Chapter 125 Chapter Eleven

During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, on the main road at the border of the State of Lu, a fast horse was like a gust of wind. Xiao Xing stayed overnight and ran non-stop to the territory of the State of Lu. According to calculations, it is less than five days away from half a year. Although the success in the Qin State fell short and the Water Infant Xiangxiang could not be obtained, if what Fei Yingyingsi said before his death was true, the three Nascent Souls he found earlier would be enough. Enough to save Ji Yingchu. Feeling uneasy, Yi Yangjiu straddled his fast horse and galloped to the residence of Prince Jiu of the State of Lu with all his might.

This extremely arduous journey to find the Nascent Soul resulted in heavy injuries. Shu Diao was the most injured in the fierce battle of the Nascent Soul, and Kai Fang was also injured. He is still in Qin State to heal his wounds. Shi Tong was injured in the fierce battle, but in order to save Yingchu, he had to go all the way back to Lu. But the horse Yi Yangjiu got in Qin State was just an ordinary fast horse. After running for a short time, he foamed at the mouth dozens of miles in front of Qufu, the capital of Lu State, slowed down his pace, and ran for a while. , then fell to the ground and spurted blood to die.

Yiyang was in a hurry, and he didn't care about his immediate luggage, so he took the clean bottle containing the Nascent Soul, loosened his hair, and rushed towards Qufu with big strides.But not long after running, he saw a soldier and horse on the suburban road, with the same expression of panic, ran quickly, and headed towards Yiyang Jiu. Yi Yangjiu was alone, and when he encountered such a team of soldiers and horses, his instinct was to hide by the side of the road and give way.He dodged to the side of the road, and wanted to wait for the soldiers and horses to pass before continuing on his way, but the leader of the team had sharp eyes, seeing Yi Yangjiu, he shouted happily.

"Xiao Jiu! Your mother, Xiao Jiu! You're really back!" Hearing such a familiar voice, Yi Yangjiu was also overjoyed. "Guan Zhong, you are Guan Zhong!" The leader of the team was indeed the chief minister of Prince Jiu of the State of Qi: Guan Zhong, at this moment a group of soldiers and horses stopped at the border of the State of Lu. It was the young master of the state of Qi. Seeing Yi Yangjiu's disheveled and disheveled appearance, Guan Zhong and Young Master Jiu also knew about the golden-stone covenant between him and Ji Yingchu. The famous horse "Hua Liu" was handed over to Yi Yangjiu.

The Nahualiu horse is one of the most famous horses listed in the Eight Steeds in ancient times. It can run several times faster than ordinary horses. As long as there is such a horse, the promise of the Lu Kingdom can be fulfilled in an instant. Yi Yangjiu stepped onto Hualiu, his heart moved, he couldn't help but turn his head, and saw that although the young master Jiu and Guan Zhong and his party were as bold as ever, their expressions were filled with excitement and anxiety. Yi Yangjiu asked curiously, only to realize that during the time he was away, great changes had taken place in Qi State.

It turned out that after the death of Duke Xiang of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, who colluded with Lian Cheng, Guan Zhifu and others to seize power, ascended to the throne of the monarch. Doomed to sit still. Sure enough, not long after, the officials of Qi State clashed with Lian and Guan. Under the conspiracy of several ministers, they killed Wuzhi at a court meeting, preparing to welcome Prince Jiu or Prince Xiaobai back to the country Preside over the overall situation. Therefore, it is said that Xiaobai, another son of the Qi State, has already set off to return to the Qi State. Jucheng, where young master Xiaobai lives, is closer to the state of Qi, so it is more advantageous than young master Jiu in terms of geographical advantages, so Guan Zhong and others are on their way without stopping. An eternal regret.

Young Master Xiaobai and Young Master Jiu made a bet on the world's largest fief on this urgent trip. As long as whoever arrives in Qi State first, he will be the king of Qi State in this generation! But of course this trip is also very dangerous, because of the current situation, Young Master Xiaobai and Young Master Jiu are already riding a tiger, turning into a tragic situation where either you die or I die. Although the two are siblings, in such a chaotic world of strife and intrigue for the throne, father and son and brothers are no longer important links. Not to mention anything else, just the state of Jin that Yi Yangjiu left not long ago had just staged a tragedy of father killing his son.

After Guan Zhong briefly explained the whole story, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly said excitedly: "What about you? Xiao Jiu, why don't you go with us too! Let's fight for the world together for the young master, and the young master will definitely not treat us badly! " During the Linzi Mutiny that day, Guan Zhong witnessed Yi Yangjiu's extraordinary ability with his own eyes. At this moment, he remembered that if he was invited to go to Qi to fight for the throne, his chances of winning would be much higher. This Guan Zhong was a big man in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty who was open-minded and open-minded, so he naturally didn't have a strong feeling for ordinary people's love. He certainly knew that Yi Yangjiu was eager to go back to rescue Ji Yingchu, but in his thinking, winning fame and fortune was compared with the personal love of his children. Under the circumstances, it is more attractive to be successful and famous.

Seeing Guan Zhongxing's excited expression, Yi Yangjiu was in a dilemma. When he didn't know how to answer, the young master Jiu smiled boldly and said, "Then what else is there to think about? I borrowed your horse just to let you go back. Those who saved your wife’s house, do you want to return the horse to me? Go, go, anyway, your horse is fast, save your wife first, and then come back and meet us soon!” Yiyang's heart was hot, he knew he was being considerate of him, so he said this, and he was even more grateful to this benevolent and open-minded young man. He didn't say much anymore, and flew to the country of Lu as soon as he reined in the horse rope, but amidst the wind of Liao Mai, Yi Yangjiu secretly made a decision.In the future, even if he loses his life, he will swear to his death to repay Young Master Jiu's kindness.

The Hualiu horse really walked like the wind, and it didn't take long to come to Qufu, the capital of the Lu Kingdom, but Guan Zhong didn't put Ji Yingchu's petrified body here, but put it in another small city not far away: Huanyi. Yi Yangjiu had a dusty face, his heart was fluctuating, and he was uneasy, the closer he got to Huanyi, the faster his heart beat. The place where Guan Zhong placed Ji Yingchu was also the temporary residence of Yi Ya and other family members. One of Kai Fang's family members led him around the hall. Baby's clean bottle. If even Sangyang Suyin had lied to him, why should he believe that Feiyingsi was telling the truth?

If everything is just a scam, and these Nascent Souls can't save Yingchu at all, then what should we do? What if there is still a need for the water baby elephant that cannot be found? The short middle corridor is as far away as a long road.A short moment, but it seems like a thousand years.However, thousands of miles away always has an end, and ten thousand years will pass one day. At the end of the middle corridor is the room where Ji Yingchu is placed. Pushing open the door and lying quietly on the bed was Ji Yingchu who had turned into earth and stone. I saw that her face was lifelike, with a faint satisfied smile on her face, exactly the same as that day when she was in Yiyang Jiu's arms. Because her body has received the energy of earth infants and sheep, it has a slight brilliance of ordinary people, but as long as she touches it, it still feels like earth and stone. With trembling hands, Yi Yangjiu took out a nascent baby from the clean bottle, and took it casually, but it was a golden baby: Humiliation. I saw that metal Nascent Soul was like a warm fat, pure white in color, emitting a faint gleam that made people feel peaceful in the dark room. But taking out only one Nascent Infant did not reassure him, so he carefully took out the Wooden Infant and Fire Infant as well. The wooden baby glowed with blue light, and the fire baby glowed with red light. The white, blue, and red rays of light merged together, reflecting the dark room, and the light and shadow flowed, which was really beautiful. Slow fingers trembling a little, Yi Yangjiu gently held the three Nascent Souls, approached Ji Yingchu's face, and began to silently pray to all the gods he knew. Then, the metal Nascent Soul "Disgraceful Harvest" slowly moved out, and the warm white light printed on Ji Yingchu's smooth forehead, and slowly disappeared.But Mu Ying and Huo Ying were floating in the air without any movement. In this instant, Yi Yangjiu's heart almost stopped. A dark and cold space, a long and distant dream. People who turn into dirt and stone are not actually turning into dirt and stone, but just the tissues of the whole body are petrified, and thoughts and memories are locked in the petrified cells. The long period of six months, to Ji Yingchu, was like a good night's sleep, a long, long dream, a long dream that made people feel exhausted. When she opened her eyes, what she was thinking about was a tall figure with red hair. When he opened his eyes, he was the first to see Yi Yangjiu, who was also in tears. The long wait, the never-ending hardships, at the end, finally waited for the expected happy ending. Ji Yingchu smiled gently, but it was as if he had just woken up from a drunk, his whole body was limp and he couldn't exert any strength. Although Jinying's energy melted the petrification effect of Ben Yang, but her whole body's functions stopped for a long time, so naturally she would not recover so quickly.However, the strength to speak softly is still there. "You..." Ji Yingchu smiled sweetly, "You cried until your nose came out!" Hearing her voice, Yi Yangjiu was finally sure that she had really woken up, his heart seemed to be filled with all the joy in the world, under the ecstasy, he couldn't help shouting and jumping for joy just like when he was a child. Jump again. "You're awake!" His laughter spread far away, "You're really awake!" This cheerful laughter shocked the wives and children of Guan Zhong, Yi Ya and others. Everyone knew that Ji Yingchu turned into earth and rocks, and also knew that Yi Yangjiu went to the west to find a way to save her. With the sound of laughter, many people in the house crowded into this small room. When everyone saw that Ji Yingchu had finally recovered her body and woke up, they were not only surprised, but also happy for her. Several nimble female relatives prepared water and face towels to wash Ji Yingchu's face, and some even boiled some food for her to eat and drink for a while to restore her strength.While Yi Yangjiu was overjoyed, he was completely dumbfounded, he could only hang out with the group of female relatives, holding Ji Yingchu's warm hand tightly, as if he was afraid that she would suddenly disappear again if he let go. After being busy like this for a while, Yi Yangjiu suddenly remembered something and couldn't help yelling "Ah". His voice was quite loud, and when he yelled like this, most of the female relatives next to him were startled and looked at him in surprise. "Young Master!" Yi Yangjiu said loudly, "Young Master, I still need my help!" After speaking, a hesitant look appeared on his face, and he turned to look at Ji Yingchu, but still held her slender hand, He didn't want to let go even for a moment, "You just woke up, I really can't let you go, but the young master is so kind to us, even the horse that came back to save you was borrowed by him." There was extreme dissatisfaction in his eyes She, but gritted his teeth again, and said word by word: "Now the young master needs our help, I must go, you know?" Ji Yingchu nodded with gentle eyes. "I know." Her voice was weak, but with absolute firmness. "As long as it's what you're going to do, I know it all." Yi Yangjiu took a deep breath, stood up with a "tiger", turned around and left, walked a few steps, but turned around again, hugging Ji Yingchu tightly.As if to record her body temperature, smell, and touch in my heart, and never forget it.From his ears, Ji Yingchu's voice came softly at this moment. "I promised you to go, because I want you to go, no matter what happens, you have to save your life and come back. You have to take good care of yourself, because my child and I want to be with you forever. You promise, I will let you go." Yi Yangjiu raised his head, his blue eyes seemed to be burning with hot flames, he stared into Ji Yingchu's eyes, and nodded resolutely. "I promise." Ji Yingchu smiled again, this time, it was a smile of complete trust. "Then why don't you go quickly? Go early and come back early, and I'll wait for you here." Yi Yangjiu didn't hesitate any more, he strode towards Hualiu's steeds, one person and one horse were like shooting stars, they left Huanyi, passed Qufu, and chased in the direction of Gongzi Jiu and others. After running for a few miles, they saw Prince Jiu's soldiers and horses. At the moment, everyone was stationed by the roadside to rest. After asking, they found out that everyone had already learned of Prince Xiaobai's whereabouts. In order not to startle the snake, Guan Zhong went alone , because of his excellent archery skills, after discussing with Prince Jiu, he asked Guan Zhong to assassinate Prince Xiaobai. Yi Yangjiu listened to everyone's narration, whistled, and rode away. Young Master Jiu knew that his ability was extraordinary, so if he went to help Guan Zhong, his chances of winning would be a little higher. After walking for a few miles, he saw a person riding a horse from a distance. Yi Yangjiu took a closer look, but it was Guan Zhong holding a bow in one hand and riding a horse in the other, coming towards him leisurely. Seeing Yi Yangjiu, Guan Zhong laughed loudly, and shouted triumphantly: "Little Jiu, Xiao Jiu! You came so fast, first of all congratulations on saving your wife, this long journey was indeed not in vain!" His knowledge is extremely extraordinary, and he learned of Yi Yangjiu's condition with just a little thought. Yi Yangjiu was also overjoyed to see him, and hastily went up to meet him. It turned out that Guan Zhong met Prince Xiaobai's chariot and horses not far away. When he was in Qi State, all the prince's retainers were old acquaintances. Even if they didn't communicate with each other, they were colleagues. It was Guan Zhong's best friend when he was young, and the young master Xiaobai's servant saw Guan Zhong coming in a hurry, and for a moment didn't know why he came, so he went up defenselessly. But Guan Zhong's eyesight is very good, he saw young master Xiaobai's men and horses from a distance, took a closer look, and saw young master Xiaobai also standing on the front of the car looking over from afar, Guan Zhong was secretly happy, and while galloping fast, drew out With the bow and arrow, before everyone had time to react, they shot at Young Master Xiaobai with an arrow. Apart from being first-class in intelligence and strategy, this Guan Zhong is also a well-known archer in Qi State. He looked carefully at this moment, and when he shot an arrow, it hit Young Master Xiaobai's throat with a "swish", and saw Young Master Xiaobai spurting blood wildly. Immediately fell into the car. When young master Xiaobai fell, all the servants were shocked and shouted in panic, some even jumped on the shaft of the chariot, the whole group immediately became a mess. Seeing that he had succeeded, Guan Zhong didn't dare to stay for long, so he fled back in the chaos, remembering that the arrow had sent the young master to the throne of the king of Qi, he couldn't help feeling complacent, and met Yiyang Jiu after walking for a long time. Now that the event has been accomplished, Guan Zhong is in a hurry to go back and discuss the matter with the young master. Yi Yangjiu sees him elated, and is also happy for him. (Due to the error of the publishing house, the following text is missing. Anyway, Duke Huan of Qi came to the throne, and the son rectified and returned to Lu, and Duke Huan sent troops to attack him...)