twenty-eight, escape from the mountains
The road took a row of footprints in the long snow, and Marseille's body behind him had become extremely cold, but the road still did not stop, as if he couldn't feel the cold, and he stubbornly used his shadow to block the cold wind.
"Brother, stop leaving, dad is almost out of the way." Ma Ying pulled the side of Ma Lu's clothes with a crying voice. Ma Lu insisted on walking forward, and said to Ma Ying without looking back: "Ma Ying, can I do nothing?"
"What? Dad..."
"I'll ask you if I'm a waste!" Ma Lu roared and stopped suddenly, turning around and glared. His eyes were filled with bone-black hatred, which could freeze people in place.
Ma Ying didn't know how to respond, so she stopped in place and tears flowed out.
"Yingzi," Ma Lu's tone softened: "When we left the mountains, we buried our father and went to avenge them together, okay?"
"But where is Ling Xi and the others?" Ma Ying wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and asked.
"Ling Xi..." A complex emotion emerged in Ma Lu's eyes: "When I see him again, he is our enemy, do you understand?"
"Well, brother, I'll listen to you."
A few days later, Ling Xi took a deep breath and looked at Shanyang Pass in the distance and felt a lot of emotion. He and Ling Xiaozhe finally walked out of the mountain of death behind him alive.
He looked back uneasyly, and the white figure flashed past and escaped into the endless mountains. Ling Xi smiled bitterly. The figure should be Yibian. For some reason, since the last snowy night disappeared, he has been following Ling Xi secretly and here.
It seemed very smart. It knew that Ling Xi took Xiaoling away and almost did not hide his stalking behavior, but it had no intention of stopping it, as if it was secretly protecting them.
"What are you looking back? You are so nervous on the road these days. Why are you afraid that the group of people from Longwu Pavilion will chase you."
"Well, after we scared them last time, they shouldn't give up and will definitely catch up." Ling Xi said as Ling Xiaozhe said. Ling Xi did not intend to let Ling Xiaozhe know about Xiaoling's existence. This would not be of any benefit to him, and it would only cause trouble.
"There must be a few of us in the city ahead. Should we put on makeup before going in?" Ling Xiaojie asked at Shanyang Pass.
"No need." Ling Xi looked at Ling Xiaojie and said with a smile: "You are now a victim who escaped from disaster, and no one can recognize you."
"Your torn robe that you haven't washed in those few days is not better." Ling Xiaojie rolled her eyes and retorted.
While talking nonsense, the two of them put dust on each other's faces. The two soon turned into dusty refugees. However, when they arrived in front of Shanyang Pass, they realized how stupid they were. The entire Shanyang Pass was extremely dilapidated, and two lazy soldiers leaned against the gate and yawned.
There were almost no people around, only the two soldiers guarding there alone.
The two soldiers also saw Ling Xi and the others, and instantly cheered up and shouted: "Hey, what are you two doing?"
Ling Xiaozhi squeezed out a very kind smile and put it in close contact: "Two brothers, thank you for your hard work. We are villagers who escaped from the mountain village. The village was attacked by wild animals, so we had no choice but to escape all the way here."
"Go away, what's the smell on your body?" A soldier waved his hand with disgust and drove him away: "Go on the same side, I don't care what you do. This Shanyang Pass is not a place where you can enter and exit casually." After that, he rubbed his hands, looking for a fee for benefits.
Ling Xiaozheng's face froze. There was no money left on them. They had long since lost where they had been thrown away. It was probably difficult for these two gangsters to settle.
"This is not necessarily true." Ling Xi suddenly spoke, looking up at the dilapidated city gate of Shanyang Pass: "I heard that people who pick herbs and chop wood often come in and out here. How could they not be allowed to enter? Otherwise, what would you do if you open this city gate?"
"Why do you say that? Is there any evidence?" a man snorted coldly.
"You see, the branches along the way have traces of being cut by hatchets, and they often see shallow soil pits dug out from the woods. Isn't this enough to show that people often come here?" Ling Xi glanced at the two of them and stopped their thoughts of making excuses: "What you two want is nothing more than benefits, and the benefits of this mountain are nothing more than some strange things."
He said as he took out a small-man-shaped stone: "This earth ginseng is a good thing. At first glance, it looks no different from a stone, but in fact it is a magical object that can be melted into the soil and cure all diseases."
Ling Xi threw the stone to the two of them, and one of them hurriedly took it. Before he could take it carefully, the other person took it over.
"You two should be careful. This earth ginseng loses its spirituality when it is buried and no longer has any effect." Ling Xi smiled and said to the two people who were fighting.
"You boy won't lie to us with pillage stones, right?" one of them said with a look.
"I believe in your eyesight. There are no stones in this world that grow into the shape of a villain. Do you see that there are carving marks on the surface? This is a divine object that is hard to come by. If I hadn't happened to get it, how could you two see it?"
The two looked at the stones skeptically, waved their hands and drove them away, "Let's go, don't let me see you again next time."
Ling Xi glanced at Ling Xiaojie and raised her eyebrows. Ling Xiaojie looked at the stone wall beside her, not knowing what she was looking at. Ling Xi didn't wait long, and when the two people realized they could only do it. Ling Xi didn't want to find any trouble for herself anymore. She hurried forward and pulled Ling Xiaojie.
Ling Xiaojie still refused to leave. Ling Xi followed his gaze and his heart was also thrust.
There were portraits of three people on the stone wall, namely Ling Xiaozheng, Ma Lu and Ma Ying. I don’t know why Ling Xi is the only one. In fact, it is normal. After all, Ling Xi’s reputation is well-known in Haoxi City. No matter what his relationship is with the Ling family, he is the first person in the new generation of the Ling family and the second young master of the Tianwu Empire.
Even Longwu Pavilion would not risk the risk of offending the Ling family, a giant, torture Ling Xi, and at most he would just want an inconspicuous Ling Xiaojie.
"How persistent are they?" Ling Xiaozhe murmured. Ling Xi and the others ran for a few days, and the wanted portraits spread across all nearby checkpoints, even crossing a prefecture and going to Jinzhou.
"Wait, who, why do I think you are familiar with me?" A soldier also glanced at the portrait, held the hilt of the knife and asked Ling Xiaozheng.
A stone hit his hand holding the knife, and Ling Xi quickly walked to the two of them and knocked them out quickly. At the same time, a pit was trapped on the ground, and Ling Xi threw the two of them in, leaving only one head to exhale on the ground, and the rest of the place was buried by the closed soil.
"They should have been saved in half a day." Ling Xi clapped his hands and looked at Ling Xiaozhe: "It's all your fault for being so moji, otherwise it would be great if we both left directly."
"You might as well kill them and bury the bodies. I don't know who did it anyway. Maybe the wild beasts in the mountains ran out to eat them." Ling Xiaojie curled his lips and stared at the two of them and said.
Ling Xi snorted: "I am not a random killer of innocent people, they shouldn't die. I will kill people unless I have to. This is just one of the means."
"Don't pretend to be a good person. I can't even stand how you dealt with that boy from the Wang family."
"That was a helpless act, only one person would die."
The two of them were silent for two seconds. Ling Xiaozhu took the lead in breaking the embarrassment and said, "Okay, I shouldn't discuss this with you. I'm satisfied with my fault. If I don't leave, I'll wait until they wake up and I'll be knocked out again."
"Well." Ling Xi didn't say anything. Wang Lizhe's affairs had become a thorn in his heart. After all, he used that method to kill a person without grievances. This was completely different from the trauma of the Wang family's disciples and Ling Buchi. He still cannot forget the scene of Wang Lizhe's relatives crying.
The wind sounded and the string of silver bells hanging under the tower made a rustling sound. Bai Yu was wearing a wind blowing clothes and stood inside the tower. Looking at the twists and turns of the street scene from afar, he gently stroked the pole of the building and asked, "Lianhua, how are the third uncle?"
The woman in blue next to him immediately responded: "Young Master Bai, Zhang Qiankun is fine, and his skills have recovered to about half of his strength."
"Okay? Take me to see him." Bai Yu casually raised his hand and touched the silver bell. The silver bell shone with a white light in the light, making a clear sound.
Bai Yu stood respectfully in front of Zhang Qiankun and bowed: "Uncle San, how are you?"
Zhang Qiankun sneered, sat on the Grand Master's chair and asked, "Bai Yu, you still remember me."
"Uncle San is so serious, it's just that he has never had the chance to save you." Bai Yu lowered his head, unable to see his expression, and his tone was very polite.
Zhang Qiankun laughed a few times and glanced at the people around him and said, "Why do you think your surname is Bai, but my surname is Zhang. Even the overturn of our Helou is definitely unrelated to you. Now that you have stabilized them, and want me to be your knife, I am not stupid."
"Uncle San may have some misunderstandings about what happened back then. It is true that I am my father's son, but this is also a helpless situation. If Uncle San really can't believe me, I am willing to hand over the Helou to you."
"You take it seriously?"
"It's true." Bai Yu took out his waist card and presented it to Zhang Qiankun and said, "Please."
Zhang Qiankun took the waist card, looked in his hand a few times, and after identifying the authenticity, his tone eased a lot: "This... I don't think I can only be the head of Helou, but the situation is not right, so I have to take it."
"San Uncle Shengming, I will depend on you for the rise and fall of the building." Bai Yu bowed his body to salute.
After leaving the house, Bai Yu said to Lianhua: "Lianhua, accompany me to see the water."
Lianhua's cherry lips opened slightly, and she wanted to say something but stopped. Bai Yu asked without looking back: "Are you wondering why I gave him the sign?"
"Yes." Lianhua followed Bai Yu, hoping to get an answer.
"You," Bai Yu sighed: "So smart, why do you become so stupid when you get involved in human relationships? I ask you, if Longwu Pavilion wants to destroy us, who will be the first to kill?"
"You mean... the head of Helou? Let him be a scapegoat? But what if he controls Helou?"
"Can he do?" Bai Yu smiled disdainfully: "Even if he calls a servant, he will have my consent. As long as I am still alive, this Helou will always be mine. He is an immortal scapegoat, and he dares to fight with me."
Lianhua's face showed a sudden enlightenment and then said, "By the way, the Ling Xi you asked, I received information that he came out of the Beiping Mountains alive. Are we going to take him in?"
"Eternal Life Pill... that boy is really troublesome." Bai Yu frowned and said, "Find him, take him to us, find a way to find out the location of the Eternal Life Pill, or directly control his freedom. He can also slightly pinch the Longwu Pavilion in our hands. After all, He Lixin is afraid of death, otherwise he would not have chased him so tightly."
Yuantang was covered in wind and snow, and walked out of the Beiping Mountains with Yuancheng and the team behind him in a mess. Yuancheng's face was pale, and there was wind and frost in his hair, and his eyes were closed and trembling.
Yuan Kang stood in front of them with a cold face, glanced at the team and said, "Isn't caught anyone?"
Yuan Cheng opened his eyes on Yuantang's back and said weakly: "Brother, let me down." Yuantang loosened his hands and asked, "What do you want to do?"
Yuan Cheng staggered a few steps and suddenly fell to Yuan Kang: "Sir, it was because of my negligence that they let them run away. If you want to punish me, I will be punished by myself." After he said that, he kowtowed to Yuan Kang in front of everyone.
Yuantang was immediately furious and came forward desperately to kick Yuan Cheng over and shouted, "Why are you the only one! This time I am leading the team, and I will punish me if I want to punish you."
Everyone behind Yuantang also knelt down and took the blame to Yuankang.
Yuan Kang just raised his eyebrows, looked at everyone kneeling in front of him with a calm expression, and waited for a while before speaking, "Forget it, get up."
Everyone had no intention of getting up. Yuan Kang helped to step forward and pulled Yuan Cheng up: "We still have to destroy Helou and capture Ling Xi, and now we have no time to delay here. Your Majesty has already issued an order. In the last month, if we still don't see Helou's waist card and the immortal pill, we will all have to accompany the late emperor."
"Only one month? Do we have enough time?" Yuantang also stood up and said.
Chapter completed!