When Hua Yuxin woke up, she saw that everyone in the room was staring at her, she sat up from the couch in fright, and reached out to touch the sword.
"Miss Hua, don't be nervous." Xu Zhinan's voice was gentle and steady, with a reassuring force of its own.
Hua Yu looked at Xu Zhinan in surprise and incomprehension, and then at the others: "Really Xu, Your Highness... what's going on with you and me?" She wanted to get up, but her body felt weak, like a high fever Just after I retreated, my skin was still hot, and I was sweating a lot. My body was sticky and I felt very uncomfortable.
Qi Mengsheng said: "Don't move around, listen to us."
Hua Yu stared at Qi Mengsheng heartily, and her emotions, which had been slightly appeased by Xu Zhinan just now, became tense again. There were many evil legends about the Cangyu Sect in the Central Plains Sect, and Fei Ling made Qi Mengsheng's name as a demon girl even more recognizable. It was the first time she came into contact with the Cangyu Sect , just ran into this big man, who is still a cold-faced beauty, so he was unavoidably afraid.
Seeing Hua Yuxin's reaction, Qi Mengsheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
Xu Zhinan chuckled twice: "Mengsheng, don't scare her, let me tell you."
Qi Mengsheng snorted coldly, turned his face away.
"Miss Hua, do you remember what happened tonight?"
Hua Yu thought for a while: "I remember, after the banquet, Concubine Shen invited me to sit in Qinghui Pavilion." She looked at Zong Ziheng, "Concubine Shen entertained me to drink her treasured wine, I am... Is there too much? I don’t remember what happened after that, where is this place?” She lowered her head and smelled her clothes, not only the smell of wine, but also a strange scent of flowers.
Zong Ziheng felt ashamed and didn't dare to look directly at Hua Yuxin, but just stood silently aside.
But when they heard these words, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and Xu Zhinan also smiled inexplicably.
She didn't remember, and that explained a lot.
"Miss Hua did drink too much. Concubine Shen ordered His Royal Highness and Ninth Highness to send you back to the guest house, but on the way, you were attacked."
"What?!" Hua Yuxin's eyes widened, "Who?"
"It's a long story." Xu Zhinan glanced at Zong Ziheng, "His Royal Highness was injured, but fortunately His Royal Highness invited us to drink here tonight, not far from the place where you were attacked, His Highness Ninth came to ask for help, We arrived in time, and the villains had to retreat, otherwise tonight, the consequences would be disastrous."
Hua Yu saw in her heart that Zong Ziheng had indeed changed clothes, and she was pale and weak. She was young and innocent, and she didn't suspect him at all, so she shouted in panic and anger: "Who, who wants to harm me?!"
"I don't want to hurt you, but I want to hurt us." Zong Zixiao stood next to Zong Ziheng with his sword in his arms, lying without changing his face, "However, this matter has something to do with your Huaying faction."
Hua Yuxin immediately understood: "Could it be related to my little uncle?"
"That's right." Xu Zhinan sighed, "We wiped out the Lion League and captured Chen Xingyong alive, but this matter is not over yet. We haven't found out where the pills dug by Chen Xingyong, including your little uncle's pills, went. , Finding out the buyer behind the scenes is far more important than catching Chen Xingyong."
"Then Chen Xingyong recruited?"
"It's been recruited, and that person is also in daimyo now."
"Who is it?!" Hua Yu said sharply, "He still wants to kill His Royal Highness and His Highness Ninth Prince?"
"He is the head of Wuyun Sect—Yan Shu."
Hua Yuxin's pupils narrowed sharply, and she took a deep breath.
"We knew about it last year, but because of his identity, we didn't dare to scare the snake without hard evidence. Now that he has become the head of the Wuyun Sect, it is even more difficult to shake him." Xu Zhinan said in a deep voice, "But I didn't expect him to be so arrogant, pre-emptive, and dare to assassinate the prince on the daiming's territory."
Hua Yuxin clenched her fists: "It's true that you know people and faces but don't know your heart. So what should we do now?"
"We have a plan, maybe we can reveal his true face, but we didn't want to involve Miss Hua in this matter."
"But I'm already involved." Hua Yu clenched her sword tightly, "No, I want to tell my elder brother."
Xu Zhinan stopped him and said, "The fewer people who know about this matter, the better. If you hadn't been attacked together with the two Highnesses this time, you shouldn't have known about it. This is also for your elder brother's safety."
"Okay, then what's your plan? What can I do?" Hua Yu gritted her teeth and said, "Let me know who ate my little uncle's pill, and I will definitely kill him!"
"With Miss Hua's help in this plan, it will be twice as effective."—
Before Xu Zhinan sent someone to send Hua Yuxin back, Hua Yuxin went to Zong Ziheng to thank him: "Your Highness, thank you for saving me."
Zong Ziheng lowered his head slightly: "Miss Hua, you are being polite. It is because of us that you are involved in danger." Although he was avoiding Hua Yu's pure eyes because of a guilty conscience, in Hua Yu's eyes, it was because Hurt so weak.
Hua Yu stepped forward worriedly: "Your Highness, where are you hurt?"
Zong Zixiao immediately stopped her: "The injury is in a place that is not easy to see."
Hua Yu blushed, "Then... is it serious?"
"It's nothing serious, just rest and recuperate for a few days." Zong Ziheng said softly, "Miss Hua, it's getting late, if you don't go back, brother should be worried."
"It's okay, he doesn't worry about me traveling alone." Hua Yuxin said with some pride.
Zong Ziheng smiled lightly: "As the eldest brother, I think he must be worried, but he can't stop you from growing up."
Hua Yu smiled embarrassedly: "Then, I'll go back first."
"Miss Hua, you must keep the things we agreed tonight to keep secret. If you meet Yan Shu or people from Wuyun Sect tomorrow, you must remain calm and act according to the plan."
"Your Highness, don't worry." Hua Yu put her hands behind her back and took two steps back, seemingly reluctant to let go. She pursed her lips and said shyly, "Your Highness, I'm not curious. Concubine Shen told me What is it?"
Zong Zixiao looked at the two people's eyebrows and Hua Yuxin made no secret of his admiration for Zong Ziheng. His patience had reached its limit, and he suddenly let out a oops and squatted down, covering his stomach.
"Xiao Jiu, what's the matter?" Zong Ziheng supported him.
"Brother, my stomach hurts, I don't know what's wrong."
"Is Your Highness the Nine all right?"
Zong Ziheng saw through Zong Zixiao at a glance, and he coughed lightly: "It's okay, I will take care of him, Miss Hua, then I won't send him off."
Hua Yu left disappointed.
Zong Ziheng kicked Zong Zixiao's ass: "Still pretending."
Zong Zixiao straightened his waist and snorted coldly: "I'm not doing it for your own good. If I continue to chat with her, I'm afraid you will reveal your secrets."
Zong Ziheng was stunned, saddened: "I really have no face to face Miss Hua, let her suffer such a thing, and lie to her and use her."
"It's not your fault, it's Concubine Shen..." Zong Zixiao barely resisted the urge to say harsh words, "She's gone too far, she's just hurting others and herself, she's downright stupid."
"I never thought that my mother would make such a mistake." Zong Ziheng couldn't relieve the anger, shame and pain in his heart, he didn't even know how to go back and face his mother.
Zong Zixiao saw Zong Ziheng feeling so uncomfortable, so he also felt uncomfortable. He held his elder brother's hand and comforted him: "Brother, don't blame yourself too much. After all, nothing really happened. Hua Yuxin doesn't know, no People will know."
"God knows, you all know, big brother can't get over it." Zong Ziheng shook his head and said in a hoarse voice, "I have been upright all my life, but I almost did the most shameless and indecent thing, and I was framed by my own mother, I..."
Zong Zixiao sighed, and hugged Zong Ziheng with his arms that were not generous enough: "Brother, it's not your fault, don't be too harsh on yourself."
Zong Ziheng closed his eyes, feeling the warmth and care from the closest person without hesitation.
However, because Zong Zixiao was too close, he was overwhelmed by the scent of orchids coming from his nostrils.
Originally, this familiar and elegant smell was concealed by the kitsch scent of love medicine, but after bathing and changing clothes, the smell of the medicine dissipated, and the remaining medicinal properties made Zong Ziheng's body heat unabated, making his body fragrance even more fragrant and rich.
Zong Zixiao thought of his disheveled and confused elder brother under the moonlight, and thought of the room across the door, warm candles, warm water, and ambiguous murmurs, his brain thumped, and his whole body became hot, and he quietly let go He didn't dare to touch his hands like this again, his Adam's apple slipped, and his nerves tensed: "Brother, your body hasn't recovered yet, go back and rest early, there are still many things to do tomorrow."
"Tomorrow..." Zong Ziheng said solemnly, "Tomorrow your task is to compete well, so don't be distracted by it."
That night, the two brothers did not return to the palace, but stayed in Xu Zhinan's guest house. Zong Ziheng thought about his mother's mournful, angry, disappointed, or pitiful appearance, and stayed up all night—
The second day of the Flood Dragon Club is naturally much more interesting than the first day. On this day, eight people who can survive to the end will be selected, and on the third day they will have a showdown.
Both Zong Ruoning and Zong Ziyun were eliminated on the first day. Zong Ruoning's cultivation level is relatively low, and it was just for fun to participate in the competition, but Zong Ziyun was not bad, and he was considered outstanding among his peers, but he lost to a female cultivator who was two years younger than him.
Although he was frustrated, he was convinced that he lost, and this female cultivator named Chen Landuo, together with her two fellow disciples, became famous at the Flood Dragon Meeting.
This is the first time Cangyu Sect participated in the Flood Dragon Association. In fact, in the past years, the Flood Dragon Association occasionally sent people to watch the battle. It is getting closer and closer to the Central Plains sect, and it will be a matter of time to integrate into the Central Plains cultivating world. This time, the Flood Dragon Association sent two women and one male. Younger martial arts contests, each of which can defeat the enemy within a few strokes, is very powerful, and everyone has new guesses about this year's victory or defeat.
Zong Zixiao has three matches today, if he wins all three matches, he will be able to compete for the leader tomorrow. And the first time he met was another female cultivator from the Cangyu Sect.
The female cultivator was quite good, but she still lost to Zong Zixiao, and she was quickly defeated. While Zong Zixiao was resting, the crowd flocked to the west ring in a tacit understanding.
Zong Ziheng said in a low voice: "Wuyun Sect and Chunyang Sect are drawn together, Yan Shu will definitely go and see, and we will go and have a look."