What about the soft and cute bamboo horse I am a freshman?

The voice came from a small alley.

It is now noon, most people have gone back to eat, and the streets are empty.Jinshi stood in the middle of the road, with the sun above his head. The warm sun in late spring should make people feel very comfortable, but Jinshi's cold sweat was slowly streaming down his back.

The sun made him a little dizzy, and the extra noise faded away, and Song Chengyuan's voice became extraordinarily clear.

"The formation to protect the city was drawn by Liang Fang. As long as you don't use the formation, you won't be noticed by him. For the rest, just wait for the formation test to start again."

Jin Shi took a deep breath, then walked lightly, approached the alley slowly, and stuck to the wall.

"Liang Fang has captured a large number of people now. When it comes to the formation test, he must spare people to take care of the battle. At that time, the defense in the south must be the weakest."

After Song Chengyuan finished speaking, the alley became quiet.

Jin Shi swallowed nervously, he wasn't sure if he had been discovered, so he pinched a messenger talisman in his hand, and waited for a while, but there was still no sound in the alley, just like the two voices he heard. The sentence is like an auditory hallucination.

Finally, Jinshi gritted his teeth, let go of the messenger talisman, and then sneaked his head around, but bumped into a pair of familiar eyes unexpectedly.

He saw that Song Chengyuan was holding his messenger talisman that was supposed to fly to Tuzhensi, and said coldly, "It's him, take it back."

Is it a trap? !

Jinshi reacted and pinched an attack formation, but the formation had not yet formed. The next moment, he felt a pain in his neck and fell into darkness instantly.

"Da da da."

When the regular knocking sound came, Jinshi moved in a daze, but found that he seemed to be restrained and could not move anywhere.

He woke up suddenly, but his eyes were blurred, a dull pain came from the back of his neck, and the "da da" sound that had been lingering in his ears stopped.

All thoughts rushed back to his brain, he remembered, before he passed out, he saw Song Chengyuan!

Song Chengyuan also hijacked the communication talisman he originally sent to the painting array division!

So... he is now...

"woke up?"

asked a voice.

Jin Shi froze, his clothes were soaked in the cold pool water with crushed ice in winter, his body sank uncontrollably, the air in his lungs gradually decreased, and when he looked up, he could only see the distorted auspicious wishful array separated by the ice layer. Golden fireworks.

The memory that suddenly rushed into his mind made him shiver.

That was the winter that he always wanted to forget, the cold fear that he always wanted to forget.

Wen Wang Xu Yun!

"Oh," he heard Xu Yun laugh, "you're still so afraid of me."

Jinshi's eyes were covered with a cloth, and he couldn't see anything.

"Why don't you talk?" Xu Yun asked in a good mood, "When old friends meet, don't you have nothing to say?"

Jin Shi stabilized his mind, his hands were a little cold.

"Your Highness," said Song Chengyuan's voice, "it's important."

Jin Shi who heard Song Chengyuan's voice was slightly relieved.

Although he didn't know why Song Chengyuan assassinated the national teacher and defected to Xu Yun, Jinshi knew that Song Chengyuan had no malice towards him.

Xu Yun compromised: "Go, untie it for him."

Jinshi felt a small footstep approaching him, and then touched the back of its head with both hands. After a few movements, the black cloth in front of him was untied.

Jin Shi slowly opened his eyes, and he saw a somewhat familiar yet unfamiliar face.

"You are……"

This person was very fair, he gave Jinshi a look without emotion, and then put away the black cloth.

Only then did Jin Shi discover that this is a cave.

In the huge underground karst cave, a stone table and several stone benches were carved out due to the terrain. Xu Yun sat on the stone bench, and the man who untied the black cloth for Jinshi stood behind him, and Song Chengyuan sat on the other stone bench. .

Xu Yun is no longer the pampered and high-spirited noble boy he used to be. His eyes are cloudy, his skin is rough and dull, and his stubble has not been taken care of. He looks about 30 years old, but Jin Shi knows that he is only a few years older than himself That's all.

And Song Chengyuan...

Song Chengyuan's face hasn't changed much, but his whole body is inevitably beginning to age. His temples have gray hair, and the lines between his brows are indelible.

What made Jin Shi feel the pain in his heart the most was Song Chengyuan's eyes, which once looked at him with all kinds of helplessness, disgust and joy, but now they are all indifferent, like stagnant water without waves .

He couldn't help muttering: "Mr. Song..."

Song Chengyuan glanced at him indifferently, then turned his head and repeated: "Your Highness, the business is important."

business?

It was only then that Jin Shi realized that Xu Yun was holding a spirit stick in his hand, and beside him was a very exquisite wooden brocade box, which he had just been using to keep knocking on the brocade box.

Jin Shi opened his eyes wide: "Tu Yang?"

Seeing Tu Yang, he instantly remembered the identity of the young man behind Xu Yun.

That was the little father-in-law who came in behind Cheng Shan when he was nine years old when he was sealed. Jinshi remembered that his name was——

"Respect," Xu Yun said in a deep voice, "show it to him."

Jing Yan bowed his head to take Tu Yang from Xu Yun's hand, and then held Tu Yang with both hands to Jinshi.

Jin Shi looked at Tu Yang, who saw golden stars falling from Tu Yang's tail.

In an instant, all the clues that Liang Fang had shown Jinshi were linked together.

Tao Baiyang, who used to be Xie Chong's former subordinate, the missing money, the missing boss Jin Lixuan, and the eunuch who took Tu Yang away.

"You... want to unlock the spirit seal."

Jinshi said this in a declarative tone.

Tao Boyang wasn't really on the right team, he was Xie Chong's nail for Xu Yun's comeback after he had confirmed that the general situation was over.

And Jin Lixuan...

Jinshi remembered.

It was not the first time he knew about this shop in West Market.

The first time he heard the name of this shop was in the Xie Mansion.

At that time, the first sentence Xu Yunjin said seemed to be something like "Jinlixuan's offerings are a little dry, so I won't give them away in the future".

That's why when he saw that shop in West Market, he felt that he had heard of it somewhere.

This shop is actually an asset left by Xie Chong!

Xu Yuneng quietly returned to the capital from the northwest, and he probably managed everything well there.

Coupled with Tao Baiyang's greed for money over the years, Jinshi's spine felt chills, Xu Yun might have already accumulated considerable power.

"Yes," Xu Yun admitted bluntly, "I came to you just to understand the seal, and also because I really can't tie a magic pen, only you, easy to swindle, easy to deceive." He smiled, " An old friend can trick you here."

Jin Shi looked at Song Chengyuan, who avoided his sight.

Not everyone can use Tu Yang's, only magic brushes and above.

"I'm just the name of the magic pen that was sealed by the imperial court," Jin Shi said calmly, "I'm afraid you have found the wrong person."

"Yufeng magic brush..." Xu Yun repeated this sentence, and then smiled, "There is nothing wrong with Yufeng, my uncle is still Yufeng Jiuyao. Although it is still a bit worse than the real Jiuyao, but Apart from not being able to draw the formation, there are no other problems. Our Xu family is always accurate in judging people."

So it turned out that Xie Chong was directly sealed by Jiuyao?

"Actually, I didn't intend to tie you up at first," Xu Yun stood up, and slowly walked towards Jinshi, "After all, the rumors that the painting array prodigy was abolished when he was a child were widely spread, but——"

He took Tu Yang from Jingyan's hand and twirled it between his fingertips.

"—But you broke the Yanlong Bone Erosion Formation restored by Uncle, which proves that you have indeed reached the stage of the magic brush, right?" He turned around and looked at Song Chengyuan, "Mr. Song?"

Song Chengyuan looked at Xu Yun, and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, you have no choice."

"Yeah..." Xu Yun turned back, staring at Jin Shi, "I have no choice, even if you are not a magic brush, you have to help me untangle this seal today."

"But you are possessed by a demon," Jin Shi looked back without fear, "Although I don't know why you must undo the seal, but you are possessed by a demon, once you untie the seal, your spirit veins will be soaked in demon energy, until At that time, you will be devoured and your mind will go crazy."

Jinshi didn't understand why Xu Yun had to take the trouble to steal Tu Yang and unlock the seal. If he wanted to rise up or build his own power, he didn't have to be a painter!

"Devil energy... Bewitched? You still remember," Xu Yun's voice lowered, and he smiled, much better than the yin and yang strange appearance just now, "I'm sorry."

Jin Shi was taken aback: "What?"

"Back then I... didn't do it on purpose," Xu Yun said sincerely, "At that time, I was carrying a gold silk snow jade pen, and I wanted to reconcile with you."

Gold silk snow jade pen?

Jinshi remembered that it was a spiritual stick he liked very much back then, and it was given to Xu Yun as a favor in the early Yuan Dynasty.

It turned out that at that time, beside the lotus pond, the box in Xu Yun's hand contained the gold silk snow jade pen?

"I was obsessed too much back then, so when I fell into a demon, I couldn't control myself."

Xu Yun's tone slowed down, Jinshi was not sure of his purpose.

Did he want to break down his vigilance and let him help him unlock the spirit seal?

"To tell you the truth," Xu Yun smiled wryly, "When I woke up, I regretted it very much. I didn't feel relieved until the news of your safety. I know it's useless to say these things now. What I have done , the wounds left in your heart cannot be healed no matter what, I do not ask for your forgiveness, it is indeed a helpless act to tie you up today, I have nothing else to ask for now, I just want to untie the spirit seal, and then fly away , to be a painter who travels around the world, just like you and Yuan Jiuyao back then," he paused, "I also want to go to the southwest to see the woods you mentioned before, and I also want to go to the north. Look at the great array of mountains and rivers. As for the devil energy you mentioned..."

Jin Shi saw sadness appearing on his face.

After Xu Yun was silent for a while, he said: "When the emperor's brother returned to the court, my uncle knew that the situation was over. Before committing suicide, he formed a seal with me and extradited all the evil energy in me to him."

End print.

The formation seals of the formation masters represent the connection of luck and aura between the formation masters. Unless one of them dies, the seal formation will not disappear.

Before he went to die, Xie Chong calculated everything for Xu Yun, extradited the devilish energy on him to himself, and placed Tao Baiyang for him, and then went to die so that the devilish energy would not affect the various formations he had set up. cause and effect.

Jinshi has always had a bad impression of this Jiuyao, and his fate is only left in the understatement of "suicide after being betrayed by his subordinates and fleeing his position".

But Jin Shi had to admit that this Jiu Yao really loved his nephew.

This reminded him inexplicably of Lan An who was willing to compromise for Merong He and even surrendered to Da Mu.

but……

"Your plan must be more than lifting the spirit seal." Jin Shi was not moved by Xu Yun's words at all, "otherwise, you would not use the Yanlong Bone Erosion Formation to murder His Majesty."

Xu Yun's face slowly sank when he heard this.