17 Love Villa (1)
Xiao Yi knew that Yun Zhi was very concerned about things related to the empress. After hearing her ask this question, he just smiled and said, "It's just a rumor, it may not be true."
He was trying to comfort her.
Yun Zhi could hear the comforting element in his tone, and it was right to think about it. Rumors, rumors, and rumors were just rumors.
She was just a little relieved when Ayu beside her suddenly sneered, "Of course it's true."
Ah Yu used to speak with a hint of coquettishness, but now these words came out coldly, as if they could smash a hole in the ground, hard and unceremonious.
The moment he subconsciously opened his mouth to refute, Yun Zhi remembered that she seemed to have said that she was also from Yan country, and Uncle Xu's words from last night suddenly flashed in his ears again——
"...Borrowing souls to extend one's life is a secret method that only the royal family of Yan Kingdom knows..."
The first time they all heard about the method of borrowing souls to extend their lives was from Ayu's mouth.
Is she from the Yan Kingdom royal family? Then why is she alone in Jiahe Town?
Judging from her age...could it be...
Yun Zhi quickly stopped his thoughts and quietly turned to look at Xiao Yi. He seemed to always guess what she was thinking. When he saw her looking over, he nodded slightly, as if responding to her guess.
She looked at Pei Shun again. He was concentrating with his eyes closed. There was no expression on his face and he was not participating in any of their discussions. He looked inscrutable. But Ayu only said that sentence, seeing that Yun Zhi did not argue with her, and did not continue to say anything else, and continued to lie on her shoulder and take a nap.
Yun Zhi opened his eyes and stared straight ahead in a daze.
If A Yu is really a member of the royal family of Yan Kingdom, then the fact that the empress killed hundreds of people is true. But how is it possible? The Empress' handwriting almost proves that she is the sister. If she was the sister, how could she do such a cruel thing? And it sounds like this is still an unjust, false, and wrongly decided case?
After thinking for a long time, Yun Zhi finally came to a conclusion: It is impossible for my sister to do such a thing, there must be something hidden in it!
He wanted to see the empress immediately, and he was even more anxious.
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The carriage wandered on the road for nearly half a month, and finally arrived at the Mingjiang River on September 23.
Nowadays, Zhongzhou is divided into three dynasties. Before that, this continent also experienced a unified era that lasted for 349 years. At that time, there was a saying that had been circulating in the market: "The imperial court in the north of the Yangtze River is so weird, and the martial arts in the south of the Yangtze River is full of laughter and snow."
Thousands of miles of mountains and rivers are bounded by rivers. There are many officials in the north of the Yangtze River and many knights in the south of the Yangtze River.
A river is a bright river. If a bright river is safe, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will be safe. If a bright river is angry, mountains and rivers will flood and life will be ruined.
Ming'an City got its name from this, and the Feixue in the sentence "Jiangnan Wulin laughs at Feixue" refers to Feixue Villa, where the Wulin Alliance was located at that time, which is now Qingyi Villa.
It is precisely because of the Wulin Alliance that although Ming'an City is now at the junction of the Three Kingdoms, it can still protect itself wisely.
In addition, Ming'an has a unique geographical advantage. It is located in the south of the Yangtze River. There is only one official road connecting the three countries to reach it. However, this road has many canyons that are difficult to defend and difficult to attack. Most people go to Ming'an by boat. Walking through the waterway is fast and you don't have to worry about enemies ambushing you.
Yun Zhi knew that the group of them did not go out in an open and aboveboard manner. Official roads required checking the ultimatum book. They took almost all the small roads along the way, so they did not hesitate to choose the water route this time.
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At sunset, the setting sun shines on the sparkling river, and a small boat is floating forward smoothly and orderly.
Yunzhi sat on the bow of the boat, staring at the seabirds flying across the river with their wings spread out in the distance. He couldn't help but sigh: "The setting clouds and the solitary swans are flying together, and the autumn water is the same color as the sky! Wang Bocheng will not deceive me!"
"Wang... who is Wang Bo?" Xiao Yi had obviously never read this extremely accomplished poem, let alone the amazing talent she spoke of.
Yunzhi was obsessed with the beautiful scenery and answered casually: "A talented man."
Xiao Yi frowned slightly, why had he never heard of this name?
Even Pei Shun, who had been silent all the way, seemed to be interested in this talented man, "Oh? There is such a person in Luozhou?"
Yun Zhi had already come to his senses. He was afraid that they would ask more questions, so he only dared to answer with a smile.
Just at this time, the boat docked, and the boatman stuck his head out and reminded loudly: "Guys, we have arrived at Qingyi Villa. This journey costs a total of three taels of silver."
Yun Zhi naturally took out his wallet and paid.
Along the way, she had already seen that Pei Shun was very poor and had almost no money. The only thing on his body that seemed to be worth a lot of money was his clothes. They might have been stolen from somewhere. After all, he had been in a row for a long time. I couldn't even eat and was so hungry that I fainted on the roadside! As for Xiao Yi, this person seems to be not short of money, but his money seems to have been robbed by the bandits who robbed him, and the money bag around his waist looks deflated and not very full. As for Ayu, this girl may be afraid of poverty. She has locked all the silver in her small medicine box. If she wants to use it, she would like to cut a piece of silver in half.
She had no idea about money in this era, but when she came out, she bought a lot of treasures from the palace. She pawned a jade bracelet and got a thick stack of silver notes. Therefore, Yunzhi became the richest man among several people, that is, the one who was responsible for paying the bill.
Yun Zhi thought it didn't matter. She wouldn't be able to stay here for long, so it would be useless to keep the money. She might as well spread it out to make everyone happy.
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Ming'an is close to the south, and it's late autumn. The mountains are covered with red maple leaves, occasionally mixed with a few ginkgo trees, clusters of golden yellow. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, the scenery is intoxicating.
The Qingyi Villa was built halfway up the mountain. After landing on the river, the group of people walked for nearly half an hour before arriving at the gate of the Villa.
The villa was built magnificently, comparable to the Orchid Palace and the Gui Palace. The snow-white exterior walls and the uniform white military uniforms of the guarding disciples made it look particularly noble and upright.
Yun Zhi turned around and glanced at Xiao Yi, who was dressed in white, and sighed as if he was enlightened: "No wonder you like to wear white."
Xiao Yi only smiled and said nothing.
Although the Sword Appreciation Conference will be held in two days, there are many people in the world who arrived early like them. There are already three long queues on the long steps in front of the villa, and the disciples in the villa are registering visitor information one by one.
"There are so many people!" Ayu looked at the endless queue and couldn't help but sigh, "It's getting dark soon. How long will the queue last?"
Pei Shun looked sideways at Xiao Yi, "Do we still need to queue up? Young Master?"
Xiao Yi smiled helplessly and waved his hand, "Come with me."
Several people passed through the crowd in a dignified manner. Some people immediately became unhappy and began to report to the guard disciples next to them, saying that someone was trying to cut in line.
The guarding disciple had a righteous look on his face, and if he caught up with a few people, he would chase them down.
Xiao Yi stood on the steps without moving a step. He only glanced at the disciple lightly, and his tone was very kind, even with a smile: "Excuse me, who is on duty up there today?"
The disciple was stunned for a moment, then patiently answered truthfully: "It's our Hall Master Qu."
"Qu Shaochen?" Xiao Yi said his name and smiled again, "Please go tell him to come down."
When the disciple heard this, he immediately sneered and looked at a few people with unkind eyes. "Even if I am the King of Heaven, I have to queue up when I come to our Qingyi Villa." After saying that, he started to push and push, "Hurry up and queue up at the back. go!"
Yun Zhi couldn't help but laugh out loud. Xiao Yi smiled awkwardly at her, sighed, and took out a jade token, "Then please help me, little brother, to bring this to you, Hall Master Qu. If he sees this They asked us to line up, so let’s go and line up obediently, what do you think?”
The disciple was reluctant at first, but seeing his humble attitude and the extraordinary popularity of these people, he was worried that the master of his family had invited him here, so he ran up with his things.
After a while, someone hurriedly ran down the long steps. Because he was in a hurry, he fell in front of several people and almost rolled to the feet of Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi jumped back down one level, looked at the people on the ground, and shook his head repeatedly, "Qu Shaochen, it's not the New Year yet. You made such a big gift, but I didn't give you any reward."
As soon as he said this, there was a sound of inhalation all around.
This Qu Shaochen is the master of Qinglong Hall of Qingyi Villa, and the right-hand man of the village master! It's too late for everyone in the world to respect him. How many people dare to say that they want to reward Hall Master Qu!
I don’t know which family this young boy is from, he looks so rude!
When everyone was shaking their heads and sighing, they saw Hall Master Qu, whom everyone respected, getting up from the ground and kneeling on one knee in front of this impolite boy!
"Welcome young master back to the village!"
Qu Shaochen has been practicing martial arts all year round, and when he shouts this, he is so angry that he can swallow mountains and rivers.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
It turned out to be the young master of Qingyi Villa, but it was them who had no manners.
A few of them reacted quickly and started to get close to each other, "It turns out to be the young village master. The young village master is so generous!"
The disciple who went up to deliver the sign to Xiao Yi was stunned and did not move for a long time.
Yun Zhi quietly pulled down Xiao Yi's sleeve. Xiao Yi turned his head slightly and heard her remind in a low voice: "That's it, it's already dark!"
He couldn't help but smile, stretched out his hand to help Qu Shaochen up, and suddenly asked: "If I take my friend home, do I need to queue up?"
As soon as Qu Shaochen stood up, his knees subconsciously bent when he heard this, and he was about to kneel down again, "Young Master, what do you say? If the Young Master is willing to come back, we are all eager to line up to greet him. How can we ask the Young Master to line up? !”
After saying that, he led a few people to go up. When they passed by the disciple, they kicked him and shouted: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? Go tell the village master! The young master is back! Go quickly!"
The disciple climbed up the long steps and disappeared in front of everyone.
A few people went up the long steps and stepped into the gate of the villa, when a large number of people came to greet them.
The leader is a thin middle-aged man, also dressed in white, with a tall and straight figure, and his celestial demeanor can vaguely reveal the handsome demeanor of his youth. Next to him were a man and a woman, both of whom looked to be in their late thirties or seventeen. Needless to say, their appearance was just as good as that of the middle-aged man in the middle. Especially the woman, whose charm and beauty even outshone the mountain scenery. .
Behind these three people were seven or eight men and women, all dressed in white with long swords, and looking like ordinary people.
It was obviously just an ordinary Jianghu sect, but in a daze, Yun Zhi thought he had arrived at some immortal sect.
I couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "This sect accepts people based on their looks, right?"
Her voice was not loud, but the people present were all people with supreme martial arts skills and their hearing was better than ordinary people. When they heard the sound, they all turned their eyes to her.
Yun Zhi was stunned, quickly covered his mouth, and quietly moved behind Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi looked sideways at her and smiled, then turned to look at the group of people who had come to him, bowed to the middle-aged man in the middle, and called out: "Uncle."
"Good boy, you are willing to come back!" Xiao Rufeng laughed and helped him up, but couldn't help but look behind him, "Yi'er, who are these...?"
Xiao Yi said oh and turned around to introduce them one by one.
Pointing at Pei Shun, "Pei Shun, my friend, is a disciple of Medicine King Gu Tianyi."
Then he pointed at A Yu and said, "A Yu, um... she is half my savior. She was the one who healed me when I was injured before."
"What! Are you injured? Where is it? Who is injured?" Xiao Rufeng became anxious when he heard that he was injured, "Is it the emperor..."
"Uncle!" Xiao Yi intercepted his words in time and comforted him with a smile, "It doesn't matter, it's just a few bandits. The skin injuries are almost healed."
Xiao Rufeng breathed a sigh of relief and said: "That's fine. If that uneasy and kind-hearted person hurts you, even the emperor and my uncle will stop him!"
"..." Xiao Yi sighed silently. As soon as he turned to one side, but before he spoke, Xiao Rufeng asked: "Whose family does this little girl come from? She looks familiar."
I don't know if it was an illusion, but the tips of Xiao Yi's ears began to turn red inexplicably, and his eyes began to wander. He opened his mouth, and after a while, he uttered three words: "Lu Yunzhi."
After a pause, he added something in his uncle's ear: "The Lu family in Duke Anguo's mansion."
"An Guo..." Xiao Rufeng read two words and was suddenly stunned for a moment. Then the light in his eyes suddenly became brighter. He looked at Xiao Yi, then at Yun Zhi, and finally sighed three words: "Very good." !”
