The direction that Fu Jiuqu took Xin Yi away from was the deep mountain and old forest leading to Xidong from Nong Village, and the ditch where the horse lost control after being hit by an arrow and rolled down with Fu Jiuqu and Xin Yi was the boundary between Nong Village and Xidong.

The end of the ditch is in the territory of the creek cave.

The cave owner of the 36th cave has always been ambiguous in the gap between the two armies of Song Nong. Although I don't know whether the Xidong elders brought Fu Jiuqu into Nongzhai intentionally or unintentionally, Nong Zhigao would not rashly lead his troops to Xidong to find someone at this juncture......

Moreover, the ditch at the junction of the two places is unfathomable, and under the cliff is the primeval jungle that no one has set foot in, and the mountain wall is dangerous and steep, as if it were a natural danger, and even the bravest hunters in the village have never come and gone safely......

Nong Zhigao led the army to search near the mountains and forests for a long time, but there was no trace of people and horses.

At last, he sat on the edge of the bottomless cliff for half an hour, sighed, and ordered the soldiers to return to Nongzhai without looking back.

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"If you fall from here, you can't survive."

On the other side of the stream, the Song army was also searching and searching in the dense forest on the edge of the cliff.

Compared with Nongzhai, the cliffs on this side of the Xidong are steeper and steeper, and there is nowhere to climb at all. Not to mention people, even birds can't land.

"Go back, Master Cao."

Zhang Xun looked at the black and boundless abyss with an expressionless face.

"In front of the two armies, there are dangers. If we continue to search like this, I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the Xidong Chieftain to do it......"

The gray-haired old chief of the stream cave stood aside, accompanied by a smiling face.

"I have nothing to do with Nong Zhigao, this, this is not a big deal...... But Lord Qincha is right, saving people at the moment is nothing more than the heart of the survivors. ”

He sighed and said: "This place is called Shenxian Ridge, with a radius of ten miles, inaccessible, and no one can say how deep the abyss is under the ridge." I heard the old man in the village say that the place where the immortals cultivate here leads directly to the Three Realms and Six Realms, and mortal beings are not allowed to set foot in it..."

Cao Yi and Silent Wu glanced at each other, their eyes sad.

They didn't expect Fu Jiuqu to escape from the team on the way back to Beijing, and went straight to Nongzhai to save people. This approach is not crazy, and the two have known him for many years and find it incredible......

The king of Guangling County, who has been prosperous all his life, will finally end up dying in a foreign country with no bones?

Both of them were inexplicably sad about such a result.

"Amitabha!" Silent and playing the Buddha's hand, chanting the Dharma name, his voice was faint and faint, as if a story had ended.

Then, he sat cross-legged on the cliff, closed his eyes, twisted the Buddhist beads in his hand, and recited the scriptures with words, as if he was transcending the creatures who fell from the cliff.

The mountain breeze is quiet, and no one responds.

Zhang Xun frowned, was quiet for a moment in the Zen sound, and slowly walked to Cao Yi's side and stood still.

"Lord Cao really doesn't know that the King of Guangling County has the heart to escape?"

This time, he brought Fu Jiuqu back to Beijing, and it was Cao Yi's people who arranged it.

Hearing this, Cao Yi frowned and looked at Zhang Xun, "Does Lord Qincha want to hold Cao accountable?" ”

Zhang Xun waved his hand and said respectfully: "Lord Cao misunderstood. How could I have the intention of blaming Lord Cao? I just ......"

He raised his eyes to look at Cao Yi and said pointedly.

"The official family is most distressed by the king of Guangling County, and it is precisely because they are afraid that he will be rash and cut off the future for a woman, so they will come to Yin Yin and urgently call the king of the county back to Beijing...... At present, the king of the county is folded in the deep mountains of Nongzhai, I am afraid that Lord Cao will not be able to explain to the official family. ”

Cao Yi stared at Zhang Xun's eyes and smiled, a little sentimental and lonely.

"Compared to their lives, what is it for me to be reprimanded?"

Coming from Pennsylvania, both men had tiredness on their faces.

But compared to Cao Yi, Zhang Xun's expression was much calmer.

"Life and death are fateful, you and I can't help it."

Cao Yi's eyelids jumped, and a layer of mist suddenly surged under his eyes, and he asked Zhang Xun in a rather sad tone.

"Isn't Master Zhang sad?"

Zhang Xun was silent for a moment, "What can I do if I'm sad?" The dead are gone, and the survivors are suffering, don't they all have to live? ”

Cao Yi pursed his lips solemnly, but saw Zhang Xun's eyes suddenly sweeping over sharply.

"When I folded my wings in Kunlun Pass, they all thought I was dead, didn't they all survive strongly? We should do the same today. ”

Cao Yi said: "Lord Zhang was seriously injured and fell into the river back then, and there is still a turnaround, and the king of the county is now falling off the cliff, and his life and death are unknown, how can we give up looking?" ”

Zhang Xun smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth hooked a sneering smile, and said indifferently: "Then when I fell into the river, did the imperial court send a large army to press the border and come to find my body?" ”

With a faint cross-examination, seeing Cao Yi's face sinking, Zhang Xun hurriedly bowed his hand.

"Lord Cao, with all due respect, although human life is divided into high and low...... But as generals, we should focus on the overall situation, and now is the critical time to crusade against the Nong army, and our strength should be used on the blade, if we send troops to search for the remains of the county king, it will inevitably destroy the imperial court's crusade plan...... I'm afraid you and I can't afford this guilt, right? ”

Cao Yi stared at him with heavy eyes.

"You're still angry with Chonglou?"

Zhang Xun was stunned, shook his head and smiled.

Master Cao laughed. I got acquainted with the king of the county, although I had some suspicions with each other, and I have always had a knot in my heart, but I am not a vicious person, how can I sing for the death of others? It's just that...... Lord Cao, as an official of the imperial court, you can't be emotional. ”

Zhang Xun took two steps forward, looked at the peaks and abysses, and sighed helplessly.

"If the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty want to die, they should also die on the battlefield, how can they make senseless sacrifices? Look at this abyss, birds are difficult to cross, and there is no trace of people. If we insist on searching for the bones of the county king, how much will it cost and how many people will die? ”

Cao Yi was silent.

Zhang Xun smiled lukewarmly.

"No matter how cheap a soldier is, he is also the meat of his parents' hearts. There is an old one on the top, and a small one on the bottom. Lose their lives, Lord Cao...... Can you just bear it? ”

Heaven and earth are cold.

I don't know when, night has fallen.

Cao Yi sighed and narrowed his eyes tiredly.

"That's it. Pass my orders, stop the search - go back to the camp. ”

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The warm moisture hindered Xin Yi's breathing, and water stains slid down her forehead, blurring her eyes.

The picture in front of me is full of shadows and shadows, and it is difficult to see clearly.

"Brother Jiu! You, let me down......"

"Don't speak." Fu Jiuqu put Xin Yi on his body, staggered and walked in the dim and dull dense forest, his body was as if he had been washed with sweat, the forest was damp and heavy, and his robe was as wet as soaking in water.

He took a deep breath and held on to the trees, a hint of solemnity overflowing from his mouth and nose.

"Eleven hold on for a moment."

Xin Yi knew that he wanted to save himself and would not give up easily, and he was even more sad in his heart.

When he woke up after falling from a cliff, Xin Yi found that he was tied to his back by Fu Jiuqu with a belt.

Her body hurts, it hurts everywhere, and now she is like a doll whose skeleton has been dismantled and reassembled, and her consciousness and body are faintly peeled away......

Very badly injured.

She could be dead.

This feeling of near-death made her depressed and frightened, obviously her body was in unbearable pain, but her brain was extremely active, and the frames of getting along with Fu Jiuqu kept playing back in her mind. Laughing, making trouble, annoyed, angry......

There are also pavilions and pavilions in Bianjing City, crowds of people and vehicles, and the prosperous scene is like a mirage, all in front of you, like a return to the light.

"Don't go any further."

Xin Yi called him quietly like a moan.

Fu Jiuqu is too thin, I don't know how he abused himself in these days of separation, the slender and lean king of Guangling in Xin Yi's memory, with a spine on his back, can touch his ribs when he reaches out.

Her head hung down from the socket of his neck, and the bone blades could be seen towering.

Xin Yi wrapped his hands around his neck, listening to his uneven breathing, uncontrollable pain.

"I've gained a lot of weight lately, and I'm ...... Don't waste your energy. ”

Fu Jiuqu didn't speak, his body was bumpy, he didn't know what he kicked, he fell down, he hurriedly protected Xin Yi and stabilized his body, but his head hit the tree heavily, and blood flowed down his cheeks.

He didn't cry out in pain, but turned back to ask Xin Yi.

"Eleven, are you alright?"

Xin Yi shook his head, his eyes opening weakly.

"Did you fall?"

"Nope."

"You're bleeding from your forehead."

"It's nothing."

Xin Yi was stunned, looking at Fu Jiuqu's haggard black and thin face, and in the breathtaking silence of the empty mountains and forests, tears rolled down at once.

"Don't do that...... Brother Jiu, don't be so nice to me. ”