In the depths of Wu Mountain, the silver moon is like a hook.

In the rugged mountains, two figures walked side by side up the hillside, stopping in front of a cave with a collapsed entrance.

The deep mountains and old forests are deserted, but some battle marks can be seen on the ground, and there are still a lot of flying knives and flying needles on the ground.

Not far away, in front of the bushes, there was a corpse hanging upside down, which had rotted and emitted a foul smell from the sun and heavy rain.

Cao Aning wore a hat and dressed as a Jianghu guest, carrying a straight knife wrapped in black cloth, squatting in front of the bushes, carefully examining the corpse for a long time, and said in a deep voice:

"If I'm not mistaken, Lu Dangjia should have committed suicide."

Next to Cao Aning, a man in a brocade robe, in his early thirties, heard this and pointed to the hole that was smashed out of the ground:

"The whole body is injured, and you tell me that it is suicide?"

Cao Aning motioned for a moment of calm and pointed to the corpse's right hand:

Lu Dangjia pinched a hidden weapon, it seemed that he wanted to sneak attack a master whose strength was far superior to his own, but he accidentally inserted the hidden weapon into his hand. I estimated that the other party was quite surprised, and I didn't bother to mend the knife afterwards, saying that the murderer deliberately killed people is really a bit far-fetched. ”

"The people of my Cloud Interception Palace died in the wilderness, if I don't find it out, won't it become a joke in the rivers and lakes when it gets out?"

"Wuzhou is so chaotic, and it is a wilderness, and there is no trace of it after a heavy rain, and it can't be checked."

Cao Aning stood up, crossed his hands and sighed:

"Let's get down to business first, don't delay the trip."

The man in the brocade robe clenched his fists, checked the surroundings for a long time, and found that the murderer did not leak, and did not leave any clues that could speculate on his identity, so he could only put the matter aside for the time being, and said:

"Just came the news, Xuanyuan Dynasty was removed from the rivers and lakes, and the new sword leader is called Night Terror, have you heard of it?"

Cao Aning obviously also knew the news, raised his hand and wiped his face, his expression was quite helpless, 'The king of Hades let me die in the third watch, who can keep me until the fifth watch':

"I know, when I was in the capital, I also fought in the Yamen morgue and took him four or five times."

？

The man in brocade frowned, his eyes full of suspicion:

"You take four or five knives? That night terror, wasn't he fighting with scissors? ”

Cao Aning was not surprised by the man's doubts, after all, he didn't know how he got out of the capital alive. He thought for a moment and said:

"The Night Great Yama is like a god, omniscient, and has opened the eyes of heaven, and he can't guess with mortal insight at all. As long as he is here, I will never set foot in the capital for half a step, and you don't say that I am cowardly, you will know when you go in the future. ”

The brocade-robed man frowned and said, "Not to mention anything else, the name of a 'sword leader' is enough to make me wait for three salutes, if I am not forced to do so, how can I provoke it." But the above has already begun to plan, and will definitely deal with it in the capital in the future, if this person is so omnipotent as you say, how can the above behave? ”

Cao Aning thought for a while: "When the manpower is finally exhausted, the Night Great Yama King does not have three heads and six arms, so let's see if we can support him when the time comes." ”

"Break ......"

The brocade-robed man pondered for a moment and spoke:

"The imperial court must be looking for the dragon elephant map, the dragon elephant map should be in the hands of the Northern Liang Thief Saint, let's not put a false news, saying that the Northern Liang Thief Saint is going to steal Jiang Zahu, maybe we can lead Xuanji Zhenren and the Night Terror Hall over together......"

Cao Aning felt that this attention was good, and turned around and said:

"Write a letter to the above and say it, let them arrange it, let's go to Beiliang first."

The brocade-robed man dug a pit on the spot and buried the body, and then walked down the mountain side by side, and asked again on the way:

"Did you really fight the new Blade Boss?"

"Lie to you what to do. Those who can become martial arts leaders have far more luck than ordinary people, and it is not impossible for them to greatly increase their epiphany skills in a short period of time. The Night Yama King is much younger than me, and he will definitely be even more powerful in the future, if we can find a way to take it for our own use......"

"What men like is nothing more than 'power, money, fame'. The empress can give him all these things, even if he is unwilling to succumb to others and wants to be the emperor, he can also seek the country from the top of the harem, this kind of person is definitely a diehard loyalist of the court, and there is no need to think about the matter of bribery, or win over the Pingtian Sect to be practical......"

"It's also ......"

……

——

Two days later.

On the straight course of the Wuxi Grand Canal, countless ferries and cargo ships are running smoothly under the warm autumn light.

A merchant ship full of miscellaneous goods, the sails on three sides bulged into an arc in the air, and it looked like a girl with a good hand.

And in the rear of the merchant ship, a rope was hung, tied to the bow of a small canopy boat.

On the canopy boat, Xuanji sat on the bow of the boat with a real skirt in the air, holding a homemade bamboo flute in his hand, playing a minor tune from Tiannan and Haibei:

"Woo~Woo~......"

Beside him, the bird was lying lazily in the hat, swaying and basking in the autumn sun, and his mouth was followed by 'chirp~' hum.

And in the canopy, Night Terror Hall sat with his eyes closed and staring, still recuperating his body.

The day before yesterday at noon, I set off from the vicinity of the 72 islands of Junshan, rowing Izumo Yumezawa with my bare hands, and the birds and birds that are not worried about it also change their tricks to increase the 'wind resistance', although the scenery is beautiful and the beauty is the companion, but the experience is really not good.

Fortunately, there were a lot of ships coming and going in Yunmengze, and after rowing only a dozen miles, he met a merchant ship that went to Wuxi to do medicinal herb business.

The night terror hall was wounded, and he was half tossed to death when he rode back, so he gave a few taels of silver as the fare for the boat, and took a boat with a tailwind, and the merchant ship was full of goods and no place to live, so he tied the canopy boat to the back.

After two days of sailing, the merchant ship carried a large amount of cargo and did not run fast, and only after two days of sailing did it cross the mouth of the Wuxi River and turn into the Wujiang River.

When the ships left the mouth of the Wuxi River, there were checkpoints set by the imperial court on the shore, and several warships patrolled on the water to check out the ships entering and leaving the pass.

Seeing this scene, Xuanji Zhenren suddenly remembered something, put down the bamboo flute, and turned around and said:

"Night Terrors."

Night Terror's eyelashes twitched slightly, and then he opened his eyes and got up and walked out of the canopy:

"What? Is there a situation? ”

Xuanji Zhenren picked up the wine gourd and took a sip:

"You seem to be in a bit of trouble, and now you are in the limelight for a while, but it won't be long before you have to be ruined and beaten by everyone."

"Huh?"

The Night Terror Hall was a little puzzled, threw the stupid bird behind, and sat down next to it:

"Why?"

"Swordsmen and swordsmen, the rivers and lakes are very heavy, pay attention to chivalrous enmity and hatred, the rules of the rivers and lakes, and when necessary, they should resist the injustice of the court with martial arts, and the sword leader should be even more so. And you are the deputy commander of the Black Ya, the dog king of the imperial eagle dogs......"

？

Night Terror's face darkened: "You can't say the Eagle King?" ”

"Not all the same."

Xuanji Zhenren continued: "If you get closer to the imperial court, you will naturally be far away from the rivers and lakes, and you will be rejected by the people of the rivers and lakes. Not to mention the black yamen, it is still a yamen that specializes in dealing with heroes in the rivers and lakes, and countless people hate it to the core.

"Your reputation in the future, I'm afraid it will be similar to those dead eunuchs in the previous dynasty, relying on the emperor's favor, slandering the dictatorship, cruelty and unscrupulousness, bullying men and women everywhere and scourging the righteous people in the rivers and lakes, if nothing else, you will soon be able to surpass the Xuanyuan Dynasty and become the most famous sword leader in history."

Night Terror chuckled at this:

"Justice is at ease in people's hearts. Those who do evil regard me as an example and praise me in every way, and I will kill them according to them. People with good character, even if they disdain me, I will not be embarrassed. I'm naturally happy to have a good reputation, but no, and I don't really care much. ”

Xuanji Zhenren raised his eyebrows, praised these words, and handed over the wine gourd:

"It means that you have no choice but to have one color?"

Night Terror Hall took the wine gourd, his expression was a little speechless, he didn't pick up the stubble, just raised the wine gourd to take a sip, and Yu Guang found that several big ships were coming on the river in the distance.

"Huh?"

Seeing this, the bird who was taking a nap behind him suddenly came to his senses, flapped his wings and flew towards the other side of the boat......

——

A little earlier, between the fleets.

After learning the news that the night terror hall Junshantai became famous in the first battle, Dongfang left the people like arrows, and King Wu and the people involved in the rebellion have also been arrested, after working overtime overnight to arrange the messy trivial matters, Dongfang Liren took some of the courtiers and the forbidden army, and set off to return first.

Luo Ning and Pei Xiangjun are confidants of the Night Terror Hall, and it is naturally difficult for the Night Terror Hall to resign if they don't come back, so they followed King Jing's ship, and they didn't show up much when they lived in the room.

And the Queen Mother came out for a trip, and after so many days of tiring travel, she had to go home after setting off a fireworks, and she was definitely unhappy.

At this time, the large room on the third floor of the treasure ship was full of strange objects looted from King Wu's mansion, and the grinding mirror screen was folded and erected on the wall.

The Queen Mother dressed up as a female official, looked at the scenery on the river with a telescope, and complained:

"From here, it will only take a few days to go down to Jiangzhou. When the night terror hall is received, you will go back after accompanying your mother, this palace has been in the palace for so many years, there is no credit and hard work, and the generations are also placed here......"

Dongfang Liren was dressed in military uniform, holding a shiny sword in his hand, and he was engrossed in practicing his sword skills, striving to get down from the night terror as soon as possible.

Hearing the words, Dongfang Liren responded:

"I took a few thousand people with me, and the itinerary was arranged, and if I ran around, I would definitely be impeached by the courtiers. When I have time in the future, I will escort the Queen Mother back to her hometown to visit relatives with Shizun and Night Terror......"

The Queen Mother knew that it was unrealistic to go south now, and what she wanted was nothing more than a hope, and sighed lightly:

"Then let's say it, you dare to deceive this palace, and this palace will learn the ...... on "The Secret History of Cleopatra" Huh? ”

The Queen Mother was talking when she found that the river was not right, and she looked carefully through the binoculars, but saw a small tail hanging behind a big ship a few miles away.

Looking closely, it can be seen that it is a small canopy boat, and in the bow of the boat sits a man and a woman, the man is dressed in black, talking and laughing in high spirits; The woman's white dress is like snow, and she looks delicate and lovely......

The Queen Mother was happy at first, but immediately frowned again, squinted and looked carefully - the two sat side by side on the bow of the boat and said something, and the water and water, which had never been serious, even handed the wine gourd to the handsome man next to her, looking like a husband and a woman were close......

？？！

The Queen Mother was struck by lightning, and the moment she saw this scene, she had already thought of the child of Shuishui, and she should be called her grandmother or aunt.

OMG......

The Queen Mother's eyes were full of disbelief, and she was about to take a closer look, when she found the ship on the other side, and then the night terror hall quickly got up and stood up......

Isn't this a thief's heart?

Dongfang Liren saw that the Queen Mother didn't speak, put away the saber and came to the back:

"What's wrong? …… Well? Is that the Night Terror Hall and the Master? ”

“……”

The Queen Mother put down the binoculars, her eyes were very complicated, but she couldn't talk nonsense about this kind of unconfirmed thing, so she could only write it down silently in advance......

——

A moment later, the small awning boat leaned under the treasure ship.

Xuanji Zhenren flew directly onto the ship, and the Night Terror Hall landed on the deck, and countless black yamen waited for a long time, and came forward to say hello:

"The night is amazing......"

"The heart of humility and admiration is like a surging river......"

……

Hei Ya is a master of all the people, although he is not in the rivers and lakes, but his yearning for Wu Kui is not much lower than that of ordinary people in the rivers and lakes.

In addition, the Night Terror Hall is usually very easy-going in the Yamen, and the relationship is good, at this time, several acquaintances are ready to take out the knife and let the Night Terror Hall engrave two words on it.

Fortunately, Big Ben quickly walked down from the shipbuilding, putting on a non-angry and self-righteous appearance:

"If you have nothing to do, go on patrol, what are you doing here?"

There was silence on the deck, and a bunch of catchers scattered and fled.

Night Terror Hall secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and came to the front and bowed:

"Your Highness."

Dongfang stood away from the person's hands, tried his best not to be excited, and looked up and down:

"How's the injury?"

"It's okay, I just need to recuperate for a while."

Dongfang Liren turned around and walked into the shipbuilding, and there was no one around, so he raised his hand and pressed the wrist of the Night Terror Hall to investigate, and saw that the injury was not serious, so he relieved his heart, and his tone was a little jealous:

"It's only been a few months, and it's become a sword......

Night Terror Hall said with a smile: "If it weren't for His Highness teaching me the Dragon Slaying Order and giving me the jade bone diagram, where would I be able to beat the Xuanyuan Dynasty, and it would all depend on His Highness's cultivation to win." ”

"Hmph~ How long has this been the deputy commander? I've learned to play official sycophants......"

Dongfang was in a very good mood, and his tone softened a little:

"This time to quell the rebellion of King Wu, you take the first merit, and you win the name of the sword, this king will definitely be rewarded. Say, what reward do you want? ”

"Rewarding ......"

Night Terror Hall turned his head to look at the bright and moving Big Stupid, and thought for a while:

"I'm also here to compensate Your Highness, as long as Your Highness doesn't mind the previous offense."

Dongfang Liren asked the Night Terror Hall to pay off the debts in Canyang Pool, but he didn't expect the Night Terror Hall to work so hard, not to mention minding, he felt embarrassed to bear it in his heart.

Although the Night Terror Hall didn't take the initiative to ask for it, the rules of rewards and punishments for the superior can't be broken.

Dongfang walked up the stairs slowly and glanced at the night terrors:

"Why don't you draw a set of albums for you?"

"Huh?"

Night Terror Hall paused, thinking of the stupid and lifelike painting skills, his eyes lit up:

"Chivalrous tears?"

Dongfang Liren took a light breath and nodded:

"If you want to, this king will naturally not distract you, and it is okay for a chivalrous woman to cry. But...... You can't draw that kind of shameless scene, you can only draw a hand or something......"

Night Terror Hall hurriedly shook his head and said seriously:

"It's just painting, it's about the art of the human body, and you can't look at it with a worldly eye. Of course, if His Highness feels awkward, I won't force it......"

Dongfang Liren saw the appearance that the night terror hall wanted very much, although he felt that he was a color embryo, but he still couldn't bear to refuse, and took a step back:

"Anyway, you can't draw that kind of abnormal plot, at most it's horseback riding...... Ahem......"

“……”

Night Terror felt that he had completely crooked his stupidity, and he wanted to laugh a little, but when the corners of his mouth were not hooked, he was twisted down his waist and eyes, and he hurriedly raised his hand:

"Hiss-sss......ssss

Dongfang's expression changed as soon as he was not angry and arrogant, and he hurriedly let go and helped Night Terror rub his waist:

"Alright, you go to the house and lie down and rest. Ning'er and they were in the back room on the second floor, with two pairs of doors. You...... The Queen Mother is on it, don't be presumptuous! ”

Night Terror Hall understood what it meant, and said helplessly:

"I walk all the way now, what can I do. Then I'll go and rest first, when will Your Highness be able to finish drawing? ”

"Do you think that the king's handwriting is the same as those small workshops painting New Year's pictures? I can't finish a whole book in a few months......"

"Hehe......"

……

——

At the same time, the top floor of the shipbuilding.

The bird, who had been wandering outside for a few days and had nothing to do, made the appearance of hard work, lying half-dead on the terrace, letting Hongyu feed the little strips of meat.

Xuanji Zhenren leaned on the couch, unfolded the picture scroll, and told the Queen Mother about the experience of Junshantai.

But the Queen Mother, obviously didn't have the heart to pay attention to these, and after chatting a few words, she suddenly asked:

"Shui'er, you tell me honestly, did you do anything to the Night Terror Hall when you went out this time?"

Xuanji was really inexplicable, and looked at the curious baby who pretended to be serious in a blink of an eye:

"Do what?"

"That's it...... You must understand what Hongu means, don't play stupid! ”

Xuanji Zhenren really understood, shook his head and sighed: "Why don't you doubt that the Night Terror Hall has done something to me?" ”

"How could it be. Your martial arts are so good, if you don't give you a chance, what can he do to you? Besides, how could such a decent person in the Night Terror Hall have thoughts about you; It's you, it's you, and you're angry......"

？

When Xuanji Zhenren heard this, she finally understood how she felt when she questioned Luo Ning last time.

"Do you think that I will eat tender grass and take the initiative to hook up with night terrors?"

"Hmm."

The Queen Mother said solemnly: "I saw with my own eyes just now, you gave him the wine gourd and let him drink ......"

"Asking him for a drink, is it hooking up? Then he set off fireworks for you to make you happy, isn't he already deeply in love with you? ”

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, blinked her eyes wide, and leaned closer:

"Really?"

Xuanji Zhenren was directly speechless, and said:

"You are the queen mother, you must pay attention to your identity and words, if these words are heard, will you have to do it?"

The Queen Mother felt the same, so she stopped talking......

——

On the second floor of the ship, in a room near the stern.

In order to take care of them on the road, Pei Xiangjun and Luo Ning lived together, and when they heard that the night terror hall was back, the two women were a little impatient.

The Night Terror Hall defeated the Xuanyuan Dynasty and completed the blockbuster feat, which was incredible to others, but the two pillow people naturally had to be calmer, after all, they knew how thick the Night Terror Hall was, and it was a matter of time before they occupied a place in Wu Kui.

The two were anxious, more worried about the physical condition of the night terror.

Luo Ning had to be conservative, sitting upright on the chair, and posing as a cold and glamorous heroine, lest the night terrors come in and find her worried, but the action of rubbing the teacup all the time still exposes the anxiety in her heart.

Pei Xiangjun, on the other hand, was not so particular, wearing a goose-yellow skirt, pacing back and forth with his hands folded on his waist, and sometimes sticking to the door to eavesdrop, frowning, obviously thinking that the queen was crooked and difficult to speak.

After waiting for a moment, there was finally a sound of footsteps in the corridor.

Pei Xiangjun hurriedly put on a mature and steady posture, opened the door gently, and saw that there was only one person in the Dao, and then he spoke:

"Shocking, His Royal Highness King Jing has gone up?"

"Hmm."

Night Terror Hall walked quickly to the door, raised his hand to be a bear hug, and hugged the charming Sanniang, a little meaningful:

"I'm a sword leader now, isn't it powerful?"

Pei Xiangjun was afraid that the palace maid would see it, so he hurriedly pulled the night terror hall into the house, and then said:

"Awesome. When Ning Er first received the news, she jumped up, happy as a monkey......"

Smack-

Luo Ning, who was in a concave shape, heard this, and his willow eyebrows were upside down, and his hand patted the tea case:

"Who's like a monkey? If I hadn't stopped you, you would have secretly run to Junshantai without even changing your clothes, and said that I ......"

"I'm worried about my safety."

Pei Xiangjun held the wrist of the Night Terror Hall:

"How are you injured?"

Night Terror rubbed his old waist: "I feel pain when I walk, and I haven't recovered after a few days of rest." Xuanyuan Dynasty is indeed domineering, I didn't expect to be so big when I didn't see people, Tu Jiu was a little fat man standing in front of him......"

Luo Ning originally wanted to be cold, but when she saw the appearance of Night Terror, she still couldn't hold back, got up and came to him, rolled up her sleeves and looked:

"A person who can play with a full pound of Junshan knife has a small physique? Xuanyuan Chao estimated that he touched more than 300 catties, and the number of foreign roads he walked, and he went down with all his might, and there are few people in this world who can catch it, and you will definitely suffer a loss if you work hard......"

Pei Xiangjun saw that Luo Ning was still disciplining the man, and replied:

"If you don't fight hard, it's hard to learn, you jump the nine palace steps, and wait for Xuanyuan Chao to turn the knife up?"

"You ......"

"Alright, alright."

Night Terror Hall raised his hand and said with a smile:

"Help me get some medicine, for the past two days on the road, I have been taking medicine by myself, the canopy boat is a big palm, and there is no comfortable place to lie down, I really have to rest."

Seeing this, Luo Ning stopped arguing with her mother-in-law, helped the night terror hall to lie down on the shelf bed, and helped take off her shoes.

Pei Xiangjun estimated that Xuanji Zhenren would not give Jingtang a condition, and he must have held it for several days, and after thinking about it, he patted it behind Luo Ning's waist, who was leaning over:

Syllable~

"I'll take the medicine, you're busy with business."

Luo Ning straightened up, and her peach blossom eyes were slightly annoyed:

"He's hurt like this, and you're still tossing him? It will take a hundred days to break his muscles and bones, and these three months will let him recuperate......"

"Huh?!"

The night terror hall looked weak, and sat up in shock in the dying disease:

"It's just a little strained, and it's not to the point of being bedridden......"

Luo Ning knew that the Night Terror Hall would be like this, she pressed the Night Terror Hall back and asked him to lie down properly:

"In broad daylight, Xuanji real people are all on it, and there are many palace maids around, and you are not afraid of being heard."

"I mean, you don't have to recuperate for three months, and you won't have to go back for a few days......"

"Humph......"

……

Between chatting, several ships full of forbidden officers, facing the autumn light of clear water and blue sky, slowly sailed into the mouth of the Wuxi River and sailed to the capital in the distance......

——

The cold spear entered the Wu Mountain alone, driving the wolf and the tiger to break the Xuanyuan.

Wushan Cloud and Rain Roll (End)

Volume 4: TBD, not yet complete......

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Recommend a copy of "It's Not a Gentleman and Defense", everyone can take a look if you are interested~

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