"To the end! Didn't lose money to us either! Leading the horse on the path outside Flying Fish Town, Chu Zhaozhao kicked the stones under his feet with some resentment, and muttered dissatisfiedly.

"We weren't hurt either, and besides, didn't we have a good meal?" Chu Qingxiao smiled and said with relief.

"Hmph, you can think about it." Chu Zhaozhao was still a little resentful.

is still very dissatisfied with the indiscriminate fight of the Meng Jin girl.

What's more, after Meng Ziliang fainted, the eldest lady Meng threw a piece of silver on the wine table, and then led the soldiers away, as if she was giving them something.

This made Chu Zhaozhao even more angry.

Chu Qingxiao smiled bitterly and was about to persuade two more sentences, but at this time, Chu Zhaozhao's face suddenly changed, and his gaze at Chu Qingxiao became fierce: "It's you, obviously you have cultivation, why didn't you fight with me yesterday and refused to make a move, did you deliberately want to see me laugh?" ”

Chu Zhaozhao recalled the sharp sword when Chu Qingxiao dealt with Meng Jin, and secretly thought that if he didn't use his sword intent, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to move three moves in Chu Qingxiao's hands.

Chu Qingxiao scratched his head and said, "The sword moves I have learned are all the methods of facing the enemy in battle granted by the Xizhou Sword Armor. ”

"Pay attention to killing with one blow, if you are not careful, if you show it, you may hurt the girl......"

Chu Zhaozhao was still a little suspicious, and she asked again: "But before in the Eternal Night Illusion Realm, I remember that you didn't have a cultivation in your body?" ”

Chu Qingxiao said: "I can't say why, when I was in the Eternal Night Realm before, my memory was incomplete, and my memory of fighting Candle Yin was completely fragmented. ”

"It was also after the Eternal Night Realm was shattered, my memory gradually became clearer, and the moves I had learned before were also remembered with the recovery of my memory, and even my cultivation returned to the level of the previous realm."

"On the contrary, the magic pattern that was engraved before has disappeared."

Chu Zhaozhao nodded when he heard this, the Eternal Night Realm is a place that cannot be measured by common sense, and it is reasonable to have these strange changes.

"After all, the disappearance of the magic pattern is a blessing in disguise for you." She said this, but she didn't feel right.

At this time, she turned her head to look at Chu Qingxiao, and muttered with a strange expression: "So you repeatedly mentioned words like sword without eyes yesterday, in fact, you were afraid of hurting me?" ”

Chu Qingxiao nodded when he heard this.

"Just because of this, you were chased and beaten by me all night?" Chu Zhaozhao glanced at Chu Qingxiao and said angrily.

Thinking of his embarrassed appearance of being chased by himself and fleeing in all directions yesterday, I felt funny and felt a little strange in my heart.

"Miss Chu's cultivation is profound, and her swordsmanship attainments are not comparable to me, so if she has a degree of retraction, she will naturally not hurt me." Chu Qingxiao said with a straight face.

"Less sycophants!" Chu Zhaozhao glanced at Chu Qingxiao again.

Immediately, she turned over and stretched out her hand towards Chu Qingxiao: "Let's go, we have arrived at the border of Duzhou, and further forward is the Taixuan Mountains, where the fish and dragons are mixed, and the rogues are crowded, it is not a place to stay, let's strive to pass through the Taixuan Mountain today, and go to the Black Tiger City on the border of Cangzhou to spend the night, which is close to the Tianhang Mountain, and most of the Liukou in Taixuan Mountain dare not make trouble in that vicinity." ”

Chu Qingxiao stretched out his hand and also came to the horse.

He stretched out his hand and wrapped his arms around Chu Zhaozhao's waist very skillfully, Chu Zhaozhao's face was slightly red, but he didn't say anything after all.

The black horse began to slowly open its hooves, and the shaking sensation made Chu Qingxiao a little uncomfortable, and the hand holding Chu Zhaozhao's waist unconsciously tightened a little.

"The rogue of Taixuan Mountain is so powerful? Don't Cangzhou and Duzhou care? Perhaps to alleviate the awkward atmosphere, Chu Qingxiao asked.

Chu Zhaozhao smiled bitterly: "The terrain of Taixuan Mountain is complex, and the cottages of various rogues are hidden in the depths of the mountains and forests, which is extremely secretive. ”

"In the early years, Duzhou and Cangzhou have tried to suppress bandits, but with little success, often as soon as the army arrives, the bandits drill into the forest, and the army arrives in the mountains, just like headless flies, whether you can catch the bandits depends on luck."

"As soon as the army retreated, the bandits regrouped and continued to plunder the inhabitants of the border areas of the two states, and over time, the state pastors of the two states turned a blind eye to this, and once something happened, they passed the buck to each other, saying that it was the responsibility of the other state and county."

"For the past few years, the imperial court has also sent several inspectors to supervise this matter, but they have almost returned home, until now, even the imperial court has turned a blind eye to this matter, and the mountain rogues are naturally becoming more and more arrogant, and even the outlaws in other nearby states and counties have sought refuge in this Taixuan Mountain once they encounter trouble."

"The power of the mountain rogues has also become stronger and stronger, and it has become a major problem in the two states in the past few years."

"Na, the silver dragon army under their father was punished by the court for their ineffective suppression of bandits, and they were good three-rank tiger generals, but now they have been demoted to the six-rank state Siduwei, and they are so depressed that they want to be sons-in-law." Chu Zhaozhao said with emotion.

The middle of the road has always been sad, especially the higher you climbed before, the more painful it will be when you fall.

"Then what is the origin of the Nangong family they are talking about? I've never heard of it before. Chu Qingxiao asked again.

"Upstart in the twilight of the two states."

"I can't say what I do, but the family is thriving, and he has been working hard for a long time in Cangdui Erzhou."

"Twelve years ago, there were rebels in various states, and the governors of the two states all had the merit of quelling the rebellion and were promoted to other places by the imperial court."

"The new state pastor urgently needs to rely on the local power to stabilize the situation, and the Nangong family took advantage of the situation to climb and catch the east wind of the change of power in the two states."

"Now there are not only clansmen who hold important positions in the state capital of Cangdui Erzhou, but also various industries all over the two states, and even have good friendships with various sects in Cangdui Erzhou, one of the nine peaks of Tianhang Mountain, one of the three sword-wielding elders of Dongji Peak, one of them is the patriarch of the Nangong family."

"In short, the Nangong family is intertwined in the two states of Cangdu, although it has only emerged in recent years, but there is already a faint tendency to sit firmly on the throne of the first scholar family in the two states of Cangdusk." Chu Zhaozhao, who said this, frowned slightly, and a trace of disgust flashed in the depths of his eyes, obviously he didn't have much affection for the Nangong family.

"It sounds like a lot has happened in Duzhou and Cangzhou in the past 12 years." Chu Qingxiao sighed at this time when he heard this.

Chu Zhaozhao didn't doubt that he had him, but just took over the conversation and said: "Not to mention the two states, the entire Dayu has an earth-shaking appearance. ”

"The forces of all parties are tilting against each other, and the entire Dayu world has experienced an alternation of power."

Chu Qingxiao's voice was a little cold at this time, and he whispered in his mouth: "But no one remembers that there is such a lonely border city on the border of southern Xinjiang. ”

Chu Zhaozhao's heart jumped, he grabbed the reins in his hand, and looked back at the young man behind him.

"Twelve years ago, although I was young, I also heard my parents talk about it, at that time, with the death of the first emperor, rebellions broke out everywhere, and the Northern Wei Dynasty was eyeing each other, and the court was in a good place, there were countless troubles."

"Take Duzhou as an example, there were as many as three rebels in the formation back then, and in that era, everyone was in danger, and the candle yin probably smelled this smell, so they took advantage of the weakness and caused today's tragedy."

Chu Qingxiao was noncommittal about this, but was silent for a while.

"According to the girl's statement, in the past ten years, Taixuan Mountain has been full of wanderers, the Nangong family has gradually grown, and the state pastors of the two continents have been rewarded by the imperial court one after another for their meritorious efforts in quelling the rebellion."

"Maybe Wuling City is just a victim of the accidental misfortune of that chaotic era."

"But if it's just an accident, then why is it that the imperial court and the state and county are so secretive about the affairs of Wuling City, and only today has Miss Chu come to investigate? And what about the fact that no official has ever come to investigate? ”

When this question came out, Chu Zhaozhao was also stunned, just like Chu Qingxiao said.

A lonely city that was slaughtered, especially related to the ancient relics of Candle Yin, according to the sensitive attitude of the imperial court towards this kind of thing, it should have been sent to investigate a long time ago, but the entire Dayu world seems to have forgotten Wuling City, almost no one has ever mentioned it, and even if it weren't for Chu Zhaozhao breaking into Wuling City by chance in order to curry favor with Zhao Nianshuang, I am afraid that today, everything that happens there will still be buried under the dust and will not see the light of day.

"Do you think there's a secret behind this?" Chu Zhaozhao's voice was a little lower.

Chu Qingxiao smiled wryly: "Do I think it matters?" ”

"The entire Wuling City is a dispensable outcast, let alone me?"

Chu Zhaozhao heard the frustration of the young man, although such words sounded a little frustrating, but the truth was really like this.

If there is really some conspiracy behind all this, with Chu Qingxiao's ability, there is no way to find out.

It's as if everything is shrouded in a sea of clouds.

You know that there are unspeakable things hidden in this sea of clouds, mountains and fog, and you also want to take a look.

But the fog on all sides makes it impossible to see the direction at all, and you don't even know where to start, and before you reach the truth, there will be a few outrageously powerful beasts in front of you.

A huge sense of powerlessness enveloped Chu Qingxiao, making him a little suffocated.

"You don't have to be so pessimistic." Chu Zhaozhao suddenly said, "Isn't there still a little uncle!?" ”

"If Uncle Xiao is the peak master of Qingque Peak today, the state pastor of the two states of Cangdusk will also have to be polite when he sees it."

"As long as you explain the whole story to Uncle Junior, it is not impossible to find out if there is a secret in the tragedy in Wuling City with Uncle Junior's energy."

Chu Zhaozhao said this, and his voice suddenly became a little lower: "Moreover, Xizhou Sword Armor and Uncle Chu are also kind to me, although my ability is limited, as long as I can help......

"I'm willing to do my part."

Chu Qingxiao looked at Chu Zhaozhao when he heard this, and a smile appeared on his face: "Thank you." ”

He said from the bottom of his heart.

"What's there to be thankful for...... I just want to use you to take advantage of the relationship between the little uncle and rely on her to soar. Chu Zhaozhao said, his eyes deliberately glancing away, and he seemed to be a little uncomfortable with Chu Qingxiao's gaze.

But after thinking about it, she felt that her appearance was quite a bit of a taste of wanting to cover up, in order not to let Chu Qingxiao misunderstand anything, or rather, in order to make herself feel at ease enough, she gave another serious instruction.

"Anyway, you remember."

"What you have in front of you is a bowl of the largest and best soft rice in the world, even in the Northern and Southern Dynasties."

"As long as you hold on to the dishes."

"We both have a bright future!"

Chu Qingxiao was also accustomed to Chu Zhaozhao's three sentences of chatting with the dragon and the phoenix, and the unhappiness in his heart because of the old things in Wuling City also dissipated a lot under Chu Zhaozhao's optimistic attitude.

He nodded very cooperatively, and said with a smile: "Even if it is for Miss Chu, I will try my best to hold this bowl of rice steady." ”

"That's right!" Chu Zhaozhao stretched out his hand and patted Chu Qingxiao's shoulder, with a look of relief on his face.

Chu Qingxiao was about to respond to something more, but at this moment, a feeling of dizziness suddenly came to his mind.

Vaguely, he heard Chu Zhaozhao anxiously calling his name.

But he couldn't respond, his eyes went dark, and he fell into Chu Zhaozhao's arms again.