Chapter 173: Special Training, Moonlit Night Chase
After everyone agreed on the countermeasures, they deployed the defensive measures on Qixia Mountain, and before they knew it, it was almost noon. Although a few people were still in high spirits, they were afraid that Shen Qianmo would be tired in the end, so they had to get up and say goodbye even though they were still unsatisfied.
Bailixiao and Xie Mingfeng have similar tempers, and they can talk about it, so they made an appointment to go to a nearby restaurant to talk again. Outside the gate of the palace, Xie Mingfeng briefly explained to Xie Yao, asked her to go home alone, and then called friends and Baili Xiao to go away.
Mo Ye then walked out of the gate and saw Xie Yao standing alone at the door of the palace, nodded slightly expressionlessly, it was a greeting, but his footsteps never stopped, passing by Xie Yao and striding away.
Xie Yao looked at Mo Ye's straightened back as he walked farther and farther, bit his lip, as if he had made a decision, and called him out loud.
"Brother Mo!"
Mo Ye turned his head and saw Xie Yao running to him in small steps, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and asked, "Miss Xie, is there something wrong?" ”
Although Xie Yao's fair face was also slightly red, he said generously without twisting: "Brother Mo, wait for me, since we are on the same road, it is better to go together." ”
Mo Ye only glanced at Xie Yao at this time. Smart and delicate, generous and decent, and her background in a scholarly family gives her a faint bookish atmosphere, and she is a very outstanding girl. It's a pity that for Mo Ye, Xie Yao is just a very good woman. He didn't think anything else of her.
Almost invisibly frowning, he said in a tone without ups and downs: "I'm sorry, Miss Xie, I'm about to rush to the special training base now, so I'm not on the same path as you." ”
Tomorrow the princess will go there to inspect and accept the results of the training, so now he must rush to the secret base to prepare as soon as possible.
Since the princess trusts him so much and puts him in charge of such an important matter, he must also do his best to live up to the princess's heavy use of him.
As the number one master of Momen, Mo Ye never convinces people easily, especially women. In his classification, there are no more than two kinds of women, one is martial arts and the other is not martial arts, and no matter what kind of woman it is, he has never taken any one to heart.
Until he met Shen Qianmo.
The first time I saw her was in the Ten Mile Long Pavilion outside Shengjing City. On that day, their Mo family was exiled to the deserted city, and the elders passed the Mozi order to her.
When he heard about it, he was very unimpressed. Even if she is Princess Xuan, she is just a woman who looks petite and weak and has no power to restrain her hands, how can she be worthy of the heavy responsibility of Momen.
Later, when he was in the deserted city, he also heard a little about the deeds of Princess Xuan leading the troops to the battle, garrisoning Jinyang Pass, and repelling the 100,000 troops of Beidi, and he also thought it was just a rumor at that time, which must have been exaggerated.
It wasn't until he came to Mocheng and came into contact with her all the way that he really realized that Shen Qianmo knew far more than he imagined.
The special training base, although it is managed by the elders and him on a daily basis, is from the criteria for personnel selection, the arrangement of training projects, the design of site drawings, etc., all of which are from Shen Qianmo's intentions. He is nothing more than an executor, following the map and doing what he is told.
Sometimes he really doesn't understand, obviously Princess Xuan is just a young lady of the Guogong Mansion, but why does she know so many strange training methods, some training items are simply unheard of for him, running with weights, hand-to-hand combat, breakthrough reconnaissance, rock climbing and shooting, and survival in the wild...... All of this was an eye-opener for him, but it was also difficult for him to understand at times.
However, after more than two months of special training, the result made him have to be convinced. At present, the one hundred and eight people who are still in the base for special training, although from their individual point of view, not everyone has such profound internal strength and strong martial arts as him, but they perform their own duties, division of labor and cooperation, tacit cooperation, and the overall combat effectiveness is extremely strong.
In Mo Ye's opinion, it is obvious that Shen Qianmo is an outlier among women, but it makes him sincerely respect and admire. This feeling has nothing to do with love, it's just a simple subordinate's admiration for his superiors.
So now there is only one thought in his mind, and that is to do the best thing that Shen Qianmo explained to him. Regarding Xie Yao's obvious overtures at this time, Mo Ye didn't have the heart to pay attention to it at all.
Xie Yao Bingxue was smart, so she naturally heard the deliberate alienation in Mo Ye's words. was rejected so bluntly, even if she was generous, she didn't feel a little shy and embarrassed, her pretty face was slightly red for a while, and there was a faint mist in her eyes.
Mo Ye looked at her like this, scratched his head, and was also very helpless. However, Xie Yao is the daughter of Xie Mansion after all, and she is also the cousin of the princess, so she has to be polite.
Thinking of this, his cold face softened slightly, and when he saw that Mo Yang was coming out of the gate of the palace, he quickly approached the two of them, so he grabbed him and said, "Mo Yang, send Miss Xie back to the house." ”
This guy is idle anyway, and this task is the most appropriate one for him.
When Mo Yang heard this, he was overjoyed, he just couldn't ask for it, so he nodded and responded: "Yes, eldest brother, junior brother promises to send Miss Xie back home safely." ”
The corners of Mo Ye's mouth twitched. When did this guy, who is always big or small, become so polite to himself? But for now, he didn't have time to pay attention to these things that he thought were meaningless, and after a few simple commands, he said goodbye to the two of them and hurried to the secret base outside the city.
Xie Yao watched Mo Ye's sturdy and straight back gradually disappear, her expression was a little lost, and when she came back to her senses, she heard Mo Yang calling her.
"Miss Xie...... Miss Xie, let's go. ”
Although he felt a little sad in his heart, but because of his good family education, Xie Yao didn't show it, he cheered up and smiled at Mo Yang, nodded and took the lead.
In the courtyard, Ye Qinglan, who was about to say goodbye and turn away, was called by Shen Qianmo.
"Qinglan, there's something I want you to help with it."
"You say." Ye Qinglan never talked nonsense, and after saying two words lightly, she waited for Shen Qianmo's orders.
Shen Qianmo's face showed a rare hint of hesitation. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Let's go into the house and talk in detail." ”
Although Ye Qinglan's expression did not change, her mind changed slightly. Isn't this an easy thing to do?
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The night is as cool as water, and everything is quiet. Ye Qinglan was dressed in night clothes, Yingying was independent of the high walls of the courtyard in the city, almost blending in with the night. However, she had never been in a mood, but at this time, she looked up at the sky and sighed softly almost inaudibly.
It's not that it's not easy, it's ...... It's very difficult.
But she also knew that Shen Qianmo's concerns were right, and she couldn't find any better candidates for this matter except for handing it over to her.
Isn't it possible to hand it over to Bailixiao's big mouth that has no cover?
Slightly lifted, she was as light as a swallow, jumped up, and lay silently on the high wall, and what caught her eye was the window not far away that was still shining with dim light.
On the window, the candlelight reflected the silhouette of the hand-held scroll.
Helian City. Silently pronouncing the name in her heart, Ye Qinglan looked at it quietly for a while, although it was only a faint light in the night, it also lined her eyes with water, and her eyebrows were picturesque. After a moment, she let out a soft breath and flapped her toes, like a black goose, gracefully flew to the roof above the window.
The cat-like footsteps stepped on the roof tiles, and suddenly there was a "click", although it was only an extremely subtle sound, and ordinary people could not hear it at all. However, He Liancheng in the house was obviously not an ordinary person, and immediately, a low cheer sounded.
"Who?"
The corners of Ye Qinglan's mouth twitched. The man was alert.
But that's what she meant to be. Seeing that her goal had been achieved, she jumped up without hesitation, flew over several rooftops, and headed towards the dense forest behind the courtyard.
Under the moonlight, she was light and easily shuttled through the forest. As expected, behind him, a strong wind gusted, and a moon-white figure followed, with a tall posture and outstanding feats.
Feeling that He Liancheng was chasing closer and closer in such a short period of time, Ye Qinglan was a little surprised. She thought that her light skills were not weak, but she couldn't imagine that He Liancheng's light skills were on par with her.
"Stop!" With a low shout, a fierce sword aura struck from behind, and this sword didn't seem to show mercy to her subordinates, and it also made her unable to dodge, and there was no way to avoid it.
Her purpose was to lead He Liancheng to this hidden dense forest, and now that the goal had been achieved, Ye Qinglan no longer evaded, and pulled out the soft sword at his waist and turned around to resist.
"Ding!"
The two swords struck each other, making a crisp sound. Soon, two figures, one black and one white, were entangled together.
Ye Qinglan is light in his posture, flexible in his swordsmanship, and tricky in his moves, but He Liancheng's swordsmanship is also like flowing water, with sharp moves and no flaws, and it is difficult to distinguish the winner from the loser for a while.
If there is a fight, there will inevitably be a disturbance, which will alarm others, this is not Ye Qinglan's original intention to lure He Liancheng here tonight. She had no intention of fighting, so she deliberately made a false move, which He Liancheng seized the opportunity to break through.
Soon, the long sword in He Liancheng's hand, glowing with a cold light in the silver-white moonlight, was placed on Ye Qinglan's neck.
"It's you?!" He Liancheng saw the appearance of the woman in front of him clearly, and couldn't help frowning slightly, obviously a little surprised.