Xingqing Palace.

"Your Majesty, rest early, and the excerpt is instructed to go down and write." Song Tonghai's words were full of tenderness.

"There's only one left, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I've gone to the world when he really played the world." Li Zhao looked at the inconspicuous fold on the case, and finally had a smile on his face, but this smile made Song Tonghai annoyed.

"Fortunately, thanks to the emperor's diligence, now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, Gu Xiaohou can enjoy a good tour." The Gu family's folds are always blocked by themselves, why did they hand it to their eyes today.

"After watching it for so long, my eyes are sore, so it's better to ask Father-in-law Song to help me with my thoughts." Li Zhao handed the fold to Song Tonghai beside him, squinting and leaning on the throne.

I haven't seen movement for a long time, "Why don't you read it?" ”

"The slave is old, his eyes are spent, Gu Houye said that there is a lot of snow in Chang'an this year, and the life of the homeless people outside the city is probably a little difficult, and I hope that all states, provinces, and counties can provide temporary shelters, so that the people can have a good year." Song Tonghai got the excerpt, and read Gu Jue's accusation in a few glances, ten years, back and forth, but those few sentences filled his own pockets and sold his official beard. Stupid people can't tell the situation, even if they send it, the emperor doesn't dare to open it.

"Yes, I have a heart. It's cold, so Grandpa Song should rest early. ”

"Emperor Xie cares." As soon as Song Tonghai collected the dust, the little eunuchs behind the curtain came out to serve the emperor and rest. In the end, he did not put down the fold, and brought it back to his house.

Guanglu Hutong.

"Smack!" The fold was thrown heavily on the ground, and the sound frightened everyone in the hall to the ground.

"Your Excellency is angry."

"Little Fuzi, go read it to them." The little eunuch behind him quickly picked up the dark fold, and read it in a crisp voice.

"Song Tonghai, the lieutenant of the Shence Army, steals power and handles, misleads the country and the people, and is the number one thief in the world! Begging for the Holy Judgment Early Punishment of Treacherous and Dangerous Clever Ministers, Authoritarian Thieves and Ministers to Qing Dynasty Government. Fangjin's border is clear, and the thieves outside have nothing to hide, and the thieves inside are only Song Tonghai. The lieutenant of the guard, the man of the court, and the harm of the henchman. The sins of the Song Dynasty are full of evil, and the gods and men are angry. Song Zhi is a traitor, and he is good at soothing and decorating, and it is enough to refute the wrongs of the false. All evils are prepared, the four ends have been extinct, although they deviate from the scriptures and take the scolding of the world and future generations, they also have no care. The minister dared to take the ten crimes of the Song dictatorship and rebellion as the emperor. ”

Song Tonghai closed his eyes and frowned when he listened, and seeing that he didn't move for a while, Ximen rolled his eyes, "Weichen has something to say." ”

"Speak."

"My lord, this Gu Jue has been tirelessly writing this ginseng book for more than ten years, and today's letter is inevitably a little, it doesn't hurt or itch."

"When he silently puts your names on you, you know you're going to lose your head."

"My lord is angry, my subordinates mean, will he have discovered Peacock Villa, his subordinates are guilty, and there is still a handful that can be retrieved tomorrow."

"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish, that's our stuff and not to grab it." Song Tonghai's beard flew angrily, and Xiao Fuzi hurriedly went up to help him smooth his breath.

"My lord, do you want to ...... first?"

Song Tonghai's eyes sank, as if he had made up his mind, "When you get there, you won't need it if you don't have time." ”

"The minister takes the order." In the past, he was always able to coax Song Tonghai like this, but tonight he sat there expressionlessly, Dongfang couldn't help but smile, and Ximen glanced at him and thought he was bored. A whisk of dust was thrown on the table, and the west door and the east side glanced at each other, and hurriedly led the people to retreat.

Aoyama-in.

"Master Hou." Yun Zhu waited all night and finally saw Gu Jue's figure in the courtyard gate.

Flipping through the black book handed over by the clouds, "This is the treasury brochure of Peacock Villa?" ”

"Combined with Xu Shang's reaction, in addition to us, there should be someone who has their eyes on Song Tonghai's Peacock Villa, this booklet is not the original manuscript, but was collected in the pawnshop in the East Market, mixed in a bunch of strange things."

"Aside from this one, can you get back the other books that were sold together?" Gu Jue flipped through it casually, and many objects were correct, but the seal on each page was indeed the most ordinary, not Song Tonghai's handwriting.

Yun Chai put the rest of the books on the table, a few popular ones in the market, nothing special. Gu Jue casually picked up a copy of Xu Fu Seventy-two Difficulties, the middle pages were stained with ink, and then looked at the others, there was a similar situation.

Hurriedly stacked eight books on top of each other, and the ink dots seemed to be broken. Yun Zhu immediately understood what he meant, and rearranged the order of the books according to the ink.

"I only got some words like words, and if I want to say what it is, I can't see it." This clearly meant something, and Gu Jue picked up Xu Fu again and looked at it. As the fingertips crossed the pages of the book, the shape of the ink that was originally unformed gradually became clear, and when it was rubbed apart, the word "chasing" jumped on the paper.

"Don't chase the poor soldiers, watch the fire from the other side. Master Hou, this is ......" looked at the warning on the paper, and said that it was false not to be surprised, and now he is Gu Jue of Gu Guogong's Mansion.

Looking at the candle flame reflected on the inkstone, if things go too smoothly, it makes people suspicious. Instead of waiting for them, believe in yourself. No matter how bad the situation is, it will not be worse.

casually turned the page of Xu Fu's seventy-two difficulties, "Look, the immortal told Xu Fu that he was only allowed to look at it and not to take it, but Xu Fu still went to Penglai to inspect the color of the fairy grass." ”

Outside the city gate, three quarters of the unitary hour, the sky is blue.

"Sure enough, it's you." Gu Shiyan appeared in front of him, and Gu Jue couldn't help but take a step back. "I've seen the East and West Towers."

"Are you hurt?" Gu Jue saw that his double rings were there, the sword was on his body, and his dark blue clothes were not stained with blood, so he was finally relieved.

"Ximenduan was killed by me, and the clue was broken."

"Well done." When Gu Jue heard this, he smiled and patted her shoulder. "He's dead, and it's the same for us to keep an eye on the Divine Army."

"What the hell does this key do? I couldn't find a place to use it at Ximing Temple. Gu Jue took the jasper key and looked at it carefully.

"Are you following Ximen to Ximing Temple?" As he spoke, he leaned the key towards the hilt of Gu Shiyan's sword, it was true.

"I'll follow the clues you gave." Gu Shiyan took out the silk cloth and unfolded the poem to Gu Jue. When there is a wind, it passes by, and it opens because of the rain.

"I haven't seen this picture, and I don't understand this poem."

"So this person led me to Ximing Temple and discovered the secret of the East and West Towers, the purpose of which was to let Jin Wuwei and Zhang Yun get the stolen goods together." Gu Shiyan's previous doubts have been solved, but how could the timing be so right, if he hadn't killed Ximenduan, or if he had gone to Ximing Temple one step earlier, things would have been wrong. "The East and West Towers were discovered, and Song Tonghai had to delay the day to get out even if he covered the sky with one hand, so this person took advantage of the situation to enter."

"Clever. But in addition to him, we can also take advantage of the fire. Gu Jue flashed the key in his hand and smiled slyly.

Shijiatang.

The reason why Shijiatang is called Shijiatang is very simple, most of the people who live here are surnamed Shi, and there are many ores in the local area, which is an important county for the imperial court to smelt iron. Iron smelting is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the things made are also dangerous, so they were distributed to the emperor's personal forbidden army. Shijiatang is located in the valley, Shijiatang to the north is Chang'an, to the south ten miles is Cuihua Mountain.

Gu Jue and the two drove their horses here, although the name of Cuihua Mountain is called Cuihua, but some are not worthy of the name, the grass and trees on the mountain are not grown, the strange rocks are craggy, the wind passes through from the north and south, sending out a ghost roar, the locals rarely come here, and the mountain road is rugged and there are few pedestrians. A whistle sounded, Yun Zhu came out first, and when he saw that it was the Hou Ye and the son, he whistled again and called out the Qingwei.

"The Jasper Key is used to open this Peacock Villa." Gu Jue pointed to the mountain wall of the black hole in front of him and explained softly to Gu Shiyan.

"But we only have one." Let's not talk about where there is a villa, Gu Shiyan only grabbed one of the keys.

"We at least have one more." Gu Jue came to the stone wall, and the stone wall was so majestic that people had to look up to see the whole picture. "Look what it is."

"Welcome pine?" Yingke Song was born more than 30 feet tall, and no one could go up except Gu Shiyan. The two looked at each other and paused, Gu Shiyan grabbed the sticky branch by flying over the stone wall, and turned over the tree. There is a grotto behind the tree, and the mouth of the grotto is scattered with some broken branches from birds. Walking further inside, the grotto is getting higher and higher, and in less than ten steps, a stone rudder appears in front of you, and the back is integrated with the mountain rocks. Qi sank the dantian, and wanted to turn it, but the stone rudder did not move at all.

If you have put it so high, how can it be so difficult to drive? Gu Shiyan was still searching for whether there was a labor-saving mechanism, and suddenly the mountain shook, and some gravel and dust fell from the grotto and was about to cover the light of the cave entrance, so Gu Shiyan hurriedly retreated to the welcoming pine. There were also some gravel falling on the mountain, and Gu Jue was avoiding the falling rocks while looking up to pay attention to the situation on the welcoming pine.

Gu Shiyan turned over and took him away from the stone wall. "Why don't you know how to run."

"It's fine." Gu Jue dusted off the ashes, his eyes were excited, "Look, the stone wall is open." But he didn't do anything, Gu Shiyan looked in the direction of Gu Jue's finger, and sure enough, there was a one-person-wide road between the stone walls.

"Yun Chase, leave one team to guard the entrance, and the rest follow me in." Gu Shiyan had to keep up, and the left and right clouds were also there. Yun Zhu walked in front of Gu Jue and went first, Gu Shiyan followed behind Gu Jue, and then there were two teams of green guards.

The stone wall is gradually widening upward, and it is more spacious after walking a hundred steps inside, and the terrain is narrow, I thought that there would be some mechanisms plotting here, but it was unimpeded to the front of the village.

It is said that it is a mountain villa, different from ordinary people, Shijiatang really has the most stones, and the Peacock Villa is built in this mountain with stones, go to the edge of the stage and look down at the bottomless, kick a stone down, and there is no sound of landing for a long time. Opposite is a stone city, large and small scattered grottoes, there are corridors built between the grottoes, some grottoes have doors, some are directly placed with all kinds of treasures, for example, there is one above the plaque of Peacock Villa, a translucent white jade Buddha is illuminated by a circle of Nanyang night pearls in the grotto, and people can't help but bow their heads at a glance.

Peacock Villa has been found, how has it passed now? The group began to search for a mechanism on the stone platform that could allow the other side to lower the drawbridge, and finally, Yun Zhu found the half-split lock platform on the west stone wall, thinking that this was the use of the jasper key. Gu Jue came over with the key and compared it with the remaining half of the keyhole, no, it seems that this key is not here.

Yun Zhu originally wanted to hook the opposite side with his eagle claws and swing over, but he couldn't hook the stone bridge deck no matter how he shook it. "A rootless dog thing, it's so complicated." After throwing it a few times, people were in a hurry.

Gu Shiyan came to the stone platform, stretched out his hand to feel the wind between the ravines, the spring breeze was blowing, and he thought that there were other mines below. "I'll go across the side and put the bridge down."

"It's too dangerous, we're waiting here for Song Tonghai to come."

"That's gone, too." Gu Shiyan circled the eagle claw rope in Yun Zhu's hand around his right arm three times, and flew out after signaling to Yun Zhu that there was no problem, and Gu Jue hurriedly grabbed the lifeline in his hand.

Although Wuxiangbu is powerful, it is not a fairy spell, only two-thirds of it, Gu Shiyan's body is getting heavier and heavier, and his body is going down. Reluctantly threw the eagle claw hook forward, she only had one chance, and there was no other support, Gu Shiyan's figure fell faster.

"Hooked!" Qing Weili watched carefully, and suddenly caught the eagle claw hook stuck on the top of the stone bridge. Yun Zhu was still confirming whether the eagle claw hook was tightened, and Gu Jue had already jumped off the stone platform first.

"Master Hou!" Yun Zhu threw the fire fold down, and the flickering fire flickered and extinguished on Gu Jue's dark blue robe. "Quick, put the rope down."

The rope in his right hand has been out, and he drew his sword with the momentum, and originally wanted to step on the opposite mountain wall with the sword qi he swung, but he heard the sound of Yun Zhu upward, so he had to turn around and swing his sword towards the opposite stone wall. The stone wall was close in front of him, Gu Shiyan pierced the immeasurable sword on the mountain wall, his body was still falling, but he finally had the strength, and the immeasurable sword was finally stuck on the solid stone and did not move.

Gu Jue was falling, he wanted to see clearly but couldn't see clearly, in the dark, someone grabbed him.

With it carried away, the Infinite Sword began to slide down again, met the talc, and came out of the mountain wall. Gu Shiyan kicked the mountain wall and struggled to stop the fall again, holding the sword in his right hand and Gu Jue's right forearm in his left hand. The fire fold fell from behind, Gu Jue's face was reflected by the faint firelight, his eyes were as bright as a deer, and his smile was like a spring breeze.

The palms of the hands are a little sweaty, and the left hand should also be out of strength. As long as you hold on until the clouds arrive, how difficult it can be, Gu Shiyan can do it.

Gu Jue felt her hand clenched tighter, knowing that she was holding on, Gu Jue clenched his fist, wanting to break free.

Gu Shiyan's left hand was empty, his thinking was stagnant, and he grabbed it again out of instinct, it was his wrist, and Gu Jue's fist was on his wrist.

"Don't die!" Gu Shiyan's voice was heartbreaking, gritting his teeth, and resounding in the empty deep valley. It's so dark in the deep valley, and the pull of the left and right hands occupies most of Gu Shiyan's senses, "Don't die." "This is addressed to those who are close to you, and it is a prayer.

Another fire fold fell, Gu Shiyan looked up and saw Yun Zhu coming down the rope, Gu Jue looked up and saw Gu Shiyan's flying hair and bloodshot fingertips. In the brief firelight, the two caught the staggered gaze and smiled at each other. The fire fold fell, and Gu Shiyan felt that his wrist was being held back.

Happiness really makes people forget the pain before, and now let's talk about the earliest memory, it seems that only the coldness of the bluestone slab and the fist that fell on the body are left. Just like the ascension of a cultivator after his penance, Gu Shiyan met his master Tianyuan after breaking his knee on the bluestone slab for the last time.

The master drove the arrogant beggars away, Gu Shiyan let go of the arm holding his head, opened his closed eyes, and saw a kind and smiling face, at that time the master did not have a beard, still black hair.

It's not that Gu Shiyan has never seen this kind of scene, but the last time the person who rescued her sold her to go to the Qinglou to be a little maid, it was also winter, and Gu Shiyan jumped into the river and ran away. Jumped off the river bank, put on two pants, and my knees were still broken when I hit the ice. The ice made a creaking sound, but Gu Shiyan couldn't turn back, and stumbled towards the center of the river, the traffickers on the bank were still trying to catch her, and finally the ice broke, she fell, and finally couldn't see them after crossing the bridge.

Even so, she survived and lived to the day she met Tian Yuan.

"It's okay." Tian Yuan took out a sesame oil cake from the cloth bag, it was so fragrant. "What's your name?"

No one asked her this question for so long that she forgot the answer. Gu Shiyan's eyes were still staring at Tian Yuan, trying to scare off this bad guy.

"You're not hungry, I'll give you another gift." Tian Yuan touched the cloth bag for a while, and it was two gold rings. "I'm not short of money, if you want to be my apprentice, I can teach you martial arts and fight bad guys."

Gu Shiyan glanced at the golden ring, his eyes were still guarded, and Tian Yuan smiled and encouraged her to take it. The gold ring is the size of an adult, and a squeezing of a gold ring can fit Gu Shiyan's skinny two fingers.

"I forgot what my name was." Tian Yuan stretched out his hand and touched her head, this time Gu Shiyan did not dodge, but threw himself into his arms and cried loudly.

Tian Yuan patted the girl's thin back, "Then you will be my apprentice, called Shiyan, are you willing?" The girl on her shoulder nodded and continued to cry.

"This ring isn't just pretty, you see." Tian Yuan pulled out a gold thread from the edge of the left ring, and then stuck the gold thread head on the right ring. Shi Yan hooked the right ring with his index finger, connected to the left ring on Tian Yuan's right hand, and dragged the gold thread, Tian Yuan was about to fall to himself, and the exaggerated movements made people laugh.

Since then, the two have finally ended their wanderings in the world.

"Master Hou." Yun Zhu tied the rope and finally came down, fortunately, the length of the eagle claw rope was enough, and he tied another rope to Gu Jue's waist, Gu Jue held the rope with his left hand, dragged it, and began to rise. Yun Zhu quickly helped her tie it up and went up to chase Gu Jue. Gu Shiyan felt that his left hand was light, so he let go, pulled out the immeasurable sword, and went up with the two of them.

For the first time, Gu Shiyan felt that the hand holding the sword was shaking, and he didn't have the confidence to hold it, so it was so laborious to collect the sword.

As soon as Gu Jue came up and stood firm, Yun Zhu and Qingwei knelt down together, "Please also ask Master Hou to take care of Gu Guogong's body." ”

"With Gu Gongzi here, I won't be fine." Seeing that the crowd still couldn't afford it, "Okay, I'll take care." Only then did Yun Zhu get up.

"You really need to take care, don't jump on my head if you want to jump off the cliff." Gu Shiyan put his hands behind his back to hide the uncontrollable trembling of his arms, and quipped.

"Okay, okay, okay, I'll take care."