"After the change of ownership of the Heaven Replenishing Sect, the Central Plains martial arts are surging, after all, Zhiwei and I are outsiders, and we have a lot of relationship with Fu Yuanyu, so it is not good to interfere too much in these things, plus the war in the northern Xinjiang is not over, and Hanshan is still facing a crisis, so we decided to go back."

Bu Hanying extinguished the fire, took the cup again and poured a full cup of hot water for Xue Hongbi, and drank it when he saw him take it woodenly, but he was so hot that he finally came back to his senses.

Xue Hongbi finally got the story he heard in his mind, and when he looked at Bu Hanying at this time, his mood had changed drastically, if he changed places, it would be difficult for him to make the choice of Bu Hanying's brothers and sisters, but he couldn't help but admire such a person.

"Ji Fanshuang is with you?"

"Yes, but my injuries have not healed, even if I rush back to Hanshan, it will be a burden in vain, so I and Ji Fanshuang temporarily stayed in the Central Plains to recuperate, during that time we lived like ordinary people, the days of firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea were plain but beautiful, but as the weather warmed up, she somehow became anxious, I asked her many times, but she always found excuses to perfunctory me."

Xue Hongbi calculated the time in her heart, Ji Fanshuang experienced a cocoon breaking period in the twelfth year of Pingkang, according to the triennial calculation, the twenty-fourth year of Pingkang happened to be the turn of the cocoon breaking period, and the days were approaching day by day, no wonder she was restless.

He asked, "When is Ji Fanshuang's cocoon breaking period?" ”

"April ahead." Bu Hanying lowered her eyes, "Before that, she said that she had something to do and needed to leave for a month, so let me wait in the same place." ”

Xue Hongbi didn't know at what age Ji Fanshuang started practicing martial arts, just at the age of fourteen, Ji Fanshuang had already passed the cocoon breaking period four times, and the realm was definitely not lower than the fifth, not to mention the people in the market, it was more than enough to kill second-rate masters, and she must have left this time to prepare for the cocoon breaking period.

"The higher the realm of the Jade Cocoon Sutra, the more stringent the requirements for essence and blood during the cocoon breaking period, with Ji Fanshuang's skill at that time, the blood of ordinary living creatures is better than nothing, and if she wants to break through the bottleneck smoothly, she can only use human blood. At that time, in order to avoid the disturbance of the rivers and lakes, we chose to settle in Qinzhou, only separated by a mountain range from the Jiannan River, and there were mostly small towns nearby, only some small gangs that did not enter the stream. She couldn't get too close to me, and it was not easy to go too far, so she went to those towns where dragons and snakes were mixed, where the government had always turned a blind eye to the Jianghu people, as long as those Jianghu people did not wantonly kill innocent people, they didn't bother to care, so she managed to provoke disputes, from gang disciples to ruffians and hooligans, every day people fight, and it is not uncommon for people to die, and it is difficult to attract attention to the disappearance of some people in such a situation...... With this method, she kidnapped nearly thirty young people, and the essence blood needed to be used in the cocoon breaking period must be taken from the living, so she scattered them and locked them in a cave in the wilderness outside the city. ”

"Isn't this like keeping livestock in captivity?"

Xue Hongbi felt a little scalp tingling, most of those guys who were in the market were not good people, but they were not extremely vicious bad people, if they were locked in a dark cave, they were caught and slaughtered and blooded one by one like livestock, it was really appalling.

He asked, "How did this leak?" ”

After the cocoon breaking period arrived, her body quickly aged and withered, and every day that passed for three years, her organs, senses, limbs and bones would be affected, and she gradually became overwhelmed. At this time, one of them somehow broke free from the shackles, escaped from the cave, and ran back to the city to report to the government by beating the drum, saying that there was a vampire woman in the cave outside the city, and she had captured many people to raise them for food, and the servants took torches, knives and sticks and rushed over overnight. The hot water in the cup gradually became colder, Bu Hanying looked at the reflection in the water, and her expression was difficult to distinguish between joy and sorrow, "She was caught off guard, although she escaped from the encirclement, but she also exposed herself, and the government immediately posted wanted portraits in Qinzhou, and monks and Taoists and people in the rivers and lakes heard the news...... Soon, I also heard about it when I was drinking tea and listening to books in the teahouse, and I saw the old woman in the portrait again. ”

"You recognize that?"

Bu Hanying shook her head and said: "As the so-called cocoon into a butterfly, her appearance is far from usual, I didn't recognize her, but I just thought of the incident on Shark Pearl Island back then, and decided to take a look...... When I arrived there, I saw the corpses brought out of the cave by the messengers, and confirmed that the incident was committed by the disciples of Gusha, and there was only one Gusha heir left in this world. ”

He rescued a fish that slipped through the net, and now this fish has become a flood beast, opening its bloody mouth and killing innocents indiscriminately.

Ordinary people think she is a ghost and spirit, and the people in the rivers and lakes think that it is the devil who kills people and exercises, and now that the deeds are revealed, they should flee, so they block the main roads and search for them in all directions, only Bu Hanying knows that she must not go far, and nine times out of ten she is still hiding in this city.

He disguised himself as a Taoist priest of Youfang, hid the Tibetan sword in a hollow bamboo pole, walked the streets and alleys with a fortune-telling banner in hand, and finally on the night of April 19, he saw an old beggar woman on a deserted street corner with his back to him, and asked a father and daughter for money.

Because the rumors of the vampire witch intensified, the people rarely went out at night, and the father and daughter were new to the city, even if they walked on this remote and uninhabited street, they did not feel any threat to an old beggar.

Just when the old beggar was about to reach out and take the copper coin, Bu Hanying's hand fell on her shoulder, and the surprised man on the opposite side smiled and said: "Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, the two laymen should be rewarded for their kindness, and it is windy in the middle of the night, please return home as soon as possible." ”

The man was stunned, seeing that he was not talking about cheating money, he thanked him and was about to take his daughter away, but he didn't expect the old beggar to suddenly make a move and grab the little girl.

Bu Hanying was already guarding against her, and immediately waved down the fortune-telling banner to block the girl, but unexpectedly, this move was a false move, the old beggar suddenly bent her waist, locked the man's throat with her backhand, and at the same time kicked out the flying stone, penetrating the banner and hitting the little girl, and the blood immediately splashed out.

Taking advantage of Bu Hanying's opportunity to save the girl, the old beggar grabbed the man, and swept out like an arrow from the string with a kick under her feet.

Xue Hongbi couldn't help but ask, "Why did she do it in front of you...... It's not difficult for her to find a way to get out and find her next target, right? ”

"Because the time is coming." Bu Hanying smiled bitterly, "It was the last day of the cocoon breaking period, and she didn't have time to wait any longer." I chased her all the way out of the city, and finally snatched the person out of her hands, and my injuries were not healed, and she was not in her prime, and no one could help the other...... Seeing that the time was coming, she really had no choice but to beg me to let go. ”

Xue Hongbi was stunned: "She revealed her identity to you herself?" ”

She asked me...... Do you remember the island in the twelfth year of Pingkang...... I don't know how many people have died at her hands over the years, and although I don't kill Beren, Beren has died because of me. Bu Hanying's fingers on his lap trembled, "I decided to kill her at any cost, but ......"

The blade of the sword pointed straight at her heart, and the old woman looked at the cold face of the person in front of her, and there was no way to avoid it behind her, and finally stopped resisting in vain, but took a step forward.

"Hanying, I don't think you're blind, but do you want to think I'm old?"

This voice was hoarse and old, completely different from Ji Fanshuang's pleasant and beautiful voice, but Bu Hanying couldn't recognize her face, voice, but she could recognize her tone and eyes.

The disciple of Gu Shot, who was rescued from the fire by him and turned against him, the affectionate woman who has sworn by the sea for three years, and now the old beggar who kills people like hemp...... They were the same person.

At that moment, Bu Hanying's only remaining heaven and earth seemed to be dim.

"I smoothed out the wrinkles little by little, and I could see more and more similarities between my eyebrows...... I couldn't believe it, and I couldn't believe that she was standing in front of me. Bu Hanying muttered, "She told me the truth, begging me to let her go this time, as long as she survives the cocoon breaking period, she can change back to her original face, we will be together, she will live a good life with me, she will agree to whatever I say." ”

Xue Hongbi's heart jumped, and he hesitated: "If you let her change her evil and return to the right......

Bu Hanying was silent and didn't speak again for a long time.

Time seemed to go back, and he remembered that night, Ji Fanshuang, whose face was withered, stood in front of him, and between the two was the man who had passed out by an unwarranted disaster, less than five steps apart, as if separated from the ends of the world.

Bu Hanying is not qualified to forgive the murderer for the deceased and their relatives and friends, but this murderer is his unmarried wife, the only woman he loves deeply in his life, and she will lead her to Yue Mo and count the stars and rivers for herself.

A few days ago, he secretly made a hosta for her, and now she is standing here, and said word by word: "People will hunt birds and beasts to take their skin and flesh in order to have food and clothing, and I am just to survive, just to replace those animals with people, the Buddha said that all living beings in the world are equal, what is the difference between me killing people and killing pigs and dogs?" ”

After a pause, she slowed down her tone and pleaded: "Han Ying, if you let me go this time, I swear that in the future, I will only kill those who have committed the most heinous crimes, and will never harm the innocent." ”

Ji Fanshuang has harmed many people, but she has never harmed Bu Hanying, even on the twelve-year-old ship of Pingkang, she could have hidden in the cabin, but she still pushed the door out to save him.

Bu Hanying could hear it, and her words came from the bottom of her heart.

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Xue Hongbi heard this, after all, he was fourteen years old, he had never treated human life as a mustard, and he couldn't treat good people and bad people equally, if Ji Fanshuang could really keep his promise to only kill the wicked, wouldn't this matter end happily?

"Before she can fulfill her contract, she has to kill that innocent good person." Bu Hanying shook his head, "What's more, you don't know the Jade Cocoon True Scripture, after leaving Shark Pearl Island, I inquired a lot about Gu Shot, the higher the realm of the Jade Cocoon True Scripture, the deeper the blood poison accumulation in the cultivator's body, just like a demon tan, absorbing life to feed beauty, harming others and eventually harming oneself, and when Ji Fanshuang reaches the eighth realm, the blood poison will begin to rebound, she will suffer from acupuncture meridians every day, that kind of pain can make life worse than death, the only way to alleviate it is blood, until she turns herself into a bloodthirsty monster." ”

Since ancient times, there are only two grandmasters who have reached the pinnacle, they are peerless beauties soaked in blood, and there are white bones hidden under the appearance of the dust fairy, and finally one was besieged and killed by the martial arts masters, and the other fell into madness and died of suicide.

Xue Hongbi suddenly felt creepy, he thought that the Yin Book of "Heaven Interception" was ruthless and vicious enough, but he didn't expect that there were mountains outside the mountain, and "Jade Cocoon True Scripture" was the real poison and evil.

As if to see through his thoughts, Bu Hanying pursed the corners of his mouth and said: "Unlike the Yin Book, the Jade Cocoon Sutra still has a way back, as long as the internal strength is abolished and no longer cultivated, Ji Fanshuang can turn back into an ordinary person without the pain of breaking the cocoon, and the medical skills of Zhiwei can recuperate for her, and she can treat the internal damage after the abolition of the work, and it is not difficult to live as usual, only the appearance will age faster than ordinary people." ”

This seems to be the best of both worlds, but Ji Fanshuang can't accept it.

Now that she has become a dragon and no longer a worm, although she has suffered from breaking the cocoon, she also knows how terrible the disadvantages of the "Jade Cocoon True Scripture" are, but she is a person who has never gone back from ancient times to the present.

Ji Fanshuang knows very well what kind of person Bu Hanying is, what she has done, even if he uses the rest of his life to repay it for her, even if she becomes old and ugly, he will willingly accompany her to whitehead.

However, Ji Fanshuang can be his wife who lives and dies, but she is not willing to be a mediocre and incompetent ugly woman.

Ji Fanshuang hated Fu Yuanyu very much, but at this moment he felt his mood in the Poison Dragon Pond that day.

She wants the posture of captivating the country and the city, she wants the martial arts of the heroes, she wants the means of life and death, and she wants the future of Changchun to be ageless...... But these are destined to not only be a good person, but also a wicked person with bloody hands.

People like her and Fu Yuanyu, even if they are lucky enough to meet the love of their lives, they will not change their desires for them, and the best outcome is to forget each other in the rivers and lakes.

So, Ji Fanshuang laughed, laughing heartbreakingly, laughing so much that she burst into tears.

After laughing, she said to Bu Hanying: "I won't marry you." ”

Before the words fell, Ji Fanshuang crashed into the Zangfeng Sword like a moth to a fire, Bu Hanying subconsciously took a step back, and only missed in an instant, she grabbed the man who was unconscious, jumped with all her might, and disappeared into the reckless mountain forest.

Bu Hanying finally only found a corpse that had been drained of blood, and Ji Fanshuang didn't leave a word, as if he had really turned into a demon and disappeared from his world.

He sent the man's body back, looked at the girl who was crying bitterly, suddenly lost all his strength, spit out a mouthful of blood, and the hidden sword fell to the ground.

“…… After this incident, my mood was broken, and the old injuries from before also flared up, and my true qi was about to collapse in my body, and I was on the verge of going mad, but fortunately, Zhiwei rushed over in time. Bu Hanying smiled bitterly, "I was born before her, I practiced martial arts for many years just to take on the responsibility of guarding the tribe, the result was that she took on the responsibility of the patriarch, let me stay in the Central Plains Wanqing Valley retreat, fortunately, the Northern Xinjiang War ended in the twenty-sixth year of Pingkang, Wuzong recovered the seven states of Yunluo, re-established Yanbei Pass as the border, Zhiwei took the opportunity to make an alliance with the Hufa grassland, and helped Dajing defend the northwest, Hanshan was finally able to recuperate, but it was a pity that ......"

It's a pity that Wuzong died on the way back to the dynasty, otherwise Hanshan would probably have returned to Dajingyutu, and it is not like now being eyed by all forces.

Xue Hongbi had mixed feelings in her heart, and said, "How long has the senior been in retreat in the Evening Clear Valley, how could he join the Flying Star Alliance?" ”

"I was in retreat for five years in the Valley of Late Sunny Days, until the fourth year of Yong'an, when Zhiwei came to me. She brought a bad news, Dajing turned to Shoucheng after the death of Wuzong, but the Empress Dowager Xiao was scheming and lacked courage to deter all directions, and Emperor Yong'an was even more cowardly and incompetent. Bu Hanying said softly, "Song Xiang sent his disciple Xue Mingtang to go to Hanshan in person, wanting to persuade Zhiwei to join the Flying Star Alliance and fight for Dajing...... She thought it was feasible and came to ask me, but I was not optimistic. ”

Xue Hongbi was stunned, he didn't expect that Bu Hanying, as the Kun Palace of the Flying Star Alliance, would not agree with this path at all.

"Empress Dowager Xiao's reuse of her relatives is to gain power, is it in line with the law for Song Xiang's private organization to interfere with the government and the opposition? Once the news leaks, the two sides are in a position to see how good and bad the means are, and Hanshan can't afford this big gamble. Bu Hanying sighed, "However, Zhiwei's concerns are also reasonable, Hanshan can not be alone, sandwiched between the two countries, sooner or later it will be overwhelmed by the scourge of war, we don't have the ability to stand up as kings, so we have to be good birds that choose trees to perch on...... The feud of the ancestors is as deep as the sea, Hanshan and Wule cannot be reconciled, Dajing is our only choice, but the Empress Dowager Xiao has no room for people, if the Xiao family is in power, let alone within three generations, Hanshan not only has no future, I am afraid that it will be pushed to the tip of the blade, and it will easily die without a place to bury. ”

Xue Hongbi was stunned when he heard this, he thought that Bu Hanying was a pure person, but he didn't expect the other party to talk about the twists and turns of the plot so clearly, and then thought about it, if he was really a straight person who didn't know how to be flexible, how could he guard the gate of heaven for twelve years?

He suddenly realized and said, "Senior Bai, as the patriarch, can't join the Flying Star Alliance, but you can't be in the Central Plains?" In this way, the Flying Star Alliance can get the help of Hanshan and the First Swordsman at the same time, but Hanshan can avoid many risks, even if it fails one day, as long as the Bai seniors can do the righteous annihilation, the Xiao family will not be able to involve Hanshan too much. ”

As he spoke, Xue Hongbi's voice unconsciously became heavy, and he realized that Bu Hanying had actually put life and death aside on the day he joined the Flying Star Alliance, and just wanted to fight for a future for his family and country.

However, creation makes people, and it backfires.

In the seventh year of Yong'an, the Yanbeiguan incident, the Flying Star Alliance was exposed in broad daylight, from Prime Minister Song Yuanzhao to the bottom deployment, and the people involved became traitors.

Bu Hanying knew that the defeat of the Flying Star Alliance was decided, and although he could escape back to Hanshan to avoid the limelight temporarily, he couldn't bring the disaster back to his hometown in order to steal his life.

Hearing that Yuge couldn't catch the real evidence, he let Fu Yuanyu, who was crazy in the Gu, test him, Bu Hanying knew these calculations clearly, knowing that there was a dead end ahead, he raised his sword and went forward, but he was dragged back when he was about to kick the door.

When Bu Hanying woke up from a coma and hurried to the place of the battle, she only saw the soulless Fu Yuanyu with blood on her hands, kneeling beside the dying Bai Zhiwei, and didn't dare to pick her up.

People who were fine yesterday are now as fragile as foam on the water, as if they would shatter at the slightest poke.

If it weren't for Yu Wufang arriving with Yin Wuji, I'm afraid Bai Zhiwei would have died that day.

Bu Hanying drove away Fu Yuanyu, begging Yin Wuji to cure Bai Zhiwei, but her injuries were too serious, and she had taken a secret medicine to improve her strength before going to war, and the drug power backlash led to the destruction of the meridians, and the only prescription that could save her lacked the main medicine of phoenix blood vine, if she couldn't find it within three days, the gods would be difficult to save.

"Just when I was about to despair, Ji Fanshuang finally appeared in front of me. She took out the prepared phoenix blood vine and exchanged Zhiwei's life for a deal for me. ”

Xue Hongbi was shocked: "What deal?" ”

"She knows that I am the Kun Palace of the Flying Star Alliance, that Yu Wufang is the deputy of the White Pear of the Flying Star Alliance, and that Han Shan and Song Xiang have had a good relationship over the years, and that the evidence is in her hands...... As long as I recognize the battle of Wanqinggu and inform the world that I lost to Fu Yuanyu and had to return to Hanshan, I will never enter the Central Plains for no reason. Bu Hanying said slowly, "As a guarantee, Zhiwei can't go back with me, Yu Wufang has to stay by her side to take care of it, and the transaction deadline is ...... It was after Ji Fanshuang was no longer alive. ”

The seamless shattered star game broke a gap in this step, and escaped a few fish that slipped through the net.

"As a price, Ji Fanshuang told me an important piece of information, the traitor of the Flying Star Alliance is not Fu Yuanyu, but two other people, she doesn't know her specific identity, one of them is sheltered by the Xiao family, and the remaining one is dead, but she left a list of nine palaces and sent it to the helm of the Golden Tower, which should be in the hands of the landlord, and he will personally send it to the capital in the near future." Bu Hanying raised his eyes and looked at Xue Hongbi, "After learning the news, your father forged a list overnight, and your mother led the henchmen of the palace to rush to the Golden Tower overnight, slaughtering all over the door, destroying the traces and destroying the mouth, destroying the real list, and carrying another death for thousands of miles until Luohua Mountain, tearing up the list before he died, listening to the Yuge, he thought that the list was true, and after piecing it together, he arrested people by name, but he didn't want to harm too widely, the people on the fake list are not small in the rivers and lakes, and they are unwilling to suffer from the unjustified disaster. Otherwise, with the ambition of the Xiao family, how can there be a foothold of the ten major sects in this river and lake now? ”

No wonder Bu Hanying didn't enter the Central Plains for twelve years, no wonder Bai Li and Xue Hai revealed their identities, no wonder Yu Wuflaw and Bai Zhiwei escaped from the world, no wonder...... Fu Yuanyu will kill Ji Fanshuang at any cost.

Xue Hongbi sat on the spot and didn't speak for a long time, until the cold wind blew open the door, he seemed to have been beaten hard, and he didn't let out a whimper, but tears had come out of his eyes.

That's the truth he wants.

Bu Hanying got up and walked out of the hut, seeing that the wind and snow were rising again, he stood in place for a long time, and the snow fell all over his shoulders, like an eternal stone statue.

He picked up a dead branch and swung his sword in the snow.

The wind is wilder and the snow is heavier.