After dinner, Mu Linchun sat in the room for a long time, carefully recovering what happened in the Prison Cow Mountain that night. After thinking about it, I felt that except for Gao Taixu and Hua Luanxi, no one seemed to know that he was also involved in this matter, so I was a little relieved.

As for Wei Hua making an appointment to meet him tomorrow night as soon as he entered the city, Mu Linchun thought about it at the moment, and felt that it was very likely that it was just a coincidence and had nothing to do with the matter of Prison Niu Mountain, otherwise it would not be an appointment, but a catch.

Thinking about this, Mu Linchun stood up and moved his muscles and bones slightly, feeling completely sleepy, so he pushed the door and walked out of the room, wanting to go to the courtyard for a walk.

The night breeze is blowing, and the courtyard is secluded.

Mu Linchun walked into the courtyard and saw a woman in white clothes standing under several plum blossom trees under the faint moonlight, looking up at the moon. It was late autumn, the plum blossoms had not yet bloomed, and the bare branches of the trees divided the already round moon into pieces, and the woman's figure was set off lonely and desolate.

Mu Linchun walked to the woman's side, kept a short distance from her, looked at the half-round bright moon in the sky, and asked softly, "Why haven't you slept yet......?" Bodhisattva ......"

Hua Luanji didn't respond immediately, as if she hadn't heard his words, but still maintained her original posture. After a long time, she turned around, and Mu Linchun saw that she was still holding a sword in her hands.

It was the sword of Qi Hongyu, the seventh sword god.

Mu Linchun was stunned, and then sighed softly.

Hua Luanxi's eyes are as bright as cold stars and as deep as cold pools, but under the corners of her eyes, there are two deep tear stains, even if the light in the yard is not very good, Mu Linchun can see it clearly.

After hesitating for a moment, Mu Linchun said, "You, remember?"

Hua Luanxi nodded bitterly, "If I can keep remembering, how good would it be......?" Mu Gongzi, Brother Qi...... It's true...... Did you go?"

Mu Linchun nodded helplessly.

Hua Luanxi's tears rolled down her cheeks again, like beads with broken threads, she closed her eyes, gently pressed the unsheathed long sword in her hand to her cheek, and trembled slightly.

Mu Linchun raised his head and looked at the bright moon hanging high in the sky, his face was unusually calm, and he didn't say anything to comfort him, just stood there silently and didn't say a word.

It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Hua Luanxi restrained her grief and grief, stared at Mu Linchun with blood-red eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "Is Guan Changfeng dead?"

"I don't know yet, but I think I'll be able to find out tomorrow night. ”

"Then where did you put my brother Qi? Take me to see him. ”

"No, I mean, I can't go tonight, don't worry, my body is in a safe place. ”

Mu Linchun vetoed, but as soon as the words fell, a sheathed sword was pressed on his shoulder, he frowned, his eyes looked at the woman holding the long sword, and said lightly: "His body was placed in a tomb in Prison Cow Mountain by me, the reason why I can't go now is because the current Prison Cow Mountain is very likely to gather a large number of dragon claw guards and official officials, if you rush over, I am afraid that it will expose the resting place of Qi Sword God, but the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Hua Luanxi thought for a moment before withdrawing her long sword and asking, "Why did you appear in the mountains that night?"

Mu Linchun didn't think about it, and replied calmly: "After you left from Gu Yuantang, I found out that Guan Changfeng had a back hand, Jiangnan Nine Dao actually came to six people, and two people were secretly following you, I didn't want to meddle in this matter, but, Qi Jianshen saved my life after all, so I should help you, I'm sorry, but I didn't help you anything." ”

Seeing that he was extremely sincere, Hua Luanji believed it and was silent for a long time, and she said, "You only said that you will know Guan Changfeng's life and death later, why is this?"

Mu Linchun asked rhetorically: "Do you want to kill Guan Changfeng to avenge your husband?"

Hua Luanxi said coldly: "I not only want to kill him, but also destroy the Nine Swords Gate, otherwise, it is difficult to understand the hatred in my heart." ”

"When this matter is investigated, it is obvious that you killed other people's sons first, is it a bit too much to destroy people?" Mu Linchun asked tentatively.

Hua Luan's eyes lit up, and she said coldly: "Guan Changfeng's son is despicable and shameless, and he is innocent of death, and there is not a good thing in the Nine Swords Gate. ”

Mu Linchun sighed, and didn't ask them in detail why they killed Guan Changfeng's son back then, but said lightly: "I don't want you to give your life in vain, whether it is Guan Changfeng or the Nine Knife Gate, it is not so easy to deal with, and, as I expected, the Nine Knife Gate has a good relationship with the leader of an official residence in the Dragon Claw Guard, and before he finds out the situation, if he does it rashly, he will only get twice the result with half the effort." How terrifying the Dragonclaw Guard is, you should know it without me. ”

Hua Luanji listened quietly and did not speak.

Mu Linchun said again: "What is the specific situation, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer tomorrow night." ”

Hua Luanxi thought about it and felt that since she wanted to avenge her husband, she couldn't be in a hurry, anyway, she had time, so she didn't say anything more at the moment, turned around and walked back to her room.

At dusk, Mu Linchun came to the mansion of the prefect Li Shiyao alone, and waited in the living room for about an hour before he was able to meet his old acquaintance Wei Hua, and after some talking, he learned that Wei Hua's real name was Wei Moli, and Wei Moli also learned the identity of the young master of the Red Lotus Sword Sect of Mu Linchun.

On the delicate and elegant living room, Wei Moli said loudly: "It's such a coincidence, this official is just going to visit Sect Master Mu in your sect tomorrow, and he doesn't want to meet the young master today, it's really good." ”

Mu Linchun saw that he was talking heartily and behaving magnificently, which was very different from the taciturn on the boat that day, and couldn't help but be curious about the identities of the other people at that time, but he didn't take the initiative to ask after all, just smiled and said, "I don't know what Lord Wei wants to find his father?"

"It's not a big deal, since I saw the young master of the Red Lotus today, it's the same as telling you. Speaking of this, Wei Moli paused slightly, and said with a restrained expression: "This official is here to investigate a case, a few days ago, someone killed dozens of dragon claw guards in the Prison Niu Mountain thirty miles away, has the young master of Mu heard of this matter?"

Mu Linchun gasped and exclaimed, "What, there is such a thing, why haven't I heard anyone talk about it at all?"

When Wei Moli was talking to Mu Linchun, he took a sip of the tea in his hand, observed him by the way, and then said: " This matter is very important, not only alarmed the county guard, but also alarmed Commander Wen, so the commander sent me to investigate this matter, but Kyoto is far away, this official came day and night, only brought a few capable brothers, it is inevitable that there are not enough manpower, and this matter involves the vendetta of the rivers and lakes, those ordinary officials are not used at all, and the Red Lotus Sword Sect is known as the number one faction in Taiqing Prefecture, so I hope that the young master can send some people over to help the official solve this case as soon as possible. ”

Although the Red Lotus Sword Sect is a martial arts sect that preaches and receives employment, it has actually been nominally attached to the imperial court many years ago, Mu Linchun knows that Wei Moli's request, even if his father is here, there is no reason to refuse, and he is very clear about the beginning and end of this matter, Wei Moli borrowed people, but he just wanted to search the Prison Niu Mountain, so he nodded immediately.

Wei Moli didn't expect Mu Linchun to be so refreshing, thought for a moment, and then said: "Young Master Mu, there is one more thing, this official wants to hear you explain." ”

"Lord Wei, but that's what he said. When Mu Linchun said this, he had already guessed what he wanted to ask.

Sure enough, I only listened to Wei Moli and said: "Since you promised to help this official, then I won't hide it from you, this matter is actually related to the Tianya No Return Pavilion, the Nine Swords Gate and Qi Hongyu, before the incident, the people of the Nine Swords Gate had found Qi Hongyu in a medical hall in Dongping County, but this ordinary vendetta was destroyed by a person, this person seems to be you Young Master Mu, then I want to ask Young Master Mu, why did you appear in that medical hall at that time, and what is the relationship with Qi Hongyu?"

Mu Linchun replied calmly: "The last time I met Master Wei on the Longwei River boat, I guess the Lord also saw that I was suffering from a stubborn disease, at that time, I went to Dongxuanzhou to look for medicine to cure the disease, and then when I encountered danger, it was Qi Jianshen who saved me, so that day in Guyuan Hall, I stepped forward and fought for Qi Hongyu to get a glimmer of life, which can be regarded as repaying the kindness of the past." As for why I am in the Gu Yuan Hall, hehe, I guess the people in the entire Wuling County know about it, because I have been in that medical hall for five years. ”

Wei Moli nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked another question that Mu Linchun didn't expect.

"Hehe, Young Master Mu, when I was in Longwei River, the egret girl who was with you was in Tianxi City?"

Mu Linchun shook his head in surprise, and at the same time, he caught a trace of disappointment in Wei Moli's eyes.