[Love and Producer] Different Ways

In the 16th year of Qingying, Longmen Desert.

The gray-yellow desert stretches as far as the eye can see, the scorching sun is unobstructed, and the heat is rolling and transpiring between the gravel and the air under the feet.In the inn lobby, Han Ye and Bai Qi's neighbors were a group of merchants from the Central Plains, with a somewhat familiar accent.Han Ye pondered for a moment before he remembered that it was the dialect of his hometown Dingzhou.

It's June, the middle of the year has passed, and now, a year and a half has passed since the military disaster in Dingzhou.

On December 14, 26, Dingzhou experienced heavy snowfall.It was supposed to be a good omen for a good year, but the snow fell for five consecutive days, and several houses in the city collapsed, and the granary was flooded, causing many deaths and injuries.Less than [-]% of the food and grass urgently distributed by the imperial court was exploited by the Ministry of Households to Fuzhou. The white porridge can be seen, and there is only one steamed bun per person per day.It was the end of the new year, and every family had slaughtered pigs and sheep for the festival, but they suddenly encountered this catastrophe. What's more, the officials were corrupt and the relief food and grass could not be fed.The emperor was furious, and immediately dispatched troops to neighboring states and counties to suppress it, regardless of the young and middle-aged leaders or the old and young, women and children who led the disturbance, they would not stay.

On that day, the city was filled with sword shadows and blood, countless people were killed and injured, and the blood congealed into dark red ice balls, which filled the lively and tidy streets in the past.The couple of the Han family collapsed at the entrance of the alley, and Han Ye swung a wooden stick in the crowd. When he raised his head suddenly, he realized that at some point, a strange figure stood silently in the wind and snow. The highest mandarin duck building in the city.

The man was holding a sword in his right hand. He was tall and thin. He was dressed in blue clothes, and his expression was covered by a white gauze hat. It was hard to tell whether he was sad or angry.The north wind roared loudly, accompanied by the crying of the people in the city, like hell on earth.The man suddenly raised his breath and leaped down the roof with his sword horizontally.The green shirt fluttered in the early wind, and a corner of the hat was swept away. The young swordsman was handsome and handsome, his amber eyes were as cold as swords, and he was full of killing intent.

With a flash of white light, the sword was out of its sheath in an instant, and the sharp edge of the sword was biting the wind knife with snowflakes in it, and it was in front of people's eyes in an instant.The gust of wind was suddenly violent, and there were cries of pain and the sound of swords clashing in the howling wind and snow. The blades that were slashing at the people were blocked one by one. He hid the sword edge again, and for a moment, there was only a pale sword in the sky, covered in a dense cold light, which merged with the vast snow.When the wind and snow gradually thinned, the corpses of officers and soldiers were spread all over the ground, and the red snow water meandered along the lines on the ground, and soon condensed into ice.The swordsman put his sword back into its sheath, stained with blood on his bright sword edge and blue shirt and hood, he picked up a baby from the ground, his posture was strange and even clumsy, and the baby mother shivered in a corner from his arms After taking the child, he suddenly fell to his knees and burst into tears, all the surviving people around him also knelt on the ground.

This swordsman is Bai Qi.He happened to pass by Dingzhou that day, and he never thought of saving the people in the next city. When he was about to leave, Han Ye hugged his thigh again, and took advantage of the donkey field on the slope to recognize him as his elder brother.Since then, the two have walked the rivers and lakes together, and it has been nearly two years in a flash.

In the past two years, Han Ye followed Bai Qi, and heard some anecdotes about this young knight. For example, when he was only [-] years old, he was already among the top three in the swordsmanship list; His body is cunning, but no one knows his martial arts sect; for example, he always wears a veiled hat to show others, but no one has ever seen his real face, and some even say that Bai Qi is actually a woman, so he never dared to take off his veiled hat... All kinds of rumors True and false are mixed, but there is one point in the martial arts consensus: the two words of kendo, one is sword, the other is Tao, and those who have no way in their hearts, even if their body skills and swordsmanship are unmatched, they are also contemptuous in terms of sword style.But Bai Qi is a man with outstanding martial arts skills, upright conduct, and still young, and many people even boldly predicted that within two years, the number one swordsman on the list of heroes will inevitably change hands.

This time, Han Ye followed Bai to work in the Longmen Desert.The desert is located on the border of Daliang, adjacent to the northern Xinjiang, with thousands of miles of yellow sand and no clouds covering the sun.After walking for half a month, the two ate a mouthful of sand in the wind, and the water bladder almost bottomed out, and they finally arrived at the Longmen Inn.

Saibei's Shaodaozi wine lives up to its name, it burns from the throat all the way to the stomach, not mellow enough, but more than burning.Bai Qi drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp, Han Ye imitated him and just took a sip, but was immediately choked to tears, and suddenly heard the local accent of the next table, and almost lost his breath.

"If you say that Feng Pinghou is really self-inflicted...Which one of the people who held the military power in the past dynasties will end well?"

"Let me tell you, do you really believe that Feng Pinghou will rebel? Let's say privately, if Shen Xiang rebelled, I would still believe it a little bit——that's Feng Pinghou!"

"Brother, don't dare to say this, people's hearts are unpredictable! Hey, eat vegetables, eat vegetables!"

Both of them stopped listening for a while, and it happened that the waiter from the shop happened to pass by, and Bai Qi called to stop the waiter. "What are they talking about?"

"Hey, guest officer, you two don't know yet?" The shop clerk was very enthusiastic, "I heard that Feng Pinghou attempted to commit treason, and his whole family was confiscated. A few days ago, before Dali Temple could be arraigned, he committed suicide in prison in fear of crime!"

Both Bai Qi and Han Ye were surprised.Feng Pinghou Feng Jingzhong was in a high position in the military. He regained the eight cities in the northern Xinjiang outside and advocated the establishment of the Taixue inside. He promoted poor scholars but did not form a party.If it weren't for him, Daliang would have been reduced to a piece of meat under the iron hooves of the barbarians, not to mention that it was this Feng Pinghou who remonstrated with the present and refused to follow orders the year before last, which saved Dingzhou from being slaughtered by the whole city. .

Han Ye lost his voice: "That's Feng Pinghou, whoever rebels will not rebel!"

"The little one also heard from the merchants from the capital. Who would have heard this and not have the same reaction?" The shop clerk shook his head, "But that guest officer is also convincing. Besides, who dares to make fun of this matter?"

"Where is Princess Qi Yun?" Bai Qi asked anxiously.

"Princess Qiyun? I don't know about this little one," Xiaoer said in a dilemma, "According to the past, there are cases where women's family members are not included in official prostitution or exiled, but the princess can't say for sure... Hey, guest officer, wine money It's not over yet!"

Before Xiao Er could finish speaking, Bai Qi had already copied the Baihong sword on the table and rushed out of the inn.Confused, Han Ye hurriedly took out a piece of broken silver from his purse and threw it on the table. Just as he was about to chase out the door, the edge of the teacup on the table suddenly trembled slightly, and ripples appeared on the water surface. The vibration became more and more obvious, and the sound of rumbling horseshoes was like thunder in the desert without rain, which made people startled.

The innkeeper and the waiter changed their expressions: "It's a horse thief!"

Longmen Town is the only inhabited town within a radius of [-] miles, so there are often horse thieves invading, unexpectedly, it happened to happen today.The merchants in the store panicked, yelled to close the store door, and rushed into the guest room upstairs with their luggage. For a while, the inn was in chaos, and the chaotic sound of horseshoes had already entered the town.Han Ye pulled out his sword and ran out of the inn with several knights, but Bai Qi disappeared. The dry sand wind carried a strange atmosphere, faintly mixed with screams and wild laughter.The horseshoes stirred up the gravel, and the saber that reflected the cold light collided with the spurs, making a crisp sound with the galloping hoofs.The masked horse thieves rushed into various parts of Longmen Town, and the townspeople cried for help. The man in charge stabbed down, and a scoop of shocking blood immediately splashed on the yellowish low wall, slowly seeped into the yellow sand, and annihilated under the scorching sun. into a few wisps of water vapor.

A woman's scream was heard not far away, and the horse thief smiled strangely and dragged her into an abandoned house on the side of the road.Han Ye roared, grabbed the sword and rushed towards him. The other party threw the woman away and swung the saber to strike him.Han Ye has been with Bai Qi for two years, and now he is only a little bit of a three-legged cat. He subconsciously swung his sword to block it, and the force of the blades made his mouth numb. He retreated three steps in a row. The opponent's saber was intact. No damage, the sword in his hand unexpectedly made a hole.

The horse thief giggled strangely, and swung his knife down again. In desperation, Han Ye threw his sword and rolled to the side. The saber hit the ground, raising a cloud of sand and dust, which made the opponent blinded by choking and coughing again and again.Taking advantage of this opportunity, he picked up the broken sword and rushed forward, stabbing the blade into the chest of the horse thief. Hot blood gushed out instantly, almost making him unable to hold the sword. , struggled twice in vain, and never moved again.

"Hurry up and run!" Han Ye shouted to the dazed woman, who nodded in a daze, and suddenly woke up like a dream, and ran away.At this moment, a gust of wind hit the back of his neck, and Han Ye's heart was chilled, and he turned his head subconsciously - a sharp saber was cut towards his face, the knife wielder was glaring, and cruel gleam burst out of his narrow eyes happy.

when!

A familiar sleeve arrow and saber fell to the ground one after another, and the horse thief's right wrist was also pierced by another identical sleeve arrow. The man cried and rolled on the ground holding his bleeding right hand.The gust of wind passed by, and three sleeve arrows flew out in the wind, piercing the throats of the three horse thieves. The horses were frightened, their front legs jumped high, and their necks neighed mournfully.

"who?"

The horse thieves shouted loudly, their panicked voices were muffled by the wind, the wind and sand whizzed, the sand and gravel under their feet swirled in the vortex of the air, and there was still no one around.The surviving townspeople came to their senses one after another, dragging their families and fleeing in a hurry.The restless group of horses exhaled rough gas from their nostrils, and stomped the sand under their feet non-stop. The leader of the horse bandits did not get the expected response, and his voice increased a little.

"Who is it!"

No answer.In the hazy wind and sand, a blurry figure riding a horse and holding a sword gradually appeared. Across the flying sand, no one could see his appearance clearly, only the clothes and caps fluttered in the wind, and the outline of the figure was scattered all over the sky. Gradually clear in the dust.

"Bai Hong Sword and Flowing Horse!" A knight shouted, "It's Bai Qi!"

The wind lifted the white gauze veil, revealing half of his face, his brows and eyes were hidden in the veil, but the corners of his exposed lips were tightly pursed.Without saying a word, he jumped up from Liu Dian with his lightness kung fu, his figure was as nimble as a ghost, and he used his strength to move back and forth freely on the roofs on both sides of the street.Three sleeve arrows were fired at once, each of them pierced the opponent's throat, the horse thief who was hit by the arrow fell off the horse without a groan.In the end, among the twenty horse thieves, only the bandit leader was left, pulling on the reins and roaring.

"Bai Qi! Come out and challenge me head-on if you have the guts! What kind of a hero is playing tricks behind the scenes?"

"Hero?" The cyan figure flashed, and Bai Qi landed on the ground steadily. "Only by you?"

Bai Hong unsheathed, and the blade was like a silver snake glowing with cold light, stabbing straight at the bandit leader.The long sword came menacingly, the bandit leader was startled, and moved to the side, narrowly dodging the sword, but Bai Qi seemed to have expected the bandit leader's movement, and immediately swung the sword sideways.The sharp blade cut through the cloth and flesh, and blood spurted out.The bandit leader let out a cry of pain, staggered back three steps and managed to stand still.Bai Qi's footwork didn't stop for a moment, and after changing the sword style, the tip of the sword pointed directly at the opponent's throat.The bandit leader hurriedly raised his saber to resist.When the swords collided, a few sparks burst out, and the blade pressed down on the bandit leader's face. His facial muscles became ferocious due to the violent force, but Bai Qi remained expressionless.Suddenly, just as the blade was about to touch the tip of the bandit leader's nose, he raised his leg and kicked heavily. The bandit leader was kicked three feet away, struggled to get up and spit out a mouthful of dirty blood.

"What is a good man? Killing with a knife? Looting the people?" Bai Qi walked towards him holding a sword, Qingyue's voice was so indifferent that there was no warmth. "Prostitutes? Or burning and killing?"

The bandit leader spat out a mouthful of blood, and before he had time to curse, Bai Qi raised his sword and slashed it down without any hesitation. Those obscene words were buried in the yellow sand along with the hot blood.

"Okay!" Han Ye hid behind the low wall knowing the times, and couldn't help but yelled.Bai Qi ignored him, leaned over to pick up the saber in the corpse's hand, weighed it in his hand, and frowned suddenly.

"Brother Bai, what's the matter?" Han Ye sensed something was wrong, and ran towards Bai Qi, Bai Qi thought for a moment, and said, "This knife is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Han Ye was confused, took it from Bai Qi's hand and tried the blade, but he couldn't see anything unusual.

"Baixia is right, this knife is indeed wrong." Another chivalrous man said, "This is a knife made by the Daliang government. The Daliang multi-iron ore is forged with high technology, so the hardness is high, the blade is lighter, and the length of the blood groove is also the same as that of the knife. Traditional sabers are different."

The rest of the people were taken aback: "Why do these horse thieves have official Daliang knives?"

"Maybe it's not just a horse thief..." Bai Qi frowned, squatted down suddenly, groped around the edge of the bandit leader's face for a while, and peeled off a thin mask. The deceased had a high nose, deep eyes, and high cheekbones, obviously not a Han Chinese.

Everyone gasped: "It's a barbarian!"

Why did the Hu people pretend to be Han horse bandits to plunder, and why did they use Daliang official knives?Before he could think about it, there was a movement in the air behind him.A hidden weapon pierced through the air and roared towards Bai Qi's vest.In a blink of an eye, he jumped up and swept lightly in the air, and when he landed, his fingertips had caught the flying knife.

"What bastard?" Bai Qi scolded in a low voice, "Get out!"

"Today, I have the chance to see Bai Xia's skills. It's really wonderful, wonderful!"

A man's voice and scattered applause came before his figure. A middle-aged man dressed as a wealthy businessman clapped his hands and stepped out from behind the wall, shaking his head and head, shaking his peony gold paper fan.

"There are rumors in the rivers and lakes, 'Bai Dian sword is like a rainbow, set out to kill the east wind.'" He put away his folding fan, cupped his hands, "I have heard the name of Bai Xia for a long time, and seeing it today, it really lives up to its reputation."

Bai Qi said coldly: "Who are you?"

"Be good next week." The visitor said, "I heard that Bai Xia came to Longmen Inn, so I prepared a special drink. I have been waiting here for a long time."

"You're a barbarian," Bai Qi said, "Wouldn't it be ridiculous to wear a monkey's crown?"

Being exposed directly, Zhou Shan was not angry: "Bai Xia really has good eyesight."

"Your purpose."

"I would like to ask you heroes to kill one person with a lot of money."

"who?"

"The traitorous official Feng Pinghou Feng Jingzhong's daughter, Feng Zhen, the lord of Qiyun County." Zhou Shan said, "Give her head to me, and I will reward you all."

"A traitor?" One person blurted out, "If Marquis Feng Ping is a traitor, there will be no loyal ministers in the court!"

Zhou Shan laughed loudly: "Marquis Feng Ping formed a party for selfish purposes with the intention of rebellion. He was put to death a month ago. This matter spread throughout Daliang. Princess Qiyun escaped from prison and left the city. Your Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment in Daliang have issued arrest notices. It will be regarded as treason!"

Everyone looked at each other and clenched the hilt of their swords.Feng Pinghou died inexplicably, and the county leader was in exile. The incident happened so suddenly, there must be something else hidden in it.

"You barbarian, what kind of fart are you when you ran to our land in Daliang?" rebellion!"

Han Ye also gritted his teeth. As soon as he took a step forward, the guards behind Zhou Shan drew their knives. Bai Qi glanced at him, shook his head unobtrusively, and held him down on the scabbard. hand, said loudly.

"Let me ask you, Daliang's treasonous minister, why is it your turn to speak up? According to the criminal law, even if the female relatives are guilty of the same crime, why do you kill them all? These barbarians pretending to be horse thieves are in the hands of you. Why are the swords and swords made by Daliang officials? How do you explain them?"

Zhou Shan laughed loudly: "County Qiyun and Feng Pinghou's father and daughter have plundered our country's land in the past few years and kept our army out of Yumen Pass. Now that the tiger has fallen into Pingyang, we will naturally be more happy to add charcoal."

"It's not that simple." Bai Qi said, "County Qiyun has no hope of turning around, and can no longer lead the army to fight. You don't hesitate to lure us into the game here, and set a huge reward for the head of the county master. It's not like revenge for selfishness, but like silence. Is it you fools who want her to die, or is there another manipulator behind the scenes who wants her to shut up forever, so that a certain secret can never be known?"

For a moment, Zhou Shan's face twitched violently, and everyone present could see it clearly, and after Bai Qi reminded him, they immediately understood.

"It's the sword!" Someone lost his voice, "If what Baixia said is true, I must have secretly opened iron mines to someone, forged weapons, and sold them to barbarians! In this way... Feng Pinghou must have discovered it by accident. After doing this, he will be framed by this person first!"

In an instant, it seemed that all the details were smoothed out, and the blood of all the knights surged up for a while, and they could no longer hold back the anger in their chests.

"The persecution of Zhongliang is really abominable!"

"Which court has a cancerous tumor, colluded with the barbarians, and forced to kill the old Hou Ye!"

"Kill this group of barbarians and avenge the old Hou Ye and the princess!"

Everyone drew their swords one after another, facing Zhou Shan and his personal guards who were surrounded from inside and outside, Zhou Shan became angry from embarrassment when he saw that the matter was revealed.

"Bai Qi, I advise you not to be arrogant." He sneered, "Do you really think that hidden weapon just now is just an ordinary throwing knife?"

"What do you mean?" Han Ye jumped in his heart, and immediately broke Bai Qi's hand.The knuckles of his index finger and middle finger were faintly bruised, as if a cloud of black air was lingering.Bai Qi raised his eyes, his voice was calm and waveless: "What is this?"

Zhou Shan proudly said: "The name of this poison is Qiyue Liuhuo. It can penetrate into the skin and hide in the human body for half a month. After half a month, the poison will be released, and the power will slowly dissipate. In the end, you will die from exhaustion. But I'm behind!"

"Son of a son of a bitch!" Someone yelled, "I can't use real swords and guns to make such a dirty trick! Hand over the antidote!"

"Hand over the antidote!"

"It's easy to give the antidote, but there are conditions." Zhou Shan said with a smile, "I think everyone knows what the conditions are."

Everyone fell silent suddenly and looked at Bai Qi.Bai Qi smiled coldly, raised the Baihong sword, and pointed it at Zhou Shan.

"I don't like being coerced by others." Bai Qi said, "If you have a grudge, you must avenge it. If you are young, you must kill it. Life and death are fate, so why bother to ask for it? I only recognize people who should be killed, and I never worry about other things. "

"Good! Good! Sure enough, he is a kind and righteous Baixia!" Zhou Shan's expression twisted, "Kill me! No one present today will be left behind!"

Bai Qi said coldly: "Don't stay? I should say this sentence."

Before Zhou Shan finished speaking, the silver light flashed, and the Baihong sword was unsheathed. Almost no one could see when Bai Qi had crossed the layers of defense of the personal guards. His sword had cut Zhou Shan's neck cleanly.Zhou Shan's furious expression was still fixed on his face, his skull rolled aside, and the dirty blood sprayed from the broken neck stained a large area of ​​yellow sand.

"What a fast sword!" The person next to him exclaimed, beheading a barbarian guard.Bai Qi bowed his hands to the rest of the people, and said loudly: "I'll leave these little things to you all, and Bai still has something to do, so I'll take my leave first."

The knights responded from afar: "The mountain is long and the road is long, there will be a period later!" Some people were concerned: "Yaowanggu is proficient in Qihuang medicinal herbs. If the white knight goes to the smoky place in the southwest, the poison may be cured."

"Thank you for your concern," Bai Qi said, "Bai will keep it in mind."

Flesh and blood flew all around, and the sound of slashing and shouting continued.Bai Qi bent his two fingers and let out a long whistle in his mouth, and a white figure with current electricity galloped out from behind the wall.He casually threw Han Ye onto the horse's back, grabbed the rein with one hand, held the sword in the other, turned on the horse, and with a long hiss, he galloped wildly.

"Brother Bai!" Han Ye roughly guessed what he was going to do, "Are we going back to Beijing?"

"Go back to the inn to get your broken horse, and then turn around and go back to the capital!" Bai Qi clamped the horse's belly, and the pace of the current rush accelerated a bit, "Let's go find Princess Qiyun!"

All the way fast, starry night.Even so, it was already nine days after arriving in the capital, and more than half a month had passed since Feng Pinghou's death.A huge arrest warrant was posted on the notice board at the gate of the city, and Princess Qi Yun's portrait and characteristic name were written in block letters on the notice.

"...Feng Zhen, the daughter of a rebel, Dali Temple rewards a thousand taels of silver for arresting this important criminal. Anyone who conceals her will be punished with the same crime." Han Ye said, "A princess is worth 1000 taels?"

Bai Qi glanced indifferently at the Yaksha portrait on the wanted notice.

"She's prettier than a painting."

There have been rumors in the capital for a long time that the head of Qiyun County is in the army, with high martial arts skills and killing people like hemp.The appearance is eight feet tall, the waist is like a bucket, and the shape is like a nightshade. At the age of 17, he carried a pole and drove all the matchmakers in the capital out of the Hou's mansion. Since then, no one has dared to propose marriage. Feng Pinghou has always spoiled his daughter , and in matters of marriage, she is also up to her.The old Hou Ye is very independent. Which of the names of the famous ladies in the capital is not full of flowers and moons, but he chose the word "Zhen" for his only daughter.

Zhen, to also, the ultimate complete.County Master Qi Yun has been wielding spears and sticks since she was a child, and she went into battle with her father when she was fourteen. In terms of it, ordinary men are not half as good as her, which is worthy of this name.

Han Ye wondered, "Brother Bai, have you seen her?"

Bai Qi was startled: "I haven't seen it, I just heard about it." After that, no matter what Han Ye said, he didn't answer anymore.

Passing by the confiscated Fengpinghou Mansion, both of them couldn't help but stop for a moment.The golden plaque of the Hou Mansion has been removed, and the seal of Dali Temple is pasted on the gate. The unpopular mansion has shown signs of dilapidation in just [-] days. Even the tall stone lions at the gate have lost their majesty, shivering in dust. The corner adds a bit of bleakness.In the past, the two of them also went to Beijing and passed by the Hou's Mansion. It was a prosperous time, but today it is desolate.There is a saying in the play, seeing him build a tall building, seeing him entertain guests, seeing his building collapse, that's all.

The city gate is heavily guarded, and identity checks are required to enter and exit.After inquiring from passers-by, the two learned that Princess Qiyun escaped from prison ten days ago and left the city wounded at Jingyao Gate, and his whereabouts are unknown now.

"Did the old man see where the princess went after leaving the city?"

The old man who set up the sesame seed cake stand pointed out tremblingly: "It's heading to the southwest. The princess's black horse has excellent legs. The old man remembers it very clearly...Do you two buy cakes?"

After a while, Han Ye carried two pancakes and asked Bai Qi while getting on the horse: "Brother Bai, shall we go to the southwest?"

"To the northwest."

"Ah?" Han Ye almost dropped the biscuits in shock, "Didn't the old man just say..."

"The princess is familiar with military books, so naturally she will not run for her life in a straight line. The southwest direction is mostly a cover for the pursuers. The capital is surrounded by plains on many sides, and only surrounded by mountains on three sides. The only way for the princess to escape the pursuers is to sneak into the mountains. What's more, the old part of the old Hou Ye's army is in the northwest, and the only way to survive is to go there."

"The pursuers..."

"They naturally imagined that if they had some brains, they would send more people to search in the southwest and northwest directions. Although the princess is very skilled in martial arts, he was also injured, so he probably won't be able to travel far," Bai Qi said. , "We have to hurry up."

Thirty miles away from Jingyao Gate, after passing Diaoyu Mountain, they rushed northwest into the mountain, and the two of them dared not slack off all the way.Sure enough, there were some signs of broken branches in the mountain, and occasionally a little blood. The imprint of the horseshoe was still fresh. Bai Qi and Han Ye followed the footprints and found a valley surrounded by mountains and streams. footprint.There is a dilapidated small temple in the depths of the valley, the plaque is crooked to one side, and dust and cobwebs are all over it, obviously it has not been repaired for a long time.At this time, the sun was setting, and the sunset was spreading golden red on the horizon, like a gorgeous forest fire on the mountain.

Signaling Han Ye not to move rashly, Bai Qi pushed open two temple doors with peeling red paint alone, and entered with his sword after the dust cleared.At the same moment when he stepped into the temple, the temple door suddenly closed heavily, a muffled sound and a low cry came from the temple, followed by chaotic sounds of entanglement and fighting.

The incident happened suddenly, even though he trusted Bai Qi's martial arts, Han Ye's heart skipped a beat.Regardless of fastening the reins of the electric current and pancakes, he trot over and lay down on the dilapidated window to look in. The room was dimly lit, and he could hardly see anything clearly. When he was wondering whether he should break in, the sound of fighting stopped.

"Brother's terrace outside, the window lattice has not been repaired for a long time, so it is full of ashes, so it is better to come in and talk."

It was a clear female voice, Han Ye was taken aback for a moment, and then Bai Qi's voice also sounded.

"Get in."

From Bai Qi's tone, everything seemed to be under control.Han Ye pushed open the rotten wooden door, his eyes suddenly went dark, and the dust on the roof fell all over his body. It took a while for his eyes to adapt to the changes in the light in the room.Next to the clay statue of the mother-in-law of the land covered with cobwebs, a young girl of about twenty years old held a sword against Bai Qi's neck. She was dressed in commoner clothes and hairpins. Although she was a little embarrassed, she looked handsome and heroic. Temple, eyes burning.Bai Qi let her put the sword on his neck, and the expression in his eyes seemed a little relieved.

"Haven't seen the princess yet?"

Han Ye was in a daze, but was awakened by Bai Qi's words, and quickly bowed to salute: "Grassman Han Ye, I have seen the princess."

Feng Zhen sneered and said, "It's a mere idiot who was also sent to kill me. Could it be that Shen Zhan, that bastard, is so stupid that he lost his mind?"

"The current prime minister Shen Zhan?" Bai Qi's expression changed, "So he was the one who framed the Feng family?"

"Why are you pretending to be confused?" Feng Zhen raised the sword again, and the blade approached Bai Qi's throat. "It's your skill to be able to find this place."

Bai Qi stopped talking, but Han Ye was so anxious that he was sweating.

"We are not from Shen Zhan!"

"Only a fool will admit it." Feng Zhen said coldly, and the tip of the sword moved an inch closer to Bai Qi's throat, "I'm tired of hearing this sentence, what other fresh words do you have?"

His eyes moved slightly: "Shen Zhan really wants me to kill you."

Hearing this, Feng Zhen narrowed his eyes and smiled. "You are refreshing." With a move of her hand, the edge of the sword gleaming with cold light cut out a few stars of blood on his skin.

Bai Qi said calmly, "Bai has always treated people with sincerity."

"You're a nice guy. But that won't kill me, and it won't save your life."

"Kill you? I don't intend to kill you." Bai Qi shook his head, "If I really wanted to kill you, you wouldn't be standing here now."

"Really?" Feng Zhen raised his eyebrows, "Then try."

Bai Qi didn't answer.As soon as Feng Zhen finished speaking, he suddenly dodged to the side and spun three times to break free from the shackles.Feng Zhen's reaction was not slow, and he immediately raised his sword to catch up, pointing directly at Bai Qi's throat, the sword was as fast as lightning.He dodged sideways, and three sleeve arrows shot out from his cuffs, all of which were aimed at her face. She was startled, and immediately bent back to dodge on her back, took advantage of the situation and swept the sword, Bai Qi jumped up and dodged the blade, tiptoe Tap the tip of the sword to borrow strength, and turn back to her side in the air.The sword moves of the two were as fast as lightning, their clothes were flying, and it took a moment to make and undo the moves. At this time, Feng Zhen raised his sword again, but due to his injuries, his sword moves were unstable, giving a fatal flaw.Bai Qisheng stopped the sword move, his figure flew to the right, his right hand grasped her hand skillfully for leverage, and his left hand quickly touched her acupuncture point, Feng Zhen let out an exclamation, and the sword fell out of his hand unconsciously.Bai Qi snatched the sword and swung it lightly. The edge of the sword gleamed coldly, and it rested on her neck. The whole movement took only a moment. Before the flying leaves on the treetops outside the window fell to the ground, the situation in the temple had completely reversed.

Feng Zhen barely stood still, his face pale. "I am not as skilled as others, so I am willing to bow down and live and die at my own discretion."

"My brother Bai..." Han Ye was triumphant, and was about to answer when Bai Qi suddenly interrupted him.

"The princess is injured, and Bai won't win with force." Bai Qi leaned forward and returned the sword with both hands, gently rubbing the sword with his right hand. "I heard that there is a sword Zhanyi in Fengpinghou's mansion. It is three feet and two inches long and weighs three catties and five liang. No one would have thought that Lord Hou had already passed this sword to his only daughter."

Feng Zhen was silent for a moment, and hesitantly took the Zhanyi sword. "You won't kill me?"

"Bai Hong's sword only beheaded Xiao Xiao. The Princess is Zhongliang, and it was Bai's fault to act just now. How dare he say kill him."

"Zhongliang..." Feng Zhen's expression changed, "Do you believe my father is Zhongliang?"

Bai Qi looked at her deeply, his eyes burning brightly: "Old Marquis Feng roamed the battlefield, resisted foreign aggression with all his strength, was loyal and daring, and the world should be a lesson for him."

Feng Zhen stared at him, and suddenly smiled after a while. "It would be naive of you to think that this would entrust me with carte blanche."

"There are many princesses..." Just after speaking half a sentence, there was a strange movement outside the window, and both of their eyebrows frowned.Bai Qi jumped up, kicked Han Ye down, grabbed Feng Zhen and rolled on the ground, saying he was offended.Only a moment later, several feathered arrows whizzed through the dilapidated window paper, and pierced into the place where they were standing just two inches away.

"It's a chasing soldier!" After being kicked violently by Bai Qi, his buttocks were still aching, Han Ye struggled to get up, "Brother Bai, we've been found here!"

"I'll go out to meet them for a while, take good care of the princess." Bai Qi leaped out of the window with his sword in hand, and the sound of sword clashing sounded outside the temple.Due to the torn old injury, Feng Zhen leaned on his sword and listened to the sound of fighting, with a strange look on his face.

"Who the hell are you?"

Han Ye scratched his head: "Wandering all over the world, the rivers and lakes are his home, just idle rivers and lakes."

"Why do idle Jiang Hu get involved in temple battles?"

"I heard that the Hou's mansion was in trouble, so I came to help." Han Ye said, "To tell you the truth, Han is from Dingzhou. The disaster in Dingzhou three years ago was due to Feng Pinghou's alone admonishment, and the people in the city were able to escape. A ray of life."

"Dingzhou?" Feng Zhen's expression moved slightly, "I still have some memories of that incident. My father once told me that it was partly a natural disaster and partly a man-made disaster. Most of the local government officials belonged to Shen Zhan's party. The disaster relief money was exploited layer by layer, causing the local porridge to be like clear soup, and the millet noodles could not satisfy the hunger, so civil unrest broke out. If you are really from Dingzhou, you should have heard that even Yushitai dared not speak up back then, only me My father and a few newly promoted civil servants from humble backgrounds spoke out and admonished, causing a lot of trouble, and almost causing several adults to lose their heads."

"I was born in Dingzhou and grew up in Dingzhou. If Brother Bai and Lord Hou had not risked their lives to save me, I would have died in Dingzhou long ago." Han Ye said solemnly, "If I do something to repay kindness and revenge, I will be An unkind, unrighteous and shameless person is really worse than a pig and a dog!" Seeing Feng Zhen thoughtful, he struck while the iron was hot: "Please forgive Han Ye for offending, the princess is injured now, and Brother Bai's martial arts are far superior to the princess's. , if the two of us really have malicious intentions, we would have already killed the princess and went back to find Prime Minister Shen, why bother talking so much here?"

Feng Zhen glanced at him. Although she was down and out, she still had the fierceness and force in her eyes as the princess of the Houfu, which made people dare not look directly at her.Han Ye immediately closed his mouth, but a moment later he heard her laugh.

"You mean, I'm running away with injuries, my martial arts are almost half useless, and it's useless. If he wanted to kill me, he would have killed me long ago, so why should he stay here with me and clear the chase for me?" Bing, isn't it?"

Seeing that Han Ye didn't dare to speak, but his eyes rolled around, Feng Zhen found it even more amused. "You don't have to be afraid, I like straightforward people. I understand what you mean, and it makes sense."

Han Ye breathed a sigh of relief, and the sound of fighting outside the temple had stopped.Bai Qi put his sword back into its sheath and strode in. Feng Zhen cupped his hands neatly.

"Feng Zhen is grateful for the hero who sacrificed his life for righteousness today, and is willing to entrust his life with him." She said, "May I ask the name of the hero?"

"Bai Qi." Bai Qi said.

"Bai Qi." Feng Zhen read it again, and suddenly asked, "Have we met before?"

"Today is the first time we met."

Feng Zhen snorted: "Just now, for a moment, the figure of Bai Xiashi looks familiar, but I think it's just my poor eyesight that made a mistake."

Bai Qi seemed to choke for a moment, and said: "Those chasing soldiers just now were probably reared dead soldiers, and their methods were extremely vicious. According to what the princess said, Shen Zhan was behind the whole incident. Although Bai has roughly figured it out , but I don’t know the details, I hope the princess will let me know.”

"What Shen Zhan wants is this secret letter." Feng Zhen sighed, and took out a letter from his arms, "Before, my father accidentally discovered that the weapons used by the Hu army were different. Iron ore, the forged weapons were sold to the barbarians, the amount was extremely large. How dare such a small servant of the Ministry of War have such courage. My father realized that this matter was by no means so simple. After that, he found out that the mining of private mines was actually Instigated by Shen Zhan, Shen Zhan's income from this business deal with the Hu people also accounted for the bulk! Our soldiers fought bloody battles on the front lines, while these corrupt moths gnawed at the pillars of the country in the rear, Father Cha After discovering this incident, he was so angry that he secretly wrote this secret letter that night.