These days.

The two have experienced a lot of things.

He wanted to take advantage of the warming up of his feelings and talk to Chang An.

It's best to have a harvest, if you don't, it doesn't matter, you can slowly cultivate your feelings in the future.

"Senior sister just told someone. The senior sister is afraid of disturbing the world's martial arts, so she won't see the world's son in the past few days. ”

Again.

Is it because of shyness, or something else.

Ren Pingsheng doesn't know, he only knows that normal couples shouldn't be like this.

But...... Chang An has mental illness and can't face intimate relationships calmly, but it's understandable.

Having said that, it just so happens that I need to hone my martial arts skills in the past few days to prepare for the upcoming Xia Miao.

If you don't see it, you don't see it.

Give her a little time to adjust to life after marriage.

It's not too late to talk after Xia Miao is over.

Thinking of this, Ren Pingsheng bowed slightly: "I understand, I'll come back in a few days." ”

After speaking, he glanced at the wing room and left the courtyard.

Jiang Chuyue originally thought that he could chat a few more words, but he didn't expect him to leave so decisively, and suddenly felt empty in his heart.

He stopped where he was, thought for a few seconds, and then turned around and walked to the wing.

She wants to have a good chat with her senior sister.

obviously pretends to be the son of the world in his heart, and he always snubs people like this.

If this continues, the senior sister will lose her son sooner or later.

Sunset over the West Mountains.

Night falls.

The bright moon sprinkled the moonlight like flowing water.

In the courtyard.

Ren Pingsheng held the broken knife in his hand, faced the moonlight, rose into the air, and slashed a knife.

Like a dragon out of the abyss, setting off stormy waves, accompanied by bursts of loud dragon roars, the momentum is magnificent, and the gods and Buddhas retreat.

"Good knife technique!"

Courtyard gate.

Xiao Rongxue stopped in place, looking at the majestic body like a god, her eyes were full of light, and she couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.

The depression in my heart in the morning has dissipated a lot with the rush of the day.

On the way back, she thought a lot.

Ren Pingsheng is the husband of Princess Chang'an, don't say that it is really possible to just cure the disease, even if it is not, the two are happy, dry wood and fire, it is also human nature.

If there's anything wrong with it, it's that it's at the wrong time, and it's in the daytime.

Then again.

The intimacy of young couples is natural, day or night, what does it have to do with themselves.

It's just that when he was chased by Jinyiwei before, he had a skin-to-skin relationship with Ren Pingsheng, so he unconsciously regarded him as his forbidden object.

is obviously nameless and has no share, what is hypocrisy.

Figure this out.

Xiao Rongxue was no longer entangled, and said with a shallow smile: "This sword technique is very strong, why have I never seen you practice it before, because the strength is not enough?" ”

As the daughter of the Wulin League, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, what kind of knife technique she has never seen, that's it, the knife just now still made her feel extremely amazing, so she asked this question.

"Pretty much."

Ren Pingsheng said casually, put away the broken knife, looked at Xiao Rongxue, and asked, "Is there anything to be gained from today's investigation?" ”

Xiao Rongxue smiled: "I was about to tell you that the body of the daughter of Shangyuan Zhixian County was found." ”

For some reason, Ren Pingsheng always felt that Xiao Rongxue's smile was a little stiff, as if it was squeezed out.

Could it be that there was another accident in the process of investigating the case?

As soon as he thought of this, he asked, "Trouble?" ”

"Nope." Xiao Rongxue shook her head.

"Then why do you have that expression?" Ren Pingsheng couldn't help but ask.

"What expression?"

"Nothing."

Ren Pingsheng only thought that he was wrong, and changed the topic: "Where was the body found?" ”

Hear the question.

The stiff smile on Xiao Rongxue's face disappeared, and gradually became solemn, and slowly spit out three words: "Lock Demon Tower." ”

Lock Demon Tower?

Ren Pingsheng was a little unfamiliar with this name, and thought for a few seconds before recalling the relevant information.

The Lock Demon Tower is a huge tower built at the expense of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a total of nine floors, and holds the captive demon clan.

It is said that most of them are salted fish under the sixth grade.

There are only three of the five grades and only one of the four grades, all of which are locked up on the ninth floor of the Lock Demon Tower and are guarded by special personnel.

The transcendent demon clan cultivators above the fourth rank have not been captured yet.

"How far is the Lock Demon Tower from Shangyuan County?" Ren Pingsheng thought for a few seconds and asked again.

"Three hundred miles." Xiao Rongxue replied.

“.” Ren Pingsheng was silent instantly.

Two days, three hundred miles, you don't have to think about it to know that the daughter of a county magistrate can't go that far even if she is alive, let alone a corpse.

From this point of view, there are only two possibilities for the corpse to appear near the Lock Demon Tower.

One is to be transported there.

The second is that someone took control of her body.

As for why.

The reason is very simple, the other party has no physical body, so he can only possess himself on the corpse and try to maintain the stability of the original spirit.

After thinking for a few seconds, he asked again: "Are there any other people's footprints near the corpse?" ”

Xiao Rongxue shook her head: "No." ”

Then, high probability is the second possibility.

Someone took control of the flesh of the daughter of Shangyuan Zhixian.

"I think ......"

Ren Pingsheng and Xiao Rongxue talked about their thoughts.

Xiao Rongxue bowed slightly: "I think the same way, I just don't know what the other party's purpose is when he goes to the Lock Demon Tower." ”

Ren Pingsheng asked, "Have you gone to the Lock Demon Tower to see it?" ”

"Nope."

Xiao Rongxue explained: "The Lock Demon Tower is a forbidden area within a radius of ten miles, except for the Lock Demon Envoy, no one is allowed to approach without the will of Emperor Zhaowu." ”

There is also this statement.

Ren Pingsheng's brows furrowed slightly, and after a few seconds of silence, he spoke: "Could it be related to Xia Miao in a few days?" ”

Xiao Rongxue nodded and said, "I think so too." ”

It's the same with me.

Xiao Nuxia, this is the true biography of Zhang Yide.

Ren Pingsheng slandered and put forward a new conjecture: "Could the person who controls the corpse be the person who originally controlled the Qingying girl?" ”

This time, Xiao Rongxue didn't say that I was the same.

After a few seconds of silence, his face was solemn: "There is indeed such a possibility." ”

"I remember you said that the Gu clan has the practice of refining puppets, maybe this person is a member of the Gu clan, the Gu clan and the demon clan have been allied for a hundred years, and there is no distinction between you and me, he must have a plan when he goes to the lock demon tower."

It is about Xia Miao, Ren Pingsheng also attaches great importance to it, and Zhengse said: "The demon clan in the lock demon tower, although the grade is not high, but there are many of them, and the strength of gathering together is not weak, once there is an accident, the consequences are unimaginable."

This matter has to be reported to the emperor, so that the emperor can send someone to investigate and see if there is any change in the lock demon tower. ”

Xiao Rongxue nodded: "Okay, just do as you say." ”

After saying that, without the slightest hesitation, he turned around and left the courtyard.

Ren Pingsheng watched her leave, his face solemn.

Whoever controls the corpse must be the Lock Demon Tower.

The lock demon tower is closed all year round, and there are four kinds of lock demon envoys in the tower to guard, and it is easy to have no accidents on weekdays.

However, approaching Xia Miao, the Lock Demon Tower is going to put a group of demon clans into the hunting ground under Wusheng Mountain, and it is difficult to say whether someone will take advantage of the situation at this time.

"The matter of locking the demon tower has given the Demon Suppression Division and the emperor a headache, and the most important thing for me now is to improve my strength.

There are still five days left for Xia Miao, striving to polish the first type of dragon yin proficiently. ”

Thinking so, Ren Pingsheng picked up the broken knife again and began to cultivate hard.

Time passes.

My arm grew sore.

I still didn't stop, and I practiced for another half an hour, until my arm seemed to be filled with lead, and then I stopped to rest.

Not for a while.

Xiao Rongxue returned to the courtyard: "This matter has been reported to the deputy envoy of the demon suppression, and the result will be available in two days at most." ”

"That's good."

Ren Pingsheng nodded slightly.

Two days is not a long time.

If something happens in the Lock Demon Tower, Xia Miao may be able to postpone it.

"It would be nice if I could really postpone it, with my strength, if I cultivate for another month, I can deal with the vast majority of the seven grades."

After a few days of competition with Xiao Rongxue, as well as the last time he went into the mountains to suppress bandits.

Ren Pingsheng already has a general understanding of his strength, which is not much different from the decent seven-rank martial arts.

One more month of cultivation.

It is impractical to subdue all the seven products.

But at least they have more confidence to compete for third place.

"Let's hope it's postponed"

Ren Pingsheng thought so in his heart, and heard Xiao Rongxue's voice beside him.

"How is Princess Chang'an's illness?"

How did you suddenly bring it up to Chang'an.

Ren Pingsheng was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at Xiao Rongxue, saw that her expression was as usual, hesitated, and replied: "It's no big deal." ”

"That's good."

Xiao Rongxue nodded lightly, was silent for a few seconds, and said again: "I heard Jiang Chuyue say, you treated Chang An this morning?" ”

Cure?

Arrange for Chang to relieve the torture caused by the male wind pill.

Probably, perhaps, it should also be regarded as a cure.

Ren Pingsheng's old face flushed, he didn't deny it, and bowed his head slightly.

Xiao Rongxue's eyes showed a complicated look, obviously she already had the answer in her heart, but with a ten-thousandth hope, she asked: "What disease is cured?" How is the disease cured? ”

“.”

Ren Pingsheng was speechless for a while, and after being silent for a few seconds, he slowly spoke: "Warm and hot, forced to sweat, naturally extinguish the fire." ”

Forced to sweat?

How to force out a sweat?

Xiao Rongxue opened her mouth and wanted to ask, but before she could speak, Ren Pingsheng interrupted her.

"It's getting late, you still have to be on duty tomorrow morning, go back and rest early, I'm going to sleep too."

After Ren Pingsheng finished speaking, he didn't give her a chance to ask, and walked towards the house.

Xiao Rongxue stood in place, her expression slightly complicated.

After a long pause, he sighed and returned to the house as well.

Following.

Before dawn, the moon hung obliquely on the horizon, looming.

Ren Pingsheng opened his eyes, instinctively opened the sign-in panel, and his mind moved.

[Successful sign-in, strength +1]

A system prompt without any emotion sounds.

Ren Pingsheng got up and changed clothes, picked up the broken knife, walked out of the house, and began to hone "Dragon Yin Sun and Moon Slash".

For a whole hour, there was no fatigue.

In the next two days, he didn't seem to feel tired, except for the time to eat, he was all practicing "Changshenggong" and polishing his martial arts.

The degree of hard work, even Xiao Rongxue, who was born in a martial arts family, felt a little perverted.

In fact.

As early as the first time Xiao Rongxue came to Renfu, he was slightly shocked by his extremely regular work and rest, as well as his extraordinary self-control.

It took a while to get used to it.

Time passes.

In the blink of an eye, it was noon three days later.

The sun is shining.

In the courtyard.

Xiao Rongxue stopped in place, looked at Ren Pingsheng wielding a broken knife not far away, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: After such ten years of hard cultivation, even if he has not been able to break through, he has not been tired at all, and it is no wonder that he can make such great progress within a month of getting the golden pill, and he is comparable to the seventh rank with the body of the eighth grade.

The other side.

Ren Pingsheng didn't notice Xiao Rongxue's gaze, immersed in his own world, flickering and moving, controlling his strength, and casting a dragon chant.

Not for a while.

He finished this round of training, stretched out his hand to wipe a handful of sweat, walked to Xiao Rongxue's side, and asked, "What can you find in the lock demon tower?" ”

Yesterday, the emperor issued an order to order the Demon Suppression Division and Jinyi Wei to go to the Lock Demon Tower, and cooperate with the Lock Demon Envoy to investigate whether there is any abnormality in the Lock Demon Tower.

It should be almost a day away.

"It's business as usual."

After Xiao Rongxue finished speaking, she was silent for a few seconds, sighed and said: "Actually, I didn't check it at all, the deputy envoy of the demon suppression and the demon envoy of the lock demon both thought that it was impossible for the lock demon tower to change, and roughly counted the number of demon clans in the lock demon tower, and it was the same as the one on the roster, so they didn't continue to ask." ”

Ren Pingsheng's brows furrowed slightly: "Only counted the quantity?" ”

"That's right." Xiao Rongxue nodded.

"What's the difference between that and going through the motions?" Ren Pingsheng's brows furrowed even tighter.

"It's just going through the motions." Xiao Rongxue sighed.

There are so many demon clans locked up in the Lock Demon Tower, once something happens, the consequences will be unimaginable.

This truth, the deputy envoy of demon suppression and the demon envoy of lock can't understand?

Go through the motions in this kind of thing, it's okay if nothing happens, it's a big deal if something happens!

When it came to Xia Miao, Ren Pingsheng did not hesitate, and said in a deep voice: "I'll go to see the emperor and ask him to re-investigate." ”

As he spoke, he walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Xiao Rongxue hesitated, but still stopped him: "Wait a minute." ”

Ren Pingsheng stopped and looked at Xiao Rongxue.

"The deputy envoy of the demon suppression said that there is a wisp of meaning left by the martial saint in the lock demon tower, and with it in the town, it is impossible for the demon clan in it to change."

After Xiao Rongxue finished speaking, she explained: "The Martial Saint is the only remaining first-grade monk in the world, and his wisp of intent is enough to subdue the many demon clans in the Lock Demon Tower, even if it is a third-grade person who controls the corpse of the daughter of Shangyuan Zhi County, he can't compete with the Martial Saint's intention by relying on the Yuan Shen alone." ”

The Lock Demon Tower can still be related to the Martial Saint.

Hearing this, Ren Pingsheng frowned slightly.

He still felt that the matter of the Demon Lock Tower was not so simple.

However, Xiao Rongxue said this, and it didn't make much sense to go to the emperor again, but I was afraid that it would be perfunctory in the end.

"It seems that the only thing that can be done now is to be vigilant when Xia Miao is in time to prevent accidents."

As soon as he thought of this, Ren Pingsheng sighed in his heart, looked at Xiao Rongxue, and nodded: "I know." ”

After speaking, he turned around and walked back to the courtyard, intending to continue practicing martial arts.

This time.

Xiao Rongxue suddenly said: "Xia Miao in two days, I will also participate." ”

Ren Pingsheng was slightly stunned, turned his head to look at her, and asked curiously, "In what capacity?" ”

Xia Miao is a test for the children of Wu Xun.

He is the prince of Zhenbei Wang, and it is reasonable to participate in it.

She is not a child of Wu Xun, why did she want to participate in Xia Miao?

Xiao Rongxue said: "Emperor Zhaowu's will, the three people of the Demon Suppression Division must participate. ”

Hearing this, Ren Pingsheng was a little confused.

The three people of the Demon Suppression Division, unsurprisingly, refer to Xiao Rongxue, Bai Ping and Murong.

Xiao Nuxia was seriously injured, and her strength fell to the seventh grade, and her actual combat power was barely considered to be the first to enter the sixth grade.

And Bai Ping and Murong were not injured, which is the strength of Wupin.

Two five-pins participate in Xia Miao.

There is no doubt that they will win the top two.

Let's not talk about whether we can fight for the third position.

The two of them have never been married, even if they compete for the third place, what's the point?

The dog emperor deceives people too much.

Ren Pingsheng thought so, so he listened to Xiao Rongxue and said: "By the way, the emperor asked me to pass on a message to you, Xia Miao, as long as you go all out and enter the top five, what he promised you will remain the same." ”

Hearing this, Ren Pingsheng immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

That's pretty much it.

It's a bit of an old man's look.

Then again.

This time, Xia Miao, in addition to the two five-grade, two six-grade, and seven-grade also has many masters.

It's not easy to get into the top five.

You still have to hurry up and cultivate, every second counts.

That's it.

Ren Pingsheng looked at Xiao Rongxue and didn't gossip: "It's almost time to rest, I'll cultivate first, and I'll talk about it when I have something to say." ”

After speaking, he grabbed the broken knife and swung it.

“.”

When Xiao Rongxue saw this scene, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she was a little speechless.

No wonder I've been working so hard these days.

It turned out that it was the emperor who promised benefits.

Then again.

I don't know what benefits the emperor promised him, worthy of his efforts to make so much effort, just to strive for a slim hope.

It can't be to marry his sister-in-law to him, right?

That's it.

No matter what the emperor promised him, he would help him when the time came.

Anyway, I'm only two cases away from solving five cases.

There is no need to fight for this top five and leave early.

Thinking of this, Xiao Rongxue hesitated, also abandoned distracting thoughts, and began to cultivate, preparing for helping Ren Pingsheng enter the top five in two days.

Two days later.

On the fourth day of June, the great heat.

Early morning.

The hunting ground is two or three hundred miles away from Jingshi.

The rain was drizzling, the fog was heavy, and the sky was dark.

On the high platform, the flag hunts.

Emperor Zhaowu sat on the dragon chair in the middle, looking at the Wusheng Mountain in the distance, his eyes were profound.

On both sides are two long columns with fine food and wine.

A group of nobles sat behind the desk, chatting without a word.

"This year's Xia Miao's first name, Yingyang Hou has a candidate in his heart."

"It must be the son of the Anguo family."

"I think so, I don't know if Yingyang Hou has bet this year?"

A gorgeously dressed middle-aged man looked at Yingyang Hou beside him and raised his eyebrows.

The Marquis of Yingyang immediately understood: "50,000 taels of silver to suppress the prince of Anguo to win the first place, 50,000 taels of silver to suppress the prince of the North to enter the top ten, and the rest are thousands of hundreds of taels, just for fun, not worth mentioning. I don't know who Linjianghou is betting on this year? ”

Every year in Xia Miao, the largest gambling house in Beijing, Changle Fang, will open a handicap.

The rules are simple.

The potential to win the top three and enter the top 10 is listed, and the odds are set for the nobles to bet on.

The white screen of the prince of Anguo won the first place, which is almost a consensus, and the odds are very low.

Even if you invest 50,000 taels, you won't earn much silver.

So.

Yingyang Hou pinned all his hopes on Ren Pingsheng, hoping that he could suddenly rise and rush into the top ten.

The probability is low.

But if you really want to make it, you have to make a lot of money!

When the gorgeously dressed Linjiang Hou heard this, he hated iron and steel: "How did my brother think of betting on the prince of Zhenbei, he only broke through the eighth grade last month, not to mention the top ten, the top fifty is difficult, isn't this 50,000 taels equivalent to throwing it into the lake?" ”

I'm not feeling well today, so I can only get more than that, sorry.