Chapter 7: Those Things in the Night
In the middle of the night, the feast broke up. In the north watchtower, only dozens of internal guards were left, although the number was small, but it was the leader of the Imperial Forest Army and the Ouchi guards. The evening breeze is very cool, and the moonlight looks better and better in the second half of the night, making people not want to fall asleep late at night.
Bai Xuan took off his imperial robe, wearing only a yellow silk nightgown, closing his eyes and recuperating. At this time, the two black-clothed men flashed out and stood behind Bai Xuan like shadows.
Bai Xuan slowly exhaled and opened his eyes, "What." The response came from the side of the man in black, but the voice was extremely hoarse, and I don't know which man in black it was.
"Above the realm of martial arts, first-class forbearance, first-class control, and a strong opponent." When Bai Xuan heard this, he sighed and said, "The tiger father still has no dog!" “
"And we were discovered by him," the man in black added. Bai Xuan pulled out a sword from the weapon rack next to him and shook his hand. Looking back at the north, he held a sword flower in his right hand, and said, "Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures." Am I a man? It seems that his martial arts have become one of the top masters at that time. “
"It seems that what he said in the battle report is true." Bai Xuan wiped the sword body with his left hand and muttered, "It's a pity, it's a pity."
"There is nothing in this world that is a pity, only people." Her appearance loomed in the candlelight, and there was a majesty between her eyebrows, and her momentum was overwhelming. Across from her was a woman, sitting upright on the Grand Master's chair. There were only the two of them in the room, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
"This time, we lost a total of 110,000 soldiers and horses." Her tone was cold, revealing a hint of murderous aura, and she was covered with fire phoenix armor. There is only one person in the world wearing fire phoenix armor, and that is Shu Tiange.
"It's a pity for them, even though they're the old men's subordinates." The woman opposite Shu Tiange said. "But also, our people of Qianxue. There is no pity in this world, only pity people, they are pity. With that, he stood up. In the candlelight, her dress shimmered with golden light, embroidered with a five-clawed golden dragon. She is naturally the only woman with the most power in the world, Murong Qianxue!
"What about the old men?" Shu Tiange picked up the tea on the table next to him and drank lightly. "Slowly!" Murong Qianxue walked to Shu Tiange's side, patted his shoulder, and said slowly, "The strength of several of them is unfathomable, and the family that has lasted for a hundred years is not so easy to be broken by me, not to mention that they are still valuable!" I don't want to get rid of them yet! Murong Qianxue whispered in Shu Tiange's ear.
"Okay, I see that you are tired, let's rest early, you don't have to leave the palace tonight, just live in the Phoenix Pavilion!" Murong Qianxue turned around and stepped back. Shu Tiange put down the teacup and saluted, "Minister, retire first." Shu Tiange opened the door and walked out. Murong Qianxue listened to the sound of the door closing and smiled coldly. But as everyone knows, Shu Tiange also smiled outside the door, and smiled very lightly.
"The moonlight tonight is unique, but it is not as enchanting as the one at the border." Xiao Qingchen's tone was extremely cold, as if talking to himself. Fingers made orchid fingers twisted leaves, a leaf danced, dead like a reversal of time, the leaf twisted on Xiao Qingchen's hand, and waved it gently, without a trace of fireworks. The sound of the clothes cracking is very slight, but it can be heard clearly. One fell from under a tree, holding a short sword in his hand, and it was obvious that the cloth on his right arm had been shattered, and the black cloth had fallen to the ground.
"Jumping Beam Clown" Xiao Qingchen took a step forward, a very casual step. But the man flew far away as if he had been struck by a war horse, but he was not harmed.
"Tell your master that there is no point in tempting." Xiao Qingchen ignored the looming figures around him. Walk towards the street on the moat embankment.
In the middle of the night, there were no pedestrians by the moat, only a wine shop in front of it, and there was silence around the wine shop. Xiao Qingchen slowly walked into the wine shop. In the wine shop, there is only one woman in purple drinking, not with wine glasses and bowls, but with a wine jar. The woman didn't look at Xiao Qingchen, and drank by herself. Xiao Qingchen walked to the wine jar, lifted a jar of wine next to the woman, peeled off the mud, and raised his head to drink.
"Bumped" the woman, her middle finger flicked slightly, and the wine glass on the table shot straight at Xiao Qingchen's wine jar. Xiao Qingchen's sleeves waved, and the strength shattered the wine glass. The woman put on her palm, grabbed the mouth of the altar with her right hand and swept towards Xiao Qingchen, and stroked Xiao Qingchen's wine jar with her left hand.
Xiao Qingchen turned around, and hit the woman's chest with his left hand, and the woman in purple turned her palm to meet it. "Bump", the two of them stepped on their strength and took more than ten steps, and at the same time, Xiao Qingchen's wine jar was quietly shattered. Xiao Qingchen took a sliding step, turned his body, touched his right hand from his waist, and an object was sent out as a hidden weapon. And the woman also threw the jar of wine in her hand at Xiao Qingchen. Xiao Qingchen took it as soon as he took it, raised his head and drank, and laughed after drinking. The woman took Xiao Qingchen's "secret weapon", but it was a water bladder, and the woman in purple opened the mouth of the pot and drank it like Xiao Qingchen.
"Qingqigu wine is pear blossom, good wine, good wine!" Xiao Qingchen said with a smile. The woman in purple still didn't look at him, just drinking.
"Liuyu Mo Wu, after all these years, you still haven't changed." Xiao Qingchen sat next to Liuyu Mo Wu and took another sip of wine.
Liuyu Mo Wu smiled and said, "I'm not an immortal, and I can't change the reckless world." But I can't change this reckless world, but I can also make him unable to change me. Liuyu Mo Wu glanced at Xiao Qingchen, and then stood up, his skirt fluttering. Have you seen her? Liuyu Mowu walked down the steps of the wine shop and turned back
"I've seen it!" Xiao Qingchen stepped lightly on his feet, and his body swept towards Liuyu Mowu like an arrow. The moment Xiao Qingchen just left the wine shop, Liuyu Mo Wu turned his left hand, and his energy blasted towards the wine shop, and the wine shop suddenly fell apart and burst out. Xiao Qingchen glanced at the wine shop with palpitations. He knew that there would be such a play, he was not afraid of the sky, he was not afraid of the earth, he was afraid of this stream of ink dance.
"Oh, yes, my kung fu has improved." Liuyu Mo Wu joked around Xiao Qingchen. Xiao Qingchen laughed dryly. Liuyu Mo Wu straightened his armor behind Xiao Qingchen's back, and saw the red gloves in Xiao Qingchen's hand. said, "That glove hasn't broken yet, it seems that the effect of the blood snake skin and the cicada wings is good." “
"Let's go, I'll take you to see what you left behind" After speaking, Liuyu Ink Dance used the catkins breeze to fly into the distance like a moon, Xiao Qingchen jumped and stepped on the roof, and the most direct way was to go straight to the direction of Liuyu Ink Dance.
"Young Master" Xiao Luohe returned to the post station arranged by Bai Xuan, and as soon as he took off his helmet, someone outside the door called softly. Xiao Luohe said "grace" lightly, and walked in from outside the door a black-bearded old man dressed in linen clothes with his hair tied back at the back of his head, and there was a long scar on the old man's face, extending from the corner of his mouth to the root of his ear.
Xiao Luohe looked back and shouted, "Uncle Qiao." This person's name is Qiao Yu, Xiao Luohe's father Xiao Bo's personal guard when he was young, and he followed Xiao Bo to fight in the south and the north, and the scar on his face is the scar left by him blocking an arrow for Xiao Bo back then. His loyalty to the Xiao family is unquestionable.
"Young master, the little young master has already met with the little girl from the Wen family. The major forces also sent people to spy on them, but the little young master demonstrated on the way, and all the spies were repulsed, including the shadow next to the Bai clan. Qiao Yu said respectfully. After that, I didn't know after that, the little master got rid of everyone, including me! “
Xiao Luohe smiled slightly and handed over a cup of tea, but Qiao Yu didn't drink it, just held it in his hand. Xiao Luohe took a sip of tea and said, "Today, Zhang Zigu, Cao Yue and others did not speak out to embarrass me, and behaved very ordinarily, just to make my achievements high, but it is quite in line with my heart." Qiao Yu's expression did not change, and he said calmly, "The young master has been arrogant and domineering since he listened to the order, and his disrespect for the monarch should not be unintentional."
Xiao Luohe laughed, "Yes, what he wants to show is a broad-minded Ming Jun, why don't I fulfill him, and I also have to tell him that only I can lead the Northwest Army." Both sides have needs, so why not. So Zhang Zigu understands this, so he won't bother us. You go back and tell the prince that I will return to Beiliang in half a month. Hearing this, Qiao Yu saluted and closed the door and left.
Xiao Luohe put down the teacup and muttered softly, "How many people have insomnia this night." “
"Arrived" Liuyu Mowu stopped at a big tree, this big tree is dozens of meters high, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, and under the tree is a lake, on this tree you can look around the courtyard below, it is an excellent observation point. Xiao Qingchen next to him looked at the courtyard under the tree, the water pavilion, and the scene of the Jiangnan garden. This courtyard covers a huge area, from the pattern point of view, it is divided into four major settlements, the East Qinglong, the West White Tiger, the South Vermilion Bird, the North Xuanwu Quartet, the East Hejiao, Kang, the Shi, the Fang, the Heart, the Tail, the Seven Su, the West and the White Tiger, Kui, Lou, the Stomach, Ang, Bi, the Mouth, the Ginseng, the South and the Vermilion Bird, the Well, the Ghost, the Willow, the Star, the Zhang, the Wing, the Zhen, the North and the Xuanwu, the Dou, the Niu, the Female, the Void, the Danger, the Room, the Wall. There are 28 nakshatras.
"Twenty-Eight Star Guards Ziwei" Xiao Qingchen smiled, "It seems that there is another mystery in the middle." Liuyu Mo Wu waved his sleeves, and the purple ribbon in his hand was particularly enchanting in the air, "Legend has it that when Ziwei Star descends to earth, there will be twenty-eight star arch guards." This is already the twenty-eight constellations, so let's see where the purple microstar is? Liuyu Mo Wu smiled lightly.
Xiao Qingchen looked at Liuyu Mo Wu and smiled without saying a word. Seeing Xiao Qingchen's expression, Liuyu Mowu smiled and said, "Don't come out to meet your lord yet?" The voice was flat, but the whole compound could be heard clearly.
As soon as the words fell, the man in black jumped out from all over the compound, divided into four parts, and ran to the bottom of the big tree. Each part has a leader, and the leader's clothes and weapons are completely different.
The leader of the Qinglong Clan, Qinglong, has a sword in his arms, his long hair is casually draped behind his head, his eyes are sharp, and he is dressed in cyan clothes, looking like a Taoist who has entered the world.
The leader of the Vermilion Bird Department, the Vermilion Bird, has a red skin whip wrapped around his waist, his long hair is tied with a hairpin and a single snail head, and the left and right temples are hammered with a wisp of green silk, there is a peach blossom tattoo between the eyebrows, his eyes are charming, and he is wearing a red water moon skirt, which is particularly dazzling, as if he is a peerless demon girl.
The leader of the White Tiger Tribe, the White Tiger, carries a spear behind his back, a long hair band behind his head, and a silk scarf tied up at the back of his head, a typical women's hairstyle, his face is covered with a white veil, and he is dressed in a white martial arts uniform, which makes people look quite heroic.
The leader of the Xuanwu Clan, Xuanwu, was shrouded in black robes all over his body, and his face could not be seen clearly.
The four subordinates stopped under the big tree, and the leaders of the four tribes flew the eaves and walked on the wall, jumping onto the branches under Xiao Qingchen and Liuyu Mowu.
"Blue Dragon, Green Dragon and its subordinates"
"Suzaku Division, Suzaku and Subordinates"
"White Tiger Division, White Tiger and Subordinates"
"Xuanwu Department, Xuanwu and Subordinates"
"See, lord, see, Purple Emperor", all the people in black lifted their clothes, knelt on one leg, and saluted. The sound is not loud, but it can be heard vividly, and it is extremely rich!
Xiao Qingchen smiled faintly, nodded, and waved his hand, and the people in black all knelt on the ground. Xiao Qingchen walked over and misplaced with Liuyu Mowu, and whispered in his ear, "Why isn't it the main mother?" After speaking, he didn't wait for the ink dance, his body jumped, swept into the air, and laughed.