Half a day later, at the foot of Cangyang Mountain.
A young monk in a green shirt and a guqin lingered on the side of the road for a long time. He kept looking down the mountain. Finally, he saw a familiar figure from a distance and said, "Yuanju!"
Yuchixiao hurried forward: "Yunfei? Didn't I tell you to wait for news in Linjiang Capital, why should I come and run in person?"
The person who came was Meng Yunfei, a good friend who sent a letter asking for help a few days ago. He was handsome and gentle in appearance and similar in stature to Yuchixiao, but his temperament was much more refined. Q: "What did the Cangyang Sect say?"
Yuchixiao shook his head and briefly explained the experience of seeing Sect Master Xu on the mountain just now, and said with difficulty: "This is the first time I have heard people use Taoism to describe this kind of thing naturally..."
Meng Yunfei comforted him: "Sect Master Xu's temperament is different from ordinary people, and the whole world knows that. Besides, since the death of President Gong 16 years ago, Jianzong has been in bad relationship with Cangyang Mountain until now, and it is normal that people don't want to see you. Did you promise to help the young master?"
Just as Yuchixiao was about to answer, he suddenly felt something and turned his head.
- Not far from the mountain road, a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy sat cross-legged on the top of a treetop, his face was snow-white, his eyes were black, and he was carrying a huge bundle of broken flowers on his shoulders.
Yu Chixiao: "How did you clean up so quickly?!"
Nonsense, can't you be fast, who sees Xu Shuangce not running fast!
Gong Wei declined the good intentions of the teachers to send someone to protect him. He was full of blood and wanted to kill the people. He firmly expressed his trust in Shaoxia Yuchi. Countless snacks to eat, not even the half-person-high big round baggage did not delay his pace of rushing.
He wasn't afraid of being recognized by Xu Shuangce and killed again without a word, but Xiang Xiaoyuan was innocent. If this body is mutilated, what will the little Charming Monster use after returning to its soul
"This is Young Master Xiang, right?" Meng Yunfei froze for a moment when he saw Gong Wei, Jun's face flushed slightly.
Yuchixiao glanced at his reaction, and said coldly with a bit of taste: "As long as you see a little fool running around with people and can't get rid of him, it must be him, do you need to ask?"
Meng Yunfei said disapprovingly, "Yuanju! How can you say that!"
Gong Wei had a bad relationship with Xu Shuangce in his previous life, especially in the last four years before his death. At that time, Xu Shuangce had a stern comment on Gong Wei that was widely circulated, saying that he enjoyed playing with people's hearts, and this was because his mind was not right.
But this is actually wronging him. Gong Wei even has limited understanding of the human heart, not to mention the ability to play with it - he mainly relies on guesswork and observation for the subtle emotional changes of others. For example, now he has two dull dark circles under his eyes. He glanced back and forth between Yuchi, Xiao, and Meng Yunfei, and then he was suddenly enlightened by the undercurrent surging in the air, and he almost understood it.
When Yuchixiao disliked Xiang Xiaoyuan, he said that he belonged to his heart, which may not be entirely an excuse.
But it was not important to him anymore, anyway, this nephew Yuchi was destined to pay a price.
Gong Wei finished knocking the last melon seed, clapped his hands and jumped off the tree. Sure enough, when he landed, he was staggered by the huge burden and almost fell. Meng Yunfei held him up and said, "Be careful!"
"Xiang Xiaoyuan" is too young. Meng Yunfei, a martial artist, can grab his entire elbow with one palm.
No matter when and where Gong Wei is, he can immediately enter the state in the blink of an eye. He raised his eyes in this posture, and after a while, he pursed his lips and smiled slightly, and said in a low voice, "I don't have a sword."
Meng Yunfei was stunned: "You..."
"I'm an inhuman thing, I can't make a golden elixir, and I don't have a sword." Gong Wei tilted his head and looked at him, so innocent that he didn't seem to understand what the words "inhuman thing" mean, and then asked: "You can make a Will the sword take me?"
If Yuchixiao was struck by lightning, he immediately objected strongly: "How can this be done?! Linjiang is a long way, and Yunfei's sword is not enough for two people, come here!"
Gong Wei got behind Meng Yunfei, only revealing two eyes to stare at him, Meng Yunfei had to: "Okay Yuanju, Young Master Xiang is still young, don't scare him all the time."
Yuchixiao was simply wronged: "Did I scare him? Do you know how capable this guy was when he was in the Cangyang Sect, he clearly—"
When Meng Yunfei turned his head, "Xiang Xiaoyuan"'s eyes quickly turned crimson, his eyes blinked, and tears filled his eyes.
"… "
"… "
Meng Yunfei said, "Okay, Yuan Ju, stay away from Young Master Xiang, that's the decision."
Yu Chixiao: "What?!"
Gong Wei raised his head and looked up at Meng Yunfei, while twitching the tip of his red nose, pursed his lips and forced a smile, then gave Yuchixiao a vigilant look, his face full of timid and innocent.
At that moment, Yuchixiao clearly saw him make a mouth shape:
"whee."
Yuchixiao's hair was about to explode, and he desperately pulled Meng Yunfei's sleeve: "Look! Look! Look at what he is saying to me, look at me!!"
Meng Yunfei broke free, and it was like a big head and two big: "I don't watch! You are not allowed to talk anymore, go away!"
Three people and two swords, riding the wind for half a day and a thousand miles. Gong Wei was comfortably wrapped in Meng Yunfei's cloak, and he took out another handful of melon seeds and started knocking from nowhere. What's going on?"
Maybe because Meng Yunfei is Qin Xiu, he is not as sharp as Jian Xiu. Instead, he has the gentleness of a brother next door, holding the back collar of the cloak in one hand to prevent him from falling, and said with a smile, "Don't you know about such a big thing? It's no wonder that you were born only two days ago. Do you know the Fahua Immortal Venerable in the Immortal League's 'One Door, Two Honors and Three Sects', the Palace Director?"
Gong Wei excitedly said, "Hey, why don't you know, our Sect Master hates him!"
Xu Shuangce actually has nothing to do with any emotion-related words such as "love", "hate", "happy", "sad", "jealousy" and so on. Since many years ago, he has made himself a person. Icy abstract spiritual symbol.
Meng Yunfei laughed, but did not correct him: "Perhaps! In short, some accidents happened sixteen years ago, and President Gong passed away. A few days after the death, Jianzong personally rushed from Yejinmen to Cangyang Mountain to meet Xu Zongzhu. When you closed the door, you should not, so you chopped the sect stone tablet at the gate of the mountain into powder with a sword - your current stone tablet was re-engraved later."
Gong Wei had a melon seed between his teeth, but he didn't eat it, and was silent for a while.
Perhaps because of the wind, his clear voice became a little slow: "... Then what happened? How did Sect Master Xu take revenge?"
Mountain Gate Stele, sectarian face. This feud lasted not many years, but not a few hundred years. It depends on whether Sect Master Xu is an open-minded person—Sect Master Xu has never been.
Just as Meng Yunfei was about to answer, Yuchixiao approached from a distance with a whistle, almost whispering into his ear: "Don't talk to this kid!" Then he bent down and roared at Gong Wei: "Don't want to ruin Yunfei! Yunfei is honest. people!!"
Meng Yunfei: "What's wrong with you, Young Master Xiang? Wake up, Young Master Xiang! - He seems to have fainted from your fright!! Yuanju!!"
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The three arrived at Linjiangdu in the evening. In this famous Jianghuai city, the atmosphere of the past rich, noble and romantic has been reversed. The brothel and prostitutes are bleak and depressed. The monks who stayed in the city had already gathered in the front hall of the palace, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Young Master Yuchi and Young Master Meng. When they saw their swords landing, they swarmed over and talked about the situation in the city for half a day. .
Naturally, the brothel prostitutes did not dare to open the door, and the top brands of each family were in a panic, and they each came to surround the Xiuxian sect. The wealthier people are well-informed and know that the most dead are the Xuanmen fairies, so they dare not pin their hopes on these useless cultivators.
Even the Linjiang Prince's Mansion was in a panic, saying that the prince was unwell, and he closed the door to thank guests from the afternoon.
Meng Yunfei raised his eyebrows and turned to a young man in his twenties who was wearing a scarlet robe. He teased, "Your Highness, are you unwell?"
King Linjiang is also talented and has an excellent demeanor, but unfortunately there are wry smiles on the corners of his eyebrows at this time: "Two immortal masters, this king was in a hurry before, and he promised to let the girl out of the house where she was cast into the sun, and let the immortal family do it. But today the court documents have arrived, the words are very severe, and there are many dissatisfaction. The immortal master said before that he would seduce that powerful evil spirit, and then try to capture him, just in case, in case..."
Yuchixiao did not have the same temperament as Meng Yunfei, so he asked sharply, "Your Highness changed his mind because he saw that Sect Master Xu was not in person, so he changed his mind, didn't he?"
King Linjiang laughed like he was crying: "Xianshi, you have to tell this king directly, right?"
Sect Master Xu is the number one person in the world, and his authority is unshakable. Many years ago, the late emperor had paid homage to Cangyang Mountain and conferred the position of national teacher from afar. Although Xu Shuangce coldly rejected it, the degree to which his prestige penetrated into the royal family is evident. King Linjiang dared to give the entire palace to Xu Shuangce to slaughter the monsters, but in the face of Yuchixiao, he might not dare to act rashly.
Gong Wei has been standing in front of the window lattice with his hands behind his back since he entered the palace, looking at the white egret orchid that had just opened in the jade pot, and the corners of his lips curled up when he heard that.
He didn't know how powerful Young Master Meng was, but the six golden rings on Yuchixiao's arm were not fake. The business proficiency of slaying demons and demons alone might not be worse than that of Jianzong himself when he was young. King Linjiang obviously didn't know much about the internal affairs of Xuanmen. He didn't know that if Yuchixiao was let go today, he would have to invite the great masters of the level of the three sects and the four saints to come out in person - but these are easy to do. will take care of him.
Yuchixiao closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his anger was clearly suppressed: "It's getting dark now, and it's going to get dark. Eight people died last night. Twelve, even twenty, the lord understands it in his heart, right?"
King Linjiang said sincerely: "Don't worry about Immortal Master, there have been many deaths in other places in the past two days. This king will personally lead the way to send you there. Come, please."
Yuchixiao said, "I told the lord that the place where the evil evil first harmed people was the most bloody, and it was also the most likely place to lead it out again. The lord understood in his heart, right?"
King Linjiang said: "Understand, this king will take the whole family to move to another village tonight, should the immortal master go to other dead places first?"
Yuchixiao's anger could not be suppressed: "To eliminate evil spirits, you must hit it with one blow, and it is best not to drag things around. Otherwise, once the evil spirit is left behind for a hundred years, the lord doesn't need me to explain it any more, right?"
King Linjiang poured a cup of tea with his own hands: "The immortal master is very knowledgeable, come, drink tea, or we will go to other dead people first-"
"Your Highness," Gong Wei said with a smile.
His voice was soft and gentle, like a dream lingering in his ears.
The hustle and bustle of the room seemed to be quiet at the same time, only to see Gong Wei looking back from the pot of egret orchid, passing through the people around him, and looking at King Linjiang tenderly.
"Your Highness has raised orchids well. I'm hungry, can you give me something to eat?"
- No one noticed that there was a trace of crimson in the depths of his right eye pupil, like peach blossoms floating down the branches in early spring, and then disappeared without a trace.
Everyone around stared blankly at Gong Wei, and their expressions seemed to freeze, as if it had been a long time before they heard a gentle inhalation sound from all directions.
"...Eat...what to eat?" King Linjiang seemed to have fallen into some erratic dream, stared straight into Gong Wei's eyes, and murmured subconsciously, "Can...can I eat?"
Gong Wei said, "Yes." He took off the egret orchid, tore off half of the snow-white orchid, and ate it slowly, then smiled and said, "My lord, I'm tired, I want to sleep tonight. That room, okay?"
King Linjiang stared at him without blinking. He couldn't even move. He stammered: "Okay...Okay, this king will take you there, this...I'll take you there."
Gong Wei frowned.
Even if the smile appeared on Xiang Xiaoyuan's face, it did not violate the harmony. He just smiled and ate the remaining half of the flower and said, "Then there is Lord Lao."
King Linjiang couldn't take his eyes off "Xiang Xiaoyuan" all the way. He personally led the famous cultivators into the courtyard where the florist was cast in, and talked repeatedly and diligently until the sky was completely dark. Yuchixiao Having to speak out to drive people away, the young prince just woke up from a dream and reluctantly left.
Yuchixiao waved his hand to order the disciples to exit the room, and then covered his face with his first words:
"Did you use the magic trick on him just now?"
This splendid house still maintains the scene at the time of the crime, with a white silk hanging from the beam, a kicked bench on the ground, messy furnishings, and a few drops of dark red blood dripping on the thick Persian carpet . Gong Wei was walking around the house, he raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, turned his head and looked at him with innocent surprise: "Why did you say this, Shaoxia Yuchi? There's nothing wrong with tricks."
Meng Yunfei, who was sitting beside him, finally couldn't listen anymore, and closed the book with a snap: "Xiang Young Master, you are just ordinary people like me, so don't take those contemptuous remarks to heart. Who the hell is telling you that you are inhumane? ?"
Yu Chixiao: "..."
Gong Wei: "…"
Gong Wei twitched the tip of his reddish nose and whispered, "No, no one."
Meng Yunfei said suspiciously: "Really? Rest assured, Young Master, there are only the three of us here. If someone has ever spoken unkindly to you, Yuanju and I will definitely..."
Yuchixiao: "Yunfei, the time has come! You go outside to guard the formation, I will protect the law in the room, don't be distracted!"
Meng Yunfei was bewildered, but Yuchixiao slapped him out of the house, slammed the door shut, and instantly heard Gong Wei: "Puchi—"
"Xiang Xiaoyuan, you!"
Gong Weiyi put his hand on his forehead and asked with a smile on his face, "What's the matter, Shaoxia Yuchi? 'Young Master Xiang is inhuman, and his behavior is often weird'. Didn't you say that when you left your relatives?"
"… "
Yuchixiao took a deep breath, recited the tranquility mantra for a while, and warned himself to send this inhuman… and send this goddamn Cangyang Sect disciple back as soon as the matter was over, and then opened his eyes and said coldly, "You Shi Three quarters have passed, and that specter will come at any time. In order to prevent you from going mad and committing suicide, I will seal the meridians of your whole body so that you cannot move even a little bit, understand?"
Gong Wei didn't stop smiling: "No hurry, no hurry, I'm still a little hungry." As he said that, he tore off the egret orchid that King Linjiang had just held in his eyes, one by one, from the branch, before he could put it into his mouth. He was slapped on the back by Yuchixiao's palm, and suddenly fell to the couch with a thud, and froze upright.
Knock knock knock, the cultivator outside knocked on the door timidly: "Master Yu, Master Yuchi, King Linjiang sent another two pots of peony flowers, and asked the young master if you want to eat it?"
"He doesn't eat it! Who eats these messy things all day long!" Yuchixiao's anger finally found an outlet: "Go back to the defense!"
The monk rolled and ran away.
Gong Wei laughed again, staring at the curtain on the top of the bed and said: "Youchi Shaoxia, it's not good for you to be like this. Back then, Jianzong said that flowers, plants and trees are transformed by the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and you can absorb the essence of nature by eating them. You can say that I am inhuman, but not the Sword Sect, they are your uncles after all."
Yuchixiao was meditating in the house with a sword in one hand. Judging from his expression, he didn't want to answer, but he still couldn't hold back: "There is no last sentence."
"what?"
"There is no 'food can absorb the essence of nature'." Yuchixiao said coldly, "The last sentence was said by the president of the palace, in order to find a reason to eat my jasper peach blossoms."
Jasper peach
Gong Wei said "Ah" softly, thinking that it really happened, but Yuchixiao was only a few years old back then, so was he also present at that time
That was the year before he died. A sect brought a rare pot of green peach blossoms from the Yuchi family. After hearing about it, Ying Kai, the leader of the Xianmeng, was very interested, so he invited him and Xu Shuangce to share it. At that time, their conflict was not so acute - at least not so acute in the eyes of others. Ying Kai took this opportunity to persuade the two of them to turn their fight into jade and silk. Martial arts watching jokes
Gong Wei is not interested in Kai's rehearsal, but is very coveted by Jasper Peach Blossom. He likes to eat flowers since he was a child. Ying Kai has been admonishing him several times in the process of raising him. He reluctantly changed some things until he grew up, but he often eats it secretly when no one is there. Jianzong, Yu Chi Rui, saw through this gangster, and said that Jasper Peach Blossom is a rare occurrence in a century, and anyone who dares to steal it will kill me. Who would have thought that when the maid came to have tea, the pot of peach blossoms suddenly disappeared, leaving only the bare branches. Just as Yu Chi Rui slapped the table violently and wanted to grab Gong Wei and kill him, he heard a "Boom!" and Xu Shuangce, who was sitting not far away, put down his teacup heavily.
There were several delicate peach blossoms floating in the white porcelain cup at some point in time, and one of them had already been drank by him along with the tea, and he didn't need to ask who did it.
The surroundings were so quiet that it was clear that a needle fell on the ground. I saw Xu Shuangce staring at Gong Wei with his sharp, dark eyes. After a long time, his throat moved, and he swallowed the peach peanuts stuck in his teeth, then got up and walked away.
That day, Yu Chi Rui took Gong Wei's sword and chased Gong Wei out two miles away.
The so-called turning war into jade and silk is naturally a bubble. From that time on, the major northern sects headed by the Cangyang Sect have united and targeted the dean of the palace everywhere in the Immortal League.
Yuchixiao was silent for a long time, remembering something, and sighed: "There are no more peach blossoms in the world."
Gong Wei didn't react: "What?"
"Before President Gong died, the peach blossoms in the world bloomed in an instant, and the next day they thanked them. Since then, there has never been a peach blossom in this world. It has been 16 years." Yuchixiao said, and glanced contemptuously He glanced: "Do you know there used to be a kind of fruit called peaches? Ha."
"… "
Gong Wei stared at the roof beam in astonishment, what did he say, the peach trees in the world are not blooming anymore? Is the feeling of heaven and man real? Even God thinks it's Xu Shuangce who should be damned, not me? Ah, no wonder all the people in the market are selling plums and loquats... After thinking about it in such a mess, he suddenly realized something:
"That's not right, Young Master Yuchi, then Xu—then what is opening in front of our Sect Master Xu? You almost stabbed me there."
Yuchixiao: "I didn't stab you with a sword! Please don't add fuel to Yunfei! It's the last peach blossom forest in this world. It's open all year round, regardless of the seasons!"
Gong Wei was stunned suddenly, and his heart trembled suddenly.
Flowers are undefeated in four seasons, and there must be spiritual power to maintain them, and they will continue all year round.
He originally thought that Xu Shuangce would shovel the peach forest after his death.
The night wind was blowing slowly outside the window, but the room was quiet and silent. The two people who were sitting and lying down had different thoughts. After a long time, Yuchi Xiao sighed angrily, full of disapproval:
"It is said that after the death of the palace dean, Sect Master Xu slaughtered the corpse in this forest, and the blood infiltrated the peach blossoms. Alas, a generation of immortals, why is this?"
Gong Wei: "..."
Gong Wei turned his head laboriously, staring at Yuchixiao faintly: "Can you tell me more about your sword sect splitting the Cangyang Mountain stone tablet into powder? I suddenly wanted to hear the details."
Yuchixiao immediately glared at him from top to bottom, his face slashed at you and me. Just as he was about to say that you, an outside disciple, still wanted to vent his anger for Sect Master Xu, suddenly the candle in the room flickered twice for no reason. .
Yuchixiao acted like electricity, holding the flame with one finger, but Gong Wei on the couch suddenly changed his expression: "Don't move."
These two words are like hitting Jin Duanyu, which is very different from his usual tone. Yuchixiao's eyebrows suddenly tightened: "What?"
"… "
Gong Wei's gaze went over his shoulder, his brows furrowed a little, and he said softly, "There seems to be someone behind you."