"The two of you have been studying like crazy recently, and I thought you were a studious, but I didn't expect Xiangjun to be even worse, you two are really comparable." Qin Zixuan also joked on the side at this time, she is just two friends, and they are both studious, compared to this, she is really a little casual.

"Xiangjun, if you don't understand anything about poetry, you can come and ask me." After Xie Qingyu heard that Huo Xiangjun was studious, he hurriedly took the initiative to talk.

"Light rumor, my homework foundation is not as good as yours, and the progress is much slower than yours." When Huo Xiangjun heard this, a trace of embarrassment flashed on his face, as if he was very embarrassed about his studies.

"Xiangjun, I may be a little useful in poetry, and the others may not be as good as you." When Xie Qingyu heard this, he hurriedly spoke, for fear that Huo Xiangjun would think too much.

Xiangjun is a person who cares too much about other people's opinions, almost doesn't think about himself, and only lives for others.

"Light rumor, don't make fun of me, you're much better than me." Although Huo Xiangjun was prevaricating, she was smiling on her face, obviously she also agreed with Xie Qingyu's words.

"Okay, you two don't have to praise each other, tomorrow the academy will rest, why don't we think about where to play?" Qin Zixuan interrupted the two of them by saying something at this time.

Tomorrow is another weekly college rest day, and the first few times they thought it was quite boring to go their separate ways, but now it seems that it is more interesting for the three of them to get together.

"I heard that the maple leaves on Jiuhua Mountain outside the city are red, and there are many literati and scholars who have come to see it these days, why don't we go there to see the beautiful scenery?" Huo Xiangjun then thought of what he had heard a few days ago and proposed.

"What Xiangjun said is reasonable, now is the season to enjoy the maple leaves, and we can also bring some food and wine or something." When Xie Qingyu heard this, he also came to the spirit.

As a person who grew up in Tang poetry, the most familiar thing about maple leaves is the two sentences in Du Mu's "Mountain Travel":

Parking sits in love with the maple forest in the evening, and the frost leaves are red in February.

Xie Qingyu originally wanted to see what kind of maple leaves made Du Mu praise so much, and now Jiuhua Mountain outside the city has this beautiful scenery, so naturally he can't miss it!

Originally, Qin Zixuan didn't have much interest in the maple leaves on Jiuhua Mountain, after all, she grew up in the capital, and she was very familiar with everything around her, and she had been to Jiuhua Mountain many times.

After looking at the two of them looking in high spirits, Qin Zixuan nodded and agreed, but she had one condition.

"Light rumor, you have to prepare drinks and refreshments."

"Don't worry." After Xie Qingyu heard the words and chuckled, he agreed, this time he really had to drink a few glasses, according to the way they drank before, I was afraid that they would not be able to come back then.

"Then we'll see you at the gates of the city tomorrow."

Immediately afterwards, everyone went home and prepared for tomorrow's trip to Jiuhua Mountain.

As soon as Xie Qingyu returned from the academy, he instructed Qianqiu to prepare pastries and wine.

On the second day, after Xie Qingyu got up, he came to the city gate with the things prepared by Qianqiu last night, it was still early at the moment, and Huo Xiangjun and Qin Zixuan had not yet arrived.

"Steamed buns, hot and delicious steamed buns." At this moment, there were already a lot of breakfast stalls in the market, and they were selling them one after another.

Xie Qingyu thought that he was in a hurry, so he went out in a hurry and didn't even have breakfast, and when he smelled the smell of steamed buns, his stomach gurgled and screamed.

"Guest officer, do you want to buy steamed buns? Sanwen one. Xiao Er, who sold steamed buns, saw that Xie Qingyu was dressed extraordinarily, and looked over here from time to time, and hurriedly shouted.

"Two of them." Then Xie Qingyu sat at the door of a steamed bun shop nearby, waiting for the two of them while having breakfast.

Originally, a few people said that they were in a carriage, but Huo Xiangjun said that Jiuhua Mountain was not far from the capital, and Xie Qingyu thought about walking, so he could be regarded as climbing the mountain, but he came early in the morning, and these two people still hadn't arrived.

After a few moments, the two of them were late.

Then a few people went out of the city, all the way to Jiuhua Mountain, now the midsummer has long passed, the temperature is not as hot as before, the mountain wind is a little cool.

Along the way, a few people met a lot of people, and the purpose seemed to be to go to Jiuhua Mountain to see the maple leaves.

"The maple leaves of Jiuhua Mountain are a long-standing tradition in Yanjing, everyone knows that the maple leaves are red in late autumn, almost all maple trees are on Jiuhua Mountain, and the maple leaves are almost all red at this time, and the entire Jiuhua Mountain seems to be immersed in a sea of flowers at this time." Along the way, Qin Zixuan introduced the maple leaves on Jiuhua Mountain to the two of them.

"I remember that someone said before that he wasn't very interested, right, Xiangjun." Xie Qingyu couldn't cry or laugh for a while when he heard this, obviously yesterday, Qin Zixuan didn't seem to want to come very much.

After today's departure, Qin Zixuan seemed to have become a tour guide, but introduced the two of them with great interest.

"One of you is from Mobei and the other is from Jiangnan, and you are not familiar with everything here, so I want to take care of you more." When Qin Zixuan heard this, she laughed softly and said very seriously.

"What you said is, please leave quickly, if we don't leave, we won't be able to come back at night, so we will have to bother His Royal Highness King Ning to pick it up." Xie Qingyu looked at Qin Zixuan with a smile on his face, and said unintentionally.

Sure enough, after Qin Zixuan heard King Ning, her face changed, she was very shy, and she stepped forward to laugh with Xie Qingyu.

When Huo Xiangjun heard King Ning, a smile flashed on his lips, but when he thought of the marriage contract between King Ning and Qin Zixuan, there was a burst of jealousy in his heart, and he looked at the laughing appearance of the two people in front of him, and the imbalance in his heart became even heavier.

Why is she and Qingyan also good friends, but Qingyu is closer to Qin Zixuan? I'm also full of good intentions, why doesn't anyone find out?

"Xiangjun, keep up." When Xie Qingyu was messing with Qin Zixuan, he found that Huo Xiangjun was still standing in place like that, and hurriedly shouted.

"Here we are." Huo Xiangjun came back to his senses at this time, and forcibly suppressed the displeasure in his heart and followed.

Because of the slow pace of several of them, they were left behind by the crowd of sightseeing for a while, and most of the people who went to enjoy the maple leaves were high-ranking officials and nobles, and they were bored to take a carriage out for an outing.

The three of them are sincere, and they really want to go up.

The three of them stopped and walked, and when they came to their senses, they had already entered the mountains and forests, and the surroundings were deserted, except for a few traces of carriages crossing the road.

"I'm so tired...... Huo Xiangjun said to the two as if he was very tired.

"Hold on a little longer, it's almost there." Xie Qingyu helped Huo Xiangjun up and comforted him.

Just when a few people were still rushing around, I don't know when it started, everything around became quiet, and the birds not far away flew into the sky one by one, and Xie Qingyu suddenly sensed a fierce killing intent at this moment.

Just as she was about to look around, dozens of black shadows suddenly flew down from the branches of the surrounding trees, which was particularly eye-catching in this mountain field.

But at this moment, there are no tourists in the mountains and wilderness, and the time has long passed the time to go up the mountain, so no one will come back in a short time.

Seeing this, Xie Qingyu immediately stood in front of the two of them, looking ahead with a solemn face, she could clearly feel that the strength of these people was not the same as the group of people who came to ambush her before.

Although these people are also wearing black clothes, they all have blue-faced fanged masks on their faces, which looks very terrifying, and there is a murderous aura circulating around everyone.

Xie Qingyu knew that this was not bloody, it was the unique aura of killers, although they did not wear swords, they should all be good hands, and there was naturally more than one way for killers to kill people.

She directly pulled out the phoenix feather on her waist and made a battle move, Xie Qingyu knew that this time it was a tough battle, maybe a tough battle to the death, and now she was silent, but these people still didn't let her go.

Xie Qingyu subconsciously felt that these people were here to kill her, and he didn't worry too much about it.

"Light rumor, who are these people?" Huo Xiangjun hid behind the two of them and asked tremblingly.

"I'll stop it in a while, and you can escape when you see the opportunity." Although Xie Qingyu knew that she was not prepared to retreat, she didn't want to burden Zixuan and Xiangjun because of her.

"Don't talk lightly, let's go together!" Qin Zixuan immediately rejected this proposal and looked ahead with an angry face.

"Who are you? Why get in the way! When she saw such a scene, she had a bit of momentum and shouted at everyone.

However, Huo Xiangjun seemed to be frightened, and did not speak, but his body trembled with fright.

"The one who wants your life!" As he spoke, the man in black threw a dart out of his sleeve.

Sou!

The sharp dart shot straight towards Qin Zixuan's front door.

Seeing this, Xie Qingyu hurriedly turned around and pushed Qin Zixuan away, and then the Feng Ling in his hand threw out and shot down the dart.

"What are you doing in a daze, not yet?" The black-clothed man at the head saw that Qin Zixuan was not killed with one blow in the first blow, glared at Xie Qingyu, who made the shot, and then commanded sharply to the person behind him.

"Lord Hanfeng, did the master tell that as long as she lives alone, the remaining two?" At this moment, some people also raised questions, after all, the task received was only to kill one person, and it was inconvenient for people to stay here for a long time after all.

"Don't mess around, we are all noble daughters of Huangyi Academy, if you dare to mess around, the entire Dayan will not let you go!" Huo Xiangjun's frightened face turned pale at the moment, she didn't want to die! She didn't want to die.

Hearing this, Qin Zixuan couldn't help but turn her head and glared at Huo Xiangjun, these people must have come prepared, and they were waiting early on the way they had to go to Jiuhua Mountain, how could they not know their identity as a noble girl of Dayan.

I'm afraid that their family history has been investigated.

"What about the noble girl, what you want is your life!" Seeing this, Han Feng said with a sneer, and immediately several black-clothed people attacked in the direction of the three of them with murderous intent.

Just as Xie Qingyu was about to fight, two people rushed out of the treetops behind the three of them, although they were also dressed in black, but they were not wearing blue-faced fanged masks.