"Then let's go to Prince Huan's Mansion and the Emperor's Mansion to grab medicine!"

"No, since they have this trick, they naturally have a safe enough place to stock up on medicinal herbs." Sarong shook his head and said, "At that time, not only will you not be able to grab the medicine, but I am afraid that they will also treat you for the crime of trespassing into the prince's mansion." ”

"Although the pharmacy doesn't have medicine, we can pick it on the spot." Qu Xi finally opened his mouth, and his voice was convincingly low and calm. "The muscles and bones grassland is mostly produced in the south, but at the moment, the relationship is tense, and I am afraid that it is impossible to bring a large number of medicinal herbs to the border. But in the early morning, the people of the owner of Ji Qi found out from the mouth of the owner of the pharmacy that in order to save costs, they had planted grass seedlings bought from Moguo on Lianyue Mountain, and successfully cultivated adult muscles and bones grass. ”

"Because the medicine was planted on Lianyue Mountain, which was listed as a forbidden mountain by Lihou in the morning, the boss did not tell anyone about it. My men also used some tricks to recruit him. Sarong said slightly proudly, "Although the muscles and bones grass is a specialty of the southern territory, its habits are extremely hardy, and it can survive even in the cold winter of Kazhou. Now that he has told me the location of the herbs, we can save the lives of all the victims in Karju as long as we go to the mountains to collect medicines! ”

"Great!"

"Wanqiu, you go and tell Aunt Hua to prepare all the medicinal materials except for the muscles and bones grass according to this recipe." Sarong turned around and handed the prescription to Wan Qiu, "You stay and prepare the medicinal herbs and take care of Zhuo Ying and Aunt Hua." Leave the matter of collecting medicine to the four of us! ”

After having breakfast and dressing up, I went to Lianyue Mountain with Duan Ming, Sarong, and Qu Xi. At present, the epidemic situation in the city of Karzhou is serious, the whole city is under martial law, and the streets are empty. We went straight to the city gate and met a few officers and soldiers guarding the gate, it was for the anti-epidemic virus to disperse, the emperor had ordered the city gate to be blocked, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Sarong couldn't help but say, and with a wave of his long sleeves, he emitted the intoxicating fragrance of rolling pink. When everyone slept deeply, Duan Ming took the key to open the city gate, and the four of us went straight to Lianyue Mountain.

When I came to the foot of Lianyue Mountain again, my mood was indescribably complicated - the first time I came here, I was seriously injured, I was poisoned by Wen Zhao's golden ring dart, and I was so frightened that I lost consciousness, and finally I was carried back to Lifu by the Praetorian Guards. And the second time I came here, I waited for the palace flag in the snowy night to no avail, but I was sought revenge by Qu Xi, and almost beheaded me and Duan Ming under the sword.

But now, for the sake of the common people of Kazhou, as the owner of the Gangfeng Banner, I came to Lianyue Mountain with Duan Ming, Sarong and Qu Xi to collect herbs.

When passing by Lianyue Lake, Xu is hometown again, feeling guilty in his heart, Qu Xi also glanced back at me and Duan Ming. However, Duan Ming was about to hold my hand because of the difficult mountain road ahead, and he couldn't help but see Qu Xi turn around, and he withdrew his hand in embarrassment for a while.

The wind was cold in the mountain, and everyone didn't say much, just silently followed Sarong and slowly climbed to the mountainside. After a long time, just when I felt that my feet were a little numb from the cold, Sarong in front of me stopped and called out to us to speed up. When Duan Ming and I supported each other to follow, we saw that there was already an open flat slope in front of us, with layers of snow and ash piled up, and only a few footprints led the path forward.

"The boss said that the muscles and bones were hidden in the cave ahead." Sarong pointed to the distance in the direction of the footprints, "There may be some traps in there, spring arrows or something, everyone be careful." ”

We nodded and walked forward again. Walking slowly to the entrance of the cave, Sarong was about to enter, but Duan Ming suddenly stopped and stopped his hand in the air.

Everyone looked at Duan Ming suspiciously, but saw that his eyes were closed, his brows were tightened, and the fist hanging in the air slowly opened, poking towards the entrance of the cave in front of him.

"There's someone inside."

As soon as Duan Ming said this, Qu Xidang pulled out her long sword from behind. The golden dazzling light flashed, and Sarong and I also came to our senses, drew out the sword of Jian Xiang and the sword of jade clothes respectively, and jumped backwards.

The wind was howling, and I concentrated on listening carefully, and sure enough, I heard the sound of squirming footsteps, which grew louder and louder from far to near, until at last it was almost mighty, and there were hundreds of people.

We took a few more steps back, and sure enough, a group of Ouchi guards with spears came out of the narrow black hole and surrounded us. At the end of the guards, I was horrified to see the smiling face of Gong Hao slowly emerge from the darkness in the cave.

"Sister-in-law, don't come to harm?"

"How could it be you?" I frowned in disgust, "Gong Hao, I'm here today to take the muscles and bones to save the people of Kazhou, if you still have a conscience, don't go against me!" ”

"Sister-in-law's words are strange, birds and beasts are extinct in this chain of forbidden mountains in winter, where does the grass come from?"

"You know, that herb is hardy, and it's stored in the cave where you're hiding, and you-"

"—there's no skeletal grass at all, is there?"

As soon as Qu Xi said this, Duan Mingsa and I were both shocked, and we both cast puzzled glances at her.

"There's no muscle, and there's no pharmacy owner." Qu Xi stared straight at Gong Hao, who seemed to be smiling, and his tone was as cold as ice, "Everything is your deployment, just to bring us here, right?" ”

"It looks like you finally have a brainy colleague this time." Gong Hao didn't look at Qu Xi, but only threw a mocking smile at me, "Lian Gui Ying, you pretended to be sick and left the palace, took advantage of the chaos in Beijing, entangled the rebels in the rivers and lakes, killed the soldiers defending the city and Zhu Yutang, the remnants of the Five Immortals Sect, and came here to the forbidden mountain to plot misdeeds, this king will be sent to the ghost prison today by the will of his father, and wait for trial!" ”

"You talk nonsense! Obviously, you poisoned me and caused me to cough and get acne, and the emperor who deceived me sent me out of the capital! When will we kill Zhu Yutang and the soldiers defending the city! I yelled at Gong Hao, "It's clear that your brother is deliberately planting a false accusation, and he doesn't hesitate to disregard people's lives-"

"-Knowing that you fled from the other garden, it was the eldest brother who begged your father to send troops to find you. I found you, and it was my father who ordered you to be sent to the ghost prison. From beginning to end, the third brother and I have never interfered, even Gui Ying, I advise you not to spew blood. Gong Hao smiled calmly, "And look clearly, it is the palace guards who are coming with me to arrest you today." If you dare to violently resist arrest, heh, it is a dead end to be innocent! ”

I was so angry that I didn't know what to say for a while-Gong Wei was willing to give up Gong Hu, and that day he spread the false information about the execution of Shui Qing at the old market entrance, and he also let Gong Hu come to the old market to set up an ambush, trying to trap me in injustice with bitter meat. Now that they are doing the same trick again, it will be difficult for me to turn the tables around if I go to prison with them; And if you refuse to be arrested, then Gong Hu will find an opportunity to hurt himself, and turn back to the emperor to complain, and I will never recover......

"Lian Gui Hotaru, you've thought about it. If you don't come with me today, these three minions around you will be my first-class criminals! ”

Before Gong Hao finished speaking, he suddenly heard a strange sneer, and he couldn't help but weaken his voice. I turned my head, but saw that it was Qu Xi with her head lowered, she didn't know when she tore off the veil on her face, and although her face was exposed to the sun, it still looked so eerie. Suddenly, she raised her head and looked at Gong Hao with a pair of turquoise eyes like poisonous snakes.

Gong Hao He had never seen such a murderous aura, and he subconsciously took a few steps back for a while, wanting to say something to intimidate, but he didn't have the guts.

"Prisoner?" Qu Xi's sneer was as creepy as a mandrill, "The little prince of the Kingdom of Xinguo dares to make such a big statement. You want to arrest me, and ask if you have the skills to do this! ”

Before the words fell, Qu Xi had already drawn out his sword. She swung the golden long sword violently, and a formed sword qi roared out, hitting more than a dozen guards in a row, and they all fell to the ground immediately, killing them on the spot.

"Bold!" Gong Hao was extremely frightened, and reluctantly shouted, "You dare to attack the palace guards, but you don't want to die!" Give it all to me! ”

The guards were originally stunned by Qu Xi Shicai's move, but when they heard the order of the four princes, they had no choice but to rush towards us with a shout. It was difficult not to do it now, Duan Ming and Sarong drew their swords one after another, and fought with the guards who poured in from all directions.

saw Qu Xi step past the guards rushing towards her in two steps, and a long sword stabbed straight at Gong Hao. How could Gong Hao parry, he was already stupid in fright. At the last moment, it was I who jumped up and blocked Qu Xi's fierce golden sword with my sword.

"Qu Xi, you can't kill him!"

Qu Xixian was completely enraged by Shicai Gongyi's words, and if he was willing to listen to my persuasion, he rushed again with his sword. I was about to block, but I was pulled by Duan Ming. Seeing that the long sword had pierced through Gong Hu's clothes, Sarong jumped out of nowhere, and with a dexterous flick of his wrist, the jade sword wrapped around the blade of Qu Xi's golden long sword.

"What is the courage of the moment, and consider it for the sake of Gui Hotaru!" Sarong roared in a low voice, "Withdraw first!" ”

This sentence seemed to make Qu Xi sober up a little, she angrily shook off the entanglement of the jade sword, and the long sword swung again, killing several guards who rushed forward. Then he looked at me and Duan Ming, jumped out of the broken encirclement, and flew down the mountain.

"See you at home!"

Sarong gave us a look, dodged left and right among the guards gathered around, and deftly squeezed out, using her best light skills, and flew down the mountain into the vast snow and disappeared.

I looked at the palace with a torn robe on my chest, my heart was already in chaos, and before I could think of a countermeasure, Duan Ming had already grabbed me with his powerful big hand and jumped down the mountain in one step.

All the way to Kaju, my mind went blank. It wasn't until I entered the city gates that panic and anxiety poured into my heart like a flood of embankments.

"What's wrong?" Duan Ming saw that my steps were getting slower and slower until I stood in place, so he urgently grabbed my hand again, "Sarong and Tang Qi Master are still waiting for us in Taopin Building!" ”

"I can't go back to Taopinlou......"

"Don't go back to the Taopin Building?" Duan Ming was taken aback, and took the sword back behind his back, "Isn't the home that Sarong said is Taopinlou, where can you go if you don't go back?" ”

"I want to—" My breath was disordered, and it took a long time before I looked at the confused eyes of the upper section, "I want to enter the palace to see the emperor." ”