Chapter 37 Three different routes lead to the same goal
This is a big house, spacious and bright.The floor is covered with thick and brightly colored brocade carpets, which were produced in Shanyou, a country with superb weaving skills, and were transported back by merchants for thousands of miles.But looking around the room again, there are few other expensive furnishings, weapons everywhere.
There is a row of guns and spears on the left, and a row of knives and sticks on the right. There are swords of different lengths hanging on the wall, and there are also various long whips of copper, silver and gold. In the weapon room, there is a jade-like screen standing in front of the room, and behind the screen is a sandalwood bed with brocade tents, so I know it is a bedroom.
There are also several rows of bookshelves in the room, and the shelves are full of books, but they are not classics taught by sages and sages, but all the sword books and boxing scriptures that can be seen in the streets and legends compiled by some third-rate literati.In front of the bookshelf by the window are desks and chairs. At this moment, a young man is sitting in front of the desk. The young man's eyes are fixed on the two sheets of paper spread out on the table.
Name: Lan Residual Yin, known as "Lan Qishao".
Nickname: Bi Yao.
Age: Unknown, between twenty and twenty-five.
Appearance: Peerless beauty, unique green pupils in the world.
Status: The contemporary head of the Lan family in Yunzhou, one of the six great families of martial arts.
Weapon: jade fan.
Martial arts: The succession of masters is a mystery, and the Lan family has never been allowed to pass on martial arts.
Attachment: This demon of human nature speaks without scruples, and acts arbitrarily, regardless of righteousness and evil, and many people are afraid of him.
Name: Ming Huayan, known as "Ming Er Gongzi".
Nickname: Banished Immortal.
Age: twenty-five.
Appearance: It is said that it is as elegant as a fairy.
Status: The contemporary young master of Tianzhou Ming family, one of the six great families of martial arts.
Weapons: None.
Martial arts: Unfathomable, family-inherited stunt "Infernal Finger".
Attachment: This person is gentle and refined, behaves like a gentleman, and many people respect him.
"These two people..." The young man picked up the paper on the table, with a slight smile on his lips, "As long as I defeat one of them, then Daddy will never say that I am inferior to that woman's son again!"
Since Dongming Island robbed "Lan Yin Biyue" a year ago, three thousand heroes have gone out to sea, but only a few hundred people have returned, and the martial arts has lost its momentum.However, Ming Huayan and Lan Canyin's reputation is even better than before. Since Ming Kong, the head of Fengwu Sect, went into seclusion, the two have become the leaders of the group.
Therefore, in today's martial arts world, these two are the most famous and most eye-catching!
The boy's gaze wandered between the two names "Ming Huayan" and "Lan Residual Yin".Which one should we defeat first?
Bi Yao... Banished Immortal... Demon... Immortal...
"Then Lan Remnant!" the young man suddenly stood up.Since the Banished Immortal is so respected by others, it would be a bit unbearable to defeat him first, but Bi Yao has a bad reputation. Maybe he defeated Bi Yao just to get rid of evil in the martial arts world.
"...Just wait, I will definitely become famous in the martial arts world!" The young man spoke loudly, with high spirits.
There is nothing impossible in the world, only things that need to be done.
Everyone has had such a time.
Sunlight came in from the window and shone on the young man's face. The young man had a pair of good eyes. Under the sunlight, those black eyes shone like black gems.
It's almost March, but Mozhou, which is located in the westernmost part of the imperial dynasty's territory, is still as cold as a knife.
To the east of Mozhou is the official road leading to Lanzhou. The two states are bounded by Jucheng. Jucheng is under the jurisdiction of Mozhou. After Jucheng is the boundary of Lanzhou.It takes about two days to travel from Jucheng to Mozhou City. Along the way, several tea shops and inns have been opened sporadically for passers-by to take a break. The inns vary in size, and the best business is Anji Inn.
Anji Inn is not very big, the front and back yards are two floors, the back yard is the guest room, and the front yard is the restaurant. They are all very clean and tidy, which makes people feel a sense of comfort as soon as they enter.The owner of Anji Inn is surnamed An. Since he was called "Xiao An" in his twenties, he has been guarding the inn for more than 30 years, and now the guests in their fifties call him "Lao An".He is an honest man, and he does not cheat his life or customers, so most of the travelers in the past are willing to eat and stay here.
On this day, just after noon, the lobby in the front yard was almost full of guests, and the business was very good, but Lao An was not at all happy, but rather worried.There is no other reason, only for the two tables of guests sitting one east and one west in the hall.
Guests from the east are the first to arrive.The eight entourages were hugging a young gentleman in brocade clothes, and they knew that the young gentleman had a lot of background by looking at his style, so Lao An stepped forward to greet him personally.Wipe the table again and again, serve the best tea, and take out the porcelain bowls and silver chopsticks that are usually stored away and don't want to use them, and dare to put them on after they are cleaned, and tell the kitchen to be extra careful when cooking Even so, the boy's brows and eyes did not show the slightest bit of joy. After the food was served, he took a sip and stopped, and said contemptuously: "What is this, it is so unpalatable!"
"Hey..." Lao An carefully accompanied the smiling face, not daring to say a word.
"If you don't like it, young master, let's change to another one?" a follower asked.
The young master slapped his palm on the table when he heard the words, and the dishes suddenly slammed, and Lao An's heart was also beating up and down. After taking a look, he continued to eat.
"Change to another one? I ran so far to see such a small shop, who knows where the next one is, you guys will starve to death!"
"I don't dare." The entourage hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Then how about some more dishes?"
"Hmph!" The young master squinted, "What can this small shop in the wilderness offer? It's all your fault, I didn't prepare it earlier! Since I left the imperial capital, I haven't had a satisfactory meal!"
It turned out to be a distinguished guest from the imperial capital, no wonder he was so grandiose.Old An thought to himself.
"Yes, yes, it's all small faults." After being reprimanded, the entourage had no choice but to agree in a hurry.
"You know you're wrong, so hurry up and get something delicious for me!" The young master slapped the attendant on the face, making the attendant stagger, and the crisp sound made Lao An tremble.
"Yes, I will go right away." The attendant nodded and bowed again.Then he turned his face and scolded Lao An: "You! Hurry up and order the cook to make some other delicious dishes and send them over!"
"Yes... yes..." Lao An hurriedly responded, but just turned around, then turned around and said tremblingly, "These dishes I made for you are the best signature dishes of the shop...."
"What?!" The young master glared, "What the hell is this place, my dog doesn't even smell such dishes, how dare you ask me to eat them!"
"This... small shop is humble, and there is really nothing good to sell, my lord, please forgive me." Old An Nuo laughed along with him.
When the young master heard that the chopsticks fell, he was about to lose his temper on the spot. Another entourage who was about thirty years old beside him hurriedly stepped forward to appease him: "Please calm down, young master, this place is no better than the imperial capital. Even if you kill him, he will not die." I can't make you a delicious meal."
This entourage obviously had more weight in his words. After hearing his words, the young master glared at him but finally suppressed his anger, and just yelled with resentment: "Daddy is obviously in the position of Dazai, and you want to arrange for me What place, what kind of official can't do it, but you want to get me to this impoverished Mozhou! It's cold and dry, and I don't even have a delicious meal!"
Lao An suddenly realized that he was the son of Dazai's family. Dazai was the head of the court officials, and he respected authority. No wonder...dogs eat better than people.
"My lord, my lord is also thinking of you." Seeing the resentment on the young master's face, the entourage who spoke more weight hurriedly moved closer to his ear and lowered his voice to comfort him, "Your Majesty asked Prince Wei to go to the state capital of Mozhou this time. , must be to use troops against Cai Yuanrong. Yuanrong is a small country. With the power of our dynasty's iron cavalry, it will be easy to take it down. Although you are only the position of Hussler at the moment, you will have made great contributions when you take down Yuanrong Is it? When you return to the imperial capital, you will be a great general!"
When the young master heard this, most of his anger really disappeared.
It turned out that this son was Dai Xi, the only son of Dai Mingcheng, the Taizai of the current dynasty.
If you ask the people of the imperial dynasty how about the current Dazai?Anyone who knows Dai Mingcheng will reply you with a "yes".Dai Ming has been an official for more than 20 years, starting from a small town like a sesame mung bean, and gradually reached the position of Dazai, the head of the court officials.In the local area, he is a virtuous official praised by the people; in the imperial capital, he is also a virtuous official who the emperor relies on as his right-hand man.In a word, Dai Mingcheng is a person who has made contributions to the people of his family and country, but such a person failed to raise a good son.
Dai Xi is a typical dandy's disciple, ignorant of learning and skills, proficient in literary and military skills, proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, relying on his father's power to run rampant in the imperial capital, although it will not cause anger and resentment, but it is a fact that people hate it.This time when the Mozhou state capital was transferred, the emperor decreed that Prince Wei's son, Huang Yi, would be appointed as the new state capital of Mozhou. After Dai Mingcheng arranged for his son to be a hussar, he drove him to Mozhou.Firstly, I want my pampered son to go to the colder and barren Mozhou to experience hardships and experiences; secondly, I think that my son may be able to restrain some bad habits and evil deeds after leaving the emperor without his own protection; thirdly, the son of Prince Wei Huang Ye is a member of the royal family, although he is young, he is well-known in the court, no matter how arrogant his son is, he does not dare to contradict this immediate boss, and maybe his son can learn to behave honestly by following him.
Although Dai Mingcheng has good intentions, so far, his son has not wanted to restrain his nature, behave honestly, and work hard.Huang Ye originally set off with him from the imperial capital, but along the way, the dazai son was more delicate than Huang Ye, the son of a dragon: he thought the food was rough and unpalatable, the inn was poor and the bed was too hard, and his butt hurt when riding a horse , I think the carriage is too bumpy, I think it's too dusty, I think the weather is bad...
In the end, the future King Wei and the current Mozhou Prefecture Huangye, for the sake of Mr. Dazai's loyalty to the imperial dynasty for decades, neither beat nor scolded Mr. Dazai, but left him and went ahead.So Mr. Dazai came to Mozhou slowly in a sedan chair. After more than two months, he finally... arrived in Mozhou.
Seeing that Dai Xi's expression softened, the attendant said again: "My lord, just be patient for a day, and it will be fine when you arrive in the city of Mozhou tomorrow. It is an important place in the state, and it is naturally more prosperous. You must have everything you want, and it will not be worse than the imperial capital." How many."
"Hmph!" Dai Xi glanced at the food on the table, snorted, and stood up, looking like he really didn't want to eat.
Lao An looked relieved in his heart.Even if it's a waste of time and lost money, I just want to send this distinguished guest away and have a safe life.He really can't afford to serve such officials' children.
Just when Dai Xi was about to leave, Lao An suddenly turned his head for some reason, obviously there was an old man in front of him who needed to be carefully served, but Lao An couldn't help looking at the door.In fact, not only Lao An, but everyone in the lobby, whether they were eating, picking up vegetables, drinking tea, or drinking, couldn't help looking at the door at that moment.
A woman walked in from the door, wrapped from head to toe in a thick silver-white cloak, because of her slender figure, she didn't look bloated.As she moved, a light green skirt floated out from under the cloak, so that person was like a snowy snow and a jade tree walking by the green water.
The woman was probably very afraid of the cold, so she didn't take off the hood on the cloak after entering the store. The hood was trimmed with a circle of snow-white fox fur, and the brim of the hat was pushed down extremely low, so the woman's eyebrows and eyes were almost covered by the hood. , making it impossible to get a full glimpse of his face, but it was just the lower half of his face that made it hard for everyone in the hall to blink.
Because the boss was waiting for the distinguished guests, a clever guy had already stepped forward to greet the woman.
The woman sat down at the table by the window on the west side, and said: "First, a pot of hot tea, and then three of your restaurant's signature dishes." Lao An, who was in his fifties, felt his bones brittle when he heard it. It was not difficult for everyone to imagine the beauty of his face just by hearing this voice.
The clerk quickly brought hot tea to the woman, and the guests in the lobby were relieved and continued to eat.Dai Xi, who had already got up, sat down again at some point.
"My lord, do you still eat this dish?" Lao An asked cautiously.
"Eat...eat..." Dai Xi murmured, his eyes had never moved away since he was staring at the woman, he picked up the chopsticks and put something in his mouth, but judging by his expression, he probably ate it What he himself does not know.
But Lao An didn't worry about this. Seeing that he was finally willing to eat, he breathed a sigh of relief, said "Sir, take it easy" and walked back to the counter.
After a while, the woman's order came, and she ate on her own, seemingly unaware of Dai Xi's gaze.
But Lao An, who was standing at the counter, looked at the two tables of guests, but his heart was hanging.The young man was eating without appetite, his eyes never leaving the woman for a moment, and then he looked at the eight tall attendants standing around behind him... Alas, Lao An sighed secretly, it is better not to have any accidents.
There are three dishes on the woman's table: a plate of hot and sour pork liver, a plate of red pepper bacon, and a plate of braised tofu. She seems to be eating at a leisurely pace, but the speed is very fast. After a while, she eats After eating two bowls of rice, the three dishes are basically finished.
"The food is delicious." The woman put down the bowl and chopsticks and praised.
The waiter at the side immediately smiled, as if he made the dish: "Just as long as the girl likes it. Although these dishes are very common, they are our signature dishes here. The chef has been cooking them for decades. Then Naturally, there is nothing to say about the skill, as long as the past customers come to our store, they must order these three dishes."
The girl tilted her head, the corners of her lips were slightly curved, and she smiled slightly, and the guy's heart was beating with enthusiasm in an instant.Looking at it from a distance, Dai Xi felt that the smile seemed to belong to him, and couldn't help becoming obsessed.Naturally, this woman couldn't see her eyebrows, but based on his years of experience in leaning against red and green, he knew that she must be a stunning beauty.Since he left the imperial capital, he has not been romantic for a long time, seeing this lonely woman at this moment, how can he not lose his lust.
Seeing the woman check out and leave, Dai Xi winked, so one of his attendants stayed behind to check out, and the rest followed Dai Xi and left the store.
After the woman left the shop, she took the horse brought by the clerk and didn't ride it. She just led the horse and walked towards Mozhou in a leisurely manner.Dai Xi no longer sat in the sedan chair, and followed the woman, his attendants naturally understood, and they all led the horses and led the sedan chair bearers to follow behind with the empty sedan chair.
After doing this for a quarter of an hour, the side of the road gradually became deserted, so Dai Xi stepped up a few steps to catch up with the woman, and said, "Miss, please stay." And the followers behind him surrounded the woman from all sides without any trace.
Seeing this scene, the woman didn't panic, she just stopped and asked, "What's the matter, sir?"
"May I ask where you are going?" Dai Xi put on a polite gesture.
"Where I'm going has nothing to do with you?" The woman's voice was clear and charming, but her tone was very cold.
Dai Xi didn't take it seriously, and said: "Just now I had dinner in the same restaurant with the girl, and now we are walking the same road, so we are destined. Since we are so destined, why does the girl refuse to be so far away? "
"Oh?" There was a hint of a smile in the woman's voice, and then she replied, "I'm going to Mozhou."
"That's a coincidence." Dai Xi clapped his hands and smiled, "I'm also going to Mozhou, so I happen to be traveling with the girl."
"Really?" The woman's tone was still lukewarm.
Dai Xi said again: "Riding a horse is too bumpy. It must be hard work for a long journey. I happen to have a soft sedan chair here, so I invite the girl to take it."
"No, thank you, sir." The woman declined.
"Yes, it's more comfortable to take a sedan chair for the girl's delicate body." Dai Xi persuaded with a smile.A pair of eyes stared at the woman's face. Although she couldn't see the eyebrows and eyes clearly, but only by looking at the snow-white, flawless complexion, she knew that her complexion would never be any worse. Be nice and make out.
Dai Xi was thinking wildly in his mind, but the woman let out a long sigh and murmured: "I think how many beauties I molested in the past, but I don't think I will be molested today."
"What did the girl say?" Dai Xi didn't hear clearly and could not help getting closer.
The woman raised her head, and a gust of strong cold wind blew her hood off, revealing a beautiful face, Dai Xi was stunned.
Seeing that the hood had been taken off, the woman couldn't help frowning slightly, then glanced at the attendants around her, couldn't help but sighed again, and cursed fiercely in her heart: "Damn you fake fairy!"
This woman is none other than Lan Qi, the official head of the Lan family.She made a bet with Ming Er to go to the palace to steal treasures, but Ming Er won, and the condition for the second son's victory was "ask the seventh young master to walk the rivers and lakes for a year as a weak woman".
This condition seems ordinary, but there are actually two key points: one is that Lan Qi is required to show off as a woman, and the other is that she must seal her inner strength within one year and walk around the world as an ordinary person.These two, no matter which one makes Lan Qi very upset.As for the former, although she often wears women's clothes, she has never worn women's clothes for a year. Less than half.As for the latter, just imagine how dangerous it would be for her to lose her martial arts within a year with enemies all over the world.That's why she really wanted to win at the beginning, but unfortunately she still lost. In the end, she had to scold Ming Er for being insidious and despicable, a villain with no virtue.It's just that once he agrees to Ming Er's matter, it's better not to be caught by him, otherwise, who knows what shameful tricks that fake fairy will use.Therefore, Lan Qi can only show people in women's clothing for a year, and at this time, only five months have passed, and there are still seven months left.
Lan Qi looked at the dude in front of her, thinking that in the past, if she didn't punish him well, she would have to play him well, but now she has no power to restrain him, and if she doesn't act properly, she will suffer. Cope with it.
Lan Qi was thinking whether to agree to sit in his sedan chair first, and then find a way to deal with it on the way.Suddenly, "Tat-tat-tat..." There was a sound of horseshoes, and she followed the sound of the horseshoes, and saw a galloping horse galloping towards him, with a heroic young man on the horseback.
Lan Qi rolled her eyes, and then said to Dai Xi: "Thank you for your kindness, my lord, I'll go first." After saying that, she went forward.
Dai Xi was thanking God for giving such a rare beauty with a pair of strange green eyes in front of him. When he heard that the beauty was about to leave, he immediately stretched out his hand to hold the beauty, and all the followers surrounded him.
Seeing that the young man on horseback was getting closer, Lan Qi suddenly shouted loudly: "Please respect yourself, sir, let me go." She broke free while speaking.
Dai Xi was unwilling to let go, so he naturally pulled the beauty into his arms: "It's really dangerous for the girl to go on the road alone, it's better to go with me."
"Let me go!" Lan Qi struggled and shouted to the boy on the horse: "Young hero, help!"
Sure enough, the horse stopped, and the young man on the horse looked towards them, and saw a group of big men surrounding a beautiful woman, the young man immediately thought of the story of "the powerful and bully robbing the women of the people", so he jumped off the horse and left Past: "Let go of this girl!"
"Go away, kid, it's none of your business here." A follower stretched out his hand and pushed the boy.
It's just that the attendant didn't push the young man, instead he was bounced by the young man's internal force and fell to the ground.
This turn of events shocked Dai Xi and his followers, they all stopped and looked at the young man, Lan Qi took the opportunity to break away from Dai Xi and retreat a few steps.
"Who are you?" A follower stepped forward and asked.
But the young man raised his head and said: "You people are not worthy of knowing the name of this young hero."
The young man's attitude angered Dai Xi: "You bastard! I am the son of the majestic Dazai, and you are worthy of being raised in front of me!"
Hearing this, the young man raised his thick eyebrows: "It turns out that the son of a corrupt official robbed the women of the people! Look at me not doing harm to the people!" As soon as the words fell, he jumped up instantly and punched Dai Xi in the face. Xi suddenly had a nosebleed.
Dai Xi originally thought that moving out of his father would scare the boy away, so he didn't expect the boy's actions until the nosebleeds sprayed all over the ground, and he belatedly cried out in pain: "Ouch! You brat... Beat him to death!"
The entourage behind him immediately rushed forward.These attendants have all learned some martial arts. Compared with ordinary people, they are considered to be highly skilled, but in front of this young man, they can only be regarded as tricks.How can I say that the young man is also from a family of martial arts, and he has practiced martial arts diligently since he was a child. Even if his martial arts are not top-notch, they are still many times higher than these followers.So the young man didn't need to take any weapons, he just punched and kicked three times, and knocked down all his followers to the ground, only Dai Xi was left standing still.
Seeing his attendants falling to the ground with bruised noses and swollen faces, Dai Xi also became frightened in his heart, but he was used to being domineering, and he refused to show weakness at this moment. Do you know who this young master is who injured this young master's entourage? This young master is..." Before he could finish speaking, he was punched heavily in the face again, and then fell to the ground and passed out.
The young man wiped his fists and looked at Dai Xi on the ground with disdain: "I am not afraid of this young man who is shouting like a mad dog." After saying that, he turned his head and shouted at the followers on the ground: "Get out of here, if you dare to do it in the future! Bad thing, this young hero hits me every time I see him!"
Those attendants also knew that they couldn't beat the boy, and they would only suffer if they talked too much, so they hurriedly got up and carried Dai Xi away in a hurry.
Looking at the group of people who left in embarrassment, Lan Qi felt emotional: If it was the past, this group of people fell into the hands of this young man. If they kept breaking their arms and hands, they would definitely not let them go. This young man doesn't seem to be enough. ruthless.Of course, if he was ruthless enough, he wouldn't have saved her.Thinking of this, Lan Qi turned her head to look at the boy, and the boy happened to be looking at her too, his dark and bright eyes were full of surprise.
Looking at this handsome young man, Lan Qi couldn't help but think of Ning Lang for a moment, with the same bright and heroic features, but the difference is that this young man is not as honest and gentle as Ning Lang, but has a kind of ostentatious pride and vigor.Just when he was thinking whether he should thank him, the boy suddenly jumped up and shouted, "Bi Yao Lan Qi!"
Lan Qi was stunned when she heard this, and wondered which family this young man was from, who actually knew her?
The boy pulled out a weapon that looked like a knife and a sword from behind, and shouted at Lan Qi: "Bi Yao, let's fight!"
Lan Qi looked at the young man's strange weapon, a gleam of light flashed in his green eyes, but it was hidden in an instant, and he looked like a slender woman again: "Young man, I am a weak woman with no strength to restrain a chicken, where is it?" Can I fight you?"
"Huh?" The young man jumped to her side in disbelief, stretched out his hand to grab her wrist, held her pulse and felt for a while, he couldn't help but feel frustrated, she really didn't have internal strength in her body, she was just an ordinary person, "Did I admit it wrong?" The young man hesitated. It was Lan Qi who did not give up, and stared into her eyes, "Could it be that there are more than one pair of such blue eyes in this world?"
Based on these words, Lan Qi knew that the young man had never seen him before, and immediately said: "I was born with eyes that are different from ordinary people, and I have been blinded and insulted all the time since I was a child. Ordinary hard life is not enough?" At this point, Lan Qi's expression darkened, and he was about to cry.
Seeing her like this, the young boy suddenly felt pity, and quickly comforted him: "Don't be sad, I just recognized the wrong person." As he said this, he quickly put away his weapon, "And the other blue-eyed person is not suffering, he is very powerful , I’m going to fight him.”
When Lan Qi heard this, she raised her eyebrows slightly: "Why did the young hero want to fight with her?"
"Because I want to become famous, and the fastest way to become famous is to defeat famous martial arts figures. This green demon is very evil, and many people in the martial arts don't like him. I went to defeat him and ruined his reputation. I don't dare to bully people anymore." The young man said with a righteous face.
The corners of Lan Qi's mouth twitched when she heard the words, and secretly scolded the stinky boy for being whimsical, but there was a smile on her face: "So that's it, I just heard some people say that Bi Yao went to Mozhou in the inn where I was having dinner, and it's too late. I don't know if it's the person the young hero said."
"Huh? He went to Mozhou?" The boy jumped up again.
"That's what the people in the inn said just now." Lan Qi said.
"Oh, then I have to go back to Mozhou." The boy turned around immediately.But as soon as he took a step, he looked back at Lan Qi, saw her black temples and snowy face, and thought that if she was allowed to walk on this road alone, maybe she would meet those lustful people, and he both If you take it as your duty to be a chivalrous man, you should help others to the end.Immediately said: "Where are you going? I will take you there first."
Lan Qi smiled and said, "Thank you, Shaoxia, I'm going to Mozhou too. I'm alone on the road now, I can't repay you for saving my life, I can only..."
Hearing this, the young man immediately remembered the story in the book about the hero who rescued the beauty and the beauties promised each other with their bodies, and he hurriedly waved his hands and said, "You don't need to promise yourself with your body."
Lan Qi paused and looked at the boy.
The young man came to his senses, his face flushed instantly.
"Hahahaha..." Lan Qi couldn't help it, and her laughter went straight to the sky.
The boy looked shyly and embarrassedly at the woman who looked up and laughed.This kind of laughter was originally extremely undignified, but her laughter was wanton and unrestrained, it was so gorgeous that it made his heart beat like a drum.I thought in my heart that she is so beautiful, isn't she the Yao Ji Su'e mentioned in the book?I saved her, I saved her... For a moment, I felt a little regretful that I should not have said "don't make a promise with your body".
After a long while, Lan Qi smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble the young man on the way." With this young man as a companion, not only did he have a bodyguard, but he also didn't have to worry about being bored all the way.
"No...don't bother you." The young man blushed and turned around, "Let's go."
The two mounted their horses and headed slowly towards Mozhou.
The boy rode on the horse and said again: "My name is Lin You, what's the girl's name?"
Lan Qi smiled secretly, of course I know your surname is Lin: "My lord, just call me Phoenix descendant."
Huang Yi, the capital of Xinzhou, Mozhou, has been in office for more than half a month.On this day, he changed into casual clothes, took a few entourages and took to the streets, intending to observe the sentiments of the people.
It was still Si time when Huang Yi came out, he walked around the city, and it was noon, so he randomly walked into a restaurant called Hong Fu Lou, intending to have lunch.The guys have seen a lot of guests coming and going, and their eyes are the sharpest. They can tell what kind of guests are distinguished guests at a glance.So as soon as Huang Yi and the others entered the door, a waiter warmly greeted them. Seeing that there were many customers downstairs, he immediately led them to the second floor, picked a table facing the street for them, and wiped them several times.
After Huang Ye sat down, he just turned his head and looked at the market outside the window, the rest of the matter was arranged by his followers.It was only when he sat down that he felt eyes scanning back and forth on him.
"Oh, what a beauty." Only admiration came from the opposite side. Although the voice was not loud, Huang Yi's hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people since he was a child, so he could hear clearly, and the voice was extremely clear and charming, unexpectedly Like a woman's voice.
"It's pretty." Another boy's voice sounded, "But he's a man."
"Beauties are not divided into men and women, besides this kind of appearance, you and I rarely see many in our life." The woman said again.
Huang Yi couldn't help frowning upon hearing this.He has been extremely beautiful since he was a child, and everyone in the royal family said that he was very much like their ancestor - the pure queen who was known as the most beautiful woman in the Eastern Dynasty.But it's really not a good thing that a big man gave birth to a woman's beautiful face, so this face became his sore spot, and people who knew him tried their best to avoid mentioning this matter in front of him.
"The complexion is gorgeous, and there is a masculine heroism between the brows. Such a beauty is unparalleled in the world." The woman was still feeling emotional, "I really want to take him home."
When Huang Ye heard this, veins popped up on his forehead.He is a big man, and he is still the son of the royal family, but he has spoken lightly to a woman.It is tolerable or unbearable!He turned his head and stared at the opposite table with sharp eyes.With this stare, he was stunned, the person sitting at the opposite table had a peerless complexion, what was even more surprising was that her eyes were as green as jade, and the ripples in her eyes were like ripples in spring water, as if she could drown the soul.
"Presumptuous!" Huang Ye didn't speak, but Ye Yun, his bodyguard who followed him since childhood, said, "Don't be rude to my son!" The figure is quite intimidating.
Lan Qi turned a deaf ear to Ye Yun's words, and just looked at Huang Ye with her green eyes.But Lin You, who was sitting on the side, couldn't tolerate anyone scolding her, so he stood up and said to Ye Yun, "Why are you yelling! Don't go out if your son doesn't allow others to see you! Besides, your son also stares at Ye Yun." Have you seen it? Go, tell your son, don’t stare at him like a country bumpkin who has never seen a woman! If you continue to be so rude, I will teach your master a lesson for his son!"
"Presumptuous! If you speak rudely again, don't blame me for doing it!" Ye Yun frowned when he heard the words, and took a step forward.
"This young hero is not afraid of you!" Lin You stepped forward with his chest out.
The two stared at each other, neither giving way.
Lin You's words made Huang Ye look away, and turned to look at the young man who held his head proudly, Huang Ye's handsome brows were unconsciously frowned.
Lan Qi, who was on the opposite side, couldn't help sighing again: "Ah... it's the first time I've seen someone frowning so beautifully."
Huang Yi was born in the royal family, since he grew up, no one dared to make fun of him in front of his face, let alone this person kept talking nonsense.His face turned cold immediately, and he was about to have an attack when he saw that suddenly there was a sound of footsteps on the stairs, and then he saw a group of people walking upstairs, the leader was Dai Xi.
Dai Xi saw Huang Ye first, and was about to go forward to greet him, but in a blink of an eye, he saw Lin You in the hall again, and suddenly became angry, and rushed to Lin You in a few steps: "Little thief! I've caught you!"
Lin You withdrew the staring eyes from Ye Yun, glanced at Dai Xi from the corner of his eye, and then sneered: "So it's you, didn't I teach you enough lessons last time, and now you come here to think about it yourself?" How many punches can I make this young hero do?" He raised his fist while speaking.
When Dai Xi saw his fist, he couldn't help taking a step back, thinking that he couldn't beat this little thief, although this time he brought more followers, it was hard to say that he would be able to take down this little thief.He rolled his eyes and ran in front of Huang Ye: "My lord, this little thief is a bandit. On the way to Mozhou, I was not only robbed of property by this little thief, but also wounded many followers."
"Bah! You spitting blood!" Lin You shouted immediately.
Huang Ye raised his eyes to look at Dai Xi, his expression remained unchanged, and then turned to Lin You, seeing his rebellious face, his brows frowned again.Just as he was thinking whether to ignore it or punish him a little, a man dressed as a scribe beside him suddenly whispered something in his ear. After hearing this, he looked at Lin You, his eyes flashed, and he said to Ye Yun: "Take him down!" .”
These words hit Ye Yun's heart.
"Bah! Can you take down this young hero?" Lin You also heard it, and immediately yelled unconvinced, and then took the lead in punching Ye Yun, "I should take you down first!"
The iron fist was coming towards him, but Ye Yun didn't dodge it. He just stretched out his palm like a cattail fan and grabbed Lin You's fist in his hand.
Lin You didn't expect him to take it hard, so he quickly withdrew his hand, but it was too late, and his fist was firmly in Ye Yun's hand.He hurriedly slapped Ye Yun's face with his left palm, trying to force him to let go, but Ye Yun just moved his head back to avoid Lin You's attack, and then shook the hand holding Lin You's fist hard.
"Ah!" Lin You screamed suddenly, "You bull... let me go!" The pain came from the palm of his hand, and the pain was so painful that he no longer cared about beating others, and just wanted to let go quickly, but Ye Yun It was a merciless grip, and Lin You was so painful that his whole body lost strength, and he didn't even have the strength to hum.
So Lin You didn't show any martial arts at all, and was subdued by Ye Yun with his natural power.Ye Yun raised his hand again, sealing Lin You's acupuncture points, and Lin You, who was still as majestic as a little tiger just a moment ago, was completely unable to move.
"My lord, what should I do with him?" Ye Yun carried Lin You back to Huang Ye.
Before Huang Ye could speak, Dai Xi spoke first: "Of course I want to..." But in the middle of his words, Huang Yi interrupted him with a simple sentence: "Shut up in prison."
"By... why is it none of my business, I haven't done anything illegal." Lin You cried out in a cold sweat.
Huang Yi glanced at him: "Just because you are rude to the state capital, and this state represents the royal family, your words and deeds can be regarded as disrespectful, it doesn't matter if you are beheaded." When the food and wine were served, he went downstairs, intending to return home directly.
At this moment, the people in the restaurant, including Lan Qi who had secretly watched the excitement, were taken aback for a moment, and even Lin You was stunned, unexpectedly, such a young and beautiful man was the new governor of the state capital.
"Take it back and put it in prison." Ye Yun threw the immobile Lin You to another guard, and then quickly chased Huang Yi away.
The guard took Lin You, and then pointed to Lan Qi who had been sitting there neither escaping nor afraid as if he was just watching the fun, and asked the scribe, "Mr. Shen, where is this?"
Mr. Shen took a look at Lan Qi, saw that she was beautiful and luxuriously dressed, and she was with the eldest son of the Lin family. She must be someone close to the Lin family, and they won more chips together, so he said: "It's all closed."
But at this moment, Dai Xi found out that Lan Qi was sitting at the table behind the crowd, and immediately regretted that he didn't watch first, the guards stepped forward to arrest him, and immediately wanted to stop him.An attendant behind him hurriedly grabbed his sleeve, and whispered: "After you are imprisoned, it will be more convenient for you to ask for someone." Dai Xi thought about it, so he gave up.
当那些侍卫上前时，兰七一脸平静，只是随意转头往街上一瞟，然后还露出一抹奇异的微笑，这令侍卫们很是惊奇，看着这个美得不似凡人的女子，竟不敢伸手碰触，只是将手虚虚一抬，和声道:“姑娘请跟我们走。”
众侍卫押着林佑、兰七下楼，楼外已围了些看热闹的百姓，人群众兰七看到了兰曈、兰昽的身影，她视而不见，随着侍卫离去。
兰曈、兰昽不敢妄动，眼睁睁看着家主被侍卫带走。想着来墨州之前，家主特意吩咐，在没有她的命令之前，他们只许把她当做陌路人。well!家主也不知怎么回事，好像鬼迷了心窍，竟然答应那个明二公子，让他以“无间指”封住了一身内力，而此时连一点武功都没有，却还不许他们保护她，真不知她心里到底在打什么主意。
州府大人在鸿福楼抓了人的事很快便在墨州城传开了。
林佑被关入牢中后，倒也没有妄动，只想着等四个时辰后穴道自动解开，那时他要逃走还不是轻而易举的事。只不过还没等到穴道解开，傍晚时他便被放了出来，正奇怪着，却见到了门口的父亲。他怔了一怔，还未开口，脸上便先挨了响亮的一巴掌。
“你这逆子！也不掂量掂量自己的斤两就跑去找碧妖比武，你倒是去啊，死在碧妖手中也比回来给老子惹这麻烦的好！你这混帐！”林询狠狠叱骂儿子。
林佑被这一巴掌打得脑袋一偏，半边脸没了感觉，他扭回头瞪着父亲一言不发，心里却想着:是啊，你巴不得我快点死掉，反正你还有另一个儿子，我死了就没人碍你们的眼了。
林询看着这个儿子，又气又恨又无可奈何。
林佑是他的长子，是他寄予厚望的嫡子，自小他便严格要求他，这孩子也争气，人聪明，根骨也佳，读书习武总是胜人一筹。只是自从他娘死后，近些年来也不知怎的，这孩子越来越反叛，平常只要自己言辞稍为严厉些，他便横眉冷眼不说，有时候还十天半月不理睬人。前些日子，只不过是他们兄弟一场比试后，他褒奖了次子几句，这小子第二天便留书出走，说什么要去找碧妖比武。这可把他急坏了，那碧妖只要是武林中人便知是惹不起的，他一个孩子哪里会是其对手？正急着要派人找他回来，家人却来报，说是在街上听人说，林家大公子在鸿福楼开罪了州府大人，给关起来了。他闻言赶忙派人打听，果然是关了起来，细问缘由，便知儿子之所以因这点小事被关，究其原因只因他是墨州林家之子。只得托人打点，先把儿子给救出来。此刻人是出来了，可想起付出的代价，心头恼火非常。
“你还瞪眼！”林询又是一巴掌甩过去，“老子为了你可算是赔了半个林家了，你这小畜生还跟老子横！”
林佑捂着脸，瞪着父亲:“我是小畜生你是什么？”
林询一听顿时语塞，脸上挂不住，怒火更甚，抬手又是一巴掌甩了过去:“我叫你顶嘴！”
这次林佑躲开了:“你就会看我娘不在了打我。哼！你是想打死了我，好把家当全给那个女人跟她的儿子吧。哼！赔得好，怎么才半个林家，怎么不赔了整个林家去！”
“好！好！”林询气得七窍冒烟，“好你个混帐！是该打死你！早死了老子也好解脱！”他一把揪住林佑便往家里拖去，打定主意要好好伺候他一顿家法。
“你放开我！凤裔呢？她怎样了？放开我！”林佑挣扎着，可哪里挣得过父亲的铁钳，一路叫叫嚷嚷地被抓回家去。
而那时，兰七被关在一处柴房里，正数着房梁上的蜘蛛网。
通常情况下，女子若被关入牢中，便成了狱吏、牢头凌辱的对象。那侍卫对兰七心存怜惜，想着她又没犯什么大罪，况且如此佳人怎能给那些人糟蹋了？所以另寻了间柴房暂时将她关了，等世子气消了，自然会放她走的。
申时，侍卫开门送来晚膳，然后照旧把门锁了。
兰七吃过了干馒头就酸菜，看着外面渐渐暗下去，心想这一日便又算过去了。
她坐在草堆上，在阴暗里想着这数月来所经历之事，想着自己这趟墨洲之行的目的，时恼时喜，迷迷糊糊中睡去了。也不知睡了多久，柴房外传来一阵脚步声。虽轻得难以察觉，但她向来睡梦中十分警觉，所以那轻悄的脚步声依旧将她惊醒了。她睁开眼，眼前漆黑一片，很安静，想来是深夜了。那破旧的柴门无须开锁，直接被人整扇地抬起，然后一道人影闪进，带着一缕灯光，那是他手中提着的灯笼发出的。
就着那淡淡的灯光，兰七看清那人乃是鸿福楼里拉住戴奚的随从。
那随从见兰七醒着亦是一惊，又见她不喊不叫只是看着他，更是惊奇，一时拿不准她是何意，不由得站在原地不动。过了片刻，他尝试着往前走，见兰七依旧无反应，胆气一壮，几步跨到兰七面前，举着灯笼看她。只见她抱膝坐在草堆上，昏暗的灯光下，仿佛宝珠雪玉般明艳照人，心头欲念更甚，将灯笼随手一挂，蹲下身来，伸出手，慢慢往兰七靠去。
而兰七却是坐着不动，平静地看着这深夜里突然出现的意图不轨之人。
那随从的手越靠越近，人也因紧张而变得气息急促，当他的手终于触到兰七的肩时，顿时再也忍不住了，一把抱住她，一张嘴便往她脸上亲去，一双手亦在她身上急切地摸上摸下。他只觉得手下柔软酥骨，口鼻里幽香醉人，如置梦幻中般美妙。
兰七依旧没有反应，任那人动着，睁着一双碧眸看着屋顶的蜘蛛网，嘴角却挂着耐人寻味的淡笑。
“美人儿，美人儿，我的心肝肉儿。我活了几十年从没见过你这样的美人，只让我亲近这一回，便是死也甘心。”那随从在她身上乱拱着，口里杂七杂八地说着，一手扯开她的腰带，然后一掀便拉开了外袍，眼见着中衣下那玲珑的曲线，顿时身子一阵激动，只恨不得立即就赴那销魂乡。
就在那一刻，兰七忽然转过脸来，冲着他轻轻一笑，如暗夜榴花，风情渗骨，直看得他神魂俱痴，抖着手去解她的中衣……门外忽地一股劲风扫来，那人完全未有反应，便被那劲风扫起，猛烈而迅疾地撞向了墙角，顿时血花溅开脑浆迸流，连一声嚎叫都未有便下了黄泉。
对于这样的突变，兰七依旧平静得很，静静地躺在草堆上，只有唇边那抹笑越发深了。
一道人影轻飘飘地落在柴房里，提起地上的兰七，如来时般无声无息地飞离。
那人影提着兰七一直往城外飞去，一路上兰七既不挣扎也不言语，乖乖地任其提着，直到了城外一处湖边，那人影便将兰七往湖里一抛。
三月里，湖水冰冷刺骨，兰七一入水中便打了个寒战，可她此刻并不在意这寒冷，而是从湖中站起身来，看着岸上的人，哧哧笑起来了，越笑越欢，越笑越大声，最后终于汇成了哈哈大笑。
岸上的人冷冷地瞪着她，一言不发。
半晌后，兰七止了笑，游上湖岸，看着向来清雅出尘的明二公子此刻俊面含霜、眉峰冷厉，唇边便忍不住笑意:“假仙，原来你也有这等面孔呀。”
明二不说话，只是一抬手又将兰七推下湖去:“洗干净。”二公子向来温柔的嗓音此刻冰冷如湖水。
再次被推倒湖中，兰七也不生气，站起身来。只是她此刻无内力护身，冷风一吹便忍不住哆嗦，可她却是满脸灿烂笑容:“好呀，洗干净。”
说罢，她手一抬，便将披挂在身上的外袍挥落湖面，里面的中衣吸水后贴紧了身体，曲线毕露，她指尖自领口缓缓移下，中衣一点一点剥开，露出里面一抹碧绫。
明二站在岸上，看着湖中的人。冰冷的湖水里，她的身子忍不住发抖，明明是那般脆弱，可那双碧眸里的光芒却明亮的胜过这霜天月华，是如此矛盾，又是如此引人沉溺。
“你想干什么？”明二冷冷道。
“哎呀，明郎，我们这般了解彼此，你这话不是多此一问吗？”兰七笑吟吟道。
他问的并非她此刻之举，她答的亦非她此刻之为。
帝都的赌约她输了，他封住她一身的内力，让她弱如常人。
那个赌约是不是他早已算计好的？她想答案为:可能是也可能不是。
而当她失去功力，数月来所经历的险事，有多少是仇家所为，又有多少是来自于他，她并不想细究。
当密探来报墨州林家又从昆梧山中寻得两座金矿时，她知他们下一场争斗开始了。只是……他可以算计，她自然也能算计。他那般算计，或许就是想得到一个答案，而她同样也想知道答案。
当兰曈、兰眬没有守护在侧，而那些仇杀、暗算忽然都消失了，当她打定主意束手待宰之时，他终于现身了。
那么，此刻，答案已呈于他们眼前。
兰七的中衣落下湖面，发出一阵微响。
至此，她身上只余一件粉绿肚兜，几乎赤裸地立于冰冷的湖水中，天上冷月银霜，湖面波光映荡，她墨发雪肤，碧眸媚颜，仿如夜中素姬、水中妖灵，蛊惑众生。
明二端立不动，双眸凝视湖心。
兰七弯腰掬一捧冷水，自头顶浇下，水珠在月光里如晶莹的珍珠般流泻而下，她的发间、身上如披水纱珠缕，莹莹华光，流转一身。
明二终于动了，一步步走下湖岸步入湖中，然后一步步走近兰七。终于，湖心中两人隔着一尺之距相对，湖水在两人周围荡开层层涟漪。
明二伸出手，修长温暖的指尖落在兰七肩头，相触的一瞬间，兰七身子微微一抖，但随即她定住心神，只是看着明二。
他温暖的手指拨开兰七肩头贴着的墨发，再顺着她冷玉似的肌肤缓缓移动，一点点滑动，然后落在颈后，指尖一挑，肚兜滑落，顿时一具完美的躯体暴露于月华之下。
明二的目光从她的眉眼缓缓滑过，滑过妖美绝伦的面容，滑过纤长的玉颈，滑过耸立的雪胸，一点点向下……然后他冰冷的神情慢慢松懈瓦解，那平静的目光渐渐变得明亮灼热。仿佛很久，又仿佛只是刹那，兰七只觉得脑后一紧，然后眼前便是明二靠近的脸，再然后，唇已被狠狠吻住，身子被紧紧扣入温暖的怀抱。
那一刻，仿佛有火焰点燃，很痛，又很热。
所以，她张开唇，以同样的力道狠狠咬了回去，双手亦紧紧揽住他的颈脖。
湖中心，明月下，两人唇舌相咬，肢体交缠，在湖水里沉沉浮浮。
半夜里，墨州州府官邸里传来一声惊恐的尖叫，把整个官邸里的人全都惊醒了，包括好梦正酣的州府大人皇曳。
原来戴奚回去后，等到黄昏时皇曳办完公务回官邸了，他才赶忙派人前去州府的牢房里提人，可派去的人回来报说牢中没有公子要的人。戴奚不信，亲自又去了一趟，将大牢搜了一遍，还是没有看到美人的身影。难道是给狱吏们私自弄走了？此念一生，想着美人的绝色姿容确实有可能，于是质问狱吏。狱吏哪敢开罪太宰家的公子，自然是极力撇清。
戴奚出了大牢，贼心不死，于是派亲信戴雄去询问白日里的侍卫，这次总算是问到了，原来美人关在州府官邸的柴房里。戴奚一得消息，恨不得立马便去亲近美人，还是戴雄冷静，拉住他道:“这会儿时辰尚早，世子肯定尚未歇息，便是去了也要不到美人，不如等夜深了，官邸里的人都睡下了，再偷偷从后面入内与美人相见，岂不是更好？”
戴奚觉得此话有理，暂时作罢。到了亥时末，眼见着夜深人静，于是唤戴雄，谁知戴雄却不在，可他实在等不及了，唤了另两名随从陪他悄悄到了官邸后门，撬开了门，悄悄进入。仔细寻着了柴房，见柴房门大开，三人提着灯笼入内，便见着了墙角戴雄的尸首。戴奚娇生惯养哪里见过此等惨状，顿时惊叫一声昏倒在地，同时也引来官邸里的侍卫。
皇曳领着叶昀等人赶来时，戴奚已醒转，只是依旧满脸惶恐，皇曳令人将其送走，留下两名随从交代事情。
待那两名随从一五一十地说完，皇曳脸都绿了，打定主意明日就修书把这戴奚踢回帝都去。他抬手挥退了两人，那边叶昀已将柴房仔细查探了一遍，包括戴雄的死状，只可惜没有寻到任何线索。
皇曳心里清楚，这事肯定与白日里的女子有关，于是吩咐叶昀:“你即刻领人去看住林家，明日辰时将林家大公子请回来。”林佑定知晓那女子是何来历。
叶昀领命去了。
皇曳吩咐侍卫收拾好戴雄的尸首，然后回房去了。
他推开房门，却发现房中多了两个不速之客，一个紫衣碧眸，正是白日里的女子，另一名青衫男子，面容清雅出尘，灯下望之犹似谪仙。那紫衣女子手中正捧着白日里林询送来的东西看，那是两张地图，两座金矿所在的地图。
“你回来了呀。”紫衣女子笑盈盈地招呼着他，倒好似他是客人，而她是主人。
那青衣男子只是淡淡向他点头一笑，然后转开目光欣赏着挂在房中的一幅苍山水墨画。
那一刻，皇曳脑中闪过很多念头，比如说出手拿下两人，或者叫唤侍卫，但最后他什么也没做，只是平静地走入房中，然后带上房门。这两人敢如此现身，自然是有来去自如的本事。而且……白日里明明觉得没武功的紫衣女子，此刻那双精光内敛的眸子已清楚地告诉他这是位绝世高手。
青衣男子继续看他的水墨画，紫衣女子却是大大方方地扬了扬手中地图，道:“我此行打算要将林家全部拿下的，只是林家那小子助过我一回，所以不好再出手，但空手而归不是我的作风，所以怎么着也得取点东西，正好美人你手中的东西很合我意。”她碧眸满是笑意地看着皇曳，“美人你不介意吧？反正林家金矿不少，而美人你肯定是不会放过的。”
皇曳拧眉，忽略掉她的称呼。他此次赴任墨州，便是要为与元戎开战做准备，而打起仗来，最需要的便是银钱。可偌大的昆梧山里，朝廷从未在其中挖出过一座金矿，偏偏林家富可敌国;墨州贫瘠，却每一任州府都家财万贯，这其中缘由不难猜想。今日他小试一番，林家果然就“知情识趣”地送上厚礼，只是这些远远不够，他要做的是替皇朝将掌握在林家手中的所有金矿全部收回。
紫衣女子似乎觉得皇曳拧眉很有趣，蓦地趋近，皇曳赶往后退，可他退得再快，却也没能避开，只觉得一缕幽香沁鼻，紧接着便觉得脸上一片温软，未及反应，那紫衣女子却已退开。
“这便算一点额外的收获吧。”紫衣女子笑吟吟地瞅着他道。
皇曳眉头拧得更紧了。
“既然已拿到，便该走了。”一直赏着画的青衣男子此时收敛了笑容，率先离去，仿如一道青烟，轻缈无声。皇曳自负武功不凡，这一刻却觉得自己一生或许也及不上青衣男子的轻功了。
“美人，你们家的人是不是都生得如你这般好看呀？不过我上次看到的那个叫皇弈的小猴子就不及你呢。”紫衣女子丢下一句，然后也如青衣男子般飘身走了。
皇弈？九皇子？
房里，皇曳呆呆抚上脸，刚才……那女子竟是亲了他一下？他堂堂炜王世子竟然真给一个女人轻薄了去。
一瞬间，他脸上青红交替。
可片刻，不知怎的，他脸上又露出一丝笑容。
又过一会儿，他蓦地想起金矿地图就这样眼睁睁地被人夺去了，顿时又勃然大怒。
待让叶昀从江湖朋友口中打听到了那紫衣女子与青衣男子的身份后，他只能恨恨地拧眉。即便后来他以昆梧山的金矿令墨州变得富裕繁荣，即便后来他打败了元戎，可他每每念及那一夜失去的两座金矿时，依旧恨得咬牙，只是……却也无可奈何。
而在皇曳失去两座金矿的那一夜，被父亲关在家中、吵闹了大半夜的林佑终于在累极时睡去。正做着梦时，忽然觉得面上被吹了口气，不由得睁眼，迷迷糊糊间看见一位容颜绝代的紫衣美人站在灯下，顿时一片欢喜，伸手拉住她道:“凤裔，你没事了吗？”
那“凤裔”笑着摇头道:“林佑，看在你曾助我又与我一位故人有些相像的份上，我来与你说两句话。一是你爹爹其实待你不错，你也别身在福中不知福;再有就是你此刻远不是兰七的对手，还是再过几年等你武功大成之时再来找我吧。”说完她飘然离去。
林佑半睡半醒间只当是梦中，于是又睡了过去。
第二天，他醒来时却见床头放着一枚金灿灿的金叶，叶尖上细细地刻着一个似图似字的印记，可他不识得那是什么。
等到五年后，林佑自觉武功大成，再次闯荡江湖，他先去找寻“凤裔”，只是雾山上的凤裔虽然和记忆中的人很像，可他没有碧色的眼睛。也在那时候，他才知道他当年早见过“碧妖”了，人家还赠了他一枚信物。
而在他得到信物的那一日清晨，有两骑正缓缓离了墨州城。
料峭的春风里，明二从怀中锦囊里取出一物摊在掌心，道:“这是凤裔兄给我的，你认得吗？”
兰七转头一看，顿时呆住了。明二掌心放着一颗莲子，表面黑亮，显然是很有些年头了。过了片刻，她才伸手拈起明二掌心的莲子，轻轻摩挲:“当然认得，这莲子上还有我的血呢。”
明二微怔。
“当年……我与哥哥有一回饿极之时正看到路边有一处水塘，塘里长满了莲，有些已结着莲蓬了，于是我们便去偷。结果刚摘了一个就给发现了，守莲的人放狗来咬我们，我和哥哥拼命逃，没给狗咬着，我却狠狠摔了一跤，膝盖上被石子硌下一个