I took Bo Heng up the mountain one foot deep and one foot shallow, Bo Heng stepped on the mountain road full of fallen leaves and mud, and asked me suspiciously: "Why didn't I know that Madame still had friends in Baiyue, and she still lived in such a remote place." ”

I carried the hem of my skirt and walked carefully by grasping the trees, "Your Highness, haven't you forgotten the black-robed old woman who solved the deadlock that day when we were alone?" I sent someone to follow her, saying that we were going to thank her, and she did not refuse. ”

I panted and pointed to the wooden house at the top of the hill, "This is it." ”

When Bo Heng supported me all the way to the point where I was about to arrive, I saw the old woman in the black robe standing outside the door, as if she had been waiting for us for a long time. Seeing us coming, he turned around and went into the house.

Bo Heng and I followed closely behind and entered the little wooden house.

I looked around the hut, it was shabby but very clean. There are many bookshelves-like shelves with many bottles and jars, and colorful liquids are stained with something.

I was curious and was about to take a closer look, when the old woman reminded: "The princess still don't look at it, you don't want to know what's inside." ”

I smiled awkwardly, it was true that the contents of the jar looked strange and a little scary. "Mother-in-law, how did you know we were here?"

The black-robed old woman leaned over and picked up a shiny black beetle and stuffed it into her sleeve. "There are many insects in the mountains, they told me."

Bo Heng and I looked at each other in surprise, I just thought that this Gu technique was really amazing.

The old woman walked to a fire pit and sat down, and a pot was propped up in the fire pit and was gurgling out. He politely motioned for me and Boheng to sit down, and then scooped out two bowls of hot soup from the pot and handed them to us.

I held the bowl and looked at the blue-purple soup for a moment with some hesitation. The old woman took care of herself and scooped a bowl for herself, "This is a good soup to ward off the cold and keep fit, I still want to drink it after Baiyue, but I don't have it." ”

Bo Heng drank it silently, and I no longer hesitated to taste it slowly, and the taste was very sweet.

"This soup can dispel Baiyue's miasma and dampness, which can be regarded as my gratitude to you for helping Baiyue." The old woman said.

I couldn't get enough of the taste of the soup, and quickly replied, "No, we have to thank you for saving us." Otherwise, we are probably one of the puppets of Yinyao at this moment, and if this is the case, the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Bo Heng echoed my words and expressed his gratitude to the old woman.

The old woman waved her hand, "Actually, you have helped me a lot, I have been looking for the negligence under the layers of Yinyao's guards, so as to solve her." If it weren't for you using Shen Gongzi to threaten Yinyao, I really wouldn't dare to make a rash move. ”

I will think of pouring Shen Buwei with fire oil, and I always feel a little sorry for Shen Buwei. I looked at Bo Heng, and Bo Heng also looked at me, and I hesitated and didn't know how to speak.

"The princess wants to ask, who am I?" The old woman watched our little movements with drooping eyes.

"I really can't hide anything from my mother-in-law..." I say.

"You don't need to call me any mother-in-law, I'm actually as big as Yinmi." The old woman interrupted me.

Bo Heng and I both looked at her in surprise, but this wrinkled face and shriveled lips should look like an old woman who is close to old age.

The black-robed old woman's eyes began to drift, and she fell into her memories, and slowly spoke: "The two sisters of the Yin family and I have grown up together, my name is Yu Yao, and I am the thirtieth generation of the Baiyue Centennial Sacrifice Family. ”

I remembered that Zhou Shuning once told me that before there was no saint Yinyao, Baiyue had a special high priest. It's just that after the silver lady who claimed to be a saint was born, the high priest disappeared. Unexpectedly, in front of him was the disappeared high priest.

"The three of us grew up together and were like sisters. Later, the Yin's sisters had to have someone go to Yanqi and kiss, and three days before deciding on the candidate, Yinyao came to me crying and making trouble and asked me to teach her love Gu. ”

Yu Yao's face was full of regret, "King Baiyue once explicitly forbade members of the royal family not to learn Gu techniques, but I still didn't hold back Yinyao's pleading, and only taught her when she was curious about Gu techniques. ”

Yu Yao's tone became agitated, and her lips trembled uncontrollably. "But who knew that Yinmiao secretly gave Shen Gongzi a love Gu behind my back, and the love Gu was incomprehensible. Unless one party is either dead or crazy, and accepts the backlash of the Gu worm, it can be stopped. ”

I angrily went to Yinmiao and asked her why she did that, but Yinmiao ignored the sisterhood of many years. As I turned around defenselessly, he stabbed me in the back. Yu Yao's eyes glistened with tears.

Bo Heng and I looked at each other, it turned out that this Yuyao and Yinyao were once good sisters, and they used to deal with her like this.

"Yinyao also snatched the Gu book that I had worked hard to make for many years, but she was too careless. Ever since I was a child, my heart has grown on the right side, which is unique to my priestly family. In addition, I have studied Gu art for many years, and I have the protection of the golden silkworm, so I didn't die. ”

Yu Yao let out a long sigh and continued.

"That Yinxiao just learned some fur from me, and he thought he was talented, so he practiced according to the Gu book I wrote. But if it's really that simple, then everyone can control Gu. ”

"And Yinyao was in a hurry, and even practiced evil arts that even I didn't dare to touch. He who uses himself as a dish to raise Gu, so that he is insane and insane. So she can only control the behavior of Baiyue's people, but she makes them a puppet without thoughts. ”

Thinking back to the little worms writhing in the water that night, I still feel sick in my heart. Yu Yao refilled another bowl of soup for me and Bo Heng, moistened her throat and continued.

"I have been with her for more than ten years, I know that she has a domineering personality, and she is also wary of Yinyao, so I didn't teach all the love Gu. didn't think about it, but because of this, Shen Gongzi was killed. ”

Yu Yao held her forehead in annoyance, and the silver ring on her arm rattled gently.

I watched Yuyao being betrayed and framed, and blamed myself. Yu couldn't bear to say: "You don't have to blame yourself, now that Baiyue has returned to normal, Yinyao is dead." Shen Gongzi has also reunited with his fiancée, you have done a good job. ”

Bo Heng also nodded, "Yes, the priest should not feel sorry for himself anymore." ”

"As hateful as the silver lady is, I'm also the culprit of it all in a way. Therefore, I have decided that after meeting you today, I will enter the Baiyue Temple and never go out for the rest of my life, praying for the health of the people of Baiyue. Yu Yao said firmly.

I persuaded Bo Heng for a while and found that Yu Yao had made up her mind, and we all admired Yu Yao's sacrifice for righteousness, Baiyue had her protection, and it should be that she would gradually recover her vitality.

"However, if the priest had grown up with the Silver clan, he would have been in his thirties this year. Why is there such a big difference in appearance? Bo Heng asked suddenly.

I was a little worried about whether Yu Yao would mind such an abrupt question, and I just wanted to stop Bo Heng. Yu Yao replied indifferently that it was okay for me, stroking her wrinkled face.

"I used to be a beautiful girl, but there is no reason in this world to get ten thousand benefits for myself, but I don't pay the price at all. Yinyao's knife actually pierced the artery and was fatal. I have to turn it around and save my life, but I also have to endure the price of backlash. ”

Yu Yao picked up a broken mirror and looked at her face calmly.

"The price of survival is the loss of enviable looks."

I can't help but sigh in my heart that Yu Yao's heart is strong, and the loss of a woman's beautiful face is difficult for ordinary people to accept.

"By the way, I haven't asked the princess why she knows about Yinyao, so can the princess talk about it?" As soon as Yu Yao's words changed, I conveyed all the words that Mrs. Liang had told me in advance before departure.

Yu Yao's expression became secretive, "Mrs. Liang... It's Yinhuan, right? ”

I was slightly stunned before I remembered that I didn't seem to know the names of the ladies all along. In the eyes of the world, their names are not important, they are just a title hanging high above the temple.

But Bo Heng opened his mouth first to admit that Yin Huan was the name of Mrs. Liang.

Yu Yao snorted lightly in her nose and whispered that she had picked herself clean.

I didn't really hear it, and asked something back. Yu Yao got up and said that it was okay, and she was going to send us down the mountain.

Bo Heng and I saw that Yu Yao had the intention of driving away customers, so we also got up to say goodbye.

Looking out from Yu Yao's hut, you can see the continuous mountains of Baiyue, and Baiyue Palace is far away. Yu Yao instructed us that the mountain roads were slippery, so please be careful.

As we turned to leave, Yu Yao stopped me.

"Princess, many things in this world are not actually black and white. What you see may not be true. Everything is unpredictable and plausible. Silver is not necessarily the real silver kiln, and neither am I. ”

I was so confused that I wanted to come up and ask.

Yu Yao waved her hand, and a thick fog suddenly rose around her, surrounding Yu Yao and the hut. In just half a minute, Yu Yao couldn't be seen.

"The princess must remember that everything in the world has cause and effect, and the cycle of cause and effect is life. Everything is done from the heart, if there is fate, you and I will meet again, cherish. Yu Yao's voice seemed to float from the sky, and I looked around in confusion, but I couldn't see anything.

Bo Heng behind him took my hand and whispered what do you want, let's go.

The way down is even more difficult than up, and there is not even a decent road. I slipped and slid straight down the dirt slope. Bo Heng hurriedly blamed himself for not leading me, but I felt very embarrassed, I was afraid that my skirt was dirty.

Suddenly, my body was suspended in the air, and Bo Heng hugged me horizontally. I was so close to Bo Heng that I smelled a faint smell of him, and I hurriedly struggled to get down. Bo Heng's deep voice above me told me not to move, and I had to obediently grab his shoulders.

Back in the group, Bo Heng carried me back to the carriage and told Zhihong to change my clothes. Childish Red looked at the mud skirt I changed into disgust, and laughed at me for being such a big person and falling on the butt.

After changing back into casual clothes, I rode back to my little white horse. Walking side by side with Boheng, walking slowly among the green mountains.

I thought back to what Yu Yao said to me before leaving, and I didn't understand what Yu Yao's words meant to me. I could only repeat Yu Yao's words silently and in a whisper: "Yinyao is not necessarily Yinyao... Cause is effect..."

Bo Heng reached out and touched my head again, and I came back to look at him. "What is Madame thinking?"

"I'm thinking about what Yuyao said to me before we went down the mountain." I replied.

Bo Heng looked at me with a confused expression, "Did Yu Yao talk to Mrs. before she went down the mountain, she didn't even come out of the house." ”

Bo Heng's words scared me into a cold sweat, obviously Yuyao told me so much, and standing outside the house, why couldn't Bo Heng see it. Or is it that Yu Yao did it on purpose, and only let me hear it.

Bo Heng looked at my face and turned white, and quickly patted me on the back and said that maybe there was a miasma going down the mountain, and I was hallucinating.

I casually said a few perfunctory words to Bo Heng, and continued to think silently. First of all, it's definitely not an illusion, what Yu Yao said must be hinting at me something.

Yinyao··· Yin Huan, twin sisters can't even tell their parents. The personalities are very different, but the personalities can be pretended. Yinyao is not necessarily Yinyao, so Yinhuan must be Yinhuan.

It seemed to dawn on me that most of the information we had obtained along the way had been learned from Madame Liang. But who knows how much of what Mrs. Liang said was true and how much was false.

Mrs. Liang said that Yinyao was domineering and did not want to marry Di Yuan. But if the truth is that one stayed in Baiyue at the cost of honor, and the other married Yanqi at the cost of freedom.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel ridiculous, shook my head and smiled.

Bo Heng asked me curiously what was wrong, I only said that life is impermanent, there are too many unknowns, let's grasp the present. The next trip is Lingyang, and I'm looking forward to it.

With that, he rode forward, and Bo Heng followed me closely.

There was a black beetle lying on the bamboo leaf, silently watching our group go out of the border of Baiyue and hide in the mountains and forests.