The stronghold of the headquarters is in a deep mountain. You have to enter from the side door of a ruined temple hidden in the mountains and take a circuitous route down. Even people who are most familiar with mountains and forests may not be able to accurately find the entrance.
Just before arriving at the headquarters, Jiang Lidi patted Jiang Liren to wake him up.
He walked all the way, memorized all the way, and hesitated all the way. The mountain rain stopped and stopped, and his brother's snoring filled his ears, keeping him awake all the way.
Hate, first of all, hate. I hated Xu Zhuchen for telling him the cruel reality, and I hated Xu Zhuchen's vague disappointment when he looked at him.
Jealous, he was so jealous. The jealous sister already knows everything, the jealous brother is the biological child of his parents, and they are two "monsters".
Resentment, such resentment. I resented my father for being so broad-minded and adopted two monsters who drank blood. I resented myself for being so blind and trusting the enemy who killed his father and his mother.
But this resentment and jealousy have nothing to do with Litian and Liren.
Jiang Lidi put Jiang Liren down, patted his face to wake him up, and said, "Liren, I'm sorry."
Jiang Liren was stunned for a moment, and only then did he react when water drops from the tree dripped on his face.
"What are you talking about, second brother," Jiang Liren wiped the water droplets on his face hastily, "How can brothers have an overnight feud? That's what my mother said."
Jiang laughed out loud and stopped talking.
The two of them walked into the ruined temple, and when they reached the entrance, they were stopped by two guards.
"Name?"
Jiang Liren had a pure mind and said, "I am Jiang Liren, and this is my brother Jiang Lidi."
The guard frowned and was about to say something when Jiang Li stepped forward and said, "We are the adopted sons of Mrs. Wang."
After he said this, he felt sick in his throat.
The guard sneered and said: "Master Wang has thousands of adopted sons, who are you 'adopted sons'?"
Seeing that Liren was a little excited, he immediately grabbed him and said, "Our sister is Jiang Litian from the 'White Horse Camp'."
The guard then raised his eyes and looked at them for a moment, then said, "Go in."
The silver saddle shines on the white horse, rustling like a shooting star. White Horse Camp is said to be a camp, but in fact it is just a group of elites selected by Master Wang.
Jiang Lidi pulled Liren down to the underground floor. As soon as Fang opened the door, he saw Mrs. Wang's back.
"Establishing the sky and establishing the earth, are you here?"
Jiang Lidi took his younger brother and saluted: "Jiang Lidi and Jiang Liren, please see the Master."
Mrs. Wang turned around, her face was fair and round without a mustache. He covered the lower half of his face with a folding fan and asked, "Why didn't Litian come back?"
Jiang Lidi lowered his head, not daring to look directly at Wang He: "Jiang Litian was defeated and captured alive by the enemy. Afraid of leaking information, the villain sneaked into the enemy camp overnight and dealt with Jiang Litian."
Wang He looked down at them and asked, "Seriously?"
Jiang Li raised his hands and bowed, his attitude firm.
Wang He turned to look at Jiang Liren again: "Xiao Liren, you are an honest boy. Tell me, is what your brother told the truth?"
His eyes were like two dark, glowing poisonous insects. Jiang Li was nervous and didn't dare to raise his head. He could only pray desperately in his heart that Li Ren would understand what he meant.
Jiang Liren was stunned for a moment under Wang He's gaze, then took a step back and burst into tears.
He cried so sadly and mournfully that it broke your heart. Jiang stood beside him immediately, with a sore nose. He endured it again and again, but still shed a few tears involuntarily.
His tears fell to the ground, and in his tears, he saw Wang He's approving eyes.
"Well done, very courageous." Wang He walked up to Jiang Lidi, holding a fan in one hand and holding Jiang Lidi's hand with the other. Jiang Li felt that his hands were slippery and cold, and it felt like a ray on his back. But even so, he didn't dare to let go.
"Lidi, with your sister leaving, there will be one less person in the White Horse Camp. The next round of selection will be in five days. I like you very much, so you have to work hard."
Xu Zhuchen looked at Jiang Liren's dark, form-fitting night clothes and felt dumbfounded.
"Liren, it's daytime now." She took out a set of clothes with drawstrings from the suitcase and threw them to Jiang Liren, "Put on your clothes and go somewhere with me."
When Jiang Liren got dressed, Xu Zhuchen couldn't help but smile and pat her shoulder.
But he saw the blue and white short shirt and long hakama, worn on the dark and thin Jiang Litian, like a big blue bag for the scarecrow. Li Ren was not very good at tying knots. Her waist, trouser legs, and wrists were all stuffed with bulging bags. The most interesting thing was that Li Ren had put on Xu Zhuchen's entire night clothes.
But she wanted to put on her clothes so seriously, and she wanted to help Xu Zhuchen so seriously.
Xu Zhuchen took out another short dress that had shrunk in the wash and wanted to help Litian change into it.
After she helped Litian take off all his clothes, she was stunned for a moment.
Litian's thin body was covered with ferocious scars. The muscles around those scars were twisted and twisted, looking very terrifying. Xu Zhuchen guessed that this was due to her special Qinggong, so he didn't ask. He just ironed the clothes tightly and put them on Li Tian, folding the sleeves up in line with her body.
"Does this suit fit you better?"
Litian looked at the yellowed bronze mirror and nodded.
Xu Zhuchen tied her lace up, spread a layer of powder on her face, and ordered a pear-shaped mother-of-pearl. She dipped the comb in osmanthus oil, combed Litian's hair carefully, braided two twist whips for her, and inserted the latest pink and white catkins.
Her mother often hoped that she could dress up and be a "lady". Xu Zhuchen herself was never willing to take the trouble, but she admitted that when she saw a girl with beautiful makeup, she would also fall in love with her.
Delicate flowers poked out from behind the girl's ears, and the pink and white clothes made her look even more delicate than the flowers. Litian couldn't help but glance at himself, touched the makeup on his face and said, "She doesn't look like me anymore."
Xu Zhuchen said with a smile: "Everyone has a love for beauty, so there is no need to be shy when establishing the sky."
She put on two more gold and pink earrings for Litian, applied rouge, and carefully painted her eyebrows to ensure that no one would recognize her on the street before going out.
Xu Zhuchen was in front and Litian was behind. One in the dark and one in the dark, the two came to the weapons row. Xu Zhuchen noticed that the people selling water and carrying burdens all around stood farther away intentionally or unintentionally. She was amused in her heart, and pushed open the door of the weapons store with a calm face.
She said to the waiter: "Call your boss."
The child showed a silly smile: "I'm sorry, girl, the boss is not feeling well today and won't come out to meet people."
Xu Zhuchen glanced at the waiter and smiled.
Then, she put one hand on the counter and shouted: "Sister Feng! Sister Feng! Li Fenglong! Come out!!"
There was a crackling and overturning sound in the house, and the waiter stared dumbfoundedly as the disheveled boss opened the door and trotted all the way to Xu Zhuchen.
"I told you a hundred times! Don't call me by my name!!!"
"You came here yesterday, and someone ransacked my store during the night, and you're still here today!" Li Fenglong stood behind the counter with his hands on his hips, standing on tiptoes and glaring at Xu Zhuchen.
Xu Zhuchen stretched out a hand and pushed her down: "How many waves of people came yesterday?"
Li Fenglong said doubtfully: "How many waves? There is only one wave, otherwise what business would I be doing?"
Xu Zhuchen felt relieved, so he pulled up a chair and sat down, chatting with Li Fenglong all over the world.
Last night, a group of people turned the weapons store upside down. At the same time, a group of people set up murderous plots in Zangzhu Valley. With such a large number of people, Xu Zhuchen was sure that they were the subordinates of the "fake Han Ling".
But the group of people related to Xiao Mei should not be underestimated. They are in the dark, seemingly harmless, but actually have control over everyone's movements, and have not revealed their identities so far.
Xu Zhuchen chatted until nearly noon, then chose a long sword inlaid with transparent crystal stones, said goodbye to Li Fenglong and went out.
Usually when she was taken advantage of in the store, Li Fenglong would always count the money and smile from ear to ear. But this time, Li Fenglong gently approached her ear and said in a low voice: "Zhu Chen, you have to be careful."
Xu Zhuchen laughed up to the sky and went out, gesturing to Li Fenglong.
That gesture means: Trust me.
When Xu Zhuchen left the weapons store, he found two wax pills in the lantern in front of the weapons store.
She raised the wax pill and asked: "Litian, which one of these two wax pills was made by you?"
Jiang Litian stopped eating with his chopsticks, took the two wax pills and looked at them for a while, then pointed at one of them.
"Uncle Langlang, who made the wax balls, had a wound on his thumb. When he pinched the balls, his nails would leave marks on the wax balls."
Xu Zhuchen glanced at the imperceptible nail mark on the wax pill and couldn't help but hugged Jiang Litian: "Litian, you are really my lucky star."
Xu Zhuchen put the fake Han Ling's wax pill in his secret pocket and opened another wax pill.
After reading the words on the note, her body froze for a moment, crumpled the note, and started eating.
After a while, Xu Zhuchen rubbed Litian's head, put on his coat, and said, "Litian, have a good rest. I'll go out."
Litian nodded: "Remember to take an umbrella."
Xu Zhuchen smiled and didn't take it to heart.
Not long after she went out, it started to rain lightly. Xu Zhuchen walked in the rain and tightened his coat.
In fact, she was not cold, but she felt a little sad when she thought of the contents of the note.
The note was short and contained no time other than the location. There is just a line of words on the back of the note.
"The jianjia is green, and the white dew is frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water."
Xiao Mei fished her out of the Lichuan river with a dazzling smile.
"Zhu Chen, you told your mother that you would come to the river to practice swordsmanship. You have been practicing for almost a decade. Why is your Qinggong getting better and better?"
Xu Zhuchen brushed aside his soaked white hair: "My mother doesn't know martial arts, so it won't be a problem. Azadirachta, if you do that 'starting hand' pose again, I will definitely learn it this time."
Xiao Mei smiled and said: "Okay, then you have to take care of it."
She put Xu Zhuchen on the bank, leaned back, drew a circle with her left foot, stepped lightly, turned her body slightly, and landed in the center of the Lichuan River in an instant.
She stabilized her body with Qinggong and sang as she walked: "The jianjia is green, and the white dew is like frost. The so-called beauty is on the side of the water. When you swim back, the road is long and blocked. When you swim back, you will be in the middle of the water..."
Xu Zhuchen stood in front of the destination building and smiled unconsciously.
The so-called beauty is in the middle of the water.
