Until all his own men were trapped in this mountain col, Li Fenglan still didn't quite believe that Xu Qingchen was determined to deal with them.
Her understanding of Xu Qingchen was still from the time when she traveled to Chang'an last year. At that time, Xu Qingchen was upright, perseverant, and even a little pedantic and dull. Li Fenglan really couldn't figure out how such a person got to where he is today.
In terms of understanding people, Bai Shuyu is better than Li Fenglan. He had no friendship with Xu Qingchen, but from other people's descriptions of Xu Qingchen and the changes in the world during this period, he had a rough understanding of Xu Qingchen's heart.
"Be kind to all things with a pure heart, and finally find that the things you care about most have changed. After experiencing these things, the more pure a person is, the easier it is to become extreme. Li Fenglan, there is nothing surprising. He has reached where he is today. One step is a matter of time."
The mountain col was a bit sultry at night, and Bai Shuyu fanned his folding fan, a bit like the collapse of Mount Tai and the unchanging attitude ahead.
There was some truth in what he said, and Li Fenglan fell silent after listening to it.
Han Lu grabbed the folding fan from Bai Shuyu's hand, fanned Li Fenglan, and said with an indifferent expression: "As long as we can get in touch with him, talk about what he wants, and satisfy him, won't it be enough?"
Li Fenglan shook her head: "I just don't understand why he suddenly targeted us."
Bai Shuyu said: "Probably... he wants to make the rivers and lakes clear, and you and I are the source of chaos and the sand in the water. To be honest, he is right to think so. What we have done in the past two years, There has been so much chaos and death."
Li Fenglan looked up at the stars in the sky. In fact, she already had a way to solve the crisis, and Bai Shuyu also thought of it. However, neither of them felt that it would be used as a last resort.
She couldn't help but sigh: "I hope Ayana can succeed."
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There was heavy rain around Luoyang some time ago, and some low-lying villages were hit by the disaster and were left empty. It happened to be Xu Qingchen's camp as the Thorn Gate, saving him the step of setting up a tent.
Linghan followed the two Thorn Sect members into the village and stopped in front of a well-preserved house.
The man said to Linghan: "Madam, the hall master is inside."
Linghan nodded, opened the door and walked in.
In the yard, a young man sat bored on a small bench. Seeing Linghan entering the door, the young man's face immediately showed a happy smile.
"Madam! You are back!"
Although Linghan was in a bad mood, she still managed a smile: "Chunyang, where is your hall master?"
"The hall master is in the house, waiting for you for a long time!"
Xiao Chunyang is Xu Qingchen's right-hand man. He is very smart and reliable.
Linghan nodded: "Chunyang, you...go outside."
Xiao Chunyang smiled and said, "Sure, I'll go guard outside. Madam, let me tell you, no matter what conflict you have with the hall master, just let it go."
To outsiders, Xu Qingchen and his wife were at odds. The young couple quarreled at the head of the bed and at the end of the bed. They always thought that their lives would be unbearable. In fact, it was not a big problem to make do with each other.
Ayana didn't say anything, opened the door and entered the house.
This is a very ordinary farmhouse. Although it has an oil lamp, it is still a little dim. Xu Qingchen turned his back to the door and was fiddling with something at the table in the room. He didn't look back when he heard the door open.
"Come back?" Xu Qingchen's voice was very calm, without any fluctuation.
Ayana calmed down and asked, "What do you mean?"
Only then did Xu Qingchen turn around. His cheeks were thinner and his eye sockets were deeper than two months ago.
"Actually, you also know why I am begging," Xu Qingchen replied, "Why bother asking me again."
"What can you do to retreat?"
Xu Qingchen did not answer, but pointed to the table. There were several dishes on the table.
"I've been hungry all day. Let's eat something. There shouldn't be much food in the col."
Ayana is indeed hungry, but it’s not like she has never been hungry before. This little food is not attractive to her.
gravitational. She didn't move, just stared at Xu Qingchen quietly.
Xu Qingchen smiled miserably: "Why are we doing this?"
"That's right," Ayana said coldly, "That's not how it was originally."
"In the three years since Li Fenglan appeared in Jianghu, too many people have died. Bai Shuyu wants to revive the Bai family, but he will also cause a bloody storm. The reason why the old master Qiao kept the Bai family in the first place was to intimidate them to Jianghu, so that Those who want to make trouble should think carefully about it. Yang Fan does the same. He doesn't like fighting and wants to inherit the legacy of the old sect leader. I want to help them fulfill their wishes... and the origin of the current chaos in the world is their two forces. "
Linghan's heart trembled. This answer did not surprise her, but hearing it from Xu Qingchen's own words still shocked him.
"What did you say?" Linghan took a step forward, "Fenglan and the others have always regarded you as their friends, how could you..."
Xu Qingchen interrupted Linghan: "Are you sure, Linghan?"
"What are you sure about?"
"Thinking of me as a friend... Miss Li is very clever. She had long suspected Qin Zhiyang, but she waited until we left Chang'an before telling me. She was probably afraid that I would leave Chang'an behind and go directly to Suzhou. Everything was based on her The main point is that all of us are tools for her to achieve her goals. She is indeed better than Bai Shuyu and Chen Zijue, but not much better. Her own life is life, and as for others, she doesn't care. Linghan , To be honest, I don’t like such people very much.”
Xu Qingchen's words are full of contradictions, but they are also reasonable and self-consistent. This kind of absurd reasoning that he didn't know how to come up with made Linghan not know how to respond for a moment.
Linghan looked disbelieving, not because she didn't believe Xu Qingchen's words, but because she didn't believe that he could be so paranoid now.
"You...are a little unreasonable. Do you regard human life as your life? How many people have you killed during this time?"
"The people I killed were to make the world more peaceful... and for your safety."
"I said, you don't need to use me as an excuse anymore. The hatred between Li Fengyao and I has nothing to do with you."
"It's relevant," Xu Qingchen said calmly, "As long as it has something to do with you...it has something to do with me."
Linghan clenched her fists. Xu Qingchen was angry and distressed at the same time. She didn't want to talk to him anymore.
"Okay...Okay...whatever you think, I just want to ask you one thing, will you retreat or not?"
Xu Qingchen shook his head: "I only have this chance."
"Idiot!" Linghan suddenly burst out, "Where do you have any chance?! What do you think you rely on for you to be alive now?! Now the Sword Immortal is also in that mountain col, and Jade is also there! With the abilities of the two of them, Do you think it would be difficult to touch you and kill you?? Feng Lan knows this very well, Bai Shuyu also knows this very well, why don’t they do it? Tell me, why don’t they do it?!”
There was no look of shock on Xu Qingchen's face: "I can live in exchange for the entire Changfeng Tower and the Bai family."
Linghan was so angry that she no longer wanted to see this piece of wood - not wood, but the smelly and hard stone in the toilet!
She turned around and walked towards the door, but Xu Qingchen grabbed her arm.
Ayana turned her head and said harshly: "Let me go!"
Xu Qingchen shook his head: "You can't leave."
Linghan wanted to raise her arms and slap him, but Xu Qingchen pulled her into her arms and hugged him hard. She kept struggling, trying to break free from his arms.
Xu Qingchen hugged her tightly and whispered in the struggling Linghan's ear: "I miss you so much... don't leave, Linghan..."
Linghan's body slowly softened. She was not as strong as Xu Qingchen and couldn't break free. Listening to Xu Qingchen's murmur, Linghan felt her nose was a little sore.
There is no doubt that these sufferings do not belong to the two of them. At this point, they don't even know who to blame. Xu Qingchen shouldn't be like this, and neither should she be like this.
Linghan, who had been suppressing it for two months, suddenly burst into tears. She hugged Xu Qingchen tightly and said with choked sobs: "Forget it, Brother Qingchen, forget it... don't worry about the Thorn Gate anymore.
It's time to take care of Li Fengyao... Let's go back to Yangzhou, we can let go of all this... I've worked so hard these past six months, and I really don't want to face this anymore, give up, Brother Qingchen. "
Xu Qingchen didn't answer anything, he kissed Linghan deeply.
It was late at night, and both the mountain col and this deserted mountain village became silent. Both sides had been tense for a day, and finally no one could bear it anymore and fell into a deep sleep.
Linghan didn't sleep the whole time. By the time the two of them finished talking about their lovesickness, it was almost dawn when all the wind and rain stopped.
She pushed herself up and looked at Xu Qingchen beside her. He was not sleeping either. He was staring at the beam with his eyes open, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ayana asked in a low voice: "Hey, you haven't answered me yet."
Xu Qingchen said nothing.
Ayana pushed him and said angrily, "Are you tricking me?"
Xu Qingchen said patiently: "I'm not worried about Li Fenglan and Bai Shuyu."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Qingchen felt a pain in his waist, and then he flew out. When he fell to the floor, he realized that Ayana had kicked him out of bed.
Ayana sat up and rummaged through her clothes without stopping talking.
"Stubborn, stubborn, dead wood! I'm really blind! I'm still not cruel enough, how can I believe that you will be soft-hearted!"
What made Linghan even more irritated was that because the two of them were too excited before going to bed, her clothes were torn by Xu Qingchen and she couldn't wear them out at all. Read the book
Linghan threw her clothes towards Xu Qingchen and said loudly: "Find me some clothes!"
Xu Qingchen stood up from the ground and asked, "Where are you going?"
"What do you think? You asked knowingly! Clothes!"
"I told you, you can't leave."
Linghan suddenly leaned forward and opened her lower eyelids with her right hand, revealing the red whites of her eyes to Xu Qingchen.
"Did you see that? I was poisoned! I have to go back before dawn to take the antidote!"
Xu Qingchen also noticed that Ling Han's eyes were not only bloodshot, but her lips also turned black and purple.
But he remained unmoved: "It's impossible for Li Fenglan to poison you."
"Ha," Ling smiled breathlessly, "You also believe that Feng Lan and I still have a sisterly relationship, right? I thought you thought they both had bad intentions! No man is good, let alone good-looking ones. Good thing! I really believed you! Stop talking nonsense! Find me some clothes!"
Xu Qingchen didn't move.
"Are you going or not?" Linghan was already furious, "I'm asking you one last time."
Xu Qingchen whispered: "Don't leave."
"Okay," Linghan stood on the ground, "You're not looking for me, are you? I'm just going out."
Xu Qingchen grabbed Linghan, who was walking out naked, and patiently advised, "Can you please stop making trouble?"
"Am I making trouble?!" Ayana was completely confused, "Who is making trouble?!"
Xu Qingchen hugged Linghan again and said patiently: "I really can't believe these two, I..."
Linghan pushed him hard again. After struggling twice, Linghan gave up. She looked at Xu Qingchen with a sneer: "Then there's no need to talk, I can't convince you. But you have to let me go... Why?" ? Didn’t it satisfy you? Shall I give it to you again?”
"Can you hear me out?"
"Then tell me quickly!"
"I want Li Fengyao's life."
"Are you sick?!" Ayana's mood changed drastically, "Why do you think we are so busy?"
"One more request."
"You finish it in one go!"
"you."
"You're dreaming!"
Xu Qingchen didn't speak, just stared into Linghan's eyes.
Ayana was at a loss and said begging for mercy: "You have to give me some time. I have to think about whether to forgive you, right?"
"Okay...but..."
Ayano didn't give him a chance to finish his words, and pushed her knee into his crotch. Xu Qingchen squatted on the ground in pain, covering her vagina.
Linghan had a cold face and said coldly: "Take off your clothes."
Xu Qingchen also wore pajamas.
…
Xiao Chunyang, who got up in the morning and changed his defense, saw the gate of the courtyard where the hall master lived opened, and a month-old white figure walked out of the door. Xiao Chunyang smiled and went over to say hello.
"Tang..." After shouting one word, he was stunned. The person who came out was not Xu Qingchen, but Linghan, but Linghan was wearing Xu Qingchen's clothes and even had her hair combed into a man's style. Although the clothes are a bit ill-fitting,... Ayaka looks quite dashing in men's clothing.
Linghan glanced at Xiao Chunyang and said, "Prepare a horse for me...and find some clothes for your hall master."
…
In the early morning, thinking of Linghan who had not returned yet, Li Fenglan sighed again.
"Really... Meat Bun is beating a dog..."
