The night breeze is gusting, and the autumn is slightly cool. Under the stars and moon, people's hearts are melancholy.

In the evening, Xiao Zhirou, Yun Chaiyue, and Teng Sanshi came to a deserted ancient temple thirty miles away from Lin'an, intending to rest here for the night.

From intercepting and killing the privy deputy envoy halfway, to meeting Qingfeng unexpectedly, and then to Teng Sanshi and Yun chasing the moon one after another, the twists and turns made Xiao Zhirou uneasy and uneasy.

In particular, a secret conversation between Yun Chasing the Moon and Qingfeng unexpectedly turned the tense situation upside down. The originally aggressive breeze inexplicably led people away, and a farce with a narrow road ended in a daze.

Xiao Zhirou can guess without asking that Yun Chasing Moon and Qingfeng must have reached some kind of ulterior "tacit understanding", otherwise it is impossible for the authoritarian Qingfeng to compromise easily. What it was? She didn't really care. Because in Xiao Zhirou's heart, nothing is more important than Liu Xunyi at the moment.

Today, the thing that haunts her the most is that she spared the life of the deputy privy envoy and failed to avenge Liu Xunyi.

If it weren't for Teng Sanshi's presence, Xiao Zhirou didn't want him to get involved in this turmoil, even if Qingfeng intended to calm things down, she wouldn't give up.

Therefore, all the way from Lin'an here, Xiao Zhirou has always been worried and depressed. Mo said that she was as cold as ice and ignored Yun Chasing the Moon, even in the face of Teng Sanshi's concern, she prevaricated without a word, and couldn't lift a trace of spirit.

The exhausted people came to the ancient temple and simply ate some dry food and found a place to sleep.

As the night deepened, the bonfire in the ancient temple was full of snoring. With the exception of a few disciples of the Night Watch, most of them had fallen asleep.

"Bang, bang!"

In the meditation room of the inner courtyard, a sudden knock on the door woke up Xiao Zhirou, who was meditating on her cheeks, causing her to frown slightly, and a hint of caution flashed in her eyes.

"Who?"

"Rou'er, it's me. "There was the sound of clouds chasing the moon outside the door.

"What?"

"Related...... Liu Xunyi's ......"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhirou's eyes changed and she suddenly got up.

"Squeak!"

With a soft sound, the door was divided left and right, and what caught her eye was not only the modest and polite Yun Chaiyue, but also the colorless Li Haitang.

Seeing these two people, Xiao Zhirou couldn't help but be stunned, and a trace of confusion appeared between her eyebrows.

"You ...... this"

"Get on your knees!"

Before Xiao Zhirou could speak, Yun Chaiyue suddenly had a straight look in her eyes, and shouted in a deep voice, and Li Haitang, who was in a hurry, trembled, and fell to the ground with a "poof", and slammed her knees on the threshold without paying attention, and couldn't help but let out a muffled snort.

"What is this for?" Xiao Zhirou subconsciously took a step back, and at the same time looked shocked.

"Explain it to Lord Xiao Gu yourself!" Yun Chaiyue watched coldly, and his tone was as cold as ice.

Xiao ...... Lord Xiao Gu, I'm sorry......" Li Haitang trembled and kowtowed to apologize, "The Holy Lord ordered me to protect Liu Xunyi every step of the way, but I was careless and failed to stay by his side, leaving him in prison......"

Listening to Li Haitang's tearful memories, Xiao Zhirou finally understood the meaning of Yun Chasing the Moon, and her face gradually became gloomy as water.

"Rou'er, how do you want to punish him?" Yun Chaiyue asked stupidly, "As long as you say a word, if you want to kill him, you will ......"

"Got it. Xiao Zhirou turned a deaf ear to Yun Chaiyue's courtesy, leaned over and helped the helpless Li Haitang up, and said lightly, "You can't be blamed for this matter, go back and rest!"

"This ......"

Li Haitang was ready to die without a corpse, but unexpectedly, the famous ruthless valley master opened up to him, and instead of killing him to vent his anger, he didn't even scold him. For a while, Li Haitang was timid, dumbfounded, and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Rou'er, you ......"

Yun Chaiyue wanted to open her mouth to instigate, but when she saw Xiao Zhirou's righteous words, it didn't seem to be laughing, and the words that came to her mouth were swallowed back into her stomach raw, and then waved lightly at the flustered Li Haitang, and said absentmindedly: "Go back and think about it, and I'll settle accounts with you in the future." ”

"Thank you, Holy Lord......"

"Thank me for what?"

"Oh, thank you, Lord Xiaogu! Thank you, Lord Xiaogu......"

Under the impatient urging of Yun Chaiyue, Li Haitang, who escaped death, was surprised and delighted, and hurriedly kowtowed to Yun Chaiyue and Xiao Zhirou, and then staggered out of the inner courtyard.

"Rou'er, Li Haitang didn't expect Liu Xunyi to dare to send sheep into the tiger's mouth, let alone that he would be knocked unconscious by him. When he awoke, he was ...... The whip is out of reach, and it is too late to regret it. Seeing Li Haitang walking away, Yun Chaiyue cast her guilty gaze on Xiao Zhirou, who was expressionless, and said, "When I received Li Haitang's news, I didn't dare to delay for a moment, and I led people to Lin'an in the starry night." But unexpectedly, he is still one step behind you......"

"Enough!"

Before Yun Chaiyue's words fell, Xiao Zhirou's eyes suddenly turned cold, and she said coldly: "I have no interest in your explanation, and I don't care about your false reparations. Seeking clothes is my flesh and blood, even if you all abandon him, I will not leave him alone. ”

"This ......"

Xiao Zhirou's unkindness made a trace of sadness emerge in Yun Chaiyue's eyes. But he didn't argue for himself, but came close to him with a cheeky face, and said guiltily: "I know that you blame me for not protecting Liu Xunyi well, and I also know that you are in a bad mood now." It's my fault for all the mistakes, as long as you want...... Tonight I want to kill or chop, beat or scold, I am willing, and I will never dodge......"

"How did you promise me at the beginning?" Xiao Zhirou couldn't bear it anymore in the face of Yun Chasing Yue, who was salivating, and reprimanded angrily, "You said to send someone to protect Xunyi and never let him be hurt in the slightest." But now that he is surrounded by enemies on all sides, and his life and death are uncertain, is this your promise? This is the 'protection' that you keep saying?"

"I ......"

"I'm telling you, if I'm safe, I don't have anything to do with you. But in case there is any mishap in the search for clothes...... Those who hurt him don't want to live, you and your dragon elephant mountain...... Don't even think about staying out of it!"

"Rou'er, this matter is my negligence, I don't blame you for being angry. In the past, I sent Si Wudao to secretly protect Liu Xunyi, and there has never been a half-point difference pool for more than ten years. Yun Chaiyue said bitterly, "Li Haitang is young after all, and he is inexperienced in the rivers and lakes......"

"You don't have to pass the buck to others, Li Haitang has done his best, and the real person with bad intentions is you. Xiao Zhirou interrupted in a deep voice, "There is a head for injustice, and there is a master for debt." At the beginning, you were the one who did everything possible to obstruct our mother and son from recognizing each other, you were the one who didn't let me help him eradicate his opponent, and you were the one who made a promise to me. If there is something wrong with finding clothes, the first person I will not let go of is you. ”

"At the beginning, I prevented you from recognizing each other because Liu Xunyi was blessed by heaven and the emperor's order was in his body. Even if the Central Plains Martial Arts can't tolerate him, the imperial court will also be his backer, once you recognize each other, Liu Xunyi will be in danger. But I never expected that everything would change after I came back, after I went to Mobei to see off my relatives......"

"On the way back to Lin'an from Mobei, Xunyi was already embattled and killed. Their portraits are known to all the rivers and lakes, and if it weren't for Qin's hard work and righteous help, I wouldn't even have had a chance to help secretly. Xiao Zhirou regretted, "I had a bad premonition at that time, but you persuaded me again and again to wait and see what happened, but I made mistakes again and again, and finally found my clothes...... I shouldn't have believed your nonsense in the first place......"

As for this, Xiao Zhirou couldn't help but think of Liu Xunyi's uncertain life and death, and couldn't help but feel worried, ashamed and indignant, tears rolling back and forth in her eyes.

"Rou'er, the danger of the court is better than that of the rivers and lakes, which I didn't expect......"

"At present, Xunyi has completely broken with the imperial court, and there is no more 'fame' and 'career' to speak of. So I don't have to worry about it anymore, let alone resign myself to fate. Xiao Zhirou's expression was full, her voice was choked and firm, "Now that my son is in trouble, I must no longer look forward and backward and be timid." No matter how many people he offends or how many enmities he makes, no matter how powerful and deep-rooted his enemies are, I don't care. As long as I live, no one will be allowed to hurt a single hair of my son!"

"What do you mean?" Yun Chaiyue was secretly taken aback and said tentatively, "Could it be ...... Are you going to meet Liu Xunyi?"

"If you don't recognize it now, when will you wait?"

"Do you know that you do this...... It's very likely that he will be the enemy of the world?"

"As long as I don't want to be harmed by Xunyi and Ping'er anymore, what if I am a mother who is an enemy of the world?"

"That'...... What are you going to do next?" Looking at Xiao Zhirou, who had made up her mind, Yun Chaiyue's heart was like numbness, and she felt a lot of sorrow.

"Tomorrow, I will send my father away, and then return to Lin'an. What Lord Qian, Lord Jia, Lord Qin, and others will be broken into thousands of pieces, and avenge my son!"

"What?"

Yun Chaiyue's heart tightened, her eyes changed suddenly, she couldn't care about Xiao Zhirou's resentment anymore, grabbed her wrist, and said worriedly: "Rou'er, you must not be impulsive! Today's incident has been shocked, and the current Lin'an City must be heavily guarded and impregnable." Although your martial arts are high, the imperial court is not all wine bags and rice bags, once they send the Ouchi masters to set up a heavy ambush, you rush forward is tantamount to throwing yourself into a net. What's more, Liu Xunyi is no longer in Lin'an......"

"Of course you have to find clothes, but this group of despicable villains who kill innocents must also be killed. Xiao Zhirou licked the calf deeply, and was bent on avenging Liu Xunyi, who was bullied by the wind and rain, and the snow and frost, and ignored the bitter heart of Yun Chasing the Moon.

"Rou'er, what is your identity now? Before you find Liu Xunyi, do you want to make your relationship public in advance? If you don't want to take risks, why should you stand up for Liu Xunyi, who is 'ignorant'? Do you know that once things get bigger, the agreement between me and Qingfeng today will be in vain. Yun Chaiyue persuaded unwillingly, "In this way, not only will Liu Xunyi not be saved, but it will push the Valley of Despair and Longxiang Mountain into the abyss of no return." ”

"I was originally a martial arts demon, and the Valley of Despair was originally a heretical sect in the rivers and lakes, so why should I care about those false names?"

"Of course we don't care, but what about the Xiangxi Teng clan?" Yun Chaiyue was anxious and tried his best to argue, "My father-in-law is the deputy leader of the Central Plains Martial Arts, once we become the target of the public, how should he deal with himself?"

"This ......" mentioned Teng Sanshi, Xiao Zhirou's "iron heart" couldn't help but shake a little.

At present, what can make Xiao Zhirou move forward and hesitate to the mother's love of death and life is probably only her filial piety and guilt towards Teng Sanshi.

Seeing this, Yun Chaiyue was overjoyed in her heart, and hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "Rou'er, you don't hesitate to be the enemy of the world for your children, and I don't hesitate to fight against the world for you, but my father-in-law and the Teng clan are innocent......"

"Who said the old man was innocent?"

Before Yun Chaiyue's words fell, an old and trembling voice suddenly came from outside the courtyard. Immediately afterwards, Teng Sanshi, whose eyes were solemn and his expression was complicated, slowly appeared in front of the two.

"What you just talked about...... I heard it all. Rou'er, something...... Do you owe an explanation to your father?"

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