A hundred years ago, the Mongolian iron cavalry swept the world and swept through the wilderness. Genghis Khan, a generation of Tianjiao, divided this large territory among his descendants, and each established a vast Han state. The land of the Western Regions originally belonged to the command of his third son, Wo Kotai, and then the Haidu rebelled, and the ancestor Kublai Khan entangled the power of the whole country to suppress the rebellion in one fell swoop, and the Western Regions returned to the Yuan court, divided his son, and built the Beiting Protectorate.

In order to strengthen its control over the Western Regions, the Yuan court built a military road here, set up a post station and an urgent delivery shop. At the beginning of the new dynasty, these measures did greatly contribute to stabilizing the situation, but as the world has been peaceful for a long time, the Mongolian nobles have become more and more extravagant and decadent, and many of the original measures have gradually changed their taste. The military route that kept the empire running gradually became a trade route, and many Mongol nobles handed over the vast wealth they had won to the sème people, who were very good at business, and the wealth of the world was concentrated here, breeding many wealthy merchants who rivaled the wealth of the country.

The poor are in the south of the Yangtze River, and the rich are in the north. These wealthy businessmen in the Western Regions, in this bitter cold land in the northwest, have built thousands of mansions, which are extremely poor and luxurious, lest they not be luxurious.

If it weren't for the dry and cold wind and the distant blue sky, Zhou Zhiruo would still think that she had returned to Jiangnan. After she was captured by Cheng Kun on the top of the light, she was blindfolded and traveled all the way to this vast manor.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Zhou Zhiruo wouldn't have believed that there would be such a big manor like a Jiangnan garden in the Western Regions. The whole Zhuangzi is planted with trees, the clear stream flows through the courtyard, the pavilions and buildings, the rockery and strange stones, both get the humor of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no lack of the vastness of the world outside the plug.

Zhou Zhiruo has lived here for more than a dozen years, and someone takes care of her food, clothing and daily life, but she seems to have been poisoned, and she can't lift half of her true qi all over her body.

These days, Zhou Zhiruo has gradually gotten rid of the initial panic, and her mood has returned to calm. Although she didn't know who had taken her here captive and what ulterior motives she had, she believed in Zhao Yu, as long as Zhao Yu was safe, no one in this world would dare to harm her.

Or the opponent wanted to blackmail Zhao Yu with himself, but they thought wrong. Although Zhou Zhiruo has no power to protect herself, she still has the ability to prevent Zhao Yu from falling into a dilemma because of herself. Since the incident of Ji Xiaofu in the Emei faction, the exterminator learned from the pain, and made a kind of silver needle as thin as a cow's hair, and handed it to every disciple who has not become a monk, and hid it between the hair or in the clothing line, and when it is really in crisis, it will be pulled out and pierced into the blood veins, and after a while, the silver needle will be rushed into the heart by the bloodstream, and he will die of exhaustion.

Therefore, Zhou Zhiruo really has nothing to worry about, she has been waiting calmly, waiting for Zhao Yu to save herself, or waiting for herself to die.

After coming to this manor, except for two girls dressed as maids, Zhou Zhiruo had only seen one person. It can't be called a meeting, it was the first day she came to this manor, and she was led into an elegantly furnished room by two maids. The room was separated by a draper, and the maid sent Zhou Zhiruo and then withdrew. Zhou Zhiruo sat on the chair, and although she couldn't see the other side of the room, she could hear a slight wheezing sound.

She was so frightened that she didn't dare to step forward and lift the curtain to see who was behind the scenes, so she only clasped the silver needle buried in the corner of her clothes. That person never said a word, but Zhou Zhiruo could feel that those eyes always fell on him through the curtain.

In this way, half an hour passed, and the man behind the curtain rang a copper bell, and then the two maids walked into the room and brought Zhou Zhiruo out, without saying a word from beginning to end. This silent pressure made Zhou Zhiruo's sideburns wet with cold sweat, physically and mentally exhausted, and there was a sense of prostration. She didn't see the man, only glimpsed a white shirt through the crack in the window lattice as she left.

Since then, Zhou Zhiruo has been confined to the courtyard of several zhang squares, and no one has ever asked about it.

The two maids treated Zhou Zhiruo very kindly and responded to her requests, but when Zhou Zhiruo knocked on the side and wanted to ask something, they were very strict and didn't confide anything. In addition, they took good care of Zhou Zhiruo, and even feared that she would be bored alone, so they sent some painting books and poems, as well as musical instruments such as qinse.

But Zhou Zhiruo lived with his father on a boat by the Han River since he was a child, lived a hard life, and then went to Emei Mountain to practice martial arts. Since her father's death, except for martial arts, Zhao Yu has no interest in other things. Therefore, although she understands the kindness of the maids, she is useless.

The poison in Zhou Zhiruo is very wonderful, except for the inability to move the internal force of the true qi and the jīng god is easy to get tired, rì often acts without restraint. In her spare time, she practiced the thirty-six styles of Yu Ruo Sanshou taught to her by Zhao Yu in the courtyard, which is the jīng essence of the martial arts that Zhao Yu learned. After reuniting with Zhao Yu, Zhou Zhiruo's cultivation of martial arts was no longer as attentive as on Emei Mountain, but after this experience, she realized that as Zhao Yu's status became more and more noble, her opponent became stronger. If she can get out of trouble safely this time, she doesn't want to be a drag on Zhao Yu anymore and let herself easily get into danger.

Yu Ruo's loose hand moves are wonderful, and there is no one in the world who is unsurpassed in martial arts, it was Zhao Yu who took into account Zhou Zhiruo's lack of internal strength, so he summed it up for her self-defense. Therefore, although he couldn't move his true qi, every time Zhou Zhiruo practiced, the originally loose jīng gods could quickly gather, and occasionally felt that someone was watching from a distance. But when she stopped her moves and looked around, she couldn't find anyone.

On this day, Zhou Zhiruo had dinner and was about to rest, when the two girls who served her walked into the room and said softly: "Miss Zhou, my master wants to see you." ”

Zhou Zhiruo's heartstrings tightened, and she said coldly: "Are you still seeing you like last time? Who is your master? Since he dares to kidnap me here, why doesn't he even have the courage to let me see it?"

The two maids didn't speak, but only lowered their heads and asked Zhou Zhiruo to leave the room.

Zhou Zhiruo followed behind these two people, as if nothing had happened on the surface, but in fact, she had already pulled out the silver needle in the corner of her clothes and sandwiched it between her fingers. She was keenly aware that things were going to change, but she didn't know if it would be good or bad.

Re-entering the room from last time, still covered by a draper. However, this time Zhou Zhiruo's mood was not as panicked as last time, and after entering the room, she walked straight forward to lift the curtain, but found that there was a bead curtain hanging in front of the door of the inner room not far away, and a tall figure was sitting behind the bead curtain, but she couldn't see her appearance clearly. Zhou Zhiruo frowned, and said in a deep voice: "You are the master here? What is the intention of keeping me here? ”

The figure behind the bead curtain moved, and then made a crisp and pleasant voice: "I don't want to see you, it has nothing to do with guts, I just really don't want to see you." ”

Hearing that it was a female voice, Zhou Zhiruo was slightly surprised, and then frowned: "You don't want to see me, what are you doing here to keep me here?"

The woman behind the beaded curtain laughed and said, "I don't want to see you, but I want to know what the woman he loves is like." I'm keeping you here, and I want to know what he's willing to do for you. Miss Zhou, do you want to know what he has done outside during this time?"

When Zhou Zhiruo heard this, her heartstrings tightened, her face stiffened, and she said astringently: "Who are you? What is the relationship with Zhao Lang? What is he willing to do for me, and what does it have to do with you?"

The woman did not answer Zhou Zhiruo's question, but said to herself: "I want to see how hard his heart has been over the years......? Miss Zhou, you really don't want to know what he has done for you during this time?"

The indescribable melancholy in this tone, Zhou Zhiruo, who is also a woman, couldn't help but feel a little sad after hearing it. Then she suddenly woke up, but this melancholy was because of Zhao Yu, but her mood suddenly became bad, and after a long silence, she said: "I don't want to, I don't want him to give up anything." I will only support him and help him as much as I can. ”

The woman was stunned for a moment, and then clapped her hands and smiled: "Okay, what a good woman who is as gentle as water, I feel sorry for her." I might as well tell you, Zhao Yu, yes, his real name is Zhao Yu, and Zhao Wuxian is a pseudonym, do you know?"

Zhou Zhiruo nodded and said, "I already knew about it, and I also visited his family." At this time, Zhou Zhiruo had forgotten that she was under the control of others, and she only didn't want this mysterious woman to have the upper hand in her words.

"Oh? Have you met Mr. Zhao? What is his impression of you? I understand the old man's spleen, he treats people very kindly, but in fact, he has a set of ideas about people in his heart. Speaking of which, I haven't visited him for many years, and I don't know if he will blame me, the only female apprentice. The woman's laughter was like a silver bell, and she said to Zhou Zhiruo very kindly: "The Zhao family is a scholar, you, a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, may not adapt to the atmosphere of a family for a while. But these are all small sections, and it would be nice to get through them. ”

Zhou Zhiruo heard this woman mention the Zhao family, with an extremely familiar tone, she couldn't get angry for a while, and said coldly: "Thank you girl, the most important thing for the family to get along with each other is to live in harmony, I understand this truth." ”

The woman snorted coldly and said, "It's a pity, I'm about to leave a family." ”

"What?" Zhou Zhiruo heard this, her face changed suddenly, and she said nervously: "What's wrong with Zhao Lang?"

When the woman heard Zhou Zhiruo's frightened tone, she immediately smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just to save you, I was slapped a few times by my subordinates, if you are lucky enough to save it in time, you may be able to save your life." ”

Zhou Zhiruohua's face was lost, Deng Deng took two steps back, sat down next to the chair, and said in a trembling voice: "Impossible! His martial arts are so high...... No way! You're lying to me, aren't you?"

After panicking for a moment, Zhou Zhiruo suddenly regained her composure and said in a condensed voice: "This girl, it's late at night, I want to rest, I don't want to listen to your nonsensical words anymore." ”

"Oh, you don't have a lot of faith in him. The woman stood up, lifted the beaded curtain, and walked out.

Zhou Zhiruo looked at it curiously, and saw that this woman's face was as clear as jade, her eyes were clear as water, and she was so beautiful that even if she looked at it from a woman's eyes, she couldn't help but feel excited.

Zhao Min walked in front of Zhou Zhiruo, condescendingly looked at this beautiful woman like Zhilan, and sneered: "Zhao Yu's family, who have been blessed by my emperor for many years, and the country is in danger, and they don't want to serve the country, but they are in trouble by dividing one side, and they are real rebels and thieves. Look, see how I take off his head, and then send you to meet him at the spring!"

At this moment, the heroism between her eyebrows was not inferior to her eyebrows.

Zhou Zhiruo was forced by his momentum, and after losing his mind for a while, he was not afraid to fight and said: "You are dreaming!"

"Whether it's a dream or not, we'll see. I've fought him so many times, what idea does he have that he can hide from me? He has tried all his tricks to make it look like the overall situation has been decided, and if I don't do it, he will still think that I have come to the Western Regions to hunt!" (To be continued...) )