The three blue lights disappeared, and four figures landed on the empty plains at the southern foot of the Forbidden Mountain.

The soulless Layton, the dazed Bai Huizi, and the doubtful Gray Rose all subconsciously looked back at the autumn mountains under the morning sun.

On the way back, there was not a single figure, not a single beast, only rolling mountains and colorful autumn forests filling their field of vision.

I was still in shock last night, but this morning I was appreciating this boundless silence, and the difference overnight was like a world away.

So, despite their different moods, the thoughts of the three of them were lost in this mysterious mountain at this moment.

Huo Xu was also looking back.

There was no farewell, no one to escort, so he hurriedly left the flower tribe that treated him like a guest, and left the flower heroine who didn't forget to protect him no matter how much he vented his anger, it was difficult for him to wave his sleeves and return without taking away a cloud.

The paradise worth nostalgia for, the prospect of cultivation worth aspiring to, has turned into a remnant dream that has been shattered once it is revealed, and it floats in his mind as if nothing is there.

The autumn breeze is blowing, the shadows of the surrounding trees are swaying, and the boundless falling trees are falling.

"What, reluctant to go?" Gray Rose stared at Huo Xu's eyes and said coldly.

After accepting Hua Xiyan's heavy gift, and did not refuse her entrustment before parting, she suddenly felt that she had a heavy burden on her shoulders.

In the past, she protected Huo Xu many times, and the motivation was half from the duties of the special envoy of the patrol court, and half from the existence of Feng Yang, for the sake of Feng Qi, she loved the house and Wu.

And now, she seems to have inadvertently made a solemn promise.

"Protect him? I'm not a sister, why! Although she was muttering in secret, the negative emotions in Gray Rose's heart were weaker than the autumn breeze in her face.

"The purpose of my trip has been achieved, why should I be reluctant?" Huo Xu pretended to smile lightly.

I didn't understand what the two were talking about at all, Bai Huizi had her own doubts to solve, so she straightened her bold body, approached Huo Xu, put one hand on his shoulder, and said expectantly:

"Tell me, who are you who that powerful woman would give you face like that?"

"I am a Xihe boy, she is the heroine of the Forbidden Mountain, we belong to two worlds, how can there be any intersection?" The rich girl was too close, Huo Xu suddenly felt that the flesh waves hit his eyes and the heat waves hit his body, and his words unconsciously changed their taste:

"However, although I met her for the first time, I had a soul-to-soul relationship for an hour as soon as we met."

"Soul!" With an exclamation, Bai Huizi's bulging chest flicked very obviously.

Layton on the side stared at him, and the corners of his mouth trembled.

Stretching out his right arm to wrap around Bai Huizi's round waist, Huo Xu laughed and said, "Hehe······ Not only did I have soul friendship, but I also double-cultivated with her for a while. ”

"!" With a slap on the tender arm, Bai Huizi turned around and walked to Gray Rose's side, and said angrily: "The little boy doesn't understand anything, but his body is dry but hot, he has too many fantasies, and he is easy to burn his brain!" Hmph, double cultivation? Let's get your body in order first! ”

Poof! A sneer fell on Grey Rose's face.

Huo Xu pouted embarrassedly, thinking about flirting with a wealthy girl by the way, but in the eyes of others, he was still a half-grown boy who had not grown all his hair.

Layton straightened up sharply, paused for a moment, and then walked to the entrance alone, "I'll go first, you guys······ Self-deed. ”

"This yellow-faced uncle was born obscenely, and behaved strangely, he was shocked, he shouldn't have taken the wrong medicine, right?" Glancing at Layton, who seemed to have lost his soul, Bai Huizi asked Gray Rose in surprise.

Gray Rose tilted her head directly and cast a questioning look at Huo Xu.

Looking at Layton's back playfully, Huo Xu secretly thought: "This guy is worried about social death, and he is probably very happy to die alone in the forbidden door." ”

He said vaguely: "Mr. Leighton, he is a man, and he does what men often do, but he seems to have gone to the wrong place and accidentally been ······ Onlookers, so ······ I've been hit a bit, and now I can't hear sensitive words, hehe, you know. ”

Gray Rose and Bai Huizi rolled their eyes: I understand your sister, neurotic!

Fortunately, they had no interest in what Layton had gone through, and they didn't continue to ask questions.

With a frown, Bai Huizi exclaimed nervously, "Ah! Counselor Rose, there are human beings on the Forbidden Mountain, and there are many terrifying powerhouses, this is a big deal! No, I have to leave the Forbidden Mountain and report back to the Zongren Mansion with you!" ”

"You'd better save it!" Thinking about Gu Lin Mangyu's parting instructions, Grey Rose said thoughtfully: "I'm afraid that the top officials of the empire have long known that there are people on the Forbidden Mountain, but they have hidden this matter from the people of the world. You and I don't need to talk too much, we still do what we have to do. ”

Bai Huizi didn't seem to have enough in her brain, and blinked her eyes for a long time before she replied in a trance: "Oh, then I'll go hide first." ”

Chasing Bai Huizi's flickering figure in the sparse forest, Gray Rose's face was solemn, "Huo Xu, I won't ask what secret there is between you and the heroine of the stamen, I hope you keep that secret and rot it in your stomach."

The Flower Stamen Tribe has a large group of terrifying powerhouses, it is a force that the entire Xihe Empire is deeply afraid of, since you insist on returning to the outside of the barrier, you can no longer rely on that force, it is better to simply forget their existence, otherwise, it is easy to set yourself on fire.

I'll send you back to the Five Clans League Yuan Academy, stay with a few teachers, and don't go out. Remember, your crisis is still not resolved! ”

These words pulled Huo Xu's mind directly back to the outside world, he put away his playfulness, and said with a solemn expression: "I'll go to the Taishi Museum first, and then go back to the Yuan Shaoyuan." ”

······

Taishi Museum, collection room.

Hearing the sound of light footsteps, Aoi Qiu, who was lying at the desk, raised his head, and the light clearly reflected the haggard uncle's face and two almost stagnant gazes.

"Huo Xu! How did you get in? Raising her eyebrows, Aoi Qiu said in surprise, and immediately looked away, and through the door, she caught a glimpse of Gray Rose sitting on a bench in the hallway, and shrugged her shoulders in relief.

"Counselor Rose is a living access card, as long as she wants, you can even follow her to the forbidden land of Miyagi unhindered. Hehe, pull up a big flag, it seems that no one in the Taishi Pavilion dares to drive you away. ”

Approaching the bookcase, and sitting down opposite Kwai Qiu, Huo Xu said with a smile: "I heard that Your Excellency has been closed all day long recently, consulting a large number of historical materials, how about it, did you find some amazing truth?" ”

"The truth?" Without warning, Kwai Qiu's face changed instantly, and he said with anger in his eyes: "Huo Xu, I was almost led out of rhythm by you!" Hmph, I worked hard day and night for several days, but in the end, I was a blind delay!

I checked all the historical materials about the Northern Expedition ten years ago, and after repeated scrutiny, I didn't find anything suspicious! And ······"

The more Kui Qiu spoke, the more annoyed he became, he opened a few historical books on the case, got up with a breath, slammed his knuckles on the table, and said in a deep voice: "Everything must be traced back to the motive, if the truth of the Northern Expedition was deliberately covered up, then, what is the motive of the cover-up?"

It was Emperor Yuanzheng who ordered the northern expedition, and if the northern expeditioners were still alive, who could control them? Emperor Kangjing didn't have to take responsibility for the Northern Expedition, and he couldn't remotely control so many young and strong people, so why did he hide the truth and dig a pit for himself?

What's more, before Emperor Kangjing ascended the throne, he was the patriarch of the Xihe imperial family, and his status was high, second only to the emperor.

I highly suspect that you were deliberately lying when you made a transcript at the Shoji Metropolitan that day, and the so-called three-colored bright light is pure nonsense! ”

I have to say that at the beginning of Kwai Qiu's verification of historical materials, he pointed the spearhead of suspicion at Emperor Kangjing, which was a very bold move.

It was precisely because of Paradox that he had done such a rebellious thing and got nothing, so he felt aggrieved, and then hated Huo Xu, who was suspected of deliberately bringing rhythm.

Looking at Kwai Qiu's angry eyes, Huo Xu spread his hands and said with a smile: "It seems that Your Excellency has asked the people of Beihai. ”

"That's right!" Kwai Qiu shook the sleeves of her wide robe, leaned over and moved her head close to Huo Xu's head and said: "Princess Meixin Chrysostom, she said that ten years ago, all the strong people of the Empire's Northern Expedition fell in Fengjingkou, and no one survived, which is completely consistent with the caliber of the Xihe Empire!" ”

Huo Xu shook his head slowly, he never believed that the caliber of the two sides would be completely the same.

Differences in detail are inevitable, and this unusual "unanimity" is definitely negotiable, indicating that the Empire has made some kind of deal with the Beihai people regarding the chaos in Rock County and Vorland County.

However, he didn't break it, but launched a sigh of emotion without a head: "Time is the supreme powerhouse, and countless truths have been sealed in the long river of history. ”

"You!" Kwai Qiu sat down depressedly, glared and exhaled and said: "Don't think about repeating the old tricks, it's useless, in my eyes, you are just a vernacular teenager who doesn't speak amazingly!" ”

Looking directly at Aoi Qiu, Huo Xu said unhurriedly: "I said that there are human beings living on the Royal Forbidden Mountain, do you believe it?" ”

"I believe in ······" Aoi Qiu was angry and didn't say anything: "I believe in your evil!" ”

Hearing Huo Xu talking about the Forbidden Mountain being inhabited from afar, Grace Rose walked quickly with a calm face, and after entering the door, she stood by a row of bookshelves and flipped through the history books casually, raising her eyes from time to time to warn Huo Xu.

"Then let's use ancient books from 20,000 years ago." Huo Xu said casually: "Just put aside the historical books compiled by the historians and look through the ancient books written by a few folk scholars, it can easily prove that I am a vernacular king who does not speak the world and the earth, such a good opportunity, do you want to miss it?" ”

With a pile of sand and stones in her heart, Kwai Qiu was in a panic, and she was not in the mood to deal with Grey Rose, who was a guest at the Taishi Museum for the first time, and looked at a button on the white keyboard on the table, pressed it quickly, and said, "As you wish!" ”

The neatly arranged bookshelves moved a few feet away, the gears on the floor turned, and a conveyor belt carried a dusty wooden box straight to the table.

Turning off the transmission mechanism, Aoi Qiu opened the wooden box, covered her nose and fanned the dust with her hand, and gave Huo Xu a fierce glance before picking out a yellowed ancient book from the wooden box, and couldn't wait to open the cover and title page.

Leaving the bookshelf, Grey Rose approached the two and stared at Aoiqiu, holding her breath for the rest of the book.

Kwai Qiu looked at a text, suddenly his shoulders shook, his eyes froze, and after being stunned for a long time, he read in a slightly trembling voice: "There is a flower tribe on the Juanhui Mountain, and the number of its subordinates exceeds 10 million······

The Hua Rui tribe refused to be in the company of Xihe people, unwilling to submit to the Xihe Empire, and the empire summoned the powerful people of the whole country from time to time to cut them down, and the war lasted for tens of thousands of years······"