When the black-robed man saw him coming from his horse, he also stopped. But he neither spoke nor walked.

The two walked more than a dozen steps apart, and looked at each other in the shadows of the forest for a while before Li Bochen said, "Fang Qi, is it you?"

The black-robed man shook the reins, and the horse slowly took three steps forward before stopping. His face was exposed to the moonlight—not Fang Chen. He opened his mouth and said, "Brother Li, it's been a long time. ”

Li Bochen stared at his face, was silent for a moment, and said, "Response." ”

Ying Yi smiled: "Brother Li really didn't forget me, and it wasn't in vain for the two of us to die." ”

Li Bochen stretched out his hand and pulled out the knife, turned the horse's head again, and said in a deep voice: "Ying, you also have a share in the affairs of these days?"

Ying Yi hurriedly said: "Brother Li, Brother Li, don't get me wrong, put down the knife first-now I can't afford your thunderous blow!"

But Li Bochen still held the handle of the knife tightly and said, "You used a formation to trap the mountain monarch in Wujing Mountain. In Zhangshan, there are also people who use your formation. I remember you saying that it was your family heirloom. ”

Ying Yi jumped off the horse, stood in the middle of the road, spread his hands, and said: "Brother Li, let's not talk about those things - someone outside the city of Sanguan reminded you once, and someone at the door of the inn reminded you once, don't you wonder who did it? You want to treat my hard work as a donkey's liver and lungs, and the sect leader will be disposed of by you." ”

As he said this, he tilted his head and closed his eyes.

Li Bochen only stared at him silently.

Ying Yi lifted his eyes again and said, "I said, you won't be because of ...... I just heard you cry all the way, and I'm going to kill me, right?!"

Li Bochen slowly returned the knife to the sheath and said coldly: "Listen to what." In life, who has never cried. ”

When he had said this, he turned his horse's head and walked forward.

Ying Yi was stunned, hurriedly jumped on the horse and chased after him, and said, "Hey, Brother Li, you really don't ask me!?"

Li Bochen smiled: "There's nothing to ask." ”

Ying Yi rode his horse alongside him, turned his face to stare at him for a while, and sighed, "Oops...... He's a big hero in the end. The love of children is long, and they say that they will let it go. I thought you'd have to get drunk for a few days before you came back to your senses. Brother Li's heart is like gold and iron, and he will definitely be able to achieve great things. ”

Li Bochen was silent for a moment and said, "What's the use of buying drunk." On the North Plains, the people around me died, cried, and had to eat. ”

Ying Yi frowned, and said twice: "Oh, it turns out that you are going to be angry." If you want to do that, you have to listen to me. ”

Li Bochen sneered: "What are you listening to? Aren't you claiming to be the master of the Xuanming Sect and acting above board? Why did you show your head at this time. ”

Ying sighed and said, "Oh, you blame me for this." Brother Li, this is not a matter of light or not—this is the matter of Princess Changlong, the matter of the Son of Heaven, how dare I jump out? To be honest, I have reminded you twice, and it is already me who is thinking of the old love, so I risked my life!"

There is really no old love between the two. But Li Bochen knew that Ying Yi might have been involved in it, but the matter of deceiving himself should have nothing to do with him. If he really has any bad intentions, he should do it when he is near Wujing Mountain.

He thought about it for a while, and finally whispered, "Princess Changlong?"

Ying Yi laughed at this time: "Yes, Brother Li, your lady is Princess Changlong." ”

Li Bochen's heart shrank fiercely, and it hurt again. He took a slow breath and said, "I haven't heard of it." ”

Ying Yi hurriedly said: "That's okay, I'll tell you - Princess Changlong, her name is Sui Manshu, guess who her biological father is?"

Li Bochen gritted his teeth and did not speak.

Ying Yi sighed: "Okay, her biological father is Sui Wuyi." ”

He said this, and paused again. Seeing that Li Bochen still ignored him, he whispered: "Princess Changlong is the person of the Son of Heaven! Sui Wuyi's nine children are all raised by the Son of Heaven, and this Princess Changlong is originally the most unfavored. Because of what? Because her mother has the last name of the Fish King!"

"Brother Li, have you never heard of such a royal marriage? Let me tell you, it is because the children born of the marriage are equivalent to waste in the eyes of the royal family. Why? You think, they have half the blood of this royal family, and half of the blood of another royal family. If one day it is unfortunate that the monarch will die before he has time to pass on his luck, then the luck will definitely pass on to others, right? But before the serious royal bloodline dies, it will not pass on to these people-because the bloodline is not pure! You know? The two emperors are not very kind to see them!"

"So this princess Changlong was not favored in front of Sui Wuyi, and was sent to King Sui as a hostage early. The king of Sui ignored her and gave it to the Son of Heaven. But the Son of Heaven doted on her, cultivated her into a powerful henchman, and made her a princess. What she does is what she does for the Son of Heaven...... Brother Li should also know that he is also doing things for the Kong Ming Society. ”

Li Bochen clenched the reins of his horse, his knuckles rattling. Ying Yi was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Hey, Brother Li, don't think about it, this favor is not his favor, there is nothing pickled here! She is the princess of Changlong, Gao Tianzi naturally treats her like a daughter, hehe." ”

Li Bochen felt relieved. He sighed lightly and said, "Yes." ”

"Hey!"

"What do you want from me saying this? This knife on me?"

Ying laughed: "This knife, I wanted it when I was in Wujing Mountain." But after being in your hands for so long, you should be dead, what do I want it to do? ”

Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "Okay." Then tell me what you want. ”

Ying Yi smiled: "This is too outward." I, the leader of the Xuanming Sect, walked the rivers and lakes, and when I encountered injustices, I drew my sword to help, this is morality, what do you want to talk about. ”

He didn't tell the truth, and he probably won't. He shouldn't be a loner like he said he was when he was in Wujing Mountain. Li Bochen felt that he must represent a force. If this kind of thing had happened before, he would probably have hit his horse and left. But now he sighed in his heart and thought, Xiaoman, you told me not to be in a hurry, to endure it. Okay, then I'm not in a hurry, bear with it.

He said, "Okay, Brother Ying, in other words—what do you want me to do?"

Ying said: "That's right." Listen to me again—I already know what Sui Manshu is going to do to you. But if I break this matter and ruin her business, I won't be able to live, so I can only remind you secretly. It's a pity that your dude is blinded by beauty...... Alas, I don't really blame you. Her mother is a native of Yuguo, and she has a double cultivation of six desecrations and Taisu techniques! The Taisu method is the most fascinating to the mind, and it can also be easily transformed, and if it is me, I can't resist it. ”

Li Bochen's heart hurt again--what I saw, wasn't her true appearance?The next moment it was tight--if she wasn't Lin Qiao...... Where did the real Lin Qiao go?

He already had an answer in mind. But just like after he knew that Xiao Man was Sui Manshu, he still didn't want to call her by those three words, and he didn't want to think about what she would do to the real Lin Qiao.

She has that temperament...... How could it be? Could it be that her temperament is also fake?!

He couldn't hold back in the end, and said, "Brother Ying, let me ask you, what is Lin Qiao's ......?"

Ying Yi smiled: "Oh, you want to meet that Lin Qiao? ”

Li Bochen was stunned, isn't she dead!? He only felt a sense of relief in his heart, and said, "Where is it?"

Ying Yi thought about it, and said, "Brother Li, don't go and see it." This Lin Qiao is not Bi Lin Qiao. ”

Li Bochen said: "This is my business. ”

Ying Yi smiled: "Okay." But you have to promise me one thing. ”

"You say. ”

"One day you will have Li Guo, and you will have to help me find something - the same thing as the magic knife in your hand. ”

Li Bochen didn't know why this magic knife was so important to the "same thing" in his mouth, so that Ying Yi asked for a promise after a long time. But he only said, "I promise you." ”

Ying Yi didn't speak, and looked at him with a smile.

Li Bochen was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and said in a deep voice: "I swear in the name of Beichen Venerable, I want me to see the same thing as my magic knife in Li Guozhong, and give it to you." ”

Ying Yi breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "That's good." Brother Li, that Lin Qiao, is now in Guo Fu Town, outside Kaiyuan City, Yingzhou. It's easy to find her, she has a manor, and she can ask casually. ”

Manor. Li Bochen sighed in his heart: "Okay." ”

The two rode their horses side by side for a while, and Li Bochen arched his hand to him: "There will be a period later." ”

Ying Yi was stunned and said, "You really don't ask me anything else?"

Li Bochen said: "If you want to say it, you will naturally say it, and if you don't say it, you will ask in vain." ”

Ying Yi shook his head: "You are really a big change now and when you were in Wujing Mountain. Well, we'll see you later. But...... There's one more thing I have to tell you. ”

He took out a piece of paper from his arms and crumpled it into a ball, threw it into Li Bochen's arms, and said with a smile: "Haven't you ever thought that since cultivators have tempered their muscles and bones, they can look inward...... If I were Sui Manshu, I wouldn't have to work so hard. I guess she didn't expect you to know...... Hahaha, this is the second time I've taught you the Dharma!"

When he said this, he turned his horse's head and sprang into the woods. Li Bochen thought that he was leaving, but after a while, he only heard a pop and a scream, and he didn't know if he had fallen somewhere with a man or a horse.

He was originally extremely painful in his heart, but after talking to Ying Yi for a while, he knew that Xiaoman was not worried about his life, but he was not as uncomfortable as before. Listening to these two sounds again, I couldn't help but pull the corners of my mouth.

He wasn't sure what kind of person Ying Yi was. The reason why he didn't ask questions was because his behavior reminded him of another person - the ghost clan Bihai.

At the beginning, Bi Hai wanted to ask himself to "clarify Yunai", and told himself a lot of secrets, but now Ying Yi is doing the same as him. Has he been secretly observing himself these days? waited for Xiaoman to leave, and then ran out to tell some insiders...... Did he want "something like a magic knife", or was it a little gratitude from himself when ten thousand arrows pierced his heart?

If it's the latter, or both, what is he ultimately for? Bi Hai said that he wants the world to be in harmony. His style of action is very much like that of a conspirator. Wander among the forces, looking for opportunities to grab profits. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if a few more people jumped out of the forest now, saying that they were also secretly observing these days, each representing a faction.

He finally understands that an identity like himself is destined to be surrounded by conspiracies in the days to come. In the past, all the "stable and peaceful" days I thought about were just foolish dreams. He thinks that he is not a stupid person, but he is by no means the smartest person in the world, since he can't guess everyone's thoughts, he simply doesn't guess. All you can do is adapt to change. It's a stupid solution, but it's also a no-brainer.

But in this case, he had to call himself a mainstay. Even if you can't, you have to be a rock first.

He thought in his heart for a moment, shook the reins, and galloped out.

......

By the time we got to the lake, another seven days had passed. Ten days ago, there were a lot of dead leaves and wild grass in this forest, but now it is verdant. The lake is clear and shallow, more like a mirror than the Mirror Lake. The grassy slopes by the lake are dotted with flowers, and the grass is no longer on the instep.

Li Bochen led his horse along the lake and slowly searched, and after looking for two rounds, he saw a pile of black-brown dirt under the grass. It has rained twice in the past few days, and the previous ash heap has almost been washed away. Fortunately, that night, the wooden card was also swept into the fire by the corner of Lin Qiao's clothes, and the surface was burned black, but he was not worried about rotting.

He crouched down and picked up the palm-sized wooden sign, seeing that it was covered in dirt. He did not rush to wipe the dirt off, but sat facing the lake for a while, and after a while, fell asleep in the grass.

When the sun rose high in the sky, he was awakened by the sound of birdsong. Li Bochen opened his eyes and looked at the sky for a while, sat up and took the wooden card in his hand, and found that the wet mud on it had dried up.

He sighed lightly and rubbed the dirt off the surface, revealing the shallow lettering—

The position of the mother of the fish.

Li Bochen stared at these six words for a while, smiled slightly, and said in his heart, Okay, Xiaoman...... That night, you weren't using a trick. You're really comforting your mother. Do you really rejoice in your heart when you marry me?

......

On the tenth day after leaving Mengjiatun, he came to Guofu Town, outside Kaiyuan City, Yingzhou.

It was easy to inquire where the manor was, and everyone knew that there was a beautiful woman who had moved in and was very generous. Li Bochen rode his horse through the town, walked three or four miles out of the town, and saw the mansion with blue tiles and white walls.

The house was large, surrounded by green hills, and beyond it was a large expanse of farmland. Spring is in full bloom, and there are farmers in the fields. When he was only twenty or thirty paces away from the courtyard gate, he hesitated for a moment. He really wanted to see that Lin Qiao, but he was afraid that if he really saw her, his heart that had calmed down a little these days would set off some waves.

He looked at the house from afar, and said to himself, I can go over and knock on the door, pretending to ask for directions, but it is not her who wants to open the door...... Oh, of course it won't be her. With such a big house, how could she open the door by herself. So what do you say, do you want to stay overnight?

He sighed, not knowing if what he wanted to see was Lin Qiao or the "person who looked exactly like Xiaoman".

After a while, he finally held the reins and prepared to beat the horse and leave. I already know from the people in the town that this Lin Qiao is indeed fine, so don't disturb her.

But as soon as the white horse took two steps, Li Bochen suddenly heard a female voice not far away: "Second Brother Lin?"

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