The plains are quiet, and there is not a single wind blowing from the sky. Shao Ruyan sat at the water's edge, leaning sideways, stretching out a plain hand, stirring in the lake water at will, and the swaying slight waves did not disappear in the distance beyond sight.

At the end of March, Jun Zhuoyan went to Jinmen City to lobby Cai Hui, and Xu Ruyu moved to Huxin Island to recuperate and recuperate, and did not seem to be worried about the war between the north and the south at all. The waterway that crossed the lake was blocked by several warships on both sides, and Wei Yan led a battalion of 500 elite cavalry to train on the plains near Jun's house.

Luo Boyuan is Xu Ruyu's personal guard, and he has lived by the lake for nearly 20 days, and he does not leave easily. When Xu Ruyu was healing, her mind dissolved with the lake water, and the lake water affected everyone who approached her as if she was alive, but this feeling was not bad for Luo Boyuan, who was seeking the ultimate in martial arts, like sitting on a spring breeze.

Mei Yingxue looked up at the west and wondered: Does the legendary Xuanxia Realm really exist?

The remnant sun is like blood, the clouds are steaming, and the lake is reflected, which is magnificent and magnificent. At the moment when the sun sinks into the western mountains, the lake ripples slightly, swinging outward from the island in the middle of the lake, until the lakeside does not disappear.

Xu Ruyu opened his eyes, his eyes revealed a pale green glow, closed his eyes and opened them again, the green mangs were introverted, his eyes were as clear and deep as in the past, and on the heart lake, Shao Ruyan was in the reflection of the lakeside water, after her gorgeous face, the sky was overshadowed. Knowledge stretched farther away, touching a light purple halo, and Xu Ruyu knew that it was where Mei Yingxue was. Mei Yingxue also noticed it, raised her eyes, glanced at the island in the middle of the lake, smiled, left the lakeside with a sigh, and walked towards Junjiabao. Above Xu Ru's Foolish Heart Lake, the light purple halo gradually faded and disappeared.

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly, stood up, shook his robe, bounced off the dust on the upper area, walked out of the hut, looked at the northwest side, Wei Yan was leading hundreds of elite horsemen to practice and rush into battle, Mei Yingxue only had a little back left in the field of vision, Luo Boyuan stood by the lake and looked here, Shao Ruyan slanted her head, like a cloud with sideburns hanging on one side, her eyes were clear and clear, just like the glow of the whole lake was dissolved in her eyes.

Xu Ruyu walked to the water's edge, broke a green reed, threw it into the lake, stepped on the green reed, moved his sleeves slightly, and drove towards the lake on the green reed.

Wei Yan twisted his head to look at the center of the lake, and saw Xu Ruyu coming across the water by green reeds, and said with a smile: "Mr. went out of the customs, but he didn't forget to pull the wind." "Rode his horse to the lake, dismounted, and stood with his hands in his hands.

Shao Ruyan looked lazy, stretched her delicate body, and when Xu Ruyu crossed the water and walked closer, she reached out to hold his arm and stood up, and went up to the lake embankment with him.

When Xu Ruyu was in Jiangning, although he was much stronger than himself, there were still traces to be found, but at this time, Xu Ruyu gave himself a seamless feeling, and Luo Boyuan shook his head and said: "Congratulations to my lord for completing his work." ”

Xu Ru smiled and said, "I am in retreat to heal my wounds, and I have a lot of work to worry about. ”

Wei Yan said: "After Mr. entered Jiangning, everything has been biased towards others. ”

Jiang Ning only Wei Yan spoke to Xu Ruyu in this tone, and Shao Ruyan smiled when she heard it.

Xu Ru smiled foolishly, ignored him, pointed to the elite rider in the distance, and asked, "Who is coming over from Jiangning this time?" ”

Wei Yan said: "Only Peng Muqiu came over. ”

"Oh, Ji Ziheng is not in Yongyang?"

"In the early winter of last year, Jiangning secretly built a supply base in the sea area east of Yue County, and attacked the supply ship of Puji sailing to Wenling with a light boat, cutting off the grain route, during the retreat of Mr., Puji found a supply point for me, Lin Ji led 10,000 soldiers to attack, but let Wei Yu design all annihilated, at this time Wei Yu transferred Dongyang and Yongyang's water camp that could be mobilized together, preparing to attack Puji Island again."

Xu Ruyu frowned and said, "It's a pity, I still can't catch Gongliang Youqin this time." ”

Wei Yan said: "If Gongliang Youqin doesn't go out of Puji, Wei Yu is going to gnaw on the stone." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "If Gongliang Youqin does not go out of Puji, my coast of the East China Sea will not be peaceful. I think Gongliang Youqin can't give up the 20,000 troops in Wenling City, alas, the order is to be on guard on both sides of the river. ”

Shao Ruyan asked: "How do you know that Gongliang Youqin is not in the territory of Dongyang Mansion in the south of Wenling City?" ”

Xu Ruyu said: "If Gongliang Youqin makes up his mind to make the coast of the East China Sea unstable, he will not leave Puji, and he will most likely want to borrow the river and escape to Nanping." He also said, "Ling Fengjing and Xu Bodang joined forces, but they didn't leave Baishi for a long time, probably waiting for Gongliang Youqin, it seems that the pressure on the Western Front will not be easy in the future." ”

Luo Boyuan said: "Gongliang Youqin has risen in Puji, but I am afraid that I will not be able to let go of Puji Island like this." If he really wanted to flee to Nanping, he was afraid that he would leave the empty island, and General Wei gathered a large army and arrived at the empty place. ”

Xu Ruyu smiled and said: "Gongliang Youqin has a contradictory mentality, and he has no decision when he is worried. Over the years, he has been defeated again and again, and he also knows that with his own strength, he will not be able to threaten the root of my Jiangning, unless he is willing to be used by Rong Yanmen and become a rogue in my coastal land, otherwise the whole division will flee to Nanping, and he will have a chance to rise again. Lin Ji was defeated, and Gongliang Youqin could only make up his mind to take back the 20,000 remnants of bandits in Wenling City. Although Gongliang Youqin has not yet made up his mind to take this opportunity to flee to Nanping, he will not have such a feeling, such a contradictory mentality will make him bring out more soldiers to pick up the remnants of Wenling City, and because Gongliang Youqin has not finally made up his mind, the remaining troops on Puji Island will not be too small. Wei Yu dispatched heavy troops to attack Puji, but he actually took a fancy to the contradiction of his mentality. In this way, the pressure on the western front has increased sharply, but there are no hidden dangers on the eastern front, and Wei Yu led the troops to plan the overall situation, and he can be the commander of the first army. ”

Seeing that Xu Ruyu praised Wei Yu so much, Wei Yan snorted coldly twice in his nose and did not make a sound.

Xu Ruyu inquired about the situation in various places in the near future, and walked towards Jun's house with everyone.

Fang Su, Jun Zhuoyan and others came out of the castle, and Cai Hui, Jun Zhi and Jun Huaiwei, the daughter of Jun Xiaoyun, also followed behind everyone.

Fang Su took Cai Hui's hand, walked in front of Xu Ruyu, and said, "Jiang Ning has added another capable minister. ”

Cai Hui's expression was gloomy, and he bowed and said: "Father and brother are running for their lives, and Hui is asking for peace alone, and I feel ashamed." ”

Xu Ruyu bowed slightly, and said: "Fan Yang is weak, Ruyu has the heart but not enough strength, Zihui will return to Jiangning with me for the time being, and there will be a time when Zihui will lead the army to gallop away from the aliens." ”

Cai Hui sighed, did not say anything more, and retreated to the crowd.

Fang Su looked at Xu Ruyu fixedly, and said: "Before Ru Yu's retreat, the lonely peak was abrupt, but at this time, there was no trace, before only Master Chen gave me such a feeling, it seems that Ru Yu's cultivation has advanced to another level." ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The heart veins of the Northern Tang Dynasty are damaged, and they can't lift the Dan breath, so they can quietly observe the heart lake. ”

Fang Su said: "Yancheng 30,000 iron cavalry crossed the Gubei Pass, although the Cai family was in the Yuguan inside and outside the strong wall clear, but the Gucheng defender Lu Zhaomian led 4,000 defenders to surrender to the enemy, so that the 30,000 iron cavalry from the Linggucheng to get enough supplies, now the channel between Yuguan and Fanyang has been blocked, Yancheng 60,000 foot soldiers forced from the north to Yuguan three days ago. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "Before the rise of the Cai family, the Lu family was the largest family in Fanyang, and at the beginning of the founding of the new dynasty, the Lu family was still fighting against the Cai family. Fan Yang is struggling, and whoever surrenders the city will not surprise me. Zisu, you stay here, and I will go to Fanyang with Wei Yan. ”

Cai Hui walked out and said, "Hui wants to go." ”

Xu Ruyu asked, "Is the affairs of Jinmen okay?" ”

"There is a family and a family, and Hui is okay when he leaves Jinmen."

Xu Ruyu nodded and said, "You can go too." He asked Fang Su again, "How are the things going in Jinmen?" ”

Fang Su said: "The defenders of Jinmen have been reduced to 6,000 people, and the remaining 5,000 people have been integrated into the water camp, including 6,000 water battalions, 2,000 foot soldiers, and 600 elites, to control the Laishui waterway east of Jinmen. The sea ship could carry 40,000 people, and Jun Zongqing led a thousand water battalions to capture Wuhu Island before the fifth day. Under the instruction of Cai Yuhua and King Beijing, the power of the Foundation Gentang in Jinmen has begun to transfer to Wuhu Island, and it is recently said that they are preparing to temporarily move their families to Wuhu Island. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "The 6,000 defenders who have been reduced will be moved to Wuhu Island together with their families, and these 20,000 or 30,000 people will be the tunhu on Wuhu Island in the future. ”

Fang Su nodded and said: "Not only these two or thirty thousand people, but there will also be people in Youji who will go to Wuhu Island in the future, but Wuhu Island is too far away from Jinghai, and the more people live on the island, the more difficult it will be to supply." ”

There was not much arable land on the island, and the supplies on the island could only be transported from Jiangning, except for plundering from Youji. The supplies transported from Jiangning have to pass through the waters of the East China Sea and Qingzhou, and the two families cannot be in a dilemma, but conniving at the pirates or pretending to be pirates will bring great pressure to this route, and if they are escorted by heavy troops every time, the cost will be huge, and it will only make Jiangning's already difficult finances worse.

Xu Ruyu lowered his head and thought about it, and after a while, asked: "Wuhu has set up an army on its own, who does Zisu think is appropriate?" ”

Fang Su still can't know the details of Jiangning, but the main general of the first army is the captain and the general of Wei, Fang Su still knows a lot about those important generals in Jiangning, these days, he has always considered the candidate for the chief general of Wuhu in his heart, and when he saw Xu Ruyu open his mouth to ask him, he said: "Li Yin is okay, but Li Yin is not good at political affairs, so he can choose one person to do his political affairs." ”

Xu Ruyu sighed and did not speak.

Fang Su knew that he also liked Li Yin. If Wei Yu can successfully capture Puji Island this time, Gantang will not have the need to set up a water camp alone, the most important thing, in addition to Wei Yu, only Li Yin can best play the plundering tactics, Ji Ziheng, Mi Yusheng, Luo Shanyang and others are quite orthodox water camp generals, leading the dignified division to fight, since they are not under Li Yin, but they are not suitable for the situation of Wuhu. Wuhu Island not only had to contain and attack the Hulan Army, but also prepared grain and grass, smuggled good horses and iron weapons, and united the forces of the Qingzhou family.

As he spoke, everyone walked into the Junjia Fort, the twilight was four-colored, the moon hung a tree high, and the moonlight was like water, sprinkled on *.

Mei Yingxue stood in *, white-clothed and snowy, like a fairy in the clouds.

Xu Ruyu woke up from meditation, and the sea of knowledge first observed Shao Ruyan, and then Mei Yingxue's qi, but Mei Yingxue avoided it, but at this time, she stood quietly in the court, looked at Xu Ruyu, and said, "Can Yingxue ask about Xuan Ming?" ”

When everyone heard the "Xuanyin Realm" at first glance, they didn't know what it meant, and when they saw Mei Ying's solemn expression, they seemed to want to discuss the subtle purpose of martial arts, and they all retired together.

Shao Ruyan ignored it and stood aside.

Xu Ruyu said: "I have realized something in meditation, but I don't know what Yingxue is referring to? ”

Mei Yingxue said: "Before Che Jieqing founded Jinghu, he was just a scholar of the great Confucian Xiang Huaqiu, and he was said to sort out the fragments of rare books for Master Xiang. Although Jinghu martial arts is most famous for binding the gods, Jinghu has enshrined the Xuanyi fragment as a secret book, and the word Xuanming is from it. The book tells that the mysterious and the underworld, so the name is nothing but nothing, so the heartless and the thing is not for the world. I reflected the snow near the shore of Liulian Lake, and saw that the lake seemed to be a living thing, and guessed that you and the lake were one, and entered the realm of Xuanzong legend. ”

Xu Ruyu nodded and said: "Heaven and earth are connected, and the subtle breath of heaven and earth is breathed, so there is a feeling of dissolving with heaven and earth. In the past, the practice was through the heavenly aperture, wanting to make the Dan breath more refined, but this time the heart veins were damaged, so that they could calmly and quietly observe the heart lake, when they meditated, the heart lake and the exterior were chaotic, gradually losing each other, and when they woke up again, they could also clearly feel the dazed separation of the mind and the appearance, if it were not for the heavy responsibility, almost did not want to wake up. ”

Mei Yingwen was moved and said: "The last page of the fragment records: The husband does not pause and now does not exist, so the changes of yesterday are now gone. The change of life and death is not different from this! For this reason, Fang does not know the other, and becomes a butterfly; If it is taken from people, I don't know it in my life, and Liji is also. And the fool secretly thinks that he knows the joy of life, and the bitterness of death, and he has not heard of the meaning of materialization. The realm of materialization transcends life and death and becomes one with change, and the remnant book also says that only those who have reached the realm of the underworld can transcend life and death and change into one. In this way, the fragments, although they have not yet reached the final state, depict the situation of the last step with supreme wisdom. ”

Xu Ruyu smiled bitterly: "When I woke up, I knew that this life was entangled in mundane affairs, and it was impossible to reach that realm of merging with things, but the highest realm of martial arts was not in the sense of Dan Xishu, but in the realm of cultivating the mind. If I have an understanding of meditation, there is only one sentence: contemplating the lake of the heart and becoming alone in the realm of the underworld, I hope it will be useful to the Snow Maiden. ”

Mei Yingxue bowed and said: "I have realized something in the future, all thanks to what you have given today, although Jinghu has no requirements for the doorman, but I also hope that the doorman will record the practice and understanding into a book, if you don't allow it, just give up." ”

Xu Ruyu smiled: "This is all the subtle meaning of birth, if Ji Dazong let go of the affairs of the world because of my words, it really fulfilled my wishes." ”

Mei Yingxue said angrily: "Ji Dazong is in Nanping, but he didn't make a contribution to Nanping; Yi Guanyuan is also from Jinghu Gate, but he is an important minister of Jiangning, and he does his best for Jiangning, why do you have so many opinions about Jinghu? ”

Shao Ruyan saw Mei Yingxue's delicate smile and was depressed in her heart, but they discussed the subtlety of martial arts, and she couldn't interject, thinking that Xu Ruyu was about to go to Fanyang, Mei Yingxue was mostly with her, but she wanted to stay here.

This time, in addition to Wei Yan leading five hundred elite cavalry to accompany him, Luo Boyuan and Mei Yingxue will also go with him, plus Fan Wenlong, who has been waiting in Fanyang City, such a lineup, even if there is a large army to besiege the group, it can also ensure that Xu Ruyu can get out calmly. During this period, the Shuiying warships will also march along Lai to the waters between Fanyang and Jinmen to respond.

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