The Legend of Xianxia of Yinzi and Guizi

After noon, the sky began to drizzle, and the rain continued continuously, making the already steamy mountains even more dreamlike.

After bypassing a mountain depression, there is another fork in the front along the water, and a tall bamboo archway can be seen faintly, with three characters as tall as bamboo engraved on the plaque, which is "Oasis Village".

"Gan, Quan, Village—is this here?" Fang Lansheng looked around.

"There is really a lot of water~" Xiangling said happily.

Just at this time, an old man came out, with white beard and hair, long beard swaying to the ground, leaning on a rare square bamboo cane, walking with dignity.But Yin Shi clearly saw the meaning of guard in his eyes.

"...how many are there?"

Ouyang Shaogong bowed respectfully to him, cupped his hands and said: "I have something to do, I came here from Jiangdu, and I have to stay here for a few days. Dare I ask the old man, is there a place to stay in the village?"

The old man was silent for a moment before slowly answering: "...Our village is very small and it is not convenient for outsiders to stay overnight. I see you..."

"Pei Gong, you are a guest from afar, let them stay with me."

A young voice came from behind them.Yinshi turned his head to look, and frowned slightly.

It was a handsome young man, dressed in coarse cloth, and the herb basket behind his back looked very heavy.

"Yunping, you... are you back so early?"

Yin Shi looked back at this old man called "Pei Gong", for some reason, his eyes kept flickering after this young man appeared.However, the young man didn't seem to notice, just smiled lightly.

"It's not too early, and it's not a big deal just to pick some herbs. Mr. Pei, you just have a cold, why did you come out? You'd better go back to the house to rest and rest, and let me greet the guests."

Pei Gong glanced at them, but shook his head as if sighing.

"...Okay, then you guys slow down...I'll go first...Yunping, you..." Before leaving, Pei Gong looked at the young man, seemingly hesitating to speak, but in the end he only said, "Don't you want to talk?" I have neglected others." Then he left here.

"It's a pleasure to meet you. My humble Luo Yunping is the head of Ganquan Village."

As soon as the young man's words came out, Fang Lansheng was surprised.

"I thought that the village head and the mayor of the town can only be made by grandpas who have lived a long time..."

Luo Yunping laughed: "My little brother is right. It's just that this village is different. Almost all the young people go out to make a living. They only come back during the holidays. The rest of the village are mostly old and weak women and children. , everyone elected me to take care of these relatives."

"Amazing~ You have to take care of so many people by yourself, so you must be very good?" Feng Qingxue asked curiously.

"It means being strong and strong, able to do work, climb mountains, help from this family, look at that family, it's all small things, and you can't do much if you encounter big things..."

Speaking of this, he couldn't hide the desolate look on his face for a moment, but then recovered, and asked: "Hey, let's not talk about this. Look at the clothes and clothes, they are not like ordinary people, why come to our small house?" the village?"

"To be honest, we are here to find something, hoping to find some clues."

Ouyang Shaogong told about Yuheng, the more he talked, Luo Yunping's expression became more serious.

"... That's it. I don't know if brother Luo has any impression of this thing?"

Luo Yunping was silent for a while.

"...A few months ago, a seriously injured person fell at the entrance of the village. We brought him into the village and invited a doctor, but the injury was so severe that the doctor couldn't do anything about it. The person passed away not long after."

"Before he died, he took out a small piece of jade and gave it to me, saying that it was because of this treasure that someone killed him... Couldn't that thing be a piece of jade?"

Ouyang Shaogong hurriedly asked: "Brother Luo said that after the death of the seriously injured person, is there light escaping from the body and being sucked into the jade?"

Luo Yunping shook his head.

"...I saw that he was out of breath, so I hurriedly called the doctor...but I didn't pay attention..."

"I don't know where the jade is now? Whether it is true or not, you can tell at a glance."

Luo Yunping showed a troubled look.

"... I, I was afraid of causing disaster, so I hid it in the rattan fairy cave in the village. The spring water gushes out of that cave during the day, and it can only be entered at night."

"So... can you trouble Brother Luo to fetch it for me? Or we can go to the Tengxian Cave ourselves. We will thank you afterwards."

Luo Yunping waved his hands again and again.

"I don't want any reward. That thing doesn't belong to Ganquan Village, so of course it should be returned to you."

Ouyang Shaogong smiled slightly: "Then thank you Brother Luo first."

Luo Yunping also responded with a smile, but soon, that smile faded, and asked again: "...Mr. Ouyang, you said just now... that using the power of jade horizontal fragments to refine medicine will produce evil things. Is it a misfortune or a blessing after taking it, such... such bizarre things, are they all true?"

Ouyang Shaogong sighed: "It's absolutely true, so I am eager to find the fragments, so as not to cause endless harm."

Luo Yunping nodded seriously.

"...I understand, I will take you into the Vine Immortal Cave after nightfall."

From the beginning to the end, except for Ouyang Shaogong who was communicating with this Luo Yunping, everyone else remained silent.

Among them, besides Yinshi, Hongyu was also carefully observing this man named Luo Yunping, and gradually frowned.

"This Luo Yunping..."

Feng Qingxue heard it, and looked over curiously: "What?"

Hongyu was silent for a moment, and then smiled as usual.

"...If the thing hidden in the rattan fairy cave is really a jade horizontal fragment, it will be extremely smooth."

Hearing Hongyu's words, Ouyang Shaogong turned around and said with a smile: "It's a good thing not to have troubles, the scenery here is very beautiful, let's take a walk and have a look, it can be regarded as stealing half a day of leisure."

Everyone split up.

Unexpectedly, when Yinshi was about to walk around, Hongyu followed him.

"Yinzi, I think you should have noticed it too? About Luo Yunping's identity."

Unexpectedly, I went straight to the topic as soon as I came up.Yinshi looked helplessly at the beauty in red in front of him, and scratched the back of his head.

"Whether it's human or youkai, it doesn't matter. Anyway, our goal is to get back the fragments, isn't it?"

"Indeed..."

Hongyu didn't expect Yinshi to answer like this, but it was a bit ironic.

"And, that person doesn't have the karma of killing evil."

"It's just that I'm still a little concerned. When we were at the entrance of the village, Mr. Pei didn't want us to stay overnight, so there may be other secrets."

This was also what Yinshi cared about, so he was going to check around.

At this time, Hongyu suddenly showed a serious expression and looked at Yinshi.

"Yinzi, I want to hear your opinion about Ouyang Shaogong."

"Aha?"

Facing Yinshi's surprised expression, Hongyu smiled wryly and said, "Yinzi, you also think that Ouyang Shaogong... is not easy."

Yin Shi complained: "Among our group, except for that monkey and fox, it's not that simple, right?"

This too sharp sentence made Hongyu a little speechless.

"... Yinzi's words hit the nail on the head, so I don't even know how to reply."

After parting with Hongyu, Gintoki continued to wander around the village alone.As Luo Yunping mentioned, there are basically lonely old people in the village, and basically no younger generation exists.As for the existence of the village chief Luo Yunping, the group of old people praised him very much, calling him an excellent young man.

Although they said so, for some reason, Yinshi still felt that there seemed to be some "something" in this village.

A very mysterious and extremely uncomfortable existence.

Yinshi pondered for a moment and thought of a plan.

The sky is black, the red clouds are stained with ink, and the rain has stopped.After they had enough rest, they all gathered outside the village head Luo Yunping's house.

"It's just in time, everyone is here, right?"

Feng Qingxue looked left and right, said.

"Strange, the silver is not here!"

Hongyu guessed where Yinshi was, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Yinzi didn't sleep last night, okay? I think she probably went to rest first. Let's just go."

Luo Yunping was a little hesitant, Hongyu saw this and asked: "Is there something that Mr. Luo cares about?"

"Do not……"

After a moment of silence, he smiled.

"Then, come to the fountain."

Luo Yunping led the people to the spring in the center of the village. Sure enough, the spring dried up, revealing a hole six or seven feet wide.Looking inside, it's just dark and cold, and I don't know the depth.

Xiangling looked around curiously.

"Wow, there is really no water at night ~ how strange."

"The beauty of good fortune lies in this." Ouyang Shaogong said with a smile.

"We'll go down here in a while. Are you all ready?" Luo Yunping asked.

Seeing everyone nodding, Luo Yunping smiled, lit a torch, and led them into the cave.

After seven or eight steps down, the soil and stone gradually became smooth and bright, and the place became wider. Everyone raised their torches to take a look, and a natural cave full of stalactites appeared in front of them, like a bright hall.In this small spring mouth, there is actually a cave, and the wonder of good fortune makes everyone gasp in admiration.

Only Hongyu and Baili Tusu have been carefully watching the surroundings and Luo Yunping's every move.

Luo Yunping walked in front and instructed: "Be careful where you step. There is water gushing during the day and dry at night, so it is very humid."

"I don't know where Brother Luo put the jade fragments?"

"Hiding in the deepest part of the cave, it will take a lot of effort to trouble you."

"It's natural, don't bother."

There seems to be only one road in the cave, and occasionally some deep caves or xiphoid stalactites show different luster and colors under the illumination of torches.

The more you go inside, the thicker the water vapor, but there is still a bit of stench in the water vapor, which can't be said to be fishy or rotten aquatic plants, which makes people uncomfortable.

Walking to a slightly narrow passage, Luo Yunping suddenly stopped and couldn't move.

Fang Lansheng blinked in surprise: "Hey, aren't you leaving? Is it here? But didn't you say it was in the deepest place just now?"

But Luo Yunping just stood and didn't answer, his broad shoulders looked like a solid rock mountain from the back.

Ouyang Shaogong frowned: "Brother Luo?"

Suddenly, Baili Tusu drew his sword forward, and with a flash of white light, he slashed at Luo Yunping.Luo Yunping didn't even blink, and the sword slashed straight at his shoulder.Seeing this scene, Xiangling covered her mouth all of a sudden, and then said "ah" in a low voice.Because she saw that Baili Tusu's long sword did not encounter any resistance, it just slashed across the void so lightly and skillfully, without a drop of flesh and blood, and Luo Yunping, who was in place, faded into smoke and dispersed after this chop .

"Brother Tu Su! This is..."

Before Xiangling finished speaking, there was a loud bang, and the entrance of the cave was blocked by a huge rock, cutting off their way.

"Hey - what are you doing?! Let us out!!"

"Despicable! You are a coward! What kind of a hero is he who acts behind the scenes!"

Fang Lansheng's cursing voice could be heard vaguely.But Luo Yunping didn't care at all.After confirming that the entrance of the cave was extremely tight, he planned to turn around and leave.Unexpectedly, at this moment, a wooden knife pierced towards him like flying through the air.

Luo Yunping hurriedly turned his head to avoid it, only to see that the wooden knife was deeply inserted into the stone wall.

Luo Yunping's complexion suddenly changed, and the sound of footsteps slowly sounded. Turning his head to see, a white-haired woman walked in slowly.

It was Yinshi who had been missing before.

"........."

Luo Yunping didn't speak, but just looked at Yinshi full of hostility.Gintoki smiled.

"Oh, it really made me see a wonderful reversal plot! So no matter when, there must be such a big reversal to attract attention!"

"...It seems that, Miss Yinzi, you knew my identity early on." Luo Yunping said calmly.

"Ah, Yinsang has never been racially discriminatory! Just in case you choose to look at it from the sidelines. After all, if you plan to play tricks, then don't blame me for being rude."

Yinshi walked to the side of Lake Toya that pierced into the stone wall, reached out and pulled out the wooden knife, facing Luo Yunping.

"Okay, hurry up and open the stone gate!! If you don't want to become a sausage in Beifengtian!!"

I saw Luo Yunping closing his eyes heavily.

"...I can't do it."

"Huh? Boy, you have a lot of backbone! Don't you think that Yinsang is just joking? You really poked a few holes in your body, you bastard!!"

Yinshi started to threaten Luo Yunping with a tone like a punk, but the other party was still unmoved.

"I can not do it."

Silver burst blue veins.

"You bastard..."

"No, the correct way to say it should be..." Luo Yunping sighed, "Originally it could be done, but now I can't."

Only then did Yinshi realize something was wrong, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Luo Yunping pointed to the place where Toya Lake was inserted just now, and said lightly: "You destroyed the opening mechanism just now. Now there is no way to open the stone gate."

"...Eh?" Yinshi trembled and turned his head to look. Sure enough, in the darkness, he finally vaguely saw that on the pierced stone wall that still existed, an opening device was opened in the middle.

In an instant, Yin Shi was bewildered.