When we went downstairs, the young man had already fallen asleep on the table, and when he heard the sound of us going downstairs, he habitually jumped up and laughed all over his face: "Are you two drinking?" ”

Seeing that he was rubbing his hands together and looking at us enthusiastically, I guessed that he was waiting for us to settle the bill, so I immediately took out a piece of silver from my bosom and stuffed it into him and said, "No need to look for it!" He hurriedly followed Granny Hua out, walked out more than ten meters, and could hear the happy send-off sound of the young man after finally sending the two night owl guests away.

At this time, it was late at night, and no one was walking on the street, except for the teahouse, which was still lit, and the rest of the merchants had all closed their doors and closed their doors. I can't help but feel a little strange: Luoyang is the capital after all, there must be a curfew system, so it is so late, and under normal circumstances, no one is allowed to wander the streets. But the teahouse didn't give an eviction order, and kept waiting patiently for us to come out, what happened? Is it just to get a little more tip?

However, I guess that the thoughtful old eunuch must have also taken care of this, since we are looking for something, we must need to move around the city, and if the officers and soldiers patrolling the streets cannot make it convenient, this matter will be even more difficult.

And after all, this is at the feet of the Son of Heaven, among the people who come and go, it is not good that it is a member of the court, or a powerful person, and privilege is indispensable, so the shopkeeper naturally does not dare to offend easily, and it is understandable to endure it.

At the moment, I was a little surprised by the flower lady in front of me, I saw that she was no longer walking slowly and vigorously as before, and her body was no longer shaking, but her body was light, walking like a fly, and she was speeding down the street without hesitation, and I had to trot to run.

"Mother-in-law...... Where are we going? I asked as I chased after it with all my might.

"Go get something." She said.

"Huh? Someone already got it? I asked, surprised.

"I don't know, go check it out!" She replied briefly, this time it was clean and neat, and there was no more rambling.

But this answer still made my second monk scratch my head. I don't know why you're in such a hurry? I thought you were already holding a handle!

But I know very well in my heart that no matter how much I fool me this time, I can't finish this game on my own, and I have to rely on the strength of this teammate. Judging from the situation last night, Granny Hua's strength is unfathomable, and she seems to have the intention of helping me, so I still express my opinions less and cooperate more with her. So I didn't ask anymore, and I quickened my pace and followed her closely.

This way, I have been going to the north of the city, and I have walked for about half an hour, and I feel that the style of the surrounding houses is no longer like a private house, but like a barracks for the army, and a large black shadow can be faintly seen in front of it, as if it is almost at the foot of the mountain in the north of the city.

Thinking back to the map I had studied before, I remember that the whole city of Luoyang was divided into the east city and the west city by the palace from the center, and there was a gate in the northernmost part of the palace, which was connected with the entrance road of the mountain, and the wall of the outer city was built on the mountain. And we just came out of the south gate of the palace, first went to the teahouse in Xicheng City, and then ran all the way to the north, coming to this pass between the mountain and the palace.

When we got to the pass, we saw that there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding there, but when we got closer, one of them just said, "It's the person who participated in the competition, please", and went to the gate to let us go!

"Has anyone else been to the contest besides us?" I asked casually.

"You'll find out when you go up." He replied.

This is obviously an affirmative answer in it, and it seems that it is right to go here, which can't help but make me secretly frightened: how did Granny Hua know this direction accurately?

When I entered the gate, I saw a high wall, and it seemed that this gate only opened to the west, and there was no door to the east. In other words, if someone wants to return to the south gate of the palace from Bishan, they can only take a detour from the west. In retrospect, when we came all the way from the teahouse, there were only a few forks in the road to the west, and there was no other way to the east except to the other entrances to the palace.

In other words, Granny Hua just arranged for us to drink tea there, and at the same time she was monitoring whether anyone came back with something?

A few steps up the way into the mountain, and the gate closed with a bang behind us. I looked at the back of Granny Hua who was lightly climbing the stairs, and thought of her seemingly inadvertent, but actually profound actions, I really admired it! Jiang is really old and spicy!

The difference between this mountain and the northern mountain is still relatively large, the mountain is not so steep, and there are not too many trees on the mountain, mainly loess, rocks and turf, and the forest is relatively small. After a few steps up, the dirt road was changed, but from this situation, there must have been some places on the mountain that people often go to before they tread a natural path. It's just that it's all dark right now, and you can't see the situation on the mountain at all.

Sure enough, after walking for more than ten minutes, the mountain suddenly turned, and the path suddenly turned in another direction, as if forming a zigzag shape halfway up the mountain. We had only taken a few steps after turning a sharp bend when we suddenly heard something unusual.

Before I could say a word of warning, Granny Hua also stopped, took two steps to the left and clinged to the mountain wall, as if she was also listening to those voices. Sure enough, upon closer listening, the faint sound of someone talking and shouting came from the direction above our heads, mixed with the sound of some ping-pong fights.

Could it be that the rest of the people have already arrived early and started fighting in order to grab something? That was my first thought.

Granny Hua also listened for a while, waved her hand, and motioned for me to take a detour, and I immediately understood, and we walked lightly to the end of the path, and then turned onto the dirt slope beside it.

But when I got there, I found that this slope was so slippery that it was difficult to get down, let alone climb up, even if I lay there and didn't move, I would slide down, and there were no trees or strong artemisia grass on it to borrow, so I didn't know how to go up for a while.

But I saw Granny Hua take out a "7" shaped thing from her sleeve. When I looked closely, it was a fairly small hoe, only a quarter the size of a regular hoe, but the tip was shiny and still looked quite sharp.

Granny Hua used this small hoe to carefully dig out some small pits on the soil slope, and then used them as a foothold and began to climb up step by step. I also followed the same example, and climbed up, and I felt that this method was very good, and I admired it again in my heart.

Halfway up the climb, when I turned my head to the left, I could already see the sound coming from, it was a platform at the top of the zigzag path, there was a pine tree on the edge, and a torch was stuck in the branch, and by the light of the fire, I could just see two people fighting back and forth on the platform.

One of them was a little shorter, and his voice was even higher, like a woman, I guess it should be Ling Yunyan.

The other person looked more burly, as if he was holding a short weapon in his hand, as if it was Chen Yi.

Because there was a distance in the middle, and we were in the dark, they probably couldn't see us. Coupled with the fact that I have seen Chen Yi's skills, I am now curious, and I stopped and wanted to wait and see.

Just when I stopped to watch, I saw that Ling Yunyan had already bullied her and slapped it on Chen Yi's left shoulder.

Judging from the skills that Chen Yi showed before, he should be best at using the magic weapon in his hand to cast wind blades and rolling mines, it takes time for spells to be launched, so the most taboo is close combat, and now he can't get away from being entangled by Ling Yunyan, and it is inevitable that he will suffer.

But I heard Chen Yi laugh and said: "In the end, it's a woman, how can this slap not hurt or itch, and it makes Lao Tzu so comfortable, haha!" As he spoke, he didn't dislike it in his hand, and with a wave of his arm, he drew a big circle in front of him, I didn't see any doorway here, but I saw Ling Yunyan suddenly jump back with all his strength, and then two spinners, as if he was dodging something.

As a result, before the second spinner hit the ground, he suddenly screamed, fell to the ground, rolled twice, and stopped when he reached the edge of the platform.

I immediately understood that Chen Yi must have used the wind blade. Looking at the surrounding environment, there is more earth and less wood, it is the best time to use the wind, so the range and power of his attack just now are much stronger than in the small courtyard that day, no wonder Ling Yunyan has suffered a loss although he has seen his strength!

Ling Yunyan got up, sat on the ground, covered her face with her sleeves, it seemed that she was not lightly injured, and when she put down her sleeves, by the light of the fire not far from her, I saw that her face had been cut diagonally with a big wound, because of the oozing blood and began to redden, plus it was covered by the scattered hair, as if the whole face was torn, it looked terrifying!

Chen Yi saw her like this, but said as if he didn't think so: "Who told you to provoke me, this time you know it's amazing!" ”

I can't help but be a little angry, good men don't fight with women, it's just a competition, as for it, it's so real, and it ruins other people's appearance, women love beauty, so what's the difference between killing her?

At that moment, he almost wanted to rush over to help Ling Yunyan vent his anger.

But seeing Ling Yunyan suddenly laughed, the laughter was sharp, echoing in the valley in the middle of the night, and the people trembled when they heard it, and their whole body began to tremble.

Just when I was stunned, Ling Yunyan stood up, and as soon as I raised my hand, the torches that were close to her suddenly burst into flames, and countless brilliant sparks flew out of the flames, falling towards Ling Yunyan's body one after another...... All of a sudden, a dazzling aura of fire swirled around her!

And she herself stood there straight, her head bowed, her long stray hair flying, obscuring her face.

Chen Yi was also a little shocked when he saw this scene, and raised his hand as if he wanted to cast a spell again, but he never used it.

His choice is right, the other party is now surrounded by fire, and his trick is the wind, what will happen to the fire by the wind, it is really a little unpredictable, it is better to wait and see, first see what the other party does to be safe.

The ring of fire rotated for a few seconds, and suddenly showed a declining momentum, falling downward, landing at Ling Yunyan's feet, still in the form of a ring, and it was still burning.

As soon as the fire fell, Ling Yunyan's long hair slowly drooped, and she slowly raised her head. Seeing her face through the firelight, Chen Yi and I let out an exclamation of "ah" almost at the same time!