number of people is a little unclear.
Although the fifth brother said that he could let His Majesty make a decree and go directly to the Jade Immortal Hall to check, but the real situation will inevitably be covered up by the national teacher at that time.
Baoping said that she wanted to come out to breathe, and she agreed so readily because she wanted to come over and see the situation of the Jade Immortal Hall from afar.
Not to mention seeing clearly, it's good to have a general understanding, and by the way, find the most suitable path for the next unannounced visit.
"Come here, there are a lot of mushrooms here, the color is very beautiful, let's pick some and go back to make soup."
Baoping shouted behind her.
Xin Yi wanted to laugh a little, the brighter the mushroom, the more poisonous it became, and he still wanted to make mushroom soup?
She was about to turn around and tease Baoping for a few words, when suddenly a cold arrow shot in the air, grazed Xin Yi's cheek, and landed on the trunk of the tree behind her.
True incense, who had been guarding not far from Xinyi, suddenly shouted, "There are assassins!" ”
Although Xiao Yuanyou was not by his side this time, there was Zhenxiang, and Baoping also brought someone with him, so Xin Yi was not too worried.
With Maka's shouting, more than a dozen masked people jumped out from all directions.
At first, Xin Yi was really not worried, she held Baoping's hand and stood behind Zhenxiang, with the female guards brought by Baoping in front of her.
Who knows, these dozen masked people unexpectedly pricked their hands, and in a few clicks, they put down three of the female guards brought by Baoping.
These female guards have followed the British princess to the battlefield, not soft, good-looking, and really have killing moves.
At the beginning, Princess Fu said many good things, so she asked for a team from Princess Ying and distributed them to the two Baoping sisters.
But in a blink of an eye, three were put down, and there were only six female guards in total, plus Zhenxiang.
Zhenxiang has been protecting the two of them, and she began to want the female guards to pester the men in black and run away with the two of them, but those men in black were unhurried, and separated a few people to surround the three of them.
These assassins are not weak in martial arts, but they don't seem to be extremely vicious, at least when facing the three of Xin Yi's side, they didn't make a killing move.
It was as if he killed those female guards just to besiege Xinyi.
As long as she doesn't run away, those assassins won't be killers, slowly, slowly.
After Maka threw a bamboo whistle into the air, the masked assassin sped up his hand, and the leader of the group coldly ordered, "Fight quickly." ”
Zhenxiang never made a move, but just confronted those people, and since the other party didn't make a move to kill someone, she dragged it and waited for rescue.
But the bamboo whistle alarmed the other party, and the other party's speed increased, wanting to snatch Xin Yi and Baoping behind her, which forced Zhenxiang to take action.
Chopping and slashing and moving, Zhenxiang's kung fu is not just talking, and in the blink of an eye, the assassins who are besieging them here have fallen two.
"In the blue sky and white day, you dare to go to the royal Taoist temple to rob?" Baoping reprimanded.
No one answered, only the sound of swords clashing.
The remaining female guards over there gradually ran out of strength, and gradually couldn't support it, and after the bamboo whistle on Maka's side was thrown out, she didn't see the helper come up.
Her heart sank, and it seemed that the Assassins had set up an ambush elsewhere.
"Girl, I'm pestering these people, you guys hurry up and run down the mountain......"
This place is not far from the Taoist temple, as long as you go down, no matter whether these people have an internal response in the Taoist temple or not, there will be no danger.
After all, in addition to the people inside the Taoist temple, there are also pilgrims who offer incense and ask for hexagrams, no matter how bad it is, there is also the British princess below.
Thinking of Princess Ying, Zhenxiang became more and more confident, and she kept telling Xin Yi where to run, so that they should not look back or anything like that, just bury their heads and run for their lives.
"What about you?" Xin Yi asked, judging from the slow attitude of those assassins just now, these people are not fatal, maybe they are coming for her, maybe they are coming for Baoping.
But King Fu is different from King Ying, but he is just a righteous order, and he has always been fair, and it is impossible to make any fatal beams.
In any case, the Assassins had something to ask for them, and if they had what they wanted, they were not afraid.
Zhenxiang said with relief, "Don't be afraid, girl, as long as you are safe, I will be safe, and I will only know more about the way to escape than you." ”
"Maybe after a while, reinforcements will come."
Before Xin Yi could answer her, she saw Baoping beside her scream, and an assassin on the side stretched out his hand to Baoping, trying to grab her.
Maka slashed down and got into a fight with the assassin, and the assassins on the side also went to besiege Maka.
Xin Yi took advantage of this kung fu and pulled Baoping to run out of the mountains and forests, running wildly.
She grew up in the mountains and forests since she was a child, climbing the wall and trees, which is very smooth, but Baoping is not, and she is wearing a long skirt, and she is either hanging by the branches or tripping over the skirt when she doesn't run.
Xin Yi looked at the back, no one chased after him, gritted his teeth, tore some of Baoping's skirt, picked it up and tied it up, and continued to pull Baoping to run.
As soon as he ran to the intersection, he bumped into Kang Ping, who was running towards him, and the two sides collided in one place.
"What's the matter, I seem to hear the sound of a sword." Kang Ping asked them.
Xin Yi didn't have time to explain at all, so he pulled her with one hand and ran along, "Run." ”
The three little girls ran lifelessly through the mountains and forests, and walked down the mountain, and there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind them, getting closer and closer.
Not only in the back, but also in front of the footsteps, there was no road left and right, and on the other side was a mountain cliff, Xin Yi gritted his teeth and pulled two people, ready to rush into the dense forest on the other side.
It's good to hide, someone can always find something strange under the mountain, Kangping is also here, the British princess always has to go down the mountain, and she will definitely find Kangping when the time comes.
Kang Ping took off Xin Yi's hand and gasped sharply,
"The three of you can't escape, I don't know who is chasing you, you flee to the forest to take refuge, I'll leave you to cover ......"
Xin Yi asked, "What about you?" ”
Kangping wiped the sweat from his face,
"I've been practicing the art of war since I was five years old......"
"How can it be delayed for a while."
After saying that, she pushed Xin Yi and Baoping into the dense forest, bent down to straighten the grass under her feet, turned around and ran forward.