Geng Jian looked at the crumpled drawing paper that swayed slightly in the air, and for a while he had mixed feelings.

Although he didn't believe in the existence of the kind of magic skill mentioned in the letter, when he knew from Hou Yiyong's mouth that Cao Baiqi might be an old man around sixty years old, he was still a little more comfortable in his heart.

Now that the results have surfaced, it turns out that the person in the painting is not called Cao Baiqi at all, but Mu Qing.

It seems that he is really a junior who is less than twenty years old, and between the peaks and loops, he is still silently digesting the complex emotions in his heart for a while.

Feeling the scrutiny of everyone in the study, especially the ridicule that Bai Hao had landed on his face, Geng Jian tightly held the obsidian sword in his hand and asked softly, "Where is this Mu Qing now?"

Hou Yiyong replied: "It should still be in that caravan, escorting with you." ”

Geng Jian thought of the information about the Hidden Valley recorded in the Heavenly Hunt, frowned and asked, "The assassins of the Hidden Valley have also done the dart business?"

Bai Hao smiled lightly after hearing this, patted the hem of his black robe, stood up and said, "Power and wealth, Hidden Valley is not exempt from vulgarity, otherwise how could I ask them for the Wanhua Pill." ”

I saw Bai Hao go straight to the bookcase behind him, took out an intelligence collection book entitled "Hidden Valley Insights" on the cover, and said while flipping through it: "Geng Ertou is doing things for His Majesty, and Tiannan Haibei is running everywhere, after all, it is not as good as our Vermilion Bird City to take root in the southern frontier of the Imperial Dynasty, you must know that the current Hidden Valley is no longer the Hidden Valley of the past." ”

Geng Jian's gaze kept following Bai Hao's movements, and when he saw a few words on the cover, he couldn't help asking, "I don't know what insight the city lord has?"

Bai Hao said with a smile: "In less than three years, the Hidden Valley will not be the Hidden Valley of the Tiannan Swamp Forest, but the Hidden Valley of the Imperial Dynasty." ”

Geng Jian's eyes flashed, he thought of some rumors, and said, "Someone wants to do business bigger and more conveniently?"

Bai Hao hurriedly walked back to the table, spread out a map of the distribution of forces in the Tiannan Marsh Forest, and said seriously: "All along, the Tiannan Marsh Forest has been a three-regardless zone. And among them, the most powerful one is the Hidden Valley. ”

Bai Hao's finger tapped the location of the hidden valley that had been inspected by Vermilion Bird City, and continued, "The Hidden Valley Spring Mansion wants to do business, and all the major state capitals in our Imperial Dynasty have opened bookstores, since they have already put themselves on the bright side, how can we not contact them? ”

Bai Hao said with a smile: "There are many things in this world, and it is most convenient to open the way with money. ”

"You Vermilion Bird City have been instructed by His Majesty?"

"Of course!"

Geng Jian listened to the other party's confident tone, and temporarily forgot what he wanted to know at the beginning, and looked intently at the detailed map that Tianjia didn't have, and asked after pondering for a moment: "Even if you have a connection with the Quanfu lineage in the Hidden Valley, it is still not enough, the core of the Hidden Valley is still the assassin lineage. ”

In a secular dynasty where you can practice the Imperial Sky, the strength is often the most important, with enough strength to defeat everyone, things like power and wealth will even come uninvited, so Geng Jian didn't think that Bai Hao would be enough to do this.

Bai Hao looked at the long sword in Geng Jian's hand, his eyes narrowed, and he sighed: "Strength is indeed the most important thing. Brother Geng was thinking in the right direction, but he still didn't know much about Hidden Valley. ”

Geng Jian looked directly at Bai Hao quietly, waiting for the other party to replenish him.

Bai Hao chuckled, "The core of the Hidden Valley is actually not the rumored assassin lineage, but the palm law lineage. In the Hidden Valley, the Assassins were not allowed to have their own thoughts and feelings, and they could only be used as an obedient and murderous sword, while the one who held the sword was in the same vein. Those people in the palm law are very mysterious, it seems that there are people in the heavenly list, the strength is very strong, the lowest is the third grade of cultivation, for the assassins with different hearts, they have always been the most cruel killing. ”

Geng Jian's sword eyebrows furrowed a little deeper, he really didn't expect Bai Hao to be able to learn so many things, it seemed that the other party also had contact with other forces in the Hidden Valley.

Bai Hao felt the inquiring meaning in Geng Jian's gaze, and said with a smile: "In addition to wealth, there is also power. There are people in the Hidden Valley who want to hold the sword that should be their own. ”

"Jiang Xingyuan, the second elder of the Hidden Valley, is the ruler of the assassin lineage. This person has a very strong desire to control power, but he has become someone else's puppet, how can he be willing?"

"You mean the most mysterious Great Elder in the Hidden Valley?" Geng Jian asked.

"That's right, the Great Elder Murong Yin. Bai Hao nodded.

He took the portrait of Mu Qing from Hou Yiyong's hand, the cold in his eyes quickly disappeared, and said: "This Mu Qing should be the fledgling assassin of Hidden Valley this year, in the matter of Iron Bone Village, the identity of Cao Baiqi is also extremely suspicious, maybe it is also related to Hidden Valley, I think this person seems to be a thorn in Jiang Xingyuan's eyes, and things have become much more interesting." ”

Geng Jian raised his sword and lightly pointed at Mu Qing's portrait and asked, "What entry did the city lord find?"

"There's no hurry. I think it won't be long before I can let Brother Geng meet this person, and then it's up to Brother Geng. ”

"I owe you something again. ”

Bai Hao handed the portrait of Na Mu Qing to Geng Jian, and there was already a deal between the two.

......

At the end of the hour, it is approaching the middle of the day.

Mu Qing's caravan will leave the town and return home, and it will be three hours.

"Ahh

"Mu Qing, are you okay. ”

Liu Weirui rode on the horse and turned around, her moist eyes reflected Mu Qing's posture, and she naturally showed a look of concern.

Mu Qing blew his nose with his hand and replied in embarrassment: "It may be that I didn't pay attention to the time in my practice last night, and I suffered a little bit of spring cold, so it's okay." ”

"I've got a little bottle of essence here, you can try it. ”

Liu Weirui groped around Ying Yingyi's waist for a while, handed Mu Qing a small porcelain bottle with the aroma of mint and grass, and said jokingly: "Could it be that someone has been thinking about you from afar, otherwise why would you keep sneezing." ”

Mu Qing took a deep breath of the essence, suddenly felt refreshed, shook his head and smiled: "The girl said she was laughing." The essential oil of this small porcelain bottle is really powerful, not only can awaken the five senses, but also seems to have a control effect on the poisonous miasma of the mountains and forests, mosquitoes and poisonous ants. ”

"That's what my sister gave me, and that night Cao Baiqi lit poisonous smoke in the bonfire, and Xiaochan and I sprinkled some on the face towels that covered our mouths and noses. ”

Liu Weirui slowed down the speed of her ride, tilted her head and asked coquettishly: "Do you want to discuss these things with her then, she is really powerful." ”

Mu Qing's thin and tangible lips opened and closed slightly, but finally shook his head and did not answer.

Seeing the other party's silent answer, Liu Weirui's ruddy lips pursed, she still remembered that Mu Qing said that she would leave immediately after escorting the caravan back to Jinguan City safely. She actually wanted to invite him to sit at home and see her good friend again, but she couldn't help but feel a little lost.

For a while, the two sides were quietly walking on the road, and most of the time between him and him, they went on a blind date but had nothing to say.

Although he was promoted to the third rank on the way, and he was already a real master in the imperial dynasty, Mu Qing was actually only eighteen years old and less than two months old.

is so young and ignorant, he has been staying in the hidden valley, but he actually doesn't know much about the thoughts of girls who are nearly four years older than him.

But the subtle atmosphere between him and Liu Weirui, which is often quiet, is indeed intentional on his part.

Not only because he needs to be vigilant at all times, ready to rescue people without being distracted, but also because he feels that his "assassin" status will only bring disaster to friends who do not belong to the same world.

So even if he feels the kindness and closeness of the other party, he will only choose to keep it in his heart and not respond.

Liu Weirui's eyes were slightly flushed, and on the delicate face of a peerless goddess, complex feelings flowed up.

She quietly looked at Mu Qing who was walking beside her, and faintly felt in her heart that the other party was trying to control their interactions with each other because of their different identities and roles.

Mu Qing straightened his waist and looked into the distance, only to see that in his field of vision was a green forest that stretched to the sky and had no end in sight.

The sky is clear, cloudless, the thin sun is spring, and the dust is full. Tiny ethereal dust smeared the branches in the sunlight, swaying gracefully and gracefully, casting a layer of sacred and secret light over the entire forest.

"This forest is huge, it must have a name. ”

"The Great Forest of Stars. ”

Liu Weirui answered Mu Qing's doubts softly, stepped on the stirrups and looked into the distance, like a warm friend introducing the scenery of his hometown, and said seriously: "The stars are hanging down and the plains are wide, and the moon is surging and the river flows. Behind the Great Forest is the Wolyong River, the largest tributary of the Harukawa River. According to my father, every time the moon is full in the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon floats under the wind to overlook this forest, you can enjoy the peerless beauty of the starry sky falling down the plain forest, and the jade-colored full moon pouring into the wide river. ”

Speaking of which, Liu Weirui stepped on the stirrup and got up directly, maintaining a posture with her upper body leaning slightly and her lower back sinking.

At this time, under the clear clear sky, a beautiful lookout map came into being.

The twin peaks on Liu Weirui's chest are as delicate and upright as mushrooms after a rain, and because of the action of leaning down and the curve is surging into a swaying landscape, it is graceful and curling, stop and stop, and the landscape reaches the graceful waist of Yingying's hand to know that it is suddenly restricted, and the waist curve is tactful and melodious, before falling into the trough and climbing to the top, and the plump buttocks of the upright and upright finally become the finishing touch of this painting.

Just like those moments in his cultivation career, Mu Qing finished admiring the whole picture scroll in a daze, and when he saw Liu Weirui moving again, he suddenly turned his gaze to the distant forest, and sighed with an itchy throat: "That... It's going to be beautiful. ”

Liu Weirui's fair and delicate face blushed and stained her cheeks, and finally climbed to the root of her ears again. She felt the gaze drawn to her curves as she straddled up, stiffened for a moment before she sat down.

She had bright eyes and spring water, and held a wisp of green silk in front of her smooth forehead behind her ear, recalling the past and whispering: "My father said that he led the caravan to rush in order to hurry, and he didn't calculate the time, and finally got out of this forest, but it turned out that there was a big river in front of him, so he had to sleep by the river under the moon. Merely...... It was also that time that I met my mother. ”

Mu Qing was embarrassed to explore Liu Weirui's family affairs, and asked softly: "How long does it usually take to walk through this starry forest." ”

Liu Weirui looked at him with a little disgust, and replied: "At least four hours, after passing through the forest, you have to walk upstream along the Yueyong River for a while before you can cross the river." ”

Mu Qingjian's brows furrowed slightly, and he looked at the impact of the shift in the skylight on the dark environment under the forest.

But if you encounter this kind of forest on the way, there will be two worlds before and after entering, and your vision will be darker and darker in an instant, will there be any danger hidden in it?

Mu Qing and the others walked at the front of the caravan this time, and when they looked back at this time, they passed the Xiaochan sisters and brothers who followed closely not far away, and then there was a long convoy and scattered people from the Iron Bone Village.

Since he had already determined that if he encountered danger in the future, he only needed to ensure the safety of the three of them, and Mu Qing would not waste his efforts in vain asking those people in the Iron Bone Village who were scattered to march according to the previous queue requirements.

His mind was surging, and he suggested to Liu Weirui beside him: "There is still half an hour left before noon, since everyone can't walk out of the forest in front of us for a short time, it is better to let everyone have lunch now, after noon to Shenshi, the sun is in full bloom, we enter the forest in front of us at that time, and the vision will be clearer." ”

"Okay!" Liu Weirui replied with a brisk smile: "I listen to you." ”