When the man in black robe saw him standing on his horse and looking over, he also stopped. But neither spoke nor left.
The two of them walked more than ten steps away from each other and looked at each other for a while in the shadow of the trees. Then Li Boxen said: "Fang Yu, is that you?"
The man in black robe shook the reins, and the horse slowly took three steps forward and then stopped. His face was exposed in the moonlight - it was not Fang Yu. He said: "Brother Li, long time no see."
Li Bochen stared at his face, remained silent for a moment, and said, "I agree."
Yingyi smiled: "Brother Li has indeed not forgotten me, and it is not a waste of time for the two of us to die."
Li Bochen reached out and pulled out the knife, then turned the horse's head and said in a deep voice: "I'm sorry, are you also responsible for what happened these days?"
Ying Li hurriedly said: "Brother Li, brother Li, please don't misunderstand me. Put down the knife first - I can't bear your thunder blow now!"
But Li Bochen still held the handle of the knife tightly and said: "You used the formation in Wujing Mountain to trap the tiger. In Zhang Mountain, someone also used your formation. I remember you said that that formation was passed down from your family. .”
Ying Yi jumped off his horse, stood in the middle of the road and spread his hands, saying: "Brother Li, let's not talk about those things for now - someone reminded you once outside Sanguan City, and someone reminded you once at the door of the inn, don't you wonder who it is? Did you do it? You want to take my painstaking efforts for granted, and the leader of this religion is yours to deal with."
After saying this, he tilted his head and closed his eyes.
Li Bochen just stared at him silently.
Yingyi opened his eyes again and said: "I said, you are not planning to kill me to silence me because... I just listened to you crying all the way?!"
Li Bochen slowly returned the knife to its sheath and said in a cold voice: "So what? Who has never cried in this life?"
After saying this, he turned the horse's head and moved forward.
Ying Gai was stunned, then jumped on his horse and chased after him, saying: "Hey, Brother Li, you really don't ask me!?"
Li Bochen smiled: "Nothing to ask."
Ying Yi rode his horse alongside him, turned around and stared at him for a while, and sighed: "Oh... you are a great hero after all. The love between children is so long that I just let it go. I thought you would have to be drunk for a few days before you could come back." You're a genius. Brother Li's heart is like gold and iron, and he will definitely achieve great things."
Li Bochen was silent for a moment and said: "What's the use of getting drunk? In Beiyuan, when people around you die, you have to cry and you still have to eat."
Yingyi frowned and tsked: "Oh, it turns out you are trying to get stronger. If you do this, you must listen to what I say."
Li Bochen sneered: "What are you listening to? Don't you claim that the leader of Xuanming is an upright person? Why do you need to show your face at this time?"
Ying Gai sighed and said: "Oh, you blame me for this. Brother Li, this is not a matter of being bright or not, or being aboveboard - this is Princess Changlong's business and the emperor's business. How many people do I have?" Do you have the guts to jump out? To be honest, I warned you twice. It was because I was thinking about my old relationship that I risked my life!"
Old love? There is really no old friendship between the two. But Li Bochen knew that Ying Gai might be involved, but deceiving him should have nothing to do with him. If he really had any evil intentions, he should have taken action when he was near Wujing Mountain.
He thought for a while and finally whispered: "Princess Changlong?"
Only then did Ying Yi smile: "Yes, Brother Li, that lady of yours is Princess Changlong."
Li Bochen's heart shrank violently and started to hurt again. He took a slow breath and said, "I've never heard of it."
Ying Yi hurriedly said: "That doesn't matter, let me tell you - Princess Changlong, her name is Sui Manshu, guess who her biological father is?"
Li Bochen gritted his teeth and did not speak.
Ying sighed: "Okay, her biological father is Sui Wujiu."
He said this and paused again. Seeing that Li Bochen ignored him, he whispered: "Princess Changlong belongs to the emperor! All nine of Sui Wujiu's children were raised by the emperor. Princess Changlong was originally the least favored. Because of what? Because of her mother. It’s the fish king’s surname!”
"Brother Li, have you never heard of royal marriage? Let me tell you, it's because the children born from the marriage are equal to trash in the eyes of the royal family. Why? Think about it, half of them are The bloodline of this royal family is half of the bloodline of another royal family. If by chance, the monarch dies before he has time to pass on his luck, then the luck will definitely be passed on to others, right? But before the serious royal bloodline dies, , will not be passed on to these people - because the blood is impure! You understand, right? The two emperors don't like them very much!"
"So Princess Changlong was not favored by Sui Wujiu, and she was sent as a pledge to the Sui King early. The Sui King ignored her and gave her to the Emperor. But the Emperor doted on her and trained her to be a The capable confidant has made her a princess again. What she does is for the emperor...Brother Li should also know that she is also doing things for Kong Minghui."
Li Bochen tightened his grip on the horse's reins, rattling his knuckles. Ying Ge was startled and said hurriedly: "Hey, brother Li, don't think too much. This favor is not the other's favor. There is nothing wrong with this! She is Princess Changlong, so Emperor Gao naturally treats her like a daughter. Same, hehe."
Li Bochen felt relieved. He sighed softly and said, "Yes."
"Why!"
"What do you want when you say this to me? This knife on me?"
Ying Gai laughed and said, "I wanted this knife when I was at Wujing Mountain. But it has been in your hands for so long and it should be dead. What do I want with it?"
Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "Okay. Then tell me what you want."
Ying Gai smiled and said: "This is too foreign. When I, the leader of Xuanming, travel around the world and encounter unfair situations, I draw my sword to help. This is moral and moral. There is no need to talk about it."
He didn't tell the truth, and he probably wouldn't tell the truth. He shouldn't be a loner like he said in Wujing Mountain. Li Bochen felt that he must represent a force. If he had encountered this kind of thing before, he would probably have beaten the horse and left. But now he sighed in his heart and thought, Xiaoman, you told me not to rush when things happen, but to be patient. Okay, then I won't be impatient and will bear with it.
He then said: "Okay, Brother Ying, let me put it another way - what do you want from me?"
He responded with emotion: "That's right. Just listen to me again - I already knew what Sui Manshu was going to do to you. But if I say anything about this and ruin her business, I won't be able to survive, so I can only do it secretly." Remind you. It's a pity that your brother was dazzled by the beauty... Well, actually I don't blame you. Her mother is from the Yu Kingdom, and she is a practitioner of both Liudu and Taisu techniques! Taisu techniques are the best at enchanting the mind, and she can also easily If it were me, I wouldn't be able to resist it."
Li Bochen's heart ached again - wasn't what I saw her true appearance? The next moment there was another worry - if she was not Lin Qiao...then where was the real Lin Qiao?
He already had an answer in his mind. But just like after he knew Xiaoman was Sui Manshu, he still didn't want to call her by those three words, and he didn't want to think about what she would do to the real Lin Qiao.
How could she have such a temperament? Is her temperament also fake? !
He finally couldn't hold it back and said, "Brother Ying, let me ask you, what about Lin Qiao..."
Ying Ge smiled: "Oh, you want to meet that Lin Qiao? But as luck would have it, I know where she is."
Li Bochen was stunned. She wasn't dead! ? He felt a sense of relief in his heart and said, "Where is it?"
Ying Gai thought for a while and said seriously: "Brother Li, it's better not to go see him. This Lin Qiao is not the same Lin Qiao."
Li Boxen said: "This is my business."
Ying Yi smiled: "Okay. But you have to promise me one thing."
"you say."
"One day you will win over Li Guo, and you will have to help me find something - something similar to the magic knife in your hand."
Is this what he wants? Li Bochen didn't know why this magic knife was so important as the "same thing" in his mouth, which actually made Ying Ge want a promise for a long time. But he only said: "I promise you."
Ying Yi said nothing and looked at him with a smile.
Li Bochen was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses and said in a deep voice: "I swear by Beichen's honorable name that if I see anything similar to my magic sword in Li Guozhong, I will give it to you."
Ying Yi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "That's good. Brother Li, that Lin Qiao is currently in Guofu Town outside Kaiyuan City in Yingzhou. It's easy to find her. She has a manor. You can find her just by asking. .”
manor. Li Boxen sighed in his heart: "Okay."
The two rode horses side by side for a while, and Li Bochen bowed his hand to him: "See you later."
Ying Gai was stunned and said, "You really don't want to ask me anything else?"
Li Boxen said: "You will naturally be able to say what you want to say. If you don't know what to say, it will be useless to ask."
Ying Ge shook his head: "You are really different now from when you were at Wujing Mountain. Well, we will meet again in the future. But... there is one thing I have to tell you."
He took out a piece of paper from his arms, crumpled it into a ball, threw it into Li Bochen's arms, and said with a smile: "Have you never thought that since practitioners have tempered their muscles and bones, they can see inside... and can also guard the Yang Pass? Don't you have diarrhea? If I were Sui Manshu, I wouldn't have to put in so much effort. I guess she didn't expect that you didn't know... Hahaha, this is the second time I've taught you how to practice!"
After he said this, he turned his horse's head sharply and jumped into the forest. Li Bochen thought he had left just then, but after waiting for a moment, he heard a thud and a cry. He wondered if he and his horse had fallen somewhere.
He was originally in great pain, but after talking to Ying Geng for a while and knowing that Xiao Man was not in fear of his life, it was not as painful as before. Hearing these two sounds again, I couldn't help but twitch the corner of my mouth.
He wasn't sure what kind of person Ying Yi was. The reason why he didn't ask further was because his behavior reminded him of another person - the ghost tribe Bi Hai.
At the beginning, Bi Hai wanted to ask himself to "clarify Yu Nei" and told himself many secrets, but now Ying Yi's behavior is exactly the same as him. Has he been secretly observing himself these days? After Xiaoman left, he came out and told the inside story... Is what he wants "the same thing as the magic knife", or is he a little grateful when thousands of arrows pierced his heart?
If it's the latter, or both, what is he ultimately for? Bi Hai said that he hoped that the world would be unified. What should I do? His behavior is very much like that of a conspirator. Wandering among the forces, looking for opportunities to gain benefits. In fact, he wouldn't be surprised if a few more people jumped out of the forest and said that they had been observing secretly these days and each represented a different force.
He finally understood that someone with an identity like his was destined to be surrounded by conspiracies in the days to come. Any thoughts of a "stable and peaceful" life in the past were just wishful thinking. He thought he was not a fool, but he was by no means the smartest person in the world. Since he couldn't guess everyone's thoughts, he simply stopped guessing. All we can do is stay the same in the face of change. This is a stupid way, but it is also a helpless way.
But in this case, he has to make himself the mainstay. Even if you can't, you must first become a rock.
He thought in his mind for a while, jerked the reins, and galloped out.
…
When we arrived at the lake, another seven days had passed. Ten days ago, there were many dead leaves and weeds in this forest, but now it is completely green. The lake is clear and shallow, more like a mirror than Mirror Lake. The grassy slopes by the lake are covered with flowers, and the grass has reached the top of the feet.
Li Boxen led his horse and searched slowly along the lakeside. After searching back and forth for two times, he saw a pile of dark brown soil under the green grass. It has rained twice in the past few days, and the previous ash piles have almost been washed away. Fortunately, that night the wooden sign was also blown into the fire by the corner of Lin Qiao's clothes, and the surface was burnt black, so there was no need to worry about it rotting.
He knelt down and picked up the palm-sized wooden sign and saw that it was covered with mud. He didn't wipe the dirt off in a hurry, but sat facing the lake for a while. After a while, he fell down in the grass and fell asleep.
When the sun rose high in the sky, he was awakened by the sound of birdsong. Li Bochen opened his eyes and looked at the sky for a while, then sat up and took the wooden sign in his hand, and found that the wet mud on it had dried.
He breathed softly and rubbed the dirt off the surface, revealing the shallow carvings——
The position of the loving mother Yu Jue.
Li Bochen stared at these six words for a while, smiled slightly, and thought to himself, OK, Xiaoman... That night, you were not trying to trick me. Are you really trying to comfort your mother? Are you really happy to be married to me?
…
On the tenth day after leaving Mengjiatun, he came to Guofu Town outside Kaiyuan City in Yingzhou.
It's easy to find out where the manor is. Everyone knows that a beautiful woman has recently moved in and spends a lot of money. Li Bochen rode his horse through the town. After walking three or four miles out of the town, he saw a house with green tiles and white walls.
The house was very large, surrounded by green hills, and beyond were large tracts of farmland. Spring is warm and flowers are blooming, and farmers are working in the fields. When he was only twenty or thirty steps away from the courtyard gate, he stopped and hesitated for a while. He really wanted to see Lin Qiao, but he was afraid that if he really saw her, his heart that had calmed down a little these days would stir up some waves.
He looked at the house from a distance and said to himself, I can go over and knock on the door, pretending to ask for directions, and it won't be her who wants to open the door... Oh, of course it won't be her. How could she open the door by herself in such a big house? What should I say? Do I want to stay?
He sighed, not knowing whether he wanted to see Lin Qiao or the "person who looked exactly like Xiaoman".
After staying for a while, he finally took hold of the reins and prepared to ride away. We already know from the townspeople that Lin Qiao is fine, so don't disturb her.
But as soon as Baima took two steps, Li Bochen suddenly heard a female voice not far away: "Brother Lin?"
:. :
