Value peace

Chapter 90 The Trip to Lingzhou

The world is so silent, there is no wind, big and big snowflakes float down from the sky lightly and gracefully, gently fall on the thick snow, and land on Gu Xiyan and the others' coats and hats.

Gu Xiyan stepped on her foot impatiently, and Duan Yingluo's face changed drastically: "Don't, don't move. Be careful of being shot."

"Shoot?" Gu Xiyan looked at the adobe city wall at least 500 meters away from her.

"Look around the city wall. There's nothing there. You can see all the fields." Forbe's voice was tense, "It's completely a strategy to clear the walls and fields. Let's be careful."

Gu Xiyan's big eyes exposed outside the cloth strips rolled around: "It's too, it's too cold!"

Duan Yingluo said helplessly: "Be patient, they will definitely let us into the city before dark."

Gu Xiyan didn't believe it: "What if we are not allowed to enter the city?"

Duan Yingluo remained silent.

The atmosphere became a little dignified.

The sky darkened little by little, and the city wall in the distance turned into a blurry shadow. Amidst the sound of "squeaky" door hinges, orange lights illuminated the city wall, and a group of people holding torches moved towards Gu Xi Yan walked over to the place where Xi Yan was resting.The neat and uniform steps creaked and creaked in the snow, carrying a strange atmosphere in this silent night.

Gu Xiyan could not help but shudder.

Duan Yingluo had sharp eyes: "It's Qingfeng!" There was an incomprehensible sense of relief in his voice.

The one who came back with Jiang Qingfeng was a 30-year-old military officer with a handsome face, elegant temperament, and a kind of nobility unique to scholars.

Jiang Qingfeng pointed to Duan Yingluo and introduced to that person: "This is my patriarch's aunt Duan Twelfth Aunt." The person smiled and nodded towards Duan Yingluo, and Jiang Qingfeng pointed to that person and introduced to Duan Yingluo: " This is Mr. Gong, the Minister of the Young Mansion of the Duke of Yan!"

Gong Tao!

Gu Xiyan's pupils shrank involuntarily.

Duan Yingluo bowed slightly to Gong Tao: "Master Gong, excuse me!"

Gong Tao smiled, turned around and made a gesture of invitation, and the people he brought immediately surrounded Gu Xiyan and the others silently and walked towards Hongtai City.

In the city of Hongtai, it is covered in silver. On the broad main street, there is a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps. The snow has been swept away, revealing neat bluestones. After penetrating, the unique brilliance.

A group of people walked on the street in silence.

Gu Xiyan looked around with both eyes.

Next to the main street are criss-cross alleys, and the alleys are covered with a thick layer of snow, but they are spotless, clean and pure, as if no one has walked by.

Her heart tightened.

Then look around carefully.

The whole city is quiet and peaceful, except for the crackling sound of burning pine oil, no other sound can be heard.

There was no noise, no dogs barking, no horses neighing, it was completely quiet, like a dead city.

Gu Xiyan's heart felt cold, and her back felt cold. She couldn't help but lower her eyebrows and followed Duan Yingluo in a regular manner.

Gong Tao led them around a few turns, and came to a luxurious two-story wooden building next to the street. There was a plaque hanging under the eaves, with the four characters "Ruyi Inn" written on it.

Gong Tao laughed and said, "Let's just dust off here temporarily tonight!"

Jiang Qingfeng hurriedly cupped his fists and saluted Gong Tao: "Thank you, Mr. Gong!"

Gong Tao smiled and left with a few people, leaving more than half of them behind.One of them, who looked like a military officer, helped them open the door of the inn. Jiang Qingfeng thanked him politely, and then led Gu Xiyan and the others inside.

Seeing them entering the inn, the officer immediately closed the door.

Gu Xiyan, who was at the end, couldn't help but look back.

Through the glass window of the inn, she saw the officer wave his hand, and the group of people left behind by Gong Tao immediately stood straight on the steps in front of the inn at a certain distance, and surrounded the inn.

Duan Yingluo in front felt that Gu Xiyan hadn't followed, looked back and found that Gu Xiyan was staring at the soldiers standing there like tree poles outside the window in a daze, so he took her hand and said with a smile: "Don't Afraid, there is me!"

Gu Xiyan followed Duan Yingluo noncommittally towards the room behind the inn.

Uncle Fu had already looked around the inn, and said: "The guest rooms at the back are quite luxuriously furnished, and there are rice and Chinese cabbage left in the kitchen."

Duan Yingluo smiled and said: "In that case, please ask Uncle Fu to boil some water, and I will cook."

But Jiang Qingfeng said: "Let me cook, and Patriarch and Auntie accompany the girl."

Duan Yingluo was about to say something, but Gu Xiyan said: "Okay, Sister Duan, you can accompany me. This inn is deserted, and it's a bit embarrassing!"

Duan Yingluo smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, the owner of the inn may have escaped to avoid the flames of war."

As she spoke, she helped Gu Xiyan untie the cloth strip covering her face, and led Gu Xiyan to the backyard.

There were houses lined up in the backyard, and Gu Xiyan chose the one in the middle as their resting place.

The house is a typical northern building.Opposite the door is a large Kang, which occupies half the area of ​​the house. There is a table next to the door, and four Taishi chairs are placed between the table and the Kang.Duan Yingluo touched the kang: "Oh, it's cold, let Qingfeng light the kang first."

Gu Xiyan opened the short wooden cabinet on the kang, and the quilts were neatly placed inside.She took it out and smelled it, and there was still a faint fragrance. Seeing this, Duan Yingluo first went to ask Jiang Qingfeng to burn the kang, and then brought in all the quilts from the next door and spread them on the kang: "Take off your coat quickly, Wrap it up!"

Along the way, everyone's coats were covered with snow and fog, and the temperature in the room was higher, so the clothes would be wet later.

Gu Xiyan hurriedly took off her coat, wrapped herself in a quilt, and said with a smile: "Sister Duan, you are also on the kang, let's chat!"

Duan Yingluo hung the clothes that Gu Xiyan took off on the head of the grand master's chair, and said with a smile: "No, I will serve you food later!"

Gu Xiyan said with a sullen face: "Sister Duan, there are some things that I don't understand, I really don't have the heart to eat!"

Duan Yingluo patted the clothes hanging on the teacher's chair, and wrote lightly: "What's the matter, what are you worried about?"

Gu Xiyan snorted coldly, and said, "Sister Duan spent so much effort to trick me into coming to Hongtai, why exactly?"

Duan Yingluo's hands that patted her clothes were slightly stiff.

"I just want my sister to tell me sincerely," Gu Xiyan's eyes were as cold as ice edges hanging from the eaves, "Is Qi Hao alive or dead?"

Duan Yingluo smiled unnaturally, and said, "Why did the girl say that?"

Gu Xiyan sneered: "The disciples of Yan Jin can't be contacted anymore, that Ruomei can still smile when she sees her ancestor and aunt who is strong in martial arts, instead of rushing for help; if she temporarily decides to take me to Lingzhou, Uncle Fu can still Prepare a backpack in time to carry me all the way to Hongtai; Jiang Qingfeng can get us to be picked up by Gong Tao, the young man of the Duke of Yan’s mansion and one of the four great generals around Qi Hao, by declaring his name. Choose to cross the mountains from Funiu Mountain to Lingzhou instead of rushing from Jiazhou occupied by the Yan army directly to Lingzhou..." She clenched her fists tightly as she spoke, restraining herself from wanting to go Touching the bracelet with Qi Maosheng's private seal hidden between his wrists, "I just want to ask Sister Duan, Qi Hao, is he alive or dead?"

Duan Yingluo coughed lightly, her mouth seemed to murmur slightly, hesitating.

"Or, what do you think you can achieve through me?" Gu Xiyan stared at her coldly: "Since I dare to come here with you, I am sure that you Asura Sect will live and die with me!"

Duan Yingluo looked up in surprise.

Gu Xiyan smiled softly, her eyes were dark and dark: "Sister Duan, you people from South Shura, you are very clever!"

"No, why does the girl think I'm from Nan Xiuluo!" Duan Yingluo couldn't help asking back.

Gu Xiyan stared into Duan Yingluo's eyes: "How can bamboo grow in the north?"

Duan Yingluo couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Miss Gu, you are really smart, but this time you really misunderstood. We are really from North Shura, but our main hall is in Nanhai County."

Gu Xiyan didn't believe it at all: "Those are not important, I just want to know, is Qi Hao alive or dead?"

"We don't know!" Suddenly someone pushed the door and entered.

Gu Xiyan squinted her eyes.

It was Jiang Qingfeng.

His face was expressionless, but there was deep worry in his eyes: "Miss Gu, we don't know, so we rushed to Hongtai in a hurry."

Gu Xiyan sneered.

Seeing Jiang Qingfeng open his mouth, Duan Yingluo lost a lot of embarrassment, and said with a smile: "You are a family, easy to talk, so I won't bother you, go and see how Uncle Fu's dinner is doing!" After finishing speaking , went straight out the door.

Gu Xiyan heard that there was something in these words, and couldn't help looking at Jiang Qingfeng with questioning eyes.

Jiang Qingfeng said sternly: "Miss Gu really misunderstood Aunt Gu. Although the Asura Sect is divided into two, the main halls of both families are in the south of the Yangtze River. Walking, that's why people in the Jianghu misunderstand that the main hall of Bei Shura is in the north..."

Gu Xiyan interrupted Jiang Qingfeng's words impatiently, saying: "These things have nothing to do with me, I just want to know about Qi Hao's life and death."

Jiang Qingfeng showed a rare embarrassing expression, and spoke with a trace of respect: "Girl, I was originally a servant by the Duke's side, just like Brother Gong, but it's just that Brother Gong and Master went to the Northwest Camp. I sent it to the main hall of North Shura to practice. On July [-]th, I received a letter from my master, telling me to return to Yandi immediately. Since my master and I were in retreat, the disciples didn’t know the importance of this letter. It was the end of September when I left customs, and my master had an accident in Lingzhou. The master asked me to take Brother Mo, who is skilled in medicine, with me. When I walked to Tongli Town, the mouse in Brother Mo's hand suddenly smelled " Discontinued'Xiang, we searched for people through the incense, and found Aunt Patriarch... Aunt Patriarch said that he wanted to take the girl back to Yandi according to the Lord's intention...so we went together. When we arrived in Jindi, we got in touch Aunt Jiu, I know that some time ago Gong Tao asked Uncle Fu to go back to Yongzhou to find Mrs. Wei to bring a lot of ginseng fruits to Hongtai, and I also know that the third master brought Lin Yongzhao to Lingzhou. We thought about it and felt... felt that those ginseng I'm afraid it's for the master, and the third master rushed to Lingzhou in such a hurry, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for the master."

(End of this chapter)