Jiangshan side

Chapter 21

【Outskirts of Mingcheng】

The night is slightly cool in autumn.

Seeing the bright moonlight, loneliness and desolation, Guan Yixiao became curious: "Jingnian, tell the story of your master quickly, what is his name, what is his origin, how did he have such powerful martial arts?" And Baby Eagle?"

"The master's name is Huo Sang. He was born in Donggao. His ancestors were originally relatives of the Dajing Kingdom. After the Jingguo split, his family moved to Donggao to do business. He was killed by his enemies. He was very skilled in martial arts and escaped with the help of his friends. But both eyes are blind."

Guan Yixiao sighed: "Your master comes from a famous family, so he must be a handsome man, but his life experience is also rough."

Mu Jingnian thought for a while: "I don't know if he is handsome."

"You guy can't even tell if he's beautiful or not." Guan Yixiao flicked his head amusedly: "Just describe what his face looks like, and I'll know if he's a beauty just by hearing it."

"I don't know how to describe it either." Mu Jingnian said confusedly, "I just remember that his eyes are lake green."

"Ah! This color looks good, so she must be a beauty." Guan Yixiao concluded; "However, such a pair of beautiful eyes have suffered... Sigh."

"Master told me that it was someone who betrayed him and betrayed him, which caused the Huo family to suffer a bloody disaster." Mu Jingnian said indifferently: "That's why he hates cheaters the most in his life, and kills them when he sees them."

Guan Yixiao froze, looking at Mu Jingnian's equally icy face, she couldn't help saying: "You and your master Huo Sang speak as if carved out of the same mold."

"I was brought up by him since I was a child, and it seems inevitable."

"You really kill without blinking an eye." Guan Yixiao laughed, grabbed his hand and began to play with it, looking at the hand that was callused while holding the sword, said: "No wonder you look heartless and heartless."

Mu Jingnian blinked, and said in a low voice, "You think I'm a ruthless person?"

"Of course not." Guan Yixiao started laughing again, picked a branch and a leaf and put it on his head: "The Jingnian I know is still a child, he clings to me all day long and calls him Brother Xiaoxiao."

"I will stick to you in the future."

Guan Yixiao looked at him, thinking how this man could speak his love so naturally, which made him, a veteran in the love scene, a little embarrassed, his heart was beating non-stop, and his face became hot.He leaned forward and kissed each other, showing a drunken smile.

Mu Jingnian touched his face, and said: "I've talked to you so much, can Xiaoxiao tell me about you?"

"Mine," Guan Yixiao's smile deepened, and his eyes became complicated: "I was also saved by Master. He took me to live in a big and gorgeous house, and then taught me how to sing."

"An actor, where's the mansion?"

"Maybe I misremembered?" Guan Yixiao raised his eyebrows: "Master treats me pretty well. I have been raised with tender skin and tender meat. Hehehehe..."

Seeing that he turned back to his own face while talking, Mu Jingnian couldn't help but feel helpless.He looked up at the position of the moon and saw that it was already late, so he said, "Go to sleep."

Guan Yixiao leaned against him and gently closed her eyes.But Mu Jingnian saw that his face was tired, so he tightened his clothes and held him in his arms.

The moonlight is desolate, and the shadows of the trees are whirling.

The next day.

A ray of light is brewing in the east, waiting for the moment after the clouds dissipate, shining on the earth, heralding that the rising sun of the new day will disperse the joys and sorrows of the world.

The daylight was not yet full, and the room was still a little dark, like the gray before dawn, the breeze swayed the curtain, the handsome man was sleeping quietly, suddenly frowned slightly, his eyelashes trembled a bit, and his eyes slowly opened.

He turned his head, and there was no one around him.

"Long tone!" Bailige raised the bed curtain in horror and yelled, but no one responded.

I saw a lonely note left on the bedside, with only the word "take care" written on it.

Bailige clenched his fists and crushed the note, and he calmed down unexpectedly... The coldness around him was like snow and frost, almost freezing the room into ice.

【Ten Mile Pavilion】

The galloping white horse flew away like an arrow. The man on the horse was wearing a black cloak. He didn't have much expression on his face, and he drove forward desperately.

Not far away, he could smell a bloody smell that made his whole body tense up.

"Changyin... don't have any trouble..." Bailige frowned and murmured in a panic, whipping his horsewhip and galloping through the forest.

He remembered that Wan Tengci had said... that there would be no future troubles.

Approaching Shili Pavilion, Bailige could vaguely hear the sound of fighting, and the smell of blood in his nose made him extremely nervous. After driving for a while, he saw a white figure hovering around four or five people. Among the black-clothed killers, the battle was at a stalemate.

"Long tone!" Bailige called out in horror, dropped the black veil on his bamboo hat, unsheathed his sword, flew into the battle, and the sharp air blade became as hard as steel in an instant, and the powerful internal force suddenly Impacting the seven-link chain, directly impacting the killer's chest, blood and flesh flew from the killer's chest immediately.

Fuxi glanced at the man in the cloak who came suddenly, wanted to say something but was speechless, he could only force himself to concentrate on the battle situation, and quickly changed a few positions, the dark fan circled the killer's eyes dizzily , He was killed before he could react.

"Let's go." Bailige dealt with the last black-clothed killer, hugged Fuxi and jumped on his horse.

"drive--"

The two rode together and galloped away.

【Changping slope】

Fuxi and Bailige got off their horses by a tree-lined stream, and in front of them was a simple log cabin, although the sparrow was small and well-equipped, this was the temporary residence that Wan Tuci had prepared for Bailige.

"Is there any injury?" Bailige checked Fuxi's whole body nervously.

"It's okay." Fuxi said unnaturally.

The two looked at each other speechlessly, Bailige sighed softly and couldn't help but hug Fuxi into his arms: "Why did you leave without saying goodbye."

"It just adds to the sadness." Fuxi said awkwardly.

"Do you really want to leave that much?"

"Changyi, don't force me?" Fuxi said helplessly while stroking Bailige's face.

Bailige pursed his lips tightly, and after looking at Fuxi for a while, he took off his dark cloak and said lightly: "Wan Tuoci will not let you go back to Nanping safely, you wear my suit." Clothes, avoid people's eyes and ears, go back secretly."

"Then what about you?" Fuxi twitched the corners of his mouth and asked weakly.

"I'll be fine, don't worry." Bailige comforted with a light smile, and changed into his own black clothes for Fuxi, "All the way to the east, by the way, there is this."

After saying that, he took a token from his waist and put it in Fuxi's hand, and said softly, "Go to the city gate and show the token to the guards, and you can enter and leave the city directly, and the guards will not interrogate you."

Holding the token in the palm of his hand, Fuxi could still feel the temperature of the other party. He smiled unnaturally and said, "Give me the clearance token, aren't you afraid that I will lead troops directly into the customs?"

"I give it to you because I love you and don't want anything to happen to you." Bailige said helplessly, "You are my enemy and even my life. What do you want me to do?"

Fuxi looked at Bailige calmly, all his thoughts had been disrupted, it seemed that all the flames had passed away and only this man who loved him was left, he suddenly hugged Bailige tightly, and pulled his clothes with all his strength The knuckles are also whitish.

"If you want, I can take you home now." Bailige said softly, stroking Fuxi's back.

Fuxi bit her lips tightly and said nothing, as if she was being torn apart by two forces and could not escape.

Bailige let out a long sigh, and he gently stroked Fuxi's back to comfort him. After a long time, he helped the man in his arms onto the horse and said, "Don't stop walking all night. Only when you return to Nanping will you be safe."

"I'm sorry..." Fuxi murmured while looking at Bailige motionlessly, he didn't know what was wrong with him, he really wanted to stay at this moment, maybe he didn't have the strength to fight Changyi anymore.

For the past two years, he has been confronting Chang Yi tit for tat and cheating each other. He is suddenly very scared, fearing that everything will be overwhelmed.

"I just want you to be safe, and send me a message in Nanping." Bailige looked at Fuxi and said softly, then slapped the horse hard heartily.

The horse neighed in the sky, and galloped away to the east. It could no longer see your face or hear your voice.The turmoil in the world separates you and me. Even if you love deeply, how much is it worth compared to the king's dominance in this troubled world?

【Outskirts of Mingcheng】

"Xiaoxiao, get up."

Guan Yixiao was comfortably rolled up in the thick clothes, just about to turn over lazily as usual, but suddenly his whole body was suspended in the air and fell to the tree - he immediately remembered that he was sleeping on the tree, and immediately screamed:

"Mom-"

Mu Jingnian flew forward and hugged him, covered his mouth at the same time, and then flew up the tree again.He looked at Guan Yixiao who was wide-eyed and still in shock, and said in a low voice: "Keep your voice down, maybe the yamen servants are searching nearby."

Guan Yixiao nodded "Mmmm", then patted her small chest with lingering fear: "My God, I even forgot that we were running for our lives."

Mu Jingnian let him sit on the branch, flew up and looked around in the woods, seeing no one around, he said:

"It seems that there is no one in this area, let's go back along this road."

The two of them got off the tree and headed back all the way, but maybe they escaped too hastily yesterday, so they don't know where they are now.Fortunately, Songxi was always by his side to guide, so that he would not get lost in the woods.

After a while, the two of them came to a high slope, and after walking up the slope for a few minutes, they found human footprints.

"Yeah? Could there be someone in this mountain?" Guan Yixiao turned around and studied the footprints on the ground: "It seems to be going over there, let's go and see!"

As he spoke, he pulled Mu Jingnian forward and rushed forward enthusiastically, and Song Xi also followed with a honking sound.

After walking for a while, the two really saw a wooden house in the mountains, and the door of the house was half closed, and there seemed to be a figure inside.

"Excuse me—" Guan Yixiao rushed in, and was shocked when he saw the people in the room: "Brother, why are you?!"

Mu Jingnian was also taken aback when he walked in, only to see that the person in the room turned out to be Baili Ge.I saw the other party sitting at the table drinking alone, glass after glass, his face extremely gloomy.He saw the two pause, then nodded dully.

"Yeah, what are you doing?" Guan Yixiao rushed forward to pick up the wine jar and sniffed it: "Tsk tsk, what a strong wine!"

"Spirited wine is good..." Baili Ge said with a drunken smile, "Yi Wangyou..."

Guan Yixiao looked at him strangely: "By the way, brother, you also escaped?"

Bailige shook his head, drank a glass of wine and said, "The emperor gave me five days to find out the culprit."

"This is a good thing!" Guan Yixiao clapped his hands happily and said, "Then why are you drinking here? Why don't you hurry up and investigate the case! Clear yourself!"

Baili Ge paused for a moment, then sighed: "Compared with investigating cases, I'd rather get drunk here, and why bother with the secular world."

"What's wrong with you?!" Guan Yixiao stomped anxiously, and said to Mu Jingnian coquettishly; "Look at Jingnian! Brother, why is he so depressed?!"

Mu Jingnian stepped forward and said: "At present, the corpse and other evidence have not been recovered, and it may be difficult to investigate if we go late."

"That's right!" Guan Yixiao almost yelled, he didn't know where the strength came from, grabbed Bailige's shoulders and pulled him up, patted his arms on both sides heavily and said: "Brother, cheer up! Isn't that right?" The short-lived decline of fame, it’s like setting off fireworks, bang, hey, it’s over! Don’t be like this..."

Bailige felt a little dizzy after being photographed by him, he held his forehead and said, "You are in such a hurry...why?"

"I'm in a hurry for you!" Guan Yixiao continued stomping his feet, and sat down on the table: "Hey, the emperor really doesn't worry about eunuchs, brother, don't worry..."

His voice was so penetrating that it almost seemed to blow up the entire cabin.

"Xiaoxiao! Keep your voice down!"

"Oh." Guan Yixiao nodded, then approached Bailige and continued chatting.

Bailige only felt that there were ten thousand mosquitoes around his ears, and he couldn't help it if he wanted to drink quietly. He made a sudden move and almost threw off Guan Yixiao who was stuck to his body.

The latter staggered a few steps and looked at him with surprise and joy: "Brother, have you figured it out?"

"……You are noisy."

"Have you figured it out?!" Guan Yixiao asked excitedly.

Bailige rubbed his aching ears: "I don't come here to drink to relieve my boredom. Now that you are here, I can't drink quietly. It's better to investigate."

"That's great!" Guan Yixiao cheered happily, and ran over to hug Mu Jingnian's arm: "Jingnian, let's help brother investigate the case together and catch the culprit who framed him!"

Mu Jingnian paused, then nodded slightly, and asked Bailige, "Baili, does anyone know that you are hiding here?"

"It's just the three of us." Bailige said: "It's convenient to live here, and now we have to keep people here to investigate the case. Ah Jing, you know martial arts, so you have to worry about it."

"Eh? Then my brother and I go to investigate the case." Guan Yixiao said immediately, brushing his hair smugly: "Although I am weak and boneless, I have both beauty and wisdom. Be a military adviser and make plans!"

Seeing his mouth twitching like this, Bailige thought for a while and said, "That's fine."

Mu Jingnian stared blankly at the two of them, then walked to the side and sat down, and the gift of congratulations on his shoulders fluttered down on the table.But seeing him pour himself a glass of wine, he said, "Go ahead."

into the night.

【Dali Temple·Ling Hall】

"who?!"

Bailige was wearing a pitch-black cloak, followed by Guan Yixiao who was also dressed in black. He took out a token from his waist to signify the emperor's presence, and said coldly, "Investigators."

The guard thought it was the imperial envoy who was secretly investigating the case, and when he saw the token, he quickly bowed: "Yes, yes, see your lord." While talking, he invited the two people into it.

"I'm here to examine the sixth prince's body, and bring the case files and evidence along the way." Bailige said.

"Sir, please."

The guard nodded again and again, and brought Bailige and Guan Yixiao into a resplendent palace, only to see a gold-encrusted coffin in the center.

"When is the prince's funeral?" Baili Ge asked.

"Just tomorrow, my lord has to check the body as soon as possible."

"Well, let's open the coffin."

"Yes." Two or three guards ordered to open the coffin.

"Bring the file about this case." Bailigo continued to speak.

"My lord, here is the file." A guard carried a stack of thick books and put them on the table.

"You go down first."

"Yes."

After everyone left, Bailige looked at Guan Yixiao and said, "Go to the file and see if there are any clues."

"Okay!" Guan Yixiao nodded solemnly, with a more serious expression.

The two moved separately, and Baili Ge inspected Wan Chengzhong's body. The chest and abdomen were injured by sharp weapons, and they were still different kinds of wounds.

"Guanguan, is the murder weapon found in my mansion really?" Bailige asked while checking.

"The file says that after comparison, the dagger and short sword are indeed the murder weapon." Guan Yixiao said while flipping through the booklet.

"Could it be that there are two killers?" Baili Ge frowned and muttered to himself.

"Two are normal too~ Assassinating the prince is a big deal, so prepare with both hands." Guan Yixiao looked very experienced.

"En." Baili Ge nodded, "By the way, who was the last person to see the prince?"

"It's Qiao'er...but it seems that Qiao'er is dead." Guan Yixiao frowned while looking through the files. There was always something wrong with all these messy things piled up together.

"Dead?" Baili Ge asked strangely.

"Well, according to the records above, when he left after serving the prince to bed, he encountered a killer. He died beyond recognition, and the body has already been buried."

Bailige pondered for a while, and continued to inspect and found that Wan Tongzhong's clothes knot was somewhat unusual, it was tied in a very rare way, and this way of knotting... seemed to be the same as Mu Jingnian's.

"Guan Guan, come and take a look at this knot."

"Ah~" Guan Yixiao looked at it seriously, "It's strange, but it looks familiar..."

"It's the same as Ah Jing's knot."

"Ah! No wonder it looks familiar." Guan Yixiao suddenly realized, "I remember he said that this is the common way of knotting in Donggao."

"Are there Donggao people in the palace?

"Let me take a look." Guan Yixiao hurriedly ran to look through the brochure, "There is a maid in the palace who is from Donggao, she was the one we met last time when we went to Bumin Mountain, Qiaoer."

"Qiaoer is Wan Chengzhong's personal maid." Bailige sneered.

"That's right, I was bought back to the palace by Wan Chengzhong from a brothel a month ago, I heard that he was very favored hahaha..." Guan Yixiao said ambiguously.

Bailige cast a glance at Guan Yixiao, and continued to examine the body, only to see a vague cyan mark on the palm of Wan Chengzhong's right hand. He leaned over and sniffed it, which looked like celadon glaze.

"Guan Guan, is there a mark on the palm of Wan Chengzhong's right hand recorded in the file?"

"Yes...it's just stained with ordinary celadon. It is estimated that the prince was still touching the celadon before he died."

"Which hand is he holding the token?"

"Right hand."

"Where is the token? Let me see."

"Here." Guan Yixiao took out the token from a small box, and suddenly sneezed several times after walking a few steps.

"Ah Chirp..."

"Ah chirp..."

"You're caught in the cold, go back and drink some medicine." Bailige cast a sideways glance at Guan Yixiao, and took the token for inspection.

"How is it possible... Chirp..."

"The green glaze in the palm of Wan Chengzhong is on this token." Bailige said lightly.

"Ah? It's not written on the file!" Guan Yixiao flipped through it strangely, still sneezing, "Ah Chirp..."

"No one dares to investigate this case in detail," Bailige said meaningfully.

"It's no wonder that His Majesty wants you to check it yourself, General." Guan Yixiao said excitedly.

"Let's go, go and see Qiao'er's body." Bailige chuckled strangely, as if he had a plan in mind.

"Ah? Why are you looking at that woman's body... I heard it's scary... Chirp..."

"Follow me." Bailige grabbed Guan Yixiao's shoulder domineeringly, and lifted Guan Yixiao up like a chicken and flew straight up.

【quelin】

Que Lin sounds like a poetic and picturesque place, but it is a cemetery. All the maids and servants of some rich families are buried here. Thanks to the blessing of the owner, such a good cemetery

Now in the middle of the night, there is no sound, and the winter season is even more windy, which makes people have goosebumps. Guan Yixiao dragged a big shovel and hid behind Bailige in horror, dragging him by the sleeves of his clothes.

"General... I'm so scared..."

Bailige looked for Qiao'er's tombstone while lighting the lantern calmly, and said leisurely: "What is there to be afraid of the dead? Did you do something wrong?"

"Nonsense!" Guan Yixiao roared.

Bailige didn't bother to pay attention to it, and concentrated on searching, and finally found a new tombstone under a tree, which was Qiaoer of the Sixth Prince's Mansion.

"Let's do it, dig." Bailige gestured to Guan Yixiao.

"Do you really want to dig a grave..." Guan Yixiao asked cautiously.

"dig."

"Oh..." Guan Yixiao nodded pitifully.

Under the dark night, the two of them shoveled furtively one at a time, and it didn't know how long it took to dig one person. Guan Yixiao threw the shovel and hid behind Bailige.

"Wow, don't look at it..."

"Coward." Bailige glared at Guan Yixiao, using his internal strength to blow away the layer of yellow sand.

Smoke and dust filled the sky.

"what--"

Guan Yixiao's heart-piercing scream resounded throughout the sparrow forest.

"What's your name?" Bailige covered his ears with a look of weakness.

"It's super scary, super scary ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh) pointing softly at the unrecognizable bloody corpse and screaming again.

"Shut up." Bailige frowned and directly tapped Guan Yixiao's Ya point, and then he calmed down and could concentrate on the autopsy.

He held his breath and endured the smell of corpses, and used a long wooden branch to lift Qiao'er's hands to check. There was no mark of celadon, and he was about to continue checking, when Guan Yixiao behind him tugged at his clothes restlessly.

"What's wrong?" Bailige looked at Guan Yixiao impatiently.

"Hmm..." Guan Yixiao gesticulated exaggeratedly.

Bailige untied Guan Yixiao's acupuncture points, only to hear Guan Yixiao yell: "She, she, she doesn't seem to be Qiaoer... General, look at her knots, they are not tied in the way of Donggao people!"

"Looking at her body, she was buried directly, and the blood-stained clothes should also be the clothes when she died." Bailige said in a deep voice.

"If this corpse is not Qiao'er...then this Qiao'er is very strange!"

"Well, I suspect that the murderer should be this personal maid Qiao'er." Baili Ge said seriously.

"Where are you going to catch her... and it's been two or three days, and she's gone long ago." Guan Yixiao wept.

"Go back and make plans."

The two of them restored the tomb to its original state before leaving this terrifying and eerie sparrow forest.

"Jingnian Jingnian——it's so scary!" Guan Yixiao rushed into Mu Jingnian's arms and hugged him tightly as soon as he opened the door, he felt a smell of alcohol coming from his face, and raised his head in surprise: "Eh? Have you been drinking too?"

Mu Jingnian frowned, and saw Bailige coming from behind; "How is the investigation?"

"The murderer should be the sixth prince's maid, Qiao'er. The problem now is how to catch him." Bailige walked to the table as he spoke, and poured a glass of wine casually.

"Chasing...you can rely on sending happiness." Mu Jingnian said suddenly.

"That's right! Sending happiness is a divine bird hahahaha..." Guan Yixiao winked.

"How to say?" Baili Ge was puzzled.

"Songxi can track people based on their scent." Mu Jingnian explained, "But first you need to get Qiaoer's personal belongings, so that Sendxi can remember Qiaoer's smell."

"Qiao'er's relic is in the hands of Xiaoyu, the servant girl of the palace. I'll go get it, and wait for me to come back." Bailige couldn't stop, and left the cabin directly after speaking.

Guan Yixiao watched Bailige leave in a hurry, and said with a mother's gratified expression of watching her son travel far away: "Hey, brother finally cheered up, good news!"

After he finished speaking, he clapped his hands happily, turned around and hugged the silent Mu Jingnian, and said softly, "Why is Jingnian drinking?"

Mu Jingnian lowered his head, pressed a kiss on his forehead lightly, then reached out and hugged him tightly without saying a word.His eyes were as deep as the sea of ​​ink, shining like stars in the dark night, as if he wanted to engrave Guan Yixiao's appearance in his heart.

"I heard that drinking to relieve boredom, so I drank a few glasses."

Guan Yixiao held his face and kissed back, wet the other's lips lightly with his tongue, and said in a low voice: "Why, if I don't accompany you, Jingnian will be bored?"

Mu Jingnian held him in his arms, carefully brushed the black hair on his forehead, and said: "With Xiaoxiao here, naturally I won't be bored."

Guan Yixiao was delighted to hear that, and leaned into his arms, and put his arms around his waist.Suddenly he touched the crescent moon ornament, it felt cold and clear to the touch, he couldn't help but took it to have a look, it was actually a blue crescent moon ornament.

"This is... ah chirp!" He suddenly sneezed several times in a row, as if he got the token not long ago.

"What's wrong?" Mu Jingnian looked at him strangely.

"No... ah chirp! This thing of yours... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Guan Yixiao hastily stuffed the pendant to him: "You... oh my god, what's going on?!" He carefully After thinking about it, he suddenly realized, he covered his nose and touched the pendant and said, "Eh? Isn't this made of the same material as the green glaze token held by the Sixth Prince?"

"This green-glazed crescent moon hanging was originally a property of Donggao's royal family." Mu Jingnian said: "It is a relic of my master's ancestors."

"Could it be that the green glaze on the token is also from Donggao's side..." Guan Yixiao frowned: "Qiaoer is the assassin of Donggao's royal family?"

After hearing this, Mu Jingnian paused, opened his mouth and did not speak.

And Guan Yixiao's eyeballs rolled around, and suddenly he laughed insanely and mysteriously: "It seems that there is a big mystery in it..."