Chapter 17: The First Journey to Jiangnan
In the early morning of the second day, Nalan Jinse, who woke up, saw that Nalan Fengshen was still asleep, so she continued to sleep, but when she woke up again, she found that there was no one around her, and there was a gold medal and a note on the side of the pillow: "When you meet Lincheng again, take care, the waiter will accompany you to get married, don't forget." See the phoenix golden order as if you see me. Put it away. ”
Nalan Jinse held the Phoenix Golden Order tightly in his hand, and heard that the power of Phoenix Mountain Villa had spread all over the vast rivers and lakes, which was enough to compete with the entire imperial court.
Sister, this is equivalent to marrying the entire Phoenix Villa to herself?! Where is this a gift, this is a martial arts country for her, Nalan Jinse's hand holding the Phoenix Golden Order trembled a little: "Sister... ”
After Nalan Feng Ember left the palace, he went back to call Chu Tianyou, and the two rode all the way south, and Nalan Feng Ember reverted back to the face of the Phoenix Sect Master.
Along the way, the two of them stopped and stopped, toured the mountains and rivers, ate well, lived well, and were not comfortable.
These two people have been gone for a long time, sometimes it is inevitable to feel bored, as long as they are free, they will think of the lively college life in the past, and think of Nalan Hanyi and them, although they still hate their peeking that night, but they miss them a little inexplicably.
It's ridiculous to say, although she was in a hurry that day, she accidentally took away the two paintings painted by Nalan Hanqi, one is the beautiful scenery of Ningshan, and the other is her beautiful flower.
Originally, she borrowed it to see, but she took it away, and now she always carries it with her, and occasionally takes it out to see, and she laughs unconsciously.
Thinking about Nalan Hanyi again, although she often pushes her out to be a shield, many times she is also very oriented towards her, especially when she thinks that she always makes Nalan Hanyi look helpless, so I no longer blame him for the voyeurism that night.
In fact, to be honest, they have always been very good to themselves, after all, these two people are their relatives. When she had time, she really wanted to go back to Ningshan to have a look.
Occasionally, I would hear people from the rivers and lakes mention Ling Yingyan's divorce and ruin her reputation, and every time she heard it, she was depressed.
After a long time, I can't help but feel hatred in my heart.
secretly decided one thing: Ling Yingyan, the mourning family has never meant to accept you as a concubine, and you dare to say on the rivers and lakes that you have withdrawn from the marriage of the mourning family.
The mourning family didn't look at you in their eyes, but now the mourning family really wants to see who you are, so it's better to visit you at your house when the mourning family plays all the way to Dongsheng.
"God bless, the news of Ling Ying'an's disappearance has spread, and the rumors spread by Ling Yingyan and the Du clan have also spread, why don't we go to Dongsheng for a walk." Nalan Feng's eyes flickered, and Chu Tianyou knew that she had a little idea again. He nodded earnestly.
On the road, the two of them have nothing to do, occasionally when they are happy, they pretend to be heroes of the world, and when they see injustices, they jump out of Xu Daxia to draw a knife to help, and after winning some admiration and admiration, they can occasionally get a basket of eggs and potatoes or something to get over the addiction of heroes.
However, they don't jump out of everything, and sometimes she doesn't pay attention to the fact that the other party is overwhelmed, messy and group fights, etc.
After all, the queen mother once warned: Although it is the destiny of the natural emperor, it is necessary to put the world first, but you still have to put yourself in the middle and the other on both sides.
She always remembered that sentence very clearly. Besides, these days, persimmons are all soft pinching, she understands this truth.
Thinking of this, I was depressed, the queen mother, my queen mother, the child is back, and you can rest assured that there is a child.
Du Shi, the mourning family must have no way for you to survive and no way to die. This day is not far off, you wait.
Chu Tianyou looked at her from the side, his face was sunny for a while, and he was frightened, her sect master never played cards according to common sense. I don't know what's going to happen again.
After walking for a few days, they went to Linjiang Town, Cangshan, intending to rest in the town for a night, and overheard the people in the town say that recently, the soldiers and horses of the Zhennan Wangfu are stationed at the foot of Cangshan not far from here, and they will attack the mountain early tomorrow morning, intending to exterminate the bandits in Cangshan in one fell swoop.
When Nalan Feng heard this, he couldn't help but be interested.
Officers and soldiers exterminate the bandits, this meeting must be seen, and the soldiers and horses of the king of Zhennan, the general who led the troops must be from the family of Uncle Tianyuan Emperor, I don't know who it will be, I heard that Uncle Tianyuan Emperor has a son, named Xuyan, who is good at martial arts, and is a beautiful man who is famous in southern Xinjiang, I don't know if this time is coming, I don't know how beautiful Nalan Xuyan will be? Will it be more beautiful than Nalan Hanqi?
The next morning, before dawn, Nalan Fengshen and Chu Tianyou got up and rushed to Cangshan, and when they crossed the foot of the mountain, they saw many officers and soldiers, about hundreds of people, waiting at the bottom of the mountain, as if waiting for orders.
The two of them first tied their horses in the dark, and then climbed up the mountain with light skills while the sky was still dark.
Before they reached the halfway point of the mountain, they saw the first gate of the bandits, and the two hid themselves and found a good position to wait for the officers and soldiers to attack the cottage.
Until the sky was already slightly bright, and suddenly heard the sound of a horn under the mountain, Nalan Feng Ember came to his senses, hiding behind the boulder, with weeds on his head, only revealing a pair of eyes flickering non-stop.
Noticing the faint arrow on the door of the bandit village, he waited quietly.
"God bless, you see that this cottage stands according to the danger, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and now the officers and soldiers under the mountain have made it clear to tell the bandits, I am going to attack you, you should hurry up and get ready, the officers and soldiers have lost the opportunity, if they blatantly attack the mountain again this time, I am afraid there will be no return,"
Nalan Feng Ember sighed as he looked at the faintly swaying arrows on the gate and the nearby cliffs. As soon as he thought about it, he heard the officers and soldiers under the mountain shouting all the way up the mountain, as if he was afraid that the bandits would not know that they were coming, and Nalan Feng felt a burst of regret in his heart. It's boring. Old-fashioned tactics.
"Sect Master, look." Chu Tianyou patted him. At this moment, the sound of chaotic fighting sounded in the cottage, and Nalan Feng Ember secretly wondered, could it be that the bandits were actually fighting among themselves at such a critical time? It's really not united, it's obviously a rabble.
Nalan Feng Ember was thinking nonsense, the officers and soldiers rushed up the mountain, and began to hit the gate with wooden stakes, and the arrows that were faintly exposed on the gate and the surrounding cliff walls were gone, and after half a ring, the gate was knocked open by the officers and soldiers.
Nalan Feng Ember saw at a glance that there was a person standing at the gate of the wall, his back was slaughtered, and there were several dead bodies around, all of which were cut off at the waist, and the death was miserable, and the blood flowed all over the ground, and the person was dressed in a white robe without dripping blood, just looking at the back, Nalan Feng Ember felt that this person was an extraordinary person, except for a little cruelty.
He always had his back to the gate of the village, and just when Nalan Fengshen's eyes widened and he was ready to accept the surprise of his turn, he saw the man swing his gun sharply and point forward, shouting: "Kill!" Not a single one is left. ”
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they were excited, and they slashed and slashed, and the remaining bandits were immediately killed, and then rushed to the second line of protection of the cottage.
At this time, Nalan Feng and Ember who were hiding behind the boulder also quietly followed.
The second line of protection, the terrain is more dangerous, the bandits saw the officers and soldiers coming, and took advantage of the condescending terrain to fire arrows, the white-clothed rushed to the front, at the moment, only raised his arm, and all the officers and soldiers behind him immediately stopped the coming.
At this time, the chaotic arrows were approaching, he suddenly jumped up in the air, waved his spear to cut down several oncoming arrows, stepped on the cliffs on both sides, flew away, and instantly rushed into the lair of the bandits.
After half a ring, the second line of defense was also broken through by the officers and soldiers, and the bandits retreated and were already in chaos, and the officers and soldiers rushed all the way into the bandits' lair.
There was a scuffle inside, the surrounding cliffs were steep and there was nothing to cover, Nalan Feng Ember peeked from afar, and felt bored, and now seeing that the victory or defeat has been decided, there is nothing to see, although I want to take a look at the appearance of the white robe, but in the end, I will not easily let myself be in danger in order to see what a man looks like, so I left Cangshan without hesitation.
On the way back, passing through the river, she looked at the shore from afar, only to see the vast distant mountains, the water of the river, the smoke and waves are vast, the river is dotted with fish sails, floating in the waves, she just finished watching a bloody fight, and then looked at such a quiet beauty, only to feel the mood precipitated, distracting thoughts suddenly disappeared, and Chu Tianyou next to him couldn't help but sigh: "It's good to be alive." ”
"I feel the same way." Chu Tianyou nodded.
"This Tianque Continent has been messed up by the Du clan, but fortunately, these vassal kings can still suppress the situation." Nalan Feng Ember sighed.
Because they got up too early in the morning, they didn't eat anything, and now they only felt hungry, so they first went back to Cangshan Linjiang Town, looked for something to eat, filled their stomachs, and she was strolling around idly.
At this moment, there were people from the official yamen at the entrance of the street who knocked on the gong and shouted: "The Cangshan thieves have been destroyed, and the Cangshan thieves have been destroyed." When the people on the road heard this, their faces were full of joy, and for a while the cheers came and went.
Some passers-by praised happily: "The Cangshan thieves have finally been destroyed, this is really a blessing for the people." ”
Some people praised: "This Xuyan son is really powerful, and he is really a hero." The crowd said yes.
Childe Xuyan? Hearing this, Nalan Feng Ember wondered in his heart: Could it be that the one who led the troops to attack the bandits this morning was really the son of the Tianyuan Emperor's uncle's family, Nalan Xuyan?
When I saw it today, this person's kung fu was really good, no wonder the queen mother often mentioned this person back then. The queen mother said that the warmth of this life is like jade, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, Wen Tao Wuluo, eighteen kinds of martial arts are proficient, like gods, as beautiful as the sun in the sky, people give the good name: Xu Yan Gongzi.
Xu Yan Gongzi is a famous beautiful man in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is a little regret that he couldn't get a glimpse of the true face of Lushan today.
This town is quite comfortable to live in, and Nalan Feng Ember plans to stay here for another night and leave tomorrow. Chu Tianyou also followed behind her, enjoying a rare leisure time.
At night, the crescent moon hangs high, the stars are all over the sky, Nalan Feng Ember has slept for a long time in the afternoon, and he can't sleep at night, so he climbed to the roof and lay down to watch the stars, only to feel the breeze blowing on his face.
"Sect Master, do you want to take a look at Jiangnan's rudder?" Chu Tianyou climbed up and looked at her.
"Naturally, I'm going to go, wait for me to play for a few days." Nalan Feng Ember said mischievously.
Chu Tianyou nodded.
The two of them sat on the roof, and saw the sparkling waves of the Linjiang River from a distance, and Nalan Feng Ember couldn't help but think of playing in the water.
Stepping on the moonlight, the two came to the bank of the river, where the water waves are gentle, the trees are lined up, and there is no one, Nalan Feng Ember looks up at the starry sky, only to feel in a good mood, and suddenly remembers the childlike fun of diving from a high place and stepping on the moon shadow with Jin Se in childhood, so I want to try again.
She glanced at Chu Tianyou mischievously, took off her shoes, put them on the shore, stepped lightly, jumped onto a tall tree on the shore with light skills, saw the crescent moon in the water, and jumped down violently.
But as soon as she entered the water, she felt as if she had stepped on something, and then she heard a grunt sound from underwater, and she couldn't help but wonder, just when she wanted to dive down to see, she felt as if there were aquatic plants entangled in her feet, and she couldn't shake it off.
In a hurry, she couldn't help kicking and kicking, kicking and kicking, but at this moment, something under the water grabbed her calf, and she was so shocked that she didn't think about it, just kicking, throwing, kicking.
Then he quickly jumped back to shore.
"What's wrong?" Chu Tianyou looked flustered when he saw her. Nervously asked.
Nalan Feng Ember looked back with a covered face, and saw a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the water, and then half of his head was exposed, coughed a few times, and suddenly sank again.
Nalan Feng Ember saw clearly that it was a person.
She suddenly understood, and looked at Chu Tianyou in horror: "The person I stepped on just now turned out to be a person?!" ”
Chu Tianyou couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this.
At this time, I saw that the man's hands slowly sank into the water, obviously drowning, Chu Tianyou hurriedly swam over and dragged the man ashore.
On the shore, Nalan Feng Ember found the man lying on the ground with a swollen stomach and water at the corner of his mouth, and he was a little overwhelmed.
Chu Tianyou probed the person's pulse first, and secretly sighed: "This person is not dead yet. ”
Nalan Feng Ember looked around, only to find a few clothes hanging on a crooked neck tree not far away, don't think about it, it must be this man's, she didn't see the clothes when she came, otherwise she wouldn't have gone into the water so rashly.
And at that time she did not expect that there would be someone underwater, alas, it was too late to say anything at this time, and the priority was to save this person.
Chu Tianyou glanced at Nalan Feng Ember, and immediately pressed the man's chest with his hand, and the internal force in his hand poured in, draining all the water he ate in.
Nalan Feng Ember was afraid that he would be injured, so he fed him a Heart Protection Pill again, covered his body with his clothes, and saw that his breathing had stabilized, and left quickly.
But before the two of them were far away, they heard one of them shouting in the forest: "Little thief! How dare you humiliate me like this! Then I heard a click, like the cracking of a tree's trunk, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.
Nalan Feng was startled, and hurriedly pulled Chu Tianyou to jump onto a nearby tree, and by the moonlight, he looked at the source of the sound, only to see that the crooked neck tree had fallen to the ground, and the man next to him was dressed neatly at the moment, looking at the back, he felt a little familiar for a while, and after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly thought of a person: the officer and soldier general who attacked the cottage this morning! Childe Xuyan!
At this time, under the moon, the man's back was tense, as if he was holding back his anger, and he was holding a piece of paper in his hand, which had been crumpled into a ball, but he did not throw it away, and I don't know what he thought, he actually put the ball of paper into his arms.
Nalan Feng Ember wondered in his heart, suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly touched it in his arms, and then couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, oh no, the painting of her painted by Nalan Hanqi was lost.
Nalan Feng Ember looked at Chu Tianyou depressedly, and Chu Tianyou saw that her expression was strange, so he asked, "Sect Master, what's wrong with you." ”
"That one just now was Nalan Xuyan. It's Xuyan Gongzi. Nalan Feng Ember sat on the branch and looked at his toes depressedly, "I accidentally lost the painting drawn by Nalan Hanqi." ”
"What?" Chu Tianyou opened his mouth wide in surprise. "Didn't you go to Jiangnan this time to find the king of Zhennan, and beat someone's son before they met." Chu Tianyou glanced in the direction just now, and thought, is this considered a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple?!
"I..." Nalan Feng Ember pouted helplessly.
"Sect Master... Ha ha... Hahaha" Chu Tianyou couldn't help laughing: "Sect Master, you are a big flood that has washed the Dragon King Temple, isn't this Xuyan Gongzi your cousin." ”
"I didn't mean to. I didn't know he was in the water. stepped on his face so coincidentally. Besides, what is he doing with me? I'm scared, too. Nalan Feng covered his face, and he was embarrassed.
"Alright, Sect Master, let's go." Chu Tianyou held back a smile.
"My paintings." Nalan Feng Ember was depressed.
"Don't do it, the next time you see Shizi, let him draw one." Chu Tianyou comforted.
"But... Is it okay to snatch it back, or steal it back? Nalan Feng Ember said.
"Grab it back, forget it, this will go out and just don't recruit yourself. As for stealing it back, let's think about it in the long run. Chu Tianyou comforted: "Anyway, you have to go to Zhennan Wangfu, there is a chance." ”
"Okay, listen to you." Nalan Feng Ember was depressed.
Chu Tianyou shook his head speechlessly, dried her clothes inside, carried her on his back, and returned to the inn with light skills all the way.
Talk about two ends. That night, Xu Yan Gongzi dived in the water with the same state of mind as Nalan Feng Ember, holding his breath and looking at the illusory reflection of the crescent moon in the water, and after a long time, when he was about to jump out of the water, he saw a person suddenly fall from the sky and step on his face, which happened to step on him who was about to jump out of the water.
At that time, the incident happened suddenly, he choked a few mouthfuls of water into it, and began to breathe uncomfortably underwater, and wanted to surface, but unexpectedly, the person above his head kicked and kicked him.
He wanted to resist, but the man kicked him even harder, and the kick made him dizzy, his eyes glazed, and he couldn't help choking more water into it, and when he finally had a chance to surface, he was already a little powerless, and secretly said that he was afraid that he would be more and less lucky today, but he still struggled to float up, trying to win a glimmer of life.
After all, he passed out, and I don't know how long later, when he woke up, he saw himself lying on the ground naked, and his clothes were still casually covered on his body.
For the first time in his life, he fell to such a miserable state, and his heart was angry and hateful, but he had nowhere to vent.
Seeing that there was no one around, the thief who stepped on him must have fled, and after resting for a while, he found that his body was not in serious trouble, but he had a force to protect himself.
It's the Heart Protector Pill, the thief gave it to him?! The price of this pill is very expensive, this is not an ordinary thief, it is a little interesting, so I picked up the clothes on the shore and put them on, but at this time, I found that there was a blank paper pressed under the clothes, and I was curious, so I picked it up and looked at it.
Through the moonlight, he can see the scene in the painting clearly: a beautiful woman in the painting, thinking that this must not be a good person, and secretly hiding the portrait of the woman.
couldn't bear this evil breath, and slashed at the trunk of the tree on the side with one palm, and the trunk fell in response. He secretly vowed to find the thief tonight. Nalan Feng Ember had been hiding in a tree in the distance and had never appeared.
This night, Nalan Feng Ember tossed and turned, no matter how he couldn't sleep, a hidden worry pressed in his heart became more and more solemn, the painting fell into the hands of Nalan Xuyan, although it was not a big deal, but in that painting there was her appearance of being the sect master of Phoenix Villa, this time it fell into the hands of others, if it was destroyed, it would be nothing, but it could be kept, the more she thought about it, the more unhappy she became, and there was one thing she didn't want to admit, in fact, she liked that painting very much, she couldn't tell why she liked it, she wanted to take it back, but now it seems that it is not so simple to get that painting backShe had to think about how she could get the painting back. Nalan Feng Ember thought about it and decided: steal!