The beauty is endless

Chapter 24 Reunion

In the slanting wind and drizzle, a ferry boat was crossing the wide river, heading from Haishengpu to Qinglian Town on the south bank.

There were not many people on the ferry, and a girl in green clothes sat by the window, staring at Misty Rain for a while, then turned around: "Sister Qiqi, you just left like this, are you really not saying goodbye to brother?"

"What are you saying goodbye to, mother-in-law and mother?" Sitting opposite her was a woman in a simple stone blue dress, tall and slender, with ordinary features, her long hair tied behind her head with only a cloth belt, and the girl opposite her. Compared with Xiu Mei Shui Ling, she is too ordinary, it is Murong Qi in disguise.

"But brother, he just went to the pier in the morning, and he will be back after a while..."

"He's so serious, once he encounters something to deal with, it's hard to tell when. I've waited for three or four hours. Besides, it's not like we won't see each other in the future." Murong Qi changed his face, so when he laughed The corners of the mouth were a little stiff, but a narrow smile overflowed from the eyes, "Xiao Ci, are you reluctant to part with me?"

Ji Ci blurted out: "Actually, the one who really hates you is..." The words came to his lips, but he stopped suddenly, paused, and smiled softly, "Sister Qi Qi left, I don't know what It's time to meet."

Murong Qi chuckled: "It's easy to meet. When the day you get married, no matter where I am, I will rush to come. So, if you miss me, you just need to get married as soon as possible."

A few words made Ji Ci's face turn red: "Sister Qiqi, you are making fun of me!"

The shyness of this girl's family is really beautiful, Murong Qi, who has been playing the role of a dandy for many years, saw it and felt pity: "To be honest, you are all over, if you are in a big family in Liaoyangjing, you will be an adult at this age." Damn. Come, come, tell my sister, is there anyone coming to propose a marriage? Ji Che is really, why don't you help me find out..."

Hearing this, Ji Ci opened his mouth, then lowered his head, his voice was as thin as a mosquito's gnat: "No...no one came to propose marriage..."

Murong Qi couldn't help but patted the table: "What's going on, these people are all blind..." Halfway through the conversation, it suddenly occurred to me that Xiao Ci was originally picked up by the former gang leader Ji Mang and kept as Ji Che's wife , since even the members of their family knew about it, there was no reason why the members of the Hongshui Gang didn't know about it.Now that you know, there is that person who dares to rob the boss for a woman, don't you feel tired of working?

No wonder she is so cute and gentle, but no one came to propose marriage...

Seeing her shy appearance, Xiao Ci also understands in her heart, is she... waiting for him?

Murong Qi was stunned for a while, before carefully asking: "It's been so long, hasn't Ji Che...he mentioned it to you?"

Ji Ci lowered his head even lower, and could only see the slightly swaying gnat's head.

She stammered a bit: "Then... that, Xiaoci, don't worry, Ah Che is still... still very responsible..."

"..."

It's cold.

It's so annoying, she's having a good chat, but when Ji Che is mentioned, she's silent, this guy must be out of character with her!
Murong Qi angrily put down his teacup, feeling a little unexplainable depression in his heart, and it all fell on Ji Che.

Murong Qi suddenly decided to leave the Hongshui Gang.

She has always wanted to go to Jiangnan for a stroll, and this time she came back with Ji Che, she also wanted to take this opportunity to go south and have a good time.After yesterday's unhappy breakup, she calmed down. Although she was still a little angry, she also figured it out. As the leader of a gang, Ji Che is busy with affairs. When he is free to accompany her to the south, it may be difficult to wait. .

Moreover, since the reunion, there have always been unhappiness between the two of them due to various inexplicable reasons, and the casualness of their youth seems to be irretrievable.

She was a little sad, and felt that it would be useless to stay longer, so she decided to set off temporarily to enjoy the beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River alone.

She couldn't tell what was causing it, but before leaving, she only bid farewell to Ji Ci, and when Ji Ci was going to Qinglian Town on business early in the morning, the two of them stopped by.

During the boat trip, Ji Ci invited her to stay in the town for half a day. Murong Qi was originally a lively person, so he naturally agreed, but Ji Ci wanted to go to Hongshui to help the sub-helm to pass the message for Ji Che, so the two made an appointment at noon Meet at the water temple on the east side of the town.

Murong Qi wandered alone for a while, the feeling of suffocation on the boat before was quickly dispelled by the unique folk customs and the lively market.

Jiangnan is rich and prosperous, with willows like smoke and flowers like brocade, she has longed for it.Although this place has not reached the capital of Juze County, the behavior and language of the people are quite different from the rigorous Zhou Zheng of Liaoyang Jing, which is very interesting.

Not long after, a small but crowded temple appeared in front of us, which was the water temple here.

Despite the intermittent drizzle in the sky, there were still many people who came to offer incense.Murong Qi hugged a bunch of snacks and sat down on a step sheltered from the rain. He had just eaten two mouthfuls of crabapple cakes when he suddenly caught an unusual light in the corner of his eyes.

Thanks to her mother, she has been familiar with all kinds of weapons since she was a child. This light is bright and dazzling. It is obviously not the light of a butcher's knife and a kitchen knife, but the light of a sword.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

His gaze quickly locked on a man carrying a burden not far away. This man was very inconspicuous, dressed in dusty commoner clothes, but his steps were exceptionally light. If you read correctly, the sword light just now came from the burden From the bottom, there should be a dagger hidden there.

Being sneaky like this must be doing something shady.

Murong Qi suddenly thought of Liao Cangzhou, the flying boat general he met on the Dian River, and immediately felt vigilant.Although this person has been eliminated, there is no guarantee that there will be no remaining party.Today is the day for Xiaoci to go out alone, if someone takes advantage of her...

She swallowed the crabapple cakes in two or three bites, picked up the oil-paper umbrella on one side, and followed them quietly.

The man in gray came to a corner and stopped, whispered a few words with a middle-aged woman who sold sachets, and continued to carry the burden. Murong Qi deliberately slowed down, and he saw the woman After waiting for a while, he put away the stall and followed slowly in the direction the man left.

The gray-clothed man did the same thing again, walking around carrying the burden, and within half an hour, he met twelve people. These people included old and young, peddlers and beggars. They seemed irrelevant, but they were all talking to the man. Afterwards, they mixed in with the crowd and headed in the same direction.

That direction is... Water Temple!

Murong Qi followed very cautiously, so she couldn't hear what they were talking about, but judging from the mouth shape, it should be a code composed of dialects. Originally, it was just a cautious investigation, but until now, it has aroused her curiosity. You have to take a good look.

She ate the last piece of glutinous rice cake in the paper bag, licked the sprinkles on her hands, and walked forward slowly holding the oiled paper umbrella.

The last person the gray-clothed man came into contact with was Miao Zhu of the Water God Temple.

Murong Qi leaned against the ginkgo tree in front of the temple, pretending to appreciate the scenery while counting.

One, two... twelve, all went to the back of the temple.Finally, it is the temple wish.

She put away her umbrella and followed.

A small water temple, but the backyard is unexpectedly large.Across the yard are several blue-tiled houses, and low voices are coming from one of them.

Just now, after following around, Murong Qi has discovered that the martial arts of these dozens of people are also good and bad. I am afraid that the most troublesome ones are the man in gray at the beginning and Miao Zhu at the end.After pondering for a moment, she dodged and hid under the window, holding her breath and listening carefully.

One person said: "Elder Mei, is the news true?"

Immediately came the voice of a year-old man: "I don't know yet, but the secret report from Luo Chen may not be false."

Another woman said: "Where is the person? I heard that people with that kind of blood are marked on their bodies. Take a look and you will know if it is true."

The other person sneered: "Qin Erniang, do you want to take off that person's clothes for inspection?"

"What are you talking about, looking for death?"

There was a slight confusion, until a hoarse voice shouted: "Shut up."

These words were very effective, the room fell silent immediately, and the hoarse voice said again: "Elder Mei, what do you think?"

The older Elder Mei pondered for a moment, and said: "The person is locked up in the cellar here, what Qin Erniang said is also reasonable, leave the inspection to Elder Song. You guys follow me outside , that person still has a remnant party to escape, instead of arguing here, it is better to think about how to find the fish that slipped through the net as soon as possible!"

This Elder Mei seemed to be extremely prestigious, as soon as he finished speaking, there were no more objections in the room, hearing the sound of getting up, Murong Qi hastily stretched out his hand to hold the eaves of the house and swung it away, landing lightly on the roof.

At the foot, a group of people in different clothes came out of the house, the leader was the old Miao Zhu, who seemed to be the "Elder Mei" among the people.

Murong Qi counted carefully, the number of people was one less than when he entered, it was the gray-clothed man who was in charge of contacting before, so the gray-clothed man should be "Elder Song".

It wasn't until the group of people were far away that she jumped off the roof and walked a few steps with a heavy breath on purpose. Sure enough, someone in the room shouted: "Who?"

After saying that, a ray of light like a sword came out through the window, piercing straight to the top of her hair.

"Good swordsmanship!" She gave a soft praise, jumped into the room through the broken window, and yelled, "Where is the man? Hand it over to me!"

The gray-clothed man in the room was standing with a sword in his hand, looking at Murong Qi who entered through the window with a full face of wariness.

At the corner of the wall, a large wooden cabinet was removed, revealing an iron handle on the adobe floor.

This Elder Pine has an upright face. He is not very old, but he looks a bit vicissitudes.

"Just when you were looking for the fish that slipped through the net, you sent it to your door!" He snorted coldly, and stabbed with his sword, "Since you're here, don't even think about leaving!"

I didn't want to leave.Murong Qi sighed inwardly, but his subordinates pretended to be fighting, and received his move.

Elder Song used Qi Shan's swordsmanship. His sword moves fiercely and his arms are strong. It seems that his basic skills are very solid.Ten moves... No, nine moves, she should be able to win within nine moves.Murong Qi counted while dodging, one, two, three, four, five... Okay, the ninth move, she swung a palm vigorously, and then——

Can't afford to fall.

Elder Song swung his sword, which was the most exquisite move in Qi Shan's swordsmanship. Even so, he did not expect the power of this sword to be so powerful. The girl in Tsing Yi looked very imposing, but her martial arts were not very good Sample.

He didn't want to hurt her, so he put the long sword around her neck, and said in a deep voice, "Where are your people? Tell me, I won't hurt you!"

Murong Qi lifted his chin and turned his head, with an expression of "you kill me, I won't tell you if you kill me".

Elder Song's face darkened: "As stubborn as your master!"

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand to touch her acupuncture point, and took out a rope to tie her hands behind his back. Then he walked to the corner and pulled the iron handle hard, revealing a hole in the ground.

He said "offended", picked up Murong Qi with a big hand, and walked down the rough stone steps.

Stupid, take a sword to force me, I will go on by myself, and everyone is struggling, why bother?
Murong Qi rolled his eyes while looking at this simple basement, surrounded by simple repaired earthen walls, there was a wooden table and two chairs in the room, only a candle and a large bowl filled with water on the table , There is an iron fence in the corner, and a person is vaguely seen sitting against the wall inside the fence.

Elder Song lit the candle, then used the key to open the iron door, put Murong Qi down, and then said to the man leaning against the wall in the corner: "Come out with me."

Based on the words he overheard just now, he must have checked the mark, Murong Qi turned his head with great effort, but when he saw the imprisoned person clearly, he couldn't help but gasped.

Feng Yuan!

Why is it him again!
The words "I can't see you in the rivers and lakes" are still in your ears, but he appeared again without leaving the ghost!
Feng Yuan didn't seem to notice her.As soon as she turned her head, he stood up, straightened his clothes, and followed Elder Song out of the cell.

It was only then that Murong Qi realized something was different. Feng Yuan, who had always been wearing a mask, was not only showing his true face, but also looked haggard... Hasn't his martial arts recovered?Could this vain footsteps and heavy breathing be another conspiracy of his?
As she was thinking, Elder Song's voice sounded in the small room: "Please take off your clothes."

Are you really going to take off your clothes?
Actually use the word "please"?

Murong Qi became more and more puzzled, but Feng Yuan didn't speak, and there was the sound of cloth rubbing not far behind.I don't know what Elder Song saw, Murong Qi only heard a low exclamation in his ear.

Elder Song then said: "Young master, I offended you."

Although his attitude before was not considered rude, this sentence, in addition to being polite, was more cautious, and even a little nervous.

After a while, Feng Yuan returned to the cell, and Murong Qi heard his hoarse voice: "Brother, please leave the lamp behind?"

Naturally, such a request would not be rejected. Elder Song seemed to be preoccupied. He quickly locked the iron fence, climbed up the stairs, and finally closed the basement door heavily.

It wasn't until the sound of his footsteps could no longer be heard that Murong Qi got lucky with his fingertips, moved slightly, and broke free from the rope.Before Elder Song touched the acupuncture points, she had already closed the acupuncture points, so the ordinary knot did not really trap her.

But as soon as she moved her wrist, a familiar and affectionate voice came from her ear: "Yan Ran, are you here to save me?"

At some point, Feng Yuan had squatted beside her, stretching out a hand, trying to help her up.

Murong Qi turned a blind eye, stood up and patted the dust on his clothes, said: "My lord, you have mistaken someone."

"Even though your appearance is different, your figure..." There was some indescribable ambiguity in his tone, "I can recognize you even when it turns to ashes."

"Palace Master is in such a good mood, he can still talk nonsense at this time." Murong Qi sneered and sat down on the spot.His clothes were just put on hastily, with the neckline open, revealing a small piece of his chest, his complexion was as smooth as jade, and he didn't know where the imprint Elder Song and the others were talking about was.

Feng Yuan just chuckled lightly and didn't answer.

Murong Qi mixed his breath, stood up, took out a small iron rod with a strange shape from his boot, and began to fiddle with it on the door of the cell.

Feng Yuan looked at her back and repeated: "Are you here to save me?"

"Of course not, just passing by."

Feng Yuan sighed softly, "Now I can't use any strength, I can only be slaughtered by others, how can you bear to see death without saving me?"

"Hehe." She didn't believe it at all.

"I know you don't believe it." He smiled wryly, "but it's true. I was robbed here by strangers as soon as I left Haishengpu, and I never expected you to come. If it wasn't for the loss of all my skills, why did it happen? Embarrassed?"

Murong Qi came here on a whim, and it seemed reasonable for him to say so.She hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand to feel his pulse, only to feel that it was light and heavy at times, weird and stagnant, and it really turned into the same powerless appearance when she first saw him.

She looked at him suspiciously: "What kind of magic are you practicing?"

"It's not sorcery." He smiled, his eyes flickering, "After going mad, although my skills are slowly recovering, I still need to go through the final hurdle before I can achieve great success. Eliminating Gu will consume a lot of energy, plus the medicine of Sangong in Jiuqu Yin..."

"Wait, didn't you make up that thing to deceive people?"

"Of course not. The medicine of Sangong is real, and so are the assassins. I just ordered Linxi to relax his defenses so that those assassins can do things conveniently."

"……are you crazy?"

Murong Qi stared at Feng Yuan, but Feng Yuan was noncommittal: "Yan Ran, since you're here, take me with you, okay?"

"not good."

"When I beg you."

"No."

"Then...if you don't want to take me away, I have no choice but to call someone!"

"You..." Murong Qi gritted his teeth, but could only choke out four words, "...that's shameless!"

"Either kill me, or take me away." He smiled again, looking harmless, "Yanran, choose one."

"..."

Murong Qi didn't want to argue with him at all, so he opened the lock as fast as he could, grabbed him by the neckline, and was about to slap him unconscious, when footsteps suddenly sounded above his head. The group of people who had just left came back.

Immediately afterwards, the cover of the basement was pulled open, and a pair of feet appeared at the entrance of the cave one after another. Murong Qi assessed the situation, and was about to forcefully fight out, but his eyes suddenly went dark, and he fell headfirst.

She didn't fall because Feng Yuan caught her.

He carefully laid her flat on the ground, closed the cell door again, then reached out to brush the hair on her face, and whispered in her ear: "Yanran, you go to sleep for a while."

Murong Qi naturally couldn't hear it.

As soon as the words fell, several dark shadows had already blocked the door of the iron prison, and the leader was Elder Mei who was dressed as Miao Zhu.

"The seal of Kunpeng on the young master's body, is it real?"

Feng Yuan glanced sideways, and said, "Elder, do you want to check again?"

"No need." Elder Mei waved his hand, "Dare to ask the name of the young master? What is the ranking?"

Feng Yuan made a gesture, but smiled without saying a word.

Looking at those two slender fingers, even Elder Mei, who was well-informed, turned pale with shock: "Impossible, isn't His Royal Highness already..."

Even though he was half-sitting on the crude dirt floor, Feng Yuan's calm smile still looked graceful and luxurious.

"Already dead? No... I've returned from hell."

Elder Mei frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "Could it be that the young master knew who we were a long time ago, so we were arrested on purpose?"

"Not entirely, it's just a coincidence." He glanced back at the unconscious Murong Qi, the words he said to her were half true and half false, but her sudden appearance here really caught him by surprise.

She would never know that being captured by the trend and meeting this group of people was an opportunity he found with great difficulty.

Elder Mei asked, "What do you want, my lord?"

"I want to see General Feng." He turned his head and smiled, "The past 20 years of hiding in Tibet have been dark, how is the former Yonghe Army doing?"

According to legend, there is a beast named Yonghe in Fengshan, and if it sees it, the country will be in great danger.

20 years ago, Juze was destroyed and the monarch died. The famous general of Juze, Fengzi, was more unwilling to return to Dayou, and died in the outskirts of the capital Luocen. He still regards Juze as his honor, works for the restoration of the country, and always makes Dayou an enemy everywhere. He takes the name "Yonghe" in order to be vigilant, so that Emperor Dayou can feel like a thorn in his throat, and let the old people of Juze not forget their hometown.

In the eyes of Juze people who were unwilling to subjugate their country, they were rebels, and in the eyes of Emperor Dayou, they were rebels.

Two years ago, Shen Qianchi, the eldest son of Juze, died. The Yonghe army revolted in the old capital of Juze, but it was suppressed shortly afterwards, causing countless casualties. The people said that the last army belonging to Juze had disappeared. .

(End of this chapter)