The spring of this year came late, and in the second half of the spring moon of Meng, a lot of residual snow could still be seen on the top of the small moon.

But it's convenient for Xiaoyao, she likes to bury a jar of fruit wine in the residual snow, take it out when eating, pour it in a glass cup and drink it, it has a unique flavor. It tastes much better than wine that is quickly chilled with spiritual power.

Although Xiao Yao has her own Zhangguo Palace, most of the time she still lives in the Medicine Valley, studying medical skills with Yin, and sometimes goes to the medical hall with Yin.

Xiao Yao and Yin took completely different paths in learning medical skills, and often had disagreements on medication, and from time to time they would quarrel with gestures.

One day, Xiao Yao couldn't convince Yin, so he was in a hurry and let the Yellow Emperor judge.

"I admit that Yin's medicine is not wrong, and even the effect is better, but the patient we are talking about now lives by the lake, and the medicine I use grows at the water's edge, and if I am lucky, I can pick it, even if I can't pick it, it doesn't cost a lot to buy, but the medicine used by Yin grows in the mountains, and it doesn't grow locally at all, so I have to buy it, and the medicine will definitely not be cheap."

Yin is like the Yellow Emperor, and Xiao Yao explains; "For the treatment of patients, the first consideration is to get rid of the disease, Xiaoyao's medicine is slow to work, and there will be loss of appetite when taking it."

The Yellow Emperor laughed; "You're both right, when you get to this point, the more suitable prescription does not depend on your medical skills, but on the patient's family background, if it is a rich family, use Yin's prescription, you can't obviously use better medicine, but abandon it, if it is a poor family, of course, use Xiaoyao, it is important to treat the disease, but the livelihood of the family is also very important, you can't get sick, but you starve to death."

Yin thought about it for a while and agreed with the emperor's words; His Majesty has a point, my patients are all nobles, so I never considered that there are many patients who can't afford medicine at all. ”

Xiao Yao hurriedly said; "I'm also too focused on 'local materials.'"

The Yellow Emperor sighed; "Treating diseases and saving people should not be limited to one prescription, such as the case you just mentioned, if the patient's home is in a mountainous area, the medicine used by Yin will be cheaper than Xiaoyao's."

Xiao Yao smiled; "That's right, so the prescription depends not only on the patient's family background, but also on where the patient's home is. Back then, when I opened a clinic in Gaoxin, most of the patients were fishermen, and the prescriptions I prescribed according to the "Shennong's Materia Medica" were very effective, but those medicines came from the Central Plains, and the fishermen were not familiar with them and could not afford them. Later, I tried to use local medicinal herbs, which are much more popular than the prescriptions in "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica!"

Yin was incredulous, gesturing; There are people who would dislike the prescription of "Shennong's Materia Medica"!"

The Yellow Emperor pondered silently for a moment, and suddenly said; "In the Eight Wilderness and Liuhe, the water and soil are different, the climate is different, and a copy of "Shennong's Materia Medica" is not enough, far from enough! Do you want to collect and compile dozens of "Shennong's Materia Medica"?"

Xiao Yao and Yin looked at the Yellow Emperor in shock, and Yin Bi drew gestures; "Impossible, can't be done, there has only been one copy of "Shennong's Materia Medica" for tens of thousands of years!"

Xiao Yao also said; "It's too hard, it's unlikely!"

The Yellow Emperor fought in the north and south in his life, creating countless miracles, and in his mind, there was never the word "impossible", he said; "I'm just asking you, is this a good thing? Is it worth it?"

"If you can really collect and sort out all kinds of herbs and prescriptions in the Great Wilderness, it is not only a good thing, but a great good thing! It will benefit all the people of the world, future generations, and everyone!"

The Yellow Emperor asked aggressively; "If you affirm the value of this, why not do it? A 'difficult' word becomes a reason not to do it?"

Yin and Xiao Yao smiled bitterly, not everyone is the Yellow Emperor, dare to think what people dare not think, dare to do what people dare not do, Xiao Yao thought about it, gritted his teeth and said; "If you can do as much as you can, even if there are only 100 more prescriptions, there will be people who will benefit from these 100 prescriptions."

Yin nodded; "Even if there are only ten more herbs, it's good."

The Yellow Emperor said; "Good!"

That night, the Yellow Emperor told Zhuan that he planned to revise the medical book and hoped that Zhuan would give him his full support. ”

Since the Yellow Emperor took the throne, he has never made a request to Zhuan, this is the first time, Zhuan Xuan agreed without hesitation. ”

The Yellow Emperor first selected a group of doctors from Xuanyuan, and then selected more than 20 of the best doctors from all the doctors and summoned them to Xiaoyueding.

Xiao Yao and Yin began to prepare for the compilation of medical books.

Xiao Yao was busy discussing medical skills with the doctors every day, and he didn't pay attention to it, and Zijin Ding has been extremely busy since the beginning of spring. The Qianyang Palace, where Zhuan Xuan lived, was brightly lit even late at night, and the important ministers and generals went in and out, and Zhuan Xuan had not been to any of the concubines' bedrooms for more than two months.

But no matter how busy or tired he is, he goes to Xiaoyueding every day rain or shine to say goodbye to the Yellow Emperor.

In the eyes of the courtiers' concubines, the most is to sigh "His Majesty the Black Emperor is very filial", but in the eyes of Queen Xinyue, everything has a deep meaning, which makes her sleep, and for a while she feels that she is the only one who has seen through the secret of the concubine, and then tells herself that it is all her crankiness.

In the month of spring and the first quarter of the month, Xuanyuan's female general Chishui Xian led his troops to attack Gaoxin's Jingdu in the south of Chishui at night, and occupied Jingdu with lightning speed. Jingdu probed into the hinterland of Gaoxin like a dagger, ensuring that even if Xuanyuan's army penetrated into Gaoxin, Xuanyuan could also provide supplies of Niangcao materials from the waterway.

You can't do anything The next day, the Black Emperor ordered Chishui Fenglong to be the general and sent 300,000 troops to attack Gaoxin.

Gao Xin has not experienced war for tens of thousands of years, and Gao Xin's army is like a knife hidden in a box, even if it was originally a treasure knife, but because it has not been sharpened for tens of thousands of years, it has lost its edge. Xuanyuan's army is different, since the founding of Xuanyuan, it has been in and out of the battlefield, and has experienced thousands of years of tempering, as fierce as a tiger and wolf, and as firm as a rock. The forward general Yujiang came from the Gaoxin Xihe Department, the spiritual power is pure, good at controlling water, proficient in water warfare, and familiar with the terrain and climate of Gaoxin.

With this drastic change in the face, the entire Great Wilderness is trembling.

Xiao Yao on the top of Xiaoyue didn't know anything, but he felt that the doctors had fewer words, and he was often distracted by his work.

When Jing came to visit Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao asked Jing, "Could it be that Zhen Yao forgot to pay the doctors?" I don't think they've been working very much lately!"

Before Jing could speak, the Yellow Emperor coughed, but Jing did not speak, but met the Yellow Emperor's sharp gaze and looked at the Yellow Emperor without flinching.

Xiao Yao looked at the Yellow Emperor, looked at Jing, and found for the first time that Jing's majesty was not weaker than the Yellow Emperor, she suddenly jumped in front of the Yellow Emperor, blocked Jing, made a grimace, and asked with a hippie smile: "Grandpa, what's weird?"

"The female big outward!" The Yellow Emperor shook his head helplessly, "What's so weird, you go and ask Zhen Xuan, Jing and I don't want to bear the blame for such a mouthful." ”

Xiao Yao smiled and pushed the Yellow Emperor to sit under the porch: "Let Jing accompany you to play a good game of chess, and I will make tea for you." She took the tea set and made tea, and went into the kitchen as if nothing had happened.

When the sun was setting in the west, Xiao Yao instructed Miao Pu: "Send someone to Zijinding, and say that I will cook today, and if Your Majesty is free, come to dinner together." ”

Half an hour later, Zhen Yan came, seeing that the food table was still empty, Xiao Yao was pounding medicine unhurriedly, he asked with a smile: "Aren't you cooking?" Where's the dish?"

Xiao Yao slowly washed his hands: "I'm waiting for you to come." ”

As he spoke, the waiter took out four small charcoal stoves, placed one next to each of the four tables, put the tongs away, and successively brought out the pickled meat of Xiao Yao—small lamb chops were placed on the white jade plate, thin venison was placed on the green plantain leaves, and roe meat and rabbit meat cut two fingers wide.

Xiao Yao said to Zhuan: "In addition to meat, there are also mountains and wild vegetables that were just picked this morning. Da Yinzi stayed and roasted and ate with the meat, Xiao Yinzi made Yinzi soup, and the wild vegetables were mixed cold after removing the bitterness after the water, and then drank some Yinzi soup and ate some wild vegetables, just to relieve the greasy meat. ”

The Yellow Emperor, Zhuan Xuan, Jing sat down in turn, Xiao Yao just pounded the medicinal herbs in the seasoning, served to the Yellow Emperor, Zhuan Xuan and Jing, lotus-shaped white jade plates, five lotus petals are a small saucer, containing five different flavors of seasonings, the round butterfly in the middle, put the green mustard powder, very spicy.

Zhen Yan sniffed it, couldn't help but move his index finger, and hurriedly took two pieces of venison and cuffed them: "The last time I ate my own barbecue was last year's Shangyuan Festival, and it seems that I haven't eaten wild vegetables for more than ten years, and I think about it every spring, but I forget it when I'm busy." ”

Xiao Yao said with a smile: "No matter how you do it, wild vegetables are a little bitter, people who have never eaten them will definitely not be used to eating them, but they will like them when they are used to eating." I'm a little hungry myself, thinking that you've all eaten it, so I'll try it. "When the Yellow Emperor was young, he couldn't even fill his stomach, and he naturally didn't eat less wild vegetables; When they are mixed in the market, they often eat with wild vegetables; When Jing was in Qingshui Town, every spring, in order to save money, Lao Mu mainly used wild vegetables, and Jing naturally got used to eating them.

The meal lasted for an hour, and after eating and drinking, the Yellow Emperor and Jing continued to play the chess that had not yet been played.

Xiao Yao lay on the rattan couch, holding the wine pot in one hand, carrying two glass cups in the other, Zhen Yao took the glass cup, Xiao Yao opened the wine pot, poured the purple mulberry wine in, the temperature of the wine was extremely low, and after a while, a little water droplets condensed outside the glass cup.

Zhen Xuan took a sip: "Sealed in the snow cellar? It's really better than chilling it with spiritual power. ”

Xiao Yao smiled: "That's nature,"

Zhen Xuan said: "I heard Yin say that since you came back from your trip last year, you have been collecting records related to Gu arts. ”

"I went to Jiuli once, so I will naturally be interested in Gu arts."

Zhen Xuan stared at Xiao Yao: "How are you doing all these years?"

"Under your orders, Yin will check my body every year, didn't he tell you?"

"He's always said it's good, but what do you think?"

"I think it's good, too."

"Have you solved that Gu with Xiangliu?"

"It's a solution!" One Jing is enough to worry about him, Xiao Yao doesn't want to have another one.

"What do you mean?"

"That Gu was raised by me, I planted it, what are you worried about? Are you still worried that I will be killed by the Gu I raised? I think you've heard too much of all that nonsense. Gu art is not so mysterious and terrifying, even if you don't believe me, you should believe in the Jiuli clan. ”

"I just don't believe in Xiang Liu. You should also be careful, and if Sang-ryu comes to you, tell me immediately. ”

Xiao Yao nodded like pounding garlic: "Obey, Your Majesty!"

Zhen Xuan slapped it, Xiao Yao shrank her neck, and when her hand fell on her head, it was already very light, and her fingers slowly slid through her black hair, with a bit of indescribable admiration and lingering.

Xiao Yao sipped wine and said, "Grandpa, Jing, and those doctors are a little weird, what's going on outside?"

He ate without speaking, shaking the glass cup, watching the light and shadow change with the shaking of the wine.

Xiao Yao said: "As long as I go to the next mountain, I will naturally know everything, but I want you to tell me." ”

He drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, supported it with one hand, and sat up a little. He looked directly at Xiao Yao and said, "I ordered to send troops to attack Gaoxin. ”

The smile on the corner of Xiao Yao's mouth condensed, she originally guessed that because of her life experience, what did Zhen Yao do, but she didn't expect it..... Xiao Yao felt that she had misheard: "Zhuan, you say it again." ”

He said, "I ordered an army to be sent to attack Gaoxin. ”

Xiao Yao stood up abruptly and smashed the wine cup in his hand at Zhen Yao.

It slammed heavily on Zhuan's forehead, and the purple-red wine splashed Zhuan's head and face.

Xiao Yao turned around and ran, but he didn't care about wiping his face, and hurriedly chased Xiao Yao.

When the Yellow Emperor and Jing heard the voice, they all looked over, and Jing wanted to get up, but was pulled by the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor dragged Jing into the room and ordered the attendants to close the doors and windows.

Xiao Yao ran into the house, slammed, the door closed heavily in front of Zhen Yao's eyes, Zhen Yao slapped the door and shouted: "Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao......"

Xiao Yao leaned his back against the door, just not letting Zhen Yao come in.

"Xiaoyao, listen to me."

"What do I hear from you? Did you hear you say that when you were cornered by your four uncles, it was Emperor Gao Xinjun who took you in? Or do you listen to you, he takes you as an apprentice, teaches you to play the piano and make wine, teaches you how to understand the people's livelihood, handle government affairs, and helps you train secret guards?"

"Xiaoyao, you don't understand!"

"What don't I understand? You're going to explain it to me! Am I lying about what I just said?"

"What you just said is true, but there are more things you don't know. If it weren't for him, you and I wouldn't have been orphans at all, so why should I take him in? You don't have to be displaced for 300 years. ”

Xiao Yao was stunned: "What are you saying, I don't understand." ”

"When my aunt told you about the past, she talked about your father very carefully, but all the things about Emperor Jun were hidden, maybe my aunt had forgiven him, maybe my aunt didn't want you to know in order to protect you."

"What was the past? What the hell are you trying to say?"

"Do you know why Uncle was killed by your father?"

"My mother said that my uncle was going to let my grandfather abdicate, so my mother prepared a potion for him, which can make people unable to condense spiritual power for a month or two, but I didn't expect that my uncle himself drank the potion she prepared by mistake, so he couldn't stop his father."

"It's not that the uncle wants the grandfather to abdicate, but the master lobbied the uncle, and at the same time personally handed over the potion prepared by the aunt to the uncle. When my aunt prepared the potion, she didn't know that the uncle wanted to use it. It was a potion that my aunt had prepared for my master, and my master had successfully forced the previous Emperor Jun to abdicate. After that, the former Jundi was imprisoned and knew to have died mysteriously. Why was there a rebellion of the Five Kings? Why did Master suppress the Five Kings so bloodily? No voices can be heard now, questioning how Master obtained the throne. Xiao Yao, you were in Wushen Mountain at that time, if you remember it yourself, you will definitely be able to remember it. Former Emperor Jun, the person you used to call Grandpa was poisoned by Master! It was for this reason that the Five Kings rebelled. ”

Xiao Yao wanted to deny it, but the fragmentary memories that surfaced in her heart made her understand that everything she said should be true, and she also remembered the Jundi who she used to call grandpa. In fact, she witnessed his death with her own eyes, and her mother cried and slapped her father.

Zhen Xuan said sadly: "If it weren't for the master, would the uncle have died?" If Uncle hadn't died, your mother and your father wouldn't be irretrievable!"

Xiao Yao leaned against the door panel and said weakly: "You can't blame your father." ”

"What about my father? After my aunt found out about Zhu Rong's conspiracy, she immediately asked the master for help, but the master rejected the aunt!" Xiao Yao shook his head and muttered, "No!" No way!" That's the father who taught her carefully and loved and doted on her!

How could he refuse his mother to save his uncle? But that was also Emperor Jun, who killed five younger brothers with his own hands and poisoned his father!

"Didn't you ask your aunt when you were a child, 'Why is my mother missing a finger?'" My aunt replied to you, 'I accidentally threw it away.'" Master has always had a bone ring on the little finger of his left hand, and you must have seen it. Do you know what that bone ring is made of? It's just one of my aunt's fingers! When his aunt cried and begged him to save his father, she cut off a finger and swore to beg him, but he ....... Refused!"

Zhen Xuan's voice was hoarse, and he said word by word: "Xiao Yao, he refused!"

Xiao Yao tightly covered the tenant's mouth with her hand, and her body slid down inch by inch. She still remembers that one day she found that there were only four fingers left in one of her mother's hands, and she asked her mother, "Why is my mother missing a finger", and her mother smiled and said, "I accidentally lost it", and she asked my mother, "Does it hurt?" The mother said, "It doesn't hurt, the most painful thing now is your fourth uncle and brother Zhuan, Xiaoyao should be obedient and accompany my brother more."

If the fourth uncle hadn't died, the fourth uncle wouldn't have committed suicide, the grandmother's condition wouldn't have deteriorated, the mother wouldn't have to go to the battlefield, and perhaps, everything would have been gone......

Zhen Xuan said: "And your father! Until now, it has been rumored in the world that there are two fierce generals under Chi You, one is Feng Bo and the other is Yu Shi. Who is your true identity until the rain master? He has another name, Xi and Nonai. No one knows now, but a thousand years ago, he was the famous Gao Xin's handsome son, the general of the Xihe Department, and the master's best friend. It's been so long since everyone died, I can't find out what Master Yu did, but do you think Master would send him to your father's side for no reason? Be! Perhaps, as you said, Master is entirely to blame for these things. But..... Xiaoyao, whenever I think about it, my father can not die, my mother doesn't have to kill herself in front of my eyes, grandma can live a few more years, my aunt doesn't have to go to the battlefield, you won't leave me, I really ......" Zhen Xuan's breathing was very heavy. "I really can't just treat him as my master!"

Xiao Yao closed her eyes weakly. I felt like my throat was being choked. Wheezing is difficult.

"Master used to say to me, 'You don't need to be grateful to me, this is what I owe to Qingyang, Ah Heng and your father.' I never took it seriously, but I felt that Master was in a good mood. It wasn't until I ascended the throne and found out these old things that I really understood that Master was not wrong at all!"

Xiao Yao clearly remembered that on the Chishui River, when she thanked her father for his rescue, her father also said clearly: "This is just what I owe Qingyang, Changyi and your mother." ”

"Xiao Yao, I haven't forgotten that he is my master, but I can't forget it..... Xiaoyao, do you remember that dagger?"

"Did my aunt use a dagger that killed herself?" That dagger made him have nightmares every night, but he had to wear it every day.

"Hmm." Zhen Xuan sneered, "That dagger was forged by my father and given to my father and my mother's wedding gift, but my mother chose to use it to commit suicide, and when my mother died, she must have hated Master." ”

"Did you attack Gosin because you hated him?"

"It's not! He is the Emperor of Gaoxinjun and I am the Emperor of Xuanyuan, and the decision I made was only because I was the emperor. ”

Xiao Yao said: "There is a harvest that grew up with you, Jumang, and A Nian who you watched born and grow up..... Have you ever thought about how they feel?"

"Harvest, Jumang, they are men, even if they are against me, they will understand my decision. Ah Nian.... Probably will hate me. Xiaoyao, I haven't thought about their feelings, and I don't care about their feelings, but I will bear all the consequences. ”

"Since you don't care about our feelings, then you go, I don't want to see you! You are not welcome to come in the future!" Xiao Yao ran indoors, threw himself on the couch, and covered his head with the quilt.

"Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao....", he banged on the door, and there was no sound in the door. Obviously, he could split the door with a palm, but he didn't have the courage to force his way in.

His forehead leaned weakly against the door, and he whispered, "I care about your feelings!" Therefore, the war that should have happened three years ago was postponed to today, and it was better for Emperor Jun to guess his intentions, and to cut off the father-daughter relationship between Emperor Jun and Xiao Yao first. After this decision, there was an even more difficult war. It is countless manpower, financial resources.

He didn't dare to go in, and he was reluctant to leave, so he could only lean against the door, sit on the ground, and look at the depths of the night in confusion.

No matter who he faces, he always has a strategy and a countermeasure, but now his mind is blank and he can't think of anything. Instead, I remembered a long time ago—

When he and Xiao Yao first met, they didn't get along well. Although he is a boy, he can't beat the brutal little boy in a fight. He also played a little cautiously and wanted to get rid of Xiaoyao, but gradually, the two played together. After his father and mother left, Xiao Yao accompanied him night and night; When he had nightmares, Xiao Yao would kiss him on the forehead. Vow: "I will always be with you". He said in disbelief that 'you will marry someone and sooner or later you will leave me'. Xiao Yao said anxiously, 'I won't marry someone else, I will marry you, and I won't leave'.

From Wushen Mountain to Xuanyuan Mountain, from Xuanyuan Mountain to Shennong Mountain, Xiao Yao accompanied him step by step, no matter what happened, no matter what he looked like, she stood firmly by his side. When Yujiang assassinated him, it was Xiao Yao who protected him with his body; When she quit drug addiction in the secret room, it was Xiao Yao who boiled with him, preferring to be injured herself, but she rejected Jin Xuan's proposal, and never mentioned using a rope to bind him, she knew that as long as she mentioned it, he would agree.....

It was late at night, and Xiao Yao thought that he had left, pushed open the window, and stared at the moonlight silently.

She couldn't guess what she was thinking, did she remember her childhood days in Wushen Mountain?

Two people, one shrunk in front of the door, the other leaned against the window, staring at the moonlight and wind dew all night away from a distance of no more than a foot.

In the east, a line of fish belly white was exposed, and Xiaoxiao stepped on the fallen leaves and walked through the mist, kneeling facing the house.

Xiao Yao thought that Xiaoxiao was kneeling on herself, and hurriedly raised her hand to ask her to get up, but heard Xiaoxiao say: "Your Majesty, please return to Zijinding, the ministers are about to arrive." ”

Xiao Yao was stunned, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhen Yao coming out.

He sat outside the door all night? Xiao Yao lowered her head and didn't look at him.

He didn't say anything, jumped on his mount, and wanted to leave, but Xiaoxiao grabbed his mount and shouted, "Your Majesty, please wash your face first." ”

Xiao Yao looked up, just turned his head, and at the junction of the four eyes, both of them were stunned.

Last night, Xiao Yao broke his face with wine, and he only wiped it a few times with his hands, but he didn't wipe it clean. At this time, his face was red and white, it was very exciting, but he forgot that he wanted to go back to Zijinding like this, and the palace people saw it, so they had to be scared to death.

Xiao Yao opened the door and said to Xiaoxiao, "You can rinse it in the bathroom." ”

Xiaoxiao hadn't agreed yet, and Zhen Yan had already walked into the bathroom quickly, as if she was afraid that Xiao Yao would regret it.

There were old clothes worn by Zhen Xuan in the box, Xiao Yao turned it out and gave it to Xiaoxiao: "The shelves in the compartment are all clean handkerchiefs. ”

He quickly took a cold shower, changed his clothes, tied his hair, and took medicine before he came out.

Xiao Yao stood in the courtyard, heard his footsteps, and looked back, there was a purple bruise on his forehead, thinking that he was smashed by a glass cup. There were wine stains on my face just now, but I didn't see it, but now the people have cleaned up, but they are particularly conspicuous.

Xiao Yao's smash last night, he used all his strength in anger, and he bled a lot, although he was medicated, but the elixir could only make the wound heal, and could not make the bruise dissipate immediately.

Zhen Xuan smiled: "It doesn't matter, it will be dispersed in two days." ”

Xiao Yao lowered her head, walked straight past Zhuan, and entered the door.

He stood gloomily for a moment, then turned to his mount and flew towards the Purple Gold Peak.

The injury on his forehead naturally made the palace concubines of the Zijin Palace panic, and also made the courtiers mutter.

He didn't explain, and no one dared to ask him. Everyone could only inquire carefully from the attendants, and Xiaoxiao's answer was "Your Majesty accidentally knocked it when he was napping." Everyone knew about the fatigue of this day, but Queen Xinyue didn't believe it, but if she didn't believe it, she felt that the guess was too frightening to her, so she preferred to believe it.

The Yellow Emperor walked out of the bedroom and saw Jing sitting on a bamboo couch. The futon on the couch was exactly the same as last night, but the chessboard on the table was already half full, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night and had been playing against himself.

The Yellow Emperor looked down at the chessboard for a while, and said gently: "Zhuan Xuan is the emperor, he can allow Xiao Yao to hit him with a wine cup, and he is willing to beg Xiao Yao for forgiveness, but he may not be able to allow outsiders to see his embarrassment." Zhen and Xiao Yao have experienced ups and downs since they were children, and many times, between them, I am also an outsider. ”

Jing bowed and saluted: "I understand, thank you for your care." ”

The Yellow Emperor said: "You are a smart child, you must remember that it is too rigid and easy to break, too strong and fragile." ”

Jing said, "Remember. ”

The Yellow Emperor smiled: "Let's go and see Xiao Yao!" Have breakfast together. ”

Xiao Yao took a bath, sat under the window of Xiaoxuan to comb her hair, tied her hair in a bun, and inserted a hairpin in the mirror, and saw Jing coming from the valley, with one hand behind her back, stepping on the morning dew, and walking to her window.

Xiao Yao saw that his clothes were still yesterday, and obviously he had not left Xiao Yueding: "You ..... last night Where to rest?"

"I spent the night in His Majesty's room of the Yellow Emperor," Jing handed Xiao Yao a bouquet of blue smiling flowers, delicate petals still with dewdrops on them.

Xiao Yao sniffed it and smiled in surprise: "It's so fragrant!"

She put down the hairpin in her hand, pointed to her bun, turned around, and lowered her head slightly.

The smiling aroma is long, refreshing, but the flower shape is not large. The blooming flowers are no larger than the size of a thumb, so they are not suitable for wearing. Jing thought about it, chose a branch of suitable length for Xiaoxiao, and put the branch around the bun and inserted it in half a circle.

"Okay"

Xiao Yao raised the mirror and looked at it, only to see that the right side of the bun was densely inserted with smiling flowers, which were half-moon-shaped, just like a half-moon-shaped hairpin made of sapphires, but even though it was the best gem in the world, where was there such a refreshing fragrance?

Xiao Yao put down the mirror and said, "Thank you, not only the flowers, but also.... All the difficulties I have brought to you. ”

Jing flicked Xiao Yao's forehead: "Who told me that the two of them want to walk together for a lifetime, so they should naturally take care of each other?"

Xiao Yao lowered her head and said dejectedly, "Jing, what should I do?"

"Do you think you have what it takes to get His Majesty the Black Emperor to withdraw his troops?"

Xiao Yao shook his head, he knew Zhen Xuan too well, and no one could stop what he wanted to get.

"Do you want to side with Gao Xin and help Gao Xin Da Xuanyuan?"

Xiao Yao shook his head: "I just know a little bit about medicine and poison, where do I have that ability?" Besides, as much as I hate it for him to do this, I will never help anyone deal with it. ”

"Xiao Yao, this is a matter between two emperors, you can't do anything."

"But one of them is my dearest person, and the other has the grace of nurturing me, am I really.... Looking at it indifferently?"

"You're not looking indifferently, you're looking painfully."

"Tu Shanjing!" Xiao Yao glared at Jing, "You're still making fun of me now?" Do you know that I spent the night thinking about it all night?"

Jing pinched Xiao Yao's cheek; "Don't think about the worst outcome before anything happens, this battle won't be fought in a decade or two. The current Xuanyuan Kingdom is not the Xuanyuan Kingdom of the year, the Black Emperor is not the Yellow Emperor of the year, and the Jun Emperor is not the Chiyou of the year. ”

The Yellow Emperor stood at the door and asked; "Are you going to eat, or are you going to continue the conversation through the window?"

Xiao Yao was embarrassed and said loudly, "Eat!"

After breakfast, Jing went down the mountain for two people.

Xiao Yao sat in a daze under the porch, and the Yellow Emperor didn't pay attention to her.

Xiao Yao sat until noon, suddenly jumped up, picked up a bow and arrow, rushed into the mountain, and practiced archery viciously for more than two hours. When she was extremely tired, she climbed onto the couch and fell asleep.

When Zhen Yan came at night, Xiao Yao was still sleeping. After accompanying the Yellow Emperor to finish eating, he told Miao Pu a few words before leaving.

Xiao Yao slept until the early morning of the second day, and after getting up, she told Miao Pu that she would rest in the Zhanggu Hall at night in the future, and that dinner would be eaten alone in the Zhangyu Palace.

Every day, when he came, he didn't see Xiao Yao, nor did he get angry or disappointed, he looked the same as before, talked to the emperor for a while, and left as usual.

The battle between Xuanyuan and Gao Xin is really as Jing said, and it will be impossible to tell the winner for a while.

At the beginning, Xuanyuan has always had the upper hand, but with the Xuanyuan infantry team entering the hinterland of Gaoxin, it was fiercely resisted by the people of Gaoxin, no matter how brave the army under Fenglong, Yujiang, and the army under their command was, and how sharp the weapons in their hands were, they could not hurt the people of Gaoxin, so the one-sided situation was immediately reversed.

It was obvious that he was also ready for a long-term war, and he had already explained to Fenglong, so Fenglong did not let the army continue to advance, but took good care of the cities that had been captured.

Midsummer is the flood season in Gaoxin, and heavy rains will fall, which will inevitably cause floods. Growing up in Chishui, Hong Leong witnessed the destruction of the village in an instant when a levee burst, and under the guidance of his grandfather, he learned how to dredge the river and build a dam to prevent flooding.

Before the flood season in Gaoxin, Feng Long sent the children who were good at water control from the Chishui family, assigned them to the troops stationed in the city, and led the soldiers of Xuanyuan to help the people everywhere to dredge the river and maintain the embankment. The people of Gaoxin were very repulsive at first, but these Xuanyuan soldiers did not kill people, did not set fires, worked hard, except for what they said, they couldn't understand what they said, and they were no different from ordinary people. Seeing that the flood season is coming, they can't refuse the help of others for the sake of the crops in the field and the lives of their families.

Although Xuanyuan's army went deep into the hinterland of Gaoxin, it could be backed by Chishui and Jingdu, and through shipping, the supply of grain and grass materials was continuous, and the high-paid army had no way to recapture the city occupied by Xuanyuan; But the further south the climate became, the more hot and humid it became, and the rainy season was coming, although Fenglong was very adaptable to the humid climate, but many Xuanyuan soldiers were not adaptable, and Xuanyuan could not continue to attack, and the two armies could only stalemate and confront.

Xiao Yao has been avoiding Zhuan, but it is impossible to avoid the ongoing war outside, knowing that whether he knows it or not will not change the result, but he can't help but ask; "Where is Hong Leong now? Is there a big war in the near future?"

Jing teased her; "You are carefully heard, saying that you regret not being at the beginning, and you are thinking about Fenglong."

Xiao Yao was made to cry and laugh by Jing, and pounced on him to beat Jing, Jing hid, and pretended to be serious; "Now Feng Long is a general, the future is limitless, far more powerful than my little patriarch, you tell me the truth, there is regret in your heart, Feng Long has not married a wife, if you really regret it, it may not be without a chance."

Xiao Yao wanted to scratch Jing's mouth a few times, but she couldn't catch it at all, she gritted her teeth and said; "I've always heard that Qingqiu Gongzi is quick to react and laugh at each other, but I still think stupidly that they aren't bullying you! Now I regret it, not because of the unlimited future of Hong Leong, but because I found out that you are a big bad guy!"

Jing came to Xiao Yao's side; "Then how can you be considered a good person, I'll let you fight?"

Xiao Yao turned his head and looked up at the sky on the other side; "Not uncommon!"

Jing turned to Xiao Yao; "Two hits, then?"

"Humph!" Xiao Yao twisted her head and looked at the sky on the other side.

"Three?"

The Yellow Emperor's laughter suddenly came, Xiao Yao and Jing hurriedly stood away a little, the Yellow Emperor coughed twice, and said; "I'll take a drink, and you can continue to play with yours."

"Who played with him? He's bullying me!" Xiao Yao's face turned red, and he ran to the porch and poured a glass of water and brought it to the Yellow Emperor.

The Yellow Emperor looked at Xiao Yao and said with a smile; "I think it's good to bully, when Jing is not there, you are a partner, and when Jing comes, he is angry a lot."

Xiao Yao glanced at Jing and didn't say anything.

Midsummer came, and Gaoxin entered the rainy season, which meant that for Xuanyuan and Gaoxin's soldiers, there was no need to fight for the time being. For Jing, his one-year mourning period for his "deceased wife" has expired, and according to custom, he can discuss his relatives.

One afternoon, when Jing went to visit Xiao Yao at the top of the moon, he said; "Let's go out for a walk."

Xiao Yao was sorting out the medical notes of his predecessors, and he happened to be tired of sorting out, and said; "Okay!"

Xiao Yao followed Jing out of the Medicine Valley, and Jing summoned his mount, the White Crane, and asked Xiao Yao to go up.

Xiao Yao smiled; "I thought I was going to take a walk on the top of the moon, where are you going to take me?"

Jing smiled without saying a word, and the white crane carried them among the mountain peaks.

It didn't take long for Xiao Yao to see the grass ridge, with clouds and mist, and steep peaks.

The white crane stopped at the edge of the pool, and Xiao Yao jumped off the white crane, looked at the thatched house and said; "Sometimes I feel like I'm predestined in the dark."

Jing pulled Xiao Yao to sit down; "There's something I'd like to discuss with you."

Xiao Yao bent down to play with the water, and said casually; "You say!"

"In the folk song of Hanshui, 'My Fair Lady, Gentleman is Good', every teenager can't help but look forward to what his future wife will look like after understanding the lyrics. I was the same when I was young, thinking that she should have a beautiful appearance, a gentle and demure temperament, know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, know a little about cooking and female celebrity, not taciturn, not too talkative, not too talkative, can govern the family, advance and retreat appropriately, and finally know how to do business, so that when I mention the affairs of the family, she does not understand at all....."

Xiao Yao compared himself one by one in her heart, and her face became ugly.

"When my mother chose a marriage for me, she asked me what I thought, and I told her what I wanted."

Xiao Yao asked expectantly; "Did your mother say you were delusional?"

Jing said with a smile; "The mother said, 'These are not difficult, except for the appearance is innate, the others, not to mention the family, is the general family, as long as you want your daughter to marry well, she will be carefully cultivated, the difficult thing is whether she will treat you sincerely'."

Xiao Yao thought about it quietly, the requirements that Jing said sounded very high, but it was indeed not difficult to meet, after all, what Jing asked for was only "knowing and understanding", and he did not ask to be as famous as him, and he was amazing.

Jing said; "I didn't expect it.... I met you!"

Xiao Yao wrinkled her nose and said disdainfully; "What if you meet? Anyway, I don't have a flower or moon appearance, I am not gentle and demure, I don't know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I don't know anything about female red, but I am very proficient in how to poison people, I talk a lot, I can talk to myself for an hour or two, I don't know how to dress up, I don't know how to run a family, I hate socializing, and I can't talk about business....."

Jing nodded, "You do!"

Xiao Yao puffed out his cheeks, clenched his hands into fists, and stared at the ground angrily.

"But when I met you, I realized that no matter how much I thought about it before, when I met the person I liked, all conditions were not conditions." Jing looked at Xiao Yao gently, "You are not quiet, but I am already very quiet, and I just need you to be noisy and active; You are not gentle, and you want to do it when you don't agree with me, but when you help me wash my hair and feed me medicine, you are extremely meticulous and patient; You don't know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but I can, which is just convenient for me to show off; You don't understand female red, but I'm not marrying a weaver girl, a hundred jade shell coins can buy the most ingenious weaver girl in the Great Wilderness; You can't do business, I will, more than enough to support you; You don't know how to do business, but with your noise, in another thousand years, I and you are not afraid of having nothing to say, there is no need to mention the affairs of the family with you at all, you are too lazy to communicate with people, I can't ask for it, because I wish I would hide you in the deep house, no one will see you, no one will rob you..."

Xiao Yao's face improved, and she tilted her head to look at Jing.

Jing said with a smile; "Xiao Yao, what you just said is very right, you are indeed not a flower and a moon, you are ....." Xiao Yao's nose just wrinkled, Jing nodded her nose, "Even if there are thousands of purples and reds in the world, they are not worthy of your love." ”

Xiao Yao's face turned red for a moment, and he stood up to leave; "I really don't know what kind of crazy you are saying today, saying something inexplicable!"

Jing grabbed Xiao Yao's hand, and at some point, they were surrounded by white mist, and in the diffuse white mist, the peach trees were uprooted one by one, forming flower bones at a speed visible to the naked eye, and blooming delicate flowers. But after a while, thousands of peach blossoms, colorful and blooming, bright as sunset, gorgeous as rouge, the breeze everywhere, the fallen leaves colorful.

Xiao Yao knew that this was Jing's illusion, but he still couldn't help but stretch out his hand to feel the colorful and gorgeous.

Jing said; "This is where your dad used to live. I came here today to tell you in front of your father and mother that Qingqiu Tu Shanjing wants to marry Xiling Jiuyao. ”

Xiao Yao's body froze.

Jing asked; "Xiaoyao, are you willing to marry me?"

Back then, Xiao Yao and Feng Long's lonely men and orphans discussed marriage in the secret room, and they didn't feel embarrassed, but now they are ashamed and ashamed, and they can't wait to run away immediately. She muttered under her breath; "If you want to ask for a marriage, you should ask your grandfather and Zhuan."

"Of course I will mention it to them, but before I ask them, I want to ask you. Xiaoyao, are you willing to marry me?"

The peach blossoms fell all over the sky, like the rain in the south of the Yangtze River, Xiao Yao seemed to see her father and mother, and was looking at her with a smile.

"I do!" Xiao Yao shook off Jing's hand and fled into the hut, feeling that her cheeks were hot and her heart was pounding. Looking in front of the mirror, how to drink the wine, her whole face was red, she covered her cheeks with her hands, and said to herself in the mirror; "It's really useless!"

In the evening, when Zhen Xuan came to Xiaoyueding, he was very surprised to see that Xiao Yao was also there.

He smiled and nodded to Jing, sat down at the head of the Yellow Emperor, and faced Xiao Yao.

Jing saluted respectfully to the Yellow Emperor and Zhuan Xuan, and said; "I want to ask to marry Xiaoyao, and I beg the grace of the two Majesties."

Zhen Yan chuckled in her heart, and looked at Xiao Yao, the last time Feng Long proposed, Xiao Yao was shocked and dazed, and now, she lowered her head, three points of joy and three points of shame at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, and four points of willingness.

Zhen felt as if he was sitting on the top of a desolate mountain without a person and a wife, his body was still there, but his heart flew out, walking through the long time, looking at the past scene by scene-

Because of his childhood experience, he was precocious and precocious, and occasionally enjoyed the joy of playing fish and water, but a cold and hard heart never moved, and when he was ridiculed and asked what kind of woman he wanted, he would always remember when he was a child, Xiao Yao hugged him and said; "I don't marry someone else, I marry you, and I will always be with you"!

Accompanied by Xiao Yao, the night he came back from Yaochi, he couldn't sleep over and over, his eyes were full of Xiao Yao, when she was a child, now she is wearing men's clothes, Xiao Yao is wearing women, no matter which one she is, he is sometimes happy, sometimes sad, he is not a hairy young man, he knows very well what happened.

But what could he do? What is the qualification of a person who has been given a place to sleep even by someone else? What qualifications does a person who is precarious and can be assassinated at any moment?

He always remembered that when his aunt sent Xiaoyao to Yushan, he begged his aunt to keep Xiaoyao, and sincerely promised "I will take care of Xiaoyao, not afraid of being involved." But my aunt smiled and said; "But you don't even have the ability to protect yourself now, let alone the ability to protect her, but it's not enough to be afraid!"

He had determined that he would go to Yushan to pick her up when he could take care of Xiaoyao, but hundreds of years later, when she returned to him again, he still had no ability to take care of her, so he could only tell himself: You can't even protect her, you are not qualified!

That is, Xiao Yao has a heart for Jing, but he has no love for him, and he has no intention of Feng Long at all, but because those men are the Tu Shan clan and the Chishui clan, each of them is more qualified than him. Therefore, half of him is retreating, half is taking advantage, and they are close to Xiaoyao.

In Xuanyuan City, crises lurk, Jing came all the way, but Xiao Yao fell out with Jing and refused to see Jing at all.

On Xuanyuan Mountain, he grabbed Xiao Yao's Tianma reins and invited her to see Jing. In his life, he has been humiliated by many people, but he has never felt ashamed of himself, but that time, he felt ashamed and humiliated.

Xiao Yao not only saw Jing, but also stayed in the house with Jing all night, he soaked in the cold and biting who soaked all night, but he couldn't wash away the pain in his heart, and he couldn't wash away his shame and humiliation. He wanted to rush in and drive Jing away, but he knew that no, in front of the Qiliang Mansion, the scene of Xiao Yao protecting him with his body was right in front of him, and he was not qualified!

That time, he got the full support of Feng Long and Jing as he wished, and made the most important decision in his life, choosing Shennong Mountain and giving up Xuanyuan Mountain. When he was profligate, drunk and taking medicine, and half-crazy, crying, laughing and laughing with Qi Liang and them, only he knew that he was not acting, he was really in pain, paralyzed and cathartic, because he clearly knew that he gave up not only Xuanyuan Mountain, but also his little Yao!

When he came to Shennong Mountain, Jing and Xiaoyao's interactions became more and more frequent, and he told himself over and over again that he would only be a brother! As long as both of them are alive, as long as Xiaoyao is happy, nothing else matters!

That day, when Xiao Yao came back from Qingqiu, he fell softly into his arms, and when a mouthful of blood spat on the placket of his clothes, he felt that his heart was being stabbed.

Xiao Yao was seriously ill and bedridden, and he guarded her night and night. Countless late nights, watching her cry in her sleep, he hated Tu Shanjing, who he got but didn't cherish, but he hated himself even more.

The Yellow Emperor inspected the Central Plains, and Xuanyuan was panicked, and Uncle Wang and him had completely torn their faces. He stood at a threshold of life and death, the last step was in his hands, overlooking the world, and the next step was a defeat and shattered bones, even Xinyue began to deliberately keep a distance from him, but Xiao Yao agreed to marry Feng Long at the most delicate moment.

Overnight, the four families were all on his side. Although Xiao Yao kept smiling and saying that "Feng Leong is the most suitable candidate", he knew very well in his heart that if it wasn't for him, even if Xiao Yao was disheartened because of Jing, he would not agree to marry Feng Leong.

Feng Long and Xiao Yao's wedding date is set, there is a restless beast roaring in his heart, and his grandfather said with advice: "Xiao Yao wants a peaceful and stable life, and it is really good for Xiao Yao to use your power to protect her life of peace." ”

For the sake of Xiaoyao? He tightened his grip on the beast to prevent it from escaping.

On the day of Xiao Yao's marriage, he sat in the phoenix forest on the top of Xiaoyue all night, the phoenix flowers swayed in the wind, the swing frame was intact as new, but the person who enjoyed the flowers and swinged was gone.

He told himself over and over again, "Feng Leong is indeed the most suitable person for Jing, he can protect her for a lifetime, as long as he is one day, Feng Leong will never dare to despise Xiao Yao."

However, when the news of Xiao Yao's escape from marriage came, the sky was full of gloom and all dispersed in an instant, and he couldn't help but shout and laugh happily in the Phoenix Forest.

Zhen Xuan smiled and looked around, the Yellow Emperor and Jing were both looking at him, obviously the Yellow Emperor had already agreed, just waiting for his reply.

Xiao Yao raised her head and looked at him with anticipation in her eyes.

Zhen Xuan smiled and said to Jing, "You ask the elders of the clan to propose marriage to the Xiling patriarch and settle the family matter!"

Jing put down his hanging heart, bowed down, and said sincerely, "Thank you, Your Majesty." ”

At the end of the year, the Tu Shan clan and the Xiling clan announced together that the Tu Shan patriarch and Xiling Jiuyao were married.

In the Great Wilderness, nature is boiling again, but Jing and Xiaoyao will not pay attention to it.

After the family affairs are decided, it is time to discuss the marriage date.

Jing thought about it as soon as possible, and Elder Yue, who watched Jing grow up, smiled and quipped: "You have been calm and moderate since you were a child, and you are not in a hurry no matter what you do, why are you so impatient now?"

Jing said: "Others look at me anxiously, but in fact, I have been waiting for decades. ”

Elder Yue also knew that Jing had a deep affection for Xiao Tian, so he no longer made fun of him, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, this matter can't be rushed!" The wedding between the patriarch and Miss Xiling is nominally a remarriage, and according to etiquette, it shouldn't have crossed that woman, but is the patriarch willing to do it? Even if the patriarch is willing, I won't agree to the old man! The wedding is over, with our Tu Shan clan's ability, one year of preparation time is enough. But you do the math. Should the house be rebuilt? Should furniture and utensils be replaced? Do you want to open a medicine garden for Miss Xiling? Anyway, according to my intentions, everything that the woman lived in and used was dismantled and thrown away, and everything was re-made according to the preferences of the patriarch and Miss Xiling. This is a big project, and it is also a delicate job, patriarch, I am really in a hurry!"

Jing was silent, what Elder Yue said was very reasonable, Ming Media is marrying, it should be like this.

Elder Yue said: "It's because I know that the patriarch cares about Miss Xiling, and I, who came here, remind you that once in a lifetime, don't leave a lifetime regret because you are in a hurry." ”

Jing bowed: "That's what Elder Yue said. ”

Elder Yue said with a smile: "However, the patriarch can rest assured, with the financial resources of the Tu Shan clan, he will make every effort to prepare, and he will not let the clan wait for a long time, and when the time comes, the custodian patriarch will be satisfied." ”

Jing said embarrassedly: "The key is to like Xiaoyao." ”

Elder Yue laughed: "Good! I must inquire about Miss Xiling's preferences. ”

The Yellow Emperor asked Xiao Yao what he thought about the wedding date.

Xiao Yao looked at the busy doctor outside the window, thought for a while, and said, "I want to wait until the matter of compiling medical books has an eyebrow before determining the marriage date." ”

The Yellow Emperor said, "This is not a matter of two or three years, are you sure?"

Xiao Yao nodded: "The Shennong Hundred Herbs Sutra has been in my hands for more than four hundred years, it has saved my life, but I have never done anything for it, or rather, I want to do something for the Yan Emperor who tasted all the herbs and died of poisoning." What he spent the doctor's effort on should not be a tool for a few doctors to gain money and fame in any case. ”

The Yellow Emperor sighed: "Xiao Yao, you keep saying that you are not like your mother, in fact, you are very similar to your mother!"

Xiao Yao frowned: "I'm not like her!"

The Yellow Emperor smiled: "Okay, not like, not like!"

In the evening, Zhen Xuan came to Xiaoyueding, and when he heard Xiaoyao's decision on the marriage date, he smiled: "Very good." ”

Perhaps because of her relationship with Jingding, Xiao Yao began to realize that her days at the top of Xiao Yueding were limited, and the time she spent with Zhen Yao was not infinite; Maybe because although the war between Xuanyuan and Gao Xin had casualties among each other, no one Xiao Yao knew died, and if he didn't deliberately inquire, he would hardly feel the war thousands of miles away, and Xiao Yao would no longer avoid it.

The two resumed their previous relationship, and every evening, they would come to laugh with Xiaotian and spend some time.

The cold came and the summer went by, and the peaceful days passed very quickly, and before I knew it, eight years had passed.

Neither the Witch King nor Xiao Yao found a way to lift the Lover's Gu.

Although Xiao Yao was a little disappointed, she didn't care, this Gu had been on her for more than eighty years, and she seemed to have long been used to it, so she couldn't get nervous.

Jing was very concerned, and every time he failed to solve the Gu, his disappointment was difficult to hide.

Xiao Yao smiled and comforted him: "That heart-to-heart connection is not so 'intimate', in fact, Xiangliu can feel some of my pain, I can't feel him at all, this is not a heart-to-heart connection at all." ”

In fact, Jing didn't care about Xiao Yao and Xiang Liu's "heart-to-heart", what he was uneasy about was that "lifeblood is connected", but he had no way to tell Xiao Yao about this uneasiness, so he could only let Xiao Yao misunderstand his "care".

One day, Xiao Yao came out of the hospital and talked to Miao Pu while walking.

It was getting dark, and the streets were full of hurried families, which was particularly lively. In the vast sea of people, I don't know why, Xiao Yao saw a man in brocade clothes at a glance. She kept staring at the man, but the man didn't look at her, the two passed by, the man walked straight forward, but Xiaotian gradually stopped and looked back.

Miao Pu asked strangely, "What did Miss see?"

Xiao Yao stood in a daze for a while, and suddenly ran to chase after him, but the street was bustling, and the man could not be found again. She refused to give up, still running and looking around.

Miao Pu didn't know what was going on, and while chasing Xiao Yao inch by inch, she asked, "What is Miss looking for?"

"I ...... I...... I don't know. "Xiao Yao didn't lie to Miao Pu, she really didn't know.

Headless flies spun around and were about to leave, when they suddenly saw a closed door in the dark alley marked with the sign of the Lirong clan's underground casino.

Xiao Yao walked to the door, looked at it quietly for a moment, and didn't know what he thought, so he knocked on the door.

"Miss wants to gamble?" Miao Pu asked.

"Just take a look."

The underground casino is only open to regular customers, and the waiter guarding the door wants to drive Xiao Yao away, Miao Pu took out a token and shook it, and the waiter actually saluted respectfully and handed the two dog head masks to Miao Pu.

Xiao Yao put on a mask and walked slowly around the casino.

Probably because it was just dark, there were not many people in the casino, and after Xiao Yao walked around for a long time, he asked for a few glasses of spirits, sat in the corner, and drank silently. Miao Pu saw that she had something on her mind, so she didn't bother quietly, and quietly accompanied her.

The night is getting deeper, the casino is getting more and more lively, I don't know how long I sat there, Xiao Yao saw the brocade man again, because he was wearing a mask, he became a dog-headed human body, but Xiao Yao still recognized him.

Xiao Yao hurriedly chased after him, the lights were blurred, the clothes were fragrant, and he ran through several corridors and several steps of steps, and finally caught up with the man in brocade.

The man in brocade stood by a semicircular glass wall, and he didn't know what spell the Lirong clan used, outside the glass wall was the starry sky, the stars were shining brightly, and the meteors fell from time to time, so that he felt that he was standing in the sky.

The man in brocade asked with a smile: "You have been chasing me for so long, why is it?"

Xiao Yao hesitated and asked, "Don't you know me?"

"Should I know you?"

Xiao Yao took off her mask.

The man in brocade took a few closer glances and whistled: "If I knew you, I shouldn't forget!" Sorry!" When he had finished speaking, he was about to leave.

Xiao Yao grabbed him: "Xiangliu! I know it's you, don't pretend!"

The man in brocade wanted to get rid of Xiao Yao, but Xiao Yao was as difficult as an octopus, so he just didn't let go, and the man in brocade seemed to be a little impatient: "If you don't let go again, don't blame me for being welcome!"

"You're welcome! Anyway, I'm in pain, so don't think about it!"

The brocade-clothed man sighed, took off his mask, and slowly turned around, under the starlight in the sky, his face gradually changed, revealing his true facial features.

Xiao Yao stared at him and laughed, his eyes full of pride.

Xiang Liu asked helplessly: "Xiling girl, what do you want to do?"

"I ...... I ......" Xiao Yao actually didn't know what she wanted to do, so she opened her mouth for a while and said, "Help me get rid of Gu, you can mention it!"

Xiang Liu smiled: "Half an hour ago, Tu Shanjing just said this to me. ”

"You're here to meet Jing?"

"To be precise, Tu Shanjing asked me to talk about some business."

Xiao Yao understood, it must have been Jing who saw that she couldn't solve the Gu, so she had to go to Xiang Liu to negotiate, "Did you promise Jing?"

"The conditions he gave were very tempting, and I wanted to agree very much, but it wasn't that I didn't want to get rid of Gu, but I really couldn't get rid of it!

"You're a liar! Back then, you helped Zhen Xuan solve the Gu, how could it be that you can't solve it now?"

Xiang Liu sighed, shook his head and said: "You really should let Tu Shanjing teach you how to talk about business with people, talking about business is not a quarrel, especially when you ask for someone, you can't blame the other party at will, your purpose is to let me help you, not to provoke me." ”

Xiao Yao glared at Xiang Liu: "You are obviously a liar!"

"Do you think I'd tell such a clumsy lie? Tu Shanjing is much smarter than you, and what he humbly asks is why he was able to solve it before, but now he can't'. ”I

"Why?"

"Gu worms are living creatures. At this moment. At that moment! Does if you can kill a newborn tiger cub means that you can also kill a tiger demon that has been around for thousands of years?"

Xiao Yao felt that Xiang Liu made some sense, but he felt that he was not completely telling the truth. He said stupidly, "I can't do it, but you can't do it either?"

"If you don't believe me, why do you ask me?"

Xiao Yao was silent, silent for a moment, and asked, "Are you here to see Jing?" When are you leaving?"

"If you hadn't held me back, I would have left."

Xiao Yao reacted, she kept pulling Xiang Liu's arm, a little embarrassed. Busy loosened.

"Where's Jing? Is he still in the casino?"

Xiang Liu looked at the dark corridor with a smile: "Always behind you." ”

Jing walked over and shook Xiao Yao's hand.

Xiao Yao wanted to tell Xiang Liu to be careful and leave as soon as possible, but he couldn't speak, so he could only be silent.

Xiang Liu glanced at Jing and Xiao Yao's handshake, smiled at Jing and said, "Farewell!" After saying that, he immediately turned and left, and after a while, the man disappeared into the darkness.

Jing said to Xiao Yao: "After I finished talking with Xiang Liu, in order to avoid people's eyes, we left separately, but I saw that you were there, so I followed and led Miao Pu elsewhere by the way." ”

Xiao Yao didn't want to mention Xiang Liu again, shook Jing's hand, and said with a smile: "I don't mind this, I know you're worried about me." Let's go, I haven't had dinner yet!"

The two walked side by side, hand in hand. Xiao Yao said: "Don't worry about Gu anymore, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, there will always be a way to solve it." ”

"Good!" Jing agreed, thinking in his heart, since Gu can't be solved, the only thing that is fortunate is that Zhen Xuan and Xiao Yao have a good relationship, if one day. It's really that far. Zhen should be merciful for the sake of Xiaoyao.