cloud roll mountain river

"stop!"

It was silent again.

It seemed to be a cry, but it was actually shouted by three people in unison, one of them was Ye Ruoyun in front of him, and the other two were behind Gu Xiaowu.

Standing in front of the hall, the two were both slender and tall, dressed in indigo blue clothes, with dazzling silver wrists, mottled belts around their waists, long riding boots on their feet, and sky-shattering crossbows in their hands. cover up.Even the arrows seem to be shiny and trance, as if thousands of troops are just a snap away, and mountains, rivers and rivers are no match for a hundred paces.Just as he was about to lament the birth of the magic weapon, he realized that it was just two wooden guns.I thought the world would write heroes with swords, but now I see heroes with wooden crossbows.

As far as the eye can see, the morning sun is also inferior to its brilliance, and it looks like a heavenly man. If anyone can shout out that the gods will descend to the earth, someone will probably bow their heads in a daze.

Gu Xiaowu knew at a glance that they were the Helian siblings that the old Qingzi was talking about.

There was no expression on the woman's face, but she had a unique style in front of her.The long hair is tied in a high ponytail with a hair tie decorated with silver flowers, and it hangs down straight down.His willow eyebrows are slender, his eyes are like bright stars, and his thin lips are slightly pursed. When standing still, he is calm, just like the heaven and earth carved out of rough jade. Walking out slowly, like a dream.She is like a plum tree standing on the ice field in the wilderness, her gaze sweeps across the endless sky, earth, snow, sun, moon and stars, far-reaching and leisurely.

And the man next to her, with his sister's facial features similar to human hands, has his long hair scattered on his shoulders and let the breeze blow, making him look even more reckless. Compared with his sister, his eyebrows and eyes are more rough, but just Just like the running script of a literati and a poet, if the roughness is less, it will be weak and swaying; if the roughness is too much, it will be insulting to the gentleness. Delicate, natural, harmonious, indescribable in thousands of words.With a blink of an eye and a look around, although he is silent, he is proud of all living beings.

Chang Ming heard Gu Xiaowu mention the pair of siblings at the beginning, but now it is true that seeing is better than seeing, not to mention that the girl who bought sugar water gave two spoonfuls more, if Chang Ming went to sell sugar water by himself, I am afraid he would have to give more. two barrels.

However, at this time, he and Gu Xiaowu thought of another question together: They knew that one of the siblings was named He Lianxianqing and the other was Helian Qingxian...but no one knew which one was called...

Chang Ming opened his mouth to ask because of the headache, and there was another weak and crisp sound, and then someone called "sister" softly.

Turning around to look, a petite girl poked her head from the back of the hall, her eyes flicked back and forth in front of the hall, and finally settled on Ye Ruoyun's body, then she ran out joyfully, straight into Ye Ruoyun's arms.

"jingle--"

"Sister!" She called out again, and Chang Ming immediately saw the bandits on both sides holding up their "weapons" with dull eyes and immediately put down their "weapons" with a smile on their faces. He rubbed his feet, but still squeezed out a smile along with the tears, his expression was so weird.

Ye Ruoyun leaned over and took the little girl into his arms, stroked her forehead, and asked softly, "How did Tu Yun wake up? Are you thirsty? Are you hungry?"

The little girl was about thirteen or fourteen years old, with double ponytail braids, mountain flowers in her hair, golden bells in her hands, round cheeks, pink complexion, blinking eyes, eyelashes like small fans, It looks soft and cute, and everyone probably wants to pinch her face.

Chang Ming subconsciously glanced at Gu Liang Yiqing, but she gave her a sharp look.

But since the little girl appeared, Chang Ming has noticed another kind of aura, which is very familiar... Is it Jiang Yuan? !

Chang Ming's eyes widened.

"jingle--"

The little girl Tuyun finally got close to her elder sister. Thinking of the other people in the hall, she turned her wrist and rang the golden bell, and saw that these uncles, uncles, and brothers were all smiling, but there were three other people standing in the hall , one holds a horizontal knife, the other holds a long whip, and protects the other in the middle.

"Sister, what are these people going to do..." Seeing that the blade seemed to be frightened, Tu Yun went straight into Ruoyun's arms.Ruoyun hugged her tightly and patted her on the back. The two people in that room finally came to their senses and put away their weapons, but Ye Ruoyun still gave her a sideways glance, and then she heard her comfort the little girl and said, "Don't be afraid, Tuyun!" , My sister is here, they dare not do anything. One of them is a strange uncle, the other is a strange aunt, and they brought a strange sister."

Gu Xiaowu: "..."

Gu Liang Yiqing: "..."

Chang Ming began to think about whether to persuade Ye Ruoyun to remove the word "weird", or to correct her—in fact, there are two strange aunts.

But as soon as these words came out, the three of them heard the bandits on both sides nodding, yes, yes, these three strange people.

In the end, He Lianxian couldn't take it any longer, and said to Gu Xiaowu and the others: "Today is not suitable for meeting guests, three adults, please go back."

This ended the weird atmosphere.

"What happened?" Helian Qingxian turned to Ye Ruoyun after the three left.

Before she could open her mouth, a bandit next to her complained, "Miss Ye, why did you let them go without explaining the details?"

Ye Ruoyun said coldly: "Could it be possible that you beat me up before leaving?"

"This..." Bandit said ashamedly, "That is our fate after all, everyone is in a hurry..." Everyone nodded on both sides.

Ye Ruoyun raised her hand, blocked the remaining thousand words, and said to the Helian siblings: "I didn't say anything, I didn't speculate in half a sentence, not to mention that even if Gu Xiaowu had someone who was kind to here before, I still don't care about it." I don't know what the identities of the other two people she brought are, I'm afraid they will burn the boat and kill Lu Xia as soon as the words are spoken."

The Helian siblings looked at each other.

"Qingxian..." An old man came forward and asked the elder sister of Helian's family: "The city gate has been opened these few days, is there any news about arresting Lu?"

He Lianxian glanced at him lightly, and said lightly: "I'm actually He Lianxian light. Although the city gate was opened, I didn't find out anything. Instead, I heard that we attacked the Imperial Envoy and prevented him from going to Xia City in every possible way. .”

As soon as these words were said, there was a sudden chaos, but Helian Qingxian thought to himself: "If that's the case, why did they come alone? We went up the mountain and didn't see any ambush soldiers."

"Could it have been missed?" One person asked out loud.

Helian Qingxian only blinked, and the man stopped talking.

"Xiacheng... is free and easy..." Gu Xiaowu frowned all the way back to Xiacheng, and Chang Ming and Gu Liang Yiqing didn't bother her, but she heard her say: "I always feel that Ye Ruoyun is here It is simple to chase customers, but there is something in the words.”

"But what is the relationship between her and Lu Xia?" Chang Ming asked.

"I don't know, but looking at those bandits who returned to their old jobs, they all listened to her, but we were kicked out just like that, and we couldn't ask anything."

Gu Liang Yiqing curled his lips and said, "But why did they get so excited when they heard that two lands on the outskirts of the city were burned..."

Speaking of this, the three of them looked at each other and were all taken aback.

After returning to the eunuch's mansion, Gu Xiaowu saw the eunuch with a distraught look on her face, saying that burning the farmland was a crime that should not be punished, and her sharp words frightened the eunuch chief Shi Sima, and in the end Chang Ming came forward to say something, Finally, I took the man back to the backyard.

After entering the room, Luo Jianghong hurried back, returned the paper Gu Xiaowu gave him, and said: "The horses of the city defenders are all in the barracks, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, so the lower officials will not be able to check for a while."

"Don't worry, let me tell you, have there been any other changes in the city recently?"

Luo Jianghong said: "It...it seems that there is no such thing. The city is very quiet, and no one even beats the drums to complain. The jailers say that the prison is empty and there are no prisoners. It's just a dumb person knocking on the prison door every day, making it very noisy."

Gu Xiaowu frowned and continued to ask: "I asked you to investigate the arrest, what's the matter?"

"A month ago, two policemen violated the order, so they were dismissed for investigation. The number of policemen has been insufficient. It was only a few days ago that two people were hurriedly found. Even the jailers changed a batch a month ago."

"Nearly a month?" Chang Ming raised his eyebrows and asked.

"Yes." Luo Jianghong asked puzzled, but Chang Ming and Gu Xiaowu looked at each other.

Changming stood at the foot of the mountain and looked around. This cottage was built on the mountainside, with a river rushing down it, the sound of the water was noisy, and there were green peaks in the distance, but at night it looked like ghosts and snakes all over the sky. In general, it really makes people get goosebumps.

He sighed, as if feeling the chill of the dew, and walked towards the cottage, before long, he could already see the outline of the cottage, just thinking about how to call the door——

A ray of chill came oncoming in the moonlight. Chang Ming raised his knife to cover his face before he realized it, and then heard a sound, which made his scalp numb. Hoshino crossed thousands of miles in an instant, looked down, and saw an arrow faintly visible under the moonlight, still vibrating and making noise.

"My lord, it's impolite to come here at night, isn't it?"

In front of the cottage, stood a man with flying long hair. Under the dim moonlight, even though his vision was blurred, Chang Ming vaguely remembered his unparalleled appearance during the day.

It was Helian Qingxian who came.

"Since I can't talk in broad daylight, I can only go out at night. Li Changming, commander of the Seventh Battalion of the Ningwu Army, came to pay a visit under the order of the Imperial Envoy. How dare you ask me?" Chang Ming laughed.

"Helian Qingxian. My lord, let's go into the room and talk."

Chang Ming picked a chair and sat down, resting his right hand on the back of the chair casually, handed a letter to Helian Qingxian with his left hand, and said: "Master Gu's handwritten letter, this trip is not for provocation or accountability, but for I’m afraid there’s something wrong with this matter, and I want to hear from you.”

Helian Qingxian glanced at the letter hastily, then handed it to Chang Ming, and said nonchalantly: "No comment."

Chang Ming raised his eyebrows, and said quietly: "Because you are worried about Lu Xia's safety?"

These words made Helian Qingxian pause, but said nothing.

"Ms. Ye asked Mr. Gu why he didn't visit Xiacheng. This may have something to do with the prefect of Xiacheng. We have already found out that in the past month, the arresters and jailers have been replaced in a hurry, and there are very few people in the prison. , but there is a mute who keeps beating in prison every day..." Li Changming paused, then looked at Helian Qingxian in a blink of an eye, and found that his brows were deeply furrowed and his expression was ambiguous, so Changming changed the subject and asked again. He said, "Who actually owns the burnt fertile land on the outskirts of the city?"

"Aren't adults already thinking about it?" Helian Qingxian asked back.

"The burning of fertile land may have spread throughout Xia City, but in this eventful autumn, everyone is at risk due to the bandit chaos. Why is it that no one is beating the drums and calling for grievances, and there is no movement in the city? I am afraid that everyone has nothing to do with their own affairs. hang high?"

This time Helian Qingxian responded silently.

"Why, you still don't want to say it?" Chang Ming changed his nice words and said in a stern voice: "Before, the city defenders had nothing to do with you. Could it be that we are so stupid? Why do we need to work hard? One thing is to cut off the water source , Second is to surround the mountain and defend it to the death, and third is to set fire to the mountain, why do you need one soldier and one soldier?"

Helian Qingxian laughed instead: "Even if the Seventh Battalion Commander's life is in the hands of us bandits?"

Chang Ming was shocked when he heard this.

"Look at your hands."

Looking down, Chang Ming's hands were turning blue and purple at the fingernails. The night is not too cold, not to mention that Chang Ming's body temperature is too high, so it is impossible for him to frostbite himself. With a slight movement, he found that his fingers were difficult to use. It's sore.

"Is this poison applied to the armrest of the chair? After a while, I'm afraid my hands will lose feeling, right?"

"How did you know?" Helian Qingxian asked nonchalantly, it was too late and then too soon, only to feel the blade flashed, and Chang Ming had already drawn the knife to get close to him, he raised his knife and was about to resist, but he didn't think about it Ming's knife was just a sham, but his left hand caught him by surprise and punched him hard in the abdomen. Helian Qingxian suddenly felt that his eyes were dim and his internal organs were overwhelmed.

"I see that you wear Miao silver on your wrist, but the poison is invisible. It seems to be a gun in the southwest, but I heard it mentioned by the commander occasionally. You are good at guns, but I am good at close combat." Chang Ming shrugged and turned the world Fei Shuang retracted the knife, and continued: "You'd better not hold me hostage, otherwise the prefect will have more reason to ask the imperial court to send troops to find trouble for you, and Mr. Gu will no longer worry about whether you have any difficulties. Besides, I am just a He is just the most useless battalion commander in Ningwu, not to mention arresting me, even if you arrest the commander of the army, under the military order, why should you be afraid? There is no love in the army."

He Lian Qingxian coughed twice in discomfort, and did not answer for a while, the two of them noticed footsteps approaching outside the door at the same time, and when they looked back, it was He Lian Xianqing and Ye Ruoyun who had come together.

The author has something to say:

Warm reminder: the older sister is called He Lianxianqing, and the younger brother is called Helian Qingxian.

I wish you all a happy new year and happy reading~