The cool breeze in the afternoon is also a rare treat in this ancient city in the mountains.
The rushing Qingyun River flows from west to east, drawing a strip of white ripples among the endless green shadows. But now there is a pale red mist floating on the long river, which obscures the scenery between the brows of those looking from a distance.
Changlin Garden.
This is the closest to the Qingyun River and is an excellent place to enjoy the river view in the palace.
The ancient palace of the imperial city has huge pillars like rocks. There is a faint coldness outside the silent and empty palace. Behind the white jade stone railings stand two figures, one white and one black, one warm and one cold.
"You are not Xue'er."
Bai Yunsheng has regained his appearance and is staring at the picturesque scenery in the distance, unable to hide the disappointment in his words.
"Oh? Are you so sure?" the woman asked with a slight smile.
"If it was really Xue'er, they would never be so calm when they saw me and my eldest brother."
Bai Yunsheng confidently stated his reasons.
"That's right, I'm not Mu Chengxue."
Just as the woman finished speaking, Bai Yunsheng continued: "But there is one thing I can't figure out, why..."
Halfway through his words, he couldn't help but turn his eyes to the right for the seventh time, looking at the woman's beautiful profile, and continued: "You and Xue'er are very similar, very similar."
"call."
A wisp of breeze blew from the Qingyun River and blew in front of their foreheads, making the green hair on the woman's shoulders dance gracefully.
The sound of wind in my ears is as gurgling as a spring, and people wake up only after the "spring water" has flowed out.
The woman in white was silent for a moment and finally spoke:
"My name is Mu Xiaomin, and Mu Chengxue is my sister."
A word that is depressing.
Bai Yunsheng turned his gaze back for the tenth time, and his heart hanging in his throat slowly fell to the ground, but like a falling snowball, the snowflakes collapsed on the ground - the hope he had just ignited was extinguished again "as expected".
The two of them remained silent for a long time before Bai Yunsheng opened his mouth with difficulty: "So that's it. As sisters Xue'er, we are Yunsheng's friends. I have offended you a lot, I hope you will forgive me."
"Just call me Xiao Min. I know everything about you and your sister."
Mu Xiaomin turned around and looked at Bai Yunsheng, who had a downcast face. A beautiful and flawless smile bloomed on his pure white face.
Bai Yunsheng turned his head for the eleventh time, staring at this peerless smile, and most of the sadness in his heart disappeared instantly.
He understood that the person in front of him and the person in his heart were definitely not the same person.
Mu Chengxue was as beautiful as ice and untouched by mortal dew, but Mu Xiaomin had a kind of innocence and lightness around him that could easily knock on the door of Bai Yunsheng's heart that had been "rejected" for a long time.
Bai Yunsheng smiled clearly at the corner of his mouth, and the bitterness of longing in his heart slowly settled down.
At this moment, he seemed to see Mu Chengxue's shadow again, and no one could replace that eternally shallow smile.
Half an hour later.
Under the banyan tree by the pond in Changlin Garden, Bai Yunsheng and Mu Xiaomin were sitting in the pavilion, sitting in front of Xiang Wujian.
"Are you really not Mu Chengxue?"
Xiang Wujian stared blankly, looked around carefully several times, and still asked in confusion.
"Brother, I've told you four times! Her name is Xiao Min, not Xue'er." Bai Yunsheng, who had resumed his disguise, rolled his eyes, spread his hands and said helplessly.
Xiang Wujian nodded for the fourth time with a vague understanding, shook his head again, and exclaimed: "It's so similar!"
"Brother Xiang is not as serious as the legend says."
Mu Xiaomin looked at Xiang Wujian's silly look and couldn't help but hide his face and smile.
"I have been separated from my sister for three years, because I have some similarities with her."
Xiang Wujian felt embarrassed and nervous, but was resolved by Bai Yunsheng's words:
"Brother, how is Sister Savage?"
Xiang Wujian breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Thanks to Xiao Min's presence, the corpse energy in Xiao Chen's body has been dissipated, but her body is still a little weak. In addition, she has been practicing for a month, so she has to lie down for a while."
After hearing this, Bai Yunsheng nodded thoughtfully and then asked:
"Xiao Min, since you can cure this disease, why don't you help the people in Yunxia City?"
After hearing this, Xiang Wujian also looked at the beauty beside him and expressed the same question.
Mu Xiaomin's pretty face twisted into a wry smile, and he said bitterly:
"What you don't know is that although the Huitian Curse of my Baize tribe can purify the filth, there are too many people infected with the ghost plague here. I am incapable of doing it alone."
Bai Yunsheng patted his head and thought to himself that he was an idiot, then asked again:
"The people in Bajiao Cave call you the miracle doctor..."
"I originally went down the mountain to Jingzhou with two senior brothers and crossed the Wujiang River to the west. When passing by the border of Yingguang Kingdom, I heard that the plague was spreading here, so I stopped by to have a look and cured some people. However, the ghost plague spread too fast and we were helpless.
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Mu Xiaomin replied with slightly disappointed eyes.
"Two senior brothers? Where are they?"
Bai Yunsheng held his chin in his hand and asked one more question.
"They went to investigate the source of the ghost plague."
"Oh? Xiao Min, according to your opinion, where does this ghost plague come from?"
Xiang Wujian looked quite concerned when he spoke.
Mu Xiaomin lowered her beautiful eyes and said with some hesitation: "You guys come with me."
The three of them flew out of the palace and flew to the north of the south city. After a few cups of tea, Mu Xiaomin, Bai Yunsheng and Xiang Wujian stopped over the Qingyun River filled with red mist.
"Ho ho ho."
In Beicheng on the other side of the river, there were still many ghost-faced people roaring and trying to crawl through the barrier. However, the barrier set up by Basho Cave was obviously more merciful and did not burn these unconscious ghosts to ashes.
"Xiao Min, what are we doing here?" Bai Yunsheng looked at the ghost man opposite with boredom and asked.
Mu Xiaomin's pretty face showed a bit of solemnity, and she said slowly:
"The Qingyun River starts from Jiulong Mountain in the west and merges into the Wujiang River. The land on both sides is fertile. Yunxia Kingdom has existed on the river since ancient times. According to my investigation and my senior brother's investigation, the poison of the ghost plague came from this Qingyun River."
"How is this possible?" Bai Yunsheng was the first to question, "It is said that the ghost plague comes from the corpse aura of the wronged soul of the dead ghost. Could it be that there are a bunch of ghosts buried under the river?"
Xiang Wujian also couldn't understand the saying that "ghost plague was transmitted from the river".
Mu Xiaomin shook his head slightly and continued to explain:
"It's not that simple. The Qingyun River is more than half a hundred feet wide and dozens of feet deep. Generations are the river of life under the clouds. It is unlikely to bury people."
"So, we are going to trace the source?"
Bai Yunsheng quickly guessed the crux of the problem, and Xiang Wujian suddenly understood, but he just didn't want to "steal" Bai Yunsheng's limelight.
"Yes, the two senior brothers have already rushed to Jiulong Mountain." Mu Xiaomin squinted at Bai Yunsheng and said with a smile.
"It seems that things are getting more and more interesting, brother, do we have to wait for Sister Savage?" Bai Yunsheng asked Xiang Wujian eagerly.
"It's better to wait for her to come together."
Xiang Wujian actually made the decision without thinking, as if he already knew this answer.
The three of them returned to the palace. Xiang Wujian went directly to take care of Murong Chen. Bai Yunsheng also planned to return to his residence, but Mu Xiaomin suddenly stopped him:
"Hey! Wait a minute."
Bai Yunsheng looked back in surprise, and in a trance he recognized Mu Xiaomin as Mu Chengxue. He shook his head and asked:
"What's wrong, Xiao Min?"
Unexpectedly, his look and question made Mu Xiaomin nervous. A few blushes appeared on the beauty's fair face, she lowered her head slightly and said, "I...how should I...call you?"
Bai Yunsheng thought something big was going on. He was stunned for a moment, and then gave a rare knowing smile:
"Just call me Bai Yunsheng."
Mu Xiaomin raised his head when he heard the sound, and saw that Bai Yunsheng's retreating back was blurred. His thin pink lips couldn't help but curved, revealing an incomprehensible and mysterious smile, and murmured to himself in the breeze:
"You are still the same, you haven't changed at all."
