Bright Moon and Cold Thousand Mountains

The plum blossoms are ripe and the stems are falling between the windows, and the summer is deep when it is sunny.

The ruins of the Huaiyin Shuiyue Palace have long been turned into ruins, and the magnificent momentum decades ago can be faintly seen in the broken walls.The disciples of the Moon Worship Sect regard the full moon as their source, and the construction of the entire Shuiyue Palace is also in line with their beliefs.

The dark blue carpet spread from the steps to the soles of the feet is like thousands of miles of sky, dotted with crystals, just like the star river. On the night of the [-]th, the full moon hangs high, and the silver sky pours down. The Water Moon Palace seems to be shrouded in Guanghan.Ten miles of smoke and water cage sand, brightly lit, the congregation holds candles for night tours, carnival until dawn.

But there is no such grand event tonight.

"I didn't expect you to come back." Gong Qianying leaned on a vicissitudes of the old tree, playing with the dagger in her hand, and said without raising her head, "Is the injury healed? Master will not leave useless people."

The black clothes of the visitor almost melted into the vast night, with the dew of early summer on his shoulders. Hearing this, he ignored him, and only looked at half of the stone pillar, which was no longer recognizable.

The new moon cast a little light from behind the layers of clouds, illuminating his side face.There was a dead silence in Taohua's eyes, and even the little mole on the corner of her mouth was quite dim, as if her heart had died.

Gong Qianying said again: "You treated him like that, and now you are leaving, he must be very upset."

Xie Xingzhou took a breath, but remained silent.

It seems that this silence gave Gong Qianying the desire to speak, and while wiping the dagger, he said: "Why, you and I are masters, although we have different positions, and now we are both working under the master's hands, being played by him I have to turn around, I have resentment in my heart but I can't be disobedient. Besides, I miss the same person in my heart, so why not say a few more words with me?"

"I have nothing to say to you." Xie Xingzhou finally spoke. His injuries were too serious to heal, and tonight was as cold as water, and his voice was trembling due to the damp cold.

Gong Qianying chuckled: "Still trying to be brave."

Xie Xingzhou ignored the witty edge in his words, and suddenly said: "Do you know soul-inducing Gu?"

These three words touched the secret deep in my heart, Gong Qianying straightened her back slightly: "Where did you hear it?"

"Gu insects are divided into male and female, and they are raised with the flesh and blood of two people. After thousands of days, they are integrated into the meridians. When the soul-inducing Gu attack occurs, even if the two are separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, they should also suffer from the pain of thousands of poisons. Slowly torturing people to the point of madness and dementia, the bewitched people usually either crash into a glacier or fall off a cliff."

"Shut up!" Gong Qianying scolded.

Xie Xingzhou ignored him, and continued to say calmly: "If one of the owners dies, the Gu poison in the other owner's body loses its response and detonates immediately. At first, it's just that the meridians are not smooth, and then the seven holes bleed for 49 days before dying—the soul Connected, life and death follow each other. It is a Gu used by the women of the Moon Worship Sect on men, it is strong enough and cruel enough."

With a "buzz", the sharp short dagger touched Xie Xingzhou's neck, and Gong Qianying exerted a little force, and immediately a stream of blood dripped from the blade.His eyes were red: "What do you know?!"

Xie Xingzhou looked at him without fear, but suddenly smiled.

His peach-blossom eyes are the most affectionate. At this moment, the thousand-foot cold pool is frozen, which instantly makes Gong Qianying shudder.Xie Xingzhou pressed his hand hard, as if the wound didn't hurt at all: "Did Sheng Tianya ask you to cast a Gu, or did you force it on purpose?"

"I forbid you to say that, you—!"

"You keep saying that you respect him and love him, but which of the dirty things you have done has won his will?!" Grabbing Gong Qianying's hand, the blade shone sadly in the night, and was immediately grabbed by Xie Xingzhou and forced to attack him. Gong Qianying's throat, "The most disgusting thing for me is not your so-called 'heart', but that you don't treat him as a person at all!"

Gong Qianying stepped back, half of her side was engulfed in the shadow of the moonlight.

"Should he be your vassal? He is his own, and you have no right to decide what kind of life he lives!" Xie Xingzhou almost gritted his teeth, "The soul-absorbing Gu has been raised on him silently for six years? Seven years? Or more How long? He is not yet thirty, you ruined his life, and you still want to drag him to die with you?"

Hearing this point, Gong Qianying suddenly laughed too, his laughter was as shrill as Ye Xiao: "Ha, hahaha! Good junior brother, shall I cast a soul-inducing Gu on him and put myself in it?"

Xie Xingzhou paused, frowned and said, "...Could it be me?"

"Do you know how the soul-inducing Gu works?" Gong Qianying's face was distorted under the moonlight, and she no longer looked like she used to be gentle. They want to keep their sweethearts, but they don't know that they, as Gu raisers, only put it on their lovers who can't get it, and don't let others feel better if they can't get it. The Moon Worship Sect is a devil's religion, and they are heinous! I am willing to listen to Yun died... but I died, he couldn't live."

So he hesitated in his steps outside Yangzhou city, he was too late, he couldn't catch up, and he still had to worry about bleeding from his seven orifices.

Gong Qianying admitted that he and Feng Tingyun were the two hosts of the soul-inducing Gu.

"You..." Xie Xingzhou had never heard of these later words, but when he heard the words, he lost all strength in his hand, and the short dagger fell in response to the sound.

They met each other when they were young, but he rarely had much interaction with Gong Qianying.He was Sheng Tianya's disciple, and he always carried an evil spirit that came from nowhere. His long whip and short dagger were strong and soft, as if he was also unpredictable and elusive just like this person himself.But at this moment, Xie Xingzhou saw a trace of loss in his eyes.

Gong Qianying sighed very slightly: "I said before, I'm just master's pawn. He disdains what young people love and hate."

Xie Xingzhou: "..."

Gong Qianying swung his arm away, a few drops of blood dripped from the wound cut by the short dagger, and rolled into Xingzhou's palm.He raised his head and glanced at the moon, recalling the night in the East China Sea many years ago.

"I deserve it right. I knew he was taking advantage of people's hearts, but I was still greedy for a moment."

His figure was hidden in the vast night for a moment, Xie Xingzhou stood there, thought for a while, raised his hand to stare at the frozen blood on his palm, and suddenly raised the corner of his mouth.

Sword Qi condensed from his fingertips, Feng Tingyun would be shocked if he saw his cultivation.And this sword energy quickly cut open the palm, Gong Qianying's blood slipped in strangely, and disappeared in an instant.

A strange look appeared on Xie Xingzhou's face, he adjusted his breath deeply, and he regained his composure after about a stick of incense.

Regret, guilt, greed... But time can't go back.

The next day, the sky was bright and bright, and there was a team of knights outside Huaiyin City.The leader's complexion was pale, as if even sunlight would melt him, and he looked like a weak and sick child.

The sick child is none other than Yu Zheng.Yangzhou was imprisoned for several days without a drop of water. Even though he was fine later, his body was still damaged.Yu Zheng had a cold face, and it was like an iceberg that made people dare not approach.Dozens of disciples followed him here on the twelfth floor, most of them were confidantes.

As soon as he raised his hand to signal, the horses and horses behind him immediately stopped, and he said to the people beside him: "Miaoyinge Mr. Shen said that the meeting place is here. The journey is tiring, and there will be another big battle coming soon. Everyone get off their horses and rest first."

Chen Huan nodded slightly and took the order to go.

The lancet at his waist hummed, and Yu Zheng held the handle. The fringe had been replaced with a new one half a year ago.He got off his horse and walked into the teahouse first.

After a while, Chen Huan returned and whispered in Yu Zheng's ear: "Sect Leader, Mr. Shen's people haven't come yet. But the Beichuan School and the Huashan School have arrived, and they are staying in the town, saying that they will kill Shangshui soon. The Moon Palace ruins went to Sheng Tianya to settle accounts. Let's..."

"Calculate." Yu Zheng repeated these two words calmly, playing with a rough porcelain teacup, "They run fast, it's a pity that we have all arrived in Luoyang and were coerced to go south. Just wait, I have a message yet Come on, we will discuss after Mr. Shen comes, we and the Beichuan school may not necessarily have to be of one mind."

Chen Huan understood, said "Understood" and left.

After the battle in Yangzhou, although she was dissatisfied with Yu Zheng, she saw that Wendi had no treasonous thoughts of usurping the throne, so she had to suppress her complaints for the time being.What's more, Yu Zheng is not a fool, her thoughts are vivid, the other party doesn't care about her, Chen Huan has no reason to make trouble.

Twelfth Floor and Beichuan Academy have been having a delicate relationship since the meeting. After Zuo Nian's death, there were rumors in the world. When Xi Lanyu was dissatisfied with Zuo Nian, he avoided using Zhehuashou when he was dissatisfied with Zuo Nian.It was originally a martial arts discussion, but it was processed by many people, as if there was a deep hatred between the two factions.

Even so, Beichuan's school is not clean, Yu Zheng didn't dare to act rashly, and simply took this step, only getting close to Miaoyin Pavilion, a family friend, but shelved Shang Zihuai's kind invitation.

People live in the rivers and lakes, and the relationships between various factions are complicated and change day and night. How to stand up is a matter of strength.If the twelfth floor is a small family, it will be even more difficult - like the Huashan School, it is really very sad to rely on the breath of Beichuan's school.

Yu Zheng took a sip of tea.

There were still tea stains on the bottom of the cup, but a person ran in outside the shop: "Brother Zheng, look who's here!"

Mo Ci spread out the things in his hand for Yu Zheng to see. He only glanced at it, as if he had expected it, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly invisibly: "I said earlier that she would come back, please."

The cloth curtain hanging from the door of the tea shop was lifted by a knife, and a slender woman wearing a bamboo hat and cloth clothes walked to sit opposite Yu Zheng with a few strides, as if she was wrapped in a wind and rain.

Lifting the bamboo hat, Zhang Mingyan's charming face was revealed. She took a tea bowl, poured herself a cup, drank it in a few sips, and then pressed the cup on the table before saying, "I'm so hot!"

"It's still the same." Yu Zheng said, "Why are you coming back at this time, Elder Sister."

The cinnabar mark between Song Min'er's brows seems to have faded, and her sitting posture is not as reserved as before. She was already a fierce woman, but now she has gone through the rivers and lakes, and it has become more and more intense: "I heard about Huaiyin. I'm afraid that you will not handle it properly. !"

Yu Zhengji raised the corner of his mouth invisibly, lowered his brows and eyes, and said nothing.

His silence made Song Min'er look away, and her eyes fell on the tassel of the knife placed on the table: "It's not that I don't believe you, but it's just a big matter. Twelve gates are not like Miaoyin Pavilion, and you don't have a pipa master to take care of you." In addition, the master has just left, and the new head has not yet established prestige, in case someone in the sect refuses to accept, or other sects take the opportunity to provoke, it will be difficult for you to control the situation."

"I haven't heard your explanation for a long time." Yu Zheng said, "Thank you."

The incident in Yangzhou was full of uproar, and it was not surprising that it reached Song Min'er's ears. Since then, Yu Zheng has suddenly become quite a waste in her heart.The heaven and earth kungfu usually protects the inner palace, but once it is seriously injured, it cannot recover quickly. Yu Zheng has not been poisoned or injured for a long time, this time his vitality was really damaged, Song Miner came back at the right time - at least it can suppress Chen Huan's eagerness to move.

She drank tea, quenched her thirst, and said, "I heard from Mo Ci that Wendi is gone, and Huaiyin is close at hand. What do you want to do?"

Yu Zheng: "Wait quietly."

Song Min'er frowned, and Jian Shuiqiu's pupils were full of doubts: "What are you waiting for?"

Yu Zheng poured tea for her: "Variable."

"You still talk like this, and people don't understand the ins and outs." Song Min'er complained, untied the luggage and handed it to Mo Ci who was next to her. The younger brother bowed to her and carried her away.Seeing his back, Song Min'er laughed dumbly: "Mo Ci hasn't changed, does he still only listen to you?"

Yu Zheng raised his glass and said, "I said I would protect him."

Song Min'er couldn't help reminding him: "You can't protect me forever."

Yu Zheng smiled lightly, making her see clearly this time.The senior brother's smile may be even rarer than the sunny day in Xixiu Mountain in winter, just like a sunny day, it only has time to melt a little snow, and then hides in the layered evening clouds.

"I want to try it." Yu Zheng said.

"You..." Song Miner's eyes widened in disbelief, and he hesitated to speak.

The tea shop was quiet, and Yu Zheng didn't say anything, for him, those words had revealed his heart rarely.He raised his hand and cut off Song Miner's post, and sent her a step: "You are running all the way, rest early."

The woman with her long hair rolled up no longer insisted on asking the bottom line. She nodded at him and went out with a knife.

The spring day is bright and bright, and the tea soup on the table has not been touched, washing away a trace of the hard work of the servants.

Yu Zheng has been sitting in the tea shop until the willow shoots on the moon. At this time in early April, there is a lot of dew at night.He went out, followed by two disciples from the twelfth floor. The young sect leader was not completely convincing, not to mention that he always acted a little mysteriously. Ordinary disciples were fine, but it was the younger brothers and sisters of the same generation who gradually complained.

Seeing him coming out, a junior came forward and said, "Brother Sect Master, it's getting dark, why don't you go back to the inn to rest?"

Yu Zheng looked over his shoulder, and the Yangguan Avenue in the distance spread into the deep dark blue sky.He shook his head and said, "Go back first, I'll be there later."

The younger brother also wanted to persuade: "Senior brother, there must be someone..."

Yu Zheng frowned and looked at him silently, the man met his frosty gaze, he didn't dare to say more, he took leave repeatedly, and dragged his partner away before leaving, leaving Yu Zheng alone in the night.

It wasn't until their footsteps could no longer be heard that Yu Zheng caught a little movement under the pagoda tree - there is a custom here, to plant pagoda trees outside the gate of the courtyard for the good luck of promotion and fortune, but if it is planted in the courtyard, it is a It is very ominous to lock the door behind closed doors.He looked there, staring at the person hidden in the darkness for a long time.

Just as Yu Zheng was about to speak, a silver light hit him with a strong wind!

He instinctively raised the scabbard to block it, and there was a crisp sound of metal clashing in mid-air, and when Yu Zheng was distracted for a while, he went to look under the tree, and there was no movement.He lowered his head to inspect, and the small grain at his feet was exactly what hit the scabbard just now.

Yu Zheng picked it up with a bow. It was a delicate concealed weapon with a small green bead hanging from the end with a silk thread. It looked like cheap jade.He was not good at making tricks, but seeing the tenacity of the silk thread, Yu Zheng's fingertips were so fierce that he couldn't cut it. He stared blankly for a while, and finally discovered the ingenuity by the dim lantern at the entrance of the tea shop.

Holding the green bead and twisting it, the bead was broken from the middle crisply.A small furrow formed between Yu Zheng's brows, and he took out a slender note from inside.

It was full of wrinkles, even if rubbed unevenly, Yu Zheng squinted his eyes, only to recognize only a few words.

"Go to the mantis to catch the cicada, wait."

Thinking about the previous clues, Yu Zheng understood that it turned out that he was asked to be an oriole.

He walked away with a flick of his sleeves, and the river half a mile away was gurgling, reflecting the shadow of the moon.A stone was thrown into it, and it was smashed to pieces. The tall young man turned his head, and there was moonlight in his phoenix eyes: "Is it done?"

Lingxi pursed his lips and said: "Eldest brother looked at me for a while, maybe he recognized me as you."

Wendi laughed and said, "Then you don't have to throw things at him."

Lingxi said: "I'm always a little resentful. Senior brother is so nice now, but I didn't meet him back then. He was always cold at that time. Who would know that he would still laugh now—at senior sister, and at Mo Ci. Are you laughing too?"

Wendi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I'm not that close to him."

"But after all, you are connected with each other." Lingxi asked again, "Where is Senior Brother Liu?"

Wendi: "Stay with his elder brother. You know that Beichuan Academy will arrive after sunrise, but you still don't leave here. Can Helian Mingzhao really let it go?"

Lingxi smiled and said: "It's not a joke, Mr. Shenji asked me to convey two things, one of which I have already told Yu Zheng."

"The old affairs of the Beichuan School and the Huashan School are unfinished. Zhao Yang has a dark mind. Maybe he has colluded with Sheng Tianya, or it may be Yanglou. Yu Zheng can't be manipulated by Xi Lanyu and others, and he can see clearly from a distance. These gods If Mr. Ji doesn’t tell you, if he doesn’t think of it, he’s not worthy to be the head.” Wen Di raised his eyebrows, “What about the second one?”

Lingxi said: "Tell Senior Brother Liu to be careful of Duan Wuchi."

These words were as light as the wind blowing in the ear, and as soon as the final sound fell, Lingxi leaped a few feet lightly, and then flew over a row of spring grass, and disappeared without a trace.

Wen Di silently recited what she had just said, and looked up in the direction of Huaiyin thoughtfully.