Long Xiu also sat beside the couch and grabbed Niu Youdao's wrist to check the injury. He found that the injury was not serious and he couldn't help but frown.
Niu Youdao was a little wary, sensing Long Xiu's mana raiding his Dantian Qi sea.
This really made him nervous. It is estimated that the other party also noticed that the purity of his Qi Essence was abnormal and wanted to explore his cultivation level.
Fortunately, he didn't notice anything strange about the power of the method and immediately withdrew it. Niu Youdao couldn't help but secretly rejoice that due to his practice of Qiankun Jue, the source of the method existed in Rendu's two veins and was no longer in the Dantian Qi sea.
Putting down his hand, Long Xiu said in a deep voice: "Did my apprentice Yi Shu beat him?"
Isn't this asking questions knowingly? You didn't know you could come here?
Niu Youdao cursed endlessly and said with a wry smile on his face: "Yes, I didn't expect that she would suddenly take action. She couldn't defend herself at close range and was caught off guard. Fortunately, there were guards around me all the time and they rescued me in time.
I have stopped Miss Yi Shu’s killer, otherwise I would have escaped the imperial court’s poisonous hands but not Miss Yi Shu’s delicate hands.”
Long Xiu asked, "Who is to blame?"
"I..." Niu Youdao looked out the window and whispered: "Palace Master, when you..."
Long Xiu raised his hand to stop, "You young people's affairs have nothing to do with me. I don't care about your courtship of her, but do you need to be so impatient? Have you touched her?"
Niu Youdao firmly denied it: "Palace Master, even if you give me a hundred courages, I wouldn't dare to touch her!"
Long Xiu thought about it. He felt that it was impossible. He dared to molest his apprentice, which was more like courting death.
However, Niu Youdao did not deny it blindly, and continued: "When I was talking, I got closer to her. She saw a house here and asked me where it was. When I replied and gave directions, my hand accidentally rubbed
After a while, the result... Palace Master, why do I feel that Miss Yi Shu has a problem with me? She is always rude to me. I have only met her a few times, and we have not even spoken a few words. It seems that she has never offended me.
Her, right? You see, if I made her unhappy, she would attack me directly. I was so unprepared that I was almost beaten to death by her and almost frightened to death by her. "
Long Xiu frowned. He had noticed this a long time ago. His apprentice seemed to have some prejudice against Niu Youdao.
But what could he do? In the end, he lost interest in staying at Maolu Villa, and left without letting Yi Shu apologize to Niu Youdao.
Niu Youdao was injured and did not go to see him off. In fact, as soon as Long Xiu left the Liuxian Sect, Niu Youdao immediately moved and hid.
When he was injured just now, he kept a high degree of vigilance when facing Long Xiu. As soon as Long Xiu left, for fear of an accident, he quickly moved away and did not return to the Thatched Villa. Instead, he went to the cobweb-like tunnels under the garrison's defense area.
Inside.
Not many people knew where he was going, and only Guan Fangyi accompanied him to leave.
Being involved in the ups and downs of this world, we have to be careful about many things. One mistake can lead to catastrophe.
After entering the tunnel, they sat down in a basement where weapons were stored. Guan Fangyi, who was supporting Niu Youdao, let him go and took out a Tianji Pill and asked, "Can I take the medicine now?"
The price of Tianji Dan is not cheap. Niu Youdao was a little surprised and waved his hand: "This kind of injury does not need such a good medicine."
"I don't want to stay in the tunnel with you and get suffocated. Please get out as soon as possible." Guan Fangyi pinched his mouth and forced the pill into his mouth.
After letting go of her hand, she found that Niu Youdao was looking at her strangely. She immediately waved away the moon butterfly. The basement immediately fell into deathly silence and darkness, and they could hear each other's breathing.
Niu Youdao was speechless and was about to adjust his breath to refine the elixir in his belly.
Guan Fangyi's muttering voice sounded, "It's good for you, you took advantage of the young girl's butt, and I have to spend money to buy you medicine. Remember, the money for Tianjidan will be recorded in the account you owe me.
superior."
Niu Youdao sighed in the darkness, "You and Yuanfang are truly a match made in heaven."
"Bah, don't compare me with him. He's not even qualified to carry my mother's shoes. You don't know, right? As soon as Long Xiu arrived, Old Xiong realized that something was wrong. He immediately packed up his things and slipped out of the back door with a group of monks.
, wanted to escape, but was surrounded and blocked by the army, so he couldn't escape. What are you going to do with him?"
Guan Fangyi heard about this incident afterwards, and now she understands more and more deeply why Yuan Gang beat Yuan Fang severely when he didn't take action. It was so mean that even she wanted to take action after seeing it.
.
Niu Youdao: "Well, I won't force him to deal with anything. He is free. He can leave at any time if he wants. Just like you, if you want to leave one day, I will never stop you. If
Even the people around me don’t want to stay with me anymore. It’s not your fault, it must be my fault.”
Guan Fangyi was silent for a while, and suddenly said quietly in the darkness: "You are cruel enough, and for such a small thing, you would actually let someone hurt you like this. In fact, to be honest, Xiaoyao Palace
His background is not necessarily a bad thing. If he marries Yi Shu and can get help from Xiaoyao Palace, the future may be much easier."
Niu Youdao: "Is it easy to leave? Xiaoyao Palace is only one of the three major sects. It may not be a good thing to stand in this group, and you will definitely be subject to chaos!"
Guan Fangyi didn't know what he was thinking. Since he said this, he must have his own plan. This man's mind was unpredictable and she couldn't understand it. However, she was still curious and took this opportunity to ask clearly, "
What kind of woman can catch your eye, are you really planning not to marry for the rest of your life?"
Niu Youdao seemed to be whispering, "Walking around in the rivers and lakes, whether it is wind or rain, it is not painful to travel, and there is no fall in the world. It is just less fetters and more calm. There is no Dharma eye to distinguish colors. I can't help myself, so I can only
It’s self-denial! Shao Pingbo killed his brother and his mother, so why not do that?”
Guan Fangyi thought thoughtfully, this situation is actually the same for most people in the spiritual world. Many people practice life and never marry. Isn’t it because they don’t want to have a bond?
It's just that the guy next to her was a bit awesome and never seemed to get close to women. This kind of determination was not something that a young person could have. She even wondered if he was infected by those monks.
In silence, Niu Youdao meditated cross-legged to heal his injuries.
I don't know how much time passed in the darkness, but the sound of footsteps could be heard faintly in the empty tunnel. Guan Fangyi was alert and slowly stood up.
Niu Youdao said lightly, "Monkey!"
Guan Fangyi looked back in the dark, not sure how he concluded it was Yuan Gang.
After a while, there was a fire approaching in the outdoor passage. When a torch dazzled at the entrance of the cave, what was illuminated was Yuan Gang's tall body holding the torch, with the Sanhou Sword on his back.
Yuan Gang walked up to Niu Youdao, looked at the blood stains on Niu Youdao's body, his eyes were cold, "I heard that Yi Shu injured you?"
Niu Youdao, who had his eyes closed, said slowly: "You don't have to be meddlesome. I won't let her hurt me, and she can't hurt me. I have my own sense of discretion in this matter. At this time, we must pay attention to the situation in Nanzhou and Dingzhou at all times.
One of you needs to stay in charge of the house, you can't both leave, go back!" The last two words have the meaning of reprimand.
Yuan Gang didn't say much, turned around and went out. The fire light disappeared in the outer passage.
When Guan Fangyi looked back, it was already dark and she couldn't see Niu Youdao's figure clearly...
It's snowing, and the sky is covered with heavy snow.
There are curtains on three sides of the pavilion, and one side is half-rolled. Shao Pingbo, dressed elegantly in fur, stands under the half-rolled bamboo curtain, staring at the ice covered with snowflakes on the lake, with a few old lotus branches sticking out of the white snow.
Tao Lue, the chief chamberlain of the Jin State, appeared at the entrance. He raised the hanging bamboo curtain with both hands and let someone in. It was the Jin Emperor Tai Shuxiong, dressed in black fur.
There are braziers at the four corners of the pavilion. Two messengers from Heishui Terrace are squatting in front of the braziers and burning paper. They are not to commemorate anyone, but to burn the news copied from Blackwater Terrace. Shao Pingbo burned it after reading it.
Seeing Tai Shuxiong and Tao Lue arrive, the two messengers immediately stood up and were about to salute, but Tai Shuxiong raised his hand to stop them so as not to disturb Shao Pingbo, who was in deep thought.
Tao Lue took the unfinished items from the hands of the two men and waved his hands to signal them to leave. He continued to squat there and burn.
Tai Shuxiong sat next to the table with the brazier and looked at a piece of paper on the table. He saw many names written here and there, with many lines drawn in between. He looked at it for a long time.
I don't understand what it means.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind swept through, causing Shao Pingbo to come back to his senses. He tightened his fur and turned around. When he saw Tai Shuxiong, he was stunned for a moment, and then quickly stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty."
Tai Shuxiong stood up with a smile, "I heard from Tao Lue that you have selected the manpower to be sent to Qi State. Thinking of your sickly body in the cold weather, I stopped by to see you. I didn't disturb your thoughts.
."
"No, I'm just thinking. It's true that I didn't greet Your Majesty respectfully..."
"Hey, it was King Gu who didn't let them report." Tai Shuxiong waved his hand and let the topic go. He stared at the things Tao Lue burned and asked, "Have you read all the information?"
"seen it already."
"The Maolu Villa was attacked and Zong Yuan was defeated. Zhao Xiongge took action to defend the Maolu Villa, which surprised the lonely king."
"Your Majesty, it's not a surprise."
"How to say?"
Shao Pingbo immediately explained the reason why he let Qingzong and others go to him in the first place, "There are already severe ties among the remnants of Shangqingzong, so it is reasonable for Zhao Xiongge to take action. But the confidence shown by Maolu Villa is also incredible.
You have the confidence to gain a foothold, and if Your Majesty wants to take advantage of the opportunity to recruit you again, I'm afraid it will be difficult."
His real thought was not that there was anything wrong with recruiting, but that the Maolu Villa had shown strong defensive capabilities. Even if he wanted to borrow a knife to kill people, it would not be easy for the Jin State to succeed.
Tai Shuxiong hummed, nodded and said: "The lonely king has asked the other side to pause, so as not to make people laugh at the rashness. Now, Nanzhou suddenly sent troops to Dingzhou, which was beyond the lonely king's expectation. Could it be that Yan
Won’t the three major factions of the country intervene? Can this war continue? What do you think of this matter?”
Shao Pingbo was feeling sad about this matter just now. Now that he mentioned it, a trace of loss appeared on his face that could not be concealed, and he sighed: "It is only now that Wei Chen understood his true purpose of killing the Song Dynasty envoy. Before, he only thought it was to force him to
In order to save Nanzhou from the siege, Yu Yanting put pressure on him. Who would have thought that this situation is a chain of links, a link to cover up, and it is truly unfathomable. Wei Chen is convinced...I am not as good as him!"