Xizhou Qu

Honglian Temple is located in the west of Xizhou City. The back mountain is surrounded by mountains and rivers and away from the dust. It belongs to the fringe area of ​​Xizhou City. Except for the Lantern Festival, it is usually very deserted. Although today is the annual Lantern Festival, the back of the temple There are not many people in the mountain, and it is as cold as the street after the rain.

There are a lot of bamboos planted in the back mountain, green bamboo and jade tube forests stand in the east and west, and the stone mountain and wild flowers shuttle among them, it is a beautiful scenery in the world.

But when he got to the hut, he found that there was no figure of Ye Yixue at all. Instead, he found a piece of white dress behind the fake rock mountain. From the material of the dress, it was exactly the same as the clothes Ye Yixue was wearing today. He instinctively felt that Seeing that something was wrong, he was about to turn around, but was surrounded by twelve men in black.At this time, he realized that he had been deceived, and he thought that he was really careless.

He drew out the soft sword on his body, ready to fight to the end, waiting for Nangong Ruo to find out that he and Ye Yixue were missing, and then..., and then what, he was stunned for a moment when he thought of this, he actually instinctively relied on and trusted Nangong If so.As soon as such an idea came out, even he himself was surprised and his heart beat faster.

But the other party was very cunning, he even hid soft incense powder in his sleeve as soon as he came up, during the fight, after only one round, he felt that something was wrong, when he blocked his breath with his sleeve, the faint fragrance entered his nose, and immediately wafted in his mind He felt a drowsy feeling, as if he was surrounded by smoke, and his whole body was soft. He, who has studied medicine for many years, knew that he had fallen into the opponent's trick.

When Nan Gongruo and Chu Yun rushed to the back mountain of Honglian Temple, they only found the unconscious Ye Yixue and the messy signs of fighting on the ground.

Nangong Ruo said to Chu Yun: "You and Lingyu are looking for someone, and I'm looking for Ye Jingyi." After speaking, he flew away from the temple with his lightness kung fu. The crowd was too eye-catching, so he would not choose a crowd If you go anywhere, you will only go to the area behind the mountain.On the mountain far away from the hustle and bustle, you can always see some broken branches, or the traces of several people trampled over. If Nangong was a little suspicious at first, the whereabouts of these people are too easy to find, as if they are tempting people.

Seeing that Xizhou City behind him was getting farther and farther away, but the traces were still there, and gradually walked out of the range of Xizhou City, he remembered that the mountain in front was called Jiuqu Mountain. The shape of Jiuqu Mountain is complex. The terrain is dangerous, and there are many fierce beasts and poisonous snakes. It is a virgin forest with no human habitation. Even if ordinary people go in, it is not strange to encounter some fierce beasts and poisonous snakes, or stumble and die in the mountains.

At this time, the sky was gradually darkening, and the setting sun had already submerged into the western mountain corner, and there was only a small piece of colorful smear like ink stains soaked in water, as if the dye box had been knocked over.

Although there were many doubts in his heart, he still followed closely. In a relatively flat forest, there were only a few sparse barley trees, but he lost their trace.

Nangong Ruo looked around, as if something was twitching in his mind, he was more nervous than before chasing them, and the ominous feeling in his heart was overwhelming.

Suddenly, something piercing the air from the dark flew past his face. It was a small and easy-to-carry sleeve arrow. After one missed, another shot out from nowhere. He keenly caught the whistling of all the arrows passing through the air.Nangong Ruo relied on his lightness skill to dodge left and right, but none of the arrows hit him, only the purple costume on his body

Just a few small holes.

After more than a dozen arrows, the person hidden in the shadows finally came out, and even Ye Jingyi who was tied up appeared in front of him.Ye Jingyi's hands were tied, and beside him stood two men in black, one on the left and the other on the right.

Seeing that Ye Jingyi was intact, Nangong Ruo secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then Ye Jingyi hurriedly said to Nan Gongruo: "Be careful, they have soft incense powder on them."

Before he finished speaking, he was kicked by the man in black beside him. He groaned, and immediately squatted down, unable to see Ye Jingyi's expression clearly, Nan Gongruo frowned slightly.

After hearing Ye Jingyi's words, Nangong Ruo covered his face with his sleeves, and when he put them down, he saw the corners of his mouth move slightly, as if he had taken something.

"What do you want?" From the moment the other party lures him to the bait, he knows or there is room for negotiation.

The leading man in black smiled after hearing this and said, "I want your life, single-handed fourth prince, no matter how good your martial arts are, you can't beat so many of us."

"Your target at the beginning was me"

"It's not all about you, this guy is also one of our targets, killing two birds with one stone, I don't bother to look for you again." After the man in black finished speaking, he put his sword across Ye Jingyi's neck.

For a moment, Ye Jingyi, who had a severe stomachache, felt the coldness on his neck, and an unprecedented sense of terror loomed in his heart. He instinctively looked at Nangong Ruo, and saw that Nangong Ruo was calm and clear. , the unchanging expression, the expression that was too ordinary, but he seemed to see something reassuring, and gradually calmed down.

At this time, Nangong Ruo's expressionless face finally flashed a tense and dignified look, and the tense look was weak and short-lived, and only the leader of the man in black noticed it.

"Unexpectedly, the fourth prince who guards his body like a jade and does not approach women will have a woman who cares." The leader of the man in black smiled and said: "You are sure this guy is a woman." After speaking, everyone around him laughed.

If Nangong didn't know what kind of medicine these people were selling in the gourd, he didn't answer, but asked: "You all just want my life, let her go, and I will go with you."

But the man in black smiled and said: "This is not fun, how about this, you kill yourself and stab yourself a few more times, maybe we will be happy to see it, and we will let him go when our hearts soften for a while."

Nangongruo has always been in charge of cleaning the Xingyun Pavilion of the remnants of the previous dynasty. The two sides have been feuding for a long time. Countless Xingyun Pavilion killers died in Nangongruo's hands. It can be said that for Xingyun Pavilion, Cangyun Kingdom is their biggest obstacle And hatred is Nan Gongruo, the fourth prince of Cangyun Kingdom in front of him.

Now being besieged by them, without Jueyun and other guards and his accompanying bodyguards, in such a passive situation, they would never believe that Nangong would have a chance to escape.And this is not near the original Ciyun Temple. He has been following them for so long, and he has already left the range of Xizhou City.The terrain of Jiuqu Mountain is dangerous and tortuous, and it will take more time to find someone. They don't think that the generals in Xizhou City will meet them by chance.

The man in black smirked and said, "Why, the honorable Fourth Prince doesn't dare commit suicide, or let us deal with him first, and then slowly torture you." After finishing speaking, the strength in Ye Jingyi's hand slightly retracted, Ye Jingyi's A very thin blood line appeared on the neck instantly, and drops of blood seeped out from Bai Jiu's skin.

"Wait a minute." Nangong Ruo stopped it.

The man in black laughed loudly: "Haha, it's rare for the fourth prince to know how to pity and cherish the jade. I never thought that Nan Gongruo, the fourth prince of Yingming I, would be tempted by such a dry and fleshless guy."

After the man in black finished speaking, the people around him laughed. Many of the assassins who trained with them had more or less good friends and brothers who died at the hands of Nangong Ruo. It was a great pleasure to have the opportunity to torture him at this time.

Nangong Ruo ignored everyone's laughter and drew out the long sword he was carrying with him. The sword turned around and pierced straight into his abdomen. He said coldly: "Now, you are all satisfied."

All the men in black stopped laughing, and the leading man said to him in the same cold tone: "It's not enough, how can one knife be enough, no matter what it takes, it will cost seven or eight knives."

Afterwards, Nangong Ruo drew out his own knife, and brought out a pool of blood, the splashed blood droplets were like teardrops, the barley barley was round and full, the blood seemed to fly past Ye Jingyi's eyes very close.

Ye Jingyi watched all this, her eyes were already wet, covered with a layer of water mist.From the initial shock to the emotion at this moment, he never thought that in his lifetime, there would be someone who would pay such a high price for an irrelevant person like him.

There was no hesitation in Nangong Ruo's icy eyes, the blade turned around again, and stabbed him for the second time. Although his face was expressionless, cold sweat gradually dripped from his face.