Strange Tale of Qingluan

Su Zhongming lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long time, just holding the silver cup.Qianqin looked at his expression, understood in his heart, and was slightly disappointed. The fate was so so, he couldn't force it, so he could only give himself a slight smile.

After the banquet, Qianqin ordered the people in the palace to boil water for Su Zhongming and let him wash the dust. Su Zhongming thanked Qianqin for his kindness, and followed the people in the palace to the bathroom.Before he began to take off his clothes to take a bath, Gong'e brought new clothes and said to him, "These are the servants sent by His Royal Highness, please ask King Wen to choose them."

Su Zhongming picked up one at random, looked at it for a while, and found that it was a dress with embroidered silk sleeves, and then looked at the clothes held by other people, all of which were this kind of court attire, immediately waved his hand, and said: "No need. , Take them all! Thank Your Highness for your kindness on my behalf."

Upon hearing that, Gong'e hurriedly persuaded, "These clothes look good on King Wen, so King Wen can choose one to wear! If you don't choose one, His Highness will blame you, so good."

Su Zhongming took one at random and said, "You can go down now." Gong'e obeyed, and went out one by one.Su Zhongming immediately hung the clothes casually aside, closed the door a little more tightly, and began to pull off his clothes. After about two cups of tea, he got out of the bath and dressed, still wearing the simple robes he had brought in his bundle.

When leaving the bathroom, it happened to be snowing lightly. Su Zhongming walked slowly along the corridor, not minding the little snowflakes floating in and falling on his head and shoulders.When he was about to reach the fork, suddenly, a standing figure appeared in front of him. He continued to walk forward, and when he got to the front, he saw the person's face clearly, and then said: "Mr. He, I am watching Ye Xue alone. Is it?"

He Wukui turned around, bowed respectfully to him, and replied: "Actually, I am waiting for you, my lord." Su Zhongming was taken aback for a moment, and blurted out, "Wait for me?" Where is the lord planning to go, is he going to agree to His Royal Highness' request to stay in Jialing Kingdom, or return to the main helm with me?"

"Chief rudder?" Su Zhongming was very puzzled.He Wukui generously revealed his true identity that he had hidden for many years, "Yes, in fact, I have always concealed my true identity from the lord. I am actually a disciple of Qingluan City Xiangxuanzhu, and my tutor is Elder Yingqing." Su Zhongming heard Yan was shocked, "You are also from Qingluan City? The apprentice of Elder Yingqing... Then, you are one of the Dharma protectors?"

He Wukui nodded, "The reason why I concealed it from my lord, even from many fellow disciples, is because I am different from others, and I am not like Yi Yeqing who can disclose it to my fellow disciples everywhere. As for the reason, my lord, please don't Pursue."

Su Zhongming heard from Ban Luoyan earlier that Yingqing, one of the six elders, had four apprentices before the establishment of Qingluan City, one was Zhu Yanfeng, one was Changyue, one was Gonghe, and the last one... becomes a secret.At this moment, Su Zhongming understood that the last protector was He Wukui standing in front of him.

He had heard that there was a thaumaturgy called mind reading in Yingqing's previous training dojo, and that his disciples could also be selected to practice, Su Zhongming couldn't help but feel a little jealous of He Wukui.If He Wukui noticed it, he smiled and said, "Is my lord unable to accept my true identity, or is she tabooing me?"

"No... I'm afraid that you can read minds and steal my thoughts with just one click." Su Zhongming confessed.He Wukui smiled, and confessed: "My lord, I have indeed practiced mind reading skills, but my ability is far inferior to my brothers and sisters, so my lord, don't worry too much."

Su Zhongming was dubious at first, but after looking into his eyes, he decided to trust him for a while.He Wukui returned to the main topic, and asked repeatedly: "My lord hasn't answered me yet, do you want to stay here or go back to the main helm with me?" Su Zhongming replied: "I will go back to the main helm with you. I came to Jialing to keep the appointment , now it’s finished, I’ll go back with you tomorrow morning.”

He Wukui nodded and cupped his hands, "Then please go to bed early, my lord, and I will lead the way for you tomorrow morning." Su Zhongming said, "Mr. He, too, go to bed early." Step up, turn right, and walk straight down .He Wukui also turned around and walked forward.

Early the next morning, Su Zhongming and the other three bid farewell to Qianqin. When Qianqin saw that Su Zhongming was still wearing old clothes, he was surprised and asked Su Zhongming, "Why don't you wear the clothes I ordered someone to send over last night? Isn't it too much?" Simple, King Wen doesn’t like it?” Su Zhongming hurriedly explained, “No, those clothes look good, but it’s not convenient for me to wear them because I have to go.”

Qian Qin was even more surprised, "Today? So soon? I plan to ask you to stay a few more days to attend my enthronement ceremony!" Then she became disappointed.Su Zhongming smiled slightly, "I'll accept your kindness first, I'm really sorry." Qianqin asked again, "Then where are you going from now on? Can I still contact you?"

"Yes, if you have something to do, you can send someone to send a letter to Qingluan City. I...should be there." After Su Zhongming answered his words, he bowed his hand to him, and then called A Lin Tianduo, followed by He Wukui They left the palace together.

After leaving Jucheng, after walking for a while, Su Zhongming couldn't help asking He Wukui, "Is the main rudder very close to the capital of Jialing Kingdom? Why do we go on foot instead of riding a horse?" He Wukui kept walking , only lightly wrote: "My lord, just follow me and go forward, to a place where there is water."

Su Zhongming had no choice but to follow him, walked into the mountains and forests, and came to a small stream. When he was tired, he put A Lin Tianduo down and said, "The place where there is water, how can I get there?" He Wukui With a slight smile, he bent down, picked up a handful of water with his hands, and sprinkled it on the stone wall. In an instant, a huge water mirror appeared in front of them.

"I'm still not capable enough, so I can only use water to summon the Magic World Mirror. It is the shortcut door for the disciples of Qingluan City to reach their destination, and it can only be used when the city lord is in office." He Wukui explained.Thinking of this mirror, Su Zhongming suddenly realized, "It turns out that the big mirror called Huanshi Mirror is used for such a purpose!" Heart said again: I thought it was for decoration...

He Wukui looked into the water mirror and said: "Zi Xiu, why don't you welcome the city lord back to the main rudder?" A voice came from inside, "Zi Xiu welcomes the city lord back, please come into the mirror." He Wukui waved again Making a gesture to invite Su Zhongming to enter the water mirror, Su Zhongming hesitated for a moment, took A Lin Tianduo's little hand and walked towards the water mirror, and entered the mirror with only one step.

Su Zhongming passed the water mirror, and when he was slightly surprised, he had already come to a cave. The white-robed priest standing beside him bowed to him and said to him: "City Lord, please." Su Zhongming didn't speak, just followed him Go up the stone steps until you reach the Dingtian exit.

The city lord of Qingluan City returned to the main rudder, and Yan Yan was the first to greet him when he received the news.When Su Zhongming followed He Wukui through a building gate, Yanyan went up to meet him, and said to Su Zhongming, "Congratulations to the city lord for coming back." His face was always so serious, without a hint of joy, which made Su Zhongming doubtful , Su Zhongming said: "Yanyan, I finally decided to come back here, why are you unhappy?"

"Of course I'm happy, I'm happy in my heart." Yan Yan replied, but finally didn't smile.Su Zhongming questioned, "But you don't seem very happy!" Before Yan Yan could answer, He Wukui almost said, "My lord, don't embarrass the elder."

Every time Su Zhongming saw Yanyan, he couldn't see a smile on his face, and he was very curious. He wanted to take this opportunity to make Yanyan smile, but he was disappointed in the end. He Wukui's advice made him have to Suppress this curiosity.He has been repeatedly questioning in his heart: What is the reason why Yanyan refuses to smile, what is it?

At that time, in Guangling Kingdom, the snow that fell on the ground was getting thicker and thicker, and the faces of the four people who followed the Guangling Lord Liu Yinghe and stayed at the official post all showed signs of exhaustion from the journey.

"It's really embarrassing to ask you to go back with me, just think of it as going out to play together!" Liu Yinghe said with a smile, her amiable attitude would unconsciously forget each other's status and status, as well as the mentality of always being afraid of Jun Yan. .

"That's what I said, but I spent all of your money all the way here. I feel a bit bad as a daughter." Wen Qian said, eating with his official bank. She felt that King Guang beside her was the person she was looking for.

"It doesn't matter, if you bother so much, ask King Wen to return it!" Liu Yinghe smiled like this, at this time, the door was knocked several times, interrupting their conversation.Liu Yinghe responded: "Come in, the door is unlocked." The visitor gently slid open the lattice door and walked in, apologizing, "Sorry to bother you."

Liu Yinghe didn't mind at all, and replied: "Anyway, it's just gossiping, it's fine." Wen Qian kept silent, only looked at the visitor with her two eyes, and thought: Is this person also traveling with us?Why haven't I seen him before...

Suddenly, Yi Tian pointed his head at the visitor and shouted, "Old...teacher?!!" The three of them were startled at the same time, only Wen Qian blurted out while looking around: "Where is it? Where is it?" Yi Tian He kept pointing at the comer and said, "Didn't you all see that he was standing in front of you! He just came in..."

Wen Qian went in the direction of his fingertips, and saw the man with the mustache, raised her hand, slapped him on the head mercilessly, and cursed: "Please, why do you have long eyes? That's so obvious. He is a man from Tuluo Kingdom! Your teacher loves cleanliness and dressing up the most, how could he grow a beard and dress so poorly!"

Yi Yeqing opened his mouth, "Indeed...there are some similarities, you look at his eyes, the little devil probably found out that his eyes are similar, so he immediately admitted his mistake." After he said this, the other two looked at the other person again. The man glanced at it, and it was exactly as he said.

The man blinked, showing an innocent look.At this time, Liu Yinghe walked to his side and introduced to the three people, "He is Yang Bin who was trapped in the Taoxia Kingdom! When I first saw King Wen, I was slightly surprised, and I understood it in an instant. Why did Khan ask King Wen for help, because they look alike, which made Khan involuntarily generate trust."

He is Yang Bin? ! ——The three of them were surprised at the same time.At this time, the sound of flying birds suddenly sounded outside, and a flying shadow rushed into the room instantly. Seeing this, Yan Ying yelled "dangerous" and hurriedly stepped out of the sword barrier to the flying shadow, but unexpectedly, the flying shadow flashed Very fast, and flew straight to Yi Yeqing.

"Ah Qing...!" Yan Ying blurted out hastily, thinking that the man would be attacked by a raptor, but unexpectedly, after the raptor flew towards him, it landed on his left shoulder very docilely.

Yan Ying was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "What's going on... this goshawk?" Yi Yeqing raised his hand, stroking the feathers of the bird of prey, and answered: "It's a message from Qingluan City. "Then he took off the cloth strips on the raptor's feet.

The cloth with the important news was taken away. As if the goshawk knew it, it spread its wings by itself, flew out again, and never came back.Yi Yeqing didn't go after it, and unfolded the cloth calmly. At the first glance, he found that it was Yanyan's handwriting. After examining the content carefully, he raised his head and smiled at everyone, "We don't need to waste our efforts to find the lord!"

When the other three heard this, they were puzzled and blurted out together: "Why?" Yi Tian pulled his clothes and said: "You can't see such a long road, your will is weakened, and you don't have the confidence to persevere? God! Thanks to you being a man with great martial arts skills, you have no perseverance..."

Yi Yeqing glanced down at him, and said calmly, "No, because the lord has returned to the main helm of Qingluan City now, so we don't need to look for it anymore." Hearing that, Yitian became happy, "Yeah, that's great!"

Yi Yeqing turned to Liu Yinghe, and said: "Your Majesty, we originally asked you to help find the lord, but it seems unnecessary." Liu Yinghe was full of generosity, "Where is it? The king needs my help, and I will naturally do my best, after all, he fell to this point because he was too righteous, and I am also responsible for this matter."

Yi Yeqing bowed his head slightly and remained silent, but Wen Qian almost said, "Then let's go to Qingluan City to meet Brother Zhongming now!" Yi Yeqing immediately objected, "No, you have to stay In Guangling country."

The little ghost Yitian was very dissatisfied with his answer, and said, "Teacher is not yours alone, why did you stop us from following!" Yi Yeqing replied calmly, "There are rules in Qingluan City. Sect disciples are not allowed to enter, trespassers can only die."

"That's it..." Upon hearing the word 'death', Yitian turned pale with fright, and immediately gave up the idea of ​​going to Qingluan City together.Seeing that they stopped protesting, Yi Yeqing begged Liu Yinghe again, "Your Majesty King Guang, please take care of my friends for now."

Liu Yinghe replied: "Okay, I'll treat them as my distinguished guests and take them back to the palace to treat them well." Yi Yeqing nodded, bowed to them, and left immediately, heading to the main helm of Qingluan City alone.

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