The next day, at noon.

The carriage with two horses stopped outside the side gate of the Guogong Mansion, and the Night Terror Hall was dressed in a black robe and a hat, dressed as a ranger, standing next to the carriage.

After waiting for a moment, the sound of wings stirring came from behind the tall wall of the Guogong Mansion, and then the bird came out of the wall and landed in front of the Night Terror Hall, with a candy man in its mouth, shaking its head as if offering treasure.

Night Terror took the sugar man and looked back and forth, and it was a gourd-like owl, very delicately made, and asked:

"Where did this come from?"

"Twitter......"

The bird bird's wings and claws gestured with a gesture, indicating that he had nothing to do last night, and ran to the dock to find a poached egg to play, and the poached egg was brought over.

Night Terror Hall can naturally understand the meaning, yesterday he was on the street, and he did see Yunli buying candy near Bingtuotuo, but he didn't expect to buy one for him.

Night Terror Hall chuckled, because the sugar man was not easy to preserve, and if he didn't eat it, he would waste Yunli's mind, so he leaned over to his mouth and licked it.

Speaking of which, when he was a child in Honghe Town, his father-in-law also bought him candy man, and at that time he thought that children only ate these, and he was not very interested, and he did not taste anything special.

And now that I have really grown up, and I eat these things that coax children, I have eaten a little bit of the feeling that things are wrong.

Night Terror Hall was secretly sighing, and the sound of footsteps came again from behind the wall, as well as the words of the mother and daughter:

"You should have said hello in advance when you went out, you are such an adult, and you are still the queen mother, how can you be as prosperous as when you were a child......"

"Mother, I have my own measure, and the place I went to is not too far, and I will come back after a few days of shopping......"

"At least a few guards, right?"

"With the Night Terror Hall and Xuanji Zhenren, there will be no mistakes, the guards will be exempted, travel lightly, and come back sooner......"

……

Seeing that the sugar man was hiding here, the Night Terror Hall turned his eyes to look at the side door, and within a moment, he saw a large number of female dependents walking out.

Led by Mrs. Zhao and the Queen Mother, followed by sister-in-law, nephew and daughter-in-law, etc., Hongyu walked in front of her, carrying a small package in her hand, dressed like a little maid who accompanied Miss to the temple to offer incense.

The Queen Mother changed out of the gorgeous and luxurious outfit on weekdays, put on the common skirt in Jiangzhou, and the bun was also replaced with the style of the girl who was not out of the pavilion.

The Queen Mother walked out of the side door, and saw that the night terror hall was waiting outside, and the old lady was not too close in front of her, so she looked left and right for Shui'er, and found that there was a bare carriage outside the door, and there were other people.

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned and asked:

"The water hasn't come yet?"

Shui'er promised to be together yesterday, and she will definitely come today, but when she came to the Guogong Mansion to pick up people, it was easy to bump into Yuhu head-on, where did she dare to run to the door, waiting in the distance and watching secretly.

Night Terror Hall came to the door, first saluted Mrs. Zhao, and then said:

"Xuanji Zhenren went to the city to buy some things for the road, and asked me to pick up the Queen Mother, and then we can meet on the street."

The Queen Mother was a little puzzled, but she didn't say much after thinking about it, she was helped by Hongyu to board the carriage, and then raised the curtain and waved her hand:

"Mother, you go back, I just go out for a walk, I don't have to be so excited."

Mrs. Zhao couldn't help but think that this was a baby girl, and after a few words of warmth from the night terror, she stood at the door and watched:

"Slow down on the road, don't worry, if you don't think it's too far, come back."

"Got it, Night Terror, let's go."

"Driving~"

Night Terror sat outside the carriage and waved his whip as the carriage headed out along the white stone road, and the bird waved its wings at the top of the carriage.

After stepping out of the sight of Mrs. Zhao and others, the Empress Dowager's demeanor was completely relaxed, but it was not easy to say anything, just raised the curtain like a big lady who went out to play, and enjoyed the street scenery with Hongyu.

As soon as the two of them looked at it for a few moments, they found that the fairy water had come out from behind a willow tree not far from the Guogong Mansion.

Seeing this, the Queen Mother was naturally a little strange, and asked:

"Why aren't you waiting at the door? What are you doing standing here? ”

"Just came back, walked here and bumped in."

Xuanji Zhenren didn't explain the reason, jumped into the carriage on tiptoe, and saw that Night Terror Hall was still secretly eating candy man, so he took the owl lollipop and took it into his mouth and bent into the carriage.

？

Night Terror had an empty hand, and I wanted to slap it on the naughty daughter-in-law's buttocks, but the occasion was not suitable, so I finally forgot it.

Xuanji Zhenren sat down in front of the Queen Mother, looked back at the Guogong Mansion, and asked:

"If you want to go to Yuxu Mountain and talk to me, why do you still bring the Night Terror Hall with you?"

The Queen Mother just wanted to avoid Yuhu and go out to play with her lover, so she came up with such a reason to make a wish, and it was better to rest in the house without it. But these words are not good to say to Shui'er, she just said:

"There's nothing wrong with the Night Terror Hall, just take it to see the world, you are the uncle of Yuxu Mountain, you have to introduce him well when the time comes. Anyway, there are so many adults, and they still eat candy people......"

"Do you want it?"

"No, what should I do if I get fat......"

Night Terror Hall sat outside the carriage, listening to the small talk of the two daughters-in-law, but did not interject, and walked towards the outside of the city with a light "drive".

Crying, hoofing......

——

The land of Jiangzhou is still in late autumn, and thousands of miles away in the northwest is already rolling thousands of mountains, snow burying the earth, birds and beasts on the wasteland, and it is difficult to see the slightest trace of people outside the villages and towns.

Whew-

The knife-like cold wind swept across the endless Tianlang Lake, and the lake that was as vast as the sea in the past has been covered by solid ice at this time, turning into a white ice field, and the convoy is faintly visible, moving slowly on the ice field.

And on the plain by the lake, a male city stands here, the head of the city hangs the banner of the king of Beiliang, countless cavalry in silver armor, stationed in the wind and snow outside the city, the flag and the smoke can not be seen from a distance, as if the entire Tianlang Lake is isolated from the northwest land.

The city used to be the new royal capital of the Northwest Royal Court, but after the Northwest Royal Court began to decline, it was gradually abandoned, and when the royal court was completely destroyed more than 20 years ago, it became the 'Xihai Capital Protectorate' of the Northern Liang, led by Zuoxian Wang Yao, and the northern town of Beicheng and the southern Pingyi City, forming a defense line built along the lake, which is also the boundary line actually controlled by the Northern Liang.

Because Tianlang Lake will be frozen after winter every year, the army can cross the natural danger from the ice and directly hit the inner abdomen of the North Liang.

The Xihai tribes and even the Great Wei Dynasty had long been accustomed to this kind of military control, and it did not arouse much objection.

But this year's Tianlang Lake is a little different from previous years.

Thousands of miles of snow are flying on the shore of Tianlang Lake, and an area more than 30 miles away from the Xihai Duhufu is uncharacteristically green.

From a distance, it looks like the garden is covered with a layer of snow, and until you get closer, you can find that it is a pure white bud, and the indifferent fragrance even dispels the biting chill of the wind and snow.

There is such a beautiful scenery in the ice and snow, which is enough to make anyone in the world linger for a long time, but unfortunately, it is impossible for nine out of nine people in the world to witness this grand occasion with their own eyes, after all, this place is called 'Snow Lake Forest'.

The snow lake flowers that bloom in Jiazi only grow on the west shore of Tianlang Lake, because they are too scarce, every time they appear, they will cause people all over the world to snatch them, and the northwest royal court of the past dynasties will transplant the snow lake flowers to this area that is most suitable for the growth of snow lake flowers in order to control them.

Snow Lake flowers bloom once, the whole world has to use it for sixty years, even if the yield is high, this kind of medicine that can hang life, continue the pulse, with Tianlang beads and other divine prescriptions, in the end, will become a scarce thing that the emperor is reluctant to use, no one will be too much.

For this reason, the snow lake forest medicine field within a radius of dozens of miles is extremely well defended, the six-zhang city wall surrounds the periphery, the periphery is resident in the Beiliang elite soldiers, and there are pro-court masters of the rivers and lakes who are stationed in rotation, plus King Zuo Xian is staying in the Xihai Metropolitan Protectorate, not to mention climbing the wall to see the medicine field, ordinary people are connected to this area is difficult to compare with the sky.

In the cold winter wax moon, in the endless snow-lake forest, you can see several pharmacists dressed in the official uniforms of the Tai Hospital, accompanied by the elite of the White Owl Battalion, the officials of the household department, and the eunuchs of Ouchi, carefully inspecting every flower and tree, and carefully recording and archiving.

Zuo Xianwang Li Kai, dressed in a python robe pacing in the flower field, the injury he suffered a few months ago had already recovered, and his complexion looked very good, but his demeanor was quite careful, and he even pressed the python robe slightly, so as not to rub off the flowers and leaves around him.

After all, this snowflake forest is Emperor Liang's private garden, and even he is just a courtier who takes care of him, and he has no right to dispose of it without authorization.

Behind King Zuo Xian, there is an old man who is too old, named Shi Daoyu, the head of the Canglong Cave of Beiliang, one of the top ten grandmasters, also known as the 'Poison Saint of Beiliang', and is one of the masters invited by King Zuo Xian to suppress the formation.

Although Shi Daoyu is regarded as a poison saint by the people of the rivers and lakes, poison and good medicine are both medicines, and the effects are opposite, but the principle is not much different, and he is also the leading pharmacist in Northern Liang.

"The last time I came to the Snow Lake Forest, the old man was only twelve years old, and I really didn't expect that in this life, I could see the Snow Lake flowers bloom again. According to the experience of previous years, the flowering period should be within one month, and this time the yield is a little more than the last time......"

Although Zuo Xianwang Li Kai is not young, he obviously didn't have a chance to see the snow lake flowers bloom last time, and he has guarded the snow lake forest for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has seen the flowers, so he responded:

"The Northwest Royal Court was destroyed, and the Southern Dynasty was also divided, and there was no major war in recent years, and the king took care of it day and night, and a good harvest was inevitable. At present, there is no news to spread, as long as the flowering period is reached, the snow lake flowers are successfully picked, and the king will survive this pass. ”

Shi Daoyu naturally knew the news of the blooming of the snow lake, what the consequences would be if it was spread.

Let's not talk about what will happen to the forces in the rivers and lakes, Dawei designated to display heavy troops at the border pass to exert pressure and force Beiliang to get a piece of the pie.

After all, the snow lake flower thing, there is and there are not two different things, no one can figure out what the situation will be in the next Jiazi, even if the emperor himself does not use it, there are so many people in a country, there will always be an urgent need, if the empress does not extort a vote now, the descendants will have to be stuck by Beiliang.

The Northern Liang Imperial Court actually knew that it was impossible to eat alone, and after all the snow lake flowers were picked, they would definitely have to divide the Southern Dynasty a little, as well as the patriarchs of the various tribes in the West Sea, etc., they had to give some sweetness, otherwise there would definitely be chaos.

But only after the picking.

As long as the snow lake flowers are put into the warehouse, when the time comes, it will be said that a total of ten catties will be collected, three catties will be given to the empress, and two catties will be given to each department in the West Sea.

And if the empress knew about the harvest in advance, it would be endless, and she would definitely have to be blackmailed.

In order to keep it secret, since there were signs of flowering, the Snow Lake Forest was only allowed to enter and not leave, and King Zuo Xian was personally standing here to supervise, and even deliberately spread the news that he was injured by the Night Terror Hall in Huangming Mountain, so as not to cause suspicion from the outside world.

With such strict precautions, in Zuo Xianwang's opinion, it should be no problem to hide it after the flowering period.

But after all, Shi Daoyu is an old man who has seen the last time he won the treasure, and he has a pessimistic attitude towards this:

"There is no impermeable wall in the world, and even if there is not the slightest leak of information, it is still difficult to hide the matter of Snow Lake Flower. Snow Lake flowers always have some wild flowers, usually like a withered vine is difficult to find, but after flowering is very eye-catching, as long as one is found, the whole world will know the news, in the old man's opinion, I am afraid that it will not be long before the Tianlang Lake should be a group of demons dancing. ”

King Zuo Xian understood that it was not easy to pick this fruit smoothly, so he weighed it with both hands:

"Most of the Wu Kui of the Southern Dynasty were cleaned up by the Night Terror Hall on their own, and Lu Taiqing was restrained by the national teacher, and now he can come over to disrupt the situation, and he is only one of the Pingtian Sect Masters. As for our dynasty, Hua Ling, Xi Tianyan, and Sima Yue are gone, and the remaining masters, the imperial court have all promised their shares, and they will only stand on the side of the imperial court at present, who else will stand up? ”

Shi Daoyu touched his beard, thought for a while, and said:

"The rivers and lakes are not only on the surface, Huangming Mountain, Sunset Peak, Nanxiao Mountain, these places, how many hidden masters are hidden, no one can say.

"The last time the snow lake bloomed, the Northwest Royal Court also thought that not many people dared to come and snatch it, but a bunch of deep-water old kings came out, including two old men who were over 100 years old, one was Gongsun Baiyang, a master in the middle of the Great Yan of the Southern Dynasty, and the other was Qian Tianyue, the grandmaster of Daliang more than 150 years ago.

"These two people were not very powerful but had good talents, and after retiring, they practiced penance in the mountains for decades, and their inner kung fu has been superb, and they joined forces to grab the snow lake flowers, and the king of Tianlang was not easy to stop.

"However, both of them were secretly injured before they went into hiding, and their attainments were extraordinary, but their bodies couldn't keep up, although they grabbed the snow lake flowers, but before they ran out of the wasteland, they were consumed by wolves, and most of the snow lake flowers circulating on the rivers and lakes came from these two hands.

"In the past, how many more masters in the north and south dynasties who have fallen on their heels halfway, but have not given up martial arts, and are ready to fight to the death, I can't tell ...... at all."

When Zuo Xianwang heard his teacher Daoyu say this, he did feel a little pressure, and recalled:

"Liu Qiansheng, Sun Wouji, and Twilight Yunsheng...... There are quite a few great masters who have washed their hands in the golden basin but have not been sure that they are dead. There are also Xuanyuan Tiangang and Xie Jianlan, who may be late bloomers, if they really come out, the situation is really difficult to control. ”

Shi Daoyu knew that a group of people would definitely come out, but the pressure was not too great, so he said:

"These people are hidden, and there must be a reason for not being in the world. People who have no quarrel with the world and don't want to get involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes will not come to join in the fun; If you are in urgent need of snow lake flowers after being secretly injured, there must be shortcomings, and when the time comes, depending on the situation, the idea is too hard to send a few dollars to the snow lake flowers, and the people in the rivers and lakes will also spare their lives, and their appetite will not be too big.

"It's not a variable in the Night Terror Hall, there is news from the rivers and lakes, saying that Long Zhengqing has been killed, and at present, from the perspective of the seat, the Night Terror Hall is not too far from the prince.

"The Night Terror Hall is the empress's henchman, if the empress doesn't want to fight on the face, she will inevitably send a strong person to rob her in private, if the Night Terror Hall comes to the door, I estimate that he will dare to take eight catties if he collects ten catties, and the remaining two catties can't be taken away, and they won't be left to the court if they are burned."

King Zuo Xian and the Night Terror Hall have new and old grudges, and they know that the Night Terror Hall has done this. And the Night Terror Hall is too fast, and it may not take long to catch up with him.

But no matter how fast he grows, the flowers will only bloom in a few months, he doesn't believe that Night Terror Hall can run over from the southeast sea so quickly, and he can still take away all the snow lake flowers in front of him from among the ten thousand troops, even if he can, Night Terror Hall has two arms and two legs, how much can it take?

King Zuo Xian pondered for a moment and said casually:

"As long as the Night Terror Hall dares to step into the West Sea for half a step, this king will dare to let him come and go, the last time the account has not been settled, if it weren't for the delay in this matter, this king would have already come to the door by himself and avenged a shot."

Shi Daoyu knew that the orphan of King Lang in the Night Terror Hall was a big problem for the imperial court, and it was good news that he could come to grab the Snow Lake Flowers, so he didn't say anything more at the moment......

——

At night, at the junction of Jiangzhou County and Linshan County.

Squeaky ......

The carriage carrying three women, one man and one bird drove into the nameless town in the night.

The carriage was lit with firelight, Xuanji Zhenren leaned on the small couch, with two small wine jugs in front of him, as he got farther and farther away from the apprentice, the original idleness was gradually revealed, his cheeks were red and his cheeks were humming a little song, his eyes fell on the back of the car door, and he bit his lower lip from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The Queen Mother was not strong enough to drink, but she couldn't stand the water, and she was already dizzy at this time, leaning on the carriage and feeding the birds, muttering some wine words:

"I remember the last time I went to the Jade Void Mountain Palace for the first time I saw you, and I thought you were a fairy in the mountains, following your ass all day long; In the end, I found that the finches in Yuxu Mountain are more serious than you, you said that you are a monk, killing, stealing, adultery, and drinking five precepts, you can commit three, how did you learn this method? ”

Xuanji Zhenren took a sip of the wine glass and asked:

"How did I commit three of them?"

The Queen Mother raised her slender jade hand, folded her hands and said:

"Needless to say, is it the wine? You are Wu Kui, and you must have committed the killing ring; There are also lies, you are full of flowers, dare to say that you did not commit this? ”

As he spoke, two chuckles came from outside the carriage:

"Hehe......"

Seeing this, the Queen Mother sat up slightly, turned her head and said:

"Night Terror, do you think there is something wrong with what this palace said?"

"No, no ......"

Night Terror Hall sat outside the carriage and drove, Hongyu was stunned just now for the Queen Mother, and leaned in front of her with her legs hanging in the air to sober up.

Hearing that the Queen Mother counted the fallen water, the Night Terror Hall felt that the Queen Mother was still too conservative, and it stands to reason that Shui'er had committed all the five precepts of the Daomen.

Over the years, in order to find the Minglong map, Shui'er has traveled all over Beiliang, and the military plane wants to take what he sees, and the thief must have been committed.

As for kinky ...... Strictly speaking, it is burned.

Night Terror Hall was afraid of being picked up by the water, and it was not easy to make this joke, and after responding, seeing that it was too late, he stopped in front of the inn in the town, and turned back and said:

"It's getting dark, let's stay in town for one night."

The Queen Mother was dizzy and was looking for a place to sleep, when she heard the words, she pulled up the water, let her hold it, and the two of them got out of the carriage together.

Night Terror stopped the carriage in the courtyard of the inn, helped the drunken Hongyu into the inn, opened three rooms and sent Hongyu back to the room first, and did not throw it away at will because it was a maid, helped take off the shoes and cover the quilt, and then went out and came to the next door.

The Queen Mother did drink a lot, and after entering the room, she lay down on the bed.

Xuanji Zhenren sat in front of him and helped the Queen Mother cover the thin quilt so that it would not be cold at night in winter.

Night Terror pushed open the door slightly, looked inside, and asked:

"Do you want me to get some decanting soup?"

"No, you should rest early, I'll do this."

After Xuanji Zhenren finished speaking, she relied on the Queen Mother lying beside her, and deliberately bit her lower lip and straightened her chest slightly, looking like she wanted to reward the night terrors and give a good night kiss.

Seeing this scene, Night Terror Hall was naturally not accustomed to water, so he entered the house lightly and walked to him.

Xuanji Zhenren secretly frowned, feeling that the Night Terror Hall was a little fat, and his eyes signaled the drunken Queen Mother, and put on a look of 'If you have the ability, you will mess around', but the Night Terror Hall came closer, not verbose at all, and lowered his head and held his rosy lips.

“……”

Xuanji Zhenren was going to wake up the Queen Mother, but she really kissed her, and she didn't dare for fear of being discovered, but her eyes were slightly cold, and she pushed the night terror.

Night Terror Hall kissed twice, and found that Shui Er did not dare to move, so he naturally became bolder, put his hand on his conscience, and carefully felt his heartbeat, until Shui Er slowly reacted, then stopped abruptly, got up and closed the curtain:

"Rest early, I'll go back to my room first."

？

Xuanji Zhenren licked her lips, knowing that Night Terror Hall was pinching her, she was not fooled at all, and continued to help the Queen Mother cover the quilt.

Squeak~

Soon, the door closed and the inn fell silent.

Xuanji Zhenren covered the quilt, called hot water again, wiped her cheeks for the Queen Mother, and when she was done, the night was dark, so she lay down beside her.

She lifted the quilt and just wanted to sleep with Huaiyan in her arms, but as soon as her hand touched the drunken Huaiyan, she muttered:

"Don't ...... What should I do if I am found......"

“？”

Xuanji Zhenren's eyes froze, and he looked at the drunken Queen Mother carefully, his eyes were full of suspicion, thinking about learning the movements of the Night Terror, and rubbing the watermelon.

But her hands were clearly not the same as those of Night Terror.

The Queen Mother noticed that something was wrong, and suddenly woke up, secretly saying that something was wrong, and in a hurry, she simply raised her head suddenly, pressed the thief's hand on her chest, and looked at a loss:

"Shui'er, you...... What do you want to do? ”

“……”

Xuanji's expression froze, but his mind was really stable, so he naturally pinched it:

"Just try the feel. Go to bed early. ”，

"Shui'er, you don't like women, do you?"

"How is it possible, don't think about it."

“……”

The Queen Mother was anti-guest, and when she saw that she had fooled the water, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately made a vigilant appearance, covering her chest and rolling around......

(End of chapter)