A Sword of Frost

Chapter 100: Think hard

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Daliang's soldiers had already surrounded the inn tightly.

Judging from this posture, he has already laid a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for himself to enter the urn. Yang Boguang let out a long sigh, and let Lin Ying step forward to put on the cold shackles. As for Zhou Jiuxiao, this man was born with high martial arts skills and committed the felony of collaborating with the enemy and treason. Yun Yifeng originally thought that he would choose to break through with all his might, but unexpectedly, the other party hesitated for a moment and did not make a move.

Yerten finally didn't protect the two of them this time. In fact, if possible, he wished to kill each other with his own hands. The tragedy of Abi just now lingers in his mind. He feels that he may never forget it for the rest of his life. The most beautiful woman in the desert turns out to be just a tool used by someone with a heart to deal with him. Everything is fake, even that The beautiful green pupils and face are fake.

And when he thought of spending so many passionate nights with a monster, a strong discomfort rose in his stomach, and the anger almost burned his whole heart.

Zhou Jiuxiao said coldly, "What evidence do you have that I have something to do with this matter?"

"Whether it matters or not, after interrogating this maid, we will know." Yun Yifeng said, "Naturally, even if she can't confess anything, there is another person who can also explain Abi's origin."

Yelten raised his head: "Who is it?"

Lin Ying quickly brought in a well-mannered man, in his early twenties, young and strong, looking at his clothes, he seemed to have some status.

He is the "Duoji" recovered by the Wu En brothers, he is also Abi's fiancé, and the leader of the Yueyue tribe. He and his tribe all live in a paradise full of yellow flowers, wearing colorful robes, holding a snow-white qin in their hands, and singing as companions all day long. A wealthy and stable life gives them a lot of time to think, and they have thoughts and wisdom that are difficult for others to match.

In the desert and grassland, there have been stories about this group of people, but even if they are as powerful as Yerten, this is the first time they know that the Yueyue tribe is not just a paradise imagined by the herdsmen, but a real existence with.

"The Yueyue Tribe has always chosen to hide from the world, and will only occasionally take in lost herdsmen and businessmen. The only time they took the initiative to open their arms is because of Crescent Moon." She is also the "Abi" in the eyes of everyone. She is the previous leader of the Yueyue Tribe. Her youngest daughter has suffered from a strange disease since she was born. She often suffers from fright and convulsions, and the older she gets, the more frequent and obvious the symptoms become.

No amount of wisdom can cure strange diseases, so Dorje sent many people from his tribe to various places to find famous doctors, hoping to cure his fiancée.

Yun Yifeng said: "It was at this time that Zhou Jiuxiao heard about Miss Yueya's illness. Butterfly hysteria is really rare, so he claimed to be a doctor and went to the Zhuyue tribe to see a doctor in person, but quietly took Yueya away."

Yerten frowned: "It took so much trouble, just because of a butterfly hysteria?"

"Xie Hanyan also suffered from this disease back then, and because of Zhou Jiuxiao's adventurous help, he was able to save his life." Yun Yifeng said, "He wanted to use this to gain my trust, even if Imperial Physician Tan did not tell the old story, The prince will also ask Chief Ming why he knows that Imperial Physician Tan can cure diseases, so Zhou Jiuxiao can still wait for the opportunity to appear."

But the actual situation was more favorable to the other party—Tan Siming had nothing to hide, not only told the events of the year in full detail, but also said two good words for Zhou Jiuxiao, which made the other party's image more positive.

The best puppet master in the arena, he can change the appearance and voice of the puppet at will, and even reshuffle the memory. In this way, Abi was sculpted bit by bit into a world-renowned beauty, her green pupils covered her brown and black eyes, and her new "memories" also covered her real past. She was confused and in a trance, remembering the story of the "sage in white" in the coquettish fragrance of flowers and murmurs that lingered all day long, and believed that she was also her clansman, but because the time of becoming a puppet was too short, she still kept going from time to time. I will think of Dorje, the shadow of my fiancé, yellow flowers and colorful dresses. Every time at this time, every time her pupils turned back to black and she was about to struggle to find her true self, the puppet master disguised as a personal maid would always appear in time and turn her back into a beauty with blue pupils.

Yerten couldn't believe it: "In order to take advantage of Abi, gradually control me?"

"This is just one of the purposes." Yun Yifeng said.

Or to be more precise, Abi's alluring appearance is to lure Yerten into taking the bait and gradually gain his trust. But the butterfly hysteria and instilled "memories" in Abi's body are to confuse Yun Yifeng. A well-trained beauty has an inexplicably similar temperament and expression to him. There is also a "Holy Aunt" in the tribe. No matter her background, appearance or past, she is exactly the same as Xie Hanyan back then. Even the strange illness is true. All this is so real and so logical that if you are not careful, you will step into it.

If he hadn't had doubts in advance, when he was chasing into the depths of the desert that day, Yun Yifeng felt that he might really believe it. The loving eyes, the thoughtful exhortations, and the bloody and tearful accusation against the former emperor all conformed to his guess about Xie Hanyan. When the strong fragrance of flowers hit him, he was in a trance and almost fell into a trap, but luckily he pinched his palm in time, and he exchanged the pain for sobriety.

"You've discovered their conspiracy a long time ago." Yerten frowned, "Except for Dorji, where else have you exposed your flaws?"

"At the very beginning." Yun Yifeng turned and looked at Zhou Jiuxiao, "You kept saying that the late emperor wanted to kill General Lu and destroy the Xie family. This wording was impeccable until Imperial Physician Tan said it himself, thank you Miss was saved by the late emperor."

When Zhou Jiuxiao heard this, the blood on his face suddenly disappeared.

According to Tan Siming's narrative, it was indeed Zhou Jiuxiao who took the risk to find the Grand Hospital and brought him into Xie's residence to see a doctor for Xie Hanyan. But if you want to cure butterfly hysteria, you must blindly use medicine, which seemed to be almost impossible to obtain at the time.

After leaving Xie's mansion that night, Tan Siming looked at the starry sky above his head, thinking of the famous ladies in the royal city in the past, but today they are so down and haggard, and he feels regretful in his heart. Go to Zhou Jiuxiao and tell him that there is no cure for this disease, but on the way, he meets the first emperor.

Tan Siming was panicked at the time. You must know that entering and leaving the rebel's mansion privately is a capital offense. Unexpectedly, the first emperor did not blame her, instead, he asked about Miss Xie's situation in detail, and ordered him to heal her no matter what. Seeing that the emperor's attitude was not as cold as the rumors said, Tan Siming boldly spoke out the indispensable medicine.

"It's dragon's blood." Yun Yifeng said, "We must ask the Daliang royal family to cut their wrists and take blood."

This request can almost be called a shocking disobedience. After Tan Siming finished speaking, he knelt down anxiously. He originally thought that even if the emperor agreed, he would invite a certain prince to take blood, but unexpectedly, it turned out to be the real blood of the real dragon emperor, which lasted for more than ten days without interruption. Xie Hanyan was rescued from the gate of hell.

This was a secret between Tan Siming and the first emperor, and it had never been mentioned to anyone before, so Zhou Jiuxiao naturally had no way of knowing it. As for saving Yueya this time, Li Jun's blood was used. In order to prevent the wound on his wrist from being too eye-catching, he pretended that he broke a bone and bandaged his entire arm tightly.

Yun Yifeng said: "Even if the Xie family cooperated with the enemy, the late emperor's attitude towards Miss Xie was not to kill her, but to save her silently. Presumably it was mostly because of General Lu, so the so-called General Lu was instigated by his sweetheart to assist the Xie family in treason, naturally. It can’t be done.” Otherwise, which emperor would be willing to cut his wrists to save a traitor

It is precisely because of the story of Tan Siming that Yun Yifeng was 100% wary of Zhou Jiuxiao from the very beginning, and he was wary of what he said and did, and never believed a word. And when the Wuen brothers brought Dorji back and learned that he had a fiancée who also suffered from panic hysteria, and that the fiancée was taken away by someone strangely, their first reaction was Abi.

Ling Xing'er hesitated: "But the appearance of the two is completely different, how could they be the same?"

"There is a profession in the martial arts world that is worse than the low class, called puppet master." Yun Yifeng said, "It was originally for those wealthy households with eccentricities to have fun. Sculpting appearance, demeanor and demeanor. Because it is too bloody and cruel, it is against the rules, so it can only be active in the dark underground.

The winding blue line behind Abi's ear is the rope that pulls the puppet.

Ji Yanran signaled Lin Ying to take several people down, including the unconscious puppet master.

Dorji ignored Yerten, didn't even look at him, and said: "If there is nothing else, I want to go and stay with Yueya first."

Ji Yanran said: "Leader, please do what you want."

Dorje nodded slightly, turned around and strode away.

Only Yerteng, Ji Yanran and Yun Yifeng were left in the room.

"What are you going to do with them?" Yelten asked.

"Take it back to the royal city and give it to Brother Huang." Ji Yanran said, "But before that, I have one more thing to ask, whether the so-called blood ganoderma has been seen by the big leader himself, or is it used by them to negotiate with the kudzu tribe Chips?"

Yelten replied: "They don't know, and they probably haven't seen it."

"That's good." Ji Yanran said, "Although Abi is not a peerless beauty, I have fulfilled my request to save her life. In addition, I have also removed hidden dangers for the chief. If so, should I tell her as soon as possible? The third condition?"

"Okay." Yerten nodded, "Ten days, within ten days, I will tell His Highness King Xiao exactly what I want."

In the general's mansion, Tan Siming and Mei Zhusong were at the bedside to see Yueya. The blue puppet thread has been removed, and she has been refined into a "doll" for a long time. Her body and appearance are affected, and her whole body is thin and sallow, looking lifeless.

Mei Zhusong said: "This method is really vicious, I'm afraid it will take three to five years of recuperation before it can slow down."

"What about the missing memory?" Yun Yifeng asked.

"It's hard to say that the brain was injured by silver needles." Tan Siming said, "But since Yueya girl can vaguely remember the tribe and her fiancé, it means that there will be a day of complete recovery, and Chief Dorji must take good care of her. "

"Naturally." Dorje said, "I will hold her in the palm of my hand in the future, like protecting the most precious pearl, and will never be taken away by the wicked again."

Ling Xing'er stood aside, thinking, this is right. Compared with Yerten's previous rich clothes and fine food, this promise is much more pleasing to the ear.

Because Yueya still had to rest, several people moved to the front hall.

The fiancée was lost and recovered, and was carefully treated by the imperial physician of Daliang. Duoji was very friendly to Ji Yanran. As for the mastermind who took Crescent Moon away, he only asked, "Will they be executed?"

"Yes." Ji Yanran said, "According to Daliang's law, this group of people has no way out."

"The Zhuyue tribe has been hiding in the clouds for so many years, just not wanting to be involved in power and land disputes." Duoji sighed deeply, "Who knows, they still couldn't escape in the end."

"Only when this land is peaceful, can life be stable and thoughts flourish." Ji Yanran said, "The other party is ambitious and deliberately set up traps, but the leader only wants to cure the illness of the woman he loves, how can we prevent it?" They don't need to blame themselves too much. It's better to live here with peace of mind, and it won't be too late to go back after Miss Yueya takes care of her body."

Duoji agreed: "Okay, since that's the case, then I will not be polite. In the future, where His Royal Highness Xiao Wang is in need, the Zhuyue tribe will definitely do their best to help."

The housekeeper quickly prepared a place for him and led the people to rest.

Yun Yifeng asked: "When will the prince plan to interrogate those people?"

"Tomorrow." Ji Yanran patted him, "You have worked hard this time, so don't worry about the interrogation."

Yun Yifeng was puzzled and said: "If Imperial Physician Tan hadn't told me about the late emperor and made me prepare in advance, I'm afraid that day I would really believe in the immortal 'mother', how could she know me so well?"

Like a parasite living in his heart, he clearly knows all his weaknesses - doubts about his life experience, longing for maternal love, speculation about the Lu family, doubts about the former emperor. This was originally a secret that only a few people knew, but it was precisely used by the other party. This is too weird and too coincidental. He carefully recalled the past in the palace, recalled who had appeared around him, and in the end, even the smiling Eunuch Desheng began to suspect, who was secretly spying on his mind

"The eyeliner around the emperor's side has never been thoroughly cleaned, or it is impossible to be completely cleaned." Ji Yanran said, "The last time Wang Dong and Yu Chichu were exposed, they only followed the vine to find out a bunch of former court officials. There are too many people in the harem, and there is no guarantee that there will be anyone in it. Even Yang Boqing, an old minister who has long since sunk down, has the ability to accurately detect the movements in the palace, let alone others."

Yun Yifeng pressed her forehead against his chest: "So, I'm so tired."

"Don't think about it when you're tired." Ji Yanran coaxed him, "Leave everything to me from now on."

"That won't work." Yun Yifeng said in a muffled voice, "Together weal and woe, to live together...to live together."

It is reluctant to die together, he wants him to live well and live forever.

It is best to live for seven or eight hundred years in one breath.

Ji Yanran frowned: "Isn't that a bastard?"

Yun Yifeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, before the gloomy clouds had time to condense, he was stabbed to pieces by his mouth, so he raised his hand and slapped him: "Nonsense!"

"Brother Huang's eyeliner, let him worry about it himself, I will write a secret letter to it." Ji Yanran said, "As for you and me, first get the blood ganoderma and then deal with Yerten. "

Yun Yifeng nodded: "Okay."

Under the careful diagnosis and treatment of the two doctors, Crescent Moon soon regained consciousness from the coma. She seemed to have had a dream from another world, many kinds of memories, true and false, false and real, intertwined in chaos, making her eyes filled with thick mist. After seeing Dorji, although he could remember that this was his fiancé, but at the same time he also remembered Yerten who had appeared beside his pillow, so he was very uneasy and frightened.

Ling Xing'er comforted her: "It's not you who did the wrong thing."

"They caught me in a big house and told me stories all day long. They told me a lot of stories. There were paintings on the walls, depicting tribes and saintesses in white." Crescent Moon hid in the corner of the bed, buried her head in her knees, "I didn't mean to forget Dorje."

"I know." Ling Xing'er took her hand, "And you haven't forgotten Dorji, let alone your own tribe, and you've told me a lot about them, don't blame yourself, get well first. .”

Crescent Moon asked, "Can I still be cured?"

"Of course I can!" Ling Xing'er promised, "Physician Tan and Senior Mei are both famous doctors, and King Pingle, he knows all kinds of beauty creams best!"

The more beautiful a lady is, the more she needs to be nourished. Li Jun, who naturally likes to appreciate all kinds of beauties, knows this well. Before he was ten years old, he knew how to reward beautiful court ladies with the fragrance powder of his mother and concubine, and he stumbled to memorize the Four Books and Five Classics, but when it comes to whose pearl powder is the most delicate and whose osmanthus cream is the most nourishing in the royal city, who is it? Just open your mouth and talk endlessly.

Lian Yun Yifeng was also surprised and said: "It turns out that King Pingle still has this ability?"

"That's right." Li Jun shook her head, "So don't worry, I will definitely make that Crescent Moon girl look fair again. But to be honest, she doesn't look bad now, without her cold green pupils, On the contrary, she is quite gentle, her eyes are blurred, and she is so charming and pitiful."

Yun Yifeng smiled: "You really know how to praise people."

"Natural." Li Jun was smug at the words, and took the opportunity to ask, "Should I also buy you some balm? After taking a bath, apply it carefully, it can make the skin of the whole body smooth, and the seventh brother can't put it down—"

Before the word "hand" was uttered, Jiang Hu's iron fist was already in front of him.

"I just said it casually." King Pingle immediately changed his words seriously, you can fight, you have the final say.

He asked again, "Where is the seventh brother?"

"I'm interrogating Zhou Jiuxiao." Yun Yifeng poured tea, "I went out early in the morning."

Li Jun said: "Then my uncle?"

"It's also being interrogated, but he doesn't seem to be the mastermind, at most he can vomit some of the past." Yun Yifeng said, "Would you like to go and see?"

Li Jun shook her head like a rattle.

Yun Yifeng was used to his cowardly style of setting himself aside and denying his relatives when encountering problems, so he just smiled and continued to cook tea: "Don't worry, you won't be implicated."

Li Jun agreed, looked at him carefully for a long time, and then continued to ask: "I saw you coughing up blood again yesterday, are you okay?"

Yun Yifeng paused and raised his head.

"I was passing by the kitchen, and I happened to see you standing in the yard." Li Jun raised her hand, "I promise, I never told anyone."

Yun Yifeng breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the teapot and poured out two cups, and said casually: "I'm sick, it's okay."

"That's right, didn't Yerten say, ten days." Li Jun comforted, "It's not too long, it's not too long."

"Let me tell you the truth." Yun Yifeng handed him a cup of tea, "The third condition must be related to his ambition, the prince will not and cannot agree to it, so I have no hope of finding the blood ganoderma at all. .”

Li Jun was taken aback, what should I do then

Yun Yifeng smiled: "It's fate."

It's okay to resign yourself to fate, and pointing at Ganoderma lucidum for help! Li Jun slapped his thigh and actively offered a plan. Let's see if this works. We arrested Yerten and tortured him over and over again until he revealed the whereabouts of the bleeding Ganoderma lucidum!

Yun Yifeng pushed the dim sum back to the plate, and said kindly: "Eat well."

Li Jun still asked: "Is it not going to work?"

"Not everyone can be tortured." Yun Yifeng had no choice but to explain patiently, "Yerten is a hero, according to his temper, he would rather be hacked into pieces than surrender and beg for mercy. This road may not work. What's more, the covenant between the prince and him was signed under the witness of more than ten tribal leaders. Now that the other party followed the agreement and brought his beloved woman to our site to seek medical treatment, the prince took the opportunity to tie her up. If the news gets out, there will be no face and reputation for Daliang. At that time, everyone, including the leader of Yinzhu, will choose to stand on the same side with the Geteng tribe."

Li Jun: "..."

Li Jun: "But the seventh brother clearly said that this man is ambitious and cannot be kept."

"Then you have to defeat him under the sun when the two sides are fighting." Yun Yifeng said, "This truth is not difficult to understand. King Pingle can understand it after thinking about it."

I can understand it if I understand it, but I just feel... It's a pity to let the tiger go back to the mountain.

Li Jun moved the chair and sat next to him: "Anyway, the blood ganoderma must be obtained no matter what. If it doesn't work, let's fight the Kedeng tribe in an open and honest manner, and then tie up Yerten and torture him !” Anyway, torture is the right thing to do.

Seeing his sonorous words, Yun Yifeng also smiled and said: "Okay, come, drink tea."

That night, Ji Yanran didn't come back until late at night, Yun Yifeng hadn't rested yet, and was leaning on the bedside to read a book seriously, the kind with rich pictures and texts.

"..."

Yun Yifeng issued an invitation: "Would you like to see?"

Ji Yanran had a headache: "These messy things were given to you by Li Jun again?"

"You have wronged King Pingle." Yun Yifeng closed the book, "I sent my disciples out to buy it."

Ji Yanran pinched his chin: "Isn't mine enough for you to see?"

"Your..." Yun Yifeng glanced down, "There is no story written on it."

Ji Yanran didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "From now on, don't stay up late to watch it, sleep well."

"I stayed up all night to see what it does. I was waiting for you." Yun Yifeng lifted the quilt and signaled him to go to bed, "What's the result of the interrogation?"

"The two seem to have confessed to each other in advance, and their mouths are biting tighter than an iron plate." Ji Yanran said, "In fact, they said a lot of things to slander the late emperor, half truth and half falsehood."

Yun Yifeng thought for a while: "Actually, it's considered... As expected, do you remember that when Zhou Jiuxiao was exposed, he had no intention of resisting at all? At that time, I suspected that they probably still had backhands, knowing that someone would If you come to save yourself, you will be caught obediently."

Ji Yanran guessed: "The snow-clothed man in the desert that day?"

"Her skill is very high, so her status should not be low." Yun Yifeng said, "Don't mention Yang Boqing, Zhou Jiuxiao can be regarded as a general at any rate, and the other party will not be willing to just let it go for nothing."

And the most convenient way to take these two people away from the general's mansion is to use Yerten - he is the only tribal leader who is clearly an enemy of Daliang and has Ji Yanran's weakness.

"Don't be threatened by anyone." Yun Yifeng held his hand and told him, "Everything is the most important thing, I'm fine."

"Kiss." Ji Yanran said, "Kiss to my satisfaction, this matter is up to you."

The righteousness of the family and the country is good, and the atmosphere is dignified, but it turns out that there is no such thing as nothing.

Yun Yifeng asked: "To what extent can we be considered 'satisfied'?"

"It's hard to say." Ji Yanran supported his slender waist, and forced him into her arms, "Try it first with a kiss, maybe the king will be satisfied immediately, and this kind of thing is also uncertain."

It doesn't look like it's easy to pass it off... Yun Yifeng was half propped on his chest, and before he could sit up, his lips were kissed.

Sweet, lingering and inseparable, after the kiss, even the earlobes turned red.

The satin-like black hair spread out, glowing warmly under the lamplight.

Fingers are not consciously holding the sheets.

Ji Yanran smiled lowly in his ear: "Darling, you hurt me."