It was already midnight, but Mo Shuruo had not yet fallen asleep. The night breeze sneaked in through the cracks in the unclosed window, gently swaying the burning candle on the table. The extinguished candlelight reflected Mo Shuruo's snowy white color.
On her cheeks, her eyes were focused, and she frowned and looked at the various books in front of her. The butterfly blood poison is planted in the human body. If it is discovered early, it can be removed by taking it out. But the poison in Jinglou Xue's body has matured, and she can
It is already a miracle that she is alive now, and there is really no way to save her.
She didn't know when she fell asleep. When the first ray of sunlight shone in from the window, she sat up from the bed, rubbing her brows.
She was very surprised when she saw Mr. Mo behind the desk, "Grandpa!"
Mr. Mo raised his head from the book, looked at her and smiled: "Wake up."
She nodded, "Why did you get up so early today?"
He joked to himself, "As we get older, we suddenly wake up and can't fall asleep again, so I came here to see you."
Mo Shuruo got up from the bed, walked to the table and rubbed his shoulders, "No way, grandpa is not old at all, he is too energetic."
Mr. Mo patted the back of her hand and said, "Grandpa knows that you are filial and smart, but no matter how urgent the matter is, you must take care of yourself."
She glanced at the desk full of books, nodded and smiled, "I know."
Mr. Mo said, "I heard from Jingyi that you are going to find Jinglou Xue." Seeing her eyes wide open and a naive smile on her face, Mr. Mo was helpless, "Grandpa has no intention of stopping you."
Mo Shuruo said happily: "Really!" Then he thought, "No, how could you agree so easily?"
Mr. Mo was speechless, "Grandpa just found someone to accompany you."
She muttered: "What's the difference between that and finding someone to monitor me? But then again, who can make you feel so at ease?"
"you guess?"
Mo Shuruo looked at him and smiled, "Grandpa, you are getting more and more naughty. Did you learn from Mo Chuan?"
He smiled but said nothing.
Mo Shuruo said: "Is it uncle?" This is the only possible person.
Duke Mo shook his head and said, "It's the city lord."
Mo Shuruo was stunned. She had originally thought so, but remembering the last time she visited the mountain, she automatically denied it.
She said cautiously: "I didn't handle this matter well and made him angry again. He said he would never help me again..."
"Really?" Duke Mo asked back, "But he agreed very directly and didn't say he wouldn't help you."
She responded slowly, "Huh?"
Mr. Mo knocked on her forehead fiercely, pretending to be angry, "Ah what? Others condescend to protect you. If you continue to wander like this, I will see what you have to say."
Mo Shuruo held his forehead and complained, "I know, I know, you don't always need to use such force, it hurts!"
"Jingyi went to arrange things early in the morning, so don't stay in bed. The girls have folded the clothes you washed yesterday and put them in the cabinet for you, as well as your satchel, there are all kinds of messes. After all, you are a
Girls, you should also tidy up. It’s not like you still don’t care about tidying up when you were a child. If you can’t get married in the future, don’t make grandpa cry.”
Mo Shuruo looked depressed and saw Mr. Mo standing up, "When it comes to getting married, it's not grandpa who's urging you. You're not too young anymore. It's time to find someone..."
"Ah ah ah ah -" Mo Shuruo interrupted him with a loud roar, and helped him out quickly, "Grandpa, you are so long-winded. I am not a child anymore. I know all these things. It's okay for you to get up so early.
If you want to do it, why don't you go and take a nap, or ask Uncle Baiyue to do Tai Chi or something." As soon as he sent him out, Mr. Mo turned around to say something, but she hurriedly added: "Don't worry, I will
Everything must be done properly, hahaha..."
"Eh……"
The door was shut with a clang.
Mr. Mo stood outside the door and opened his mouth for a long time without saying anything. In the end he could only smile helplessly, turned around and walked away slowly.
In the afternoon, the sun unexpectedly shone in the sky, but the clouds and mist quickly blocked the light.
That day at the Wangsun Tomb, everyone worked together to capture a living corpse and kept it in a dungeon in an iron cage.
Because he was afraid that the appearance of living corpses in the city would cause panic, Marquis Baiyue ordered the iron cages to be transported outside the city overnight.
At this time, the iron cage covered with black cloth was shaking constantly. Feeling the popularity, the living corpses in the cage roared from time to time.
Although there were many guards standing around, the strange roars of the living corpses were still frightening.
The clattering iron cage seemed like it might collapse at any time, which made her a little scared.
Fang Hongzhao looked at the iron cage and said coldly: "Yue Changfeng, are you a man?"
Mo Shuruo heard the sound and looked over, and found Yue Changfeng holding half of Fang Hongzhao's arm and hiding behind her, looking curiously towards the iron cage.
It seemed that he didn't realize when he got close to him. He suddenly let go of his hand when he saw it, and said in horror: "Why are you always wearing red? You want to scare me to death!"
"..."
Seeing the look on her face that she was about to hit someone, Mo Shuruo said quickly: "Let's get started."
The living corpse has been sprinkled with tracking drugs. Now as soon as the cage is opened, they are waiting for it to escape automatically. But the reason why they have been struggling here for a long time is that if the living corpse does not run away, it will come out to attack.
What should they do?
Time passes slowly, and there is no way to stop it after it has started.
"Everyone, please spread out."
Everyone acted as they were told. There was a guard standing by not far from the iron cage. Mo Shuruo nodded, then bent down and pulled out the bottom of the iron cage.
The waiting time was excruciating. The black cloth covered everything, and nothing seemed to happen inside.
The guard held a knife and looked around vigilantly in case living corpses came out of the ground to attack. However, after waiting for a long time, nothing happened as expected.
A black bird with a red beak, which looked like a crow, was placed not far away and suddenly started croaking wildly. Mo Shuruo looked back and asked the guard to open the birdcage. As soon as the cage door opened, it quickly rushed into the distance with a hiss.
"Follow it."
"Ah?" Yue Changfeng didn't react, "Did the living corpse escape?"
Fang Hongzhao rolled her eyes at him, "Nonsense." The guard had already mounted his horse and ran towards the distance. She circled her hands and whistled a long and sharp whistle to her lips, then she also got on her horse and drove away.
We chased for a long distance, but the birds were flying in the sky, and the people on the ground were crossing mountains and rivers, and the distance quickly widened.
Fang Hongzhao tightly grasped the reins of the horse and shouted to Mo Shuruo, who was not far away: "If you continue like this, you will definitely get lost."
The howling cold wind blew past her ears, and she frowned and replied, "What should we do?"
"Gah——"
Suddenly there was a call from the sky that sounded like an eagle but not an eagle. Mo Shuruo raised his head in embarrassment and saw a huge white bird flying from a distance. Her eyes widened and she suddenly heard Fang Hongzhao say: "Give me your hand.
"
The big bird flew very fast, bringing with it a fierce wind that made it difficult to open one's eyes.
Fang Hongzhao suddenly felt a pull on his right hand, and in an instant, his body rose into the air from the horse.
Fang Hongzhao's yelling unexpectedly came from mid-air: "You stupid bird, who asked you to take that brat with you!"
Perhaps because he had captured Yue Changfeng before, this huge white eagle naturally took him with him.
Fang Hongzhao held the huge paw of the white eagle in her right hand, and grabbed Mo Shuruo, who was lifted up in the air, with her left hand. Originally, she planned to be alone with Mo Shuruo, but now that Yue Changfeng was around, troubles ensued.
The landscape on the ground is very spectacular, but except for the rivers and mountains, there is no trace of the mounted guards.
Not long after catching up with the black bird in front of her, Fang Hongzhao sensed something was wrong. She yelled at Yue Changfeng beside her: "Hurry up and jump down."
Yue Changfeng's eyes widened, "It's so high off the ground and you want me to jump down!"
Mo Shuruo looked up at her, "What's wrong?"
"The nut can't bear the weight of three people. It has almost reached its limit after flying so far."
Yue Changfeng screamed: "What should we do? We haven't found him, so we won't die here!"
Fang Hongzhao gritted his teeth, "Before I ask Guoren to throw you down, you'd better shut up."
Uncle Mo vaguely heard a sound like gasping. She raised her head, but she could only see the huge wings of the white eagle.
Fang Hongzhao found a vast grassland on the ground not far away, and she raised her voice: "Guoren, get down."
"Gah——"
The white eagle chirped and suddenly swung its wings downwards, bringing with it a huge force of wind that almost threw Mo Shuruo away.
Fang Hongzhao yelled: "I can't think of a better way to land. I will let go when we are not far from the ground. Remember to protect yourself."
"What!"
Mo Shuruo suddenly panicked, and the grass beneath his feet quickly retreated. Although the distance was not high, the initial speed was too fast, and he would definitely fall far away if he jumped.
Before she could refuse, Fang Hongzhao yelled again: "In order to prevent being held down by the nuts, I have to let go in advance."
The three of them could almost feel the powerlessness of the white eagle about to fall. The moment they approached the ground, they naturally reacted by letting out a series of screams: "Ah——"
Fang Hongzhao suddenly let go, and the two of them fell quickly. Mo Shuruo immediately felt the pain of being hit hard when his back fell to the ground. In the lightning flash, a white shadow rushed towards her like wind, holding her tightly in his arms.
, the excessive momentum when falling caused the two of them to roll far away on the grass.
Although the white eagle fell badly, it luckily landed in time and survived.
Yue Changfeng was delayed for a few seconds before jumping and was crushed under the wings of the white eagle. Because Fang Hongdrill was used to this kind of thing, he landed on the ground feet first to relieve the momentum, and only rolled a few times on the lawn. Except for his right foot being slightly sprained,
No big deal.
Fang Hongzhao stood up and shouted: "Are you okay?"
Yue Changfeng roared in embarrassment, "I'm about to be crushed to death. Hurry up and let this stupid bird get away."
Fang Hongzhao glared at him, "It's all your fault, and you still have the nerve to scold it."
Yue Changfeng lay down next to Bai Diao and said angrily: "Why did you harm me? If it weren't for you, why would it catch me?"
Fang Hongzhao was speechless, just think it was her fault.
After making sure that Bai Diao was okay, she pulled Yue Changfeng out and said, "If Uncle is missing, go over there and look for him quickly."
At this time, Yan Jue rolled Mo Shuruo into a low pit on the lawn.
She blinked twice, and the burning pain in her back almost made her cry.
Yan Jue was lying next to her, with his eyes closed tightly and his brows furrowed even more. Except for the blow to the back, Mo Shuruo had no other injuries, and almost all the pain after the roll was borne by Yan Jue alone.
He just calmed down for a while, then immediately opened his eyes and sat up, as if nothing had happened. He grabbed Mo Shuruo and shook him nervously, "Mo Shuruo?"
She gritted her teeth, took a deep breath, and said, "I'm fine."
"Can you stand up?"
"Let me try..." With Yan Jue's support, Mo Shuruo stood up with difficulty.
Fang Hongzhao trotted over with a limp leg. She looked at Mo Shuruo with a worried look on her face and said, "How are you?" Turning her eyes, she realized that Yan Jue next to her had changed from her usual kindness and looked at her coldly, feeling a chill inexplicably.
, she trembled and said in a trembling voice: "City Lord..."
"Pah!" Yanjue's slap made all three of them stunned.
Yue Changfeng, who was not far away, was the first to react. He walked closer with an angry look on his face, "What are you doing! Hitting a woman is not considered a man!"
Yanjue stood there quietly and said expressionlessly: "Her carelessness almost caused a disaster. This is the punishment she deserves."
"You..." After being glared at by Fang Hongzhao, Yue Changfeng suppressed her anger and said, "This was just an accident. Besides, she was also injured. How can you blame her."
Fang Hongzhao lowered her head and complained silently: Just now she said it was her fault, but now she feels confident to speak for her.
Yan Jue said: "She was injured because of her own consequences. It is her responsibility to put other people's lives on the line."
Before Yue Changfeng could refute, Fang Hongzhao stopped her, "Shut up!"
I always thought that Yan Jue had a gentle and gentle temperament, but unexpectedly there were times when he would get angry. Mo Shuruo stood aside and was so frightened that he didn't even dare to express his anger.
Fang Hongzhao said: "I know I was wrong, and this kind of thing will never happen again in the future."
For making such a low-level mistake, only being slapped instead of being whipped can only be said to be extremely merciful. Yue Changfeng and Mo Shuruo felt that being slapped was too harsh, but she knew very well that if she had just been
If something really happened, not only would Guo Ren not be able to be saved, but they would also die. Just like Yan Jue said, it would be okay if he died. The problem was that it was hard to tell Ye Gurong, and the Mo family couldn't explain it. Besides, Mo Shuruo
He is also carrying Baiyue's case, so together it is no small matter.
Yanjue responded, and the atmosphere finally calmed down.
"How's the nut?"
"It's nothing serious after a fall. I may have been too tired from the flight just now. I should be fine after taking a rest."
"Yes." He put his arms around Mo Shuruo, "I'll take her to Jinglouxue first, and you can catch up later."
"yes."
A gust of wind passed by, and the two of them disappeared. Yue Changfeng's eyes were shocked, "Qinggong is so powerful!"
Fang Hongzhao touched the slapped cheek and said funnyly: "You are scared. Why were you so brave just now?"
Yue Changfeng said emphatically: "I was complaining for you, do you understand?"
"Yes, yes, thank you." Unconsciously, I seemed to have a new view of him. At least no one had ever dared to speak to Yan Jue in that tone. His kindness and righteousness were quite touching to me.
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Gray clouds gathered in the sky in the distance, and the sun hid behind the clouds, leaving only wisps of pale light. Yan Jue's light skill was so good that the nearby woods only flashed past and then disappeared. The wind was very strong.
, her hair turned into a whip and her face hurt. She said nothing, just nestled in his arms and closed her eyes quietly.
Yanjue seemed to be aware of it and asked softly: "Did I scare you just now?"
She was indeed frightened by what just happened, so her body remained stiff and even trembled slightly. But how could she say it directly.
"No, no, I'm just a little scared thinking that I might encounter a living corpse later."
The coldness that I felt clearly when I was around him made him look like a stranger. The majesty that was aloof and could not be desecrated or violated emerged spontaneously, which was inexplicably scary.
She felt guilty.
Suddenly, I felt that my admiration for him became unbearable. The Lord of Tianmu Peak was so powerful. He could cover the world with his hand and destroy eight kingdoms in the blink of an eye. Who was he? Nothing.
In such a high position, there are countless eyes watching him. Compared with Mo Shuruo's little pressure, he has endured more, so he will never allow any mistakes, whether it is himself or others, just like how he treated Fang Hongzhao.
Make mistakes and never be lenient.
If Yan Jue discovers Mo Shuruo's feelings for him one day, what will he do? Will he hate her or kill her? But no matter what he does, it will be cruel to her.
She asked herself: Mo Shuruo, are you afraid? Since you are afraid that he will do heartless things, why not let go early and escape from the sea of suffering.
But it's not like she hasn't done it before.
Mo Shuruo resisted the urge to cry. She suddenly recalled what happened a long time ago. At that time, they were still living in Tianmu Peak. She was just an inconspicuous little kid among thousands of people, and she didn't understand anything.
.But she secretly loved Yanjue for two years at such an ignorant and ignorant age. Later, because of her age, Yu Da had a different psychological idea and realized that it was just a fantasy, so she gave up and gave up trying to find out about him, and devoted herself to her own life.
In her homework, after leaving Tianmu Peak, when she thought she would never see him again in her life, he once again broke into her sight without warning. Although three years have passed, she can never forget the feeling of her first love.
, the old feelings came back, because of the contact, the feeling only increased and became out of control.
Mo Shuruo's reason for falling in love with him was extremely vulgar. She just thought he was good, so she went along with it. However, for five years, she could only look up to him among the crowd.
He didn't know when she admired him.
He didn't know it while she spent all night drawing his portrait.
He didn't know when she decided to give up on him.
He still didn't know when she fell in love with him again.
Although she had been struggling for such a long time, she still felt that she could not withstand any setbacks. She did basic persistence, but she did not get a corresponding response, not at all. It was not because that person was too cruel, but because of her.
Can't let him know.
Yanjue reached out and pressed her head into his arms to block the cold wind, and whispered softly: "I'm here, don't be afraid."
Her nose felt sore and she almost cried.
In her opinion, Yan Jing's protection for her is just like the need to maintain a rope when fetching water. Solving Baiyue's matter is what he is concerned about. Protecting her is just to ensure that things can be completed smoothly.
She won't think too much, because she knows that the only thing he loves in this life is the world.
***
Uncle Mo didn't expect that after tracking all the way, the destination would be the Xinling Underground Palace.
When she arrived at the entrance of Xinling, Mo Shuruo stopped. She looked up at the high wall in front of her, and the black bird leading the way was circling in the sky.
"Here we are."
However, the main door of the mausoleum was locked, and the two heavy stone doors could not be opened at all.
Mo Shuruo stroked the giant lock that was bigger than her hand and frowned: "This is a mechanism lock. If the first lock core is destroyed, the door will be locked. Only the key can open the triple lock inside the stone door. But now
It’s too late to go back to the city to get it.”
Yan Jue reached out and pressed the Sanskrit talisman on the stone door, and said quietly: "Everything has a way out, and a craftsman cannot do it so perfectly. Do you know what is on the door?"
Mo Shuruo took a few steps back and looked up, but these carvings looked like words but not words, and they looked like pictures but not pictures, so he couldn't understand them at all. By the way! She suddenly remembered something. "I heard from my senior brother that in Baiyue custom, it seems that "
A Sanskrit talisman to suppress ghosts and gods."
"Sanskrit talisman?" He thought for a while and said, "I remember there is a saying in the history book about Sanskrit talisman: "After three days of death, use a talisman to guard it, and it will bring misfortunes and blessings in the next life. Remove your eyes to avoid evil. The Baiyue Sanskrit talisman is
The types of things that came from the Central Plains are not random, most likely they are common rebirth charms or ghost legends."
"Really? Let me take a look." Mo Shuruo raised his head again, changed the angle, or focused on one part. After looking closely for a while, something suddenly became clear. She said in surprise: "It is indeed so!"
On the left stone door, there are hundreds of ghosts, tree spirits and demons, densely packed and in different shapes. At the top, there is a god with a mouth, glaring eyes, and a scary look. On the right stone door, there is a cloud of mist, and it is hazy, as if there is nothing. However, if you look closely, you will see that there is nothing there.
Full of ghosts.
Mo Shuruo couldn't help but sigh: What kind of effort did it take to achieve such incisiveness?
"On the left is Zhong Kui catching ghosts, and on the right is the female concubine catching demons. The craftsman is a master, what a masterpiece!"
After sighing, she became even more depressed. It was so complicated. What's the way to open the door? She thought of Yan Jue's words: After three days of death, a talisman should be used to guard it. It will bring misfortunes and blessings in the next life. Remove the eyes to avoid evil.
"Close your eyes to avoid evil, remove your eyes to avoid evil..."
Yan Jue looked down at her and said quietly: "What are you thinking of?"
She probably smoothed over her thoughts and said, "Senior brother said that the Sanskrit Talisman is to prevent ghosts from invading the world. If the Sanskrit Talisman is suppressed, they can only peek into the world behind the door and cannot do whatever they want. So just now
I feel like there is some connection with that saying that 'go out of your eyes to avoid evil'."
Her eyes were dazed, and she fell into deep thought for a moment.
The purpose of closing the door is to prevent ghosts from coming out to cause trouble. To open the stone door, you must "not remove your eyes", but what is this so-called "not removing your eyes"?
She murmured to herself: "I can't figure it out. If removing the eyes means removing the ghost eyes, then where are the ghost eyes?"
Yan Jue said: "Baiyue is superstitious that there are three eyes in the world. The divine eye can see the secrets of the world, the human eye can reveal all kinds of things in the world, and the ghost eye has many evil thoughts. If the ghost eye must be used to open the door, wouldn't it be letting evil disturb the world? This is definitely not what people want to see.
Yes, the craftsman will definitely set up a divine eye that complements and restrains each other."
Mo Shuruo looked up at him and wondered: "God's Eye?"
What Yan Jue said is not unreasonable, but if it is true, where are the divine eyes and ghost eyes, and how are they used?
"As far as I know, Baiyue has more faith in ghosts and spirits. Compared with supernatural theories, gods are not that real. There is a common saying: Ghost eyes are born in the human heart, and divine eyes must be hidden in the sky."
Following the direction of his words, Mo Shuruo easily found a child-like person behind Zhong Kui's statue. His face was picturesque, but it was still lifelike after hundreds of years. His dull expression was terrifying. His upper body was exposed, and his heart was visible.
A mass of black. And the Divine Eye happens to be in the clouds and mist in the picture of Nu Lai Capturing Demons.
"Found it!" She was stunned for a moment and said, "But I don't know if it will work based on guesswork."
"Try it."
"Um."
Mo Shuruo bent down and picked up two stones from the ground and weighed them in his hands. She couldn't let him do it directly because she couldn't let Yan Jue find out that she already knew that he couldn't see, so she could only tell him in a different way.
The location of the ghost eye and the divine eye. She took a deep breath, raised her arm, and the stones in her palm flew out one after another.
"Bang bang." The stone fell in response, but the stone door showed no response.
"The power is too small."
Mo Shuruo looked up at him and saw that he waved his hand and the thousand-knot silver whip from his sleeve had been quickly pulled out, and with two dings, it hit the target.
The copper lock inside the stone door began to operate. Along with the shaking of the ground, a cracking sound like cracking bones was heard. It became louder and louder and spread into the underground palace at the speed of wind.
The door opened, but they all realized that Jinglou Xue in the mausoleum must have noticed such a loud noise.
Yanjue hugged Mo Shuruo who was standing aside with one hand, and he was instantly in the golden palace. He stopped, closed his eyes and listened for a moment, then chose an underground palace and jumped in.
Mo Shuruo didn't hear any noise, but she still felt scared. The tomb was pitch dark, and only the touch from her palms made her feel slightly reassured. She followed Yan Jue through the tunnel quickly, and except for the sound of footsteps, there was deathly silence all around.
.
She asked in a low voice, "Where is Jinglou Xuehui?"
"This underground palace is like a maze, with complicated tunnels. We may have to spend some time..."
The two walked in the underground palace for a long time without encountering a living corpse or finding Jinglouxue, but she knew that Jinglouxue must be hiding somewhere unknown to them.
Footsteps suddenly came from the tunnel, and this time even Mo Shuruo heard it. Countless people seemed to appear out of thin air, but none of them seemed to have any intention of getting close.
Yanjue pulled her and quickly walked around the corner. She had forgotten how many turns left and right she had passed, so she could only keep up with him at a trot. When she was almost dead, he suddenly stopped, and a silver line
The light passed quickly in the darkness, and the echo of iron blocking was heard not far away.
She was stunned and found it!
Still unable to see anything, Mo Shuruo knew that Jinglou Xue was standing at the other end of the tunnel.
Jinglou Xue knew that she couldn't defeat Yan Jue, so she made noise to confuse the audience and wanted to take the opportunity to escape. No wonder Yan Jue was walking so fast just now and seemed to be scurrying in the direction he was walking. It turned out that he had already understood that the two of them were in the dark.
They were competing for speed in the maze, but how could Jinglou Xue know that such a scene would be even more beneficial to Yan Jue.
A sneer came from the black, "I didn't expect you could still find me."
Mo Shuruo stared into the void with wide eyes, "Come back with me." There was no sound from the other side, and she continued: "I will tell you the truth, and you can trust me again."
After a long while, she snorted coldly: "I don't believe anyone anymore."
The sound of footsteps suddenly sounded again, and Yan Jue pulled her and immediately chased in the direction of the source of the sound.
This is a battle in the dark night. Jinglou Xue cannot escape Yan Jue's ears, and they cannot avoid the siege of living corpses.
Soon, the weird roar came closer, and Mo Shuruo grabbed half of his arm, so nervous that his hands started to sweat.
There was no time to delay any longer. He brought up a burst of Qi, and the air instantly seemed to be condensed. She felt cold, as cold as an ice cellar. Those living corpses moving in the dark gradually became unable to move as the cold air intensified.
Mo Shuruo felt another force, causing the air to tremble, like ripples. The more it spread, the stronger it became. She heard a crash, and in the black, the frozen living corpse received a hard blow.