Chapter 32: The Land of Qilu
"Give me a closer look, you can't miss anywhere."
Qin Jun rushed into Liu Ji's house and directly rummaged through the cabinets.
"Master Jun, what are you ......," Liu Ji said tremblingly.
"We're hunting for Imperial criminals, have you seen these people?"
Qin Jun took out the portraits of Zhang Zhao and the others and asked.
Chu Yun and Gao gradually left the side and watched quietly, while Ah Ke hid, she was an assassin, if she wanted to hide, it would be impossible for Qin Jun to find out.
Liu Ji looked at the portrait carefully, then shook his head and said, "I haven't seen it."
"What about you?" Qin Jun looked at Chu Yun and Gao Yuanli and asked.
Chu Yun and Gao gradually left and pretended to be surprised, they shook their heads desperately, and said, "I haven't seen it!"
The vanguard officer of the Qin army carefully inspected the house, and there was only a dilapidated table and a few plates of simple wine and food.
"Report to your lord, we have found a dry well in the back." A soldier came in and said.
The vanguard officer led the Qin army to the dry well, followed by Chu Yun, Liu Ji and Gao Yanli.
Liu Ji's palm trembled slightly, if Qin Jun and the others found out that there were people in the dry well, he would definitely be implicated.
The pioneer officer pushed aside the vines and looked inside, and the well was so dark that he could not see anything.
"Go down and have a look!" The vanguard officer pointed to the two soldiers.
"Your Excellency!" Liu Ji shouted.
"What?" The vanguard officer frowned and said displeasedly.
"This well has been abandoned for a long time, and the ropes are about to break, and if the adults send someone down, they may be injured." Liu Jidao.
"There is no one hiding in the dry well, I can prove it to the adults!"
He picked up a hundred-pound stone and threw it at the dry well, and the stone fell to the ground with an extremely loud sound.
Chu Yun and Gao Yanli's expressions changed slightly, but they didn't move.
The pioneer officer looked into the well again, was sure that there was no one in the well, then turned and left, and said, "Let's go."
Liu Ji breathed a long sigh of relief, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, he was about to collapse, and his feet were weak.
When Qin Jun found the dry well, he was so frightened that he almost turned around and ran away.
Chu Yun and Gao looked nervously at the dry well, and Liu Ji said, "Please rest assured, there is a wide space under the well where you can avoid stones."
The Qin army besieged the city for three days, digging Pei County three feet into the ground, and even Liu Ji's house was searched more than ten times, but they finally did not find Zhang Liang and others, so they could only give up the pursuit.
According to the information obtained by Chu Yun, the Qin army tightly sealed the city near Pei County, searched it from house to house, and even the mansions of the imperial history and the government order, they lifted up several layers of dirt.
"Thanks to the help of Brother Liu Ji, we were able to avoid a catastrophe." Zhang Zhao said with a smile.
They lived in dry wells for three days, and the taste was very uncomfortable, but they evaded the pursuit of the Qin army, and the storm was about to pass.
"Hehe, if I take your benefits, I will naturally help to the end." Liu Ji said with a smile.
"We bothered for a few days, and we were ashamed, so we left." Zhang Zhaodao.
They left Pei County in a hurry, and Liu Ji breathed a sigh of relief.
"Liu Ji, they are wanted criminals in the Empire, why do you want to help them?" Xiao He walked over and said puzzled.
According to his understanding of Liu Ji, the latter will definitely not help the imperial criminals, and will even report to the official in exchange for rewards.
Liu Ji risked his life to save Zhang Liang and others, which surprised him.
"You think I want to save them?" Liu Ji sighed and said: "I can't help myself, so I have to save myself."
"Why?" Xiao He wondered.
Liu Ji said: "They have two famous swords, their fingers are thick calluses, they must be swordsmanship masters, if I dare to speak out, I will die under their swords in an instant, so I have to save them."
"But they didn't put you under house arrest, they still let you come and go freely, and you have time to report to the official." Xiao He said.
Liu Jidao: "I have already helped them once, and I am already in the same party, if I report to the official, it will not harm myself."
Xiao He was silent, Liu Ji was reasonable, as long as he helped once, he could not clear the guilt of complicity.
Liu Ji has great ambitions, he has defected to Zhang Er and has seen a lot, so after he entered the house, he could see at a glance that Gao Yanli and Chu Yun were paired with famous swords.
can make the imperial army seal the city and make the city full of storms, how can they be ordinary people.
Liu Ji understood that the moment Chu Yun and the others stepped into the house, his life was already in their hands.
Chu Yun and the others secretly went out of the city, they bought horses and rushed towards the land of Qilu.
According to Gao's words, he was once pursued by the Yan Kingdom, fled for several months, and was seriously injured.
During his escape, he went to the land of Qilu and was rescued by the Jinghu Medical Sanctuary in the frozen island lake.
Everyone in the world knows that the medical saint Cao Renqiu lives in seclusion in the Mirror Lake, but he doesn't know where the Mirror Lake is, only Gao Yanli knows that the frozen lake can easily reflect their appearance like a mirror.
In summer, the scenery of Mirror Lake is elegant, the lake water is clear, it is also like a mirror reflecting light, the scene is beautiful, and Cao Renqiu named Mirror Lake, and he called himself the Mirror Lake Doctor.
Chu Yun was speechless, originally he thought that Mirror Lake was a very famous place or lake, but it turned out to be just a random name taken by Cao Renqiu.
It's like he went to Changbai Mountain, randomly found a pool called Tianchi, and called himself the Tianchi Sword Saint, but who in the world knows where Tianchi is!
"Shaoxia's life-saving grace, the ovary will be reported in the future, but the ovary has something important to do, and if he wants to go back to South Korea, he can't accompany the young man to Qilu Mirror Lake." Zhang Liangdao.
The surviving royal family in South Korea sent urgent news asking him to return to discuss major matters, but he could not shirk it, so he had no choice but to separate.
"Xinyue, you can go with Shaoxia, so you can take care of it and learn the art of war from Shaoxia." Zhang Zhao said that he decided to go back to South Korea with Zhang Liang.
Zhang Liang and Ji are recovering from a serious illness, and they still have old injuries and need to be taken care of.
He asked Xinyue to follow Chu Yun, in addition to learning the art of war, he also took care of him by the way, which was regarded as a return for some kindness.
"Got it, you're so annoying!" Xinyue pouted.
She couldn't go back to South Korea with Zhang Liang, and she was a little unhappy in her heart.
Chu Yun gradually left the north with Gao, the earth was dressed in warm flowers, shrouded in spring, and in a hurry, they worked hard and arrived at the land of Qilu.
"It's beautiful!"
Gao Yuanli took them to Mirror Lake, only to see that the lake was full of cherry blossoms, and the surface of the lake reflected the shadow of cherry blossoms like a mirror, as beautiful as a fairyland.
"There are still people, the Mirror Lake Doctor Saint really lives in seclusion here?" Xinyue asked curiously.
The beautiful cherry blossoms of Jinghu Lake attract many tourists, and it is hard to imagine that Jinghu Medical Saint would live in such a secluded place.
In her opinion, the Mirror Lake Doctor should live in seclusion in a sparsely populated forest area, which is in line with the strange temper of the world's masters.
"The small is hidden in the wilderness, and the big is hidden in the city, who would have thought that a generation of medical saints would live in seclusion here." Chu Yun said with a smile.
He looked at the tourists who lingered in the mirror lake and watched the beautiful scenery, most of them were Confucian people, with a rotten Confucian atmosphere, and then there were princes and nobles, of course, they all came with stunning beauties.
The princes and nobles do not see the cherry blossoms, they only play with the women, for the pleasure of the beauties, so they travel thousands of miles to enjoy such rare beauty.
"Shaoxia is right, when you think that the medical saint should live in seclusion in the secluded mountains and forests, he lives in seclusion here." Gao faded away.
Chu Yun listened to the conversation of the tourists, and a strange expression appeared on his face, it turned out that this lake was originally called Cherry Blossom Lake, which was famous for being full of cherry blossoms.
The medical saint Cao Renqiu named it Mirror Lake, who would have thought that Mirror Lake was a cherry blossom.
"Such beautiful cherry blossoms, if only we had full of cherry blossoms there."
A crisp voice sounded, it was an extremely beautiful woman, she was wearing Confucian clothes, looking at the cherry blossoms all over the lake, and exclaimed.
"Cherry blossoms are native to the Western Regions Snow Mountain, after the Qin State became rich and strong in Qin Xiaogong, his son Qin Huiwen Wang laughed for the beauty, and he specially ordered people to move cherry blossoms from the Western Regions Snow Mountain."
"The cherry blossoms of Qin have become a beautiful scenery, attracting many scholars, and the national strength is getting stronger and stronger, and all countries have bloomed one after another, but the country with the most cherry blossoms is Yan country."
A handsome young man said that he was gentle and elegant, and when he spoke, he had a personable demeanor, which made people look sideways.
"Dare to ask the name of the childe!" When the Confucian female disciple saw the young man, her pretty face turned crimson, but her eyes never moved, but looked at the young man shyly.
"The people of the Zhao clan!" The boy smiled gently.
"It turned out to be Zhao Gongzi!" The female disciple of Confucius said with a red face.
"I guess he's from Qin!" Gao said suddenly.
"How so?" Chu Yun asked.
"It's very simple, in the Seven Kingdoms, the Qin people don't call their surnames, he has a noble atmosphere, and he talks elegantly, he must be a nobleman of the Qin State." Ke said.
"Dare to ask Childe, why are the cherry blossoms dominated by Yan Kingdom?" The female disciple of Confucius asked shyly.
Her surname is Guan Fei, her single name is Ya, and she is a disciple of Yan Qing, a famous Confucian scholar.
"Yan is located in the north, and the climate is closest to the snow-capped mountains, so it is more suitable for planting cherry blossoms." Zhao Gongzi said with a gentle smile.
His smile is like a gentle spring breeze, his every move is amiable, he exudes infinite charm, can attract people, and people can't help but want to get close to him and get to know him.
"The two top masters are hiding and protecting him, and their identities are definitely not simple." Chu Yundao.
He observed that there were masters hiding in the shadows, and their martial arts were unusually high.
"That's a killer who is not weaker than you and me, and with such a protective force, there are only a few families in the entire empire." Gao faded away.
"How many families?" Xinyue asked curiously.
"The Li clan of the Prime Minister's Mansion, as well as the Meng clan and the Zhang clan of the General's Mansion, and the Wang clan of the Commander's Mansion!" Gao faded away.
"Brother, you forgot an important big clan!" Ke laughed.
"Which clan?" Gao asked Wanli.
"The strongest winning clan in the Qin country!" Ah Ke said.
"Let's find the Mirror Lake Doctor first." Chu Yundao.
Gao led them to a hut, and before they could enter the room, they smelled a faint smell of wine.
"There is a beautiful cherry blossom forest behind the mirror lake, and the medical saint is such an elegant person." Xinyue Road.
The cherry blossoms fall like butterflies, creating a beautiful landscape.
"Picturesque!" Chu Yundao.
Gao gradually approached the hut, he knocked lightly on the door and said, "Senior Cao, Xiao Gao has something to ask to see."
They stood outside the door and waited for a moment, but no one in the hut responded.
"Could it be that the senior is out?" Ah Ke said.
They were quiet, and a faint snoring was heard.
Gao Yanli smiled: "My predecessor has a hobby of drinking, and he must be drunk."
He gently pushed the door, Chu Yun looked around, and saw an old man with a lazy and disheveled image falling asleep on the ground, his hand still holding the wine jug, and there were words in his mouth, saying dreamy words.