"It's better to have a good little kitten that can snore." Cai Zhaoyue said more and more enthusiastically.
Mu Qingyan hesitated: "Isn't it good to have a dog? Keep a big dog, it will look after the house and hunt."
"Well, it's not impossible, but it's too big. How can I sleep with it in my arms?"
"Why are you worried about the cat snoring?" Mu Qingyan couldn't help but chuckle, imagining the chubby little girl sleeping soundly with an equally chubby cat in her arms, "How old is the cat you raised before? "
"I've never had a cat."
"Huh?" Mu Qingyan paused in mid-air holding the jujube cake.
Cai Zhao said softly: "Cats have fur - my aunt was prone to coughing later on. We didn't even plant willow trees near our house for fear of catkins drifting in."
"..." Mu Qingyan put the jujube paste cake into her bowl, "My father was lonely since he was a child, so he raised a dog since he was a child. The dog was loyal and obedient, but he was poisoned to death later. He was afraid that his father would be hurt by the incident. Love, if you don’t think about fasting, you won’t gain anything.”
They both sighed in silence.
"Are you full?" Mu Qingyan said suddenly, "When you are full, come out with me and I will take you to meet my father."
Cai Zhao thought he heard wrongly: "What did you say?!"
Mu Qingyan picked up a chopstick and hit her forehead, laughing and scolding: "The peak behind Busi Zhai is the burial place of the ancestors of the Mu family. It is better to catch the sun than to hit it. I will take you to worship your father now, and let you Father, meet you." Speaking of his deceased father, he seemed extremely gentle and sincere.
"Oh." Cai Zhao hesitated.
Mu Qingyan looked unkind: "I've already met your parents. Why, you don't want to see my dad?"
"No, no!" Cai Zhao waved his hand quickly, "Actually, I admire your father very much. Listening to his behavior, I know that he is a great good person. He is so untainted in the mud!"
"..." Mu Qingyan narrowed his eyes: "Who do you think is the silt?"
Cai Zhao:......
"Don't talk to my father when you see him later, I'm afraid he'll get angry."
Mu Qingyan had already prepared everything from a beaded velvet hooded cloak to thick leather boots. Cai Zhao didn't feel cold even when walking in the Hanhai mountainous area covered with fresh snow. Even the wounds he had wrapped when walking still ached slightly.
Mu Qingyan stretched out his arm to hold her in his arms and walked away, scolding her all the way, "Tell me, what good can you do by following Song Yuzhi? Either you will be chased all the way, or you will fall off the cliff and waterfall. When you follow me, no matter the snow ridge or the Blood Swamp, when has it ever made you suffer..."
"The Snow Ridge and the Blood Swamp didn't suffer much, but what about the banks of the Sichuan River?" Cai Zhao complained, "If the retired hero Shi hadn't come to the rescue, both of us would have been buried by the flood of falling earth and rocks!"
The more she thought about it, the angrier she became, "My aunt is right, you can't rely on anyone else, you can only rely on yourself!"
At this time, there were familiar whistles in the air, and two golden shadows crossed the evening sky, flying and circling around the mountain peaks, their bodies were very graceful and majestic.
Cai Zhao looked up and said with a smile: "The injuries on their bodies have all healed. I miss them so much."
Mu Qingyan glanced sideways, "If you treat me better, I'll let you ride them."
Cai Zhao seemed to have thought of something and secretly pursed his lips and smiled, "Let's not talk about this anymore. Let's talk about how you saved me. When did you know that something happened to us?"
Mu Qingyan lowered her long eyelashes: "Actually, I knew about it as soon as you arrived at Yinxiu Stream, but because I was worried about Master Jingyuan and your father, I had to pretend that I didn't know anything."
"Why are you pretending not to know."
"Otherwise, what should I do? Bring chicken, duck, fish, and several jars of fine wine to visit me - 'Master Tai, Master Cai Valley, you are all well and good. It would be better to meet by chance than to have a drink together'?"
"Okay." Cai Zhao was a little discouraged, "Then do you know why we went to Xuankong Temple?"
Mu Qingyan said, "Song Yuzhi and Fan Xing's family are also there. Why else? Did they find the purple jade golden sunflower?"
Cai Zhao was so angry and annoyed, "I found it after looking for it. Third Brother's old injury has also healed. I wanted to destroy the Purple Jade Golden Sunflower on the spot, but who knew that the group of men in black arrived and snatched it away—— I guess the person behind the scenes must have been monitoring Luoying Valley and followed our tracks."
Mu Qingyan said: "It doesn't matter. When the real culprit behind the scenes gets into the blood swamp and finds that the night orchid has been destroyed, he will know that taking away the purple jade golden sunflower is in vain."
Speaking of this, Cai Zhao's face dropped, "At the critical moment last night, the fifth senior brother told me that he stole a night orchid branch that night when we were in the blood swamp. Just when he was about to tell me who instigated it, he He took a slap from the man in black for me and passed out."
"He took the branch of night orchid? This is really troublesome." Mu Qingyan frowned, "But don't worry too much. More than ten years ago, Nie Hengcheng had the third level of the "Purple Heart Sutra" in his hands. There is also Purple Jade Golden Sunflower, but it’s not as if it’s a failure. Nie Hengcheng can’t even practice it, and the real culprit behind the scenes may not be able to do it either.”
"Speaking of this..." Cai Zhao paused, "Did you find out anything during the time we were apart? How did Mu Zhengyang trick Nie Hengcheng into practicing this evil skill in the first place?"
Mu Qingyan pondered for a moment, "It's a long story." He raised his hand and pointed forward, "Go in first."
As soon as Cai Zhao turned around, a solemn and cold air hit his face.
There are more than a dozen huge straight trees with gray-white stone beams in front. The middle one has a huge word "forbidden tomb" written in blood on it, and below it are sixteen small words - "the place of ancestor worship, the place where bones are buried" It is forbidden to enter the realm without orders, and those who violate it will die."
Stepping through the stone beam gate, Cai Zhao seemed to be surrounded by an eerie and rough primitive atmosphere. He was surrounded by countless huge black trees with strong roots and twisted branches. The thick bark bumps were like giant half-open eyes. Each one is as big as a child's head, and the thick, tangled branches block out the sky and render the entire tomb a rich black color.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, a magnificent forest of tombs and steles came into view.
The snow-white stone tablets, the thick black giant trees, the inscriptions as red as blood, and the strangely sharp peaks and rocks make it look as dark as a ghost.
Mu Qingyan stopped and said in a dry voice, "We're here."
Cai Zhaowei is curious - against the backdrop of the magnificent and gorgeous ancient tombs, Mu Zhengming's cemetery appears small and simple.
"This is what my father ordered before he died." Mu Qingyan whispered, "He said that he had never been a leader, and he had never done anything beneficial to the religion. He just wanted to be buried simply."
Cai Zhao whispered: "My aunt didn't want us to stir up trouble. Her remains were buried next to a big peach tree. My aunt said that we just pour a few jars of peach blossom stuffing on her grave during the holidays."
Mu Qingyan smiled and said, "Okay, I will bring more good wine when I go to pay homage to Lady Cai."
He took a step forward and leaned down, placing the sacrificial fruits familiarly, "Father, I'm here, I brought her to see you. Her name is Zhao Zhao, Cai Zhao, and her aunt is Cai Pingshu..."
Cai Zhao stared at the simple and flat tombstone, thinking about his old friend buried in the ground. He lived a life of indifference, loneliness and helplessness, and finally withered sadly, like a stream of calm and trickling water, indifferent to life and death.
After she helped Mu Qingyan place the sacrificial fruits, she knelt down to the kind elder in an upright manner, kowtowed as seriously as she treated her aunt, held incense and prayed softly, "...May you have both parents in your next life." , there will be no pain of losing your father; I hope you will have a happy family in the next life, and no pain of separation of flesh and blood; I hope everything will go well for you in the next life, and you will not have the pain of shackles, and the sky is high and the sea is wide, let you soar."
The girl's tone was gentle and pitiful. Mu Qingyan stood quietly aside and stared at the tombstone for a long time.
After the worship, the two of them sat far away on a thick branch sticking out crookedly.
"...Yan Xu checked many files and compared them with other records from that period. I roughly deduced Mu Zhengyang's method of deceiving Nie Hengcheng."
"Nie Hengcheng was very worried about gains and losses in his later years. He was not willing to achieve his great cause, but he was also worried that he would grow old and decay day by day. Mu Zhengyang saw the opportunity and revealed a piece of news to the Paradise Palace in a roundabout way - the "Purple Heart Sutra" can be practiced. , the eldest son of Master Mu Song practiced it back then, but unfortunately he died young and the technique was lost."
Cai Zhao's expression tightened: "This is all fake! No one has mastered the Purple Heart Sutra."
"No, it's true. Mu Song's eldest son has indeed succeeded." Mu Qingyan's lips curved into a sarcastic smile, "In fact, 99% of the story Mu Zhengyang told Nie Hengcheng is true. I made a mistake at the very end."
Cai Zhao was doubtful.
Mu Qingyan continued: "People like Nie Hengcheng will not just listen to one side of the story, so they sent hawks and dogs everywhere to check carefully. At that time, the concubines and maids of the Mu family, personal guards, and even the hundreds of slaves serving in the Paradise Palace, There are also the elders from the time of Master Mu Song - the family letters they wrote privately, the notes they left for future generations, and even the fragments they secretly said..."
"From thousands of details, Nie Hengcheng deduced that Mu Song did have an eldest son who was born with a frail body. He practiced a powerful magical skill, which not only cured the deficiencies caused by his womb, but also cured his eldest son. It can also prolong life. Unfortunately, it is easy to dodge open guns, but hard to guard against hidden arrows. On the day after the magic was completed, he was killed by the other jealous brothers and sisters. "
"This is the biggest family scandal of the Mu family over the past 100 years since the establishment of the sect. Therefore, the leader of Mu Song strictly ordered all his children not to mention it again, and wiped out all the guards and slaves who were present at the time. Even the elder Qixing didn't know anything about it. Also because of all the children They were all involved in this conspiracy, and Master Mu Song could not deal with them all. With endless guilt for his eldest son, he began to indulge in Taoism and alchemy, and finally died in the alchemy room."
Cai Zhao's throat went dry when he heard this: "Are these all true?"
"Most of it is true." Mu Qingyan said expressionlessly.
Cai Zhao was speechless for a long time, "We are both descendants of the Mu family, and I regard the position of the leader as a piece of shit, but these few are so greedy for life that they don't hesitate to kill each other. It's really, really..."
She couldn't comment anymore, "Just go on."
"The next thing Nie Hengcheng has to do is to figure out how to practice the Ziwei Heart Sutra." Mu Qingyan said, "The name of the elder Bingbi during Mu Song's leader's time was Qu Linglong. Nie Hengcheng tried every means to find her descendants and get the Elder Qu's handwritten notes - all of this is in Mu Zhengyang's calculations, he has already forged the entire set of Elder Qu's handwritten notes."
"Elder Qu's handwriting records that one day in a certain year, Master Mu suddenly searched everywhere for the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast, and finally found the last vial in the corner of the warehouse. One day a few months later, Master Mu suddenly found the saliva again. Start cultivating an orchid that only blooms at night..."
"Ah!" Cai Zhao exclaimed, "Blood Swamp, that night orchid in the Blood Swamp, and Cai Anning, right? Right!"
Mu Qingyan nodded: "This kind of orchid is difficult to survive, so Mr. Mu planted a whole garden, even spreading to the back hillside. After the orchid grew, Mr. Mu suddenly asked someone to take out the purple jade and gold from the warehouse. Kui, and the use was not stated. Finally, in the two months before the death of the eldest son, seven masters in the sect suddenly disappeared for no reason. "
"At first, Elder Qu thought it was the Six Beichen Sects who were causing trouble. It wasn't until the leader of Mu Song suddenly died, the disciples seized the throne, and the sect was in chaos, that someone accidentally discovered the buried mummies of these seven people at the foot of the mountain."
Cai Zhao couldn't believe it: "This Master Mu turns out to be not a good person!" Originally, she felt quite sorry to hear that this young genius who was born with a baby was so unyielding that he finally reversed his fate and was brutally killed by his siblings.
Mu Qingyan asked curiously: "The seven who died were members of my religion. Why do you feel bad about them?"
Cai Zhao stood up immediately and said angrily: "No matter who is killed, using such insidious means to drain the inner energy of other people's elixirs alive, harming others and benefiting oneself, is unacceptable in nature!"
Mu Qingyan patted her shoulder and comforted her: "Fortunately, he was killed by his siblings just after he finished practicing the "Purple Heart Sutra". Isn't it good? Don't be angry."
Cai Zhao:......
"Forget it." She gave up arguing with this guy, "How come there are so many clues that no one else found, and Nie Hengcheng didn't become suspicious?"
Mu Qingyan said: "Elder Qu recorded these past events according to the year and month. All the details were scattered among other events. It is difficult to detect the abnormalities by just looking up them. Nie Hengcheng worked hard to integrate them one by one and finally sorted them out. There are three key points, namely the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast, Ye Lan, the purple jade golden sunflower and the inner power of the elixir of the seven masters."
Cai Zhao sighed: "Don't tell me that these are all true."
"If everything is true, how could Nie Hengcheng fall into madness when he was cultivating the third level?" Mu Qingyan's smile was pleasant and cruel, as if he saw the despair and confusion in Nie Hengcheng's last years, almost betraying everyone.
Cai Zhao thought for a while: "Nie Hengcheng has passed the first two passes of the Purple Heart Sutra. It seems that Mu Zhengyang has tampered with the records of the third heaven."
"Yes." Mu Qingyan said, "It is precisely because the first two levels went smoothly that Nie Hengcheng became more and more convinced that he had found the right method and kept practicing."
Cai Zhao couldn't help but become curious: "How to practice the third level of "Purple Heart Sutra"? Nie Hengcheng obviously practiced it wrong. Does Mu Zhengyang know?"
Mu Qingyan said: "He will go to the blood swamp for the second time to get the night orchid. Obviously he wants to practice on his own, so he must know - but he was killed by your aunt a long time ago, and I haven't found a single claw left by him. .”
Cai Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, "It doesn't matter if the cultivation method of the third heaven becomes an unsolvable mystery, so that no one will worry about it, it's best if the person behind the scenes also practices it to the extreme!"
She added, "In order for Nie Hengcheng to pass the first two levels smoothly, Mu Zhengyang personally went to the Snow Ridge and the Blood Swamp and obtained the saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast and the branches of the Night Orchid. But why did he bring my aunt with him? I'm not afraid Has the secret been revealed?"
Mu Qingyan said, "Mu Zhengyang can find bits and pieces of the Ziwei Heart Sutra from the vast records like mountains, and set up a poisonous plot to frame Nie Hengcheng. It is not difficult to find out the secret of your Luoying Valley." .”
"Although the world says that the Snow Scale Dragon Beast has become extinct, if you read carefully, it is not difficult to find that the last Snow Scale Dragon Beast disappeared into the snowy mountains of the Far North together with Gu Qingkong from Luoying Valley. The one in the back garden of Paradise Palace Although Yelan was burned by a fire, there are still many on the back hillside. However, it is estimated that it will not survive many years without care. After a few decades, it was moved away by Cai Anning - without your aunt's help, Mu Zhengyang You may not get what you want.”
Cai Zhao felt sad: "You mean, Mu Zhengyang deliberately got to know my aunt in order to get the saliva of Ye Lan and Snow Scale Dragon Beast? Since he already got everything, why did he kill my aunt's brothers? ?”
"For power, for one person in the world." Mu Qingyan's expression was gloomy and difficult to distinguish. "At that time, Nie Hengcheng had already gone crazy. There was no hope of turning back. He was not far from death. When Mu Zhengyang reveals his identity, my father will definitely not be with him. What he is fighting for, what he needs to do, is to eliminate Zhao Tianba, Han Yisu and other Nie clan members one by one."
"Mu Zhengyang is not afraid of the likes of Yin Dai and Yang Yi. The only thing he worries about is your aunt. Even if he can fight with your aunt, what about the brothers around your aunt? They are all top-notch masters in the world, and they are united. Working together, sharing life and death, how can we resist the combined formation of seven people? It is better to get rid of it in advance, as long as your aunt doesn't know about it. If you can coax your aunt, it is not impossible to dominate the world in the end."
"It's just that he didn't expect that Lu Chengnan would risk his life and betray the Paradise Palace, and reveal the secret of the Purple Heart Sutra before his death, which made your aunt become suspicious of Mu Zhengyang, and in the end everything was lost."
Cai Zhao was shocked and sad. His throat seemed to be blocked and he couldn't breathe out.
"Mu Zhengyang, that bastard!" she cursed bitterly, "Nie Hengcheng is also useless. Mu Zhengyang practiced literacy and devised conspiracies under his nose, but he knew nothing about them. No wonder he was fooled in the end! "
Mu Qingyan raised his head slightly, "Not only that, Mu Zhengyang went in and out of the Hanhai Mountains, but Nie Hengcheng didn't say anything, and his defense was too loose."
The two of them had the same ambition and scolded Mu Zhengyang and Nie Hengcheng bloody. Cai Zhao scolded them with great arrogance, and Mu Qingyan scolded them with precision and harshness. After both of them had finished scolding, the girl tugged on the young man's sleeves, rubbed her belly and frowned: "I seem to be hungry again."
Mu Qingyan laughed out loud, "Even if we have a big business, we can't support you! Okay, let's have a midnight snack."
After a pause, he squinted his eyes and said, "Are you really not going to tell the whereabouts of your two senior brothers? You have eaten and drank enough on the high bed and soft pillow. It's a pity that they are starving and freezing somewhere. "
The night was already dark, and Cai Zhao fell onto the bed with his round belly in his arms. While he was rolling around to make himself comfortable, he couldn't help but think of Song Yuzhi and Fan Xingjia, as well as that guy's joking remarks. She couldn't help but hesitate whether to let You Guanyue go and bring the two senior brothers back. Mu Qingyan wouldn't do anything bad to them.
But the Fan Xing family said that Song Yuzhi had drawn a clear line with Mu Qingyan and settled their grudges.
Why not just bring the fifth senior brother back and leave the third senior brother outside? Oh, what a hassle!
