Cloud of the Qing Dynasty

Qing Ling hummed a ditty, and took a washbasin of clothes to a nearby small mountain stream to wash.

Like all new disciples, she also has to serve tea and water, wash and cook for the masters and grand masters, and do a lot of chores in addition to practicing martial arts.

Originally, a novice disciple like her should not have come to participate in such a big event as the siege of the Red Lotus Sect, but considering that there is a master like Mu Liuyun who can do nothing but martial arts, there is a careful and patient It would be better for a girl to take care of his daily life, and she is already acquainted with Tai Shishu, so she was brought here.

Qingling didn't feel dissatisfied with this. Of course, it would be great to have the opportunity to see such a big scene, but sometimes she would feel a little lonely. There were not many women inside and outside the camp, and many of them were A master who is very difficult to get close to, like Miaoyin Shitai of the Emei School, when Qingyue and Qingliu are also sent out to investigate, she often has no one to talk to.

Just when she was bored, she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her name: "Ling'er!"

Qing Ling looked back in surprise, her friend Bao Qiqiao, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was looking at her with a smile not far away.

"Qiqiao, why is it you!" Qing Ling was overjoyed, and ran over to hug her without wiping her wet hands.

"Hey, be gentle, don't wrinkle my new skirt!" Bao Qiqiao complained, but she still hugged Qingling happily.

It was only then that Qingling noticed Bao Qiqiao's attire. Bao Qiqiao, who used to wear like a tomboy, was now wearing a small emerald green dress, exuding the unique cuteness of a girl her age.

"Qiqiao has grown up too, and knows that she loves beauty." Qing Ling pinched her little face affectionately, and Bao Qiqiao touched her nose a little shyly: "Does it look good?"

"Looks good!" Qing Ling rolled up her sleeves, "Wait for me for a while, I'll play with you after I finish washing the clothes."

Bao Qiqiao looked at the plain Taoist robes and the wrinkled hands of her old friend, and said with some distress: "Those men don't have long hands themselves, why do you ask you to wash their clothes? You are not a servant!"

"New disciples all have to help the master with work. It's not for nothing that they teach me martial arts. The brothers also have to chop firewood, run errands and carry things. They do no less than me. Compared with washing At least the clothes are not very tired." Qing Ling squatted down and continued to wash the clothes in hand, "I'm not like you, I'm a young lady who keeps asking. By the way, why did you come to Panlong Valley?"

"It's such a big event, how could Bao Inquire not participate in it? If Daddy is coming, I'll just drop by and take a look." Bao Qiqiao didn't know how to do laundry, so she squatted beside her and watched, "This is your grand uncle clothes?"

"Well, it looks good." Qingling stretched the wet clothes, "The master said that now the image of Grand Master Uncle is the image of our Shangqing Palace, so he specially asked the tailor to make some new clothes for him. Uncle Grand Master put on this new dress, he looks handsome and unrestrained, not to mention how good-looking it is."

Bao Qiqiao looked at her with her chin in her hands: "Ling'er, since you like Uncle Grand Master so much, why don't you give it a try?"

"Don't mention it." Qing Ling shook her head, "Uncle Grand Master is Uncle Grand Master, that's impossible."

"How do you know if you haven't tried it? Some things seem impossible, and they might happen one day."

"Shangqing Palace has strict seniority, and the relationship between Grand Master Uncle and I is just like you and the leader of the Demon Cult. It is impossible." Qing Ling said, "Some people have things, just think about it, people must know themselves. "

Bao Qiqiao touched her nose and stopped talking.

After a while, she asked again: "Ling'er, I just came here, and I don't know many things here, please tell me, how is the progress now?"

Qing Ling smiled and said: "I thought that Bao inquired about everything."

"We are not gods who can pinch and count, and the news we inquired about was obtained from everyone asking each other everywhere."

"Well, this is not a secret that can't be told." Qingling said, "You also know that there is miasma everywhere in the Thousand Trace Forest. Originally, we were trapped outside the Thousand Trace Forest after we came here. A few days ago, Uncle Grand Master caught a spy from the Red Lotus Sect in the woods, and found a mask from the spy. There were some herbs in the mask. We tried it on someone, and covered the mouth and nose with these herbs. Then you can safely pass through the Thousand Trace Forest without being poisoned by the miasma.”

"That is to say, now you can enter the Thousand Trace Forest?"

"Not so fast." Qing Ling shook her head, "Although we got a mask, we can't go in one by one, right? Now the doctor at Jinghong Villa has figured out the formula, and is raising medicinal materials. When they are ready , give everyone a mask, and we can enter the Qianzong Forest."

Qing Ling wrung out the last piece of clothes while talking, held up the washbasin and said, "Let's go, after I finish drying the clothes, I'll walk around with you."

"I'll help you!" Bao Qiqiao briskly followed.

***

In a camp where thousands of people gathered, Bao Qiqiao's arrival didn't attract much attention, and when she quietly left the camp, she didn't arouse the suspicion of the guards either.

Bao Qiqiao walked for a while in the woods, and came to a crooked-neck tree on the edge of a cliff. She tied a red handkerchief to the branch, sat down, looked around and waited for a while, and then saw a mysterious figure appearing by her side.

"Brahma!" Bao Qiqiao exclaimed happily.

"Little Baozi." Wei Fantian, the young leader of the Devil's Cult, pinched Bao Qiqiao's little face with a gentle smile, "You are also very cute today."

"I hate it!" Bao Qiqiao covered her face to prevent him from pinching her, her cheeks were as red as ripe persimmons.

"Are you looking for me for something?" Wei Fantian raised her chin, "Or do you just miss me?"

"I have business to do! Of course, I miss you very much." Bao Qiqiao held his big hand in her soft little hand and said excitedly, "I have asked you about everything you asked me to help you. They We have found a way to pass through the Thousand-Zhier Forest, and we will enter the Thousand-Zong Forest in a few days."

"Oh?" Wei Fantian said seriously, "Tell me about it in detail."

Bao Qiqiao poured out all the information she asked in detail, she spoke quickly and twittered a lot, and finally said: "Besides these, I also help you. A big deal."

"What's the big deal?" Wei Fantian asked with interest.

"Didn't you say that Mu Liuyun from Shangqing Palace is your most troublesome enemy?" Bao Qiqiao said with a smile, "Now he can't fight you anymore, I poisoned him, and I used you The itch powder that I used to teach the bad guys a lesson last time will soon make him feel unbearably itchy. You said that this poison can’t be cured at all. Even if he can fight you with the itch, he will no longer be your opponent gone."

Wei Fantian was silent for a while, Bao Qiqiao was a little uneasy and said, "What's the matter, are you unhappy?"

"No, I just think it's too risky for you to do this." Wei Fantian said, "If you are discovered by them, those so-called 'just people' who are sanctimonious on the surface but sinister and sinister behind the scenes will definitely not make it easy for you. .”

"It's okay, I'm willing to take risks for you." Bao Qiqiao looked at him almost obsessively, Wei Fantian smiled and squeezed her chin: "Silly girl, why are you so kind to me?"

Bao Qiqiao lowered her head shyly and timidly: "As long as you know..."

"I should give you some reward." Wei Fantian lowered his head and gave her a deep and lingering kiss.

The young leader of the Demon Sect has a group of wives and concubines, countless concubines, and his skills are naturally too good to speak of. The inexperienced Bao Qiqiao was quickly teased out of breath, her cheeks were flushed, but Wei Fantian let her go: "It's time It's getting late, go back quickly, don't be discovered by others."

"I...you..." Bao Qiqiao was speechless for a long time.

Wei Fantian smiled charmingly: "If you don't leave, I will turn into a pervert and eat you."

"That's okay, it's okay..." Bao Qiqiao lowered her head, her face was so red that it was dripping juice.

"But I'm not a pervert after all." Wei Fantian said softly, "Be obedient, go back."

"...Mmm." Bao Qiqiao gave him a look of admiration for a gentleman, and left reluctantly.

***

After she left, another figure appeared from the dense canopy, it was the ghost valley doctor Xiangu Sansi of the Red Lotus Sect.

He commented speechlessly: "The appearance is very ordinary, the young master is really in a good mood."

"This little girl's babbling is quite interesting." Wei Fantian snorted softly, "It's a pity that she is too smart. It seems that this chess piece can no longer be used."

"Yeah, with her little cleverness, she will definitely be discovered soon, but if she can really succeed in poisoning, it will be very cost-effective."

"I hope." Wei Fantian said without much interest, "Speaking of which, how long will I have to live as a monk who is ascetic and ascetic?"

"Young Master, if you want to restore your skill to [-]% soon, you should bear with it."

"... Tsk." Wei Fantian grunted in complaint.

***

Zhang Chi saw that Mu Liuyun's taoist robe was drying on the bamboo pole, so he helped him put it away, and shook the wrinkles on the clothes vigorously, patting the dust on it.

Mu Liuyun wouldn't do this kind of trivial thing himself, so he folded the clothes and brought them back, preparing to wear them after Mu Liuyun took a bath at night.

But soon, he felt something was wrong, and there was an indescribable itching from the hand that touched the clothes.

This matter immediately alerted the doctor in the camp, and the doctor quickly came to the conclusion that he was poisoned.

This kind of poison is not difficult to cure, the trouble is that taking any medicine can't get rid of it immediately, the itching feeling will only gradually subside, and the poisoned person can only fidget and suffer for many days, there is nothing else to do. It doesn't work.

And the poison was placed on Mu Liuyun's clothes.

Qing Ling was about to cry when she was called over, and said in panic with tears in her eyes: "It wasn't me who poisoned, how could I poison Grand Master Uncle?"

"Don't cry yet." Zhang Chi kept scratching his right hand with his left hand, and then his left hand with his right hand, grinning and said, "You wash the clothes, and you dry them. Remember carefully. Who else has this dress passed through?"

"Qiqiao...could it be her?" Qing Ling covered her mouth in shock, "It shouldn't be, she has no grievances with me..."

"You mean Miss?" Zhang Chi also opened his eyes wide in surprise, while Mu Liuyun stood up with a face as heavy as water.

"Liuyun!" Zhang Chi quickly pulled him back, "Don't be impulsive, if this matter involves the eldest lady, let me handle it myself."

Tianhe Daochang disagreed: "Although it was Zhang Shaoxia who was poisoned, the other party was obviously targeting the younger brother. No one in this battalion knows that the younger brother is one of the main forces to deal with the masters of the Red Lotus Sect this time, and there is no room for any mistakes. , I am afraid that this matter cannot be resolved by the young man if he wants to be private."

Mu Liuyun said lightly: "Let him solve it."

"...Senior brother is serious?"

Mu Liuyun nodded.

"...Okay then." Tianhe Taoist priest said.

Everyone knows that Bao Buyi has doted on this one and only precious daughter to the point of spoiling her. If it hadn't been for not pursuing the investigation, the face of the Shangqing Palace would be ruined. Spontaneously, he threw the scapegoat out: "Since the younger brother has said so, I will leave this matter to Zhang Shaoxia with full authority. I hope Zhang Shaoxia can handle it well and don't let everyone down."