A sudden rainstorm.

Dark clouds covered the sky, snow and lightning swept across the sea of clouds, and soybean-sized rain particles smashed on the canopy of the boat, making a crackling and crisp sound.

The Night Terror Hall was dressed in a cloak and braved the storm on the deck, lowering its sails that were about to be torn apart, and the small two-foot-long cargo ship churned in the waves, and even the hull of the ship creaked.

In the cabin at the back, Hua Qingzhi, dressed as a scholarly lady, was shaken to the ground, trying her best to grab the door frame to sit firmly, and said anxiously:

"Night Boy, the ship won't sink, right?"

Because the bird was too round, he was thrown and rolled around in the cabin, and he kept "twittering......"

Night Terror Hall was trying his best to control the ship, but the wind and waves were too strong, and it was not easy to keep the direction, and it was really impossible to ensure comfort, hearing Hua Qingzhi's call, he turned around and said:

"Don't worry, it can't be sunk. It was a torrential rain, and at most a quarter of an hour passed......"

Hua Qingzhi was skeptical, but she even had a problem with walking, and she couldn't help at this time, so she could only hug the birds rolling everywhere, waiting for the wind and waves to stop, and at the same time she was very confused.

In the morning, the night terror hall dragged her for a walk, and left halfway, and when she came back, she said that she would take the bird to eat the bear's paw.

Hua Qingzhi didn't know why, she wanted to ask after the Night Terror Hall came over, but she never thought that the Night Terror Hall would come back from the Golden Horde, and she was already dressed as a Jianghu guest, as if she had robbed the people's daughter, so she picked her up and left.

Hua Qingzhi thought that she was taking her to a nearby place to eat, but she was quite nervous, but when she ran away, she found that the direction was not quite right.

The three cities of the West Sea are all built according to Tianlang Lake, more than ten miles east of Pingyi City, is the shore of Tianlang Lake, after the Night Terror Hall carried her to the lake, she found a boat to sail east.

The current location of the two is the south of Tianlang Lake, which is about 300 miles wide from east to west.

Although Hua Qingzhi said that she wanted to go home very much, but now that the matter of 'elopement' was confirmed, she obviously couldn't go back, so she stayed up for a long time full of doubts, and waited until the rain subsided before asking:

"Yegongzi, are you going to send me home?"

Night Terror was outside with the rudder at the helm and responded:

"I'm going to go to the snow field, I just happened to pass by Chengtianfu, and I'll take you back to take a look."

Hua Qingzhi saw that she just went back to see, not to send her back and return her, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but she was still a little dazed:

"I can't help with Yegongzi, just to take me home to take a look, so he made such a big move, isn't it ......?"

Night Terror Hall took Hua Qingzhi back on this trip because he received news from the Blue Dragon Society that Mrs. Hua's time was running out.

He took the Ming Dragon Diagram with him on this trip, if he could save the natural salvation, with the reputation of the old lady of China, it would be of great benefit to the reunification of the two countries in the future; And if it's too late, Mrs. Hua is Hua Qingzhi's grandfather, this kind of blood relative, you must rush back to see the last one as soon as possible.

However, the situation of Mrs. Hua has not yet been confirmed, and it is not easy for Night Terror Hall to directly say this kind of bad news, so he just said:

"What's the big deal about this, just drop by. Besides, you are my staff, and if you encounter something you don't understand again, you can also be a staff officer. ”

Hua Qingzhi didn't think she could help much, but now that they had come out, she had no choice. Seeing that the night terror hall was soaking wet, he moved inside:

"Why don't you take a break?"

Night Terror wanted to rest in the cabin, but with the experience of letting Tori take the helm and the ship rushed directly ashore last time, he still gave up the idea of taking a break and responded:

"Someone has to drive the boat, if you are bored, you can try to meditate and practice, now it is a tailwind, as long as the direction is right, you can dock at night."

"Oh......"

Hua Qingzhi couldn't help, so she sat cross-legged according to her words, and began to slowly practice her skills after learning the appearance of Sister Lu......

——

At the same time, the Northern Wilderness Snow Field.

It was the height of summer, and two fast horses galloped across the dirt road and came to Cangdong Town.

Zhe Yunli rode a high-headed horse, wearing a hat and carrying a long knife, dressed like an ordinary chivalrous woman, looking at the scenery of the north in a blink of an eye, and said with some disappointment:

"There's no snow here, so how can it be called a snowfield?"

Xue Baijin still dressed as a man, turned over and dismounted outside the town where people gathered in the rivers and lakes, and explained:

"It starts to snow here in August and September, and it will only thaw in April the following year, so it's called Snowfield. It's the height of summer, and we'll be able to see it in a month or two. ”

"Oh......"

Last time in Haijiao Harbor, after Xue Baijin heard the news of Beiyunbian's 'possible hidden adventure' from the people of the rivers and lakes, he took Yunli and galloped towards the snowfield, ready to see what big treasure was hidden in Beiyunbian.

The snow field is located outside the Chongbei Daoguan in Beiliang, which is the only area in the Northern Wilderness that can be inhabited, and the rest of the place is an alpine area where the snow does not melt all year round.

Because of its remote geographical location and bitter cold, the snow field is basically the same as Tiannan, which is an enclave within the territory of Beiliang.

However, unlike Tiannan, Tiannan has Fengguancheng in the town, although there is no royal law, but no one does not abide by the rules of the rivers and lakes, and the public security is even better than those in the border areas of Liangzhou and Yanzhou.

The snow principle is not, because the Northern Liang court is beyond the reach of the whip, and there is no decent person like Fengguancheng to sit in the town, it is basically a situation where the heroes are divided, and the sects are all the princes, holding all the power of life and death, unreasonable and unruly, whoever has the big fist is the king.

At this time, Cangdong Town, where the two arrived, was the gateway to the snowfield, about two hundred miles away from Beiliang's 'Beiguan', and Xiang Hanshi's master Bo Fenglou was nailed to the city of Beiguan by King Tianlang.

Although it has just entered July, Cangdong Town is already quite cool, and it feels like it has entered autumn.

Xue Baijin entered the town with Xiao Yunli, and it can be seen that the town is full of Northern Dynasty warriors with sword soldiers, most of whom are rough men with five big and three thick, but sometimes you can also see some well-dressed warriors, flying horses from the street with their disciples.

Zhe Yunli has always been curious, walking beside Xue Baijin with a knife, listening to the news of the rivers and lakes on the street all the way, and when he passed the door of the dust inn in the center, he found that there were a few small masters who looked a little bit of status sitting inside, talking at the other table:

"Shuofeng City held a hero's banquet with great fanfare, inviting heroes from all walks of life to attend the meeting, but the imperial court did not move at all, if you want me to see, Shuofeng City is afraid that it has already been recruited......"

"This is not nonsense, if the imperial court didn't nod his head, when Shuofeng City was fighting, it suddenly gathered so many people in the northern Xinjiang, what is the difference between plotting a rebellion? I got some news from Jun Tianfu, and it is said that he is preparing to crown the Northern Yunbian Hero as the 'Northern Virtuous King' to balance the night demon of the Southern Dynasty......"

"It's impossible, Zhao'an is true, but at most he is on an equal footing with the national teacher. However, it should be true that it is used to balance the night devil, and the court is really short of people now......"

"Anyway, the movement in Shuofeng City is so big, will it attract the Night Demon Over?"

"What are you kidding? It's a snowy field! The night devil came here, no less than our national teacher went to Tiannan to spread the wilderness, as long as he dared to show his head, the martial saint of the Southern Dynasty would come over to make dumplings. Can you let the Night Demon come and find death? ”

"That's a night terror, the character who dares to go to Yan Jingjing......"

"Going to Yanjing was unexpected, no one in the world expected him to be so bold, and the national teacher was in retreat, so he took advantage of a loophole. We have to believe in the wisdom above, this time the court must be prepared, if the night demon dares to come, I will eat the table......"

"It's ...... too"

After listening quietly for a while, Zhe Yunli leaned in front of Xue Baijin and said in a low voice;

"Master, do you think Cousin Shocking will come over?"

When Xue Baijin heard the name of Night Terror Hall in a foreign country, he inevitably recalled the bits and pieces of each other's past.

Speaking of which, after running out for so long, she didn't see Yunli's worries, but she was a little worried about the kid's current physical condition......

Hearing Yunli's inquiry, Xue Baijin came back to his senses and pondered:

"Listening to the rumors in the rivers and lakes, Night Terror Hall just finished beating the Shenchen monk in the desert and avenged your master, and now Xihai is fighting again, and when he receives the news and runs over, the hero's banquet has already ended."

"Oh......"

Zhe Yunli hadn't seen Cousin and Bird Bird for a long time, and she still missed it very much in her heart, so she sighed softly at the moment and said:

"Then let's make a quick decision, first go to Shuofeng City to see what big treasure is hidden in the North Clouds, if not, let's go west along the Northern Wilderness and go around to the ...... of the West Sea."

"Beiyunbian should not be underestimated, we still have to take it step by step, and first find out the details of Shuofeng City."

"Oh......"

……

——

Time flies into the night.

The lights in the Hua family manor were bright, and the children and nephews of the Hua family, who were originally scattered all over the place, had already rushed back and gathered outside the old lady's courtyard, waiting for the news with a sad face.

And the family members who were also in Chengtian Mansion also sent people over to express their condolences to the old lady's current situation.

Hua Junchen, as the eldest son of the Hua family, was sitting in the main hall at this time, entertaining Li Si and other distinguished guests, and the gloom between his eyebrows did not disperse.

After the First Battle of Crescent Bay, Hua Junchen escaped with the remnants of the 'fluke', and spent nearly ten days hiding and hiding before bypassing the Xihai Zhubu and returning to the Xihai Protectorate from Sunset Peak.

As a result, the group's buttocks were not hot, and they learned from the housekeeper who rushed to learn that Mrs. Hua was bedridden and had little time.

Hua Junchen, as the eldest son, it is impossible for his father to be seriously ill and not return home. Ziliang's father-in-law died, and Li Si and Yin's father-in-law did not want to stay in Xihai Duhufu Baiqi, so they applied to Yanjing to retreat, and after receiving permission, they returned to Hudong Road together.

Li Si's stay in Washington was not to thank Huada Sword Immortal for never leaving all the way, but because Mrs. Hua did have this qualification.

Hua Lao Taishi is now nearly eighty years old, before the founding of the Great Wei Dynasty, he has already entered the office, all the way from the magistrate to the position of prime minister, ruling for many years, and has also been the teacher of Emperor Liang, before Emperor Liang succeeded to the throne, it can be said that the Northern Liang is Hua Lao Taishi in the control.

Later, when he returned to his hometown, it was not that the old lady Hua could not do it, but that there was a conflict between the monarchy and the relative power, and Emperor Liang had just succeeded to the throne or the situation of 'the lord and the young minister was strong', and with the character of Emperor Liang, he would inevitably use the knife.

Mrs. Hua taught Emperor Liang, and she had already seen through the officialdom, and before Emperor Liang made a move, she chose her own dignity cleanly, resigned and returned to her hometown to start recuperating in her old age, and even her children and nephews did not enter the office, until today.

Although he is no longer in the court, the status of the Hua family has not changed much, after all, he took the initiative to resign and return to his hometown, which is in line with Emperor Liang's wishes.

Even if he didn't re-enter the court until he died, then when the old lady Hua died, the Hua family fell into a state of decline and had to rely on the monarch to maintain its status.

And the fat prince's maternal background is low, and he can't fight a few princes, and he also needs a big family to be his right-hand man.

Mrs. Hua is dead and can no longer monopolize power, and the Hua family's emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, which is undoubtedly the best choice for Tuogu.

It can be said that if it weren't for Hua Qingzhi inexplicably eloping with someone, the choice of the crown princess would not have been able to run away at all, and it was inevitable that the Hua family would gain power again.

Li Si sat in the main hall, analyzing the situation in Washington, and suddenly understood a little why the Night Terror Hall had kidnapped Hua Qingzhi - this was a big move to draw money from the bottom of the kettle!

As long as Hua Qingzhi is taken away, the prince will not be able to marry Washington.

Without the Hua family as a background, the prince chooses other princesses, and it is likely that he will not be able to fight the three princes with the background of the Wang family.

The momentum of the three princes is too strong, as long as Emperor Liang dies, there will inevitably be civil strife to seize the heir.

The internal turmoil is plunged into the succession, and the external enemy is still a great enemy, isn't this a proper omen of national destruction?

This layout is long-term......

There is a master behind the Southern Dynasty......

The more Li Si thought about it, the more frightened he became, and at the same time, he also thought about what kind of master he was, gave advice to Night Terror, and pointed out the clever plan of 'kidnapping Miss Huada'......

And at the same time, outside the Washington estate.

Stomp ......

Under the stars and moon, a black afterimage galloped along the river towards the brightly lit mountain villa, leaving only a string of dragonflies on the surface of the river along the way.

The birds flew high in the sky to reconnoiter the situation, and the Night Terror Hall carried Hua Qingzhi on its back on the surface of the river, and since the afternoon on the shore of the lake, it had been running like this for nearly two hours.

Hua Qingzhi was lying on her back, and she didn't know how far she had run, although the night terrors were very good and she could hardly feel the bumps, but her chest and back rubbed slightly, and after such a long time, she still felt that her grandmother was numb......

Finding that the Night Terror Hall was already sweating, and still had no intention of stopping to rest, Hua Qingzhi also realized that something was wrong, and asked in her ear:

"Yegongzi, why are you in such a hurry? Is something wrong with my family? ”

Seeing that there were only more than ten miles left from the city, the Night Terror Hall did not hide it at this time, and said softly:

"It's not a big deal, it's just that Mrs. Hua is old and not in good health......"

"Huh?"

Hua Qingzhi heard that it was her grandfather who had an accident, and her cheeks immediately panicked.

Hua Qingzhi was disabled because of her childhood martial arts, and the relationship with Hua Junchen is actually not very close, plus Hua Junchen is not very literate, reading and literacy, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even the way of dealing with the world, basically all of them were taught by Mrs. Hua when she was idle at home, and the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren is very deep.

Seeing the appearance of the night terror hall running thousands of miles at any cost, Hua Qingzhi only thought that her grandfather had already driven west, and tears came out, and she wanted to ask but didn't know where to start.

Night Terror Hall sensed Hua Qingzhi's mood change, and hurriedly said:

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll take Minglongtu and Angong Pill with me, as long as I arrive, I can definitely save them."

When Hua Qingzhi heard this, she wanted to urge Night Terror Hall to run faster, but Night Terror Hall hurried all the way, although she didn't tell her the news, she must have done her best.

After Hua Qingzhi's lips twitched a few times, she finally hugged Night Terror's neck and didn't say anything, just looked in the direction of Washington.

Stomp ......

In order to arrive in time, Night Terror was cruising at high speed all the way, and it was not until it was three or five miles away from Washington that it slowed down so as not to be detected by nearby masters.

Hua Qingzhi lay on her back, looking at the familiar scenery of her hometown, and her heart became more and more nervous, for fear that she would see the scene of wearing linen and filial piety in the courtyard.

But fortunately, the situation was better than she expected, although the carriages and horses of the major families were parked outside the gate of Washington, and there were many literati and ladies gathered outside, the housekeeper and servant still kept a smile and did not change into mourning clothes.

Hua Qingzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but pat Night Terror Hall on the shoulder:

"Hurry up, hurry up, grandpa lives in the Wenzhu Garden in the back house......"

"Shh~ Don't talk, there are many masters in the house......"

After the Night Terror Hall signaled softly, he suppressed all the sounds, followed Hua Qingzhi's guidance, flew into the wall of the west house, and came to the back of the middle house with a few ups and downs.

Hua Qingzhi looked quietly, and it could be seen that the uncles who rarely came over on weekdays were all gathered in the courtyard, frowning and talking in a low voice.

And the mother, aunt and others also sat in the wing room and whispered softly.

Because the doors and windows of the main house were closed, and there was no movement inside, Night Terror could only carry Hua Qingzhi on his back, landed at the back window, and looked into the bedroom.

In order to breathe, the back window facing the small bamboo forest is open, and by the light inside, you can see the gray-haired old lady Hua, leaning on the sickbed, her complexion is dark and weak, but her expression is quite peaceful, and she is still chatting with the doctor:

"People will be born, old, sick and die all the time, and there is nothing to be done when the medical saint comes, you can see what you can see in a little man."

The doctor who sat in front of the bed was an old imperial doctor who retired from Yanjing, who was nearly seventy years old and obviously not Xiaolangzhong, but he was still one round younger than Hua Taishi, at this time he touched his beard with his left hand, and responded with a smile:

"It's good to see it. I remember that the first emperor was critically ill, and none of the gentlemen in the hospital dared to go in, and they all knew that they couldn't be cured, but no one dared to say it, and in the end, they pushed me back and forth, or pushed me in.

"Fortunately, the first emperor was enlightened and asked me directly how long I had left, and I said that it would take three days at most, and the first emperor let me out and called the current saint in. If you meet an unenlightened monarch, your head will be small, and you won't be able to make the nine clans gone......"

The old lady sighed: "The first emperor is virtuous, neither great merit nor great fault, like Emperor Wei Ming, he is the king of the world; It's a pity that Emperor Wei Ming was unlucky and gave birth to a stupid son, so that after his death, the new monarch could not sit on the throne, and the empress won the country unjustly, which directly buried the root of the rebellion of the kings.

"The first emperor gave birth to a good son, and there are great talents in the saints today, and there is no lack of ambition, if you wait for the rebellion of the kings of the Southern Dynasty, it is not impossible to become an emperor through the ages. But it's a pity ......"

When the old imperial doctor heard this, he hurriedly raised his hand:

"Hey, I still want to live for two more years, if you always lack a companion on the road, you can go to Mr. Wang, he has been competing with you for half a lifetime, he doesn't accompany you when you leave, how boring ......"

"Hehe......"

……

Hua Qingzhi was lying on her back, and she could hear from her breath that her grandfather's days were running out, but when she saw that her grandfather was still smiling, she was still a little more relaxed.

Although the Night Terror Hall arrived, he couldn't directly knock the imperial doctor unconscious and turn it in, and at that moment, he carried Hua Qingzhi on his back and came to the top of the roof, looking for the traces of Uncle Hua's uncle or aunt.

As a result, I didn't find my father-in-law and mother-in-law, but found Xu Tianying and Cao Aning in the corridor of the outer house.

When the night terror hall saw an acquaintance, it was naturally not verbose, and immediately quietly walked over......

——

Li Si and the others were guests in the main hall, accompanied by eunuchs and guards, and naturally patrolled and stood guard outside as usual.

At this time, on the side of the pond in the front house, Cao Aning held his arms and leaned on the pillar to admire the moon, wondering in his heart when his undercover career would be a head.

And Xu Tianying stood not far away, thinking about the heroic banquet in Shuofeng City.

The hero's banquet in Shuofeng City, in Xu Tianying's opinion, it is very likely that the Night Great Yama will pass.

After all, Beiyunbian clearly stood on the side of Beiliang, recruiting troops with great fanfare, preparing to deal with the Night Yama King.

If the Night Great Yama received the news, he didn't come to the door to smash the field, and let the Northern Cloud Side open the Heroes Meeting, how could he be worthy of his current reputation?

Although the snow field is behind the Northern Liang, as long as the Night Great Yama King steps in, there is the North Cloud Edge in front, Xiang Hanshi and Zhongsun Jin in the back, and there are countless Northern Liang heroes around to surround the desperate situation.

But when did the Night Yama do things, when did he think about this?

The style of the Night Yama King, in Aning's words, is - why use your brain to solve problems that can be solved with a knife? Don't care if it's rough or not, you just say that people are dead......

Xu Tianying was secretly thinking about it, and suddenly a little chill suddenly appeared in his heart, feeling as if he was being watched from behind, and his backbone was hairy.

As a top master, Xu Tianying knew that this sudden feeling was not that there was something dirty behind him, but that there was a strong person snooping in the dark, just like a predator secretly staring at his prey!

Xu Tianying came back to his senses in an instant, lowered his hands and made a pre-action to escape, and turned back quietly.

As a result, in a blink of an eye, I saw a familiar figure at the end of the verandah, leaning around the corner to look at him, and when I saw him turn his head, he quietly hooked his hand.

？！

Xu Tianying was shocked, and then reacted and quietly pulled down Cao Aning's sleeve.

Cao Aning turned around when he saw this, and found that the Night Yama King was actually behind, and the whole person was shocked, and the first sentence was:

"No, I didn't say that the Night Yama is not ......"

"You guess you said it in your heart."

"Huh? The conscience of heaven and earth, I ......"

"Shh......h

Xu Tianying didn't have the heart to explain this, and immediately ran to the corner of the verandah quietly with Cao Aning, who was full of circles......

(End of chapter)