"Either His Highness, the Fifth Prince, has been ostracized and neglected, and has no access to the Emperor's Sacred Heart. That's why he disregards his life just to pick the Laoshizi Jade Yao flower."
Xie Wang wrapped his leather jacket tightly and sat on the big tree behind him. He looked at the fifth prince who was surrounded by only a dozen personal guards, and moved his hands into the cold and stiff palms. He said while sighing.
After this period of climbing adventure, both the personal guards of the fifth prince and the soldiers of Ningdu Guard suffered heavy losses. Only the five members of the Wucheng Escort Bureau were not unscathed, but they only suffered some superficial injuries. The most serious injury was caused by the poison of the black-crested anaconda that Yang Qingmo had suffered.
"I think it's the latter reason. Even ordinary people, who have brothers and sisters who respect each other, would risk their lives to go to Yuyao Mountain to die for such a mythical legend. I have never seen it before, let alone In an imperial family that fights to the death for the throne, brothers can only be considered harmonious if they don't fight each other. Like His Highness the Fifth Prince... ugh, that's absolutely impossible!"
Shi Huo suppressed his voice, realizing that his analysis made sense.
Even Yuan Xing and Xie Ding, who had always been steady, felt that what he said was reasonable and looked at Yang Qingmo.
"Mukuro, what do you think?"
Yang Qingmo shook his head, "You should think about how to save your life tomorrow. This is a big deal!"
Xie Wang covered his face and screamed, "Brother Six, maybe tonight is the last night we spend together, and you are still so disappointing..."
"Thank you!"
Xie Ding and Yuan Xing shouted at the same time: "What are you talking about?"
"Children's words are unbridled, children's words are unbridled!" Shi Huo immediately tried to smooth things over.
"Brother, Brother Yuan Xing, why are you nervous? We have arrived at the top of Yuyao Mountain. Now there are no restrictions."
Xie Wang pointed to the highest point ahead, a tall tree standing on the edge of the cliff. Even though it was covered with ice and snow, the greenery seeping out from the cracks in the snow showed that the tree was full of vitality.
From their position, they could only see a flower as big as a bowl blooming tremblingly in the cold wind. The crystal clear outer petals seemed to be emitting a faint light in the dark night, attracting people. pick.
"Look, the Jade Yao flowers seem to be very close at hand, but don't look at it. It's very peaceful here now. Once we reveal our intention to pick the flowers, those hidden beasts will immediately pounce on us and bite us."
"Since you know this, are you prepared to treat it so passively, and then tomorrow's battle will only depend on luck?"
Yang Qingmo looked at Xie Wang with serious eyes. Xie Wang felt a little guilty when he looked at him. He really didn't think too much. It wasn't that he was really waiting to die, but that he thought he was lucky. After all, this time I came out with Yang Qingmo, this is luck!
But it seemed too shameless to say this.
Xie Wang looked at his eldest brother, as well as Yuan Xing and Shi Huo. He found that except for his eldest brother who was thoughtful, Yuan Xing and Shi Huo, two guys much older than himself, seemed to have the same thoughts as him.
In this case, why should I feel guilty?
"But I don't want to just try my luck and test whether our martial arts are more powerful, or whether the teeth of the ferocious beasts of Yuyao Mountain are sharper?"
Before Xie Wang could reply, he saw that Yang Qingmo had turned his gaze. He looked at the bright moon on the top of the snow-capped mountains, which looked like it could be picked with one hand, and he was entranced.
"Hey, do you think Yun Liu is thinking about that girl from the Geng family?" Shi Huo said, rubbing his chin.
"That girl from the Geng family, that's our future sixth sister-in-law. Oh, it's really hard for the sixth brother. If it weren't for us, he wouldn't have needed to take this risk. He should have returned to Ningdu City long ago to be with his future wife. Look at the moon in the sky."
Xie Wang let out a long sigh.
He sighed, and with Xie Ding, Yuan Xing and others also sighing, Yang Qingmo came back to his senses, looked at the four of them and said: "I'll go find the fifth prince, you guys wait here."
The Fifth Prince was not at peace tonight either. On this journey, even though his martial arts skills were average, he still had a certain degree of vision, and there were masters around him. Naturally, he already knew the abilities of Yang Qingmo and his party, and he could also see this. Along the way, they only protected themselves as the prince. They also helped the personal guards around him without affecting themselves. However, for the people of Ning Duwei, they always watched with cold eyes, watching them get injured and watching. They...die.
When they signed the contract with the Wucheng Escort Agency, they made it clear that the escorts of the Wucheng Escort Agency were only responsible for ensuring the safety of the fifth prince, and picking Jade Yao flowers was not within the scope of their tasks.
The personal guards around the fifth prince, including Xiong Jin and Chu Maoguan, are trying to persuade the fifth prince that if he can go to the top of Yuyao Mountain in person, he has a sincere heart and does not need to pick it himself.
However, although the fifth prince did not explicitly reject their proposal, he did not agree directly.
"Master Yun Liu!"
At this time, seeing Yang Qingmo coming, Chu Maoguan, Xiong Jin and Chen Luan all bowed their hands to him. Along the way, the guards of the fifth prince had already convinced Yang Qingmo. Everyone who practiced martial arts admired Qiang. There are many, many, many people who are better than myself, and they are always willing to treat them with the highest courtesy.
Yang Qingmo returned the gift and then offered his hand to the fifth prince, "Your Highness, will your Highness go to the Jade Yao tree in person tomorrow and pick a Jade Yao flower with your own hands?"
As soon as he said these words, Xiong Jin and the other three people winked at him. However, the words had already been spoken, and the three of them could not stop them in time, so they could only sigh helplessly.
"Well, that's exactly what I meant!" This time, the fifth prince gave a positive reply.
He has reached the top of Yuyao Mountain. No matter what, he has to pick the Yuyao flowers with his own hands. Otherwise, 80% of the hardships along the way will be eliminated in this last step. Isn't he making a loss-making business?
Sure enough, he was right. The Liulang of the Yang family was indeed a sharp mind, an insight into people's hearts, and a man of both civil and military skills. He was truly a genius.
"I would like to lend a helping hand to His Highness. There are three Jade Yao flowers blooming on the side of the cliff. If you want to pick one of them, you must hang on the cliff. When the time comes, use my sword to be the ground under Your Highness's feet."
The fifth prince suddenly looked at Yang Qingmo, "What's the reason? Is it just because the contract says that you need to protect the safety of His Highness? Although the Wucheng Escort Bureau has a good reputation in recent years, it should have also suffered losses in the past few decades. When escorting, right? Besides, you are not like them in this Yuyao Mountain. If His Highness dies, they will not have a good life even if they go back. But you don’t have to do this. At most, you only need to pay several times the compensation for escorting. It’s just silver.”
The fifth prince pointed to Xiong Jin and other personal guards and the remaining ten soldiers of Ningdu Guard, and asked in surprise.
"Because... I want to go back, go back quickly." Yang Qingmo said lightly.
"Huh?" The fifth prince was confused, "Do you want to return to the escort agency? Or go to Suzhou?"
Since the fifth prince knew Yang Qingmo's identity, he naturally also knew that Yang Qingmo's father, Yang Shaojing, was the magistrate of Peng County, Suzhou at that time. His mother was in office with her husband, and only one brother lived in Ningdu, so he asked this question.
"Go back to Ningdu." Yang Qingmo looked at the fifth prince, "I need to take the provincial examination this autumn."
"Going to Ningying to take the exam?" The fifth prince was quite surprised. The provincial exam was after the Mid-Autumn Festival and it was already late May. There was really not much time, and this candidate was still in Yuyao Mountain. No wonder he was in a hurry to go back.
The fifth prince nodded clearly, "That's it."
