readx;? South of the lockdown, it is still a lonely and desolate scene. The more south they went www.biquge.info the more barren the scenery became, because Lu Yifan had promised to help Mu Dan find the bones of the Qilin King in the Nansha Forbidden Land, so they did not go north to rush back to the Holy Soul Academy after leaving the closed city, but continued to go south to prepare to go deep into the Nansha Forbidden Land again.

Han Ling'er originally planned to return to Jinling City to return the Protector Order, but when she learned that Lu Yifan and the others were going to continue their exploration in the southwest, she also followed her out of fun, and Yin Xi was responsible for sending people back to Jinling City with a fast horse.

Now it has been out of the lockdown for nearly a month, at this time, if you change to Jinling City, I am afraid that it will already be a cold winter, and the snow is flying in the moon, and in the winter here, the day is still hot, and the evening is cold and biting, now Lu Yifan and his party have gone deep into the hinterland of the forbidden land, looking at a cold yellow sand everywhere, occasionally you can see some snow covering the sand dunes, the scenery is not bad, but unfortunately the sense of desolation is much purer than the desert outside the closed city, since entering the Nansha forbidden land, if it is not for Mu Dan to guide the way to find water and forage for food, I am afraid that Lu Yifan and a few people will not die of thirst and will be starved to death。

At this moment, the sky is like a hat, and the earth is like a rock. Looking up, there is a moon and stars, and the surrounding is also dim and lonely, the night in the desert is extraordinarily quiet, except for the occasional breeze blowing on the sand hill and making some "rustling" sounds, there is no other movement in the vast desert as far as the eye can see.

In the middle of the two huge sand dunes, there is a low-lying sand nest, and the bonfire rising in the middle of the sand nest has become the only light that echoes the bright moon in the sky. Beside the bonfire, Lu Yifan, Han Ling'er, Mu Dan, Liu Sandao, Xie Yun, and Ji Yuan were sitting around the fire to keep warm, and the cold wind made Han Ling'er and Mu Dan huddle in a sheepskin and didn't want to move, while Liu Sandao took the initiative to take charge of throwing dead branches into the fire.

In the past month, the six of them often got together to chat, talk and laugh, and Lu Yifan also told Ji Yuan and Han Ling'er who were in a coma at that time about what happened that night in Wanhualou.

Among the six people, there is only one person who will sit in the corner from time to time in a daze, with empty eyes and not knowing what he is thinking, and this person is Xie Yun.

Since Xie Yun saw the letter that Su Yingying secretly sent to Lu Yifan a month ago, the whole person seemed to have fallen into the memories of the past again, and he couldn't extricate himself for a long time.

At this moment, he sat cross-legged in the shadows a little away from the fire, and the cloud-piercing spear was stuck straight in the sand beside him, as if it was the only one that could always be silently by his master's side. Xie Yun held Su Yingying's letter in his hand, his fingers gently stroked the delicate handwriting from time to time, and his eyes flashed with indescribable love and tenderness.

"Xie Yun, since you are still in love with Su Yingying, why didn't you chase her out to find her that day?" Ji Yuan asked, "If you chased her out at that time, you would definitely be able to catch up with her at your speed!"

Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Xie Yun shook his head with a wry smile, and said softly: "What can I do even if I find her? Since she doesn't want to reveal her identity, it is enough to show that she doesn't want to be found by me, so even if I find her that day, it will only be abandoned by her again! Since I know that the result is like this, why should I ask for pain for myself again?"

"Aren't you in pain now?" Mu Dan said.

"It hurts, but it's not bitter!" Xie Yun grinned at a few people and showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, "Since Yingying can go to the lockdown to send us a letter, I expect that the eldest brother must also be in the lockdown at that time." ”

"I've been curious about this too!" Lu Yifan nodded and said, "Why did Xie Feng and Su Yingying appear in the lockdown city? Could it be that they also went to the lockdown to find Lou Zong for revenge after learning that Wenyang City was destroyed?"

"It's possible! At that time, when the four generals defending the city were arrested, wasn't there a person named Lou Zheng who was the first to ascend, and then hanged outside the closed city?" Ji Yuan said suddenly, "Yifan, didn't you say that although this mysterious person hated the disciples of Lou Zong, he didn't hurt us, could this person be ...... Xie Feng?"

"Maybe it's possible!" Lu Yifan nodded with a deep gaze.

"Actually, I've been thinking, why does Yingying want to tell you these poems?" Xie Yun suddenly interjected, "What do these poems mean?"

"Since it was Miss Su Yingying who came to deliver the letter, it means that maybe Xie Feng didn't know about this matter!" Han Ling'er guessed, "If Xie Feng knows, with his ability, he can sneak into the Hou Mansion unknowingly and put this letter in front of us personally, so why let Miss Su Yingying's daughter come alone?"

"Makes sense!" Liu Sandao nodded in response, "But what does this Su Yingying want to tell Yifan?"

"Jinling is full of wind and clouds, and the three princes and kings are hesitating with each other. If the fame of the thief is there, what does it matter if the thief shouts to catch the thief? The heavens and the earth are mighty, and millions of unjust souls are crying and breaking their bowels. Thinking of Gongzi Xi Enyi, I hope to beware of the future......" Lu Yifan muttered to himself, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said, "I remember that Qi Shan once told me that the reason why my father wanted him to save my life was because my father heard something unfavorable to me in the court...... In other words, someone in the court wants to harm me with the help of the matter of sealing the city and building the sect!"

"Who?" asked Liu Sandao with a straight expression.

"The letter said that 'the three princes and the kings are wandering with each other', and the king in this should refer to the emperor of the holy realm, and the three princes who helped the emperor to destroy the Lou Sect are ......"

"Uncle Lu, my father, and Lan Shixun!" Before Mu Dan finished speaking, Han Ling'er was the first to say, "One of the three of them is the Duke of Wending, the other is the Duke of Protector, and the other is the Duke of Zhenbei, aren't they the three dukes in the court? ”

"Actually, when I saw the letter, I already had doubts about it, but I didn't have conclusive evidence, so I couldn't be sure!" Lu Yifan couldn't help but sigh lightly.

"Yifan, who do you suspect?" asked Ji Yuan.

"Who else? It can only be Lan Shixun!" Han Ling'er said loudly, "Everyone in the world knows that my father and Uncle Lu are close friends, but Lan Shixun is a sinister and cunning person, which can be seen from the Heavenly Grace Competition that year!"

"Not bad!" Lu Yifan nodded in agreement, "If you want to keep your fame, and this is Lan Shixun's consistent style of doing things, you can do whatever it takes to be greedy for merit, in the first battle of the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, more than 50,000 soldiers of the Xie Zi Battalion ......"

Lu Yifan's words were said at this point, and he suddenly realized that he had lost his words, so he hurriedly closed his mouth. But Xie Yun smiled at him slightly, indicating that he didn't care about bringing up this matter again.

"There is also this sentence that the world is vast in the southeast, south, west, southeast, and west, but there is a north missing, and Lan Shixun's title is precisely the Duke of Zhenbei!" Xie Yun said, "And the last sentence is read in Gongzi Xi Enyi, and I hope to be on guard in the future, it should be said that once in the drunken dream building, Yifan had saved Yingying, so he was very kind to her, so Yingying would secretly come to deliver a letter and advise Yifan to be more careful!"

"But how could Su Yingying know Lan Shixun?" Liu Sandao asked with a puzzled expression, "There are also two most inexplicable sentences in the middle, one is 'What does it matter if the thief shouts to catch the thief?' and the other is 'Millions of unjust souls cry and break their bowels'." What do these two sentences mean?"

"These two sentences are also what I don't understand!" Lu Yifan frowned and said, "The millions of unjust souls should refer to the innocent people who were killed in Wenyang City, but no matter how Lan Shixun said it, he was the one who personally led the troops to destroy the Lou Sect, which is equivalent to avenging these unjustly killed people, so why would he cry and break his bowels?"

"Don't forget that there is also one of the most critical thieves shouting to catch the thief!" Xie Yun said suddenly, "Who does this thief refer to? In the matter of Lou Zong, who was the last thief to be caught? There is no doubt that it is Lou Zong, it is the Five Tigers of Lou Zong." And who is that 'thief' who keeps shouting about being a thief? Could it be Lan Shixun?"

"Xie Yun!" Lu Yifan suddenly said in a condensed voice, "I seem to understand what you mean, but we must not talk nonsense about this kind of thing! If you say that Lan Shixun has colluded with Lou Zong, if we don't have ironclad evidence, then we are framing Beigong of the Holy Domain Town, this is not a trivial matter!"

"Wouldn't it?" Han Ling'er said in surprise, "Lan Shixun will collude with Lou Zong?

"It's possible!" Ji Yuan suddenly interjected, "Don't forget, Uncle Lu once received wind in the court, saying that someone in the court wanted to be unfavorable to Yifan, and at this moment, Lou Zong, who was thousands of miles away, posted a reward notice for chasing and killing Yifan all over the world in the entire southwest, if this kind of thing is a coincidence, then this coincidence is too weird, right? Don't forget, the biggest people who offended Lou Zong are Su Yingying and Xie Feng, even you and I here have had a holiday with Lou Zong, why do they let us not chase and kill, but want to offer a reward to hunt down and kill Yifan alone?" Isn't this a clear desire for Yifan's life?"

"As soon as you said that, I remembered it, Qi Shan also said such a thing, pointing out that Lou Zong's pursuit and killing of Yifan was instigated by someone!" Liu Sandao said, "And at that time, I also asked who the person behind it was, but Qi Shan didn't say it, now that I think about it, this person should be Lan Shixun!" Speaking of this, Liu Sandao's eyes inadvertently revealed a touch of murderous intent, "Lan Shixun, Lan Shixun, your good life this time is completely over!"

"But if Lan Shixun really colluded with Lou Zong, then how could he personally lead troops to exterminate Lou Zong?" Mu Dan asked puzzledly, "Even if the emperor has an order, then at least he should secretly inform Lou Zong in advance, so that Lou Zong can take precautions, at least half of the gold and silver treasures that Lou Zong has been washed away, and half of it is enough to buy the lives of the five tigers of Lou Zong!"

"Yes, although it is said that the emperor used three moves to destroy Lou Zong this time, in fact, there must be only such a great hero as Lan Shixun who will be passed on to the world in the future, and the person who has the greatest credit for the destruction of Lou Zong is him, after all, the other two moves are all secretly fallen, far less vigorous than what Lan Shixun did. Ji Yuan nodded and said, "Don't forget, if Lan Shixun is really a treacherous person, then how can he do such a thing that he is willing to be a bird? You must know that Lou Zong is also a sect no matter how he says it, and all sects will inevitably be blessed by the Sect Master of the Holy Domain, Lan Shixun exterminates the Lou Sect with such fanfare, isn't he worried that the Sect Master of the Holy Domain and even all the sects in the Holy Domain will be enemies of him in the future? Even if he is greedy for merit, Lan Shixun shouldn't be so stupid!"

"Indeed, thinking about it like this, Lan Shixun really wouldn't do such a stupid thing, just for the sake of a reputation and offended the Sect Master of the Sacred Domain and all the sects in the Holy Domain. Lu Yifan nodded in agreement, "If he really has something to do with Lou Zong, then his smartest thing to do is to secretly inform Lou Zong's Five Tigers in advance, and then let Lou Zong prepare early, even if he leaves some disciples and treasures for Lan Shixun to take back in the future." And even if Lou Zong's matter fails, the responsibility lies with my father, Uncle Han and his Lan Shixun, and the emperor will not only target Lan Shixun, so there is no reason for him to be so obsessed with doing the so-called thief shouting to catch the thief. ”

"Unless......" Liu Sandao's eyes flickered faintly, "unless Lan Shixun did it on purpose!"

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yifan asked.

"Let's assume that Lan Shixun was really the behind-the-scenes instigator behind the manipulation of Lou Zong to deal with Yifan, and when Lou Zong's killing of Yifan failed, Lan Shixun simply killed people and killed him, in order not to leave himself with trouble!" Liu Sandao said while thinking.

"It's not impossible for you to say that! It's just that Lan Shixun destroyed the Lou Sect so cleanly, isn't he afraid that the Sacred Domain Sect Master and other sects will make trouble for him?

"This ......" Ji Yuan's question made Liu Sandao speechless for a while, "Could it be that Lan Shixun still has something unknown to rely on?"

"Lan Shixun's greatest reliance is to lead the emperor, as long as he can please the emperor, even if he is an enemy of the Holy Domain Sect Master, there is nothing impossible!" Han Ling'er said with a smile.

"Don't forget, his two sons are now under the Xuanzong Sect!" Lu Yifan said suddenly, "Could it be that Lan Shixun would not care about the life or death of his two sons and resolutely support the Emperor and thus become enemies of the Sacred Domain Sect Master? Or is it that there is some kind of consensus between him and the Sect Master before this matter......

"Hiss!" As soon as Lu Yifan's words came out, several people couldn't help but gasp.

"Yifan, do you know what you're talking about?" Han Ling'er said with a burning eye, "You are much more guilty than Xie Yun saying that Lan Shixun colluded with Lou Zong!"

"Do you mean that Lan Shixun stepped on two boats, that is, he was the minister of the emperor, and he secretly fornicated with the sect leader?" Xie Yun asked with a frown, "This ...... This is inevitably too ......," Xie Yun couldn't come up with a suitable word to describe his mood at the moment after talking for a long time.

"If this is the case, then not only have we become the pawns of the Emperor, Lou Zong has become a ghost of unjust death, but even the Emperor has been played with by Lan Shixun and the Sect Master!" Lu Yifan said with a solemn face, "If this is the case, then Lan Shixun is really terrible!"

"If you really guess it, then the sect leader sent an elder to help Lou Zong, and it will become a way to cover people's eyes and ears?" Ji Yuan was a little surprised at the moment, "The emperor used us as chess pieces to use the sect leader to use the trick of blinding the sect leader...... And the sect leader is not only not stupid, but also skilled, he will do what he wants, and specially sent an elder Xuanzong to come, the purpose is to give the emperor a trick...... Let the emperor think that the three chess pieces he designed have been successful, but in fact, it is ......"

"Ji Yuan, don't say it again!" Lu Yifan suddenly interrupted Ji Yuan's words, "Now that the five tigers of Lou Zong are dead, there is no evidence for the so-called death, this matter does not mean that we have no evidence, even if there is evidence, it may not be true......!

"Don't forget one more thing! We have guessed so many possibilities, all of them come from this letter, and how did Miss Su Yingying know so many things?" Mu Dan said suddenly, "In other words, could it be that we are thinking too much fundamentally, Miss Su Yingying actually doesn't mean this!...... Miss Su Yingying is lying to us......"

"Impossible!" Before Mu Dan could finish speaking, Xie Yun suddenly opened his mouth and said, "I know very well who Yingying is, she won't lie to us, and there is no need to lie to us, we may have guessed wrong, but I believe that everything she said in her heart is true!"

Looking at Xie Yun, whose expression was becoming more and more solemn, Mu Dan stuck out her tongue in disdain, and simply stopped talking, because she knew that Su Yingying was Xie Yun's reverse scale, and no one could offend it in the slightest.

Although Mu Dan's words were not continued, Lu Yifan heard another meaning from Mu Dan's words, that is, could it be that sending this letter was not Su Yingying's own will, but was instructed by someone behind the scenes?

As soon as he thought of this, Lu Yifan felt a headache, these things seemed to him now to be too illusory, in the face of no real evidence, all he could do was to be careful, as for other things, he could only take one step at a time, and it was useless to think more now.

For a while, none of them spoke, but they just stared at the fire in front of them, silently starting.

At this moment, the night is gradually deepening, Ji Yuan and Xie Yun have already fallen asleep separately, Mu Dan is also curled up in the sheepskin and dozing, Han Ling'er's physique is not as good as Mu Dan in the spirit realm, so under the cold and biting cold wind, her soft and boneless body hiding in the big rain can't help but shiver, and she is also half asleep and half awake at any time in the hazy sleep, and she is really uncomfortable to see her like that.

Liu Sandao was still sitting on the side and holding the fire, and Lu Yifan couldn't help but feel a little distressed after seeing Han Linger's appearance, so he gently leaned forward and tried to hold Han Linger's body into his arms with both arms. And the sleepy Han Ling'er couldn't help but snort after feeling the power from Lu Yifan's arms, and then Dai Mei gently resisted with her hands, but after she gently opened her sleepy eyes and saw Lu Yifan's face clearly, the originally slightly frowning brows suddenly stretched out, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly and squeezed out a lazy smile at Lu Yifan, and then opened her arms to meet Lu Yifan's strength, and let her frozen body take the initiative to get into Lu Yifan's arms, Lu Yifan gently turned the flame soul between his arms, and a touch of warmth also wrapped Han Ling'er's bodyAfter feeling the warmth from Lu Yifan's arms, Han Linger's trembling body gradually became quieter, her face was a little ruddy, and after a while, she also fell asleep steadily.

After Lu Yifan finished all this, he smiled at Liu Sandao, who had been holding the fire next to him, and Liu Sandao also replied with a relieved smile, although neither of them opened their mouths to speak, but the soft kindness in it had already been transmitted.

At this moment, Mu Dan, who had been napping on the other side of the bonfire, had opened her eyes at some point, and saw clearly what Lu Yifan had done to Han Ling'er just now through the gap in the sheepskin, and an indescribable light flashed in her clear and charming eyes, which seemed to be slightly dimmer than before, and then after a moment of distraction, she closed her eyes again and fell asleep quietly.

In the dark desert at night, a bonfire made a beeping sound from time to time, and with the howling cold wind of the night, it became the most lazy memory of these people in their sleep.

"Whew!"

Many worries are still waiting for tomorrow, the cold wind is blowing, the yellow sand reflects the sky, and the night is alone!

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