phoenix jiuxiao

Chapter 61

In the early morning, a group of four rode out of Chujing on a horse presented by the Queen of Nanchu.

However, Mu Qingchen sat in front of the horse with Su Hailing's arms as usual, drowsy.

Su Hailing is also very helpless, I don't know if it is because women in this world have too much desire, even a calm person like her has no self-control in bed, it seems that there is always enough... Mu Qingchen's riding skills are not good, She was really afraid that he would fall headlong if he dozed off.So, the one horse that was free was used to hunch the luggage.

Haoyue faithfully performed her duties as a bodyguard, while Situ Ye was lazily at the end, looking from one to the other, with an evil smile of unknown meaning all the time on her lips.

Su Hailing took another sneak peek at Haoyue, and found the thick dark circles and reddish bloodshot eyes, and couldn't help sighing secretly.This person probably didn't sleep all night, and...the cold wind probably really blew on the roof all night.

It's not that she doesn't love her, it's just... If a person doesn't love himself anymore, what's the use of relying on other people's love?Haoyue is not a little swallow like Zimo who should be protected under the wings from the wind and rain, he is a goshawk who can soar freely in the sky.However... a goshawk with broken wings is not as good as Xiaoyan!
After all, he can only wait for him to figure it out and get out of this dead end by himself, and no one can help him.

Suddenly, there was a burst of singing from behind. The voice was incomplete and out of tune. It was a waste of a good voice...

"Situ Ye, you are called a soul!" Su Hailing covered his ears and turned his head and gave the culprit a hard look.

"Seeing that all of you are bored, let's add some interest to the boring journey." Situ Ye smiled and rolled his eyes, and continued to sing.

"Shut up!" Su Hailing yelled.

Mu Qingchen in his arms suddenly opened his eyes.

"Woke you up?" Su Hailing stroked his long hair soothingly.

Mu Qingchen sat up straight and looked up at the sky.

Su Hailing was startled, and followed his gaze, only to see a small black shadow swooping down between the clouds.

"Miss, be careful!" Haoyue turned the horse around half a circle, and put her hand on the hilt of her sword.

"It's okay, it's Xuan Yu." Su Hailing had already seen the true face of the black shadow, smiled and stretched out his hand, letting the black eagle land on his wrist.

Mu Qingchen untied the copper tube tied to the eagle's leg, took out the letter, and tied the copper tube back.

Su Hailing's wrist trembled, and Xuan Yu let out a clear cry, soaring into the sky.

"Countless people from the rivers and lakes are concentrating on the coast of the South China Sea?" Mu Qingchen glanced at the teeny script on the silk, and said inexplicably, "It seems that even that shrew named Yao Ji has gone."

"South China Sea?" Su Hailing was stunned. Isn't that the southernmost part of the mainland, the border of Southern Chu?
"You said they were concentrating on the South China Sea?" Situ Ye's face suddenly changed drastically.

"What's wrong?" Su Hailing's heart sank, and he intuitively felt a little unknown.

"Our destination is the South China Sea, and the medicine house is there." Situ Ye frowned and said to himself.

"It can't be such a coincidence, can it?" Su Hailing took the silk and looked at it again.

"Mr. Situ, did you go from Dayong to the South China Sea alone?" Haoyue said.

"How can it be!" Situ Ye smiled "hehe", "Master has a Befu outside the capital, and he usually teaches me some medical skills there, but the chances for me to go there are very few. It was Master who took me back to the medicine house. of."

"How?" Mu Qingchen said.

"Since we walked out of Xiaohan Mountain, I feel that there is a pair of black hands behind the scenes to promote everything in the Jianghu." Su Hailing took a long breath, and turned to Situ Yedao, "Situ, there are rumors in the Jianghu that three people left behind by the evil doctor A grain of Nine Turns Golden Pill is hidden in the medicine shed, its medicine has the power of bringing alive the flesh and bones of the dead, if a martial arts practitioner takes it, it can add a Jiazi's power, and the benefits are endless."

"Master never left anything like that!" Situ Ye said with certainty.

"Does anyone know the location of the medicine house?" Su Hailing asked.

"The world knows that the medicine house is in the South China Sea, but no one should know the exact location." Situ Ye said.

"Qingnian Mountain Range?" Su Hailing asked.

"How do you know?" Situ Ye suddenly trembled.

Su Hailing handed him the silk in his hand without saying a word.

"How is it possible..." After reading the above content, Situ Ye even trembled with his hands, his face was as pale as snow.The Qingnian Mountains where the medicine house is located... who knows these secrets, and why did they spread them?

"I have the same feeling as on Green Sea Plain." Su Hailing said in a deep voice.

Mu Qingchen didn't answer, but pressed her back on the back of her hand.

"Miss, we must rush to the Qingnian Mountains immediately, otherwise if someone finds the medicine house, the consequences will be disastrous." Haoyue said.

"Yeah." Su Hailing nodded, and said again, "Yue, is there any change in Dayong's side?"

"The information received the day before yesterday is still as usual." Haoyue said.

Su Hailing frowned slowly, did the person behind the scenes target Nan Chu?Leading Mu Qingchen down the mountain, besieging the Xuanming Palace, Lan Yanzui among the empresses of Southern Chu, and the news that there is a peerless medicine hidden in the Qingnian Mountain Medicine House... What is the connection between all of this?
In the dark, there seems to be a big gray net hanging quietly above the head, making people breathless.

"Hailing, what are you thinking?" Mu Qingchen asked.

"It's nothing, it's just...the water in Nanchu is very deep." Su Hailing sighed.

While they were talking, two fast horses came up behind them and galloped away like lightning.

"Wearing a weapon, he is a man of the rivers and lakes." Haoyue said.

"I'm afraid he is also an idiot who got the news and wanted to try his luck in the Qingnian Mountains." Su Hailing sneered.

"Let's catch up quickly too." Haoyue said, "If someone gets there first..."

"It doesn't matter." Situ Ye quickly regained his composure, but his eyes glistened with bloodthirsty light, "Is the medicine house such an easy place to break into? There are traps everywhere in the Qingnian Mountains, and there are murderous intentions at every step. If I don't lead the way, I'm afraid they don't even know how they died!"

"Could it be that the evil doctor's residence is covered with poisonous poison?" Su Hailing asked.

"The other half was made by me." Situ Ye sneered, "I can't stay in the medicine hut, and I can't let people break in and disturb the tranquility of Master and her old man!"

"But the weather in the mountains is windy and rainy, won't the poison dissipate?" Haoyue wondered.

"If it's so easy to be washed away by the rain, the evil doctor won't be too famous." Situ Ye said proudly.

"Stop being wordy, let's get on the road." Su Hailing interrupted, "Since the people behind the scenes dare to release such news, there may not be a way to pass through the poison formation."

One sentence made Situ Ye's expression change, and he raised his horsewhip and whipped angrily as a vent.

Next, the few people were not interested in seeing the scenery along the way, so they galloped all the way, stayed overnight at Xiaoxing, and arrived at the foot of the Qingnian Mountains two days earlier than the scheduled time.

Along the way, I received two more messages from Xuanyu. Mei Junhan really kept his word, and sent all kinds of information, which made Su Hailing understand the situation of Southern Chu Wulin in a short period of time. .

Except for the people from Miaoxian Temple who were still missing, there were people from sects big and small, and there were also many lone masters without sects and demons from evil sects. It was even more lively than that in Lvhaiyuan.But the strange thing is that the Southern Chu government, which has always been inseparable from the rivers and lakes, remained silent this time, as if they didn't know that half of the people in the rivers and lakes had gathered in the Qingnian Mountains.

After depositing the horses at the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain and buying some dry food, Situ Ye led the way into the mountain.

Qingnian Mountains - a very beautiful name, but after entering the mountain, Su Hailing was extremely depressed. There is not even a little "green" in this mountain!Looking around, there are bare stones everywhere, some of which have been weathered quite badly, and there are small holes in them, but apart from that, there is not even a grass or a rabbit!No wonder Situ Ye asked them to prepare dry food before entering the mountain.

Situ Ye didn't lead them up the mountain, but along a canyon and upstream along the gurgling stream.

Fortunately, all three of them had martial arts skills, and Situ Ye, the only one who didn't know martial arts, had walked here countless times, and his steps were extremely brisk.

"Situ, isn't this stream poisonous?" Su Hailing stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"No matter how capable I am, I can't poison the living water for so long." Situ Ye rolled his eyes and said angrily.

"Who knows what freaks you master and apprentice are." Su Hailing pouted, took out the water bag, and carefully walked down the rocky beach to fill it.

"Let's rest here for a while." Situ Ye looked up at the sky, found a smooth stone and sat down.Although he is familiar with the road, but after all, he is weak, and it is not bad to be able to walk in this kind of place for most of the day.

"Drink some water." Haoyue took off the water bag and handed it to him.

"Thank you." Situ Ye smiled sincerely, and then sighed slightly.

"What's wrong?" Haoyue asked in surprise.

Situ Ye didn't answer, looking at Mu Qingchen not far away with an awkward expression and Su Hailing who insisted on hugging him, he was silent.

Haoyue followed his gaze, her expression darkened slightly.

"Aren't you jealous?" Situ Ye raised an eyebrow.

"Miss' lover is Haoyue's master." Haoyue said without hesitation.

"You really think so in your heart?" Situ Ye carefully scrutinized his expression, but couldn't see a trace of hypocrisy, so he couldn't help shaking his head bored.

"Haoyue...not worthy." Haoyue left a faint sentence, walked down the rocky beach, and refilled the water bag with clean water.

Situ Ye's smile gradually faded.Isn't it worthy... Did he know that Haoyue, who was the first male bodyguard commander in Dayong with a sword in his hand, was the idol he admired when he was young.It was the man in Tsing Yi, who was shameless and reviled by thousands of people but arrogant, gave him the courage to pursue freedom.

Although Su Hailing on the other side was tired of Mu Qingchen, he didn't relax his mind. Although he couldn't hear the conversation between Situ Ye and Haoyue, he could see the changes in their expressions.

What Situ Ye thinks is none of her business, but Haoyue... Ever since that night in the Nanchu Palace, Haoyue's figure has always been slightly sad, as if it had been condensed for thousands of years.However, she made up her mind and didn't care, ignored, and even deliberately got closer to Mu Qingchen in front of him.

The wound is very painful to be torn open, but if the inside is rotting, what's the use of just healing the surface, it's better... torn off the medicine again, after the pain is gone, there will be no future troubles.

She knew that she was forcing Haoyue to walk towards the cliff step by step, but if she didn't jump off, how could she find the peerless scenery under the cliff!If he can't cross this hurdle, he doesn't have the qualifications to stand by his side.

"What are you thinking?" Mu Qingchen came to her side.

"I'm thinking about... my previous life." Su Hailing turned his head and smiled softly.

That's right, for the modern Su Che, those 27 years of life are already in her previous life, and the current her is just Su Hailing.

"Nonsense." Mu Qingchen gave her a blank look.

"I tell you the truth, you don't believe it anymore." Su Hailing naturally took his hand and walked up.

"Have you finished whispering?" Situ Ye asked.

"Are you jealous?" Su Hailing grimaced viciously.

"I'm jealous of you bastard!" Situ Ye said "Pooh", and sneaked a glance at Haoyue who was drawing water.

The one who is most qualified to be jealous is Haoyue!Unfortunately, that man probably doesn't even understand what jealousy is...

"Situ, how far do we have to go?" Su Hailing asked seriously.

"It's very early." Situ Ye stretched his waist and said dissatisfiedly, "I really don't understand why that old guy likes to build his old nest in such a ghostly place. At the current speed, it will take two days at least. .”

"Two days, it should be in the middle of the Qingnian Mountain Range." Su Hailing said, secretly calculating the distance.

"Almost." Situ Ye nodded and said, "Going forward, you will reach the Duanchou Gorge before sunset. There is a cave there that can shelter you from the wind. I used to spend the night there when I went in and out, and there are dry firewood inside."

"Miss, look over there!" Haoyue suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Su Hailing was startled, and jumped in front of him with lightness kung fu.

"Miss, look!" Haoyue pointed to the upper reaches of the stream.

Su Hailing frowned, looked carefully, and saw a piece of cloth fluttering in the wind on a big rock by the stream, and the lying... seemed to be a person?

"I'll go and have a look." Haoyue said.

"Be careful...that's all, let's go together." Su Hailing changed his words in the middle of speaking.

The four of them walked for a while, and walked around to the boulder, and the thing was indeed a person, or...a corpse.

Haoyue stepped forward and turned the corpse face up, only to see that her face was purple and black, her seven orifices were bleeding, and the blood stains were all dried up. It was obvious that she died of poisoning, and she had been dead for more than a day.

"Situ, what good deed have you done?" Su Hailing couldn't help but secretly frightened, what a domineering poison!
"It's not me!" Situ Ye's face was terribly gloomy.

"It's not you?" Su Hailing was taken aback.

"There are still two days' journey away from the medicine house. If she was poisoned by me, she would definitely not be able to come here before she died of the poison."

"What's going on?" Su Hailing wondered.

Mu Qingchen looked at it for a long time, then suddenly reached out and took off a token from the corpse's belt.

"What is this?" Haoyue asked.

"This person is a member of Iron Sword Sect in Southern Chu." Mu Qingchen shook the token, "This is the sign of a member of Iron Sword Sect."

"The Iron Sword Sect is considered a famous sect in Southern Chu." Haoyue said.

"Greed." Su Hailing said plainly.

"Since ancient times, magical weapons, rare elixir and martial arts secret books are all treasures that people in the martial arts dream of. Compared with them, what is a mere life?" Mu Qingchen said indifferently.

"Let's go." Su Hailing let out a breath, took his hand and continued to walk forward.

Haoyue and Situ Ye glanced at each other and followed slowly.

"What a beautiful sunset." Su Hailing said suddenly.

Hearing such a thoughtless remark, everyone couldn't help but froze for a moment.

The sunset in the evening had already begun to fall westward, and the dim afterglow left a blood-like color on the horizon.

"You can still laugh?" Situ Ye angrily kicked the pebbles under his feet.

Although the dead person had nothing to do with them, but after all, she saw the dead person, and the death was so miserable, how could she still be in a good mood to appreciate the sunset?
"Why don't you smile?" Su Hailing turned her head, the setting sun dyed her cheeks, making her smile brighter and brighter, "A person lives for a lifetime, either crying or laughing, laughing is a day, crying is also a day, smiling more, a day is a day." It’s over, it’s over for a lifetime, why bother to make life difficult for yourself.”

Situ Ye was speechless, he couldn't say that what she said was wrong, but it was indeed fallacious...

"Nonsense!" Following Mu Qingchen's cold voice, Su Hailing was slapped on the back of the head.

"Qingchen!" Su Hailing cried out dumbfounded.

Situ Ye said that she could not beat her, Haoyue would not raise any objections at all, and the only one who dared to beat her was Mu Qingchen...

"I am your master!" Mu Qingchen blocked her complaint with one sentence.

It is only natural for a master to teach his disciples a lesson, and the Emperor and I have nothing to do with it!

"Master?" Situ Ye opened his mouth wide, looking at this and then at that.

"What are you looking at!" Su Hailing stared back fiercely.

"He, he is your master, how can you..." Situ Ye, who had always been eloquent, was stunned by this fact.

"What's wrong?" Su Hailing raised his chin proudly, "He is my servant."

Seeing that Mu Qingchen didn't refute, Situ Ye paused for a while with a tacit expression on his face before muttering to himself: "You...you are deceiving the master and destroying the ancestor..."

"What did you say?" Mu Qingchen's expression darkened immediately.

Haoyue pulled Situ Ye, motioning him not to speak.

Situ Ye turned around stupidly, and also saw a wry smile in Haoyue's clear eyes.

--it is true?

——Really, it couldn’t be more true.

"If you don't leave, you can stay here and feed the wolves!" Su Hailing shouted from a distance.

Haoyue sighed slightly, and stepped up to catch up.

Of course he knew what was going on between Su Hailing and Mu Qingchen, but what worried him was that after all, both of them personally recognized the title of master and apprentice. There will be one more handle to attack Su Hailing.

But... Su Hailing himself probably wouldn't care about such a trick.

Situ Ye stood still for a long time, until Su Hailing impatiently threw a stone in front of him and woke him up.

This is... blowing up a pool of spring water, what's the matter, Qianqing?

Situ Ye smiled wryly and shook his head, never mind her, maybe... there will be fun to watch in the future.

(End of this chapter)