Yangyue

Bai Yu was obviously seriously injured, the arm holding the sword was still bleeding, and there were also large and small wounds all over his body, maybe he also suffered internal injuries, and his breathing was disordered.

Henry Zhang heard the sound and rushed over, and was surprised to see Bai Yu, Bai Yu felt relieved when he saw that Henry Zhang and Qi Zhu were fine.

Previously on that cliff, Henry Zhang and Qi Zhu suddenly disappeared, and Bai Yu and Duan Rufeng led a group of guards to search for the whole night but failed to find them.Just when Bai Yu was burning with anxiety, a group of enemies suddenly came from the mountains and forests. The enemies would manipulate Gu worms and were very difficult and vicious. They fought their way out of the encirclement of the enemies, and both Bai Yu and Duan Rufeng were injured. .

The enemy was in the dark, they were in the light, Bai Yu was almost at war, and just now he heard a strange movement in the fog, Bai Yu thought it was a remnant enemy, without a word, he raised his knife and slashed up, almost hurting Lord Hou.

After listening to Bai Yu's talk about what happened to them last night, Henry Zhang was even more certain in his heart that the fog on the top of Jieziling Mountain was very strange.

When he and Qi Zhu fell down the cliff, Qi Zhu called out to them loudly, but Bai Yu and Duan Rufeng were clearly nearby, but they never noticed it.What's more, the farmhouse where they stayed overnight was not difficult to find. Why couldn't Bai Yu and Duan Rufeng find it?

Bai Yu led the two of them to find Duan Rufeng. Duan Rufeng's original dry guard armor was mostly damaged, and he was only wearing a dark purple official robe. There were several corpses lying here and there on the grass around him. It was also heavily stained with blood.

Qi swept the corpses on the ground one by one, and he could tell at a glance that they all died from injuries that were not caused by the ordinary sword style.

A formal imperial court organization like Qianmenwei will certainly not recruit martial arts masters like the duckweed pavilion. Most of the generals trained by Qianmenwei have experience in the army or martial arts background, and receive standard training. The sword style is regular and rigorous. Yes, unlike many masters in martial arts who have their own unique moves.

Although Qi Zhu was sure that Duan Rufeng was not from the martial arts world, he did have a bit of quack spirit that orthodox court generals did not have.

As for the reason, only Duan Rufeng himself knows.

After understanding the ins and outs, Duan Rufeng felt uneasy, frowned and said: "The fog in Mustard Ridge is not an ordinary fog. Being in it may cause people to have hallucinations. Bai Jinwei and I searched all night and searched all the places around us. I searched everywhere, but I didn't see any villages at all, and I didn't find any trace of Geng Chongdao."

"Geng Chongdao must have a hiding place in Jieziling." Henry Zhang said in a deep voice, "He is from southern Xinjiang, and he is good at using witchcraft, poison and Gu insects. It seems that the people under him are the same. He has been...by us You can't escape too far, you must find him as soon as possible."

"We might as well split up." Qi Zhudao, "Jiaziling is dangerous, and there are strange peaks and cliffs everywhere. It's too easy to hide in Jieziling. It's better to search separately."

"No." Henry Zhang interrupted, "It's too dangerous to act separately."

Bai Yu hesitated and said: "Master Hou, what the Pavilion Master said is right, the fog is getting thicker and thicker, and there is fear of accidents."

Duan Rufeng obviously didn't agree with this proposal, and calmly said: "Master Hou has not been cleared of his charges yet, and should still be under the supervision of the guards. Please don't act without authorization."

Seeing that the three of them disagreed, Qi Zhu had no choice but to give up.

In the middle of the day, the temperature in the mountains dropped sharply, the fog became thicker and thicker, the entire Mustard Ridge turned into a vast expanse of whiteness, and there was even faint rain with fine snow.

The line of sight was unclear and the weather was too cold, so everyone had to suspend their search and found a cave to keep out the wind, and waited until the temperature was slightly higher at noon before continuing their search.

Xiao Yangyue stood by the cave, looking at the fine snow in the mountains, he recalled the scene he saw last night, when Qi Zhu used some kind of sword technique, the temperature around him became as cold as ice in the blink of an eye.

At that time, he saw with his own eyes that it suddenly began to snow between the sky and the earth, or maybe it was not snow, but something swept out by Qi Zhu's sword energy. He had never seen such a treacherous sword technique.

Perhaps it was because the golden snake fetus that Qi Zhu fed him still had some influence on him. His internal energy had not fully recovered, and he could not flexibly mobilize his internal energy to regulate his body temperature. Henry Zhang felt that he was colder than usual.

The group of people came out in a hurry, they didn't wear too thick clothes, and their bodies were still covered with the morning moisture. The cold snow and rain had just sprinkled on their bodies, and most of them were so cold that their fingers were stiff and blue, and they could only try their best to maintain their body temperature.

The cold has little effect on Qi Zhu, he is so proficient in controlling his internal force that he can adjust the pulse in his body at any time.

Qi Zhu unconsciously looked at Xiao Yangyue, knowing that Xiao Yangyue had just used the golden snake fetus and hadn't fully recovered, so the cold weather would definitely make him feel uncomfortable.

Sure enough, Henry Zhang's lips turned slightly white, exhaling white air one by one, and the fingertips holding the sword were also a little blue.

Qi Zhu wore a middle coat, an inner robe and an outer robe, he walked to Xiao Yangyue, pulled him in from the windy cave, and said: "Don't stand there when it's cold. "

Qi Zhu took off his outer robe and put it on Henry Zhangyue's shoulders, Qi Zhu's warm body temperature was still on the outer robe.

Henry Zhangyue shook his head slightly, he didn't know, he didn't know if Qi Zhu had ulterior motives for his kindness, he only knew that he couldn't bear it now.

Henry Zhang felt a little depressed for a moment, he pulled off the clothes on his body, and threw them back into Qi Zhu's arms: "No need, people need to be on guard by the cave."

Qi Zhu: "Really don't want it?"

"It's cold, Shaoqing can wear it by himself."

Xiao Yangyue treated him like a prickly little hedgehog, obviously she was already very cold, but she was still unwilling to let go of her grievances and speak out what she thought in her heart, Qi Zhu put her robe on her elbows, rolled her eyes slightly, and said : "If you don't want it, then I will use it to Bai Jinwei."

Henry Zhang paused for a while, and said: "He won't want it either."

"How do you know if you don't ask?"

Qi Zhu turned and walked towards another part of the cave, Henry Zhang felt a tingle in his heart, but still turned back to the cave.

Knowing that Bai Yu wouldn't want it, but he still couldn't help imagining in his heart, is Qi Zhu doing the same to others?Will she also hold him in her arms like last night when he was suffering so much?

Just as Henry Zhang's thoughts were drifting away, there was another burst of warmth from his shoulders, and Qi Zhu came back at some point, and put his robe on him again.

Xiao Yangyue: "... Isn't it for Bai Yu?"

Qi Zhu: "Ask, he really doesn't want it."

Henry Zhang knew that he didn't ask at all, and didn't understand why Qi Zhu would tease him like this, grabbed the robe on his body and wanted to throw it off again, but suddenly Qi Zhu stretched out his hand and grabbed his wrist.

Qi Zhu's fingers slid along his wrist to his fingertips, feeling the cold touch of the fingertips in his palm, Qi Zhu said: "If your fingers are frostbitten, it will be inconvenient to hold a sword."

Henry Zhang was startled, he hesitated for a moment, as if he wanted to cut off his thoughts, he shook Qi Zhu away forcefully, then tore off his robe, turned his back and stopped talking.

Qi Zhu looked at Henry Zhang's back and sighed slightly.

He went back to sit on some dry ground and put his robe back on.After a while, a figure slowly walked in front of him, squatted down, and handed him a piece of armor from the duckweed pavilion guard.

Qi Zhu raised his head, Bai Yu took off his armor, and carefully wiped off the blood stains on the armor, obviously he was already very cold, but he still wanted to give Qi Zhu the rare shelter from the cold.

Bai Yu: "Master Hou, it's really too cold, you're dressed so thinly, use your subordinate's armor to make do with it."

Qi Zhu raised his eyes and looked at him, there seemed to be some meaningful emotions in his eyes, he neither answered nor answered Bai Yu's armor, making Bai Yu feel a little embarrassed.

Bai Yu: "Master Hou?"

Qi Zhu: "No, I'm not cold."

"Can……"

"If you don't believe me, how about touching my hand?"

Qi Zhu raised the back of his hand, Bai Yu hesitated for a moment, then slowly stretched out his hand, only dared to gently touch the back of Qi Zhu's hand with his fingertips of skin, and quickly retracted.

What surprised Bai Yu was that the back of Qi Zhu's hand was really warm. The moment he touched it, his fingertips seemed to be touching a stove.

Bai Yu knew that martial arts practitioners could use internal force to regulate their body temperature, but his martial arts skills were not enough, so he couldn't do it for the time being. He knew that Lord Hou was more secretive than he thought.

Thinking that Lord Hou would not suffer from the cold, Bai Yu felt much more relieved, and he continued, "Master Hou suffered in the imperial prison, and the duckweed pavilion will definitely find out the truth and return Master Hou's innocence."

Qi Zhu smiled slightly, and said, "Emissary Bai Jinwei is neither relative nor relative to me, why does he believe so much in my innocence?"

Bai Yu was stunned, and subconsciously said: "This subordinate... I don't know, I just want to believe in Lord Hou like the master of the pavilion. Although Master Hou did hide many things, the subordinates believe that Lord Hou has a difficult reason, and don't worry about it. Not a treacherous and vicious person."

Bai Yu paused, showing a bit of embarrassment on his face, and said: "Besides, seeing Lord Hou go to prison and suffering, my subordinates are also very worried and sad. Maybe it's because... Master Hou is a person whom my subordinates respect very much."

In fact, Bai Yu is not quite sure whether his concern for Master Hou is out of respect or something else. He has been in the army since he was a child, and he doesn't know much about emotional matters, but he knows that this feeling is deep and profound. Deeply tied to his heart.

After hearing Bai Yu's words, Qi Zhu couldn't help but think in his heart, if Henry Zhangyue was half as straightforward as Bai Yu... well, then he wouldn't be Henry Zhangyue.

"I'm not someone worthy of respect." Qi Zhu smiled in a low voice, "Bai Jinwei, you are so young and have a bright future in the court, so you don't need to respect people like me."

Bai Yu frowned and said, "Master Hou...don't say that."

At this moment, there was a faint and strange sound from the rain curtain outside the cave. Qi Zhu frowned slightly, stood up immediately, and walked quickly to the side of the cave.

Xiao Yangyue obviously also noticed the sound, he stared at the rain screen, and before Qi Zhu could say anything, he clenched his sword and jumped directly into the rain, Qi Zhu gave a slight "tsk" and followed.

The rest of the people quickly chased after them. Through the rain curtain, the sound fluctuated, like some kind of birds chirping.

The icy cold raindrops sprinkled on the eyelashes, and the vision of the road ahead was somewhat blurred. Henry Zhang stopped on the branch of a tree, and suddenly found that on the grass covered by thin snow, there was a piece of frozen Dried blood.

Henry Zhangyue fell to the ground and looked forward along the bloodstain. After a while, he saw a figure prostrate on the ground under the cover of the bushes.

The man was completely stiff, his limbs were covered with livid purple, and it seemed that he would be completely shattered with a light tap. Henry Zhang slowly approached the figure and found that he was missing an arm.

This corpse was exactly Geng Chongdao.

Xiao Yangyue squatted down, and saw Geng Chongdao was pillowed with a large piece of frozen black liquid, which was still soaked with some unrecognizable debris.

Henry Zhang stretched out his hand towards Geng Chongdao's corpse, but was suddenly grabbed by Qi Zhu's wrist behind him. He turned his head, but was startled by the coldness in Qi Zhu's eyes.

Qi Zhu said in a deep voice, "Don't touch his corpse."

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Lord Hou recognized whose handwriting it was!

Xiaobai is still very ignorant of his feelings, but he will think clearly and let go!