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"I'm going to the Xuanjian camp to find someone," Man Tianhong said boredly, playing with her long hair, "I remember I told you that I was saved by my benefactor, and I left before I could repay him. , I want to find someone to repay my kindness when I come back.”

Man Tianhong did mention this to him, Zhou Lanmu frowned and said, "Then why did you fall into Jin Mingjing's hands?"

"This old dog is not a thing," Man Tianhong said contemptuously, as if he had mentioned something that made him very angry, "I wanted to sneak into the Xuanjian camp at Suiyuguan, but I was injured at that time... I was accidentally discovered by that general surnamed Du, and that wolf-hearted man surnamed Jin killed his father-in-law, gave me medicine and brought me back to Zhongyang.”

He said indignantly: "I was wounded at that time, and he still had the silk ring, so I had to hide in his mansion for so long to recuperate, and escaped after thinking of a bad move. It's really embarrassing to say."

"I knew you would be soft-hearted if you didn't kill his whole family," Zhou Lanmu said, holding his chin, "but you sneaked back to the Dianxing Temple and killed him in the end. You got revenge and got angry and wrinkled."

Man Tianhong covered her mouth with a smile, and suddenly said softly to him: "I sneaked back and killed him because of you—Master Zhou must abide by the law and dare not kill people indiscriminately, so he can only throw people into prison. Punishment, how can he pay the price for his betrayal of you?"

He rolled on the bed: "Guess what, before he died, I asked him why he betrayed you, what did he say?"

Zhou Lanmu's expression remained unchanged: "What?"

Man Tianhong was overjoyed: "He said - you took him out of the parrot guards and trained him to be a general of the five parties, but he didn't know that he wanted to be a rascal most of all, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Happy, if you know that he bullies soldiers to go to the brothel and kills people in private, you will definitely kill him, it is better to strike first."

He looked at Zhou Lanmu's expression, but unexpectedly Zhou Lanmu sneered: "Sheng Mien, Dou Michou, I should have understood this earlier."

"I thought you were going to scold this man for being a wolf." Man Tianhong was greatly surprised, "It seems that you have really changed a lot in the past two years."

Zhou Lanmu smiled and said, "You haven't changed at all."

"Don't mention this, I would like to ask, what do you think about that Chu who is following you?" Man Tianhong got up from the bed, stroked her long hair, and walked barefoot to the table Go to pour tea, "I didn't expect that you brought him here."

Zhou Lanmu happily got up to drink tea with him, and said comfortably after hearing the words: "You don't know the world in the southeast. I have charged him with treason, and he was kicked out from Zhongyang by Qi and Wei. Now there is still room for use. In the future Absolutely can't stay, why, you know him?"

Man Tianhong's hand pouring water for him paused: "General Xiao Chu doesn't know anyone, it's just..."

He sat down opposite Zhou Lanmu, and said with a gentle smile, "If I let you save his life, would you be willing?"

Zhou Lanmu was startled, raised his eyes to look at him, frowned and thought for a long time before asking: "He is the person you are looking for...your benefactor?"

Man Tianhong replied generously: "It's not him, it's his father."

Zhou Lanmu was even more surprised: "Your benefactor is the Lie Wang? Is this why you got into the Xuanjian camp?"

Man Tianhong raised her eyebrows lightly in recognition, and said: "You are selling my favor by saving his life."

Holding the teacup, Zhou Lanmu's eyes gradually turned a little cold: "It's fine for others, I'd be happy to sell you favors, but he can't—"

"He must die."

After daybreak, Man Tianhong kept her promise and personally led them through the deserted Sun City, looking at the whole person in a good mood.

And he told Zhou Lanmu that the trick to cracking the 72 gates in front of King Ping's gate turned out to be to send a letter to King Ping in advance and ask him to come out to pick it up.

Zhou Lanmu said in astonishment: "Didn't you say that all the guests he invited in the past had to pass level 72..."

Man Tianhong said seriously: "Yes, those guests dare not disturb him, but I am different. I can definitely call him out by sending a letter."

Zhou Lanmu's face was dark all the way, and he didn't say a word, which aroused Bai Canglang's curiosity. He wanted to ask, but he was afraid of being silenced by him, so he could only follow behind and observe secretly.

After walking for an hour, a towering and solid black ancient city wall appeared in the vision of the three of them, like a curtain, stretching between the sky and the earth.

The ancient city wall, Lihentian.

Lihentian was originally a city wall built to separate the clans and tribes in the south, but now it is used as a barrier in the southeast to clearly separate it from the hinterland of Great India.

Man Tianhong stopped in her tracks, turned her head to the three of them, and said with a smile: "I can only bring the three of you here, and I dare not go any further. If the three of you come back alive, I will invite you to drink again." ——Young Master Lan, come back and see me."

"Bah, what are you talking about, you are really unlucky." Bai Canglang spat and said disgustedly.

Zhou Lanmu smiled and said "Thank you", turned around and left without saying a word. The two followed Zhou Lanmu and walked towards the city wall. Suddenly Man Tianhong laughed behind him, and suddenly said, A series of words of unknown meaning was issued.

He seemed to be reciting, but it wasn't the official language of Dayin, which sounded obscure and difficult to understand. Bai Canglang listened for a long time, but he couldn't figure out why.

The wind was so strong that his voice sounded unreal.Bai Canglang turned his head suspiciously, but saw that Chu Shao's face turned pale, and then said in a low voice, "This is Xiye's language, but unfortunately I can't understand it."

The three of them watched the gate of the road they came from begin to close slowly, and even heard the sound of the lock behind the gate, and it was quiet after a while.

Seeing the embarrassment of the two, Bai Canglang couldn't help but scratched his head, and began to find something to say.

"The last time I went under the city gate, I felt like I was going to die," Bai Canglang complained as he walked, "I still remember that old witch-like person at the city gate, who asked me who came, and I said I would take you." He is a dog's life. At that time, I thought that if I couldn't save my friend, my friend would die there, and if he died there, I didn't plan to go back, so I might as well kill him in the dark, and it would be worth it if he died."

Chu Shao was slightly moved: "What kind of friend is so important?"

Bai Canglang held his chin and thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh: "Speaking of this friend, why did I forget, you know him—"

Before he finished speaking, a woman's old but high-pitched voice suddenly came from the wind: "Who are you waiting for—"

Bai Canglang was delighted when he heard it: "It's still this old witch, her voice hasn't changed for so many years."

Before Chu Shao could react, he saw Zhou Lanmu stand still, and raised his voice towards the empty city wall: "Lange Zhou Lanmu, come to pay a visit to His Highness King Ping."

The echo reverberated, but there was no sound on the city wall.The three of them stood under the city wall, and it took a long time to hear another sentence: "Get up—"

There was a sudden shaking all over his body, as if the sky was falling apart, Chu Shao saw that the city wall in front of him suddenly moved, and the neat bricks and stones on the city wall suddenly protruded out one by one in order, and erected between the ground and the top of the city wall. Stepping up the ladder-like steps, a thin figure walked down step by step from the top of the steps.

When he got closer, everyone could see clearly that it was a very slender boy.The eyebrows are exquisite and picturesque, and his complexion is a little pale, but it doesn't affect the fact that he is as beautiful as a doll. The boy is wearing a bamboo-leaf green cloak, his eyes are clear, and he looks harmless to humans and animals. His Royal Highness King Ping.

The boy almost got down to the bottom before he stopped, bowed respectfully and bowed to greet him: "Qi Chu, it's time to salute."

"Ping Wang is well." Zhou Lanmu also cupped his hands in return.

Bai Canglang followed his example and cupped his hands: "Hey, do you still remember me?"

"Of course I remember, Hero Bai is a peerless knight, a remarkable person." Qi Chu raised his chin slightly, and said with a smile, "Go back with me first, Xiaohong sent a letter asking me to take you through level 72, if not, I didn't know you were here so fast."

After saying that, he turned around and walked up, unexpectedly showing his most vulnerable back in front of them.

After Lihentian City Wall, the entire Zhongyang is restricted.According to legend, when the first emperor attacked southern Xinjiang, southern Xinjiang used witchcraft and evil methods to cause countless deaths and injuries in Dayin, bleeding and drifting, and finally forced the newly established Feng Dynasty to sue for peace, built Lihentian, and agreed that the two sides would not invade each other's territory. step.

Until King Ping retreated south many years ago, Lihen Genius became the watershed between Southeast and Great India.

On the way down after crossing the city wall of Lihentian, a section of the low city wall came directly over it.It is said to be a low city wall, but it is only a little shorter compared with Li Hentian. Walking on the road above the city wall, you can vaguely see the houses under the city wall on both sides, probably where the residents in the southeast live. land.

This low city wall was very long, and after walking for a long time, King Ping's mansion appeared in front of everyone.

Even though the three of them were used to seeing wealthy families, they couldn't help but sigh secretly.

This Prince Ping Mansion was really built like a palace city, except for the main hall, there were countless large and small palaces radiating on both sides, which looked vaguely spectacular from the city wall.The facing main hall is made of a huge piece of white jade, engraved with a "wave smoke jade". bleak.

The Boyan Jade Palace is huge, as soon as Qi Chu just walked in, about a dozen court ladies opened the door and lifted the gauze curtain for him, and then quietly retreated.There is a circular spring in the center of the Boyan Jade Hall, and the top of the hall is hollowed out according to the trajectory of the sun and the moon, which happens to make the shadow of the sun reflected in the daytime and the shadow of the moon at night, which is extremely exquisite and interesting.

Qi Chu sat down leisurely on a stone chair beside the spring, just as he reached out to take the teapot on the edge of the spring, Bai Canglang stabbed at it with his sword.

Chu Shao didn't expect Bai Canglang to make such a move, and it was too late to stop it, but Zhou Lanmu just smiled and looked at it with interest, as if everything in front of him had nothing to do with him.

Qi Chu was even more calm, he didn't even stop to explore the teapot, and the sword was close to him in a blink of an eye.

The sword energy even stirred up a few strands of hair on Qi Chu's forehead.

Countless silver needles suddenly flew out from Qi Chukong's left and right sides, so dense that they actually suppressed Bai Canglang's sword energy, but Bai Canglang was not too surprised, nor did he raise his sword to attack again, as if he had already It is expected that the general withdraws the sword and takes a few big steps back, the silver needle reflects the light and falls on the ground in a large piece.

"Everyone—drinking tea—" Qi Chu stretched out his hand to signal for everyone to sit down on the many stone tables and chairs in front of him, without changing the arc of his smile.

"Sure enough," Bai Canglang curled his lips slightly, and became more polite for the first time, "His Royal Highness Prince Ping has always been cautious, so please forgive me for any offense."

"It's okay." Qi Chu nodded at him, and the smile on the baby's face was full of sincerity, "My martial arts skills are too poor, so I have to take some sideways ways to make real masters laugh."

"Why don't we come and talk about some serious business." Zhou Lanmu was not polite, and after he sat down, he took a cup and drank tea. Drinking tea is something he has always loved.

"Of course," Qi Chu said, "Mr. Lan's flute is very good—"

"Your Highness plays the piano very well." Zhou Lanmu put the cup aside casually, smiling sincerely, "You've been thinking so hard about calling me to the southeast, what exactly are you trying to do?"

"I was so happy to learn that you are going to rebel," Qi Chu said calmly, but did not answer his question, "The families of Qi and Wei are tying the emperor to make the princes do things handily. I don't like it very much. Just pull them down."

"His Royal Highness holds the power in the southeast. After all, there is no shortage of the iron certificate of the alchemy book. What exactly does your highness want?" Zhou Lanmu had a playful expression on his face. Will the years of stability be disintegrated in a short time?"

"Falling apart," Qi Chu repeated, seeming to be thinking hard, "I'm afraid this word is something the aristocratic family should worry about now. They have already snatched the power of the little emperor, and let them send them back. Isn't it what the people want, Mr. Lan I'm not afraid, what am I afraid of?"

"I've heard people say that His Highness's surname is Qi. I'm afraid it's not just because of Lao Ping Wang?" Zhou Lanmu didn't answer him, and changed the subject nonchalantly, his long eyelashes cast a gentle shadow under his eyes, "It is said that His Highness is also the Qi family. The children of the family, do you know if the rumors are true or not?"

Qi Chu looked at him: "There are many children in the Qi family. My mother is just a Jianghu girl. It's normal that I haven't heard of it."

Zhou Lanmu looked at him, and said slowly: "Mr. Qi has many heirs, except for a few people from the first line and vassals, the others... I don't know how your Highness lived before he came to the southeast?"

"Mr. Lan is very understanding of people's hearts." Qi Chu's eyes were unpredictable, and it took a long time to look up at him and smiled softly, "You said so much, you probably want to ask me what kind of enmity I have with the aristocratic family, and judge whether I will retreat Are you going to defect?"

Zhou Lanmu didn't answer: "Doesn't Your Highness understand people's hearts better?"

Qi Chu held the cup in his hand, and after a long time said abruptly: "When I was young... I was indeed a child of the Qi family."

He raised his eyes and said sincerely: "It's just that my mother was Qi Gong's one-night romantic partner. How can she compare with the current eldest son? Before my mother died, she asked me to find Qi Zhao to recognize my relatives. I have lived a young master's life for a long time."

"But I found out later that Qi Zhao, that old pervert, didn't believe a word of my words, and wanted to prostitute his own son. I spent a lot of energy to escape, but was arrested by Wei Shuqing. , Qi Zhao was tricked quite badly by me, and these two combined to send me out of Zhongyang and sell me."

This is a family secret, so it should not be easily told to outsiders.Chu Shao's face changed when he heard it, but Qi Chu kept wearing that half-smile look, as if everything had nothing to do with him: "Mr. Lan, where do you think he sold me to?"

Zhou Lanmu lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time before firmly whispering: "Chunlai Inn."

Qi Chu spread his hands, and said with a smile: "Have you ever seen such a cruel father? He even gave me a name. The current name was given by my adoptive father. I am honored by my adoptive father. Now that the thirteen members of the Chunlai Inn are dead and Qi Zhao is dead, I want the remaining people to pay some price, isn't it too much?"

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The moon is rolling, and the wave is smoked and jade.Shaqing sweet-scented osmanthus blooms, Furong is not Jiangmu.It is powdery and cold, and Yanyupu is smoky and wet.Who can watch Shi Fan?Into the boat mirror.Autumn is white and bright red is dead, and the lotus seeds are full of water and fragrance.Pull the sleeves of the rhombus, green thorns and silver mud.

——Li He's "Moon Rolling"