Chapter 38 Chapter 38 Blurred Rainy Night

Wu Shuangnu pushed open the half-covered door of Qingzhu Pavilion and stepped into the hall. Under the light of the two lampstands on the left and right, the goddess Yunmeng in the painting seemed to want to walk down from the wall. She tremblingly walked six or seven steps away from the painting, fearing that she would suddenly faint like last time. Four eyes exchanged views. Wushuang girl is looking at the goddess in the painting, and the goddess seems to be returning her gaze, the scene is extremely strange. Qingzhu Pavilion was quiet and no one was there, but she knew that she was not alone, and Goddess Yunmeng was with her. This was an indescribable feeling, which made the hairs stand on end all over her body, and she shuddered.

She heard herself asking, "Who the hell is she?" An inexplicable fear seized her tightly, and she felt herself stepping back step by step until she touched the bench against the wall behind her, her legs softened, and she sat down. The goddess Yunmeng in the painting is still the same, with that posture.But she didn't know whether it was an illusion or a hallucination, she felt that the goddess' eyes brightened and changed, and she was looking at her with a look full of pity. Wushuang wanted to cover her eyes with her hands, but she was so weak that she couldn't do this simple movement.

The lights gradually dimmed. She is no longer in the hall of Qingzhu Pavilion, as if she has changed from one kind of existence to another kind of existence, and these two kinds of existence go hand in hand, all transformations are so natural, she doesn't feel strange at all. The mind is blank, as if waiting to be filled by some thought or emotion.Wu Zixu closed his eyes. Cicada Wing looked at him puzzled, and called out: "Mr. Lang! Mr. Lang!" Wu Zixu opened his eyes and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Elder Sister Chan, please come to the neighboring pavilion to invite the Eldest Miss to come here."

Cicada Wing shook his head firmly and said, "No! I will never do that." Wu Zixu said: "Miss Chan, have you thought it through?" Cicada Wing said decisively: "Of course I think about it clearly, if I bother Missy and Mrs. Qian at this time, even if Missy doesn't blame me, Master Fatty will scold me to death." Wu Zixu smiled unhurriedly and said, "Big Sister Chan didn't really think it through. This is the promise of the young lady. After she promised to complete the seven pictures of beauties, whenever she wants to see her, she will come to see me right away. Miss Cicada, have you forgotten?" ?”

Cicada Wing said coquettishly: "How can this be generalized. The eldest lady meant that she only saw you when she was able to clone, how can she leave now? What's more, this time it was the eldest lady who took the initiative to invite Mr. Qian, and it was inappropriate to resign halfway." Wuzi humbly felt the absurdity. If the great situation he worked so hard to create, but the whole deal plan was aborted because of Cicada Yi's refusal to cooperate, could there be anything more absurd than this? Sighing, she said: "Miss Chan just needs to inform Missy that I, Wu Zixu, wants to see her right away. As for whether Missy will come or not, that's up to Missy to decide."

Cicada Wing resolutely said: "If you want to mess around, do it yourself, I won't accompany you to go crazy." Wu Zi humbly thought that the only way to do this was to use his mace, as to whether he could persuade Cicada Wing, it had to be decided by God or Goddess Yunmeng.Sincerely said: "I'm not scaring Miss Cicada, I just cultivated a painting that is full of emotions, and I urgently need to express it, and paint it into a painting. If the eldest lady can't come to see me immediately, and the painting is hindered, I will not be able to paint for several days Anything, the eight pictures of beauties will fall short, lacking one of the young lady. If the fat man and the young lady blame it..."

Cicada Wing said: "You are playing a scoundrel, and you are threatening others." Wu Zixu smiled apologetically and said, "How dare I intimidate Big Sister Cicada, and how can I be willing to do so. Alright! Now I'm going back to Fengzhu Pavilion to sleep. If there is anything, I will do my best, and I will never tell anyone about my little Cicada. Wing half sentence." Cicada Wing stood up with a face full of reluctance, stomped on her lotus feet, gave him a hard look, and left. Wu Zixu slumped on the chair, feeling lucky. The rain is getting thicker and denser, the fog is thicker and thicker, and the rain and the fog can no longer be separated. The Shuxiang Pavilion seems to have been cut off from the world, and it has been forgotten by the world like a wasteland in Yunmengze.

Qian Shichen shot a look of deep nostalgia in his eyes, and said: "The second-generation city lord who succeeded the throne is a very outstanding general. Since he was eighteen years old, he has been ordered to lead the army many times. He is invincible, and he is passionate about picking Xiangguo Not under his father, but not for the king of Chu, but for himself. He once visited the famous divination masters in Chu, and came to a conclusion that the time to pick the fruit is very critical, neither too late nor too early, it must be The moment the thunder and lightning stopped." Baichun agreed: "This person is very smart, that is the moment before Zishi, and then Xiangguo will wither and deteriorate. What's his name?"

Qian Shichen said: "Afterwards, the Lord Chu regarded this as a great shame and humiliation, so everything about Zhuancheng was not recorded in the history of Chu, and the name of the second-generation city lord has since been lost. How about we call him the new city lord?" Baichun excitedly said: "Just call him like that. This story is really exciting, with twists and turns and twists and turns. Will the new city lord finally pick the Xiangguo?" Qian Shichen said: "How could it be so easy. However, as Baichun said, the new city owner is indeed a smart person. During his war against the Southern Man, he accidentally obtained a strange iron ore. The most famous sword-making center in Chu, found the most capable sword-making masters, spent three years to forge stubborn iron into incomparably sharp and peerless magic weapons, and use them as sharp weapons for picking fruits."

Baichun said nervously: "Did it succeed?" Qian Shichen let out a sigh of relief and said, "Success! It was also a complete failure." Baichun frowned in confusion. Qian Shichen continued: "The new city lord followed the previous method, tied a rope around his waist and tied the other end to a big rock on the bank, went into the water himself, and after some adventures, he successfully cut off the stem of the fruit and returned to the shore with the fruit in his hands. " Baichun said: "Didn't it succeed?" Qian Shichen said: "The new city owner must have thought so at the time, but the Xiangguo dissolved quickly after leaving the water, and did not leave a drop in the new city owner's hands."

Baichun regretfully said: "How could such a thing happen? The juice can also be taken!" Qian Shichen said: "If Baichun is the new city lord, do you dare to take it?" Baichun was at a loss for words. Qian Shichen said: "I don't know the real situation. I only know that it is the fact. The new city lord is on the brink of failure, and he is extremely depressed. Just half a year after the failure of fruit picking, things have a new turning point." Baichun said happily: "It must be related to the strange box that the adults said, right?" Qian Shichen praised: "It doesn't take much effort to talk to Baichun, as it turns out. The new city lord couldn't pick the fruit and was depressed, so he went to play and relax. He passed by Cangwu and visited a small local prince. He saw this strange Treasure box, so there will be something later." Baichun asked curiously, "What's so special about this box? Lord Qian!" Qian Shichen begged her softly, his heart melted, and he said: "This box can't see a seam at first, because the way to open it is very wonderful, that little prince has searched all over the world for skilled craftsmen, but still can't do anything. When the treasure box falls into the new city The hand of the Lord, and met a sage who is proficient in astronomy, can crack it. The strange thing is that there is nothing in the box, but the box itself is already a priceless treasure. This baby." After a while, he continued: "The new city lord asked about the origin of the treasure box, and the little princes would not guard against him, and said frankly that this box was a treasure left by Emperor Shun." Baichun's delicate body trembled violently: "Isn't Mrs. Xiang the concubine of Emperor Shun? Such a coincidence." Qian Shichen said: "According to the records in "Historical Records The Benji of the Five Emperors", Emperor Shun died in the field of Cangwu when he toured the south, and was buried in Jiuyi Mountain. , it is not unusual to get this treasure, as for the details, no one knows." Baichun was puzzled and said, "Even if it is a relic of Emperor Shun, what does it have to do with Xiangguo?" Qian Shichen let out a sigh of relief: "The wonders of the world are often beyond our imagination. Didn't I tell Baichun that this box is full of textures, and the ingenious part is in the decorations. The decorations are figurative and in the shape of flowers. It's not an ordinary flower, but a flower that blooms on the Concubine Xiang tree, and the new city lord can immediately identify it. If Baichun is him, what associations will he have?" Baichun suddenly realized, and said: "So that's the case, then this box must have a subtle relationship with Xiangguo, and it is the container designated by Mrs. Xiang to hold Xiangguo. If you put Xiangguo in the box, the most strange things will happen, and even more so. It may be the only way to consume Xiangguo." Qian Shichen asked: "Baichun is more imaginative than me. Maybe the new city lord had a similar idea at the time, but he couldn't take it by force. It wasn't that he was incompetent, but because he was afraid of alarming the king of Chu, so he came up with the idea of ​​forcing the marriage." plan." Baichun's scalp was numb when he heard this, and he couldn't help asking: "The new city lord has not only a sword that can cut off the strong stem of the concubine Xiang tree, but also a strange box that can hold the fruits of Xiang, and he has forcibly prevented the Chu army from staying outside the city for eight years. After a long time, did Xiangguo fall into his belly in the end?" Just as Qian Shichen was about to answer, the sound of footsteps came from the stairs, and the two looked at him in astonishment. Gomo jumped off his horse, feeling a complete defeat in his heart. Two speedboats ran aground on the river bank in a haphazard manner, and there were more than 20 wounded and groaning soldiers lying on the bank, including four wounded soldiers who had been hit by Gu Yueming's crossbow arrows earlier. Rain and fog shrouded the sky, and the scenery more than ten steps away became blurred. Hearing the shout, more than twenty other soldiers jumped off their horses one after another to rescue the wounded who had fallen to the ground. No need to ask, Gomo already knew what happened. Even if Gu Yueming is an enemy, Ge Mo has to admire him, no wonder Gu Yueming can rule the world, even the most ferocious bandits can only bow their heads and punish him when they meet him. After Gu Yueming wounded someone, he followed the two boats straight to this place, and when the soldiers in the two boats rescued the arrowed man and went ashore unprepared, he suddenly launched an attack, using his fast sword to injure all those who were not hit by the arrow, and only those who were hit by the sword did not die , not only being unable to chase him, but also becoming a burden that urgently needs to be treated. In terms of strategy, Gu Yueming has the upper hand. The most helpless thing for Ge Mo is that he has been able to accurately grasp the location of Gu Yueming after he exerted his "psychic powers" with great effort, but since Gu Yueming shot the arrow, Gu Yueming disappeared in the net of his spiritual perception. He could no longer detect where Gu Yueming was. In the fog and rain in front of him, looking for a master who is proficient in tracking and anti-tracking like Gu Yueming in Yueyang City is no different from finding a needle in a haystack. A subordinate came to him angrily, and said in a panic, "Master Ge..." Ge Mo didn't wait for him to continue, and cut off: "This is the end of tonight's operation, you immediately send the injured back to the Sifu." After finishing speaking, he turned around and went. Stepping on the stone floor with bare feet, a strange feeling came to my heart. He understands that Gu Yueming is not just an understanding of an enemy, but an understanding that transcends common sense and the ordinary relationship between ordinary people. The rain fell all over the sky, and the streets were deserted in the middle of the night.Time, place and even heaven and earth are irrelevant.The most important thing is that he knows that Gu Yueming is waiting for him, and the decisive battle between him and Gu Yueming will be inevitable.The ultimate goal of Gu Yueming's various methods tonight is to force herself to fight him to the death. Since the first time he performed the "Psychic Dafa" to Gu Yueming, he vaguely knew that the relationship between himself and Gu Yueming was not simple, and that it might involve old grievances from previous lives. I don't want to stop killing Gu Yueming. He had never hated a person so much, wanted to kill a person so much. A figure appeared in the depths of the rain and fog on the long street, vaguely visible and invisible. "Clang—" Ge Mo drew out his epee and marched towards the greatest enemy in his life with firm steps. The surroundings gradually brightened up, and Wushuangnv found herself in a place like a palace, empty, and only the sound of her own footsteps accompanied her. The whole hall was shrouded in a soft indigo light that only allowed her to see, but she couldn't see the light source. Behind was the open hall door, through which she could see the dark night sky, which was strange and inexplicable. There seems to be a huge stone relief with a length and width of two feet on the wall in front of the palace, but no matter how you look at it, you can't clearly see the carvings on the relief, and it feels extremely weird. Wu Shuang's heart was vague, as if she knew why she was here, but she couldn't remember anything.At this moment, she has no past, no future, all she has is the existence of this moment, she can't even feel her own body, she just exists like a walking dead. Her feet were moving forward, and suddenly she felt her body again, and felt a vial in her hand. At this time, she came to the huge stone relief enshrined on the wall. The relief was uneven, and the concave place seemed to be sunk in darkness, unable to form a meaningful portrait with the raised part. Wushuangnv completely accepted all the unreasonable scenes in front of her, it was so natural, like in a dream. She raised the vial and moved it to her eyes, she didn't understand how the vial got into her hands, let alone what was inside the vial. The sound of footsteps sounded from behind, as if someone was calling her name, but she couldn't make out what the other party was calling. The Wushuang girl turned her delicate body, and a figure came into view. A heartbreaking sadness filled her chest, tears flowed down her face completely uncontrollably, and then she found herself pulling the cap off the bottle and pouring the contents into her mouth. Qian Shichen looked at Baichun talking to Cicada Wing with a coquettish look on his face, then walked back towards him and said, "My lord, please wait a moment, I have to deal with something immediately, and it is at the Shuixiangxie next door." , it won’t take a lot of time, just say a few words and come back immediately.” Although Qian Shichen was a little unhappy, he couldn't get angry with Baichun, and he still pretended not to mind, saying: "I will wait for Baichun here." Baichun gave him a charming look gratefully, and hurried away with Cicada Wing. Qian Shichen thought to himself whether it was too early to say whether he could win Baichun's heart, but it was an indisputable fact that Baichun's favor for him had greatly increased, and it depended on whether he could seize the opportunity.Thinking of this, there is a moving feeling of floating in the clouds. At this moment, a voice calling for him came from the waterside pavilion facing the pool. "Master Qian! Master Qian!" When he came back to his senses, he was greatly astonished, jumped up, and at the same time became wary, and shouted: "Who is yelling?" The voice said: "The villain has five thieves, if there is a treasure, please look at it." Qian Shichen's mind was shaken, and he couldn't believe it. He didn't look for Wudun Pirate's bad luck. Wudun Pirate should return God to thank God for his kindness, and now he took the initiative to provoke him. What happened. Qian Shichen became confused, and couldn't help being curious, thinking that under his full guard, even if Wudun Bandit was as strong as Gu Yueming, it would be difficult for him to do anything within a few moves. If you can't finish eating, walk around. Thinking of this, Qian Shichen stepped for the camp until he reached the railing, and looked down. On the surface of the lake filled with rain and fog, there is a small boat floating. A man is wearing a water jacket, his whole head is covered by a black cloth, and only his eyes are exposed. A dazzling pearl looked towards him. The pearl exudes a strange golden light, reflecting a half-foot-square space that is yellow and hazy. Everything becomes crystal clear in the halo, including the mysterious five escaped robbers and the rain that enters the halo. The scene is strange and charming. Qian Shichen couldn't move his eyes away anymore, what he was looking at was not the five escaped robbers, but the rare treasures held between his fingers. There was a huge wave in his heart. Isn't this the night pearl inlaid on the Chu box described in the secret history of the family?Its brightness is even more consistent with the night pearl in family history. But how could Ye Mingzhu be separated from Chu He?What made him even more puzzled was how the Ye Mingzhu appeared between the fingers of the five escaped robbers? Wu Zixu's feeling was even more indescribable. The most decisive moment finally came, and his future fate depended entirely on Qian Shichen's reaction.As long as Qian Shichen yells to catch the thief, not only will his money-making plan come to naught, the five escaped robbers will "miss" for the first time in history, and they will have to flee immediately. As for whether they can escape from Yueyang City, it is unknown. Qian Shichen's reaction at this moment was what he most hoped to see. Since he entered the action state of the five thieves this morning, he has become as calm as ice and snow, and the world of his thoughts has expanded infinitely. Not only have he thought of many things that he has never considered, but his originally vague thoughts have also become clear. He figured it out. Since this game was carefully arranged by the supernatural goddess Yunmeng, it makes no sense that the luminous pearl he picked up from Yunmengze was an insignificant and outsider thing. Without Ye Mingzhu, he wouldn't be nesting in Hongyelou, in a desperate situation, and now he wouldn't be negotiating a deal with Qian Shichen here. So Ye Mingzhu must be the decisive thing in the whole game of fate. Everything has been arranged. Everything is preordained. Goddess Yunmeng handed Ye Mingzhu to him in the area she ruled, making him the core figure of the whole situation and driving the development of the whole destiny situation. It is precisely because of his ability to detect Goddess Yunmeng that he did not hesitate to follow the original plan tonight.As for what effect it will cause, he has no idea, no guesses, and no worries.How can man's calculation compare with heaven's calculation? Qian Shichen's eyes shot out a scorching look that mixed longing, surprise and doubt, and Wu Zixu saw it in his eyes, which strengthened his mind.To Qian Shichen, Ye Mingzhu was not just a treasure with collection value, but involved other things, otherwise Qian Shichen would not have such an unusual reaction. Of course Wu Zixu didn't know the relationship between Qian Shichen and Ye Mingzhu, but he knew how to use it. Wu Zixu said: "50,000 taels of night pearl, the price of iron is the same, is Mr. Qian interested?" Qian Shichen struggled to look away from Ye Mingzhu, and looked at Wu Zixu. At this moment, he can only be described as "disturbed". Countless thoughts flashed through his mind.What bothered him the most was the relationship between Wudun Pirates and Gu Yueming.Does Gu Yueming know about Ye Mingzhu?Did Gu Yueming give this luminous pearl to the five escaped robbers?Is this a trap?After thinking about it, she felt that it was unnecessary. Gu Yueming had already decided that she was the mastermind of the tragedy ten years ago, so there was nothing else to try.What's more, if the Chu box fell into Gu Yueming's hands, how could Gu Yueming take out one of the night pearls? Shen Sheng said: "According to Your Excellency's usual rules, you should first tell me where this pearl comes from?" Wu Zixu said without hesitation: "Of course I got it from Yunmengze. Does Mr. Qian think you can get this bead from other places?" In fact, this is the only answer he can provide, and I am more convinced that there will be no mistakes. Qian Shichen trembled when he heard the name of Yunmengze, and his heart was unstoppably shaken. The words of Wudun Pirates seemed to show that he knew about Chu He. Could it be that Gu Yueming told him?This is impossible, and Gu Yueming has no reason to do so. He blurted out, "Where are the other six Ye Mingzhus?" This time it was Wuzi's turn to be in a state of confusion. It is unimaginable that there are six other night pearls like this.If each can be sold for 50,000 taels, wouldn't it be 350,000 taels?If you don't gamble, you won't be able to spend ten lifetimes. Wu Zixu managed to suppress the horror in his heart, and said with a numb scalp, "One transaction is one transaction, time is running out, should you buy it, my lord?" Qian Shichen almost wanted to jump off the boat and fight Wudun Pirates, but he knew that this was the most stupid way.It is still unknown whether he can defeat the five escaped robbers, and it is even more difficult to capture him alive.The so-called name of a person, the shadow of a tree, as long as the five escaped robbers who are proficient in escapism are thrown into the lake, where can he find the five escaped robbers alone? What's worse is that the people of Dahemeng were alarmed, and things must have gotten out of control. Suddenly, the five escaped robbers ignited his hope of finding the Chu box, and the five escaped robbers became the key figure in whether his dream could come true. To get Chu He, the only way is to capture the five escaped robbers alive, and then torture Chu He's whereabouts from him. Qian Shichen said: "Buy! But 50,000 taels is not a small amount, you have to give me some time." After saying this, my head immediately hurt.Where is the time?Dahemeng will launch an operation to catch the robbers before dawn, which really makes him feel so embarrassed that he wants to commit suicide. Wudun Pirates stood up tall, closed the night pearl in the palm of his left hand, took out a letter from the back with the other hand, handed it to Qian Shichen and said: "All the details of the transaction are in the letter, my lord can understand it after reading it." Qian Shichen took the letter, and at this time the sound of footsteps came from the steps of the pavilion, he sighed secretly, and left the railing with a swollen head, no longer in the mood to tell a story.