This night, no one can sleep peacefully.
In the early morning of the next day, as soon as Yun Yifeng pushed open the door, the frozen thick snow fell from the eaves with a "boom", splashing a piece of ice slag on the soles of the feet.
Ji Yanran happened to be standing on the corridor, and when she saw him, she asked, "Master Yunmen didn't sleep all night, too?"
"The wind and snow are raging, I'm afraid the way up the mountain has been cut off." Yun Yifeng looked up at the sky, "I couldn't figure it out, this bitter cold place where ghosts cry and wolves howl is also called 'the most suitable place to drink tea and rest' ?”
"Two possibilities." Ji Yanran walked up to him, "First, the master Yue's head was filled with water, and he really thought that Misty Peak was the fairyland of Langyuan; second, he sent you and me here on purpose. There will be blizzards closing the mountains."
Yun Yifeng guessed: "Is it related to the relic?"
Ji Yanran nodded, and said again: "This will save trouble, it's better than having no clues."
"It's only easy for the prince." Yun Yifeng corrected him, "As for me, I ran to the northeast in a daze in the severe cold, and became a thorn in the eyes of others for no reason. I was trapped on the top of this steep snow mountain. From besieging and assassination, and beyond, I don’t even know where I’m going to live for years.” Just hearing all these things makes my heart sour, it’s unspeakable.
Ji Yanran has rich experience, and lied again: "Blood Ganoderma lucidum."
"Let's do it." Yun Yifeng put his hands into his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the courtyard, "Let's go to the kitchen first."
"You're not hot anymore?" Ji Yanran walked side by side with him.
Yun Yifeng replied: "It will be hot when the poison is on."
Ji Yanran recalled the journey from Chunlin City to Cold Mist City, and said with emotion: "Then you spent a lot of time getting poisoned."
"That's why I'm looking forward to the help of the blood ganoderma." Yun Yifeng turned his head and smiled, with the snow in his eyes reflecting the sky, if he was seen by the followers of Jifu, he might flee again and feel guilty for three days.
There were quite a lot of people in the kitchen, except for Mu Chengxue, the rest of the guests were all crowded in the kitchen, obviously, like Yun Yifeng, they had considered the issue of survival after the heavy snow closed the mountain. Aunt Yu was busy arranging the firewood, and the bundles of dry pagoda trees were neatly stacked under the linoleum, giving the ice and snow an extra security.
Yun Yifeng was suspicious, he always ran to the kitchen two days ago, but he had never seen so much dry firewood, where did it come out overnight
Ji Yanran also asked: "Is this the newly delivered firewood?"
"Yes." Aunt Yu wiped her hands, "Old Zhang sent him up the mountain yesterday afternoon, and he just left this morning."
"This morning?" Liu Xianxian heard it from the side, and said in surprise, "Isn't the mountain road blocked by snow?" Her voice was so clear that other people gathered around, trying to figure out what happened. Aunt Yu hurriedly explained that Lao Zhang, who delivered the firewood, was a local. He was familiar with the terrain and knew how to fight. He could chop firewood and hunt bears in cold weather.
Liu Xianxian asked again: "But the head of Jin is also a local, with high martial arts skills. He always braved the wind and snow to walk the darts. Even he dared not go down the mountain. Why can a woodcutter do it? And Young Master Yue, when you chatted yesterday, you said that you You grew up in an ice nest, so you can't go down the mountain?"
Yue Zhihua shook his head: "This is not an ordinary ice nest, the mountain is closed by blizzard, only experienced old people know which way to go, don't be careless."
Jin Huan also persuaded: "The extremely cold weather is not a joke. I don't know how capable Chai Fu is, but if you go out of the mountain rashly at this time, you may lose your direction and have snow halos, especially when the sun is out. After coming out, the temperature dropped sharply, and the surrounding fields were full of glare and glare. People would easily vomit, go crazy, and be so cold that they didn’t know it. Bewitched, it's horrible."
Liu Xianxian's face turned pale: "Is it really that scary?"
"Yes." Yun Yifeng said, "The Suhui Palace was built in Jianjia City in the south, I think the girl has never seen heavy snow a few times, so don't run around."
"Okay, I'll make a note." Seeing everyone saying this, Liu Xianxian said obediently, "Then we'll wait here. Master Yue will send people up the mountain soon, so don't worry too much."
A burst of aroma wafted from the cage, it was the Hibiscus Mille-Feuille Cake that was about to be steamed. After everyone left, Yun Yifeng said to Aunt Yu: "Although there is no shortage of food and firewood on this mountain, let's save it in the future. Just make some simple steamed buns and noodles for three meals."
"Young master, are you afraid of being trapped here?" Aunt Yu comforted him softly, "No, even if the snow doesn't melt for two days, and the fruit and vegetable trucks don't come, then Lao Zhang is still there, and you can definitely walk down the mountain with him , it’s just a hard journey.”
Ji Yanran suddenly asked: "This morning, when did Lao Zhang leave?"
"More than an hour ago." Aunt Yu said, "It's almost time to reach the mountainside now."
Ji Yanran nodded and said nothing more. After picking up a few steamed buns for breakfast, she took Yun Yifeng straight to the Baiyu Pagoda, which is the highest viewing platform on the top of Misty Peak. Five feet long, with a wide field of vision, you can drink wine to pick up the stars when it is sunny, but if it is frozen three feet deep, you can only see the vast expanse of whiteness in the distance.
"No wonder there will be snow dizziness." Yun Yifeng squinted his eyes, "This pure white all over the sky, it really makes my heart palpitate after looking at it for a long time."
Ji Yanran held his wrist, it was as cold as ice.
Yun Yifeng was puzzled: "What is the meaning of this, my lord?"
"Since there is no poisonous hair today, why don't you dress warmly?" Ji Yanran asked, "If you really fell ill, I'm afraid there will be no one to prescribe the wind and cold medicine."
Yun Yifeng withdrew his arm: "Having been poisoned for many years, it will be bitingly cold and heartburning from time to time, and I'm used to it."
When he said it, his tone was relaxed, and there was even a hint of innocence in his eyes, and the next sentence was probably "there will be a cure with the blood ganoderma". Ji Yanran shook her head inwardly, took off her fur cloak and wrapped it around his thin shoulders, raised her chin slightly: "Look over there."
"Where?" Yun Yifeng followed his line of sight, and found no abnormality at first, but after a while, a black spot emerged, moving slowly in the wind and snow.
Ji Yanran said: "It must be that Chai Fu."
"I have never experienced blizzard before, and the prince should be the same." Yun Yifeng said, "Since I have no experience, I can only rely on guesswork, guess whether it is this chaifu who is very talented, or the others are unwilling to take us down the mountain , deliberately found an excuse."
"It's hard to say." Ji Yanran asked, "What's the reputation of these people in Jianghu?"
Yun Yifeng said: "Jin Manlin is a mediocre martial artist. Jin Huan's talent is slightly stronger, but he is far from being famous. They are just two ordinary businessmen who rely on Yue's family's bodyguard for a living. As for Yue Zhihua, his parents have both He has been raised by Yue Mingwei's side, helping with business on weekdays, and occasionally taking a few darts."
Ji Yanran said: "It sounds like you don't have very good skills, but it is indeed possible—" Before he finished speaking, a cloud of gray-black snow and fog suddenly exploded in the distance without warning, and the billowing smoke was wrapped in lumps of ice and shattered snow , suddenly rose and fell, followed by a loud bang, like a roaring beast in the ghost realm, shaking the ground, shaking mountains and rocks, and even Yun Yifeng was stunned for a moment: "Boom!" Thunder?"
"Yes." Ji Yanran's brows were furrowed, his eyes firmly fixed on the chaotic black mist: "Chai Fu is probably dead."
"He has no value of being assassinated." Yun Yifeng said: "So the other party may want to warn us not to try to leave the Snow Pavilion, otherwise this will be the end?"
"I'm afraid Yue Mingwei is the only one who has the ability to bury thunder all over the mountain." Ji Yanran said word by word, "He wants to die."
"If the target is you, then he is indeed looking for death. Murdering the emperor's relatives is a serious crime that will implicate the entire family." Yun Yifeng said, "But in this way, there is one thing I can't understand."
Ji Yanran asked: "What's the matter?"
Yun Yifeng said: "If you are allowed to go down the mountain alive, the entire Yue family will lose their lives. But if they want to kill you, why do they have to make such a big fight? We buried thunder in Piao Piao Pavilion in advance, I'm afraid Neither you nor I can live now."
"If you want to know the answer, it's not too late to interrogate after you go down the mountain." Ji Yanran lowered her voice, "Someone is here now."
"Master Yunmen, Ji Shaoxia!" There were many footsteps, Liu Xianxian was the first to run up, followed closely by the Jin family father and son and Yue Zhihua, Qi Ran was panting and was supported by the servant, and also climbed up the white jade layer by layer. Everyone wants to see what happened to the loud noise just now.
The billowing smoke in the distance has not completely dissipated. After hearing Yun Yifeng tell the whole story, everyone was shocked. Yue Zhihua was even more stunned, his face washed with water. Of course he knew what it meant—uncle invited all the guests to the Misty Peak, but the mountain road was secretly filled with thunderbolts. Although there is no evidence to prove who all these are What he did, but his inseparable relationship with the Yue family is already a certainty.
Thinking of this, his eyes darkened and he almost fell off the pagoda. He said anxiously: "Master Yunmen, the head of Jinmen, before we set off, my uncle only told me to entertain everyone well, but he didn't say that there would be explosives coming out of nowhere in the mountains, this..."
"Brother Yue, don't worry." Yun Yifeng patted him on the arm, "It happened suddenly, everyone was naturally flustered, so don't let yourself get confused."
Qi Ran trembled: "So someone wants to blow us up?"
"Bah bah, what does this have to do with us?" Liu Xianxian stopped him, "Someone is going to kill, to kill..." Wu Liuliu's eyes swept all over the crowd, but he couldn't figure out who should pick up the call. mouthing a shocking cauldron, he had no choice but to say angrily, "I want to kill that one in the Xinuang Pavilion!"
Qi Ran was obviously not comforted, and he was still worried: "Where are you going to seek revenge in the rivers and lakes, do you just bury thunder on the mountain road? Could it hit the Misty Peak? If you take ten thousand steps back, even if you really hit it, Do you people in the martial arts have a rule that if you have a grievance, you have a debtor? You can't kill innocent people." At the end of the sentence, his voice became weak, revealing a guilty conscience of self-deception. After all, Chai Fu had already died in the loud noise just now, and it was obvious that the other party would not only hurt the innocent, but also blatantly and recklessly.
"Nephew, don't panic." Jin Manlin comforted, "No matter who the person behind the scenes is, whether they have anything to do with Sect Master Yue or not, they will show up sooner or later. We might as well calm down first, and then wait and see what happens."
Yun Yifeng also said: "I agree with the proposal of the head of Jin. Before the situation is clear, it is best to stay in the Xueshang Pavilion and not go anywhere, so as not to change. Destroy yourself."
Yue Zhihua was anxious and could only nod in agreement. From the master to the suspected criminal overnight, he felt that it was better to keep his words to himself.
Another gust of wind blew, blowing the already cold air even more deeply, Qi Ran's servant shuddered, trembling more and more, muttering in his mouth, saying that his son is a scholar, even if the villain really rushed in, It is also a matter for people in the rivers and lakes, and has nothing to do with scholars.
"At that time, we will hide in Baimei Pavilion." He said, "Lock the door and let these people fight and kill outside."
Wrapped in a fur cloak, Yun Yifeng idly leaned on the fence and taught: "People in the Jianghu generally don't fight, and when they fight, they fight according to the way of destroying the family."
The boy was stunned for a moment, his eyes were filled with tears, and he asked in a sobbing tone: "Why are you so unreasonable?"
Yun Yifeng replied patiently: "It may be because there are too few books, and there is really no way."
"Is it possible to kill people indiscriminately if you don't read enough?" The servant became more and more broken, stammering and not knowing how to refute. The heavy black clouds were overwhelming, and it seemed that a new storm was about to usher in, but no one knew what was hidden behind the snowstorm.
Seeing that both the master and servant of the Qi family were pale, as if they were really scared, Jin Manlin asked Liu Xianxian to send them back to Baimei Pavilion to rest first, and then tentatively asked Yun Yifeng: "According to the head of the sect, who seems to be aiming at this time?" here?"
"It shouldn't be Mu Chengxue, otherwise, wouldn't it be more convenient to attack him when he was living alone in Misty Peak." Yun Yifeng said, "As for the head of Jin and brother Jin, it seems that they didn't have any big ties in the rivers and lakes. The other party would not be so motivating. Brother Yue is a hospitable person, and he is usually busy with business. If we talk about conflicts, it should only be a trivial matter of money. There is no reason to invite murder. The rest, a scholar, a little girl, and ..." He cast his eyes on the person beside him, "Brother Ji, you must have provoked me, right?"
"Me?" Ji Yanran quickly shook her head with an innocent look on her face, "I'm just a businessman, at most I've had two extra meals with Master Yunmen, why kill me?"
Jin Manlin sighed: "That's really confusing."
"It's just happened now, so it's inevitable that my mind will be in a mess." Yun Yifeng suggested, "It's better to go back to the residence first, and then discuss after calming down, and don't rush for a moment."
Heavy snow fell from the sky again, and it would not be long before the scorched soil on the mountainside would be covered with a layer of white again, but the uneasiness and uneasiness that was blown in the hearts of everyone in Misty Peak, no matter how heavy the wind and snow outside, But it can't dissipate, and there is nowhere to hide.
In the Piao Piao Pavilion, Ji Yanran put those cold steamed buns on the fire, and slowly baked the burnt aroma of the food.
Yun Yifeng was sitting at the table, looking ahead in a daze. Wisps of cold wind entered the room through the crack of the door, even if the brazier was lit, he still couldn't feel warm, so he didn't take off the cloak, and the furry circle around his neck was still there, making his face look like a crown of jade, handsome and elegant.
Ji Yanran said slowly: "If I were a young girl of seventeen or eighteen, and the head of the sect stared at Yizhuxiang so intently, I'm afraid my heart would have already sprouted, crying and shouting that I will not marry you."
Yun Yifeng sat up straight: "I was thinking about Yue Mingwei."
Ji Yanran handed him a baked steamed bun: "Tell me about it."
"He probably wanted to trap you, but he didn't want to kill you." Yun Yifeng said, "So there must be another purpose."
Ji Yanran nodded: "Continue."
"In this case, according to common sense, at least an internal response should be placed in this villa." Yun Yifeng said, "Whether it is used to monitor you or deceive you, someone must collect information."
"Then who do you think will be this person?" Ji Yanran poured him another cup of tea, "Mu Chengxue has not shown up so far, so the suspicion is the least. As for the rest, everyone is possible, not just Yue Zhihua."
"So I can't trust anyone." Yun Yifeng reminded, "This is just the beginning, every day in the future, there may be new accidents, so be more careful about everything."
Ji Yanran agreed, and took away the steamed buns in his hand. Yun Yifeng was puzzled: "What are you doing? I haven't eaten yet."
"I've been talking for a long time, it's cold." Ji Yanran took another one from the stove, "I want to take better care of you, so that you don't fall ill one day, and you have to carry it on your shoulders when you fight and break through, how tiring you are." panic."
Yun Yifeng thought about it carefully, and felt that this kind of thing seemed to take advantage rather than disadvantage, so he nodded cooperatively: "It makes sense, and from then on, I will have to trouble the prince for my daily necessities."
He said it frankly, and Ji Yanran agreed readily. After all, he was cheated by himself, and he will rely on him to find relics in the future, not to mention taking care of food, clothing and daily life. It's not that it can't be considered.
Yun Yifeng took a bite of the steamed bun, and continued to ask: "But why did he send Mu Chengxue up the mountain?"
Ji Yanran smiled: "A killer who takes money to do things, what else can he do."
Yun Yifeng frowned slightly: "If the conditions are not negotiated properly, will it be used to kill you when it is really a last resort?"
"And you." Ji Yanran reminded him, "Right now, we are grasshoppers on the same rope."
"..."
Yun Yifeng supported his temple with one hand, sighed silently, quite distressed.
He really didn't want to get involved in this mess.