In the palace, Gu Linghua sat on the edge of the courtyard of the banquet that day, lying on the carved railing, lazily looking at the swimming fish in the pond, looking very idle.

Yes, she really has nothing to do now, because she is under house arrest.

The reason why she left in a hurry that day was because Aunt Yun told her that Yan Guyun went to see the queen, and actually made letting Gu Linghua marry him as one of the conditions for the Yan family to help the Gu family. The queen did not refuse, so Gu Linghua wanted to go back to see her father, but as soon as she returned, she was placed under house arrest by the queen in her own courtyard.

There was a sound of footsteps behind him, and Gu Linghua immediately turned around and asked, "How is it, what about the others?"

As soon as I asked, I found that it was not Aunt Yun, but the queen.

The queen is not Gu Linghua's mother, her biological mother is an ordinary woman with a very beautiful appearance, but she died in childbirth when she gave birth to her younger brother Gu Lingyu, so Gu Changsong loves her very much, but she is a little cold to Gu Lingyu's son.

The queen treats Gu Linghua well, don't look at her young, in fact, she is only more than a hundred years younger than Gu Changsong.

"Queen Mother!"

Although she was placed under house arrest by the queen, Gu Linghua didn't actually blame her.

The queen asked, "Do you know why I didn't let you see your father?"

During this time, Gu Linghua also thought a lot, although the Gu family was still the first family of Guangyue Country in name, it was actually far inferior to the four major families. Each of the four major families in Huai'an City had at least five Infant Transformation Realm cultivators, and there were only three people left in the Gu family, and one of them was still the number one powerhouse in the Guangyue Kingdom who was about to die.

In such a situation, even if the Li family is actually on their side, the Gu family has no good chance of winning. Therefore, it was difficult for Gu Changsong to refuse the conditions proposed by the Yan family, and Gu Linghua could only embarrass the father and daughter to each other when she went to see him.

Knowing that Gu Linghua had already figured this out, the queen said, "I know that you have been working hard to win over the Yu family, but in fact, Yu Shanghuai is impossible to help us. ”

"Why?"

Gu Linghua really didn't understand this.

The queen looked at Gu Linghua, and then said, "Actually, your mother should have been a woman of Yu Shanghuai back then, and it is impossible for your father to tell you this." ”

Gu Linghua was stunned, she really couldn't imagine that there was such a past.

"In addition, Yu Shanghuai's plan is very big, he has obtained the secret in the secret realm, I think his eyes are no longer on Guangyue Kingdom. ”

Gu Linghua still couldn't figure it out, and asked, "Is there any conflict between this and helping us?"

The queen said: "I think he should already be preparing to leave Guangyue Kingdom, so it is impossible to let him work thanklessly to help us, not to mention that he has a hatred for your father and the king to take his wife." ”

It was indeed impossible for Gu Changsong to tell Gu Linghua these things in person, which made Gu Linghua a little difficult to accept. Because she found that she had worked hard for so long, the result could not change anything at all, and she could only become a victim of the survival of the Gu family.

For a while, Gu Linghua was sad, and he actually felt like his heart was dead.

The queen also stopped talking and turned to leave, Gu Linghua was very smart, so she believed that Gu Linghua could make the right choice.

However, when leaving, the queen paused again, turned to Gu Linghua and said, "By the way, Lu Xiaoan went to Daxue Mountain, you may not have time to see him." ”

The Gu family has already agreed to the Yan family, so Gu Linghua will marry into the Yan family soon, and this time she may never see her.

Gu Linghua suddenly looked up at the queen's back, and there was a look of struggle in her eyes. But it didn't take long for her to fall again, she really couldn't be so cruel and selfish.

After a night, although Nie Yi had lost his mana, his injuries did not worsen, which made Lu Xiaoan breathe a sigh of relief.

But now there is a very sad problem in front of Lu Xiaoan, that is, he doesn't dare to leave Nie Yi and the two of them alone, he is afraid that Yin Shaotian's senior sister will kill Nie Yi. But he can't just stare at the two of them, they're all here, he has to go and pick the cold poison pine needles.

There was no way, Lu Xiaoan could only take the two of them on the road.

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian is okay, although she has no mana, but after all, she is a Tongmai Realm cultivator, so she is not afraid of this cold. But Nie Yi is different, she is seriously injured, and it is when she is weak, let alone resisting the cold, even walking is a problem. Helpless, Lu Xiaoan could only carry her on his back and use his spiritual power to help her resist the cold.

In this way, the three of them went to the snow-capped mountain, but they didn't see any cold poisonous pines after walking for a day. And the temperature on the mountainside was even lower, and Lu Xiaoan had more and more difficulty helping Nie Yi resist the cold.

Seeing that Lu Xiaoan looked very hard, Nie Yi blew in Lu Xiaoan's ear and said, "If you don't detoxify me, I can have a little mana, and you won't be so hard." ”

Lu Xiaoan will definitely not be fooled, but he really can't go up anymore. Moreover, I don't know if there are any demon beasts on this snowy mountain, and if you meet them, you won't be able to deal with them. Lu Xiaoan was really depressed, he just came out to pick up poison, why is it so difficult!

"Huh?"

Just when Lu Xiaoan wanted to give up, he suddenly saw hot air rising from a bare rock. With curiosity, Lu Xiaoan walked over to take a look and found that this was actually a hot spring.

"Haha!"

Lu Xiaoan immediately laughed and said, "It's really an endless road!"

Nie Yi said, "You don't want to leave me here!"

Lu Xiaoan said: "This hot spring is full of spiritual qi, maybe it can make your injuries heal faster!"

Nie Yi said: "What if a demon beast comes, such a good place will usually be occupied by demon beasts." ”

As he was talking, a head the size of a grinding disc came out of the water, startling Lu Xiaoan and the others.

"It's not good, it's a snow roe!"

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian exclaimed.

Lu Xiaoan had never seen a snow roe, but he saw that this guy had a cat-like head, but the two fangs below were particularly long, protruding from the mouth, ugly and hideous.

Xue Li tilted his head and stared at Lu Xiaoan and the three of them with two vertical pupils, vigilant and full of aggression. Little by little, it crawled out of the water, and saw that it was snow-white, with a slender body that resembled a ferret, but its claws were large and sharp, and its tail was so short that it was almost invisible.

Nie Yi also said: "Oh no, this snow roe has a trick realm, you hurry up and help me detoxify." ”

Yin Shaotian's senior sister said: "If you want to detoxify, you also want to help me detoxify, what's the use of helping you detoxify." ”

Lu Xiaoan was too lazy to pay attention to the two, not to mention that he couldn't help them detoxify, he just wanted to help them solve it, and now he can't solve it!

It seemed that the three people in front of him were a little strange, and Xue Lie couldn't attack for a while, but looked at them suspiciously.

Lu Xiaoan slowly put Nie Yi down, and he didn't know if he could beat this snow deer, so he had to lure it away. He didn't have any scruples about revealing secrets, he couldn't use a magic sniper at such a close distance, and seeing that the snow roe was so fast that he couldn't hit it with a magic sniper. He was afraid that the snow deer would attack Nie Yi, so he would be distracted to protect her.

Slowly moved away from Nie Yi and Yin Shaotian's senior sister, but Xue Li just glanced at him and then focused on Nie Yi again, it knew that Nie Yi was injured and it was best to deal with it.

Helpless, Lu Xiaoan could only take out the Desert Eagle and shoot at the snow deer.

With a "bang", Xue Lili did not dodge, he was directly hit by a shot, screamed in pain, jumped up all of a sudden, and lay on the rock wall. The hard rock was like tofu under its claws, and it clung to the rock wall, screaming at Lu Xiao'an.

Lu Xiaoan was shocked when he saw it, this claw, even if it was grabbed on him, could be disemboweled. But one thing is okay, this snow roe defense is not very good, and blood is bleeding from the place where it was hit.

Injured, Xue Li's eyes were full of jealousy, especially for the desert eagle in Lu Xiaoan's hand.

Suddenly, the snow roe jumped down and pounced on Nie Yi, who had already passed through the realm, and its intelligence was not low, and it knew that it would find a soft persimmon to pinch first. Lu Xiaoan could only shoot to save him, but after being vigilant, it was difficult for the snow to be hit, because it was really fast.

Lu Xiaoan estimated that he had to fight this demon beast in close quarters to have a chance to shoot it, but this was quite dangerous, because the big claws of the snow roe could kill Lu Xiaoan without paying attention.

After shooting and forcing Xue Li back, Lu Xiaoan said to Yin Shaotian's senior sister: "You take her to hide aside!"

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian suddenly exclaimed: "If you want me to protect her, there is no door!"

Lu Xiaoan also said angrily: "Believe it or not, I'll turn around and leave, and let the two of you make this monster's belly food!"

Seeing that Lu Xiaoan was really angry, Yin Shaotian's senior sister could only protect Nie Yi and hide to the side, while Lu Xiaoan moved in the other direction.

However, just as Lu Xiaoan moved towards the hot spring, Xue Xian suddenly rushed towards him like crazy, and Lu Xiaoan hurriedly fired two more shots, but this time Xue Xian had to force Lu Xiaoan back even if he was shot.

"Huh?"

Lu Xiaoan couldn't help but wonder, could it be that there is a treasure in the hot spring, but even if there is a treasure, it will not even care about his life!

Just as Lu Xiaoan was guessing, two more heads emerged from the hot spring, but these two heads were much smaller.

"Cubs!"

Lu Xiaoan was taken aback, and instantly understood.

Seeing his child coming out of the water, Xue Lian didn't dare to go anywhere else, even in the face of Lu Xiao'an's Desert Eagle.

"Good chance, hit it!"

Yin Shaotian's senior sister was busy reminding Lu Xiaoan, but Lu Xiaoan was a little unbearable.

"So, what are you waiting for?"

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian urged again.

Lu Xiao'an put away the Desert Eagle and said to Xue Li: "Take your children and leave first, we have to borrow this hot spring." ”

Yin Shaotian's senior sister was taken aback, and looked at Lu Xiaoan like an idiot. But after experiencing the Phantom Leopard, Lu Xiaoan felt that sometimes demon beasts were more credible than humans.

Seeing Lu Xiaoan put away the Desert Eagle, Xue Li's eyes also showed a look of surprise.

Lu Xiaoan said again: "Believe me, I don't want to hurt you and your children, take them with you first, and come back in a few days." ”

I don't know if the snow roe can understand, but it does have a thoughtful look in its eyes. Lu Xiaoan didn't urge, just waited.

"You and ......"

Yin Shaotian's senior sister was about to scold Lu Xiao'an, saying that he was talking nonsense with the demon beast, but Nie Yi glared at her and said, "Don't argue!"

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian was stunned for a moment, but she didn't know why, but she was frightened by Nie Yi's eyes.

While the two were arguing, Snow Roe threw the cubs on his back one by one, and then left with them.

Lu Xiaoan breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Nie Yi and said, "You just stay in the hot spring, and I will come back in two days at most." ”

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian said: "You don't want to leave, what if Xue Li's back again?"

Lu Xiaoan said: "It will not come back with cubs." ”

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian couldn't understand it and asked, "Why do you think it won't come back?"

"I believe it!"

However, without waiting for Lu Xiaoan to speak, Nie Yi took the initiative to walk towards the hot spring.

"You, you're all crazy!"

Nie Yi glanced at Yin Shaotian's senior sister and said, "Compared to you, I do believe in that snow roe more. ”

Lu Xiaoan also glanced at Nie Yi in some surprise, and then said, "Wait for me to come back." ”

The south garden of the palace is the place where the lord of the country deals with state affairs, and now the three princes Gu Lingwu basically live here. Although the Gu family is facing a crisis, the affairs of the country cannot be left unhandled, and the rainy season is also eventful, and there are more state affairs than in the past.

That night, Gu Lingwu had just finished his state affairs and was about to take a rest, but Gu Lingyan suddenly arrived, still holding a pot of wine in his hand.

Gu Lingwu was a little surprised, because of the gap in age and cultivation, he was actually not too close to his younger brothers and sisters.

"Third brother!"

Gu Lingyan screamed.

"Eleventh brother, why are you here?"

Gu Lingwu asked when he had doubts, and he didn't need to hide it in his heart.

"Hey!"

Gu Lingyan sighed and said, "Recently, I have been a little bored in my heart, and I want to find someone to drink, so I think of the third brother. ”

Gu Lingwu asked, "But you're worried about the Gongsun family?"

The situation is no secret now, and it is not an exaggeration to describe the panic in the palace.

"Hey!"

Gu Lingyan sighed again and said, "I heard today that the Gongsun family not only united the Li family, but also united the Ji family. ”

As they spoke, the two walked to a stone table and sat down, and Gu Lingyan took out two wine glasses and poured them for Gu Lingwu and himself respectively.

Gu Lingwu worked hard today, and he really wanted to drink two sips of wine, so he picked up the cup in front of him and drank it all.

Gu Lingyan watched Gu Lingwu finish the wine, hurriedly poured him another glass, and drank the wine himself.

Gu Lingwu said: "There is nothing to hide now, in fact, the Li family is our people, so don't worry about this, the Gongsun family will die this time!"

Gu Lingyan was taken aback, he really didn't know that the Li family was actually on their side, but this did not conflict with his plan.

Although he was persuading Gu Lingyan, Gu Lingwu himself was worried, so he picked up the wine glass again and dried it up. There are some things he won't say to Gu Lingyan, for example, even with the help of the Yan family, the situation of the Gu family is not so good.

After this battle, the strongest man of the Gu family no longer exists, and the Yan family may not try their best, it is still their Gu family and the Li family who are desperate, and he Gu Lingwu may also die in this war.

So, how can Gu Lingwu not worry?

However, Gu Lingwu was not afraid of death, but the price paid by the Gu family this time was too great, and even if he won, he would definitely be far less powerful than he was back then. He is not stupid, how can he not see the wolf ambition of the Yan family, but even if he drinks to quench his thirst, the Gu family has to drink this cup of poison now.

All, how can Gu Lingwu not worry?

Unconsciously, a pot of wine was almost drunk by Gu Lingwu alone, and he asked, "Eleventh brother, is there anything else?"

Gu Lingyan said: "I only have such a pot of wine left." ”

Gu Lingwu shook his head regretfully, then got up and patted Gu Lingyan on the shoulder, and said, "Thank you for accompanying the third brother to drink this pot of wine." ”

After saying that, Gu Lingwu left, he still had to hurry up and cultivate, before the big war came, he could be a little stronger.

Watching Gu Lingwu's back disappear around the corner, Gu Lingyan finally breathed a sigh of relief, only to find that his palms were actually full of sweat.

Although he had practiced tonight's scene many times, he still felt a little weak when he really did it. If it weren't for Gu Lingwu's complete lack of vigilance against him, he really wouldn't have succeeded.

Getting up to leave, Gu Lingyan still looked around weakly, for fear of being seen. When he came, he specially avoided everyone's attention, for fear that he would be suspected after Gu Lingwu died. Now that the plan has been completed, he can't help but be a little excited, as if the position of the lord of the country is no longer his.

Without Nie Yi's drag, Lu Xiao'an's speed of action was much faster, and in less than a day, he found a cold poisonous pine.

The difference between the cold poison pine and the ordinary cold pine is not very big, but the color of the needle tips of the pine needles is different, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to find it, but Lu Xiaoan has a little love, and it is not troublesome to find.

The poison of cold poisonous pine needles is very strong, and Lu Xiaoan has to be extremely careful when taking pine needles.

Pine needles are actually the leaves of cold poison pine, but they are as sharp and thin as needles, and they are called pine needles. Lu Xiaoan doesn't need all the leaves, he only needs the poison in the pine needle tube. Moreover, this poison can only be taken from the tree, because once the branch is cut off, the poison will quickly dissipate, so it is indeed very troublesome to take it.

Not only that, but these pine needles are very small, and there is very little venom in one of them, and it takes most of the day to get enough of them. It may also be because of such characteristics that Wanbaoge does not have cold poison pine needles for sale.

It took Lu Xiao a night to install a small bottle, but that was enough. When they returned to the hot spring, Nie Yi and Yin Shaotian's senior sister were still soaking in the hot spring, and there were no accidents.

Seeing Lu Xiaoan come back, Nie Yi immediately came out of the warmth, and he didn't care that his clothes were clinging to his body. Anyway, she has been seen and touched by Lu Xiaoan all over her body, so she doesn't care so much.

Senior Sister Yin Shaotian was not so free and easy, and said to Lu Xiaoan: "Give me back the storage bag, and I'll change my clothes." ”

Of course, Lu Xiaoan wouldn't return the storage bag to her, he only took a piece of clothing and put it by the hot spring, and then looked at Nie Yi.

Nie Yi also took a piece of clothing and came out to change, and when he saw Lu Xiaoan looking at him intently, he smiled coquettishly: "Why, haven't you seen enough before, then I will take off and you can look slowly!"

Lu Xiaoan said: "No, why do I think you are much better?"

"Really?"

Nie Yi hadn't noticed it before, but he reacted immediately after being reminded by Lu Xiaoan, and then, the two looked at the hot spring at the same time.