Huafa Luoyang

"What happened?" Wei Qingcheng came to report the time, Zhuang Jiuyao and Xun Luo had just sent Princess Ayi back to the palace, back to the palace.

Wei Qingcheng nodded, and Zhuang Ning'er said from the side: "I heard that I fell off a horse. At that time, someone jumped on the side, but I couldn't save it. I fell down and fell on my stomach. The child is gone."

Zhuang Jiuyao and Xun Luo looked at each other, and asked: "Who was next to me at that time? Since she was pregnant, why did she want to ride a horse?"

Zhuang Ning'er hadn't had time to listen to what Wei Qingcheng said, so they couldn't speak for him, so the three of them looked at Wei Qingcheng and gestured: "Fang Qin is very defensive, and our people can't go deep into the interior. After the incident, we found out that it is because Some people said they saw her younger brother Wu Huaisheng. Fang Qin and Fang Qishan were not in the party at the time, so she rode a horse to chase after him, but the horse was startled on the way."

"Wu Huaisheng? Is Ming Qiufeng here?" Xun Luo asked.

Wei Qingcheng shook his head: "I don't know, but the person who went out with her at that time should be the one I met in Shangzhen faction last time, Xunxiong, your friend."

"Ming Qiuyue?" Zhuang Jiuyao glanced at Xun Luo, "I remember you said that he planned to go to the Qishan School?"

Xun Luo nodded and frowned slightly.Zhuang Ning'er immediately asked: "Could it be Fang Qin again? Didn't he think of killing Wu Shuiyan earlier?"

"I don't think so." Wei Qingcheng shook his head.

Zhuang Jiuyao tapped his fingers on the desk: "I don't think so either. Since the two were newly married, the time has not been too short. Fang Qin should have no such intentions. Otherwise, there would be so much Wu Shuiyan that accidents would happen. "

Xun Luo crossed his arms and said softly: "Wu Shuiyan is pregnant with a child, I think Fang Qin is really happy. Why do I feel like someone is threatening him?"

"Threat?" Zhuang Ning'er looked at him, "What do you mean by threat?"

Zhuang Jiuyao thought for a moment, and said: "Fang Qin has achieved what he is today at a young age. Apart from the deep foundation of the Qishan School and his own deep thoughts, there must be people around him who have made suggestions. Mei Ji is one, but some It doesn't look like he did it. Besides, because of that person's arrogance, Mei Mei may not be willing to listen to Fang Qin's words."

"My lord, you haven't been with him for so many years, people will change." Zhuang Ning'er said seriously.

Zhuang Jiuyao thought for a while, then said with a smile, "That's right."

Wei Qingcheng: "My lord, what you mean is that something happened between Fang Qin and his partner, and that person threatened him with Wu Shuiyan's life?"

"In other words, that person just wanted Wu Shuiyan to die, and it was only because of Ming Qiuyue's presence that he saved her life, but unfortunately he failed to save her child." Zhuang Jiuyao interjected, "A Xun, what are you looking at? "

Xun Luo nodded: "Wu Shuiyan's mind is very sharp. Last time I pretended to be Fang Qi, I felt that she knew a lot of things. This time, maybe it's because she is too smart, and people in the dark are scared."

"But she doesn't have a mother's family anymore, even if she knows something, she can't change anything." Zhuang Ning'er sighed, "It's really sad to think about it like this. A weak woman, staying alone in the wolf house In the tiger's den, there is nothing to rely on."

Zhuang Jiuyao stopped tapping the fingers on the case, and said softly: "It's not scary to have nothing to rely on. What's scary is that the only thing to rely on is the enemy. She knows this, but it's irreversible."

As he spoke, he turned to Wei Qingcheng: "Qingcheng, you won't go to Southern Xinjiang this time, I don't feel worried about keeping others in the capital and Fang Qin."

Wei Qingcheng nodded, Zhuang Ning'er pursed her lips when she heard the words, she felt aggrieved and stopped, and only looked up at Wei Qingcheng.

Seeing this, Zhuang Jiuyao smiled and looked at her: "Or you stay too?"

"No." Zhuang Ning'er shook her head violently, then looked at him sideways, "Can you stop looking down on me like this? It's more important to do business. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient if I don't have a woman by my side."

Zhuang Jiuyao smiled and rolled his eyes: "No one dares to underestimate you, Ning'er and Heroine."

We were going to leave early tomorrow morning, but the things had already been packed, so Zhuang Ning'er called Wei Qingcheng out after finishing speaking.

The figures of the two people were hidden under the corridor, Zhuang Jiuyao looked at the corner where they disappeared, and said: "This girl has suffered a lot after following me all these years."

Xun Luo smiled when he heard this, pinched the back of his neck, and asked, "How did she get to the valley?"

Zhuang Jiuyao turned her head and looked at him for a moment: "You should already know her background, right? Her father is Zhuang Yi, the owner of the family in Jinling who was wiped out."

Xun Luo nodded, and Zhuang Jiuyao sighed: "My mother's surname is also Zhuang, but she is just an offshoot of the Zhuang family. In her generation, she has taken root in Sichuan for a long time. At that time, Monk Huiming's madness became more and more serious. I was taken in by Zhuang Yi, and I didn’t expect that the Zhuang family would be wiped out soon after. My mother was in the palace at that time, but she was still very worried after hearing what happened, so she sent someone to inquire, and later found that Zhuang Yi’s youngest daughter was missing.”

"I remember you said that she was exiled to the beggar gang, and then died on the street." Xun Luo said softly.

"The beggar gang is the truth." Zhuang Jiuyao smiled, "My mother is better to stay in the grass, although she is isolated and helpless in the harem, there are still some old people in the rivers and lakes. It took a lot of effort to find Ning'er After she found it, she was afraid of her enemies in the dark, so she faked her death, and no one in this world would know that Zhuang Yi's little daughter was still alive."

Xun Luo thought for a while and asked, "Did those people check the corpse later?"

"Yes." Zhuang Jiuyao narrowed his eyes, "I'm probably looking for a picture of her body, although I don't know what the picture is used for."

Xun Luo sat down, put the long sword on the table, and asked: "Are the pictures on Ning'er and Mi'er the same?"

Zhuang Jiuyao shook his head: "They are all patterns of phoenixes, but the details are different. I thought it was some kind of treasure map, but after thinking about it for a long time, I still can't see the connection."

"Can Mei Ji see it?" Xun Luo asked, he knew that he had made a deal with Mei Ji, so it should be this picture.

"You're too sharp, Ah Xun," Zhuang Jiuyao smiled, "Sometimes you're so sharp that it's scary."

Xun Luo slightly raised his eyebrows: "Oh? I think it's okay."

Zhuang Jiuyao finished laughing before answering: "The reason why I agreed to give him the picture at that time was because I believed that he didn't know what was hidden in it, because the picture was incomplete."

"What do you mean?" Xun Luo was a little surprised.

"Ning'er has been with me since she was rescued, and she almost grew up in the Valley of the Medicine King. The Valley of the Medicine King was originally called Xinyi Valley, and it was the place where an old friend of my master lived. Meiji and I followed the master and often settled down There, after the master passed away, Mei Ji and I couldn't control the Gu poison, he left, and Ning'er came." Zhuang Jiuyao thought back, and didn't answer his question directly, but just narrated the old stories of Yaowanggu Come on.

Xun Luo heard about this from Zhuang Ning'er, so he nodded: "Doctor Liu Xian's old friends are that old couple?"

"Yes." Zhuang Jiuyao smiled, "Did you listen to what Ning'er said? Qingcheng followed the old valley owner since he was a child. Later, the old valley owner passed away and entrusted him to my master, so we grew up together Yes. Qingcheng is older than me by how many years, he has always been taking care of us."

He sighed: "One time when Ning'er was ill, the picture appeared on his body, and the master and the old valley owner went to the side to discuss it. I was naughty at the time, and I learned Qinggong very well, so I went to eavesdrop on him. When the two were talking, they happened to hear the old valley owner say that one of the three phoenix pictures has appeared, and I am afraid that it will not be peaceful in the future."

"Three Phoenix?"

"Yes, Sanhuang." Zhuang Jiuyao said, "I can't remember wrongly, the old valley owner was talking about Sanhuang. Later we rescued Mi'er in Jinling together, and I confirmed it when I saw the pattern on her body, Sanhuang Huang really meant that there were three pictures. Mei didn't know about it when she sent her for the pictures."

Xun Luo thought about it: "Did you secretly investigate the murder case in Jianghu, did you find anything?"

Zhuang Jiuyao stretched out his hand and pinched the corner of the table: "No. The most recent family extermination case is the Xing family, but Mi'er is definitely not the Xing family. There seems to be no pattern in the appearance of this picture. I also thought that since the Zhuang family is related to my mother, then Maybe it's the same with Mi'er's family, but her life experience can be found out as soon as she traces it, and nothing can be found."

"Most of the things in the rivers and lakes are recorded on Tianmen." Xun Luo looked at him, "but the part about the Holy Majesty is very vague, and the record about your mother is not very clear. What's more, what I see is all from heaven." Luo took it personally, and among the news I remember, there is nothing that matches."

Zhuang Jiuyao looked at him for a while, then stretched out his hand to touch his face: "You know what, Ah Xun, I sometimes feel lost. It seems that I have done a lot of things with painstaking efforts for some purpose, but I still feel tired. Because I was forced to come here, after careful investigation, I have no idea what I am running around for."

Xun Luo didn't speak, just reached out to touch the tall candle on the table.

The fingers leaned closer, and the touch went from warm to hot. When I took my hand away, a moth happened to fly over.

The moth hovered around the tall candle, wanting to collide again and again, retreating and flying over, flapping its wings, separating the candlelight into inconspicuous light and shade.

He raised his eyes to look at Zhuang Jiuyao, and said softly, "Let's not let bad things cover your eyes."

Zhuang Jiuyao was startled and smiled.

Together with the guards arranged by the servants and Xiao Yuan, there were about a hundred people on this trip. They did not deliberately reveal their identities, but they did not disguise themselves, and they left the city gate in a mighty manner.

When Xiao Yue came to see him off when he left from the suburbs of Beijing, he held onto Zhuang Jiuyao's hand, and told him several times: "Third brother, be careful on the road! Your health has just recovered, but you have to take care of yourself .”

Zhuang Jiuyao smiled and squeezed his shoulders: "Don't worry, take good care of your father and your mother and concubine, don't let them worry about it."

Xiao Yue nodded: "I have discussed it with my concubine, and I will move out of the palace when the third brother comes back from the Western Regions. If it wasn't for the reason that I couldn't go this time, the third brother would not have to travel around with illness."

"What are you talking about?" Zhuang Jiuyao smiled indulgently, and brushed the broken hair around his ears, "It's just for a run, and I'll be back soon. Besides, third brother is used to running outside, this time it's okay If you can see the scenery of the Western Regions, why not do it?"

Xiao Yue's eyes turned red when she heard the words, and she still wanted to talk, but not far away, Ayi poked her head out of the carriage, Xun Luo saw this and shouted: "My lord, it's time to go."

Zhuang Jiuyao patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go."

After walking out for a while, Xun Luo turned his head to take a look, then turned to the person next to him and said: "He is still watching, the relationship between you brothers is good."

Zhuang Jiuyao smiled: "Maybe."

Among the brothers of the emperor's family, who can actually trust who for a while?Looking at Zhuang Jiuyao's sideways face, Xun Luo suddenly felt in a trance, if trust is not brought by blood, then what is it?

The princess was not squeamish as she kept on driving for a while, and occasionally got on her horse and walked by herself when she couldn't see the town, so she was close to the Western Regions within a month.

The suffering of military service is nothing, the only unbearable thing is that the loved one is next to him, but he can't touch him.

As we got closer to the border of the southern border, we walked in slowly. We occasionally met some other tribes, which were considered friendly, but in order to avoid unnecessary troubles, we tried to avoid crowded places during the day.

There is still about one or two days' journey before arriving at the king's city of the southern border, and it is the new moon again.

Most of the time Zhuang Jiuyao rode side by side with Xun Luo on horseback, but this day he stayed in the carriage from the moment he got on the road.

Although the momentum of the poisonous hair has weakened a lot after the first journey of the Shangzhen School, it was exhausting after all, and Xun Luo knew that he was accumulating strength to deal with the poisonous hair.

In fact, I had already experienced it once in the few days since I was on the road, but I endured it in a mediocre manner, and Ayi never found out the clue.

This time, Zhuang Jiuyao already had a premonition that it might be difficult because of the long journey and the hot weather.

After lunch at noon, Ayi rested on the side of the road. Seeing that Zhuang Jiuyao hadn't shown up all morning, Ayi felt suspicious, and got into his carriage after inquiring about the news with Zhuang Ning'er.