The Legend of the Royal Cat

Kaifeng, spring garden, forbidden area in the backyard

"Shuang'er failed to complete the mission, please be punished by the guardian!" Shuang'er, who found this place after looking for the sign of the palace, knelt in front of the hall.

"Get up, since the Holy Maiden ordered you to come back alive, I won't make things difficult for you, as long as—" squinting at Leng Ruxue who was sitting on the side, said in a cold tone, "As long as the Holy Maiden doesn't miss again."

"Saint!" Shuang'er felt guilty for not expecting that she would become a pawn for the great protector to coerce the saint into submission.

"Shuang'er, did the Kaifeng Mansion make things difficult for you?" Leng Ruxue's injury gradually improved, and she ignored the threat of the guardian at this time, and only looked at Shuang'er with concern.

"No! Holy Maiden, did you hurt your foot?" Shuang'er was surprised that someone could hurt the Holy Maiden so badly.

"It's okay, it's almost over!" Leng Ruxue said lightly.

"You masters and servants, go back to your room and catch up on the old days slowly! Holy lady, the palace master has asked me to give you a gift! Come!" The copper-masked man sneered.

A man in black has presented a wooden box with brocade carvings to Ruxue.

The moment the wooden box was opened, cold light radiated everywhere, and it was glowing green—this is——

"That's right, it's the cursed dagger of the Tianshan School——Biyou, the princess ordered you to use it to assassinate King Huai!"

Biyou Biyou, the legendary dagger that must be worried, whoever stops Biyou from killing people will be cursed, even the person who holds the dagger, but how can Biyou of the Tianshan School be in the hands of the master?Ruxue hesitated for a moment, but still picked up the cold dagger.

"After the Tianshan faction exterminated the sect, we sent people to clean up the scene. This dagger is the harvest! I heard that the fight after the eight disciples were poisoned by the poisonous weapon was carried out around this murder weapon. It can be seen how much hatred and hatred it has accumulated. Resentment, hahahaha! The saint must make good use of it!"

Kaifeng, the spring garden, the forbidden area in the backyard, like a snow-covered room

"Saint, Shuang'er failed to complete the task, and now she has become a hindrance to the saint's actions. Shuang'er deserves death!" Shuang'er knelt on the ground, full of guilt and remorse.

"It's good to come back safely! This matter has nothing to do with you, don't blame yourself." Ruxue stared intently at the cold and green dagger in her hand, and said lightly, "From now on, you can just call me sister. Once this matter is over, I won't blame you." I will be the Saintess of the Saintess Palace again!"

"Saint, how can this be? Not being a saint means-" Shuang'er was in a moment of desperation, and threw herself into Ruxue's arms, sobbing.

"I know! But instead of living a cold life like a puppet, it's better to get together with my mother earlier, not to mention that the purpose of my life is to avenge my mother!" Ruxue put the dagger back into the wooden box, and sighed.From the moment he took the dagger, he had made up his mind. What Zhan Zhao said was right, no matter how much King Huai felt sorry for his mother, he was his biological father after all, no matter what he chose, he would bear the crime of treason and unfilial piety. And as a doctor, all kinds of killings committed by the Saintess Palace are beyond redemption!That being the case, why don't you send your father and yourself to your mother with your own hands, so that the family can be reunited!

Shuang'er naturally couldn't figure out what Ruxue was thinking, and when she thought of the mortal determination of the saint who treated her like a sister, she also resolutely said: "The saint's kindness to Shuang'er is as great as a mountain, and when Shuang'er loves sisters, she can bear it." Leaving Shuang'er alone in the cold Holy Maiden's Palace? If the Holy Maiden's heart is broken, Shuang'er will never live!"

"Silly girl!" It seems that after this trip to the Central Plains, both I and Shuang'er have changed, and I no longer use a cold appearance to hide the truth in my heart, "I finally order you as a saint, live well! I die! Before, I will definitely arrange your whereabouts. If you want to disobey your orders, go now, I don't want to see you again!" The person who risked his life to save Shuang'er should love and protect Shuang'er!

"Saint—sister!" Shuang'er finally couldn't hold back her tears, "Yes, Shuang'er obeyed!"

It's night, the backyard of Chunman Garden is cold and shadowy, Leng Ruxue, who has not recovered from his leg injury, starts to practice Youbi, Zhan Zhao, you should be here, let's break the agreement between you and me together!

Royal Pavilion, Nanjing Pavilion, Garden

"The cat—the claws are not healed yet, so I'll keep them honestly. Grandpa Bai doesn't want to take advantage of you!" Bai Yutang put the painting shadow on his chest, and despite his anxiety, he resisted the urge to ask Zhan Zhao to feed him.

With his left hand, Zhan Zhao dexterously turned Ju Que in a circle, leaned across his chest, and said with a smile, "Brother Bai, you're welcome! If you want to see the Xuantian swordsmanship of Zhan's left hand, there is only this period of recuperation time. Don't wait!"

Qiang——Before he finished speaking, Bai Yutang's sword was out of its sheath, "Let the horse come here! I won't show mercy!"

"Please—" Zhan Zhao threw the giant tower up, drew the sword with one hand, only heard a dragon chant, and faced the sword with one red and one white.

"Princess, sister, come and see, Big Brother Zhan and Young Master Bai are going to have a sword fight!" Zi Long shouted excitedly, ignoring the royal rules, the duel between the two best swordsmen of the young generation , enough to make this boy's blood boil!

"White Mouse, Brother Zhan's injury is still not healed!" Ling'er was a little worried, although after hearing the legend of the ancient sword, she didn't feel so disgusted with Bai Yutang, and knew that Bai Yutang was Brother Zhan's true confidant, but she still raised Zhan's heart. Zhao was worried, and looking at Ziling, she was also worried.

"Don't worry, Bell! After a long time, if you know this cat, you will know that the more disadvantaged you are, the more aggressive you will be, and you will never know how your opponent will die! But it is not so easy to meet me, Bai Yutang , Ha ha!" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows.

Zhan Zhao just smiled and remained noncommittal, which made Linger and Ziling feel relieved——

The shadows of swords are intertwined with peach blossoms, and the red and white are surrounded by a rain of flowers with fierce sword energy: Bai Yutang's sword is like a dragon that overwhelms rivers and seas, and its arrogance is overwhelming. Bai Yutang has always wondered about the murderous aura in Zhao's sword, how a gentleman's swordsmanship like Zhan Zhao survived in the world full of blood, blood and intrigue, so he gave Zhan Zhao the "Nine Lives Monster Cat" nickname; however, today Zhan Zhao's Zhan Zhao is different from the past, which makes Bai Yutang very addicted. Although Zhan Zhao's left hand sword technique is also Xuantian sword technique, it reveals the arrogance and murderous intent of a sword dragon in the sky between the opening and closing movements. Give your own shadow a chance to breathe. No wonder you have never seen Zhan Zhao cast the left sword Xuantian. If you are not familiar with Zhan Zhao's swordsmanship and can cope with it today, I am afraid it will be difficult to withstand Zhan Zhao's offensive. It is impossible to escape to heaven, I think this cat does not want to increase the number of killings, so it keeps holding the sword with its right hand!There is no room for any mistakes or distractions in the master's moves, Bai Yutang was deeply moved, but the shadows and pace of his subordinates were half a beat slower, and in just a split second, Ju Que was approaching his heart.Both Zhan Bai and Zhan Bai were startled, Zhan Zhao didn't expect Bai Yutang to be distracted, one move made him old, and it was too late to withdraw.If he was really going into battle, Bai Yutang would definitely use the strategy of burning everything together, even if he was seriously injured, his opponent would not be able to retreat completely. However, it was Zhan Zhao who stabbed with the sword, so he had to move the sword sideways with the fastest movement. Try to avoid deadly places.However, the expected stab wound did not happen, and Zhan Zhao's sword landed on Bai Yutang's left shoulder without piercing a single point!Looking at Zhan Zhao's face was already pale, this stupid cat actually forcibly turned back the internal force that was above the sword energy to stop the sword force, but the injury of internal force backlash is no joke. "Cat—" Bai Yutang really panicked now, blamed himself for not being distracted? !

"Brother Bai deliberately let me let me go today, but it shouldn't be! It won't be like this in another day!" Zhan Zhao turned his back to Ling'er and others and signaled Bai Yutang with a wink to keep quiet.

What time is it, you still take my face into consideration, stupid cat!Bai Yutang rolled his eyes angrily, but the play still had to go along with the acting, otherwise the girl from Lingdang would know that Zhan Zhao had suffered an internal injury, and she would have to make a fuss! "Naturally! Well, it's hot enough today, and I'm already sweating after a while, let's change clothes when I go back!" After speaking, he pulled Zhan Zhao up and went straight to the west chamber.

"It's obviously Brother Zhan who is even more powerful! Really, he even said that it was the white mouse that released the water! Hey—you two?!" Ling'er was about to chase after him, but a waiter came to report: "Princess Qi, the prince asked the princess to study. one line."

"What's the matter?" Linger asked while looking in the direction of the west chamber.

"I heard from the prince that it's about the Empress Dowager's birthday party. Please go, princess."

"Oh, I see, let's go now. Zilong, go and see Big Brother Zhan and the others, why do I feel weird. Ziling, let's go."

"Yes!"

Royal Hotel, Nanjing Pavilion, West Wing

The moment the door closed, Zhan Zhao fell down in front of the table with a pale complexion, his lips turned blue, his brows were tightly frowned, dripping with cold sweat, he covered his right heart with one hand and gasped heavily.

"Zhan Zhao, how are you? I'll help you adjust your internal breath!" Even though Zhan Zhao had been injured and poisoned many times, Bai Yutang was shocked by the scene and gasped.

"No—Brother Bai, it's not—don't—let people find out!" Zhan Zhao's bluish knuckles were clasped tightly on the wooden table, and his fingers were embedded in the wood of the table with his scurrying internal energy. There were streaks of blood, and he forced his consciousness to say a few words, and passed out from the pain.

"Ah? Hey, cat—wake up, don't scare me!" Bai Yutang pushed Zhan Zhao lightly, and found that Zhan Zhao had really passed out. He was breaking out in a cold sweat from anxiety, and he breathed calmly. Try the inner breath, although it is still rushing around, but it will not be life-threatening, it's okay, okay!But still can't let people know? !That's difficult, who knows how long you'll be unconscious!

"Brother Zhan, Brother Bai, the princess asked me to take a look, what's your order?" Zilong knocked on the door.

Dizzy—smelly cat, you don’t care about anything after you sleep, leave a mess for your Grandpa Bai to clean up! ——Forget it, who told me to be the culprit this time!Picking up Zhan Zhao, he yelled out the door, "Please drink if you lose, okay! You stinky cat has a conscience, let's go! Zilong, tell Lingdang that we're going to drink, don't get drunk No return!" Leaped out of the back window, turned over to the room and left the hotel from another direction, leaving Zi Long outside the door who was confused.

The abandoned temple in the south of the city, the night is dark and the wind is high

Bai Yutang had just helped Zhan Zhao adjust his breath for a week, and at this moment he was fiddling with the bonfire, waiting for Zhan Zhao to wake up.Strange, how did the extremely cold air in Zhan Zhao's heart come from?In addition, I can't rush through with the help of my internal strength. Fortunately, I didn't force my kung fu, otherwise this cat would be injured again!

"Cough—" With a light cough, Zhan Zhao finally woke up leisurely, Bai Yutang dropped the branch, and rushed to Zhan Zhao's side.

"Are you willing to wake up?!—Since I have avoided the vital point, even if you poke a hole in my body, I will not be in any serious trouble. Why do you have to forcefully withdraw your strength and suffer the backlash?" Bai Yutang was so angry that he turned white Take a look.

"I really almost killed you just now." Zhan Zhao sighed.

"Nearly scared me to death, it's true! You didn't seem to be the result of internal force backlash just now? Also, what's the matter with the cold air in your body that seals the heart?" Bai Yutang saw that Zhan Zhao was still pale. Apart from the blood, there seemed to be nothing serious, so I couldn't help asking.

"Brother Bai, do you still remember the Public Enemy of the Martial Arts that bloodbathed Tianshan Mountain 12 years ago?" It's better to let Bai Yutang know early so that he can deal with it later, otherwise, he will really be hurt!

"You mean——Ghost Boy, that little devil?! You know, the master has blown that kid up. Hmph, I've wanted to compete with that kid a long time ago. Unfortunately, after the battle of Tianshan, the ghost boy also With the blood evaporated, he disappeared! Wait—what does this have to do with your injury?!" Bai Yutang was completely confused by Monk Zhang Er.

"Brother Bai just finished his sword competition with that kid!" Zhan Zhao laughed at himself.

"Oh—ah!!! Don't be joking, you are the ghost boy who slaughtered the martial arts, ghosts believe it!" Bai Yutang was about to laugh, but saw Zhan Zhao looking at him with a serious face, there was no sign of a joke, Now, is this a casual joke? "Cat—are you serious?" Gui Tongzi—the public enemy of the martial arts, everyone can be punished and killed quickly, admitting this identity is tantamount to putting yourself in the middle of the target!

"I'm serious. Brother Bai, do you still remember that Zhan once asked Brother Bai, what would happen to Brother Bai if Zhan Zhao was no longer Zhan Zhao?" Zhan Zhao quietly waited for Bai Yutang's answer.

Bai Yutang just looked at Zhan Zhao again in silence, and then smiled relievedly: "The Zhan Zhao I know and get along with Bai Yutang is still the same and hasn't changed! Of course I still regard him as a brother!"

Zhan Zhao smiled wryly and shook his head: "When my identity is revealed to the world, it is also the time when I want Brother Bai to cut off my righteousness! This is Zhan Zhao's last request!"

"My surname is Zhan, who do you think of Grandpa Bai? How can I be a villain who is greedy for life, fears death and avoids troubles?! Since I recognize you as a friend, even if I want to be an enemy of the entire martial arts world, so what? The so-called righteous way of martial arts is nothing more than hypocrites trying to gain fame. The Tianshan massacre back then would not have happened if they hadn't gone there with greed and conspiracy. You were only a ten-year-old child at that time, and I'm afraid you couldn't even do what you did. How could you put all the crimes on you?" Bai Yutang said angrily.

"Brother Bai's kind intentions, Zhan Zhao understands! However, if Zhan Zhao doesn't repay these blood debts, I'm afraid the family teacher and the Kaifeng Mansion will be implicated. Brother Bai should also take into account the safety of the four brothers and the hundreds of people, old and young, on Xingkong Island! "

"I—don't mention your master who is the head of the sect. Thinking about what the respected Xuan Tianke did after he became the head of the upper three sects, it is really hard to convince everyone. Fortunately, you still call him master!" Bai Yutang frowned. The fire in his stomach shot up all of a sudden, and he blurted out knowing that Zhan Zhao would be angry.

"Brother Bai, please don't speak rudely to the teacher!" Zhan Zhao was really angry!

"Is what I said wrong? You didn't do anything wrong, you kindly went to celebrate his birthday, and he just let you kneel in the wind and rain for three days, ignoring you, how can there be such an unkind master in the world?!" Bai Yutang made an injustice for Zhan Zhao.

"Master must have his old reasons for doing this." Zhan Zhao couldn't help but feel a bit of bitterness in his heart.

"There's a fart reason! Well, let's not talk about this, anyway, people who have seen the ghost boy are all dead, so you can pretend that the ghost boy is already dead, and let people in the martial arts gradually forget it! Those people You deserve to die, you don't have to blame yourself!" Bai Yutang didn't want to expose Zhan Zhao's scar, so he comforted him.

"Things are far from that simple! Didn't Brother Bai want to know what happened to Zhan Zhao just now?" Zhan Zhao sighed, "I'm likely to become that murderous, bloodthirsty ghost boy again, because—— Heart-controlling ghost curse, bloodthirsty and soul-destroying, destroying heaven and earth, and returning everything to dust!"

"What? Zhan Zhao, what's going on?" Bai Yutang faintly felt inexplicable fear and ominousness.

Zhan Zhao told Bai Yutang exactly what happened to him and Leng Ruxue at the bottom of the cliff and what he knew, Bai Yutang only heard it, his eyes widened, and he froze for a long time with an unbelievable expression . "I said cat, this gamble is too big! The avengers of the shadow palace, the ghost curse of the heart, the century-old grievances between the two palaces of the moon and shadow; the ghost boy, the Jianghu Tianshan murder; King Huai himself did not know that his own daughter was the saint of the moon palace , unreasonable father-daughter vendetta; the wolf ambition of the Holy Maiden Palace, the suspicion of the imperial court and the royal family, and the self-righteousness of the martial arts righteousness headed by your master-oh my god, you cat has been "accumulated blessings" in several lifetimes to drive them all away It's up!!! It's too long to live!" After finally sorting out the relationship between Zhan Zhao's situation and the many clues, Bai Yutang said with emotion.

"so--"

"So, I have to let you live well, otherwise this mess will be left to me alone, and I will be miserable! ——Cat, what are you going to do, tell me." Bai Yutang did not wait for Zhan Zhao to finish speaking, and took the lead Said, "I've been bored recently, how can such a complicated game be without my Chinchilla Bai Yutang!"

Zhan Zhao resigned himself to his fate with a helpless smile, anyway, with Bai Yutang's help, the chances of winning would be better, if it really came to a point where he could not recover, he would have his own way to prevent Bai Yutang from being implicated. "The top priority, brother Bai, let's accompany Zhan to practice sword every day!"

"Still practicing?! You pass out once a day, isn't it fun?" I really don't know if this cat has pretended to be himself.

"The Saintess Palace will not let it go, I must recover as soon as possible. However, the extremely cold air that sealed the ghost curse for me as cold as snow makes my heart blocked, and my heart hurts when I move my true energy. I must overcome this Feeling, otherwise it will be hard to recover!" Zhan Zhao said calmly, with firmness in his tone.

"You want to force yourself to adapt to that painful feeling? Don't kill you! I won't do it! I'll do it, don't worry!" Bai Yutang had a non-negotiable expression.

"You can't do it alone. You can't care about protecting people if you can catch people. Besides, Brother Bai's identity can only help Zhan in secret on certain occasions—and, if Zhan is really the avenger of the Shadow Palace, the Saintess Palace I won't let me go, Zhan must be able to protect himself!" Zhan Zhao persuaded patiently, but seeing that Bai Yutang was still unmoved, he had no choice but to continue, "It's just that I didn't prepare myself mentally today, coupled with the backlash of internal force. I will faint and make Brother Bai worry, and I will not in the future!"

Only then did I realize that this cat is no worse at grinding people than myself. Thinking about it carefully, with this cat's determination, if the people around him are in danger, he won't care about his recovery. It is still more likely to restore his skills to life, and finally gritted his teeth and made up his mind: "Okay! Practice swords. But enough is enough, if you can't stand it, just meow, don't hold on!"

"Thank you, Brother Bai!" Zhan Zhao smiled, "It's almost dawn, Ling'er must be in a hurry, let's go back soon!"