I am neither beautiful nor crazy

The living do not want to live, the sick cannot live, and the dead cannot live.

Jiang Yu opened the miscellaneous notes, and searched for relevant records about "curing all diseases and bringing the dead back to life".

His slender fingers turned the pages of the book, his eyes scanned, and finally focused on one place.

It recorded a medicine introduction called "Bing Tongue Grass", which can treat critical illness and revive bones.

It is an extremely distant legend in northern Xinjiang - a goddess in northern Xinjiang was born hundreds of years ago, and she was born with three ice tongue grass.

She gave the first plant to a critically ill villager, but that villager died tragically in the wasteland not long after, leaving no body behind.

It turned out that the villagers believed that eating the body of a person who took ice tongue grass could achieve the same effect, so they killed the critically ill villager and divided up his body.

The second plant was stolen by gangsters.This thief has never missed his hand in the rivers and lakes for more than ten years, but he died tragically on the shore within less than five days after he succeeded.

The situation with that villager is exactly the same.

Herbal medicine, which was supposed to save lives, has now become a sharp weapon for people to kill each other.The goddess then forged two swords, one to Yin and the other to Yang.

The ice tongue grass is hidden in Zhiyang's hilt, but the solution to the mechanism of the hilt is in the Zhiyin sword.

"Two swords together, one sword is heavy and fierce, the hilt contains a buckle, and the other sword is light and tough, and the hilt contains the technique of breaking the mechanism."

"Guankou contains northern Xinjiang ice tongue grass, which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life."

If Jiang Yu just saw this miscellaneous diary by accident, he would only regard it as a legend without reason, and would not take it seriously.

But this legend appeared in the letters between Ruoyang and Beijiang.

What is she trying to express?

——My heart is very happy.

Beijiang, goddess, heavy sword, soft sword, my heart is so happy...

Jiang Yu suddenly opened his eyes wide, and the guesses that suddenly jumped into his mind were absurd, but not unreasonable.

If Ruoyang had already obtained the ice tongue grass at that time, he tactfully explained the fact that he had obtained it in the letter, and expressed his great pleasure.

This thought quickly took over all of his mind, and then it got out of hand.

If Ruoyang got the ice tongue grass, where would he put it?

And her death, is it related to this thing?

The Sword of the Most Yin is a short sword, soft and tough, light in weight, very suitable for close combat.

She will definitely store the two swords separately, and the most dangerous place happens to be the safest place.

Jiang Yu suddenly raised his head, and on the table, it was the soft sword he was carrying with him.

He stood up almost trembling, and looked at the soft sword that had been with him for 17 years in detail.

Knock the hilt of the sword lightly on the table, and amidst the heavy muffled sound, there is actually a trace of imperceptible crispness.

— not quite solid inside.

As if the truth that had been troubled for many years had finally surfaced, Jiang Yu's breathing was a little unsteady. He carefully looked at the fine threads of the sword hilt, but found nothing.

With a second thought, he actually decided to remove the thread at the end of the hilt and hang the fringe of the sword.

There was a sound, and the screw fell off.

And looking in along the narrow gap, there is actually a small hollow, only half the size of the tip of a little finger, so that the sword holder can't feel the difference at all.

Holding a candle in his hand, Jiang Yu moved closer to the gap, as if he didn't even notice the candle oil dripping on his hand.

There are indeed words in it.

Right in the middle of the hollow, there is a word engraved squarely

pick.

pick?

In this sword, there should be a way to break the mechanism of the other scabbard.

And what does the word "pick" mean?

At this time, Jiang Yu has gradually calmed down. This matter should not be reckless, nor should it startle the snake.

If Yang's death was related to it, then the words on this sword should have been read long ago.

The point is still on the other sword. If the two swords cannot be viewed together, then all meaning will be lost.

The other sword is Zhiyang, fierce and heavy.

Jiang Yu was stunned, and the black black sword that Xiao Xiangling was wearing couldn't help but appear in his mind.

Xiao Xiangling was born in Northern Xinjiang, if that sword is real, it is not impossible.

While pondering, a slight sound suddenly came from outside the window, which seemed a bit abrupt in the faint wind.

Jiang Yu's expression froze, he suddenly closed the file, and at the same time quickly returned the case file to its original position.Habitually hide the soft sword on the table in the cuff.

When I looked out again, there was a figure standing outside the door.

Jiang Yu leaned against the door, holding his breath.The person outside the door did not move, neither broke in nor left, and did not say a word.

He intuited that the person outside the door was not malicious.

He stretched out his hand and opened the door a small crack, and he could clearly see the black shadow outside the door.

The man was dressed in black, half of his face was covered by a black veil, and there was a clear and obvious scar on his right hand.

Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, "It's Senior Shen, please come in."

The person's surname is Shen Mingchen, and he is the martial arts master Xia Zhixing found for Jiang Yu after all the hard work.In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, I can only come late at night, and there have been more than ten years of intermittent intervals.

It's just that he comes at irregular times, and he comes and goes mysteriously without a trace.Xia Zhixing only knew that he was a swordsman with superb skills in the Jianghu, but he didn't know his specific family background and origin.

Shen Chen seemed to glance at Jiangyu's messy bedroom, and then said in a hoarse voice, "Come out and talk."

Jiang Yu raised his sword and followed.

"Senior Shen hasn't been here for a while, but has he been busy with trivial matters recently?" Jiang Yu asked.

Shen Chen didn't speak, and he didn't directly draw his sword to exchange lessons as usual, but just stared at Jiangyu, without saying a word for a long time.

Jiang Yu also felt something was wrong with the other party.

"I'm leaving for a while." The other party said suddenly.

"The rivers and lakes are so big, you can call home everywhere." Jiang Yu was stunned, then smiled, "Senior Shen likes to travel around the world, without 'going', how can he 'leave'?"

Shen Chen didn't expect the other party to respond like this, so he could only say slowly, "But this trip is 'going', or I won't be able to see Your Highness again for a long time."

As he spoke, he took out a small black box and handed it to Jiang Yu, saying, "It contains a strange fragrance. If there is an emergency, you can light this incense and tie the letter on the messenger bird, and you will be able to contact me."

"But only once."

Jiang Yu smiled, then bowed to the other party to salute, took the box, and said, "If Senior Shen needs my help, feel free to send me a message."

He added with a laugh, "Anytime, any number of times."

Three days later, the General's Mansion.

At dusk, Xiao Xiangling had just finished his daily practice of swordsmanship, and was about to change his clothes and take a bath, when his fingers, which were about to unbutton his clothes, suddenly stopped.

But that fleeting hesitation was well concealed by him.Immediately, as if he was about to pick up a pen and write, he sat down at the desk.

——He heard the very faint rustling of the roof.

Suddenly a servant came to report.

"General Xiao, someone is meeting you outside the residence."

Hearing this, Xiao Xiangling's mind first came to the snow-white figure on the empty official road, which looked silent and vain.But in an instant, he thought that with Jiang Yu's identity and temperament, he would never have an attendant to report to him when he came to find him.

"Which one?" he asked.

"Back to General, it's Su Yang."

Xiao Xiangling pursed the corners of his lips, he was very impressed with Su Yang.

He used to be Jiang Chibin's servant, and now he is also in power at the court. A few days ago, he was the minister who asked Jiang Chibin to go to northern Xinjiang with the prince.

It is said that this person once spoke rudely to Jiang Yu at the palace banquet.

Xiao Xiangling looked normal, "Since you are a guest, please come in."

After a while, Su Yang walked in with a smile on his face.After the two saluted each other, his eyes subconsciously swept around the room.

"In Xia Suyang, I used to be a visitor to Jiang Chibin's house, so it's really..."

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xiangling only said in a low voice.

Su Yang was stunned for a moment, then laughed again in an instant, "General, don't be impatient. I came here today to discuss cooperation with the general."

Xiao Xiangling was not surprised at all, after all, Jiang Chibin had come to him twice before, but now that Jiang Chibin is in northern Xinjiang, he can only be done by the diners.

This is reasonable, because Jiang Chibin's military power is the most inferior to the prince's.Under the absolute suppression of military power, no matter how clever and cunning the strategy is, it will be futile.

It is also because of this that Jiang Chibin has always been obsessed with Xiao Xiangling's big fat.But now that he is in Saibei, if he can get Xiao Xiangling's support, he will definitely be even more powerful.

Su Yang probably didn't know that Jiang Chibin had already encountered a setback here twice, and he still said kindly, "Seeing that the general is straightforward, I will get straight to the point. Now that there is another war in northern Xinjiang, it must be General Xiao who can't solve it. I take the liberty to speak for the Second Highness." I beg for a favor, please General Xiao can help me to some extent."

"Master Su is serious." Xiao Xiangling smiled, "I am willing to contribute, but after staying in this golden cage for a long time, I really forgot how to fight."

Su Yang seemed to have guessed Xiao Xiangling's reply, so he leaned closer, lowered his voice and laughed, "The Second Highness is a virtuous corporal, and everyone in the court knows that he is loyal and sincere. If the general can help His Highness, the Second Highness can help you." General Bao is rich and powerful, and there are many of them."

"The Second Highness is very confident."

Su Yang lowered his voice again, "To tell you the truth, the Second Highness has already made complete preparations. Going to the northern border will definitely make that hypocritical and benevolent prince unable to stir up trouble again."

The rustling sound of the roof sounded again, but it was so brief that it was an illusion.

Su Yang raised his body abruptly, his face pale, "Who's on top!"

Xiao Xiangling put the teacup in his hand aside, his eyes darkened, then he chuckled as if thinking of something, and said, "Master Su, don't worry, it's just wild cats, there are a lot of them recently."

After listening for a long time, there was no more sound.

Only then did Su Yang sit down again in doubt, and smiled apologetically, "It turned out to be a wild cat, why not order the people to kill it, so as not to disturb the general Qingmeng."

Xiao Xiangling raised his eyebrows, but did not respond.

The sound of the eaves came again, and it was estimated that the wild cat had slipped away.

"What is the Second Highness's plan?"

"During the melee, Prince General..." Su Yang's pupils shone fiercely, and he gestured to wipe his neck, "The Second Highness will definitely ascend the throne in the future, and His Highness will never forget Xiao Xiangling's kindness to save him. Everything you want is in the palm of your hand.”

"Since the Second Highness can handle it by himself, why do you need my help?" Xiao Xiangling smiled incomprehensibly, "It's that simple?"

Su Yang also laughed, "The Second Highness mainly wants to ask the general to do a little favor in the capital and get rid of one person."

His tone of "getting rid of a person" was as relaxed and natural as a game of drinking tea.

"Even His Highness the Crown Prince can handle it by himself, who else can be regarded as the second Highness's confidant?" Xiao Xiangling sneered.

Su Yang didn't hear the sarcasm in his words, and just replied, "This person and General Xiao have never been in harmony, but they often meet. The general is very convenient."

He leaned over and lowered his head, whispering two words.

The moment he heard it, Xiao Xiangling lowered his eyes slightly, hiding the emotions in his eyes.

But if you can see it, it is not difficult to find that his eyes seem to be covered with a layer of frost and snow, which is cold and full of strong killing intent.

When he looked up again, he was still smiling, but intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes swept over the eaves.

"Jiangyu?" he repeated.

Seeing the other party nodded, Xiao Xiangling suppressed the "roll" in his heart, and responded with a smile, "Of course, it's a small matter."

The moon was dark and the wind was high, and there seemed to be a small black shadow over the general's mansion.

If you don't look carefully, it really looks like a naughty wild cat jumping on it.

The man's frame was not large, and he was dressed in a tight black robe, curling up his body just right.

It can cover people's eyes and ears without completely blocking one's ability to act.

He moved a piece of tile on the roof of the eaves, and there was a gap no bigger than a palm, and the light and heat in the house instantly came out of the small hole.

His eyes were pressed against the small hole, and he watched the scene inside with bated breath, and at the same time he could hear the faint sound coming from the room.

Xiao Xiangling was sitting in front of the case, but Su Yang walked in at this moment.

Due to the great distance, he couldn't hear all of their conversation clearly. He could only see the two sitting opposite each other with smiles on the corners of their mouths.

During the conversation, some fragmentary words floated into my ears, such as——Second Highness, Prince, Beijiang, help, deal with.

Jiang Yu's gaze on the eaves was cold, he gritted his teeth and clenched his palms.

There was no shelter on the eaves to keep out the wind, and it was bitingly cold.For the convenience of concealment, he wore a tight and thin robe, and his body became stiff with cold after a while.

After a while, his name came from inside, Jiang Yu shook his body, and listened to the conversation inside again.

As if his ears had adapted to the faint sound, Jiang Yu actually heard Su Yang's words in full this time: Get rid of a person.

Jiang Yu held his breath subconsciously, staring closely at Xiao Xiangling's expression.

Even though he knew that there was a high probability that he would refuse, his body still tensed instinctively and his heart beat faster.

There are countless people who want to get rid of him since he was a child, but because of his ability to see people's hearts clearly, he doesn't pay too much attention to the traps of others.

But now, he suddenly found himself afraid of hearing the answer from the other party.

"No problem." Xiao Xiangling's voice sounded inside.

"..."

Jiang Yu's body was stiff, and he felt the coolness belatedly, but it was not as strong as this sentence brought him.

It's not fear, it's not anger, if you have to describe it, it's probably some inconspicuous disappointment.

"Small things."

Jiang Yu didn't even hear what the two of them said afterwards.It wasn't until the cold wind made him shiver again that he realized that he was still clenching his fists tightly, and his nails had been deeply embedded in the flesh, forming bright red fingerprints.

Looking down, Su Yang had already left without knowing when, and the room was instantly pitch black.

He softly returned the tiles to their original positions with his frozen fingers, and then jumped from behind.

Jiangyu landed lightly on the ground, as if silently.Then he moved quickly along a remote path, and the black figure disappeared in the boundless darkness in an instant.

He didn't go back to his own mansion, but went to Xia Mansion instead.

Li Jiangyu is a frequent visitor to Xiafu on weekdays, but there has never been a precedent for visiting so late.Jiang Yu was hesitating whether to enter or not, but suddenly saw the candles lit inside.

Zishi has already passed, Xia Zhixing should have rested long ago.

After thinking for a moment, Jiang Yu turned over from the wall and knocked lightly on the door.

After a while, a family boy came to open the door.

It was the first time that the family boy saw Jiang Yu dressed in black, with his usual cold and indifferent eyes, but it made people feel a sense of coldness for no reason.

He intuitively felt that His Royal Highness Seventh Prince was not in a good mood today.

But Jiang Yu opened his mouth as usual, "Please tell Mrs. Xia that I... have something important to do."

As he spoke, he glanced up, Xia Zhixing turned his back to the window, and seemed to be flipping through something.

Soon, the house boy came out again and led him in.

Jiang Yu walked into the room and glanced around, and saw that the room was neatly furnished, but there was nothing on the table, and Xia Zhixing was already sitting on the edge of the bed, ready to put out the candles.

Seeing him coming in, he just tilted his head slightly, meaning to ask what's important.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Yu keenly felt that Xia Zhixing's expression was wrong.

Xia Zhixing showed obvious tiredness between his brows and eyes, and just replied, "What did you want to say?"

Jiang Yu told Xia Zhixing what happened just now, including Jiang Chibin's plan to cooperate with Xiao Xiangling against the prince, but deliberately avoided the part that mentioned himself later.

Sure enough, Xia Zhixing's reaction was not small, "I told you to stay away from him, how can you do such a risky thing! If they target the prince, they will definitely implicate you."

Jiang Yu didn't deny it. After a long time, he smiled tiredly and said, "Understood, I will stay away from him in the future."

"Then you don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing to eavesdrop on others?" Xia Zhixing asked again.

Jiang Yu went there mainly to verify the matter of the ice tongue grass, and to see if the sword contained the mechanism in the record of miscellaneous affairs while the other party was fast asleep.

But he didn't intend to confess this matter with Xia Zhixing now.

"Because I have doubts about Jiang Chibin's different intentions today, and I think that if he hooks up with him, Xiao Xiangling must be the first choice." He lied.

Xia Zhixing obviously had doubts about his words, and his brows were still tightly frowned.

"Then what is Master Xia worrying about?"

"It's related to what you said." The other party paused.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Yu had a bad premonition in his heart.

Xia Zhixing exhaled, and said in a low voice, "It's the news from Northern Xinjiang, it may not be absolutely accurate. It is said that the troops were divided into two fronts and attacked back and forth, and the army led by His Royal Highness was ambushed halfway, His Royal Highness ……get shot."

Seeing Jiang Yu's increasingly cold expression, he swallowed the phrase "more bad luck than good luck" back into his stomach.

The close relationship between Jiang Yu and the prince is something he knows all too well.

Jiang Yu has been weak since he was a child, and he has no mother and concubine. He is very unfavored, not to mention that he has no sense of existence, and is often targeted by other princes.

Among them, Jiang Chibin was the worst.

Surprisingly, the prince's behavior is very strange among the princes, not only does not target Jiang Yu, but also targets him in everything.

If there are some treasures and delicacies offered somewhere, someone will always send some; if they know who Jiangyu is targeting, they will definitely stand up for him, and even offend some extremely powerful people in the palace.

Apart from him and Gu Yuan, the person Jiang Yu is closest to in the entire capital is none other than this elder brother.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't act impulsively and recklessly." Xia Zhixing persuaded, "This is not a military report from a serious channel, and it may deviate greatly from the real situation."

He stared closely at Jiang Yu's expression, only he knew what kind of extreme temperament was hidden under Jiang Yu's harmless appearance, and he naturally knew how much this matter would affect him.

Even if Jiang Yu went directly to the palace now, put the sword on the emperor's neck, and forced Jiang Chibin from Northern Xinjiang to save people.He will not be surprised at all during his summer trip.

It's like something Jiangyu can do.

But to his surprise, Jiang Yu lowered his eyes in silence.

There is no anger, no grief, and no impulsiveness in the eyes—in fact, they are eyes without any emotional fluctuations, like stagnant water.

This reaction made him palpitate even more.

Jiang Yu looked down at the ground.I only saw an ant crawling around in circles as if it couldn't find its direction, and finally watched it calmly crawl under the bed.

When Xia Zhixing uttered the news, an indescribable sense of powerlessness and despair overwhelmed him, almost suffocating him, but he had long been used to hiding all his emotions quietly under his eyelashes.

But in the next moment, crazier thoughts flooded in.

——Find the ice tongue grass, everything can be easily solved.

He never thought that one day, a legend that he accidentally read from folk miscellaneous journals could be explored so earnestly by him.

Just because there is no other chance.

Just now Xiao Xiangling's "no problem" and Xia Zhixing's "the prince hits the arrow" echoed in his mind, but made him sober at this moment, even the goal was so pure and clear.

——Find the ice tongue grass, save the prince, and help him get on the dragon throne.

at any cost.

Unexpected evil thoughts slowly rose in his heart, making his heart tremble heavily, but in an instant, he felt a sense of depravity that was willing to sink.

This court hall is a puddle of muddy water, and people's hearts are that mud.

Any trust and sincerity are not worth mentioning in the face of naked power and interests.

"It's okay, Master Xia doesn't have to worry about me." Jiang Yu smiled and stood up, with his usual expression, "I'm very measured. It's getting late, so let's not disturb Master Xia's rest for now."

Looking at the back of Jiang Yu leaving, Xia Zhixing suddenly realized that Jiang Yu seemed to have grown up a lot suddenly.

Calm appearance, calm words and deeds, willful temperament.

It's very different from before.

The candle that had been extinguished suddenly lit up again, Xiao Xiangling got up and continued writing on the table.

After a while, there was a slight knock on the door.

"See who it is?" Xiao Xiangling asked the person who walked in.

"Back to the general, I can only roughly see the general appearance of that person, I'm not sure..."

"Just say it." Xiao Xiangling stopped writing.

"The man was dressed in black, with a thin body, and he was so small that he caught sight of his face in the dark." The man seemed a little panicked, "It looks like... His Highness the Seventh."

Xiao Xiangling's pen stopped abruptly, and the ink stains slowly spread on the rice paper, forming the only flaw on the entire page.

He slowly raised the tip of the pen, stared at the thick black ink, and said, "Understood, go down, keep watching during this time, and report to me at any time."

The man backed away.

The complete version of the half-written poem was written impressively on the rice paper.

——The year is covered with snow, but there is no rosy grass to add color;

Xiao Xiangling looked at the small ball of ink for a long time, then finally sighed slightly, and put the piece of paper on the candlelight.

The rice paper curled up and burned in an instant, and was immediately wrapped in overwhelming flames, finally forming a wisp of gray smoke.

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