A Sword of Frost

Chapter 13: Mysterious Shadow

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The name "Old Wu" doesn't sound like a powerful doctor. Yun Yifeng smiled and asked: "Will you also encounter witchcraft when you are fighting?"

Ji Yanran turned the fire on: "A few years ago, Mobei bandits ran rampant and colluded with monsters from the Western Regions. There were no fewer moths than the Central Plains martial arts, and they killed many people. Old Wu is my vanguard and lieutenant. He was born in The villages in the northwest border are very familiar with the local customs and customs, and can help a lot in wars."

Yun Yifeng let out an "oh", thinking to himself, it turns out that even the military doctors are only half-baked.

After a while, the sun in the sky was covered by thick clouds, and the light in the kitchen suddenly dimmed. Yun Yifeng stopped, and rubbed his eyes sleepily. Seeing this, Ji Yanran got up to light the oil lamp for him, and found a fragrant and soft cloud cake from the cabinet, and slowly baked it by the fire. Aunt Yu entered the room with a dustpan, saw it and said with a smile: "Ji Shaoxia is so careful, it can be seen that he is a caring person, and I don't know who he will marry in the future. That little lady is really lucky."

"That's right." Ji Yanran propped up her chin with one hand, and said with emotion, "I don't know who can have such a good life, I'm really envious."

Yun Yifeng gave him a disgusted look, and put the hidden weapon box back on Aunt Yu's arm: "Okay, if Auntie encounters danger in the future, no matter whether you can see what the opponent is or not, just press down on the mechanism. Do you remember?"

"Yes, I remember." Aunt Yu said, "Master Yunmen should go back and rest soon, the kitchen is heavy with oily smoke, don't smoke it."

Ji Yanran found that the fairer and more beautiful appearance is indeed quite advantageous in front of mothers-in-law and aunts. For example, this sick seedling made of ice and snow, even if it is just standing by the stove, will be worried about being smoked and scalded. stand up. But for a reckless man like Old Wu, the treatment is completely different. Even if he puts half of his head on the woodpile, he probably won't find people who feel sorry for him, but will help add fuel to the firewood.

Innocent was read many times. On a certain mountain road outside Cold Mist City, Old Wu sneezed hard.

It's really cold in the Northeast.

He kicked the horse's belly, speeded up and caught up with the person in front, and said worriedly: "I said Lin Ying, you and the prince have both come to the northeast, are you sure nothing will happen at the border?"

The young man who was stopped by Wu Suosi was handsome and looked like he was in his early twenties at most. He was dressed in black and looked luxurious, half of his eyebrows showed a fierce spirit, and the other half had "I don't want to talk" written all over him. Set up a fairy mountain to worship a teacher, and get yourself an anti-nagging enchantment to come out.

But Wu Suosi was obviously not enlightened enough, and he was still urging: "In the few months I've been away, are you all well? Has the prince spent any more money? How is Zhang Xiao's leg injury? What's more? Has the well in front of the Yuelao Temple in Yancheng been dug?"

Lin Ying's ears buzzed: "Do you want to take care of the well?"

"Of course I have to care. This is calculated by Master Xuanmiao. There is a well in front of the Yuelao Temple. With the vitality of immortality, our prince can get married immediately." Wu Suosi slapped his thigh and wailed, "You I don't know, during the time in Wangcheng, the old lady reminded me eighty or ninety times, it annoyed me..."

Lin Ying's eyelids twitched, and she felt that she had seen the world again, and this Wu Ma would still find others annoying one day.

Wu Suosi continued to lament: "The old lady wants to get married to the prince, and she is almost out of her mind. You said that you people don't know how to help the prince pay more attention. The Du family who married half a year ago, I think it's very good. Alas, it's a pity that the third son of the rich man Ma took the lead."

In the snow and ice in the mountains, Lin Ying didn't really want to pin him to the ground and beat him, because his hands would be cold, so he tried his best to be pleasant, and said patiently: "Even if you go to the street to grab a girl to worship, you have to settle the matter of the relics first." , Alright, tell the brothers to pack up and prepare to enter the city."

After finishing speaking, he shook the rein of the horse with his hand, and left everyone behind with a single ride.

"Look, look, there is no one leading troops like this." Wu Suosi shook his head again and again, and then directed with worry, "Come, come, everyone follow closely, walk carefully, don't let the horseshoe Slip."

In the Snow Appreciation Pavilion, Yun Yifeng retracted his fingers into his sleeves, and sighed: "At first, I only thought that falling snow was the most beautiful among the four seasons, but I was tired of looking at pure white all the time."

"It's not the snow that should be annoying, it's the people." Liu Xianxian just happened to walk over from the path, "Don't thank me?"

Yun Yifeng asked: "Thank you for what?"

"Aunt Yu, when I was in the kitchen just now, I helped you blow up the hidden weapon box. The Jin family and his son could hear it clearly." Liu Xianxian said, "Even if they really had evil intentions before, I am afraid No more guts."

Yun Yifeng didn't answer this question, but turned his eyes to the red plum blossom branch in her hand: "Miss is so interested?"

"This is for Aunt Yu. The person in Xinuange wants to eat red plum cake." Liu Xianxian said, "Anyway, whether it is haunted by ghosts or murderers, everything in this house is very scary. I don't want to offend anyone, nor Talk to you men again."

The other party's tone was delicate and savage, Ji Yanran tactfully stepped aside, watched her run away, and wanted to ask Yun Yifeng a few more words, but when she turned around, she saw that he was still staring at Liu Xianxian's back, his brows were tightly frowned, as if he was thinking about something matter.

Night fell soon again.

During the dinner, everyone sat around and still ate in silence. Seeing that Yun Yifeng didn't move a few chopsticks, Aunt Yu secretly picked up a box of braised meat and asked the two of them to take it home to simmer for supper. Inside the Piao Piao Pavilion, the brazier was burning vigorously, Ji Yanran closed the door and asked, "Is it still cold?"

Yun Yifeng shook his head, and put his hands next to the stove to warm up slowly: "The wind is blowing in the yard, so it's disturbing to hear."

"Do you think something will happen tonight?" Ji Yanran opened the lo mei and handed it to him.

"It's hard to say." Yun Yifeng picked up a chicken paw and gnawed on it: "But there is no moon outside, it's pitch black everywhere, and I can't go to the White Jade Pagoda anymore, so let's sleep peacefully."

He eats elegantly and meticulously, and is quite proficient. In Ji Yanran's eyes, he looks like some kind of beautiful little beast with snow-white fur, and he doesn't get tired of staring at it for a stick of incense. Of course, if you say this, you will probably be beaten, so His Royal Highness Xiao Wang touched his chin and asked in a disguised way: "Do you often gnaw on these small bones?"

"Huh?" Yun Yifeng stopped, thought for a while before answering, "I also gnaw on big bones." For example, the half-leaf pig-killing dish in Fengyumen's Chinese New Year is quite delicious.

Ji Yanran smiled and said: "If there is a chance in the future, I will take you to the northwest, where there is roasted whole lamb and the best beef."

"It's easy to say." Yun Yifeng wiped his fingers, "As long as I can get the blood Ganoderma lucidum, let alone the Northwest Military Camp, I am willing to follow the prince no matter the ends of the world."

Ji Yanran: "..."

He regretted having brought up the subject.

Fortunately, this time, Yun Yifeng didn't say "great kindness and great virtue" and "colorful clothes to entertain you" with eyes full of enthusiasm this time. After eating a small half box of lo-mei, he washed up and went to bed satisfied. After suffering for the past few days, and finally waiting for the residual poison and heat to subside, he planned to wrap up in a quilt and have a good sleep.

It's a pity that the sky fails to fulfill people's wishes.

At that time, heavy snow buried half of the villa again. Listening carefully, one could even make out the faint sound of wooden beams bearing weight.

Ji Yanran's eyes were slightly closed, even though he hadn't slept for two days, he still slept very lightly, so when the bell rang outside the window, he immediately opened his eyes.

jingle.

Jingle bell, jingle bell.

The sound was extremely crisp, at first it was just a couple of strings of bells shaking lightly, but in a blink of an eye it became a whole piece, overwhelming the roar of snow and the howl of wind. Another moment later, the spider threads of the entire Snow Appreciation Pavilion were overturned and stirred together, and the sound was crazy and rapid, piercing and sharp, like thousands of birds and cicadas chirping in the middle of the night, and it even seemed a little shrill.

Yun Yifeng rushed out of the Piao Piao Pavilion with a sword in one hand, and the white figure disappeared in a flash, really like a cloud in the wind. In the garden, a black shadow rolled on the spot, trying to shake off the cobwebs and silver bells wrapped around his body, but he struggled harder and harder. Seeing that he had fallen into a trap, he simply got up like that, wearing a "ding" all over his body. Ding Dang Dang" wild voice, rushing desperately to the outside of the Snow Appreciation Pavilion.

"Stop!" Hearing the movement, Jin Huan rushed out of the Guanyue Pavilion with his knife in hand, but unexpectedly met the black shadow. Although he is not good at learning martial arts, he is used to darts after all, so he has a lot of experience in actual combat, so he immediately started fighting with the opponent. After seven or eight moves, the black shadow raised two daggers and directly attacked the lower body. Jin Huan instinctively retreated and dodged. .

"Brother Jin." Yun Yifeng supported Jin Huan, "Aren't you injured?"

Still in shock, Jin Huan stretched out his finger and said, "I ran over there, I don't know what kind of monster it is, it's full of bumps."

monster? Yun Yifeng became suspicious and wanted to ask more questions, but saw that Ji Yanran had already passed the wall, so he dragged Jin Huan to chase after him. Just at this time, the wind blew away the thick clouds, revealing most of the silver disk and the full moon, making the surrounding scene brighter. The black shadow is still running very fast, with a strange rolling and crawling posture. At first glance, it is indeed quite bluffing, but Yun Yifeng quickly judged that it is not a monster or a beast, but a human being. A rather embarrassing person who wants to cut off the spider webs.

Running away with bells on all over sounds stupid and hopeless. Black Shadow obviously realized this, and didn't think about hiding, but rushed all the way to the cliff behind the mountain, and jumped down with his eyes closed.

The Snow Pavilion is built on a lone peak, with a narrow mountain road in front and steep cliffs in the back, surrounded by clouds and mist all day long, and towering.

Seeing that the other party wanted to seek death, Ji Yanran jumped up, raised his hand and swept out a piercing sword energy in the air, blasting layers of snow on the edge of the cliff, forcing the black shadow to retreat again and again, and sat on the ground in a panic. There was an expert blocking the way in front of him, he rolled his eyes, and thought of another way, put his hands on his feet and stepped on the ice, trying to slide to the other side, but just happened to meet Yun Yifeng, Fei Luan Su Jianzheng Ming took out the sheath, picked up the fur collar and flung it back, brought back the black shadow that had fallen off the cliff, drew an arc in the air, fell into the thick snow and fell completely, and did not move again no.

Jin Huan took two quick steps, stepped forward and turned him over, trying to see who it was.

Heiying's face was full of ditches, his eyes were like blood-red cowbells, and he spit out a puff of thick smoke from his mouth.

Seeing this, Yun Yifeng said in shock: "Brother Jin, be careful!"

Jin Huan was caught off guard, first he was startled by his strange appearance, and then covered by the glaring smoke all over his face, his vision was suddenly blurred, and he was kicked hard in the chest. Did not stumble and roll down the snow ditch.

The black shadow took the opportunity to climb to the edge of the cliff, found a vine out of nowhere, and floated into the depths of the valley swinging with one hand, laughing "quack quack quack quack" at the same time, obviously extremely proud.

But this pride didn't last long, before the echo dissipated, the vine was cut off by a sword. His body suddenly lost weight, but he didn't panic, and held another one with his backhand, obviously familiar with the terrain here. And just when he was about to replace the third vine, a white gust of wind suddenly whizzed towards him, causing severe pain in his wrist.

Heiying was horrified in his heart, and before he could tell whether it was a ghost or a god in front of him, his body was thrown high up, and he saw the cliff below him, but the white shadow floated to the other side instead, making no attempt to catch it In my opinion, this arrogant and arrogant thief finally rolled his eyes and passed out completely.

Ji Yanran stepped onto the cliff, and flitted through the air like a falcon. With one hand, he slammed the claws hard, and threw the black shadow heavily in front of everyone.

With a sound of "dong", snow scum flew around.

Presumably, half of his life was lost.

Ji Yanran turned around and fell into the snow, raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "Your Excellency is very skilled."

"Excellent reputation." Mu Chengxue's expression was alienated, and his tone was also cold.

Yun Yifeng supported Jin Huan, and the two walked over together. I don't know what kind of poison is hidden in the black smoke, which can blind people instantly. Jin Huan's eyes are blurred and red at this time, and he is unavoidably panicked. The thin and tough bones were crushed together.

"Is this man still alive?" Yun Yifeng was worried, "Brother Jin's eyes are seriously hurt, and there is no doctor on the mountain, so he has to take the antidote out of his mouth."

Ji Yanran said: "Take a breath, let's take it back to Shangxue Pavilion first."

"Thank you... Thank you all." Jin Huan forced himself to calm down, took Yun Yifeng's hand, and walked back step by step, his heart was like this snow, he was flustered, and he didn't know the depth of it. .

"By the way." On the way, Yun Yifeng asked again, "Why didn't the head of Jin come out?"

"My father was poisoned in his early years, and his health has always been poor. He has to rely on white ginseng and purple rongbu pills for recuperation." Jin Huan said, "After taking the medicine, you have to calmly exercise your energy, otherwise it will be very easy to reverse the flow of qi and blood. I heard it tonight. The silver bell rang suddenly, and I was worried that there would be danger outside, so I let him hide under the bed... I am really ashamed to say this, and please don't laugh at us father and son for being so greedy for life and afraid of death."

"How could it be?" Yun Yifeng reassured, "Brother Jin's arrangement can be described as filial piety and bravery. But after returning, the head of Jin saw that Brother Jin's eyes were injured, and he probably had to worry again."

Jin Huan sighed, "It's my own negligence, and I can't blame others."

Ji Yanran suddenly asked: "Hey, where's the little girl?"

"That little girl is here." A faint reply came from the garden, gritted her teeth and said.

Everyone looked together, and saw Liu Xianxian sitting on a pile of withered grass covering her bleeding arm, her delicate eyes were burning, and she was about to burst into flames.

I don't know what happened, it seems that I am very angry.