I took a deep breath and quietly put my right hand on the volinthine cord that was tied around my waist.

"Kuroko, put away your sword! This girl will soon be your master. A clear and elegant voice drifted past my ears in the wind. The next moment, a man with green silk hanging shoulders and long clothes swaying to the ground appeared in front of me, standing in front of me slimly, holding a large bunch of wild chrysanthemums with white petals of astragalus in his arms: "Oh, you don't look too bad!" He looked at me and opened his mouth lightly, his smiling eyes with a charming glow.

"Mingyi? How did you end up here! Surprised and delighted, I pulled the sword from my shoulder and was about to take his hand. Ming Yi took two steps back and pushed the bouquet in his hand into my arms: "Hey, don't be so excited, I'm not that close to you." ”

"Hahaha, you're still so awkward!" I laughed and hugged Manhuai Yeju, turned my head and said to the stupid man behind me who was holding a sword: "Stinky boy, long time no see!" ”

I haven't seen him for a few years, and the swarthy and thin boy in my memory is gone, with thick and broad shoulders and cheeks covered with a short cyan beard, the sunspot in front of him looks like a battle-hardened swordsman.

Kuroko put his sword into the sheath, looked at me condescendingly, and said in a thick voice: "Stinky girl, you seem to have become uglier." ”

"You're a bad mouth." I laughed and slapped him, looked up and asked, "Tell me, how did you end up here?" When did Tianshu move from Huashan to Yunmengze? ”

"No, we're with ......" As soon as Kuroko spoke, his gaze suddenly fixed on a certain point behind me, "Stinky girl, how can you be with the people of the Chen clan of Qi State?" He lowered his voice and pressed the sword at his waist with his right hand without moving.

I turned my head, and behind me was Chen Wei, who was also on full guard.

"He's not a bad guy, he's my eldest brother, the 'righteous gentleman' Chen Shun."

"But he's Chen's man."

"Kuroko, don't be rude." Mingyi glanced at the sunspot, smiled and saluted Chen: "The sorcerer Mingyi has long admired the name of the righteous gentleman. ”

"Wizards are polite." Chen Yitong returned the salute with Mingyi and turned his inquiring gaze to me.

"Did you find the boat?" I walked over to Chen Rebellion.

"Found it, already pushed it into the water."

"Boats? You can't be talking about the boat I put in the reeds, right? Ming Yi beckoned the sunspot to his side and looked at me and Chen Yi with a smile.

"Is that a wizard's ship?" Chen Wei was surprised.

"I bought it a few days ago, and Mr. pushed the boat into the lake without asking the owner, is this to borrow or rob?" Mingyi's face was narrow.

When did this ship become his? Why do I seem to smell conspiracy......

"Forgive me, it's rude." Seeing Ming Yi say this, Chen Yi hurriedly clenched his fists and apologized, and then took out his money bag from his arms and handed it to Heizi, "There are thirty Chu coins here, and I hope that the sorcerer can borrow a boat for a month." Before the middle of the next month, it should be returned. ”

"Borrow a boat?" Ming Yi raised his eyebrows, and looked at me with a pair of beautiful eyes smiling, "Ah Shi, where are you going to borrow the boat?" ”

"The eldest brother is going to Chudu, and I'm here to see him off."

"I see...... Kuroko, return the money to Mr. Chen. ”

"Wizards don't want to borrow boats?" Chen Wei pinched the returned money bag and asked urgently.

"Sir, don't worry, I'll lend this boat to Sir. It's just that I want to exchange this rent for the blue sea paste in the Yingdu Nanxiang Pavilion. "Mingyi's eyes are always beautiful, when he is sad, when he smiles, especially when he calculates people like now, he is even more beautiful, and people can't take their eyes off it.

Nanxiang Pavilion, but anyone who has used Chu Xiang must have heard of this name. It is said that it is the incense making place set up by the king of Chu outside the palace, and there are more than 200 slaves who are good at making spices in the hall. In their hands, even a foul-smelling forage like dogwood can be turned into a fragrant spice. It is not surprising that Chen Wei has heard of the Nanxiang Pavilion, although he does not admire incense on weekdays, and he does not look like a person who likes and understands incense. But after staying with a "human spirit" like Chen Pan for a long time, under the influence of his ears and eyes, he will always know some things that are respected by nobles. However, the blue sea paste that Ming Yi said in his mouth, both of us heard it for the first time.

The blue sea paste is made from 20 kinds of fragrant fruits ripened in autumn and mixed with the oil from the belly of the deep sea spirit fish. Mingyi said he likes to use it to wipe his hands when it dries in the fall. If this were to be said by other men other than Mingyi, I would feel ridiculous, and then I would feel disdainful. But he is Mingyi, and when he talks about the usefulness of the blue sea ointment, the only thing I can think of is the scene of the beautiful woman smiling and pointing to the balm.

Chen Yi did not hesitate to agree to Mingyi's request in order to borrow a boat. Ming Yi told him that the blue sea paste was difficult to survive and difficult to make, and if he wanted to buy it, he had to inform the head of the Nanxiang Pavilion half a month in advance. Chen Wei nodded in promise. He said that he would stay in Yingdu for half a month, and as soon as he arrived in Yingdu, he would first go to Nanxiang Pavilion to book blue sea cream. Ming Yi smiled when he heard this, obviously he was quite satisfied with Chen Yi's reply.

On the bank of Yunmengze, I waved goodbye to Chen Yi. Mingyi stood beside me, a faint smile tugging at the corner of his mouth.

"Why did you let him go to the Nanxiang Pavilion to buy blue sea cream? There are also people from Tianshu in this Nanxiang Pavilion? I asked Mingyi.

Ming Yi half-squinted his eyes at Yiye Bian Zhou in the turquoise smoke wave, and said with a smile: "Ah Shi, is it because Wuxian is too smart, did you find a stupid man like Chen Wei?" ”

I glanced at Ming Yi and retorted: "He's not stupid or stupid, he's just too kind to be calculated by you." ”

"Oh, there are so many smart people in this world. The word 'stupid' is not a bad word for me. Ming Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled calmly.

"The Chu people's sacrifice to the water god was supposed to be in the spring, did you know that he would come to borrow a boat today, so you deliberately set up this bureau?"

"Since you have left the Compassionate, why do you ask more about these things? Go home yourself! Ming Yi took one last look at the empty and lonely lake, reached out and took the wild chrysanthemum in my arms, and turned to go west.

In the middle of autumn, the large reeds on the bank of Yunmengze are covered with their golden yellow coat, and thousands of white reed flowers bloom in the reeds that have been swaying in the wind all summer. The wind was blowing together, and snow was falling on the golden reed sea. Ming Yi wore a vermilion robe and walked in the boundless autumn colors of the Chu State, his hair flying and his demeanor burning. I followed him from afar, knowing that he was going to lead me down a path of no return, but I could not stop myself.

"You follow me like this, but you don't want to go back to your house?" Ming Yi walked to a low grassy slope and stopped, he turned around, his black glass-like eyes flashing with a smile that could not be concealed after the plan succeeded.

I pretended not to see the smugness in his eyes, looked down at the wild chrysanthemum blooming in his arms, and asked in a voice as thin as a mosquito and a fly, "Did Wuxian come to Yunmengze last night?" ”

"What did you say?"

"I said, do you know I live here? Did he come to me last night? "I remembered the real dream I had last night, and my face burned for a while.

Mingyi glanced at me meaningfully, walked over to me with a smile, and reached out to pinch a white-petaled astragalus chrysanthemum from the bouquet in his arms and pinned it to my scattered bun: "I can answer this question for you." In fact, I can answer many of the questions on your mind. It's just that you have to promise me one condition first. He tilted his head to adjust the position of the flowers in his hair, and he was clearly bound to win for me, a lost lamb.

"On what terms?" I asked.

"Go back to Tianshu and help Wuyin deal with the matter of defending the country together."

I was a little surprised, this condition was obviously beyond my imagination: "Tianshu? Why should I go to Tianshu? ”

"It's simple, because I don't want to go." Mingyi pressed my bun and withdrew his hand.

"If you don't go, why do you want me to go?" Prince Wei Kuai is Mingyi's nightmare, he is unwilling to help Kuai Yu seize the throne, I can understand, but what does this have to do with me?

"You won't go?"

"Tianshu has other things to do besides you, even if they can't help with the matter of defending the country, there is also Mrs. Wuyin. I don't want to flow in the muddy waters of the Jin Kingdom anymore. ”

"Don't you want to know if Wuxian was in Yunmengze last night?"

"I don't want to."

"Then do you want to know why Wuxian didn't go to you when you were in the Fusu Pavilion? Why did you accept the woman sent by the Di tribe? ”

"I don't want to."

"What about General Wu? Do you want to know what the Zhao family temporarily regretted marrying, and what was his situation in the Qin State? ”

"I don't want to." I looked up into Mingyi's inquiring eyes and said word by word, "I don't want to know anything about what you're saying. ”

"Really?" Ming Yi raised his left eyebrow slightly, and said jokingly, "I thought that your girl's curiosity would always be there, what?" Shirtless shattered it along with your heart? ”

Ming Yi deliberately provoked me with words, although I wanted to refute and argue, but when I recalled those open and secret battles, and recalled the corpses that fell at my feet along the way, I still shook my head ruthlessly: "I'm doing well now, Tianshu I won't go again." Let's go, since you have come to Yunmengze, Naberu must also be here. The autumn in Xinjiang was too cold, and the weather in Chu was the most suitable for him to recuperate, and he should have moved here a long time ago. I left Mingyi and walked straight to the grassy slope.

"If you're not curious about Wuxian and Wu Feng, what about the medicine man in Zhiyao's Mansion? Don't you want to know the news of the medicine man? Mingyi shouted softly behind me.

"What did you say!" I stopped abruptly.

This spring, after Chen Wei and I left the Song Kingdom, we went to Xinjiang first. At that time, I went to the Lost Valley to look for thieves. But the thief was gone, and the hut where he lived was covered with dust. I don't know where he went, and he didn't leave me any clues to follow. Later, I told Chen Hui about the medicine man, and Chen Wei explored the Zhifu for me three times, but only found the secret passage sealed by the big stone under the former residence of Zhiwenzi, and the trace of the medicine man was still nowhere to be found.

In the past six months or so in the Chu State, although I have lived alone in Yunmengze, I have never forgotten the matter of looking for medicine people. In addition to entrusting Chen Wei and his friends to help me find out the whereabouts of the thieves, I also wrote to Duanmu Ci to visit the Gongyi clan in Lu for me. Now, Ming Yi took the initiative to mention the medicine man to me, could it be that Tianshu has found any important clues?