In the middle of the night, bursts of thunder rang out in the Wushan Mountains that stretched thousands of miles.
The bird with snow-white fur was like a white ghost, silently passing through the canopy of the deep mountain forest. After flying half a mile, it landed on a tree branch to hide from the rain, watching the figures in the jungle running slowly past.
Guan Yujia was shot through the shoulder and suffered internal injuries. He could not return to Tiehe Villa. The only way out now was to rush to Fulong Cave as soon as possible and obtain a 'Daliang Pearl' to treat his injuries.
Fulong Cave is located in the west of Wuzhou, and its current location is the center of Wuzhou. It is not easy for Guan Yujia, who suffered a heavy blow, to walk through hundreds of miles of deep mountains and old forests.
After running for dozens of miles through the mountains and completely losing sight of the pursuers, Guan Yujia hid in a cave, swallowed medicine and began to nurse his wounds.
The birds flew all night in the rain and had to eat or drink. They landed near the cave. After making sure that the target customers would not leave for a short time, they looked for food in the surrounding mountains and forests.
As a domesticated bird of prey, Niaoniao has been eating whatever the Night Terror Hall has eaten since he was a child. He will not touch anything that the Night Terror Hall doesn't eat. The only food he can find in the mountains and forests is nothing more than pheasants, hares, or small fish.
After searching for a long time in the mountains and fields, but failing to find suitable prey, the birds flew high in the sky and looked around the surrounding mountains and fields, trying to find a village with lights to catch their meal.
As a result, the village was not found. Instead, a faint light of fire was found among the mountains in the far distance.
"grumble?"
The birds flew through the night sky, all the way through the mountains and forests, and came to a mountain stream, where they looked out from the bushes.
Both sides of the mountain stream are covered with ancient trees and rocks. On the cliff on the side of a pool, there are indented grooves washed out by floods. There are big trees growing on them and a pebble beach below.
At this time, a bonfire was lit on the pebble beach, and two shiny, fat fish were roasted on wooden sticks.
Sitting on a smooth boulder not far away was a woman in a snow-colored dress, with a long sword stuck on the stone beside her, a wine gourd in her left hand, and she was drinking wine with her head raised.
"grumble!"
Yesterday morning, Niaoniao saw this fairy sister who ran away from Tangtang's bed and fell outside the window. Her eyes couldn't help but light up. She wanted to find a chance to have a meal, but after a closer look, she felt wrong.
Beside the mountain stream, Master Xuanji raised her head and drank the 'Fierce Girl's Sorrow'. Her demeanor was as graceful as a fairy, and she looked like a forest fairy born in the green mountains.
Not far away from Master Xuanji, a figure dressed in black was tied up and sitting on a stone. His face was covered with a black scarf and only one pair of eyes were exposed, and he said angrily:
"Witch, how many times have I told you that I don't have a dragon-crying picture, and you repeatedly attack without practicing martial ethics..."
Master Xuanji put down the wine gourd and handed it to the man in black:
"Would you like to drink?"
The man in black stared and turned his head:
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, a witch like you. I have something important to do in the past two days. You asked me to finish it. I will tell you the news about Minglongtu afterwards. If you keep pestering me, you will take care of my affairs."
Screwed up..."
Master Xuanji came and sat down in front of him. He wanted to pull off the man in black's face scarf, but was given a fierce look, so he gave up and asked:
"King Wu probably doesn't have a picture of the singing dragon in his hand. You've been running around here and there for more than half a year and I haven't seen you stealing anything. What are you looking for?"
"I told you to let me go?"
Master Xuanji shrugged slightly: "It depends on whether your words are true or false. Is the situation serious?"
The man in black was silent for a moment and explained softly:
"I am from the tribes of Beiliang and Xihai. The imperial court of Beiliang treats the tribes of Xihai as barbarians. Every year, each tribe must pay tribute in large quantities of horses, medicinal materials, and money. If they cannot pay, they will send troops to arrest people as hard labor..."
"The tribes in the West Sea are not good at fighting. They almost swallowed up half of Dayan and Beiliang..."
"If you don't attack us, how can we attack you? Be it Yan, Wei, or Beiliang, who in the world can't dig up three feet of the ground and ask us to pay tribute? My hometown is in Tianlang Lake, but now my tribe can't even go to the lake
Anyone who takes a single glance at it will be treated as a traitor and killed on the spot. We have been bullied for generations, why can’t we resist if we have the chance?"
Master Xuanji took a sip of wine: "That's true. But what does this have to do with your coming to Wuzhou?"
"There used to be a powerful wizard in the tribes of Xihai. He prepared a secret medicine that could reshape people. However, he was killed by the Beiliang court, and the medicine and prescription were also stolen by the Beiliang court.
"I ran all over Beiliang just to find something and find a way to restore it, so that my people would not be slaves for generations... That prescription was originally in the hands of the Beiliang court, but it was stolen by the imperial doctor Zhang Jinglin. Now Zhang Jinglin is in Wu
Under the king’s command…”
After Master Xuanji listened carefully, he nodded thoughtfully:
"I see... How about you give me the Minglong Picture and I'll help you catch him?"
The man in black hesitated and asked:
"you sure?"
"I need Minglongtu to save my apprentice's life. As long as you give it to me, what does it mean to help you catch someone?"
The man in black hesitated for a moment: "Since you don't look like a very vicious person, I will trust you once. The Dragon Screaming Picture is on my chest. You must return it to me when you are done with it. How dare you lie to me about thunder and lightning!"
Master Xuanji showed a smile and put her hand into the man in black's lapel:
"It would have been better if I had done this earlier, ha~ my breasts are quite big..."
The words stopped abruptly here.
The serious eyes of the man in black suddenly turned into cunning, and he quickly rolled to the side:
"I told you that I don't have a picture of the singing dragon. You don't believe it. You'd better not move. This is a strange poison I use to save your life. If you move around, you will die. Don't blame me for not warning you."
Master Xuanji looked at the little powder on her fair palms, with helplessness in her eyes:
"If you do this again, next time I will use my sword to strip off your clothes first."
The man in black rolled up like a carp and quickly broke away from the rope in his hand:
"There will be no next time. You swear now that you will leave immediately and never bother me again. I will give you the antidote. Otherwise, you will definitely die."
Master Xuanji took off the wine gourd and took a sip:
"I don't believe this can poison me."
"Even if the poison doesn't kill you, you, a witch, will have to suffer from hidden wounds for the rest of your life. Let me ask you one last time, do you swear?"
Master Xuanji waved his hand slightly and said casually: "Run quickly, I can catch up in half an hour at most, and you will be able to watch me."
The man in black looked annoyed, snorted lightly, turned around and ran away.
However, after running a few steps, the man in black looked back and felt that no matter how powerful this witch was, she would still narrowly escape death.
She secretly gritted her teeth, then turned back, pulled out a round pendant from her collar, and threw it to Master Xuanji:
"You witch, if you still have some conscience, stop here. I will never hold back when I meet you next time..."
Master Xuanji picked up the pendant, opened it, took out the small pill inside, and threw it into his mouth:
"These medicines of yours are just children's play, none of them are very exciting..."
The man in black's eyes were stunned: "What antidote are you not afraid of taking?"
"I'm not stupid. Why resist when there is an antidote? Run quickly. I will catch up in half a quarter of an hour at most."
"you!"
The handsome man in black raised his eyebrows. He first took out a dagger, then after thinking about it, he took out a medicine bottle, opened it and threw it on Master Xuanji.
Master Xuanji picked up the medicine bottle, put it to his nose and smelled it, slightly surprised:
"What kind of medicine is it this time? It smells very strong."
"Yanhuangxiang, don't you want a strong medicine? You asked for it. I don't have an antidote. If you can't find a man to release yourself within two hours, you will explode and die. Can you resist?"
Let me take your last name!"
Master Xuanji blinked her peach blossom eyes, raised her green hands, and made an orchid finger shape:
"What kind of poison is this? I can cure it myself with my hands, or I can catch you and grind the mirror..."
"Bah - you witch! I...I bah!"
The man in black was also stunned by this extremely intelligent but no-limit witch, and turned around and ran into the woods.
Master Xuanji watched the man in black go away and asked from a distance:
"You really don't know the whereabouts of the Ming Shen Tu?"
"I've told you a long time ago, I don't know, I am born with clear eyes and ears, how can you, a witch, be so stubborn..."
As he spoke, the figure quickly disappeared deep into the forest.
Seeing this, Master Xuanji showed a bit of helplessness on his calm face.
After being silent for only a moment, Master Xuanji moved his peripheral vision slightly and looked at the bonfire not far away.
I saw a fat-headed eagle with snow-white hair, spread its wings, and cautiously walked towards the grilled fish next to the fire like a thief. When I saw her looking over, I quickly stood up straight and said "chichi~" twice. It looked very spiritual.
.
When Xuanji was in the inn, he didn't pay attention to the bird quietly peeking out of the window next door. He didn't recognize it, but it was a rare animal in the mountains. He smiled and said:
"Eat."
"Ji~"
The bird swooped over to the grilled fish, grabbed a piece of grilled fish, and flew into the woods, making "cuckoo, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck, cluck..."
Come to save you...
Of course, Master Xuanji couldn't understand the birdsong. After the surroundings became quiet, he sat cross-legged on the boulder and closed his eyes...
——
Shashasha~~
In the latter part of the night, the heavy rain turned into drizzle.
Among the cracks in the stone cliff, Ye Jingtang was lying on the blanket, using the package as a pillow, with his eyes closed and already asleep, with his hands still wrapped around the waist of Liu Yingying.
Luo Ning was too tired and lay down on her body. I don't know if she fainted or fell asleep. There were still faint tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, just like flowers that had been beaten by the wind and rain. I felt pity for her.
Night Terror Hall is much better than at the beginning, but the energy and blood have not yet calmed down, so that in these messy dreams, the most memorable scenes of Ning'er, Benben, Sanniang, and even Miss Yuhu reappear one after another, and then...
…
"Hmm~"
Luo Ning frowned slightly in her deep sleep and murmured softly.
Ye Jingtang woke up immediately, opened his eyes, and found that he had pushed against Luo Nuxia. He apologized slightly, gently helped Ning'er to lie down, covered him with clothes, put on his clothes, and got out.
The curtain.
The time was estimated to be three or four in the morning, and everything was completely silent under the sky. Only the lights in Tiehe Villa in the far distance could be seen vaguely.
After Ye Jingtang took a look at it, he flew up, climbed up the cliff, and came to the foot of a tree at the top of the cliff.
Although she couldn't see her fingers, she could still determine Sanniang's specific position from her breathing and movements.
Pei Xiangjun kept looking around with his telescope, and when he saw Ye Jingtang running up to him, he felt quite strange in his heart and said softly:
"Are you feeling better?"
Ye Jingtang came forward and leaned under the same tree to take shelter from the rain:
"Much better. You can take a nap, I'll just keep watch."
Pei Xiangjun held Ye Jingtang's wrist and looked at it. He found that his energy and blood were still a little strong, and he frowned and said:
"Why did you come up here before you're ready? Keep going."
Ye Jingtang hesitated for a moment, shook his head and responded:
"If you take too many tonics, it's not an aphrodisiac. You'll probably have excessive qi and blood for several days. It doesn't affect your mind and ability, but it's just excess energy."
Pei Xiangjun blinked: "Is it because Ning'er can't bear it? I knew that she would be crying and begging for mercy in less than half a quarter of an hour if she kept her mouth high and straight..."
Ye Jingtang felt that it was because of his own fierceness, and he couldn't blame Ning'er, but it was hard to say these self-proclaimed dirty words, so he just laughed lightly.
It was raining heavily outside, and there was no sound on the cliff except for two steady breaths.
The faint fragrance wafted from the side of Night Terror Hall, and I felt that my mind was a little confused. I thought about it and sat up straight, pretending to be attentive.
Pei Xiangjun looked demure and gentle. After being silent for a while, he found something to say:
"I see that Ning'er has a very cold temper. You have only known each other for a short time. Why did you become so so soon..."
"Didn't Sanniang give me the wrong medicine? Ning'er originally asked me to hug her for a while, but in order to give me the antidote, she did it so quickly..."
"I didn't give you that medicine, she bought it herself."
Pei Xiangjun thought of the last time when Hu Meizi came to the door and quarreled and snatched away Jingtang in front of her. He felt a little useless, so he got a little closer and asked:
"Did she kiss you before she gave you the antidote?"
Night Terror Hall is not very easy to answer this question:
"Well... I kissed her. On the day I killed the wingless owl, Ning'er got a shot. I helped her detoxify it. Seeing her eyes closed and filled with grief and anger, I couldn't help but secretly kiss her. As a result, Ning'er was so angry that she felt aggrieved.
Oh my god, they didn’t even cook for me. I’ve been very well-behaved since then...
"Later in Yunzhou, on the day I killed Zhou Huaili, I was a little excited to meet again after a long separation, so I made a bet with Ning'er. She lost the bet, so she let me kiss her for a long time..."
When Pei Xiangjun heard this quite romantic story, he nodded thoughtfully:
"Before you kiss, you have to kill someone for fun?"
?
Ye Jingtang was speechless and thought for a moment: "If I didn't kill anyone today, I would beat Guan Yujia half to death..."
"Hmph~..."
The two chatted for only a moment. There was a slight sound in the night rain, and a big bird flew back with lightning speed, landed on Ye Jingtang's shoulder, and then grabbed Ye Jingtang's collar and pulled it out:
"Chi chi chi..."
Pei Xiangjun saw that Niaoniao was so anxious and frowned:
"Something happened?"
Ye Jingtang hugged the anxious bird and asked:
"What's wrong?"
The bird spread its wings and gestured: "Chi Chi..."
Through the tone and movements of Night Terror Hall, you can roughly understand the meaning - hurry up and save people, it's an emergency!
Ye Jingtang frowned, knowing that an important person he knew was in danger, and asked:
"How far and how many enemies?"
"Chiji..."
Niao Niao indicated that there were no enemies for about thirty miles.
?
No enemies...
Ye Jingtang was not sure what happened to anyone, so naturally he did not dare to delay, so he stood up and said:
"I'll go over and take a look. Sanniang, you and Ning'er hide well. I'll go back quickly."
Pei Xiangjun was not clear about the situation, so he stood up and asked:
"Don't you want to go there together?"
"We have to go over at full speed to save people. Ning'er's legs are probably weak now. Sanniang should take good care of her. I'll ask Bird Bird to come back later to keep in touch."
After Ye Jingtang said a few words, he jumped down from the stone cliff and landed in the crack. He picked up his saber, dragon-screaming gun, and first-aid medicine, and followed the birds to the southeast...