Chapter 57: The Expedition
Early in the morning, when the sky was not completely bright, Xiao Qianye had already come to the beacon tower in the outer city, this time the lord of Haoyue County had calculated the time and was waiting there early in the morning.
Deputy General Duyun looked at the county lord of Haoyue, who had already been carefully dressed up before his injury was healed, and couldn't help but want to laugh, and poked the boss next to him: "Young Pavilion Lord, the county lord is actually really good to you, but it's a pity that the age is a little worse, if you grow a few years older and become a slim girl, it's good for you to think about it." ”
"What are you talking about?" Xiao Qianye helplessly interrupted his subordinates' broken thoughts, Hao Yue came over with a red face, handed him a delicate bag, and whispered, "I heard that there is a rebellion of aliens in Jia Luo this time, and the land on the Weeping Snow Plateau is the main altar of the White Sect in the past, and it seems that it has not been very peaceful all along, so I hid from my family last night and secretly went to the master to ask for a peace charm for you, you can bring it, it is very small and not in the way." ”
Xiao Qianye knew that the county lord was just kind, so he didn't refuse and accepted it directly: "Thank you, third county lord." ”
"You, you don't call my name again......" Haoyue pursed her lips, unhappy, Twilight coughed lightly, and quickly pushed her boss, Xiao Qianye was helpless, so she had to continue, "Thank you, Haoyue." ”
"No thanks!" The three county lords immediately returned to normal, and suddenly a somewhat naughty smile blossomed.
He paused and reminded: "Don't run around anymore, take care of your injuries these days, and don't worry about the prince anymore." ”
Haoyue blinked: "I don't want my father to worry, you, it's okay if you worry about me!" But it's not a big deal if I just suffered a slight injury, it's just that Sister Ashu ......" Speaking of the fifth princess, the county lord of Haoyue's eyes turned red, and her emotions fluctuated: "Sister Ashu has returned to the princess's mansion, she doesn't even see me, she must be blaming me, I shouldn't have instigated her to watch the autumn audition, Qianye, Sister Ashu actually, actually, in fact...... Actually, I like you very much. ”
She raised her eyes cautiously, and saw that the deputy general Twilight Yun had turned away in embarrassment, and said: "Although I don't want Sister Ashu to rob me, but now I think I should tell you, Sister Ashu is shy, and she has seen you come back from a distance several times and didn't dare to go up to talk, and now that her legs are gone, you, don't dislike her, okay?"
"What do children know?" Twilight Cloud opened the eyes of the three county lords, and even made a look, Haoyue was anxious, and pulled Xiao Qianye, "I don't want you to do anything......!
"I see. Xiao Qianye nodded unexpectedly, no matter what, Princess Mingshu was forced to amputate her leg this time, which was caused by his mistake, and it was reasonable for her to come to the door to apologize in person.
Just thinking of the fifth princess's actions in the Danzhen Palace, Xiao Qianye couldn't help but be a little worried.
"When you come back, let's go to the princess's mansion to see Sister Ashu. Haoyue struck while the iron was hot and said another word, and then Twilight was carried off the beacon by the collar.
The Heavenly Expedition Bird spread its wings, Xiao Qianye jumped on the back of the bird, and then, the white giant bird let out a sharp chirp and soared into the air.
"Wow!" Lord Haoyue still couldn't help but exclaim, in fact, the wings of the Heavenly Expeditionary Bird are translucent white, which can reveal bright light, but its feathers are very sharp, if it flies at high speed while flying, it can cut through tall trees with its feathers alone!
The Tianzheng Bird is not a bird from Feiyuan, it was given by his master, and it was later named "Tianzheng Bird" after the Tianzheng Mansion where the military pavilion master is located.
"If I have the chance, I also want to go to the place called Kunlun in the Central Plains. The Lord of Haoyue said enviously, Twilight Yun smiled, and did not reply, Emperor Tianquan is not allowed to cross the sea without permission, except for some caravans with concessions, it is almost impossible for people on Feiyuan to go to the Central Plains.
For the Central Plains, Feiyuan is a land full of mystery, there are special races that they have never heard of, as well as all kinds of rare treasures, which make countless people flock to it, but for the people of Feiyuan, the Central Plains continent across the sea is not also desirable, bizarre?
Only the unknown will attract people's yearning.
The Heavenly Expeditionary Bird flew into the clouds and flew towards the big snowfield in the south, and after confirming that it would not be caught by the Star Sacrifice Palace, Xiao Qianye cautiously took out the family crest in his arms.
Qiqi's blue eyes glowed, refracting a mirror of light in front of his eyes.
On the other side of the mirror, Yun Xiao was sitting in a wheelchair, Xiao Yibai was pushing her to help sort out the medicinal materials in the backyard of the fine snow valley.
Xiao Yibai put the light mirror on the stone table and asked, "You have already set off, how long will it take to arrive?"
"About two days. Xiao Qianye estimated slightly, Jialuo is one of the four largest realms, most of which are snow fields and glaciers, villages and tribes are scattered, there is no densely populated metropolis, and even the people here live in the snow valley all year round, although the population of the entire territory of Jialuo is scattered, but almost all of them believe in the White Sect, even if the White Sect has been destroyed for eight years, every year there will be fanatical disciples rushing into the Qianji Palace on the Weeping Snow Plateau, and clashes with the White Tiger Legion stationed.
What kind of thing is faith, and why are the people here, young and old, rich and poor, so loyal to the White Religion?
Xiao Qianye couldn't understand it at all, in his opinion, there was no difference between the empty Qianji Palace and the gorgeous palace in the imperial capital city.
"Two days, well, it's almost time to pick you up now. Xiao Yibai interrupted his thoughts, turned his head to Yun Xiao and said, "I have to go, you can stay in the fine snow valley first, the Qingmei Sword must not be used again." ”
Before Yun Xiao could speak, an unfamiliar face appeared in the light mirror, and he touched it with his hand curiously.
"Hey, don't mess around. Xiao Yibai stopped in a low voice, the woman was also dressed in a capable white linen short clothes, with two cloth pockets full of medicine jars and tools hanging from her waist, and pouted unhappily, "You have been eating and drinking for so many days, what's wrong with me touching it?"
"Yuxu, don't touch his strange things!" the valley lord slapped the back of her hand with a smile while holding his cigarette stick, "This guy doesn't know what evil arts he has learned! ”
"Tsk, evil arts!" Yu Xu hurriedly walked away a few steps in disgust, and the Lord of the Fine Snow Valley looked at Xiao Qianye in the light mirror, and teased, "Shouldn't the Military Pavilion Lord come too?" ”
"He's not coming. Xiao Yibai glanced at his younger brother and couldn't help but smile, "I asked him if he wanted to come around the bend, and if he didn't say it himself, the valley master wouldn't be strong." ”
Yu Yu stepped forward again, grabbed Yun Xiao's shoulder, and deliberately grinned ill-intentionally at Xiao Qianye in the mirror: "Hey, the military pavilion master is not here?" Let me tell you, this girl's body is really strange, she almost died when she got sick, and she recovered very quickly, she couldn't even get out of bed a few days ago, and she can help sort out the medicinal materials today, but maybe tomorrow I won't mention it in one breath, and the person will be gone......."
"Bah, crow's mouth, how do you talk!" The master of the fine snow valley hurriedly kicked away the jade catkins, and coughed a few times in embarrassment, "Dead girl, let you come to the inner valley to study, not for you to play tricks, how can a doctor talk to a patient like this?"
Yun Xiao covered her mouth, but she didn't mind at all, but felt that the girl had a straightforward and cute temperament.
"Auntie, I'm here to learn medicine from you, but you can't just come up...... It's so difficult!" Yuxu grumbled, "Why don't you change the patient for me, she, I don't dare to treat her." ”
"Ahem. Xiao Yibai awkwardly interrupted the conversation between his aunt and nephew, glanced at Xiao Qianye, and asked cautiously, "Gu Master, are you practicing for Miss Yuxu......?" Isn't that okay?"
"Nothing, everything. The Lord of the Fine Snow Valley glared at his niece, and pretended to be calm and took a puff on his cigarette, "I have personally watched her situation, otherwise it would have been able to get better so quickly...... No, for cases that have not been encountered for thousands of years, I naturally want her to follow suit, after all, doctors have to learn more, see more, ask more, and practice more, so that they can achieve success over the years. ”
"Miss Yuxu is so young that she will definitely succeed in the future. Yun Xiao was afraid that he would have concerns, so she hurriedly followed Ying He, "It's the jade girl who has been taking care of me these days, she is careful and patient, and she is good to me." ”
Yu Su stared at her eyes and couldn't believe what she heard - this woman looked like she was talking nonsense as if it was real, and she deceived the military pavilion master and Xiao Yibai without showing her face.
Yun Xiao raised her eyes and winked at Yuxu.
"Ah yes!" Yuxu had to admit embarrassedly, she usually does things extravagantly, and even her aunt said that she is not a medical student, if she wasn't born in Syracuse, she wouldn't want to be a doctor.
Her name is also soft and weak, the elders of the family want her to be a compassionate and save the common people's healer, and specially chose this gentle name for her, in fact, she doesn't like it at all, but is more interested in martial arts swordsmanship, and in private she has also looked for a few good comparisons with the sword spectrum everywhere, this time she came to the fine snow valley for training, she found that this woman named Yunxiao had a cyan long sword with powerful spiritual power, and the sword emitted a faint white light in the night, which was very amazing!
She was attracted by that sword, so she took the initiative to pick her to take care of her, she never expected that this pick would pick the most tricky one, she was personally sent by Lord Feng Ji, the mixed-race spirit phoenix clan.
When she wanted to regret it, Yun Xiao was critically ill several times, forcing her to use all her knowledge and desperately cooperate with her aunt to heal, fortunately, Yun Xiao also improved very quickly, according to this situation, she could walk on her own in three days at most.
Xiao Qianye actually knew that Yun Xiao just said this on purpose, and the woman named Yuxu in the light mirror was very arrogant at first glance, how could he really take care of her, but he was not easy to say, so he had to follow the words and continued: "Ah Xiao, it may take some time for me to go to Jialuo, besides, it will be the Zhongyuan Festival soon, and the Baijiao General Altar is not peaceful at this time of year, so you can stay in the fine snow valley to recuperate first, and wait for me to deal with this matter, and then see if there is a chance to take you back to the imperial capital." ”
"Hey, do you want to bring it back to the imperial capital?" Yuxu couldn't help but interject, "The military pavilion master will bring the woman back, but it will cause a sensation." ”
The master of the fine snow valley took her back, pointed to the herbs that had not been sorted out next to her, and said angrily: "Dead girl, don't join in the fun there, he is going to get married sooner or later, what's the sensation?
Yuxu was most afraid of her aunt's nagging, so she hurriedly left.
Xiao Yibai coughed dryly, frowned and reminded: "It won't be too dangerous to bring back the imperial capital......
Xiao Qianye didn't reply, he would say this just to comfort Yun Xiao, not only could he not take her back to the imperial capital, but he should find a way to send her back to Kunlun as soon as possible!
But he can't say that, he knows the character of this junior sister better than anyone else.
"Let's take care of Garo first. He sighed silently and quietly changed the topic, "According to the custom of the White Sect, every year during the Midyear Festival, believers will light sky lanterns on the road to the Qianji Palace, and the snow lake in the main altar will lead to the water of the underground glacial river on this day, so it is also called" Snow Lake Festival ", although the White Sect has been occupied by the White Tiger Army since eight years ago, but the Snow Lake Festival every year is still repeatedly banned, and there are a lot of troublemakers. ”
"If you keep an eye on me when I leave my post, they won't dare to make trouble. Xiao Yibai sighed, not worried at all.
Younger brother Xiao Qianye is patrolling back and forth in the four surrounding realms, and he may not be able to stay in Jialuo during the Midyear Festival every year, but as long as he is there, the situation of trouble will be much more subdued.
Yun Xiao couldn't help but ask, "Is it the same as the Zhongyuan Festival in the Central Plains?"
"Well, almost. Xiao Yibai nodded, "To be exact, it seems to be a custom passed from the Central Plains, and the Feiyuan is so big, only the Jialuo people believe in this, if you burn a paper money in Tianyu City and put a lotus lantern, you will definitely be driven out by the garrison troops of the forbidden army." ”
"Cults like to play this kind of trick of pretending to be a god. Xiao Qianye frowned in disgust, Zhongyuan Festival, also known as the seventh and a half months, it is said that that day is the day when the ghost door is opened, the deceased relatives will leave the underworld, the ghost with the master will find the way home, and the ghost without the master will wander in the world, the Central Plains people will worship the ancestors on this day, light the lotus lamp to light the way for the souls of the dead, and some Taoist monks will also hold ceremonies to exceed the souls of the dead.
After the midyear festival was passed to Feiyuan, the most important thing for this is undoubtedly the Jialuo Bai Sect, there is a full moon-shaped artificial lake behind the Thousand Machine Palace, which is dry and waterless all the year round, only on this day, the sect leader will personally open the mechanism under the lake, lead the water from the source of the glacier into the lake, and light the lotus lantern on the lake, commonly known as the "Snow Lake Festival".
Although the Snow Lake Festival has long existed in name only, at this time of year, believers still venture to light the sky lanterns on both sides of the road leading to the Thousand Machines Palace, hoping that the religion that has long been leveled by the imperial capital will bless them with peace.
What can a religion that cannot protect itself protect its followers?
In fact, he has also seen those crazy believers, who will ignore the wind and snow, religiously hike to the Weeping Snow Plateau, hang the sky lanterns made by themselves and full of wishes on the side of the mountain, and then take three steps and kowtow, until they walk to a place called "Dengxian Road", where you can vaguely see the "holy light" on the top of the snowfield, as long as you walk here, the gods above can hear their wishes.
Out of curiosity, he personally walked up to the Ascending Immortal Road to admire the so-called holy light, and found that it was actually just the light refracted by the sunlight on a piece of amber and jade on the top of the Thousand Machines Palace, which was a means used by religion to deceive believers.
"That, Thousand Nights. Xiao Yibai finally spoke, "The situation in the imperial capital Gongsun Yan has roughly explained to me, and the matter of the Star Saintess and Huangyan has also been arranged for the Wind Demon to investigate, but there is one more thing to tell you." ”
"Huh?" he came back to his senses, Xiao Yibai took out Shen Yue from his sleeve, glanced at Yun Xiao, and said, "I didn't look carefully before, in fact, Shen Yue has a royal spell attached to it, it will not affect Shen Yue's power, and it will not hurt Miss Yun Xiao, but judging from the spell I sneaked into the royal library in the early years, this seems to be an extremely secret tracking technique, I am worried...... There may have been someone staring at Yun Xiao's trail. ”
"Tracking technique?" Xiao Qianye immediately became vigilant and said, "Before I set out on the expedition, I found a few moths in the Military Pavilion and the Tianzheng Mansion, and looking at the eyes of the moths, it seems to be a kind of peeping technique. ”
"Tianzheng Mansion also has it?" Xiao Yibai's face sank, there was a magic circle set up by him personally at home, it was impossible for someone to sneak in and peep with a few bugs!
"Has anyone been in?"
"Only Twilight and Lord Hazy Moon, and that ...... Feng Jiuqing. Xiao Qianye glanced at Yun Xiao carefully, and sure enough, her eyes suddenly lit up and she bit her lip.
Xiao Yibai pondered, Feng Jiuqing can swagger into the Tianzheng Mansion, there is no need to peep with a moth, right? Dusk Yun is the deputy general stationed in the headquarters, it is impossible, is it the Hazy Moon County Lord on the Sixth Prince's Mansion?
"By the way, the Lord of Haoyue gave me this. Only then did he remember the talisman bag before the expedition, and hurriedly flipped it out to check.
"Wait...... A thousand nights!" Xiao Yibai was shocked, and it was too late to remind him, a black ant the size of a sesame seed came out of the bag, bit the back of his hand, and burrowed into the skin.
What is that! Xiao Qianye looked at the back of his hand in surprise, and there was a small black dot climbing all the way along the blood vessels, and it had disappeared after a while.
"It's insect control!" Xiao Yibai has already recognized this kind of thing, most of the insect control techniques are mother-child connection, the mother worm is in the hands of the spell caster, and the child worm is attached to the target object, which can peep and listen, and even endanger his life!
The county lord of Haoyue must not be a person who knows this kind of vicious technique, who is using the county lord to deal with Xiao Qianye?
"What will happen to that bug?" Yun Xiao asked nervously, she had heard of the insect control technique, which was said to be the same origin as the Gu technique in the southern Xinjiang of the Central Plains!
"It's hard to say, I'll have to pick him up first. Xiao Yibai had a gloomy face, picked up the light mirror, and said solemnly, "I'm waiting for you in the Thousand Machines Palace, I won't turn off this light mirror, and the insect control technique can't find me through it, but if you feel any discomfort, you must tell me." ”
"Like...... Nothing out of the ordinary. Xiao Qianye pinched his arm, if he hadn't been seen by Xiao Yibai, he might not have found the sesame-sized ant at all, it didn't hurt or itch, and it didn't even leave a trace.
"I have to go. Xiao Yibai turned around and said to Yun Xiao seriously, "I have removed the tracking technique on the Sinking Moon, but things will still be variable, even if you stay in the Fine Snow Valley, you must be careful." ”
"Hmm. Yun Xiao nodded, not daring to take it lightly.
Sensing that the atmosphere suddenly became serious, Yu Xu, who was sorting out the medicinal materials on the side, couldn't help but prick up his ears to hear what they said again, and at this moment, a doctor rushed in and ran in from outside, shouting as he ran: "Gu Master, there are many patients in the outer valley, all of them are missing arms and legs and are half dead, go and see if you can still be saved!"
"So serious?" "The Lord of the Fine Snow Valley couldn't help frowning and muttering, "In these years, the country and the people are safe and don't fight, how can there be a ...... who is missing arms and legs?"
"Go quickly, more than twenty!" the doctor urged, and the valley master didn't care about chattering any more, and grabbed the jade catkins, "You can also help." ”
Xiao Yibai's expression changed rapidly, obviously attracted by the sudden patient's attention.
"I'll take a look, you go and pick up Qianye. Yun Xiao grabbed his sleeve, naturally knowing what he was wondering about, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry." ”
Yun Xiao stood up with her hand, her pace was actually not particularly steady.
"This ...... You use it first. Xiao Yibai seemed to have guessed what she wanted to do, and suddenly opened his mouth to stop her, and the wind-colored long sword in his sleeve fell into his palm, "The Qingmei Sword is Kunlun's sword spirit, and its special spiritual power will attract the attention of the Star Sacrifice Palace, this is my wind god, you use it first." ”
"Wind God ......" Yun Xiao touched the long sword in his palm in surprise, and there was really a power like a cold wind swimming in his fingertips.
"I don't have time to teach you how to use it, but you are a disciple of Kunlun, and you should be able to master it yourself. Xiao Yibai handed over the wind god to her, and there was a smile on the corner of his lips - he didn't know anything about Yun Xiao, where did this inexplicable trust come from?
"Farewell. Then, Xiao Yibai strode out of the backyard, and outside the fine snow valley, a white tiger was already waiting for him.
He stepped onto the white tiger and ordered: "Go back to the Thousand Machines Palace." ”