After a few exhortations, Ouyang Hongye watched Mochizuki disappear on the horizon, this parting, I don't know when I will say goodbye. He didn't forget to fill Mochizuki's flask with the aged wine that had been brought back from Nanzhecheng and sent him away, and his tense nerves finally relaxed, and this relaxation, the previous exhaustion and weakness hit at the same time, and he guessed that it was most likely because of his mood.

He fought hard and walked towards Chenji Palace, where there were still too many problems that he urgently needed to solve with his advice, and if he didn't do his best to deal with the aftermath, how could he be worthy of the great sacrifice made by his brother Mochizuki.

Xia Qiu was awakened by the sound of the thorns in the cardinal posture knocking on the window with her beak, and the night before because of her heavy heart, she slept very lightly, and on the way back to the Demon King City with the thorns, she always felt that every foot was deep and shallow. The only thing that supported her was the eagerness to see Ouyang Xiaoleng, she didn't know if he had recovered a little more in just one night, at least the wound was no longer so painful.

There was still chaos in the Chenji Palace, and the news of Mochizuki's escape from the dungeon had already spread, and the princes, while being annoyed that he had not been executed immediately, and on the other hand, worried about the mysterious person who had secretly let him and the Yaksha go, they poured into the front hall again, waiting for the two elders Ouyang Yong and Lion King Cheng to give them an explanation.

In order to avoid those people, Thorn deliberately led Xia Qiu to enter the Chenji Palace directly through the small door on the back mountain, the main reason was that there was a voice among them, blaming Xia Qiu, the human blood alliance contractor, for all the recent changes in the royal city, they thought that all the crises appeared after she signed a contract with the demon king fox, although only a small group of people thought so, but Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Hongye still didn't want Xia Qiu to be affected by this sound.

Considering Ouyang Xiaoleng's physical condition, this morning's conversation took place in the room in the courtyard of the Yuheng Palace. He was served by a male demon servant early in the morning, changed the bandages on his chest and clean clothes, and although he only rested for one night, the wounds on his body had basically healed, which was the healing effect brought by the demon power. After simply drinking a bowl of light porridge and taking the pill sent by Ouyang Yong, his body felt more and more relaxed.

The first to arrive was Ouyang Hongye, it was early in the morning after he let go of Mochizuki, and when he returned to the palace, he first came to explain the situation to Ouyang Xiaoleng.

"Everything is going well, right?" Ouyang Xiaoleng, who was sitting against the head of the bed, asked Ouyang Hongye eagerly after calling away the two demon servants who remained in the room.

"Well, don't worry! I've told him where I'm contacting! He was also instructed to put an end to any contact with the royal city, including us, until he was captured! Ouyang Hongye replied.

"That's good! Before finding the traitor in the royal city, any wind and grass may startle the snake! ”

"How's the wound?"

"You see, it's basically healed!"

Ouyang Xiaoleng deliberately stretched his arms to show Ouyang Hongye, and only this moment made Ouyang Hongye's heart twitch.

He hurriedly advised: "Don't let the wound crack open again!" ”

After a while, Xia Qiu also walked in, and saw at a glance that Ouyang Xiao's cold complexion sitting on the bed was much better than yesterday, and it was not so difficult to talk to Ouyang Hongye beside the bed, and he felt that the stone in his heart had finally fallen to the ground.

When Ouyang Xiaoleng saw her come in, although he didn't smile on his face, there was a trace of tenderness in his eyes.

"Summer and Autumn!" Ouyang Hongye nodded and said.

Xia Qiu smiled and walked up to them: "Red leaves, Xiao Leng!" ”

"Let's wait a while, Yong-sama should be here soon!" Ouyang Hongye looked at the other chair next to the bed and said.

"Well, just the four of us?" Xia Qiu asked.

Because every time I came to the demon world in the past, almost always expected the moon, Qianqi and others were beside me, and it seemed extremely deserted at this time.

"It's not easy for too many people to know about what we're going to talk about today, so it's just a few of us for the time being!" Ouyang Hongye also has the same mood as Xia Qiu.

At this time, Ouyang Yong knocked on the door and walked in, in order not to attract attention, he was only wearing an old robe today, and it looked like he hadn't slept well all night.

"Mochizuki has fled from Wangcheng Yongchuan last night, and his affairs are over, and we need to start thinking about the next questions."

Ouyang Yong brought everyone to the point as soon as he sat down, although he didn't explain how Mochizuki escaped from the dungeon of Chenji Palace, Xia Qiu still guessed a few points from the calm expressions of the three of them.

"What do you think of the spies who have been lurking in the royal city?" Ouyang Hongye asked.

"No clue! I've interrogated the guards who guarded the dungeon the night Yaksha escaped, and they've all lost their memories of that time. Ouyang Yong replied.

"What do you think of the Lord Red Ear Demon Spirit?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked thoughtfully.

"He has opposed your ascension to the throne from the beginning, and there are indeed many people in the royal city who are willing to follow him!" Ouyang Yong thought for a moment and responded.

"Why don't you send someone to investigate him?" Ouyang Hongye proposed.

"That's what I wanted!" Ouyang Yong agreed.

Xia Qiu, who was on the side, didn't know much about the red-eared demon spirit, but heard that his performance was "particularly outstanding" in the unfair trial against Mochizuki.

"I agree too! Who will you send? Ouyang Xiaoleng asked.

"Send my secret weapon! It's time to put them to the test! ”

The secret weapon in Ouyang Hongye's mouth was the seven people who were good at hiding and gathering intelligence selected from the recently recruited troops, and he organized them into a team for special training, just waiting to deal with the situation in front of him.

"Very good!" Ouyang Yong nodded and said.

"Xia Qiu, Mochizuki is not here, I'm afraid your sword skills will be wasted, so let me be your mentor temporarily! In addition, Xiao Leng needs to meditate and recuperate these days, and the things in the royal city are also messy and have no clue, I think if you have time, you might as well help Mu Ya sort out the books and materials in the underground database of Ouyang Ancient Mansion? This will also make it easier for you to get to know everything about the place. ”

Xia Qiu was very grateful when he heard Ouyang Hongye say this, thinking that he obviously had so many problems to consider now but was still thinking about his own affairs, so he hurriedly responded: "Well, okay! ”

"I also have to find a way to calm the emotions of Lion Wang Cheng and the other princes!"

"It's up to the two of you for this time!"

Ouyang Xiaoleng was annoyed in his heart, but his face was silent, but at this moment, he couldn't help anything, and besides, it became difficult for him to see Xia Qiu with this injury. Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that the wound was throbbing nervously again, this time the pain made his whole body tremble, and there was also a brief tinnitus. The sounds around him seemed to be blocked out of his body, and only the hissing of electricity and the sound of his own heart beating were heard, and the voice of the Demon King's Crown, which had not sounded for a long time, also appeared.

"Strength, I need strength...... Blood, the blood of the Covenanters of the Human Blood Pact! ”

The twisted cry of the Demon King's Crown echoed in Ouyang Xiaoleng's body, causing him to break out in a cold sweat, and he recalled that evening when he was six years old, and it was also under the control of this voice that he found Xia Qiu and put himself and her in danger. And now, the voice sounded again, most likely because he was too weak from his serious injuries to provide it with the strength it needed. He had to get her out of his place immediately, or he didn't know what he would do to her under the control of the Demon King's Crown.

"I want to rest, let's go!"

He said only that, and then lay down, closing his eyes and ignoring the others, leaving them to be either worried or surprised.

Xia Qiu understood Ouyang Xiaoleng's physical condition, but she was still a little hurt in her heart, according to Ouyang Hongye's arrangement, she should not come to the demon world recently, but she couldn't imagine that Ouyang Xiaoleng didn't even say goodbye and sent her away.

She comforted herself that it must be because he was really tired, and forced a smile and said, "Then I'm leaving!" I'll see you later! Then he walked out of the house with Ouyang Yong and Ouyang Hongye.

The school was full of tension before the final exams, and Xia Qiu tried her best to fully absorb all the points explained by the teacher in class, and hurried to complete homework and review homework in self-study class. After school, according to the agreement, she will go directly to Ouyang Ancient Mansion to help Dong Muya, or learn knife skills with Ouyang Hongye, after all, she has not been active with Liu Lingmei and them for a long time.

After school on Friday, Liu Lingmei pouted and begged, "Xiaoqiu, how is the review?" How about we go to dinner today? ”

In fact, Xia Qiu has been suppressing her emotions by busy studying in the past few days, whether it is at school or in Ouyang Ancient Mansion, in the process of studying with Dong Muya and Ouyang Hongye, she doesn't want to let herself have a moment of laziness, because as long as she is free, she will recall the indifferent look when Ouyang Xiaoleng sent her away that day. Isn't she used to his indifference? Why are there so many emotions? She couldn't figure out the truth.

She felt that she shouldn't be entangled in this problem anymore, maybe she would relax with Liu Lingmei, and her mood would improve, so she responded: "Okay! ”

"Great! It's been a long time since you've been with me! Liu Lingmei looked so moved that she was about to cry, took her hand and walked outside the classroom.

Xia Qiu sent a text message to Dong Muya, telling her that she wanted to take a day off today and go to the city center with her friends, and soon received a reply from Dong Muya, which was just a short OK, but it was very in line with her cool personality.

She and Liu Lingmei walked on the commercial street together, and even the unknown pop songs played in the video store made her feel happy at the moment, and asked with a smile: "Lingmei, what do you want to eat?" ”

"Well, it's so cold, let's go eat hot pot!" Liu Lingmei thought about the proposal.

"Okay!" Xia Qiu's idea hit it off with her.

was walking towards the hot pot restaurant, but two familiar figures appeared in front of her, at first she thought she was wrong, but soon she was sure that those two people were Dong Muya and Qianqi.

"Teacher Dong!"

Xia Qiu and Liu Lingmei exclaimed in unison.

Qianqi looked like he was taller than before, his wheat-colored face was filled with a smile that was enough to drive away the cold, and the light gray hoodie and jeans he was wearing should be Ouyang Xiaoleng's, as well as the black sneakers, so it didn't look abrupt at all.

He rushed up and hugged Xia Qiu tightly, ignoring that there was a strange girl standing next to her, and the sentence: "I finally saw you......" was repeated many times.