Chapter 741: Seeking Death
On the sixth day of the third month, early in the morning. @δΉ@ζ@
When Mu Dan appeared at the Royal Family Inn, she looked very haggard, tired, and her eyes were red and a little black, which showed that she must have stayed awake all night last night.
In the hall, the people of the post house prepared a first-class meal for Lu Yifan, Yulou and Liu Sandao, and the three of them were chatting and laughing, looking quite good.
"Yifan. β
Mu Dan's weak voice suddenly appeared outside the hall door, which immediately attracted the attention of Lu Yifan and the others, and when Yulou saw Mu Dan leaning against the door frame with a pale face, his face changed suddenly, he got up and walked up quickly, carefully supported Mu Dan, and asked with a worried face: "Mu Dan, what's wrong with you?"
"The princess has already gone to see His Majesty the Emperor last night, and she has said all the good things for you in front of His Majesty. Zheng Qin turned around and appeared behind Mu Dan, his face didn't look unusual, after all, he was a martial arts practitioner, and his body was naturally far better than Mu Dan's female stream.
"Oh?" Lu Yifan had faintly felt a subtle atmosphere, he stepped forward slowly, and asked with a smile, "Then I don't know when the Spirit Domain Emperor plans to discuss with me about dealing with the Three Holy Mountains." β
"Your Majesty is not busy meeting with you, before that, Your Majesty has something that you want us to tell Sect Master Lu. Zheng Qin said, "If Sect Master Lu can agree, then even if Sect Master Lu wants to set up a soul master in the spirit realm, Your Majesty can also agree." β
Lu Yifan and Yulou glanced at each other, and there was a look of curiosity in their eyes. Yulou supported Mu Dan, turned his head and asked Zheng Qin, "I don't know what Your Majesty wants Lord Zheng to tell us?"
"It's ......"
"Lord Zheng Dushi!" Without waiting for Zheng Qin to explain, Mu Dan waved his hand to interrupt Zheng Qin's words, although his tone was weak, his attitude was extremely resolute, "Let me say it!"
Zheng Qin nodded as if he was nothing, and then glanced at Mu Dan, who was full of embarrassment, and couldn't help but let out a helpless sigh in his mouth.
"Mu Dan, didn't you rest last night, why is your face so ugly?" Yulou helped Mu Dan to the table and sat down, and personally served a bowl of porridge for her, but he was not in a hurry to ask. After Mu Dan drank a bowl of porridge and his face eased slightly, Lu Yifan walked up to her and asked curiously, "Mu Dan, do you have anything unspeakable to tell us?"
"Unspeakable?" Liu Sandao raised his eyebrows and said jokingly, "Shouldn't it be a joy with Yulou?" haha......
Liu Sandao's words made Yulou's cheeks suddenly red, and Lu Yifan also smiled slightly. But Mu Dan, who has always been extremely sensitive to this matter, is not in the mood to laugh at the moment, and he doesn't even have the heart to think about it if he is shy. There was still a sad look on his face, Liu Sandao couldn't help but be stunned when he saw this, looked at Lu Yifan and said, "Could it be that I was right?"
"Brother Liu, don't laugh. Yulou hurriedly reproached, "Mu Dan must have encountered some difficulties with His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise she wouldn't have been so reluctant to open her mouth." β
Lu Yifan nodded slightly when he heard this, then he turned his head to look at Zheng Qin, who had a cold face, leaned over and sat beside Mu Dan, and said with a straight face: "Mu Dan, you and I are friends of life and death, except for your private affairs with Yulou, you can be open and honest with me about anything else." You know who I Lu Yifan is, and I will solve the big difficulties, you just have to tell me the truth. Lu Yifan was worried that his words would not be able to reassure Mu Dan, so he added, "Even if you tell me now that your father is going to sever his relationship with the Soul Sect, even if you tell me that your father wants to kill me, I won't blame you." β
Mu Dan looked up at Lu Yifan with a hesitant face, and then turned his head to look at Yulou, who smiled at her and nodded. After muttering for a long time, Mu Dan finally spoke: "Yifan, you ...... You...... Are you really going to kill Xiao Hongfei?"
"What?" Lu Yifan was thoughtful, and when he heard Mu Dan ask this, he immediately figured out four or five out of ten, but he was not in a hurry to answer, but asked thoughtfully, "Doesn't someone want me to kill him?" Could it be that your father doesn't want me to find him to avenge the disciples of the Soul Sect?"
"Answer me first. Mu Dan suddenly reached out and grabbed Lu Yifan's arm, and asked urgently, "Do you really want to kill Xiao Hongfei?"
Mu Dan grabbed Lu Yifan's arm tightly with tears in his eyes, this scene was seen by the jade building holding the porridge bowl on the side, although he didn't have any inappropriate reaction on the surface, but a look of loss still flashed in the depths of his eyes. Feelings are always selfish, Yulou loves Mu Dan deeply, but at this moment Mu Dan treats another man like this, even if that person is his best friend Qi Yulou, even if Mu Dan is now in a hurry, Yulou's heart still feels a trace of indescribable sourness.
Lu Yifan just glanced at Yulou, and he had already seen through everything in his heart, he inadvertently withdrew his arm, his face was straight, and he got up and said: "Since you asked me so, then I will answer you truthfully, yes! I am going to kill Xiao Hongfei, because he once helped to kill my Soul Sect disciples, and he also took advantage of the danger to take the power of the Spirit Domain Sect when he was at the most depressed in Spirit Mirror Valley. I killed him not only for myself, but also for the countless Soul Sect disciples who died tragically at the hands of the Three Holy Mountains and the Mu Ziyang seniors who had entrusted the Spirit Mirror Valley to me. Lu Yifan's righteous words are unquestionable.
Sure enough, as soon as Lu Yifan spoke, Mu Dan couldn't hold back the tears in the corners of his eyes anymore, and two strings of crystal tears ran down his fair cheeks.
"Mu Dan, don't cry first, can you tell the whole thing first?" Yulou comforted him softly as much as he could, "You only know how to help you if you tell the whole thing, Yifan and I will know how to help you." β
"Yifan is right, the grudge between him and Xiao Hongfei is impossible to reconcile......" Mu Dan shook his head in pain and sobbed, "He must kill Xiao Hongfei......"
"Lord Zheng, why don't you tell us what's going on?" Lu Yifan's eyes shot straight into Zheng Qin's heart like a knife. Zheng Qin glanced at Mu Dan, who was entangled in tears, and said slowly: "Your Majesty really doesn't want you to kill Xiao Hongfei, Your Majesty hopes that Xiao Hongfei can continue to be the Spiritual Domain Sect Master, and Your Majesty hopes that Sect Master Lu can be with Xiao Hongfei...... Ice release the previous suspicion and live in harmony. Zheng Qin's voice was as thin as a mosquito at the end, obviously he also thought that it was indeed a bit harsh to put forward such a condition to Lu Yifan at this moment.
"But why?" Lu Yifan didn't rush to refute, but asked, "Xiao Hongfei took not only the lives of my Soul Sect disciples, but also the power of the Spiritual Domain Mu family. If it weren't for him, Lingjing Valley would still be able to lead the major sects. If it weren't for him, the major sects in the Spirit Realm would not have parted ways with the Mu family and deviated from morality. This person is so mean and unkind, does the Spirit Realm Leader still want to protect him, or even want him to continue to be the Spirit Realm Sect Master? I really don't understand. β
"Yifan, in fact, you understand it, but you are deliberately showing mercy to me and my father. Mu Dan suddenly struggled to stand up and said to Lu Yifan, "The reason why my father wants to keep Xiao Hongfei and the Three Holy Mountains is to check and balance your power in the Spirit Realm. β
Lu Yifan never expected Mu Dan to be so frank to himself, and he was a little stunned at the moment, he looked at the Yulou with worried eyes, and then looked at Liu Sandao with a helpless face, and for a while he didn't know what to say.
"Sect Master Lu, the princess can say these words to you, which shows that the princess has already regarded you as a true friend in her heart, do you know that the princess is now facing a difficult choice between her friend and her father?" Zheng Qin frowned and explained, "Last night, the princess swore in front of Your Majesty that as long as Your Majesty is not an enemy of you, as long as Your Majesty agrees to you to set up a Soul Master in the Spirit Realm, then she will definitely persuade you to agree to all the conditions of His Majesty the Emperor." And keeping Xiao Hongfei is the only condition put forward by His Majesty. β
"This ......" Lu Yifan's mind was in chaos at the moment, he was trying to sort out his thoughts, and his gaze towards Mu Dan and Zheng Qin became a little elusive.
"Yifan, can you ...... Can you not kill Xiao Hongfei?" Mu Dan gradually stopped crying, and begged bitterly with tears in his eyes, "Can you not turn against my father?" Can you take a step back and make us all happy?"
"Mu Dan, you should know what oath I made in front of the tablets of the disciples of the Soul Sect Ancestral Hall, I said that I would definitely avenge them, and I would not let go of anyone who participated in killing them......"
"Then kill me first!" Mu Dan sat on the ground, hiding his face and crying, "I don't want to see you and my father turn against each other, I know that you are not evil people, I don't want to watch you fight with each other like a thief because of a Xiao Hongfei, and fight endlessly......"
"Mu Dan, what are you doing?" Lu Yifan looked at Mu Dan who was in pain, and already knew in his heart that she must be exhausted for her relationship with the Spirit Domain Imperial Family, if she didn't have to work hard from it, I was afraid that the Spirit Domain Emperor would have been furious when he heard that he was going to arrange the Soul Master, right?
"Yifan, you are not the only one who hates Xiao Hongfei, and I also hate him to the core. Mu Dan grabbed Lu Yifan's robe and begged again, "He also killed the senior brother of Lingjing Valley, and I also hate to break him into thousands of pieces, but now my father is ...... He's always loved me, and I really don't want to take advantage of his fatherly love for me anymore and ask him to do things he doesn't want to do. Yifan, you believe me, it won't be long before my father will know that you are not an ambitious person, and you will not covet his powerful position in the spiritual realm, and then your father will discover Xiao Hongfei's true face step by step, and Sansheng Mountain will definitely be punished as he deserves. But now...... Can you read the love that your father promised to send troops to the Holy Realm to relieve you from the siege, and temporarily forgive Xiao Hongfei? Can you read the love between you and me who have known each other for many years, let him go, and pretend to settle the old suspicions with him first?"
Lu Yifan looked at Mu Dan's heartbroken appearance, although he had a lot of unbearable feelings in his heart, but he thought about it for a while, and then looked at the Yulou with a face full of cruxes, and hardened his heart: "Mu Dan, I can promise you everything else, but this matter is ......"
"Yifan!"
Finally, Yulou couldn't bear to see Mu Dan caught in the middle so embarrassed, so he simply rushed to Lu Yifan, and before Lu Yifan could react, he knelt on the ground with a "poof", and pleaded with Lu Yifan with a worried face: "Yifan, I know your character, and the things you decide will never be changed easily." But now it's not just Mu Dan begging you, I'm begging you, please don't make Mu Dan so sad, please agree to the conditions Mu Dan said, okay?"
"Yulou, even you ......"
"Yifan, I know that Xiao Hongfei is not a good person, and I also know that he does have a blood feud with the Soul Sect, but ...... But ......" Yulou turned his head to look at Mu Dan who was full of gratitude, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and he opened his mouth again, "But I really can't bear to see Mu Dan in such pain, even if I beg you, please agree to Mu Dan's conditions, and I don't blame Xiao Hongfei for the past." β
"Yulou, aren't you embarrassing me?" Yulou looked at Yulou with a bitter face, and then turned his head to look at Liu Sandao, who was sitting on the side with a blank face, Lu Yifan just glanced at Liu Sandao's moon slashing knife, Liu Sandao suddenly understood something, and after coughing lightly, he pretended to accidentally drop the moon slashing knife to the ground, and half of the knife fell out of the sheath. Seeing this, Yulou, who was kneeling beside Mu Dan, raised the Moon Cutting Knife without hesitation, and it took all his strength to put the Moon Cutting Knife, which was as heavy as Mount Tai, on his neck.
Seeing this, Lu Yifan's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly waved his hand to stop: "Yulou, don't do anything stupid......"
"Yifan, Mu Dan is caught between you and his father, and it is better to die than to die, it is better for me to die for him. Yulou's face turned red because of excessive force, and Liu Sandao, who was sitting behind him, couldn't stop shouting to dissuade him, but he didn't mean to grab the knife at all. Zheng Qin saw all this in his eyes, and he was already secretly snickering in his heart, but his face did not show the slightest abnormality, and he still looked like a mourning examiner.
"Yulou, what are you doing?" Mu Dan, who had already been out of proportion, screamed in fright when he saw this, and then directly pounced on Yulou and wanted to grab the knife, but Yulou was extremely resolute at the moment, no matter how Mu Dan dissuaded him, he still stared at Lu Yifan with a pair of stubborn eyes.
"Mu Dan, for your sake, don't say a knife in the neck, even if it is a thousand knives to cut the body and bones, I am duty-bound. Yulou suddenly stretched out his hand and pushed away the panicked Mu Dan, put the blade closer to his neck again, and said to Lu Yifan, "Yifan, are you willing to agree to Mu Dan's request and let Xiao Hongfei go for the time being......?"
"Okay, okay!" Lu Yifan waved his hand helplessly and said, "You and Mu Dan are both my friends, you are begging me like this now, if I am stubborn and refuse to agree, wouldn't it be merciful?" I promise you, you put down the knife first. β
"Yifan, are you really willing to agree to my father's conditions and no longer embarrass Xiao Hongfei?" Mu Dan burst into tears and laughed, and hurriedly asked.
"The Mu family of the Spirit Domain is kind to me, how can I, Lu Yifan, take revenge?" Lu Yifan nodded, and then he stretched out his hand and pointed at the Jade Tower, muttering helplessly, "But I have never seen the Jade Tower so reckless, even when the Jade Phoenix died, he didn't ask me so much." β
After that, Lu Yifan gave Liu Sandao a look, Liu Sandao took advantage of the situation to snatch the moon cutting knife, picked up two meat buns from the table and stuffed them into his mouth again, and then followed Lu Yifan to strode out of the post hall and Zheng Qin was also very interested in saying goodbye to Mu Dan.
After a while, only Mu Dan and Yulou were left in the hall, Mu Dan and Yulou were sitting in each other's arms, Mu Dan, who was wearing rain, looked at Yulou with moving eyes, reached out and gently touched a blood mark on Yulou's neck, and asked softly: "Yulou, why are you so stupid? β
Yulou's face turned red and grabbed Mu Dan's slender jade hand with his backhand, and said hesitantly: "As long as it can make you not sad...... It doesn't matter what happens to me......"
Yulou hooked Mu Dan's tears from his eyes again with just one word, what more could a woman ask for in this life to have a man who loves him like this? The two hugged each other and sat with their eyes facing each other, the tips of their noses almost touched together, facing Mu Dan with a crimson face, Yulou's breathing became more and more rapid, he flashed his eyes and wanted to reach out to wipe the tears on his face for Mu Dan, but Mu Dan suddenly leaned forward, and his soft and ruddy lips were tightly attached to Yulou's dry lips.
Yulou's heartbeat continued to accelerate, and his mind gradually fell into a blank, and only the mouth of the beautiful woman and infinite tenderness remained in his consciousness. But until he completely lost consciousness, Yulou still thanked one person in his heart, that is, Lu Yifan, who had just sung with him and deliberately created an opportunity for "heroes to save beauty".
Although the means are not very bright, the effect is quite outstanding.
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