Gu Tingcheng knew that it was the old emperor's arrangement, and after thinking about it for a while, he really couldn't think of whether the old emperor's move was a foreshadowing or an unreasonable move with a hidden line, and he really couldn't think of it in the end, and it was up to him, for the time being, he and the old emperor did not have any major contradictions, as long as he did not get involved in the affairs of King Ning and the crown prince, it was estimated that the old emperor would not be too calculating about him.

Holding a map of Dongyue, Gu Tingcheng pondered whether he should also go to Shanhaiguan to see Fu Donglai's reaction, and figured out that it was someone from the side of the Stygian Sea.

Gu Tingcheng thought about it and still felt that he should go to Shanhaiguan, there was a saying in the army that only soldiers who had stood guard on Shanhaiguan were worthy of being generals! What's more, he is already a nominal general, so he should go there, and he may meet the amazing Nan'an son, Baibi.

Shanhai Xiongguan straddles Dongyue and Beiluo, Gu Tingcheng is convenient to start from Hailou City in Dongyue, and it is directly from Dongshan Haimen to enter, without crossing the border to Beiluo.

Gu Tingcheng planned to set off by land to avoid meeting Fu Donglai in Xiangshui, he didn't ask Gu Tingcheng to accompany him when he left, it must be that Dark River had other tasks and didn't want to get involved.

Fu Dong on the killer whale ferry looked at the spy report in his hand, smiled bitterly, turned his head and ordered: "Speed up the pace and strive for someone to contact the Stygian Sea before the Gu family" hesitated for a moment and said: "Let Qiao San pay attention to the whereabouts of Gu Jiu Gongye, as long as he works with someone on the road, he must see all the details and report it"

Rushing from Hailou City to Shanhaiguan, he will definitely pass through Shangjing, Gu Tingcheng plans to go to Suizhou to see Zhu Mingshan, Yuanbao and Happy They will go back to Shangjing Gu's house to see Lao Gu, he has been out for more than a year, and he doesn't know what happened to him, before Yuanbao sent a letter to himself through the channel of Zhongtian Firm, saying that because of the return of the plague umbrella, the epidemic situation in Suizhou has basically stabilized, Zhu Mingshan took the white-robed army to practice the changes in the military formation, and the chicken leg Xiaodao Tong followed him every day and was very happy.

Gu Qingcheng didn't ride a horse, he felt that he should walk slower and leave some time for Fu Dong to deal with those tasks that the old emperor didn't want him to know.

So he folded a bamboo, used his cane, and carried a bronze box along the bank of the Xiangshui River to Suizhou, often with a lingering breeze, accompanied by moonlight, and was not lonely along the way. Hurrying during the day, and at night with a clear breeze, Jiaojie Mingyue repeatedly tried to compose the remaining words of the box star map, and the rest of the month allowed him to successfully string up the word Shenji, but the remaining star map texture No matter how he affected the spirit of the twelve serious tricks, it was not moving, Gu Qingcheng also knew that he was in a hurry, and Fu Dong had not succeeded in coming to his hands for twelve years, not to mention him.

Walking all the way, soon the spring cold fell, and the rainy season began, there are often small raindrops ticking, Gu Qingcheng rarely resists the wind and rain, he likes the feeling of rain, of course, he is hiding to watch the rain, he also hates wet, so when the rainy season is a rainy season, he will speed up to find some farewell pavilions or stone temples and other buildings full of human atmosphere to shelter from the rain.

Gu Tingcheng carried a box and walked on the side of the Xiangshui Road with a green bamboo, and there were often scholars and businessmen walking around, and there were only these two kinds of people who walked long distances.

There are a lot of people coming and going on the side road, Gu Tingcheng looks delicate, dressed as a scholar, and carries a strange box, which often attracts the attention of some little ladies in the past, Dongyue is open, and the compatibility is unique in the four countries, and there are some relatively cheerful little ladies along the way who open their mouths to flirt with him, Gu Tingcheng is not shy, and responds with a generous smile.

"Little sir, where is this going?"

Gu Qingcheng looked up and saw a jujube-colored horse standing on the side, a slender girl in a strong suit with a long sword at her waist riding on a horse and looking at him with a smile, followed by a team of dart horses, more than ten high-headed horses, all of them were men in strong suits and swords, bright carriages, there was a dragon flag standing on the side of the carriage in front, the Dongyue people used the dragon to protect the country's sacred beasts, and there were countless people who took the dragon as the flag of the dart board merchants.

Before Gu Tingcheng could answer, a burst of hearty laughter came: "Ah Tao, don't scare Mr. Xiao" A bearded man walked forward and stopped in front of Gu Tingcheng, hugged his fists and said: "Ah Tao followed our group of rough men to the north and south, there is really no etiquette, little gentleman is not strange"

Gu Qingcheng looked at this bearded man with scars at the corners of his eyes, and his appearance of riding a horse guard with a knife was really majestic, and he admired it.

"Brother Sun, Miss Tao probably has a crush on this little gentleman, let's have a happy wine to drink."

The laughed Miss Tao was not annoyed, she still stared at Gu Qingcheng with a smile, but the bearded man waved his hand to stop the ridicule of others, the status of scholars in Dongyue is very high, not that the imperial court has a strict hierarchy, but that the seeds of reading in Dongyue are the backbone of the country, but when there is a war, no one thinks about protecting themselves, and they rush faster on the battlefield than them. Everyone is willing to respect these symbols of the Dongyue Kingdom from the bottom of their hearts, and I heard that Gu Junshen's family has also produced a lot of reading seeds.

Gu Tingcheng also looked at the lively girl with a smile and said: "I want to go to Suizhou, my father is a country doctor who knows some superficial medical theory, let me go to Suizhou to see if there is anything I can do to help."

When these words were spoken, a group of people couldn't help but look sideways at this little scholar, the plague in Suizhou is known all over the world, and many people have also gone to the Yaowang Valley, and it is said that the epidemic can be controlled and not spread, and the news that the white robe went south to retrieve the plague umbrella was deliberately blocked by the imperial court, and it did not spread. Under this kind of epidemic, a country doctor rushed over?

Gu Qingcheng was clear-minded, and naturally knew what they were thinking, so he explained: "My father has participated in the battlefield handling of the Shanhai Campaign, and he has some experience, but his legs and feet are inconvenient, so he asked the kid to do it for him."

The bearded man said secretly, I see, and hugged Gu Qingcheng again.

Ah Peach girl also looked at Gu Qingcheng, her eyes shining, how sincere the great doctor who practiced medicine in Suizhou was. "Eh, my name is Sun Xiaotao"

Gu Tingcheng smiled and said: "Under the surname Gu, the name is Allure"

The bearded man smiled: "Mr. Xiao's name is elegant, take care of the future, after this road, there is a ten-mile slope in front, there are sparsely populated there, Mr. Xiao should also pay attention" and then shouted backwards, "Qingming, divide the plate to Mr. Xiao"

A young man from Qingjun, who was about the same age as Gu Tingcheng, walked over from the carriage behind, handed a small gray bag to Gu Tingcheng in his hand, and said with a smile: "Little sir, Shilipo bandits are rampant, if you meet you, give them the silver, you are a scholar, they will not harm your life."

Gu Tingcheng was a little crying and laughing, this is for his own life? Stretched out his hand to take it, and said with some fear on his face: "Will ~ there will be thieves?" ”

Seeing this, Miss Peach shouted, "Ah Dad, let's send the little gentleman over the ten-mile slope."

The bearded man glanced back at the carriage with the dart flag, and hesitated: "Little sir, go slower, spend the night in front of Shilipo, and go over tomorrow during the day, so it's safer."

Ah Peach Girl also glanced back at the carriage when she heard this, and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Gu Tingcheng hurriedly said: "Walking slowly on the lower legs and feet, it won't get in the way."

Ah Peach Girl stopped talking, and walked forward a while before turning around and shouting: "Little scholar, be careful, don't let the thief cut the way"

The dart team passed by Gu Qingcheng, everyone greeted him with fists, and when the carriage passed by, the young man named Qingming also led a tiger-headed child out to make a gesture before leaving.

Gu Tingcheng knew that he was respecting him to practice medicine in Suizhou, and he couldn't help but feel a little guilty, he didn't go to practice medicine, but he was the general of Suizhou, so he didn't dare to slack off at the moment, and returned the salute one by one.

Waiting for the dart team to go away, Gu Qingcheng looked at the deep ruts on the ground and said to himself: "Ten miles of slope?"

The spring breeze also began to be at the feet, following the dart team from afar.

Watching this group of people drinking horses and leisurely rivers and lakes, laughing and hurrying during the day, and drinking over the bonfire at night, Gu Chengcheng also lay on the slope of the mountain with the breeze and the moon, and invited the rivers and lakes that he had dreamed of in the distance and now saw with his own eyes.

The speed of the dart team was not fast, and it took a night of walking along Xiangshui to Shilipo, Gu Qingcheng smelled the faint smell of blood sent by the wind, and frowned.

The bearded man also seemed to know that this ten-mile slope was not quite right, and with a wave of his hand, the dart horse stopped on guard. The two men followed the pink girl and stepped forward, "Ah, Dad, what's going on?" ”

The bearded man said in a deep voice: "When people cross the forest, birds fly in fright." It's too quiet here, something is wrong"

Ah Tao looked at the bamboo forest on both sides, the bamboo forest on the edge of Xiangshui was dense and uneven, and the bamboo forest was full of shadows and leaves, and it was difficult for Tibetans to find it on the side of the road.

Gu Tingcheng, who was not far away, frowned and looked at the depths of the bamboo forest on the left, feeling the silhouette brought out by the traces of the wind, that was not a person, and this was not a matter of rivers and lakes.

The dart team was also engrossed in staring at the bamboo forest, they also heard the movement, the footsteps slowly approached from a distance, and an old woman with a burden appeared at the mouth of the bamboo forest.

The bearded man couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect such a person to come out, this old woman's appearance was very strange, her triangular face shape, and her lips were also a sickly purple-black. When the people of the dart team saw an old man coming out, they also slowly relaxed their vigilance.

The pink girl immediately stepped forward and asked, "Ah Po, what are you doing here, it's weird and scary."

The old woman with a triangular face saw that Ah Tao looked cute, and she also grinned: "The old man followed the villagers to dig bamboo shoots, and accidentally got lost, big girl, where are you going?" ”

Ah Tao couldn't help but be a little frightened when she looked at the old man's jagged teeth, and hesitated for a moment and said, "We are darts, Ah Po, you know the ······ nearby."

"The old man is lost here, it's definitely not someone nearby, how can he know the place," the bearded man hurriedly interrupted.

The old woman with a triangular face squinted her eyes and glanced at the bearded man, hehe, hehe, she stopped talking, slowly turned around and walked back to the bamboo forest, and when she was about to enter the bamboo forest, she suddenly stood and said: "Girl, you are guilty of rushing this year, and you don't enter the temple when you meet it."

The bearded man begged for a living on the rivers and lakes, lived a life of licking blood from the knife edge, and dealt with bandits and other goods, and the sight of this triangular old woman made him shudder a little.

After such a fuss, everyone had no mind to frolic, so they simply gave up rest and continued to hurry.

Gu Qingcheng looked at the direction where the old woman disappeared, and just now seemed to look at this side and smiled?

I followed the dart team all the way, and at noon the next day, I had reached Shilipo. Shilipo is a very unique place, not a real slope, it is a canyon, on both sides is a two-person high soil slope, planted with summer bamboo. In front of the valley, set up a pavilion and a stele, the inscription is ten miles, and the slope character behind is added by the pedestrians themselves.

Gu Chengcheng came up to the dirt slope in the north, hid his body and watched the dart team enter the valley in turn, thinking to himself, if he was a bandit, he would choose to cut the path in this place, which is naturally suitable for ambushes.

Sweep down the hillside, keep your distance and follow the team inside, the deeper the valley, the higher the slopes on both sides, and the wider the valley road.

Gu Qingcheng stepped in the spring breeze at his feet, and he didn't even raise the leaves when he walked through, and he tried to find that the dart team was all from the rivers and lakes, and there were no cultivators.

Shili Po Valley Road and no one is home, out of two miles, there is a dilapidated temple, the temple door has been corroded by time, fall off one, the remaining one is also hanging obliquely, the wind will fall off, the inner hall has long been without half a light of incense and candles, only a robe statue remains, the paint on the surface of the statue has all fallen, it seems that the years are mottled.

It didn't seem that it was the first time they had come here, they walked straight into the ruined temple, and the tacit division of labor began to clean up the place, and they didn't make a fire to cook after cleaning up, so they sat silently at the door, and they didn't talk to each other.

Gu Qingcheng thought for a while, his mind turned, Yufeng returned to the front of the valley, and shouted loudly: "Is there anyone, in the lower Hailou to Suizhou, passing by here, lost, is there anyone?"

"Little sir, why did you get here so soon," a surprised voice sounded

Gu Tingcheng turned around and smiled Yan Yan, it is really not bad that the world looks like this, and the world should be like this.

Sun Xiaotao led Gu Qingcheng back to the slope temple, and the bearded man looked at this little gentleman with some surprise, he didn't expect this little master's foot strength to be so fast.

Gu Tingcheng looked up at the plaque of the temple, and could vaguely see the four big characters of "Ox King Bodhisattva", Gu Tingcheng had heard of this Ox King Bodhisattva, it is said that he is a scattered immortal, who can protect the healthy growth of those children who were sick in childhood, and his third brother also visited this ancestor as a stepmother, and his mother worshiped the Buddha for several years.

Gu Qingcheng pinched the soil as incense according to the ancient practice, and after saluting the colorful statue, he walked to the steps where Sun Xiaotao led him to sit, and the bearded man looked at him with a somewhat suspicious look, and smiled at him, his eyes wandering in the bronze box.

Gu Qingcheng didn't mind, and smiled kindly at him.

The dart team seemed to be waiting for someone to wait a little anxiously, and their eyes were fixed in the direction of Taniguchi, looking at the two carriages from time to time.

Suddenly, Gu Tingcheng felt that the cold bronze box "buzzed", and before he could carefully probe that all the people were looking in the direction of Taniguchi at the same time, at some point, when a black figure stood there, his whole body was shrouded in black robes, revealing only a pair of deep eyes that swept around everyone's bodies from time to time.

The person who was swept by him had a chill on his body, and this person's gaze was like the moonlight from the Nine Hells, cold to the bone.

The bearded man hesitated for a moment, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "Your Excellency~"

"Things, people go" The tone of the person who said it was also very strange, there were no ups and downs, and there was no emotion. But this did not prevent everyone from understanding what he meant, he wanted the things in the carriage, and he wanted Gu Qingcheng to go.

Not only others understand, but Gu Tingcheng himself also understands, because the man in black glanced at the carriage and him respectively.

He touched his nose and smiled bitterly: "I just came here~"

"If you don't go, you die"

Gu Qingcheng touched his nose, took his hiking pole and stood up slowly, the bearded man didn't say anything, the girl named Sun Xiaotao wanted to say something, but she was also pulled by the person next to her.

Gu Tingcheng walked slowly, and said to himself: "I didn't expect this person to be a good person, he didn't want my life" The voice was not loud, which happened to be heard by everyone, and of course the man in black could hear it clearly.

The black-clothed man's nine-hellish gaze naturally swept over, but he didn't say anything.

Gu Tingcheng walked halfway, turned around and knelt down in front of the temple, and said sincerely: "Bodhisattva, my father said that you are not a god in heaven, practice all the way, do more good deeds, let us brothers, walk the rivers and lakes, and if you have the ability, you will protect the temple, you are also the stepmother of my family, today someone wants to do misdeeds in front of your temple, and Allure should respect his father's life."

The bearded man knew that he was not an ordinary person when Gu Qingcheng walked into the temple gate, but he didn't expect him to be so bold and dare to say it so bluntly in front of the man in black.

"Young man Hugh's gibberish, leave quickly"

The man in black slowly glanced at Gu Qingcheng, and then at the man, and there seemed to be a smile in his eyes: "No"

The bearded man was stunned, and for a moment he didn't know what he was referring to.

A young man with delicate eyebrows walked out and smiled bitterly: "Master, this gentleman left us and let Mr. Xiao go, naturally thinking that Mr. Xiao is not from the rivers and lakes, and there is no need to die for this matter, now Mr. Xiao is from the rivers and lakes."

Gu Tingcheng looked over, it was the Qingming who was entangled with him. After hearing this, he also smiled: "The people of the rivers and lakes have to die for this matter?" ”

Everyone stopped talking, but looked at the man in black.

The man in black didn't speak, just walked slowly towards the carriage.

Everyone's breathing also followed his pace, Sun Xiaotao nervously looked at Gu Qingcheng, who was slowly squatting down to touch the strange box, and quickly calculated how to save this little gentleman who practiced medicine in Suizhou.

The man in black walked halfway, suddenly turned around and walked towards Gu Tingcheng, who was already squatting on the ground, walking extremely fast, the distance between the two was not far, and soon Gu Tingcheng's back was an arm's length away from him, the body in front of him was a little thin, he could end this young life with his hand, he used to like to do this kind of thing very much.

"I think I've heard of this box," the man in black appeared in front of everyone, saying such a long single sentence for the first time. There seemed to be a hint of anger in his voice.

"Oh?" Gu Qingcheng turned his head to look at him, knowing that the people who practiced should all be cultivators, this person ······

"Divine Machine, Hundred Refining" The man in black stared at Gu Qingcheng's eyes tightly, and said word by word.

Gu Qingcheng suddenly sat on the ground and said with a smile: "I know that you are not a simple person in the rivers and lakes, but you are not like a mountain person."

"You?" Hearing the accurate answer, the man in black hesitated.

"The person who asked you to come and pick up things is coming"

The man in black quickly turned around, and followed Gu Qingcheng's gaze to see two figures, one black and one white, standing in the valley, staring at them coldly.

Gu Tingcheng found that the box in his hand moved again, Gu Tingcheng's heart moved, and sent some of the wind spirit in the trick hole, the word Shenji was quickly formed, and the third word also faintly appeared A formed vein, about a hundred words, he had already understood before, this box was guiding him to string the two words into a hundred refinements, but what would happen after the string was completed, it was unknown.

Sun Xiaotao was startled when she saw those two people, she had followed her father for many years, and she had never seen such a strong murderous aura in people.

Gu Qingcheng sniffed the smell in the air, and suddenly sighed and said, "I didn't want to do it tonight" His sense of smell was naturally sharper than Sun Xiaotao's.

"This box seems to have been famous before?" A soft voice rang through the ears of everyone in front of the temple.

"The Immortal Sword is at the top of the weapon spectrum, and it is just a sharp sword in Bai Yulou's hand" Different from the warmth and softness of the previous voice, this voice is like an unsheathed sword, which is extremely uncomfortable to listen to.

"With Bailian in his hands, it's naturally just a weird box," Gu Qingcheng picked up his words with self-deprecation.

Sun Xiaotao also understood at this time, this little gentleman is an extraordinary person, it is very likely that he is an immortal on the mountain, it can be seen that he is so provocative, he still can't help but worry about him, the murderous aura of those two people is too amazing, I don't know if Ah Dad can stop it. She had secretly resolved to risk her life to protect the safety of this little gentleman.

Everyone's eyes flickered, and the two figures were already in front of them, with clear faces, but they were just two middle-aged people with sallow faces, and there was nothing outstanding about them.

But seeing these two people, the black-robed man standing in front of Gu Qingcheng who only showed his eyes showed an uncontrollable panic.

"Hundreds of tempering battles, although they failed, it is not a good story" The man in white on the left spoke up, and it was the person with relatively gentle words.

"If you can't compete for the Immortal Sword, you may not be as good as the Soldier God Mountain," Gu Qingcheng said casually

The robes of the two were windless, and a strong smell of blood spread out from the center of the two of them.

"You know?" The voice of the man in black was already as bad as a sword, but at this time it was hoarse, more like the delivery of gold and iron, which made people extremely uncomfortable.

A wind pattern suddenly appeared at the foot of Gu Tingcheng, with the faint fragrance of green bamboo, and the smell of blood was scattered.

"The master of the soldiers is godless, and he is covered with blood. The two of them are dressed and smell too obvious."

The man in black was about to take a step forward, but the man in white stretched out his hand and said, "This friend, do you really plan to take care of the affairs of our Bingshen Mountain?" ”

Gu Qingcheng shrugged, turned his head like Sun Xiaotao, who was already pale on the side, and blinked: "How do you go to the rivers and lakes and meet these advisors who know how to answer?"

Sun Xiaotao was impatient, but helpless, she felt that her heart was very chaotic, she also thought that this handsome little master was a hero who stepped on the colorful auspicious clouds, but the rivers and lakes over the years told her that the world is very realistic, and there are not so many legendary stories, looking at the sincerity of Gu Qingcheng's face, she was anxious, and wanted to ask him to leave quickly, but in the end she didn't say anything, just stared at the person in front of her in a daze.

Seeing that she didn't react, Gu Tingcheng didn't continue to tease her, turned to the black and white again, and said: "Shilin has long been strictly ordered, the people on the mountain don't care about the things under the mountain, Bingshen Mountain wants to officially open a station to Xingtan?" ”

When the two heard this, their hearts sank, such as today's Taoism is ten, Confucianism occupies six points, the remaining Buddhist and Taoist soldiers account for one, and leave more than one hundred families, and this situation is still because the Confucian sages proposed to be eclectic. Bingshen Mountain belongs to the Bing family, although it is not orthodox, but it dares to break the rules on the mountain formulated by the etiquette master, and they don't even need to come forward with the apricot altar. But~

"The two of them ordered the five poisons first, and they didn't intend to stay alive, so they don't have to scruple about opening it at this time, right?" The original black-robed man looked at this down-and-out scholar who was talking in amazement, it turned out that he had already known his identity.

Sun Xiaotao only felt that her heart was pounding.

The man in white on the opposite side suddenly laughed: "You are very smart, we have killed many smart people, who do you learn from?" ”

Gu Qingcheng said with a pious face: "At this time, I have already picked out the intentions of the two of them, and then they are close to my master, it seems to be a little late." ”

The two qi machines attacked both sides of Gu Qingcheng with murderous intent, although their power was not as great as the dragon shadow in the broken temple, but the murderous aura was more than that.

The two wind blades intertwined with each other, forming a wind ball in front of Gu Tingcheng, a black and a white two sword shadows passed through the wind, directly hitting Gu Tingcheng's front door, as soon as they fought, they immediately noticed Gu Tingcheng's weakness, the realm is high, but they have not yet practiced form, recognizing the master of all things is only intentional but not formal, the gentleman competition may not be as good as the son in front of him, but in terms of killing, a son brother who does not have the unity of form and meaning is not to be afraid.

Gu Tingcheng set up the spring breeze at his feet, blindly dodging, the breeze lingered left and right on his sleeves, and his body inadvertently brought out the moonlight like practice, and others looked at it as a fairy style, a jade man in the sky.

It's just that Gu Tingcheng himself knows that he is far from looking relaxed, and the realm of these two people is not as good as his own, but with the guidance of a famous teacher, he used his sword to practice his form early, and the man in black waved his sword to condense his breath, and the water flowed around. Although he has the breeze in the world and a bright moon, he can't practice his form, and he seems a little weak during the attack. But the breeze is blowing, the bright moon protects the body, and the two of them can't hurt him.

Just dodging the sword intent that was covered by the clouds and mist, Gu Tingcheng felt that the bronze box that had been carried in his hand vibrated endlessly, and his heart moved, and the wind in his heart drilled into the bronze box, wandering through the gaps, and slowly formed the four big characters of "Divine Skill Hundred Refining", four characters into one, Gu Tingcheng really heard the sound of the gears turning, and many small fragments appeared in front of him, constantly combining freely, one will become a sword, one will become a knife, and one will become a gun······ There were also many weapons he had never seen before.

The black and white saw the young man opposite, and in the white breeze, a strange bronze color suddenly appeared, as if they had an autonomous consciousness to change this form freely, and when their sword moves were old and new moves were not born, they became the most suitable form to block there, as if they were feeding the two of them.

The two of them were shocked, looked at each other, and together they struck a blood line, and hurriedly swept backwards regardless of whether they hit or not.

The bronze light swept away, and halfway there, it disappeared with a roar, and only Gu Qingcheng with a box was left in the field, and different weapons kept appearing around him.

The black-robed man first looked at Gu Qingcheng in front of him who was like a god descending to earth, and said quietly: "The magic is refined, he has become, seriously, Allure."