Bai Ze rode out of the city and headed north, heading straight to the place where he rested when he first entered Dushan, Lefeng Town. He thought of his chance encounter with Ouyang Mu that day in Lefeng Town, and wondered whether the guy had made it out of Dushan alive.
Bai Ze traveled a hundred miles day and night, and finally arrived at Lefeng Town the next morning.
Lefeng Town is still the same as the last time I came here. Compared with other surrounding villages and towns, it can be called prosperous. Because it is approaching the middle of winter, the weather is getting colder, so compared to the last time we came, there are fewer people.
After all, if you go to the mountains in winter, you will stay there for ten days and a half. If there is a heavy snowfall and the mountain is blocked, the whole leg will be gone if you step on it. You will be unable to move forward or retreat, and you will not be able to find food. You will be waiting to die.
Bai Ze found an inn to stay at, gave the stable boy a few taels of silver, and told him to take care of his horse. Then we prepared the items needed to enter the mountain in the town, packed them up, had wine and food at the inn that night, rested overnight, and headed straight to Dushan early the next morning.
The vast single mountain is like a giant dragon crawling on the northern land. Dushan stretches from east to west, and its remaining veins stretch for hundreds of miles. The State of Yan was divided into the north and the south by Dushan, and Hulao Pass collected all the dangers of the world.
Time is like running water, and the seasons are changing. The Dushan forest is stained with decaying colors, dotted with evergreen honeysuckle pine trees, and the forest is full of colorful exotic flowers and trees. It is truly spectacular at first glance.
Bai Ze trekked alone, wearing a coarse cloth with sleeves tied up, two swords, and a black robe, and stepped into the Dushan territory.
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Heyang City, Chamber of Commerce.
In the study, Yu Youwei knelt down in front of the agarwood desk, while the maid Qing'er studied the ink. The ink was the best rouge ink produced by the Shangshu Pavilion of Yan State.
The brush is made from grassland wolf hair of the Wei Kingdom, and the pen holder is made from the tear bamboo of Xiangfei in the Song Dynasty. Yu You's micro-brush strokes are graceful and graceful, but when he starts, turns, or closes the pen, he reveals his proud character, like a strong bamboo in an empty valley, which can be broken by the strong wind but not fall down.
What Yu Youwei wrote is exactly "warming wine to wait for the king to return, folding flowers to give joy to his wife". The girl wears a fox fur skirt and sits quietly writing. Her profile is exposed and her figure is as graceful as a fairy.
"He left?" Yu Youwei asked.
He wasn't asking Qing'er, but a secret guard in brocade clothes who was kneeling on one knee in the study. The secret guard didn't even raise his head, and whispered: "Reporting to the girl, Mr. Bai Ze rode out of the city yesterday morning and headed north. Now he has arrived at Lefeng Town at the foot of Dushan Mountain. My subordinates guessed that Mr. Bai Ze was going to Enter Dushan."
"Enter Dushan?" Yu Youyou paused slightly, placed the wolf hair on the pen holder, and blew gently to dry the ink on the rice paper.
Yu Youwei sat quietly for a moment and then asked: "What's going on in the City Lord's Mansion?"
"A secret source came to report that the Handan messenger is still staying in the mansion. Mu Suifeng has prepared a car and ten people accompanying him. It looks like he is really going to Handan."
"Haha, everything is uncertain before the last moment." Yu Youhao smiled slightly, hugged the heater, and said to Qing'er: "Qing'er, go get the "Collection of Poems of the Sword Immortal". There is a rumor circulating in Zhongzhou that the Sword Immortal has recently I just wrote a poem and added it to it myself."
"Yes, girl." Qing'er nodded.
"Girl, what should we do next?" the Jinyi secret guard asked.
"I don't think Heyang Houmu Suifeng is the kind of person who can be manipulated by others." Yu Youwei said, "Although there are Xiang Fei and He Zongtang in Handan, Wang Yong is not easy to control. He Zongtang designed to kill Qintian Supervisor Yes, it stands to reason that Mu Suifeng should have no backup in the dynasty, but he still dares to go to Handan, something extraordinary must be wrong."
Qing'er took the "Collection of Poems of the Sword Immortal" and gave it to Yu Youwei. The secret guard in brocade clothes did not dare to say a word and just listened silently.
"I heard that Zhao Dun left the City Lord's Mansion and disappeared?" Yu Youwei asked.
"Reporting to the girl, my subordinates are incompetent and failed to follow Zhao Dun. Please punish me!" the Jinyi secret guard complained.
"Zhao Dun is, after all, a master of the third supreme realm and a master of the heavenly realm, so it's not surprising that he has been lost." Yu Youwei half-squinted his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking, and then said after a while: "For the current plan, let's wait and see. He Zongzheng sent word that Mu Suifeng went to Handan under false pretenses and secretly gathered troops to attack Weicheng. However, in the past two days, the defense of Heyang City has been as usual, and no troops have been seen gathering."
"Perhaps Mu Suifeng really wants to go to Handan?" the Jinyi secret guard said.
"If you say this, you won't believe it yourself." Yu You smiled slightly and said, "Perhaps Mu Suifeng has a back-up plan, but if he does, so do we. Now we just have to wait and see what the Marquis of Heyang is doing. What kind of trick are you playing?"
"Follow your orders!" said the Jinyi secret guard.
"There's more." Yu Youwei stood up, walked to the piano stand in the study, stretched out his slender jade fingers, and gently plucked one of Jiao Wei's strings, but what came out was a solemn murderous intent.
The girl sighed and said: "It's a pity that you and I are destined to have clear boundaries, otherwise your friend would be interesting." Yu Youwei hugged the heater and said softly: "Send a message to Huang Laoxie and ask him to come to Heyang City secretly." Mu When Sui Feng leaves the city and reaches the boundary of Hulao Pass, let him sneak into the city lord's mansion and kill the prince and the princess."
"Take the order." The Jinyi secret guard said, "Girl, I will pass the message right now."
"Wait a minute." Yu Youyou turned around slightly, looked at the Jinyi secret guard, and said, "Uncle Long is also going, be sure to kill him."
The Jin-clad secret guard nodded, thinking of the strange swordsman who had followed the girl for many years. This weirdo always wears a raincoat regardless of the seasons. He may be deaf, but his eyes can read lips and see through lies.
"Go." Yu Youwei ordered, and the brocade-clad secret guard stood up and went out neatly.
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On the second day after Bai Ze entered the mountain, the city lord's palace held a banquet to reward the Handan messenger who had "resurrected from the dead". At noon, Marquis Mu Suifeng put on a python robe, went out of the side door, and boarded the Marquis' chariot. The Handan messenger rode a high horse and followed beside the chariot.
In addition to the driver and driver, there were ten people accompanying him. The crown prince and the princess saw him off in person, followed closely by veteran Lu Qian, followed by Lu Zheng, the eldest son of Lu.
"Chen Deng, Lu Qian." The Marquis of Heyang got into the car and ordered: "I will go to Handan to resume my duties. The Crown Prince will temporarily take charge of the affairs of Heyang City. You two are my right-hand men. During this period of my absence, We must assist the Crown Prince to manage Heyang City in order."
"I sincerely follow the teachings of the Marquis!" The two men stepped forward and bowed in a military salute.
"That's it, let's go!" Mu Suifeng said.
A group of thirteen people left the city lord's palace, took the city road, went straight out of the south gate, and rushed north to Hulao Pass.
As soon as Mu Suifeng left, Heyang City exploded. When He Zongzheng received the news, he could hardly believe his ears. The book boy also realized that something was strange, and he had an ominous premonition in his heart.
"What is this Mu Suifeng doing?" He Zongzheng couldn't figure it out. "Here he goes to Handan, where he will die and live. Could it be that he entered the royal city alone and wants to make trouble?"
Now that the Duke of Cheng, Zhao Dun, whom the Marquis of Heyang relied on the most in Handan, had been squeezed out of the royal city by King Yan. Who else in the dynasty could be Mu Suifeng's back-up man? He Zongzheng thought about it over and over, but still had no clue.
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Dushan.
Bai Ze went ten miles into the mountain and released the nine-colored deer in the Wufeng sword. Since being pulled out of the seal by Tao Hongjing that day, Jiuselu has become much more honest. Bai Ze went to Tao Hongjing to learn how to make swords all day long. This guy didn't dare to show his anger, for fear that the old monster would pull him out of the edgeless sword again. Fish it out.
Now entering Dushan, it feels like fish returning to the sea, birds entering the forest, and nine-colored deer spreading their hooves and running wildly, which is called free and easy. Bai Ze had to admire that spiritual beasts were spiritual beasts, and their agility and naturalness running in the forest were truly unparalleled by humans.
One person and one deer muffled their way to Zangling Mountain among the many mountains in the Dushan Mountains. Although the journey was boring, Linglu was responsible for finding food when he was hungry, and Bai Ze was responsible for cooking. When he was sleepy, he found a cave and lit a fire to sleep. joy.
After two days in the mountain, Bai Ze was in no hurry. Spend at least four hours every day practicing.
Now that he is halfway to the other side, his cultivation progress is too fast and he needs to spend a lot of time to digest what he has learned. From the rolling sword style of "Dahe Sword Intention" to the sword energy of gold, fire and wood in "Five Elements Sword Manual", and the "Haoran Zhengqi Sword" given to Bai Ze by Tao Hongjing before leaving.
Bai Ze practiced hard every day, searching for strange beasts in the dense forests of Dushan to practice his moves. Now he has achieved a little success in the rolling sword style. However, the three-color sword energy in the "Five Elements Sword Manual" can only be used with the wood attribute sword energy, and the metal attribute sword energy can barely be used. The fire attribute sword energy was so strong that he couldn't even condense the sword shape.
As for "Haoran Zhengqi Sword", it still follows a fierce routine. Bai Ze has just read the sword manual, but he has not yet understood the magical functions of the sword moves.
It's noon and the sun is shining. In the forest, beside a stream, there are rugged rocks, Bai Ze wears black robes and rough clothes, and a nine-color deer lies lazily on the side, waiting for Bai Ze's grilled fish, occasionally flaring its wet nose and flicking its tail twice.
The stream is gurgling, the water is transparent, and the nearby forests are dyed. When Bai Ze is in it, he feels that the inexplicable Taoism is permeating all around, making him feel relaxed and happy.
I don't know if it is because of the mountain ghost seal, but Bai Ze has always maintained a completely transparent state since he entered the mountain. Every plant, tree, flower and stone in the mountains gave him a very intimate feeling.
"Perhaps the ability to comprehend my wood attribute sword energy so quickly is closely related to this feeling of ease and contentment." Beside the stream, Bai Ze said to himself.
The most important thing when entering Dushan this time is to obtain the Heart of the Black Snake in Zangling Mountain.
But the premise is that everything goes well. However, when Xie Xuan dared to ask him to enter the Dushan Mountain at the third level of Bai Ze's Bitter Sea, he thought that it wouldn't be too difficult to deal with the black snake.
Although Xie Xuan didn't act according to common sense, there was no need to let Bai Ze die.
The aroma of grilled fish gradually became stronger. Bai Ze stretched out his hand and tore off a small piece of fish, threw it into his mouth and tasted it. He nodded and gave one of the pieces to Ling Lu, saying: "Brother Lu, this fish is already cooked. Come on. , try my craftsmanship!”
"Chew!" As soon as the Nine-Colored Deer heard that the fish was cooked, he rolled up his tongue and got up, quickly opened his mouth and started to eat.
"Haha." Seeing the spirit deer eating happily, Bai Ze started to cook another grilled fish. He thought to himself that this spirit beast was a spirit beast. He had never heard of deer eating meat, but now it was an eye-opener.
One person and one deer provided for food and clothing, packed up the fire beside the stream, filled the water bags, and set off on the road again.
The sun is just right, and the unknown birds singing in the deep forest of Dushan Mountain are everywhere. Although winter is coming, the scenery in the mountains is unparalleled.
But under this peaceful appearance, there is always an undercurrent of murderous intent, spreading quietly and about to explode.
