I am neither beautiful nor crazy

Xiao Xiangling followed the white mark that flashed upwards, and his body rose rapidly.Even a general who has been fighting in the ice and snow all year round is abnormally familiar with water.

But until he got out of the water, he didn't catch a glimpse of Jiangyu.

It is already a very dangerous time for people to dive underwater.

Xiao Xiangling called the other party's name again on the water, but no one responded. He was about to dive into the water again, but suddenly noticed someone behind him.

He turned around instinctively, but the opponent's hand reached the back of his head.

In the blink of an eye, he suddenly understood the other party's intentions.

Jiang Yu didn't expect the horse to jump into the water at first. Before he could take a deep breath, he was hit by the cold water.

He is actually good at water, but his body stiffened the moment he was wrapped in the cold.

He thought of the dream that often appeared.

Rain, blood, suffocating pain.

He just dazed for a moment, and was immediately swept away ten meters away by the rushing river water, which stimulated him so much that he couldn't open his eyes, darkness and fear completely enveloped him.

There was another person in the dream.

He stood aside, watching Jiangyu gradually lose its vitality in the rain, coldly, and even the words he said had no tone or temperature.

"Jiangyu, you coward."

The river water poured into the ears, and the whole head was muffled, but this sentence exploded in the brain like a thunderbolt, pulling back Jiang Yu's sanity that was no longer clear.

There seemed to be a flash of black cloth in front of him.

His body seemed to be gradually rising.

He didn't know where he got the strength, and when he was about to surface, he swiped the water violently, protruding his head and chest out of the water.

The moment he breathed in the air, he felt that his lungs were about to explode. The excitement of the rest of his life hadn't reached his mind yet, but those words still echoed in his ears over and over again.

"You coward."

In the dream, I only felt that these words were cold and lacked compassion, but now that I recalled them a little, Jiang Yu could rarely hear a trace of strange emotion in them.

These words are trembling slightly.

In a trance, he saw a black figure emerging from the water not far in front of him, with his back turned to him.

Did you say that?

Jiang Yu felt a sense of loss for a moment.

Did you say that sentence?

Before he could react, he subconsciously stretched out his hand towards a thin line behind the ear of the other party's head.

The thin thread was soaked in water, and it was not difficult to break free.Almost at the moment of exerting force, the mask on the opponent's face fell off.

And Xiao Xiangling turned around suddenly at this moment.

At the same time, there was a long sword that was unsheathed fiercely, the end of which was only a hair's breadth away from Jiangyu's neck.

Jiang Yu suddenly woke up from the scene in his dream, but was taken aback for a rare moment when he saw Xiao Xiangling turn his head.

When I took off the mask for the first time, my eyes met. Compared to being caught off guard, I was more shocked than I could add.

According to the imagination of the people in the rumors, Xiao Xiangling is probably a rough guy with a fierce appearance and hideous scars all over his face.

But he didn't want to be an extremely handsome young man, with the determination and fortitude of an epee sheathed in his brows, but he didn't look cold or harsh.

The line of sight is like substance, the silence is gradually entangled, and the water droplets dripping from the hair hang down along the tight jaw line, making people unable to move their eyes away at a casual glance.

Jiang Yu opened his mouth, but didn't speak.

However, Xiao Xiangling withdrew the sword suddenly in anger, and jumped onto the river embankment beside him with all his strength.The river was splashed extremely high by his violent actions, and the surrounding open space was covered with a layer of water.

Jiang Yu also followed.

But in the blink of an eye, Xiao Xiangling had already put on the silver mask, and the sword had been sheathed, looking the same as usual.

But Jiang Yu felt very sensitively that the other party was extremely sensitive about this matter.

What could be the reason for a handsome man to wear a mask day and night?

Due to the living environment since he was a child, Jiang Yu has always been able to read words and deeds, and knows how to judge the situation.Seeing that Xiao Xiangling didn't speak, he sat a few meters behind him and didn't make a sound.

The weather has turned cold. If you fish out of the river at this temperature and wait for the clothes to dry naturally, you have to peel off a layer of skin.

The best way is to find a place to build a fire and put the dripping wet coat beside the fire to roast.

Jiang Yu leaned over to Xiao Xiangling's side, and seeing that the other party didn't respond, he opened his mouth first.

"General Xiao?"

The other party didn't respond.

The cold wind blows through the drenched clothes, leaving only a chill in the bones.Jiang Yu couldn't help coughing a few times.

Xiao Xiangling got up suddenly.

"There are many people who want to kill you."

Jiang Yu was noncommittal.

He has lived in the palace for 17 years, he is very familiar with the eight characters of hiding a knife in a smile, and a sinister heart.

Jiang Chibin and his disciples, the dead prime minister and party members, the people who were involved in Ruoyang's unjust case, the people who coveted the throne and regarded him as a thorn in their side... Who would not want his life?

However, apart from the two parties involved, only the emperor, Gu Yuan, and Xia Zhixing knew about the fact that he and Xiao Xiangling were traveling together.

And this horse is crazy, it is obvious that someone has tampered with it in advance.

This person needs to be very familiar with his own itinerary, not only to know in advance that he is going to travel, but also to ensure that the horse he is riding is the one that has been drugged, and even have a rough estimate of the time when the drug will occur.

This range has been so small that there are only two people left.

Xiao Xiangling twisted his wet cuffs, "It's getting late, first find a cave to light a fire, tomorrow morning..."

"I don't know who it is." Jiang Yu suddenly responded.

These words were inconsistent, but it did not prevent each other from instantly understanding each other's meaning.

"The one who prepared your horse before leaving was..." Xiao Xiangling asked.

"It must not be Gu Yuan." The other party's voice was interrupted by Jiang Yu immediately.

"If you rule out one round, won't I be the only one left?" Xiao Xiangling was not surprised by Jiang Yu's answer, and said sarcastically, "Gu Yuan and you have been close since childhood, so it will definitely not hurt your heart; It's your confidant, you trust it very much; and the emperor is worried about Ruoyang's case, he feels guilty for you, and will not attack you at this time. Only me, with unknown origin and bad intentions, is left. At the beginning again..."

"General Xiao." Jiang Yu rubbed the space between his brows wearily, "I also believe in you."

Xiao Xiangling paused imperceptibly.

"The first time was on the palace road, the second time was in the fire scene, and the third time was just in the rapids." Jiang Yu followed behind Xiao Xiangling, and said slowly, "Since I was a child, the fortune teller said that I was born with a destiny. It's a lot of trouble, there are many dangers, and these three times General Xiao has risked his life in order to save me, presumably now, you don't want me to die."

What Jiang Yu said was half-truth and half-false, but it was hard to see any flaws.

"It's good that you know." Xiao Xiangling didn't look back.

Jiang Yu raised his eyebrows, and wanted to say something more, but suddenly caught a glimpse of a jungle not far from him.

It looks like a stone cave that no one has stepped into for a long time, and the weeds growing freely at the entrance of the cave almost completely cover the entrance of the cave.

"There's a cave over there." Jiang Yu said without stopping, and turned over there.

"Don't go!" Xiao Xiangling grabbed Jiang Yu's wrist violently, and the two words he blurted out were hasty.After clenching his wrist tightly, it felt like an electric shock, and he immediately released it.

The whole process took only a few seconds, Jiang Yu glanced down, only to find that his wrist had been clenched with a red mark visible to the naked eye.

Xiao Xiangling's reaction was a little abnormal.

"There are few people there, and it has been left unused for a long time. It will be damp inside, which is not suitable for lighting a fire." Xiao Xiangling turned around and explained.

The fleeting haste was perfectly hidden by him in the mask of emotionlessness, "Going forward, there will probably be more suitable ones."

Jiang Yu lowered his eyes and didn't ask any more questions.

Counting the distance, this place should already be within the range of the Mountain of No Return.

Do not return to the mountain, as the name of the mountain means, those who come will not go, and those who leave will not return.

The surrounding scenery is wild and indulgent, like the wanton aura born in the world, without rules and rules, but it is so beautiful.

Suddenly, a strange feeling rose in Jiang Yu's chest. This contradictory and familiar feeling became stronger and stronger from the moment he just fell into the river.

The woods were as dense and chaotic as a maze, but the two arrived at their destination with almost no detours - the cave that Xiao Xiangling just mentioned.

But the hole collapsed, blocking the entrance tightly.

Jiang Yu's eyelids twitched slightly.

Although he didn't know why Xiao Xiangling had an obvious sense of repulsion towards the first cave, he keenly felt that since he came to this mountain of no return, the other party was a little uncharacteristic.

Even though it has been deliberately suppressed, it still emerges from the gaps in gestures.

This is also the main purpose of Jiangyu counterparts.

The journey to the Mountain of No Return was difficult and long, Xiao Xiangling took the initiative to lead this wave of drudgery, there must be something else hidden.

And the name of the Mountain of No Return appeared in his strange dream by such a coincidence.

"Maybe we can take a look at the cave we just saw." Jiang Yu tried tactfully.

Xiao Xiangling turned his back to Jiang Yu, his shoulders rose and fell slightly, and then he turned his head.

Just as he was about to speak, his eyes froze on Jiang Yu's half-open neckline.

The skin wounds on the fire scene were not healed, and after soaking in the river for a long time, the white cloth strips were completely soaked, and the white flesh of the wounds turned out, staining the cloth strips with traces of blood red.

Perhaps it was because the surrounding wind was too cold, Jiang Yu was suddenly stared at by the hot gaze a little uncomfortable, and subconsciously tugged at the neckline.

"Okay." Xiao Xiangling looked away.

The cave is beyond Jiang Yu's imagination.

I thought it would be a mess inside with winding paths, but I didn't expect it to be a clean and tidy space, and there were even basic furnishings such as stone beds.

And everywhere was covered with a thick layer of ash, obviously the owner hadn't come back for a long time.

Xiao Xiangling went out to collect firewood, and Jiang Yu started to walk around the cave in a small area.

He took off his soaked coat and hung it aside.The wounds on his body were soaked open, and the slightest touch caused the friction to be excruciatingly painful.But Jiang Yu didn't seem to care. He brushed off the heavy dust on the stone bed with one hand, and closed his neckline with the other hand.

After a while, a small pool of dark water fell out.

The light in the stone cave was dim, and Jiang Yu's fingertips were almost bloodless. Paper-like paleness brushed against the dull and thick black of the stone bed, and the texture of the stone bed emerged inch by inch.

At the gray-black corners, the color is slightly dull, and there are hard protrusions, which have a rare tan color with the polishing of the years.

Jiang Yu's heart trembled.

This is blood.

At the entrance of the stone cave, the sound of fine footsteps also sounded at this moment.