The guards got out of the way, Xiao Wuxian entered the inner hall, and when he entered the inner hall, he saw that it was full of Danqing calligraphy and paintings, full of ancient jade coral, vases and porcelain, gold and silver utensils, and furniture furnishings were also antique, quite tasteful. In the middle was a round table, on which a woman sat and reclined. Seeing the woman, she was very charming: pink face and peach cheeks, light buns, willow eyebrows and starry eyes, and bright teeth and red lips. The tulle red dress is draped on the body, and the jade beads and gold hairpins are worn on the head. The golden lotus is born every step of the way, and the thin waist is eye-catching. The red lips moved softly like a warbler, and the green and jade fingers shook the Luo fan. I think it is the female shopkeeper of this Yunhai Pavilion, and it is cloudy and rainy.

The clouds and rain eyes are like gossamer, the red lips are bright, the face is like a peach blossom, the green silk is scattered on the shoulders, and the dress woven of tulle brocade gold and silver thread is gorgeous and extraordinary, and it sets off the jade-like snow-white skin and the red red lips. The reclining posture is even more tempting, how can Xiao Wuxian be a person who practices martial arts, and he is old, he is unmoved by this kind of face, and he is just a red face and dry bones in his eyes.

Xiao Wuxian stepped forward and saluted: "Old man Xiao Wuxian is here to visit the prince." ”

Yun Yanyu shook the Luo fan lightly, but he didn't get up, he only said coquettishly: "Hall Master Xiao is a senior in the rivers and lakes, and he is known for his prestige, why do you need to salute me as a little woman? Hall Master Xiao, please sit down and speak." ”

Xiao Wuxian was no longer polite, and sat aside, not looking at the woman. Yun Yanyu smacked his tongue and said: "I didn't expect the little woman to be so unbearable, the world scattered all the wealth, just to see me, but now that the hall master sees me, he doesn't say a word, he doesn't look at it, it's really chilling." Xiao Wuxian arched his hand and said, "I don't know if the prince is here? If not, then the old man will leave." Then he got up.

"Hall Master Xiao is slow. Yun Yanyu hurriedly stopped him, and a person walked out of the other door of the inner hall, and it was the prince of Tanglin who should be fine. Yun Yanyu and Ying Wujian glanced at each other, and asked An Dao: "The slave family will see the prince." Ying Wujian stepped forward and touched her shoulder, and said softly, "You go down first." The clouds and rain obeyed the order and exited the inner hall, while Ying Wujian was sitting at the table, Xiao Wuxian slowly turned around, bowed to Ying Wujian and said, "Meet the prince." ”

Ying Wujian picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip, moistened his throat and said, "They are all old people, why do you need to be so polite." ”

Xiao Wuxian was slightly stunned when he heard this, paused for a moment, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and bowed down and asked, "The old man doesn't know what the prince means by this?"

"Since you have come to find this king, do you still want to hide it? When the Ten Ghost Halls were loud and famous, and you Xiao Wuxian were famous in the rivers and lakes as a ghost flute immortal, this king had already noticed the strangeness. Later, under the investigation of many parties, he dared to confirm it. The Xiao Wuxian Hall Master who shook the rivers and lakes was the Yin Yang Heart-devouring Palm who disappeared from the rivers and lakes ten years ago, Xiao Farewell. ”

Xiao Wuxian let out a long sigh, straightened up, and the old hand groped deep into his neck, groping for a while on the skin, uncovering a corner, and then removing the entire human face mask. It's just that Xiao Wuxian under the mask is also old and has more wrinkles, but he doesn't have a beard, he looks younger, and his eyes are deep in the sockets, but his eyes are sharp, and his gray silver hair has added a bit of vicissitudes and perseverance. Ying Wujian couldn't help but sigh: "Ten years have passed, and you are also old." ”

"The prince is the same as he was back then. Xiao Wuxian slowly knelt down, bowed down and said, "The criminal minister Xiao farewell, meet the prince." ”

Ying Wuji's clenched hand slowly loosened, there was no trace of expression on his calm face, and he said lightly: "What are your crimes?" ”

Xiao Wuxian said: "Ten years ago, on the order of the prince, the criminal minister and seven other people went to the Kexue Mountain Villa with seven others to find the Jade Buddha and kill all the people in the mountain villa. However, the criminal had an old relationship with the owner of the Kexue Mountain Villa, so he couldn't bear to kill his son, and rescued the child from the hands of the young man, took him out of the villa, raised him, and left a curse for the prince. He hid incognito in the rivers and lakes, and he has not returned to the prince for ten years, and the guilty minister deserves death!"

Ying Wujian slowly stood up, but Xiao Wuxian still knelt on the ground. Ying Wujian said: "Your temperament is indecisive, constantly decisive, and affectionate. Although you have followed this king for decades, when you were sent to Kexue Villa, there were still people who persuaded this king that you had an old relationship with Kexue Villa, and sending you there might be a mistake in a big event. But this king does not think so, and this king trusts you. But at the beginning, the green fox flew back to Tanglin, saying that you carried the remnants of the sin away from the king, and the king was also unbelievable, and he was even more angry. But on second thought, you are destined to have such a result. But this king does not blame you, do you know why?"

Xiao Wuxian glanced up at Ying Wuji, then lowered his head and said, "My subordinates don't know." ”

"Back then, this king was indeed very similar to sending someone out to find you and bring you back to confess the crime, Xiao Wuxi, Wuxi, you thought that you would no longer use your famous martial arts to change your name and surname, and you could sit without a trace, but this king has already noticed you. But no one would have thought that the Jade Buddha would be robbed by someone halfway and disappeared. Although it is now back in the hands of the king, the mystery of the mystery has not been understood by the king. But under the arrangement of fate, you saved the remnants of the Kexue Mountain Villa in the hands of Qing Xuanyi, but now the Daoxue Ke has become the only person who can unlock this secret for this king. If he had been killed, it would have been useless for the king to get the Jade Buddha. So, instead of being innocent, you are meritorious. ”

After that, Ying Wujian leaned over and helped Xiao Wuxian up, and the two sat next to each other at the round table, Ying Wujian patted Xiao Wuji's hand and said, "Now that you are back to this king, isn't it the old man who has met?" After a while, Ying Wujian deliberately asked: "Huh, why is the true qi in your body unstable, your qi is like a gossamer, and your skill is greatly reduced, didn't you use your Yin and Yang Heart Devouring Palm again?"

Xiao Wuxian sighed and said with a smile: "It's a long story, it's all because of a thought. One wrong step and one wrong step. Even Yunshan also lost his life. ”

"What......? Dead?" asked Ying Wuji, pretending to be surprised.

Xiao Wuxian was also a little shocked when he heard this, he had guessed that this matter was likely to be caused by Ying Wuji, but now it seems that it is not, so he tentatively said: "The prince doesn't know about this matter?"

Ying Wujian shook his head and sighed: "This king really doesn't know about this. I think that at the beginning, you and Yunshan were two cadres under the command of this king, and you were even closer to each other. Yunshan had already founded a leaf sword gate back then, although he couldn't do things for this king in the open, but it was indeed indispensable. I don't want to be victimized by traitors now, and I have fallen here. ”

Xiao Wuxian could only sigh, and he wanted to speak, and then lowered his head again, Ying Wujian saw it in his eyes, knowing that he had something in his heart, so he asked: "You used to be the henchman of this king, although you have been incognito for ten years and have not come to see this king, but you can't cover up your past exploits." Now you are willing to unmask the one you have worn for ten years, come to this king, and bring up the old things again, you must have a request, and the right to say, this king will consider it. ”

Xiao Wuxian got up and knelt down again and said: "The subordinates have raised Dao Xueke for ten years, and they have long had the relationship of father and son, and the subordinates have guilt for their father, so they treat him like a parent." The subordinates originally thought that he died in Yiye Jianmen, but later learned that he was still alive and came to Tanglin Mansion, so they searched for this, but the subordinates inquired up and down but found nothing, presumably it was arranged by the prince in advance. ”

Ying Wu was also frank, and replied indifferently: "Yes, it was ordered by this king, and anyone who asks about what has happened in the city recently should not be told. In order to force you to come to this king. ”

"Please also ask the prince to inform Dao Xueke's whereabouts!" Xiao Wuxian petitioned.

Ying Wujian calmly informed: "It doesn't hurt to tell you, Dao Xueke is no longer in Tanglin Mansion at this time, and has returned to Yaoye Mansion." ”

"Yaoye Mansion, why are they going to Yaoye Mansion?" Xiao Wuxian muttered to himself, but Ying Wujian heard it, so he solved his doubts: "They want to return to Kexue Mountain Villa." "Kexue Mountain Villa......" Xiao Wuxian muttered.

And said that Feng Zhan and others waited outside all night and did not hear any unusual movement in the building, and they were not allowed to enter the building to investigate, until the second half of the night, the lights of thousands of homes in the city were extinguished, and it was already past the time, the Yunhai Pavilion was still singing non-stop, the lights were gorgeous, one person walked out of the pavilion, and everyone looked fixedly, it was Xiao Wuxi.

At this time, it was already the dead of night, and everything was silent, Xiao Wuxian tilted his head slightly, only swept it with his residual light, and he noticed that someone was staring at him secretly by his vigilance alone, so he coughed lightly and said, "Come out." Feng Zhan and the others walked out of the darkness, bowed down and bowed, "Hall Master." ”

"You followed me all night?" Xiao Wuxian asked.

Feng Zhan preemptively said: "Please don't blame the hall master, I proposed to follow the hall master secretly, so as to avoid trouble." ”

Xiao Wuxian sighed: "I don't blame you, I also know your intentions, it's just that you really shouldn't come along." It's late tonight, all the inns have been closed, and the right to stay in this Yunhai Pavilion for the night, and tomorrow, we will leave Tanglin. ”

"Then where are we going?" Ling Yige asked.

Xiao Wuxian replied slowly: "Yaoye Mansion, Kexue Mountain Villa." Everyone fell into deep thought when they heard this, and Feng Zhan asked again: "Did the hall master go to the Tanglin Prince's Mansion first?" Xiao Wuxian pondered for a moment and then replied: "You guys rest first, now is not the time to speak, when the time is ripe in the future, I will tell you all the truth." Everyone stopped asking, and under the leadership of Xiao Wuxian, they entered the Yunhai Pavilion guest room and rested for a day.

Approaching the third watch, the lights of Yunhai Pavilion were also extinguished, and everyone had rested, except Xiao Wuxian who couldn't sleep all night. At this time, Ying Wuxian did not return to the palace, but stayed in Yunhai Pavilion to rest for the night. This Yunhai Pavilion was originally built and operated by him, and it was just a restaurant on the surface, but in fact it was an important hub for him to find out the news and cover the net, and the female shopkeeper Yun Yanyu was Ying Wu's henchman. She was originally the Oiran of Chengtian Mansion in the capital, and she was taken by Ying Wujian to wait by her side after being redeemed, until this Yunhai Pavilion rose up in Tanglin Mansion, and she became this "powder-faced rakshasa", asking for news and providing information for Ying Wuji.

At this time, Yun Yanyu was snuggling up to Ying Wuji's side, a pair of skillful hands were pouring wine, and handing the wine glass to Ying Wuji's mouth. Ying Wujian stopped her willow-like waist and enjoyed the quiet night.

"Lord Wang, why did you inform Xiao Wuxian of the whereabouts of that sword snowman. Don't you want the two of them to see each other?" asked the little bird in a coquettish voice.

Ying Wujian smiled and asked, "Oh? Tell me, why doesn't this king want the two of them to meet?"

Yun Yanyu speculated: "The prince took great pains to set up a plan to make the Ten Ghost Hall and Yiye Sword Gate form such a grudge, and designed to kill Chu Yunshan and blame Xiao Wuxian for the purpose of separating the sword snowman from Chu Qing'an, and then forcing the sword snowman to find the jade bottle with the same root and origin as the Jade Buddha." But now you have informed Xiao Wuxian of the whereabouts of Dao Xueke, if the two of them meet in the future, there will be flaws in the discussion, if they rely on that flaw to track all the way, if they find Qing Xuanqi and You Jinwen, it will be enough, if they find the prince, wouldn't it be a disaster?"

Ying Wujian sneered and nodded: "What you said has some truth, earlier, this king didn't want the two of them to meet. But this is not the case today. Chu Yunshan and Xiao Wuxian turned their backs on this king, and if they did not obey the order, their hearts were different, and this king would kill them sooner or later. It is better to take this opportunity to make them both lose, poor Chu Yunshan didn't know until he died, it was his former good brother who injured him, and it was his good apprentice who killed him. And the young man has followed the king for many years, and although he is treacherous, he is loyal to the king and is naturally reliable. If you find him, you won't betray the king. As for that You Jinwen......"

Ying Wujian pondered for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "You Jinwen, this person is greedy for small profits and forgetful, and he personally killed the master who raised him for twenty years for the sake of women and power, and he can be described as a complete hypocrite. But this power-hungry and lustful hypocrite is not enough to threaten the king, on the contrary, he is the king's best pawn. If he can't find him, let it go, and if he does, the king has his own arrangements. This person, this king has greater arrangements in the future. ”

"The prince is wise!" Yun Yanyu smiled and gave a glass of wine to Ying Wuji, Ying Wujian drank it with a smile, and after three rounds of wine, Yun Yanyu withdrew from the room. Ying should stay alone in the room, open the window, look to the west, and think about the jade bottle.

The night passed, Xiao Wuxian and the others left before the time came, waited at the city gate for a while, and left the city as soon as the city gate opened, heading in the direction of Yaoye Mansion, wanting to meet Dao Xueke and others in Kexue Villa.

At this time, in the grass house at the foot of Congjian Mountain, Dao Xue served the decoction and slept all night, and woke up early in the morning. Last night, Rao Mengli insisted on guarding the sword and snow, and refused to leave no matter how persuaded by others. Rao Mengli stayed all night, but she was really sleepy, and she couldn't help lying on the side of the bed, next to Dao Xueke, and fell asleep. Dao Xueke woke up, and Yu Guang saw Rao Mengli lying beside him, kneeling and falling asleep, so he smiled slightly, didn't wake her up, quietly sat up, and got out of bed from the end of the bed. Gently picked up Rao Mengli by the waist and let her lie on the bed and sleep for a while.

After exerting his strength, Dao Xueke still felt some pain in his left shoulder, but he was already half better.

And Rao Mengli was just put down but suddenly woke up, seeing that Dao Xueke had already woken up, he sat up busily, and was too excited to hug Dao Xueke, although Dao Xueke was embarrassed, but he didn't dodge, so he had to accept Rao Mengli's enthusiasm. Rao Mengli stood up in surprise, wiped a handful of tears, and said, "I'll go tell Senior Sister Liu about them!" With that, he rushed out of the house. Dao Xueke had no choice but to wait in the house. When everyone came to the room and asked about what happened to Dao Xueke, Dao Xueke went up the mountain alone, but was injured by You Jinwen and Chu Qing'an, who had already become husband and wife, and shook all the way down the mountain.

"It's just that I remember that I was unconscious halfway up the mountain, how did Senior Sister find me?" asked Dao Xueke.

Liu Yuanjun couldn't help but wonder when he heard this: "I obviously found you in front of the grass house, and it was also the sorrowful snow that brought us here." There are also two disciples of the Yiye Sword Sect here. ”

Dao Xueke said, "Not bad. The two of them were caught in the acupuncture point by me and hid in this grass house. ”

Ren Shanhuai asked: "The Snow Master said that he passed out halfway up the mountain, but Senior Sister Liu was the Snow Master who saw him before the grass house. Among them, could it be that someone else is interfering?"

Hearing Ren Shanhuai's speculation, Liu Yuanjun couldn't help but ponder: "This statement is reasonable, and with You Jinwen's character, he will definitely not let you go." Even if Chu Qingan is unwilling to kill you, he will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so as not to leave a disaster. But he didn't kill you while you were unconscious, why?"

Dao Xueke shook his head in confusion, and remembered what Chu Qing'an said to him, and couldn't help but sigh again. Seeing him so sad, Rao Mengli also said worriedly: "Brother Xue, don't give up, maybe Sister Chu has something unspeakable?"

"Yes, in the beloved and the enemy who killed his father, I only have to make a choice, but any person will be painful and embarrassed, not to mention that Chu Qing'an has not experienced much personnel, and the blow to her is too great. Liu Yuanjun agreed.

At this time, Dao Xueke had already figured out in his sleep, instead of being immersed in the grief of grievances and hatred, there were more things waiting for him to do, and he couldn't give up the hatred and last wish he had carried for ten years because he was worried about Chu Qing'an. He shook his head, stood up, smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, it's not too early, we can't delay any longer, it's better to go back to Kexue Mountain Villa as soon as possible to find the clues of the jade bottle." ”

So they went back to their rooms to pack their bags, and when the hour had passed, they set out together and went west.

Kexue Mountain Villa is located in the deep mountains of Yaoye Mansion to the west, where it is cold all the year round, and the wind and snow are combined, if you are not familiar with the road, you will be trapped in the wind and snow, and die between the ice and snow.

At this time, although it is close to September, the state capitals in the outside world are still very hot, but except for Dao Xueke and Liu Yuanjun, the rest of the people have never been here, and they can see the undulating and winding snow-capped mountains like keels, and they can't see the edge. In front of him, it was even more snow-white, with no vegetation in sight, only a few bare dead trees, hanging their heads, stopped on the side of the road, and the wind blew, leaving only a creaking sound. full of desolation, but waiting for the old man to come.

This familiar snow has appeared in the eyes of the world again.