Embrace the blade

After the two people on the other side went out, they stopped in front of Shen Zhiyan's room within a dozen steps.The guest room where Jiang Lanze and the old man Xugu lived was given up by the disciples of the Qingshan School, so they were naturally not far away. Qi Zhaoxi looked back, and Jiang Lanze who was next to him had already knocked on the door.

Shen Zhiyan couldn't help but be surprised to see them, but still politely invited the two into the room to talk.

As soon as the door was closed, Qi Zhaoxi stopped covering up, reached out and took off the mask on his face, and smiled at Shen Zhiyan.Shen Zhiyan didn't ask any more questions, and smiled back: "It seems that the two of you have something important to discuss with me?"

"Second Brother Shen, we would like to ask you to help us get back the No Doubting Sword." Jiang Lanze cut to the chase and told the story of his experience in the cave yesterday. It only focused on the story of the sword of no doubt falling off the cliff, and the cliff was blocked by the Seven Killing Gate.

Shen Zhiyan murmured when he heard the words, and Qi Zhaoxi added a sentence unhurriedly: "To be honest, although the number of Seven Killers is large, it's not impossible for us to think of ways to deal with it. It's just that Yin Huaishu won't let it go. Prajna The teacher is in ambush, so I want to ask Second Young Master Shen to help."

Sure enough, Shen Zhiyan's eyes sparkled, and he looked at them: "You mean that the Prajna Sect is led by Yin Huaishu, and he is in town now?"

"That's right, that's the name!" Jiang Lanze said, "The man who threw the sword down is him!"

Shen Zhiyan seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly understood, he smiled helplessly, and then he restrained his expression, and replied seriously: "No doubt about the sword is of great importance, and the Qingshan faction will naturally not sit back and watch it fall into the hands of the evil way. Later, I will send my disciples to go down the cliff." Let’s inspect the mountain col, and make plans after mastering the specific layout of the Seven Killing Gate, what do you think?”

"Second Young Master is really doing well." Qi Zhaoxi said, "I just don't know how many Qingshan School disciples are there in Pingchuan Town?"

"Counting me, there are a total of 30 people." Shen Zhiyan thought for a while, "I will send a letter to my eldest brother, asking him to bring someone to help quickly. However, the Seven Killing Gate may find the Busujian at any time. The situation is urgent, and we can't wait. You have to act first."

"As for the Prajna Sect..." Shen Zhiyan hesitated a little and looked at them.

Qi Zhaoxi suddenly turned his head away, since he entered the door, he has been paying attention to the movement of the old man Xu Gu, only to hear the door being pushed open suddenly, and Jiang Li's footsteps sounded and hurried away.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Lanze looked at him wonderingly.

"I'm sorry, I suddenly remembered something." Qi Zhaoxi patted Jiang Lanze on the shoulder, "Master, please tell the second son in detail about his contact with Prajna Sect, especially Yin Huaishu's words and deeds, and the rest will be investigated later." Let Tan's disciple come back and discuss it."

After finishing speaking, he nodded to Shen Zhiyan and left first.

Hearing Jiang Li's footsteps, he returned to the room, Qi Zhaoxi stopped in the corridor, looked at the closed door, feeling uneasy for no reason.

Before deciding whether to go in, the door suddenly opened, and Jiang Li walked out quickly, almost bumping into him.

Qi Zhaoxi gave a hand and noticed the sword in his hand: "Where is this going?"

"I..." Jiang Li took a few steps back, terrified, he didn't expect to bump into him.

When he couldn't answer, Qi Zhaoxi immediately reacted: "You want to leave?"

Jiang Li hastily avoided his gaze, unable to tell a decent lie, so he had to acquiesce.

"Why?" Qi Zhaoxi's eyes darkened, "You still can't trust me, think I'm in collusion with Prajna Sect?"

"of course not."

Qi Zhaoxi took a step forward and closed the door with his backhand: "Why is that?"

Jiang Li was silent, and glanced at his bandaged wrist.

Qi Zhaoxi looked down, moved his wrist, and slowed down his voice: "It's just a small injury, it's nothing serious."

Jiang Li whispered, "What about next time?"

"..."

Jiang Li finally looked at him and said, "I don't want to harm you. If you stay with me, your identity will be exposed at any time."

"So you want to leave, and hope we never see each other again, so let's call it a day?" Qi Zhaoxi asked.

Jiang Li's expression struggled, and after a while, he said shyly, "You still have a long life."

Qi Zhaoxi smiled without a tone: "You mean, even if I am sad, after this winter, I know that you have died somewhere, so I will let it go slowly. After two or three years, occasionally Reminiscing or simply forgetting you, can I still meet a person or many people, hug them like I hug you, kiss them like I kissed you, or even do something we haven't done yet?"

Jiang Li tried his best to restrain himself, but he couldn't hide his sadness after all, and Qi Zhaoxi spoke more slowly as he got further to the back, like a slow blunt knife, just to hurt him.

Jiang Li took a deep breath before trying to maintain his stability: "There's nothing wrong with that."

"Do you know what I mean when I say I like you?"

"I know……"

"What do you know?" Qi Zhaoxi interrupted him involuntarily, "I said I'm with you, is it just for a moment of happiness?"

Jiang Li was speechless.

"Jiang Li, haven't you thought about living for me?"

Jiang Li closed his eyes dejectedly, and shook his head lightly: "...I don't dare to think about it."

He didn't dare to touch this idea, just like an ascetic in the desert who is afraid of a mirage that is too beautiful, it will never be reached, it will only make him suffer more and more, and make him unable to accept this cruel fate willingly.

Qi Zhaoxi stared at him, then suddenly asked: "What were you thinking when you jumped off the cliff in order not to doubt the sword?"

"I didn't think of anything."

"I didn't think about anything." Qi Zhaoxi nodded, as if biting the four words between his teeth, his voice was low and slow, "If I hadn't saved a hand and put down half of the hook rope, then It is the last moment of your dying."

Jiang Li subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but Qi Zhaoxi didn't give him a chance at all, and continued: "You don't care about me, and you don't care about yourself, you only have that sword in your heart!"

Jiang Li was startled.

"You bastard!" This was the first time Qi Zhaoxi got really angry with him.

Jiang Li couldn't say anything, just looked at him quietly.

Qi Zhaoxi let out a long breath, fatigue surfaced on his face, he turned sideways and stopped looking at Jiang Li, leaning against the door in silence.

Neither of them moved, they were so quiet that even the air froze, as if they were going to be deadlocked forever.

I don't know how long it took, and finally a mess of footsteps in the corridor broke the silence. Qi Zhaoxi became alert, opened the door with a finger gap, and saw a group of Jiang Hu people walking upstairs quickly, and the one walking in the front was the Tianmen sect. Meng Sifan, and several disciples of the Green Mountain Sect.

This sound caused many residents to go out to look around, Qi Zhaoxi put back on his mask, and opened the door, Jiang Li also came out to check the situation.

I saw the group of people from Jianghu stopped in front of Shen Zhiyan's room, and the disciples of the Qingshan School knocked on the door. When Shen Zhiyan came out and saw the scene, he couldn't help being stunned, hesitantly asked: "What do you mean?"

"I interrupted the Second Young Master abruptly." Meng Sifan said, "I heard that the Seven Killing Sect is searching for the whereabouts of the Unsuspecting Sword in the mountains, and I saw the Qingshan faction investigating nearby, so I think the Second Young Master is going to exorcise the demon to protect the sword. Can you stand by and watch?"

Shen Zhiyan glanced to the side, and the disciple of the Qingshan sect who he sent out to investigate the situation shook his head slightly, indicating that he did not leak the news.

Shen Zhiyan understood, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed to say, I just heard the news and sent people to find out the situation, but I haven't decided how to deal with it afterwards."

Seeing that his words were vague, Meng Sifan turned his head and glanced at the people behind him, and said sincerely: "It is a matter of righteousness and evil not to doubt who the sword will fall into. At present, only the noble sect is here among the three sects. According to the regulations of the Shanhe League The rules should also be presided over by the Second Young Master, so everyone come forward to recommend themselves, if the Second Young Master doesn't think we are slowing down, we will definitely do our best."

All the people in the rivers and lakes echoed.

Once the two ways of good and evil are involved, this is no longer something that the Qingshan faction can do arbitrarily. He said it tactfully and clearly, and at the same time acknowledged Shen Zhiyan's status. When it came to this point, there was absolutely no reason to refuse it.

"It would be great if you all are willing to work together." Shen Zhiyan nodded and smiled, then turned to greet the room, "Lan Ze, these knights came to help find the Sword of No Doubt, so hurry up and thank you."

Jiang Lanze happily came to his side, and bowed solemnly to everyone: "Thank you, heroes!"

There was a small commotion in the crowd, obviously did not expect the young owner of Guiyun Villa to be here, some people looked at each other in blank dismay, and some even directly changed their expressions.

If the Sword of No Doubt can be successfully obtained, its ownership will inevitably cause a storm. There are many of these people who have ulterior motives and intend to fish in troubled waters. Jiang Lanze's appearance is like Guiyun Villa pressing on top of everyone's heads. The implication is that the situation has turned into looking for a sword for him.

Shen Zhiyan's smile didn't change, as if he didn't notice the subtle atmosphere at all, and said: "Thank you for your trust, and thank you Zhiyan in advance. Time is running out, so please go back and recharge your batteries first. I will think about the plan tonight, and I will go to the lobby tomorrow morning." Let’s get together and talk to you in detail.”

After all, he glanced in Qi Zhaoxi's direction.

Qi Zhaoxi understood, and like the other residents who watched the fun, went back to the room with Jiang Li and closed the door. After all the people from the rivers and lakes dispersed and the corridor was completely quiet, they walked out again and went to Shen Zhiyan's room.

"According to the information obtained from the investigation by the disciples, the Seven Killing Gate has set up seven patrolling guards at the north and south ends of the col, and the rest are scattered in it to search for the Unsuspecting Sword. At the same time, there is no trace of the Prajna Sect." Shen Zhiyan said.

"The traces of Prajnaism are on those people just now." Qi Zhaoxi said, "I don't doubt that the news that the sword fell off the cliff was not leaked by us. It was the spread of the Prajna Sect to muddy the water."

"We can only take more precautions and respond flexibly." Shen Zhiyan thought about it, "But with those people joining, it will be much easier to deal with the Seven Killers. The tricky thing right now is that the Seven Killers have a large number of people, and they are scattered in the mountains. If you are not careful, you will be surrounded. I thought about it carefully. It is better for me and some people from the Qingshan faction to fight grass at the southern end of the mountain to scare the snakes and attract the Seven Killers as much as possible. The scattered strength of the opponent, and then encircle from the rear, break it in one fell swoop."

The plan was thorough, but Jiang Lanze felt guilty: "This... can I do it?"

"On behalf of Guiyun Villa, you are naturally duty-bound. You can have Qi Daxia's mentor and apprentice help you when you act." Shen Zhiyan looked at Qi Zhaoxi and Jiang Li, and said carefully, "I have seen the skills of the two of you, but please allow me One more word, if you want to successfully encircle, you must not disturb the rear, and you need to be quick and concealed, if you two feel that you are not sure, we will discuss other methods."

Jiang Li shook his head.

Qi Zhaoxi also said: "No, just follow the second son's plan."

With that being said, Jiang Lanze was finally relieved, but he couldn't help being nervous, and looked straight at the two backers, wanting to ask something more, but suddenly asked strangely: "What's wrong with you two?"

Jiang Li paused.

Qi Zhaoxi smiled calmly and asked, "What's wrong with us?"

"It's not quite right," Jiang Lanze's eyes lingered on them, "I haven't said a word since I came in. I used to see you all looking at each other, but today it's gone."

"..."

At this point, even Shen Zhiyan sensed something was wrong, and promptly said: "It's getting late, you two should go back to your room and have a good rest. Lan Ze, I'll explain the specific arrangement to you in detail."

Jiang Lanze immediately responded and diverted his attention.

They got up to leave, and when they went out, Jiang Li quietly cast a glance beside him, but met Qi Zhaoxi's gaze, the two of them paused for a moment, then moved away, still saying nothing.

This silence lasted until they went back to the room, had dinner, and lay on the bed with their backs facing each other.

Jiang Li closed his eyes, not feeling sleepy, listening to the howling wind outside the window, he felt that the night was getting darker, the sky was getting colder, autumn was coming to an end, and winter was slowly approaching.

In the silence, the movement of Qi Zhaoxi turning over was very clear. Jiang Li listened, compared with sadness, what filled his heart was empty blankness. After a while, an arm suddenly wrapped around his chest, gently She pulled him into a familiar and warm embrace.Jiang Li's breath stagnates, he feels the hug is tight and powerful, the warmth is transmitted through the close body, which makes people feel attached.

Qi Zhaoxi's figure was a little stiff for a moment, but he didn't expect that he was still asleep.

The two hugged each other in an intimate posture in the dark night without stars and moons. They were awake and silent, but still no one spoke, only the sound of each other's breathing and heartbeat overlapped. For a long, long time, they unknowingly relaxed. , fell into a deep sleep.