Chapter 509 Chapter 10: Insects and Cicadas Sing

The four of them hid in the dense forest, watching Shi Zhixuan and Shan Mu lead the crowd to leave one after another without making any meritorious deeds. Kou Zhong said fiercely: "If we chase after Sha Fang, we will definitely find the ship where she is hiding. Jin Huan is really 90% imprisoned on the ship." Zhu Yuyan said calmly: "Then why didn't the young commander follow up?" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Because following her is the worst strategy. Even if we find the ship, unless we forcefully break into the ship immediately, the ship will weigh anchor tomorrow and hide in a tributary or a hidden bay. Our follower It's just a waste of effort, it's better to be smarter than to stop at a standstill."

Zhu Yuyan frowned and said, "Based on your style as a young commander, Sha Fang obviously suffered serious internal injuries. Why did you miss this good opportunity to kill the enemy and save others?" Kou Zhong sighed: "It's not because of you, old man. If we follow behind Sha Fang like this, it will be no wonder that Sha Fang can't guess our relationship." Zhu Yuyan was slightly taken aback, and did not speak again. Concubine Shixuan said softly: "What is the plan of Queen Yin?" Zhu Yuyan sized her up carefully, nodded and said, "What suggestion does Feixuan have?"

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling admired Zhu Yuyan's open mind in their hearts, and they were not ashamed to ask because Shi Feixuan was an old enemy's apprentice or junior. Concubine Shi Xuan had the foresight to foresee that tonight's action would be fruitless, and she showed outstanding wisdom, which made Zhu Yuyan ask her for advice in a low voice. Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling loved listening to Concubine Shixuan's words, loved to see her moving demeanor, and they were all engrossed in her. Concubine Shixuan stared at the direction where Shi Zhixuan disappeared, and said softly: "Empress Yin did not chase after Shi Zhixuan, this matter must have been beyond Shi Zhixuan's expectations, it will make him suspicious and difficult to be at ease."

Kou Zhong frowned and said: "I really don't understand one thing. Shi Zhixuan's top priority right now should be the evil spirit of absorbing relics... Ao! No! It should be the holy spirit. After he succeeded, he returned to the Central Plains to unify the two factions and the six ways. Why did he still take risks? After Yin Yin, you come out, don't you really fear your move 'Jade and Stone Burn'?" A bitter smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Yuyan's lips, and she said: "If I ask this question before meeting Shi Zhixuan tonight, I really can't give you a definite answer, but at this moment I can clearly tell you that Shi Zhixuan is using me. "

Kou Zhong was startled and said: "I understand! Shi Zhixuan is constantly absorbing the holy energy of the relic, my mother!" Zhu Yuyan sighed: "Shi Zhixuan used the pressure I put on him to spur himself, waiting for the ancients to resign themselves to courage, the feeling of being in a dangerous situation and having to make every step of the way, so that he has no time to distract himself from the sad past." Shi Feixuan said: "The Empress Yin's analysis of Shi Zhixuan is very thorough. If Feixuan is not wrong, Shi Zhixuan will definitely continue to provoke the Empress Yin tomorrow night, so we must have a second chance to join forces to eliminate him."

Kou Zhong laughed and said, "Then should we go back to the city now and have a good sleep?" Concubine Shixuan reprimanded: "Young commander seems to have forgotten the date of fake Laotan." Kou Zhongyan said: "How can the false old Tan go to two different places but at the same time for a date? Besides, Sha Fang is injured, and she is powerless to deal with Miss Shi. It is wiser for us not to go twice in vain." Zhu Yuyan frowned and said, "What are you talking about?" After Xu Ziling explained, he said: "Sect Master, please go back to the city to rest first. Even if we know that it's a waste of time, we still have to go to the appointment, so as not to make the fake old man feel suspicious."

Zhu Yuyan hesitated for a while, and then said decisively: "For the sake of your two boys always thinking about me, I will reveal to you some information that should not be passed outside the Demon Gate. In addition to the unfathomable depth of the atom, in name Da Mingzun teaches the strongest martial arts and Sha Fang is the first to be the first, but Lie Xia among the five Mingzi and the "poisonous water" Wei Nuo of the five types of demons, both of them have the true biography of the Dazun, so they should not be in Sha Fang Under Fang, if there are these two people on the team and cooperate with other people, they must not be underestimated."

Kou Zhong said happily: "It's so interesting!" Zhu Yuyan laughed dumbly and said: "I almost forgot that worrying for Kou Zhong would be superfluous and boring, alas! You can do it yourself." After all, he didn't enter the depths of the forest and quickly left. Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling naturally turned their gazes to Shi Feixuan, as if waiting for orders and obeying them. Concubine Shi Xuan slightly annoyed: "Why do you only know how to look at me? Aren't you the most self-centered?" Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said, "Miss is here to open up old accounts again."

But in my heart, I, Xu Ziling, love to see your daughter's attitude the most. Only when Shi Feixuan reveals this kind of dusty heart, he will feel more strongly that she is a person who also has seven emotions and six desires. Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Fei Xuan is getting more and more beautiful!" Shi Feixuan obviously couldn't do anything about him, she sighed slightly: "Should we split up now?" Xu Ziling said: "Zhu Yuyan is right, we should not underestimate the enemy." Kou Zhongdao: "The two appointment places are only more than ten miles apart. As long as you are a little late, I can rush over to meet you as soon as I can't see anyone. At that time, even if the Great Ming Zunjiao comes, we can at least protect ourselves Break through, as long as you can sneak back into the city, you will be safe and sound."

Concubine Shi Xuan said: "They must have a way to teach you to keep it." Kou Zhong patted Jing Zhongyue and said with a smile: "Then you have to ask the old partner on my back, I will play by ear and adapt to the situation." Xu Ziling said, "Just do it like this." Kou Zhong laughed, and followed Zhu Yuyan's lead by diving into the depths of the forest before making a detour to attend the appointment. When Xu Ziling and Shi Feixuan were left alone, the atmosphere immediately changed subtly, and there was a strange silence. Shi Feixuan seemed to want to dilute this "silence is better than sound" atmosphere, and said in a low voice: "Feixuan had surveyed the situation and environment of Jingbo Pavilion earlier. This stone pavilion is built near the lake, with lake water on one side and dense forest on the other. , quite hidden."

Xu Ziling spread out his palm, handed it to her, and said softly: "Miss, can you draw the location of Shiting, then we can go to the meeting separately." Concubine Shixuan hesitated for a moment, stretched out her slender hand, first drew the shape of Jingpo Lake on the palm of Xu Ziling with her fingertips, then tapped a few times on the north bank, said: "This is the location of Maji Camp." Point to the northwest, and said: "The Jingbo Pavilion is about this position, the terrain is relatively high, it is not difficult to recognize." After finishing speaking, put away the jade hand. Xu Ziling was still staring at his open palm, feeling a sense of wonder in his heart, knowing that he would never forget the touching feeling of her fingertips drawing on his palm. This is still his first "intimate" contact with Shi Feixuan. Concubine Shi Xuan angrily said: "Have you figured it out?" Xu Ziling finally put away his palms, thinking if he told her that he would never wash his hands in the future, how would she react to his bold and frivolous words?Of course, this can only be thought about in my heart for comfort, and will not be put into action. She smiled and said, "It's very clear, Miss's slender fingers are as accurate and stable as a color-empty sword." Shi Feixuan said indifferently: "Your palm is very special, did it become like this when Lian Chang got angry?" Xu Ziling shrugged his shoulders chicly, and said lightly: "Actually, I don't know very well. It seems that after learning the seal technique, the opponents began to change. Anyway, there is still some time. Can we have a good chat." Concubine Shixuan sighed softly: "Is it okay if I don't want to listen?" Xu Ziling's heart fluttered when he heard this, and he secretly warned himself that he must never treat Concubine Shixuan as an ordinary woman. This will make her look down on Xu Ziling. He nodded and said, "Of course, everything is decided by the young lady." Shi Feixuan replied calmly, and said calmly: "Speak up! Xu Ziling." Xu Ziling had the urge to hug her into his arms, so frightened he quickly suppressed his desire, and let out a long breath: "Miss, do you have any special feelings at this moment?" Concubine Shixuan was silent for a moment, then said softly, "Did you hear the cicada's cries?" Xu Ziling was slightly astonished, nodded and said: "After reminding you, I suddenly found that it was like being in a sea of ​​cicadas and insects. The world formed by their voices was full and full of layers, and it was so beautiful that it moved people. Strange that I had completely ignored them before." Concubine Shixuan said happily, "I'm not afraid to tell you, Feixuan really likes chatting with you, how does Brother Ziling feel about this?" Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said: "The experience is too deep! Let's go to the separation preview again, and I may have a way to resist. The problem is that love is like a trap. After falling into it, there may never be a way to climb out to appreciate other moving things outside the trap. .” Concubine Shi Xuanxi said diligently: "This metaphor is really apt. Whether you can jump out of the trap depends purely on your determination and hard work, and it also depends on whether you regard love as the ultimate goal of life. Everything that happens in the world , is just part of the impermanence of the universe." Xu Ziling smiled and said, "If Miss allows herself to be trapped in love, and then walk out of the trap, will she be able to break through and then reach the realm of clear sword heart?" There was a gentle smile on the corner of Shi Feixuan's lips, and she gave him a white look, as if saying that she knew you would have such a touching question, and said casually: "Brother Ziling is still referring to the pure spirit?" Men and women in love?" Xu Ziling was greatly stimulated. If Shi Feixuan's words were to say another kind of love between a man and a woman with close contact, it means that she at least thought about the possibility of this happening with herself.But he really doesn't have any intention of occupying her fairy body, so he won't take the opportunity to push forward.She smiled and said, "Of course, what good suggestion does Miss have?" Concubine Shixuan smiled coquettishly with an unprecedented "puchi" and said, "Is he still thinking about it?" After all, Yingying went. Kou Zhong came to the famous Moon Pool outside the east gate of Longquan City. This is a natural hot spring. The rising heat enveloped the trees beside the lake in water vapor, and with the slanting moonlight, there was indeed a ghostly aura that could make people shudder. Kou Zhong doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, and only appreciates the dreamlike atmosphere and beautiful scenery created by the joint efforts of hot springs and moonlight. Bubbles in the middle of the pool scrambled to the surface, and Hulu Hulu was making noise.The moon pool is only about two feet wide, and the overflowing pool water forms a hot spring stream, flowing through the fields and forests towards Longquan City. Kou Zhong thought to himself that it must be very satisfying for Zhao Wan and Xu Ziling to come here to soak in the Moon Pool at night.He also imagined wildly how intoxicating Shang Xiufang would be if he bathed with him.Suddenly felt something strange, and looked intently, only to see a mass of black and flickering objects floating and sinking in the weeds by the pool. Kou Zhong was terrified in his heart, he stood up, skimmed the surface of the pool, and landed on the bank closest to the object. Look at it more clearly, it's even more frightening, it is a floating corpse in clothes, the clothes are the same as the fake Lao Tan I saw today, because the face is facing the bottom of the pool, so you can't see the face. Kou Zhong couldn't believe that as the "dark energy" among the five types of demons, Zhou Laofang died so easily, thinking that this guy cheated his death to plot against me, he laughed and said: "The pool water is so hot, how long can you endure it? ?” At the same time, listen to all directions to see if you will be surrounded by enemies. After waiting for a while, knowing something was wrong, he stretched out his hand and grabbed Zhou Laofang's belt, lifting him out of the water. Zhou Laofang rolled onto the grass beside the bank, his face was turned to the sky, his eyes were wide open, and he had been out of breath for a long time. No matter how Kou Zhong thought about it, he never thought that such a situation would happen. He stared blankly at the corpse without a trace of life in front of him, and became confused for a while. Xuan took another deep breath, regained his composure, began to examine the cause of his death, and then left quickly. Xu Ziling responded with a secret signal, and Kou Zhong's mood immediately improved, because the Daming Zunjiao was more terrifying than they had guessed earlier, knowing that Xu Ziling was "alive", the venerable fairy should of course be safe and sound. Kou Zhong plunged into the forest, went about three zhang deep, pulled himself up, and landed on the cross section of an old tree that was close to the towering tree. Xu Ziling was sitting peacefully between the crossbars. From this angle, the Jingbo Pavilion stands steadily by the lake, surrounded by insects and cicadas singing, creating a harmonious and peaceful atmosphere on a moonlit night. There was no one in the booth. Xu Ziling glanced at him and said with emotion: "Your balance skills have improved a lot, the most rare thing is the feeling of squatting on the horizontal trunk with thick and thin arms more than five feet above the ground, which is as comfortable and natural as squatting on flat ground. .” Kou Zhong leaned into his ear and said, "Where's your fairy?" Xu Ziling smiled wryly and said: "The fairy has never been mine, and it will not be mine in the future. As for why she didn't appear in the pavilion, it should be called the fairy heart. If you ask me, who should I ask? Is it a waste of time?" Kou Zhong sighed: "Old Zhou turned into a floating corpse immersed in the moon pool. He was hit hard by his grandmother's palm on the vest. His heart was broken and he died. Even the gods of Da Luo couldn't make him breathe. Take a breath." Xu Ziling lost his voice: "What?" Kou Zhong smiled and said: "If we think that Zhou Laofang is really old Tan, will we be so angry that we will immediately go to the mysterious manor to kill people and set fire to it?" Xu Ziling nodded and said, "It makes sense! This plan is very vicious. It not only borrows our swords to kill people, but also borrows other people's swords to kill us." Kou Zhong said in distress: "The owner of the mysterious manor must not be a good man or a believer. Who can tell me who he is?" Xu Ziling stared at the Jingbo Pavilion and said, "I'll bet the head on the item that the fake Laotan will show up in the pavilion soon." Kou Zhongdao: "This is called a hero who sees the same thing. The floating corpse in Yuechi is Zhou Laotan, not Zhou Laofang. Alas! Is Zhou Laofang still a human being? Even his twin brothers were murdered. Although it is true that Laotan is nothing. Kind and benevolent." Xu Ziling said: "Will it be because Sha Fang promised to withdraw from the competition for relics, so Zhou Laotan and his wife are no longer of use to them, so they simply destroy the ginseng, and at the same time they can kill two birds with one stone and trick us into fighting an unjust battle?" Kou Zhongdao: "That is to say, people from Daming Zunjiao really don't know that you can tell whether Zhou Laofang is a fake Lao Tan. According to this inference, Xu Kaishan must not be a member of Daming Zunjiao." Xu Ziling frowned and said: "It's still hard to say. The first time I saw Xu Kaishan at the gate of Yanshan Winery, I felt that he belonged to the level of 'Evil King' Shi Zhixuan. Fang, to remove our doubts about him, is absolutely impossible." Kou Zhong gasped and said: "If he is so clever, it's really scary." Xu Ziling said: "Do you think that Sha Fang deliberately gave up the fight for the relics in order to relax Shi Zhixuan and Zhu Yuyan's defenses?" Kou Zhong was startled, and was about to answer. Xu Ziling whispered: "Here comes the idea!"