The past ignites old dreams

The fire at Penglai Inn burned all night.The West Market in Liaocheng was burned.

Standing in front of the ruins, Cui Yan was speechless for a long time.It wasn't until the guards who cleaned up the rest came to report that they didn't find the Golden Moon Sword.Only then did Cui Yan feel that he could sit down and rest for a while. The reason why he sent the crow to take a step ahead was that the crow would not let him down, but the only thing he was worried about was whether the crow could escape unscathed.Now that the Golden Moon Sword has not been found, this is good news.The sword never leaves the body, and the person never leaves the sword. If Jinyue is not on the scene, the crow will be fine.

Although Yang Jingli's body was burnt beyond recognition, there were too many evidences on his body, real gold and silver are not afraid of fire, but the body that flaunted his noble status, only a pile of charred bones remained.

I don't know what life is like everywhere, it should be Feihong stepping on the slush.

Cui Yan was not surprised by the appearance of Merry Knife, but what surprised him was how could a top expert like Lu Liao die here.

But what Cui Yan wanted to know more was the whereabouts of the other person. He asked the guard, "Has that woman been found?"

"Reporting to the second son, there is no news for the time being."

"Be sure to find it."

The person Cui Yan wanted to look for was Huo Ju, but his subordinates searched and searched, but did not find her body.

The death of King Qi shocked the whole country.The emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, and the minister of Dali Temple rushed to Liaocheng to investigate the case in person.At this moment, Liaocheng has been blocked by the army originally stationed in Shandong by King Qi.The Cui brothers and sisters who originally rushed to the northwest via Liaocheng also stayed because of this.

In this difficult-to-fly Liaocheng, finding out the whereabouts of Huo Ju became the primary goal, especially before Dali Siqing arrived.

The guard came to report, "Second Young Master, Missy is here."

Cui Qianxue brought Xiaolang alone, and waited in the East City for Cui Yan not to come. Fearing that unexpected accidents would happen, she dispatched the ox cart shared by the yamen, not caring so much, and came in public.

"How are things?"

Little Wolf helped Cui Qianxue get out of the car when he heard Cui Qianxue impatiently asking Cui Yan.

"Sister, didn't you ask you to stay in Dongshi?" Cui Yan held up his hand and greeted Cui Qianxue, "It's not convenient for you to come here."

"How can I stay? I'm worried about you, and I'm also worried about the crow." Cui Qianxue nervously held Cui Yan's arm, leaned close to him, stood on tiptoe and whispered in Cui Yan's ear, "I'll look into what you asked me to investigate." arrive."

Cui Yan bent slightly, "You mean that woman in Huashan really cheated."

"It's absolutely true." Cui Qianxue nodded and said, "The secret recipe for Changmian fruit has long been lost in the Jianghu. Knowing this, it happened that Huo Ju had inquired about the whereabouts of the Crow in advance. The shopkeeper naturally thought that the two must be related, so he was fooled. The food and drink were not poisonous, and everything was planned. Just now, An Yu came to report and said that he had checked When it comes to clues, I don’t know if they have caught someone on my way to Xishi.”

"This explains why Lu Liao's Merry Knife is left here." Cui Yan's eyes rested on the Merry Knife for a while. We can only unite together to hold him back. Yang Jingli is a big kid, so he is inevitably too smart. He is conceited and underestimates the enemy, thinking that he can be watertight. It's ridiculous that he is still too young, he doesn't know that even if Qing Crow is alone, it is easy to kill him."

"I'm worried that the crow was injured, and the government is arresting him now." Cui Qianxue looked up at the sky, the water was blue, covered by floating clouds, and she asked, "Did it find him in the sky?"

"Lingkong can't go this time. If it goes, it's like showing the way to the government."

"Then your uncle... can you find his body? After all, he is also your master's only junior brother. If you can find him among these dead people, it is reasonable to bury him properly."

"Although his knife is here, I have a hunch that he is not dead." Cui Yan went through the ins and outs of the incident, and told Cui Qianxue, "Regardless of why Huo Ju betrayed his enemies, Yang Jingli was nothing more than to get rid of my right-hand man, Cui Yan. Ling was dead, so he wanted to kill Qingya wholeheartedly. He also knew that Qingya had always been followed by Lu Liao, so he used Huo Ju to lure Qingya into the bait, and at the same time laid a net downstairs to block Lu Liao. I think Qingya would not die even if he was injured. It's not serious, with Lu Liao around, Lu Liao won't let anyone kill him."

"What about Lu Liao himself? If he is safe and sound, how could he use the Merry Knife?" Cui Qianxue worried.

"I don't care about him. And Qing Ya, I can't care about it now either. Right now, the top priority is to find Huo Ju and kill him. The second is to deal with the people from Dali Temple. They surround the city. We can neither retreat nor leave. It just suits the Emperor's wishes to forcefully break out, and he expects us to violate the law and discipline."

Tears were faintly in Cui Qianxue's eyes, and her voice began to swallow, "I, Cui Qianxue, am not afraid of anything, except for losing you, my blood relatives. Although Cui Ling is your close Anyu, he is also our younger brother. When he was buried, we were unable to send him for the last time because of the situation. Now the whereabouts of the crow is unknown, and it is estimated that he was seriously injured. We cannot find him or rescue him. The blood is pouring profusely, and my heart hurts very much. When I think that this kind of life will never end, my heart feels ashamed."

Cui Yan was suffering in every possible way, angry, guilty, and helpless, but how could he regret it, this step was all planned by him, and he had already predicted every ending, including the present.In fact, the whereabouts of the crow is unknown, which is the best news for Cui Yan.

"Sister, do you know, it's a good thing that the crow is not here. If he were here, he would either be dead, and what would appear would be a corpse, or...or I would personally escort him into the government, and kill the prince. There must always be someone who is responsible for disasters. After all, Qing Ya, who has no real relationship with our Cui family, is not the best candidate?"

Cui Yan's question made Cui Qianxue stare blankly, speechless.

"Xiao Yan, although we can't help ourselves, there are some things that have a bottom line." Obviously Cui Qianxue was a little angry, and she scolded, "Don't you know why I married a Tatar? I just want you to calm down! If Everyone in the family is like this, so why do I bother to sell myself for such a family?!"

"Didn't I betray myself?" Cui Yan, who usually looks gentle but actually aloof, showed a child-like helplessness and abjection after his sister finished his lecture, "Brother has long been out of position, he controls the government and the royal family is incompatible , I don’t know the messy things he and the emperor are entangled with? The queen mother is under house arrest, the queen is like a fake, she has no relatives and eunuchs, the elder brother has covered the sky with one hand, why didn’t the sister ask him when he plans to ascend the throne? !"

Cui Qianxue's eyes were like torches, as if there were flames burning in her pupils, her mouth seemed to be filled with frost, and she breathed cold air when she spoke, "Cui Yan! Cui Mo is definitely not what you think, although he and the emperor have some... There are some inexplicable fetters, but he is wholeheartedly toward his own family. He has more things to carry than you. When you were young, if Cui Mo hadn't carried it on your shoulders, you would have thought that you and Xiaoxuan Can you survive until now without incident? Cui Yan, today I will only treat you as a bastard for a while, and you must not be fooled again."

At this point, seeing Cui Yan's silence, Cui Qianxue eased her tone, "Just think about it, you have already lost Cui Ling, do you still have the heart to lose Qing Crow? Can a straight-minded person get along with you safely?"

Cui Yan was indifferent, and Cui Qianxue had nothing to say.She was about to go back to the East Market, when Xiao Lang came forward in a hurry, "Second Young Master, Eldest Miss!"

"What's wrong?" Cui Qianxue asked, "Did you catch Huo Ju?"

Little Wolf: "The Minister of Dali Temple, Shan Zhengjiu, has arrived."

Cui Yan: "He is so fast?"

Little Wolf: "That Huo Ju is also in his hands. It is said that she threw herself into the trap."

Cui's siblings looked at each other and understood each other. Cui Qianxue got into the car when she came, "Second brother, prepare your horse and come after you have dealt with the inn. I will deal with it for you first. Remember, you can't come too fast." .”

Cui Qianxue took a step ahead, Cui Yan immediately found a pen and paper, wrote a letter urgently, blew the whistle to attract Ling Kong, carefully stuffed the letter into a finger-long bamboo tube, and tied it firmly to Ling Kong's paw.

"Ling Kong, go to the northwest, pass the Yanmen Pass, and find Su Rigu." After feeding Ling Kong's raw meat, Cui Yan pointed to the sky, "Fly!"

Ling Kong honked hoarsely, one quick and one long, and disappeared into the sky in a blink of an eye.

Cui Yan rolled up his sleeves, and on his wrist was the watch that Qiao Ran gave him before he left. He calculated the time, one revolution per second was one minute, one revolution per minute was half an hour, and after another quarter of an hour, he We must wait for this quarter of an hour.

Degrees, minutes and seconds are like years, and years are like minutes and seconds.

The crow opened his eyes again, as if he had slept for a thousand years and turned into a stone, and now he woke up, not knowing when it will be.

If he hadn't moved and found that he had broken a part of his arm, otherwise he would still be living in a dream, and the things that happened became clear one by one, how he arrived in Liaocheng, how he was ambushed, and how Yang Jingli was dying The crimson, distorted face in front of her... Lu Liao!And Lu Liao!It was Lu Liao who carried himself out of the fire, where is he now? !

Qing Crow jumped up, and found that his whole body was full of strength, a powerful internal force was flowing through his body, blood rushed to his head without control, almost making him unable to stand, a pair of strong hands behind him supported him his waist.

"Little Martial Uncle?" Qing Ya looked back expectantly, "Sheng Linya?! Why is it you? Where is my little Martial Uncle?"

Sheng Linya didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "He hurt you like that in the past, you really don't hold grudges, take a bite of my little uncle, tsk..."

"Why are you here, where are the others?" Qing Ya walked back and forth in the room. This place is like a wing of an inn. He opened the window, and what came into view was long white clouds, and the number of swallows flying low. Only, there are small vendors selling various things outside the building, and horse-drawn carriages pass by from time to time.

There is a warm and cool breath of early spring in the air, the breeze brings the aroma of leaves from the mountains and forests in the distance, the peach blossoms across the street are in full bloom, and the little brother selling sticky sugar is chanting the farm proverbs of the beginning of spring. Jiao Zhitong ran across the streets and alleys, laughing and playing.

Everything is so real, the crow can really smell, hear, see and feel. He stretched out the window with the only remaining hand, palm up, and a drop of dew on the corner of the eaves dripped, cool wet in his hands.

Crow was puzzled, "This is impossible, how can I..."

The door opened with a creak, and Tian Yunshu walked in sideways.There was a hint of worry on his cold face.

Sheng Linya immediately went over to hold Tian Yunshu's hands, "It's still cold outside, why did you go out so thinly?"

Facing Sheng Linya, Tian Yunshu smiled slightly. Every time he did this, it was to reassure Sheng Linya.If there is a person in the world who values ​​you more than yourself, then how can you let him worry about you.

"Qingya, let's talk to you about something." Tian Yunshu called Qingya over, "I think you are at a loss now, and you are eager to know the details."

Qing Ya probably guessed a thing or two, and settled down to wait for Tian Yunshu to tell the truth.

Tian Yunshu glanced at Sheng Linya, Sheng Linya nodded, and Tian Yunshu sat down opposite Qingya, "This is the Fengbo Town in the east of Shanxi. Lu Liao carried you away from Shandong to this place day and night, because I Lin Ya and Lin Ya have already waited here according to the prior agreement. You must be wondering, I never like to intervene in these disputes between the imperial court and the martial arts, so why did I have an agreement with Lu Liao in advance."

Sheng Linya poured the boiled fuqu tea into their tea bowls, and said, "We were forced here by him."

Tian Yunshu warmed his hands with tea, and he said, "My mother and aunt are the jewels in the palm of the Tian family. Although the Tian family has disappeared in the rivers and lakes, who knew that "the Tian family had two daughters, Feng Ning and Shen Xi". I have a close relationship, I am a good friend from all corners of the country, and naturally have a connection with your uncle. Not many people know about the past generation, and I have no intention of letting you know. Speaking of my mother and aunt, I just want to let you understand. Why am I here, why did I promise Lu Liao to take care of you?"

In Qing Crow's impression, Tian Yunshu has always been an arrogant, high-minded, taciturn man. It's really abnormal to say so much today, but he didn't interrupt Tian Yunshu. As Tian Yunshu said, he is at a loss now and is eager to know everything .

"Don't worry, you have already left Shandong, so you can basically avoid the pursuers." Sheng Linya said, "It's a pity that your hand, I don't know if you can go back to the time when you were so high-spirited and had a showdown with me. "

As soon as Qing Ya was holding the tea, his lips were scalded as soon as he touched it. He put down the Fuqu tea in surprise, and was stunned. Did he really regain all consciousness?Fenghe's poison is gone?

Qing Ya came back to his senses and took a look at Sheng Linya, "Don't leave any pot unopened."

He turned to Tian Yunshu and asked, "Can you cure Fenghe's poison?"

Tian Yunshu glanced at Sheng Linya again, with a trace of hesitation in his eyebrows.

Seeing his indecision, Qing Ya felt that Tian Yunshu was abnormal.Just as he was about to ask, he heard Sheng Linya say in a dumb voice, "That weird Lu Liao didn't ask us to tell you."

Tian Yunshu: "..."

Crow: "He didn't ask you to tell me what?"

This time it was Sheng Linya who looked at Tian Yunshu with winks, he opened his mouth several times but failed to speak.

Tian Yunshu saw Qing Ya's serious expression and knew that he couldn't hide it, so he said for Sheng Linya, "Feng He is not a poison at all. It is a priceless treasure once in a thousand years, and others can prolong their lives if they eat it. When your mother was pregnant with you, she was laid down by someone. You are poisoned, flesh and blood are connected, and you also have this poison in your body. This poison is difficult to cure, and your mother died because of it. Lu Liao tricked you into eating Fenghe to save you, and forced you to live according to his way I didn't know about this before, but Lu Liao told me later."

Crow: "Why didn't he tell me directly?"

"He and your master Sheng Wuming, your biological father Shen Ruoyu, and Cui Yan's father Cui Wen all had life and death festivals. You have been with him for so long, didn't you realize that he loves and hates Sheng Wuming? Me too I heard from my mother that the person Sheng Wuming really loved in this life was Shen Ruoyu. Shen Ruoyu was originally an eminent Shaolin monk. I thought I could live with Cui Wen for a long time, but Cui Wen finally parted ways with him for the sake of his family."

"What about him?" Qing Crow's face was stern, vaguely angry. Lu Liao said that Cui Wen had poisoned and killed someone, but he didn't want to pursue the past, and now he heard Tian Yunshu talk about his own affairs. Unhappy, "Did Lu Liao become obsessed with revenge, or did he develop a demonic nature because my master repeatedly betrayed him?"

"I don't know the details. I only know the surface of the grievances and grievances of the previous generation." Tian Yunshu secretly counted the time while talking, guessing that the person who was going to leave had already gone far, so he decided to end it in a few words, "The matter At this point, even though you have broken your arm, it is a blessing in disguise, the poison has almost disappeared, and if you pay attention to it in the future, you will not be in danger of your life."

Sheng Linya: "You don't have to worry about your life. The two of us lived up to Lu Liao's entrustment and repaid the favor owed by Xiao Tian's mother. After that, we will go back to Shuzhong. You decide your future path, don't Go back to Shandong. Change your name and surname, buy a house and land, and live out the rest of your life in peace.”

Qing Ya pressed the table and got up, he smiled lightly, as if he had returned to his unrestrained and unrestrained self, "I have finished talking, I have finished my tea, and the time has been delayed by you, if I am not wrong , When I woke up, I guess he had just left. A prince died in a great country, it is impossible to let it go, he is going to pay for my life."

Qing Ya put on his sword, cupped his hands and said, "Qing Ya thanked Brother Sheng and Brother Tian for coming here, the road ahead is long, and we are destined to meet again in Jianghu."

Seeing that the crow was about to chase Lu Liao, Sheng Linya propped his hand over the table, and flew to the door to block him, "Lu Liao lost his life's skills to you, and he didn't want you to die in vain!"

After the words fell silent, Qing Crow was stunned, "What did you say?!"

Tian Yunshu shook his head and sighed, feeling extremely sad and helpless, he pulled Sheng Linya back and made way for Qing Ya, "If you insist on leaving, we won't stop you. This is your business, and it has nothing to do with us in the final analysis. It's just Qing Ya, before you rush out, you have to think clearly, I heard that King Qi is very shrewd, why would he just sit and wait for you to kill him, the fire will grow from small to large, there must be a process, why not escape if he can escape Unless he is determined and prepared to risk his life and use this to attack Cui and Lu's family. Lu Liao has never been separated from you. Why did you fight alone that night and did not see him for so long to help you? Unless he is on his own side There are many people who can't be killed, think about it again, who has the right to summon so many people to stop Lu Liao's killing with their living bodies?"

Sheng Linya: "We have received news that Huo Ju has been used by Yang Jingli, but unfortunately we knew it too late."

Qing Crow said, "I guessed that there was fraud, but Huo Li was killed by Yang Jingli's subordinates. Huo Ju didn't avenge his father, but also took refuge in his enemy's family. I really don't understand. She doesn't look like a woman who is bent on money."

"The world is unpredictable, and people's hearts are unpredictable. How can there be so many things that should be done according to common sense? You are Cui Yan's only senior brother, but look at what the second son of the Cui family did. He sent you to kill people, not just ordinary people, but the younger brother of the current emperor. He had planned it long ago. If you die, you will die without proof. If you are alive, you will be a ready-made scapegoat. All the Cui family will be offended You have to suffer the crimes of the royal family. You will protect him and not implicate him if he is determined. Now that you have Lu Liao's lifelong skills, with a little exercise and learning to control his internal power, your martial arts will reach unprecedented levels Are you sure you want to live up to Lu Liao's efforts and go through fire and water for Cui Yan?!" Tian Yunshu became angrier as he spoke, he pushed open the door, and the boy who happened to pass by the door was startled and flew away. Like ran away.

Qing Crow almost gnawed his back teeth. He stepped out of the threshold and said loudly, "I will never hate Cui Yan. You can't imagine what he has endured since he was a child. He is not a good person, and he is not a good person." It's not the first day I met him, but he will always be the frowning little Yan on the first day I met him."

Years have changed, accidents have been numerous, seeing his face, it is still the same as before, the companionship in childhood is vivid in my memory, the rivers and lakes weigh a lot, I will bear eight hundred for you.Never broke my promise, but this time, the last time——

I am no longer for you.

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