Can't speak

Su Yangui could feel Ning Jian's hand on his head, and he spent a lot of effort to keep himself from trembling from that simple touch.

Ning Jian's hand didn't stay for a long time, and she took it back after a while. The feeling of warmth being pulled away from her body made Su Yangui feel that the surroundings suddenly became colder.He didn't move at all, pretending that he was really asleep.

The little sunlight on the top of the cave has long since disappeared, and it is already late at night, the surroundings are quiet and the water is silent. At this time, except for the soft sound of the branches and leaves burning in the fire, only Ning Jian is left flipping the copper piece the sound of.

The voice was very soft, slow and rhythmic, and it would stop for a long time and then start again, allowing Su Yangui to understand Ning Jian's thinking process by listening.

As the night deepened, a wind seemed to come in from outside the cave, making a humming sound, and the sound of turning the copper plates became softer, and finally stopped, and there was no sound for a long time, as if Ning Jian had given up.Su Yangui waited for a long time before moving slowly. After waiting for a while, he still couldn't hear any movement, so he secretly opened his eyes and looked to the side.

Ning Jian did not give up.

Eight copper pieces were placed in a circle in front of him, and the rest were placed within reach, but he just sat there motionless, holding his dagger like a child holding a doll, his eyes blinking. He stared at the circle of copper plates for a moment.

That kind of concentration seemed to form an invisible air current lingering around him, so that Su Yangui could still feel his obsession even after such a long distance.

The fire on the side was about to be extinguished, and the light of the fire dimmed, and only then could I barely see the faint light coming in from outside.Unknowingly, the night has passed, and the sky is pale.

Su Yangui sat for a while, finally sighed, stretched his hands and feet, picked up a branch from the side and threw it into the fire.

The sound of the branches falling into the fire startled Ning Jian, so he clenched his sword tightly and turned to look at Su Yangui.

Su Yangui didn't seem to see his movement of holding the sword, but just smiled: "Did you not sleep all night?"

Seeing that Ning Jian was stunned, he pointed to the top of his head: "It seems to be dawn outside soon."

Ning Jian then slowly relaxed, and looked back at the copper pieces on the ground: "These copper pieces are almost identical except for the characters, and there is no difference. But the characters can't be connected, although the first seven characters and the last seven characters If you look upside down, you can make a poem, which looks like a palindrome, but the beginning and the end cannot be connected, so it doesn’t look like a chain.”

"Is there anything in the water that we haven't discovered?" Su Yangui looked at the ground while listening to Ning Jian's words, and finally said only one sentence.

"If Su Shi really only left these eight characters, then this is all there is. There are 28 depressions in four lines. Even if there are still copper pieces left in the water, it is just a repetition of these characters." Ning Jian As he said that, he still stood up and looked towards the water pool, "Why don't we find all the copper pieces first."

Su Yangui grabbed him from behind, and when Ning Jian turned around, he smiled and said, "I'll go. Your clothes are finally dry, don't go down and get wet." He patted himself on the shoulder, " It's different with my bare arms."

Ning Jian glanced at him, did not nod, but stopped.

"Ning Jian, I won't lie to you." Su Yangui added with a smile, quickly stole a kiss from the corner of Ning Jian's mouth, and then quickly ran to the edge of the pool and jumped down.

Ning Jian stared blankly at the splashing water on the pool for a long time, and finally lowered her eyes.

Su Yangui looked very active, and after a while, he swam back with two copper pieces in his arms, threw them on the shore, and then dived down again.

Ning Jian stood guard on the bank, moved the copper pieces to the side of the fire one by one, and divided them according to different characters.

It wasn't until Su Yan went back and forth seven or eight times that he suddenly realized that what he was holding in his hand was a piece of copper that was different from the others.

He just froze on the shore, his face couldn't tell whether it was joy or worry, and he waited for Su Yangui to resurface before he stopped him softly: "Wait."

Su Yangui leaned obediently on the shore, his face was pale as if he had been in the water for a long time, and when he looked at Ning Jian with a pair of black eyes, Ning Jian felt sad from the bottom of his heart, so that when he opened his mouth, there was an extra smile. Very hesitant: "Look."

Su Yangui looked at the copper piece he handed over, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

The copper plate is actually no different from the others, except that the engraved on it is not the eight characters, but a new character││鸭.

"Ning Jian!" Su Yangui couldn't hide his laughter, and called out, and when he saw Ning Jian looking at him quietly, he restrained himself.

Ning Jian looked at him, stretched out his hand for a while: "Come up first."

Su Yangui borrowed his strength to climb ashore with some unease, followed Ning Jian back to the fire, and then sat down, panting slightly against the wall, while staring at Ning Jian intently.

Ning Jian put down the copper piece alone, looking at the two and 30 yuan copper pieces, her face was a little dignified.

"Ning Jian..." Su Yangui called him softly.

"Now that there is one more word, it will be troublesome." This sentence was not loud, even lighter than usual, but Su Yangui could clearly feel the anxiety in Ning Jian's words.

"Maybe it's just one more word?"

"Who knows." Ning Jian exhaled lightly, and picked up the copper plate engraved with the word "Yan", "Who knows how many different characters are there under the water? Even if there is really only one, it Where should it be placed? Which two words should it be inserted between?"

Su Yangui looked at him, the disappointment was very obvious.

I thought I had found a way to solve the mystery, but in the process of solving it, I discovered new problems, and no one knew how many new problems like this would come out of nowhere.

Su Yangui could understand Ning Jian's near-desperate mood, but she couldn't restrain her excitement.

They will stay here forever only if they can't solve these puzzles. He really doesn't mind staying here for a long time without worrying about water and food.

Seeing that Ning Jian seemed to have fallen into deep thought, he carefully snatched the copper piece and put it on the ground. When he realized that Ning Jian hadn't responded, Su Yangui laughed: "Ning Jian, I've been thinking about it all night. You are also tired, haste makes waste, why not take a rest first?"

Ning Jian looked up at him without speaking.

Su Yangui stood up quickly: "I'll go find something to eat, you rest."

Ning Jian kept looking at him, and then nodded slightly after a while, then glanced at the copper plate on the ground, leaned back, held the sword and closed her eyes.

Seeing that he had compromised, Su Yangui smiled brighter and stared stupidly at Ning Jian's face for a while, then crept up and went to the pool to catch fish.

Without the help of Ning Jian's short sword, it would not be so easy to catch, but Su Yangui managed to gather three or four fish in a short while, skewered them with branches and set them on the fire.The cooking process is even more careful. Every fish is kept turning, and the cooking is fragrant and crispy, which is even more delicate than at home.

After waiting for the smell of fish to overflow, Ning Jian slowly opened her eyes, seeing Su Yangui silently humming a little song and flipping the grilled fish, she couldn't help laughing.

Su Yangui turned to look at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Ning Jian shook her head, her smile faded quickly, she just stretched out her hand to help flip it.

"Don't turn over, that one can be eaten!" Su Yangui looked at the fish in his hand and cried.

Ning Jian was stunned for a moment, then took it down, biting each bite at a time.

Su Yangui also took the fish and ate it beside him, staring at Ning Jian.

Ning Jian kept her eyes down and remained calm for a while before she said, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at the beauty."

Ning Jian raised her head and glanced at him, then lowered her eyes: "What's so interesting."

Su Yangui looked at him with a smile, but didn't speak.

Ning Jian knew that he was in a good mood now.

Ever since he was a child, Su Yangui was someone who couldn't hide his emotions. Dislike, hatred, nervousness, grievance, happiness, excitement... could all be seen on his face.

So when Ning Jian knew that he had kept the secret for so many years, she was really surprised.

"Ning Jian, you said you wanted to save the third brother. Are there many brothers in your family? Are they all as good-looking as you?"

Ning Jian was stunned for a moment, then came back to her senses, looked at Su Yangui, as if she didn't expect him to ask herself such a question.After a while he said, "There are many brothers and sisters, and I... am ranked fifth. We are not the same mother, so we don't look alike."

Su Yangui's eyes widened: "Then do you have a good relationship? You are desperately trying to save your third brother."

Ning Jian glanced at him again before lowering her head: "I... my mother died when I was born. My uncle didn't want me to go back with those people. After a long dispute, I made an agreement that every year I would go to Yi I stayed on Lianshan Mountain for half a year, and for the remaining half year, when I go back, I will spend it with my third brother."

Ning Jian's words were very vague, Su Yangui couldn't understand who the "those people" he was referring to, and could only vaguely guess that they were from his father's family.He knew about Yi Lianshan that Ning Jian came from the Heavenly Sword Gate of Yi Lianshan.

"What about your father?"

"I don't kiss him." Ning Jian replied in a flat tone. "Except for third brother, I'm not close to anyone there."

Su Yangui nodded: "So you want to save your third brother... Your third brother, what happened to him?"

"He's under house arrest. Third brother's mother's natal family is very powerful. The emperor was afraid that they would embrace him as the crown prince, so he put him under house arrest."

Su Yangui still listened and nodded, until Ning Jian finished speaking, she vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"Ning Jian, say it again...who put your third brother under house arrest?"

"The emperor put him under house arrest."

"why?"

"Because third brother's mother's natal family is very powerful." Ning Jian didn't seem to care, and just answered casually.

Su Yangui felt that she seemed to have heard something very remarkable.

"Ning Jian, what's your third brother's name?"

Ning Jian raised her head, there was a trace of doubt in her eyes, she hesitated for a while, but she still replied: "Feng Ningxuan."

"And you?"

"Ning Jian."

"No, the real... or rather, the full name?"

"Feng Ning Jian."

He fell in love with a prince.

Su Yangui was completely stunned, only one sentence kept echoing in his mind.

Ning Jian didn't seem to realize how astonishing her words were, she just concentrated on tossing the fish in her hand.

"Ning Jian, you never said that you are a prince." Su Yangui finally couldn't help but speak, and there was a bit of a child's grievance in his words.

Ning Jian paused his hands: "Didn't I say that?" He tilted his head, seemed to be deep in thought, and added after a while, "There is nothing to say."

Su Yangui jumped up, opened her mouth but couldn't say a word, and sat back sullenly for a long time.

There was really nothing to say, whether it was the prince or the common people, in his eyes, they were all just this person.

"Ning Jian, Feng Ning Jian. It sounds different too... You are simply deceiving."

Ning Jian glanced at him suspiciously, before explaining after a long while: "This name was called by people in the Jianghu. They called it like that, and I can't tell them that you are calling it wrong."

Su Yangui choked for a moment, and couldn't help laughing again.He could imagine that if people in the world who knew Ning Jian heard these words, they would be like him, too choked to speak.

Because Ning Jian is right, he is usually not a person who likes to get close to people, and sometimes he doesn't even want to see people at all, but he has such a natural arrogance in his temper, and when he does something in the world, he will stay by his side own name.

What he left was the word "Ning Jian". People in the world saw it, and naturally thought that "Ning" was his surname. From this, it spread, and over time, it became the current "Ning Jian".

"Ning...Jane, Ning, Ning...Ning Jian..." While thinking, Su Yangui called Ning Jian's name repeatedly, deliberately twisting the pronunciation.

After being called out like this for a while, Ning Jian finally said, "Enough."

Su Yangui looked at him with a smile: "It's more kind to call like this."

Ning Jian glanced at him and said nothing.

Su Yangui yelled upside down again.

It wasn't until the fire gradually extinguished and the cave became dark that it was clear that the sky outside was indeed bright.

Su Yangui picked up a branch and touched the firewood on the ground, "Ning Jian, let's talk about your third brother. Also, are you the prince? Then what kind of role is Qin Yueshu, who dares to chase after you?" kill you?"

"Qin Yueshu is under Prince Feng Ning'an." Ning replied simply, with a hint of repetition.

Naturally, Su Yangui knew that Qin Yueshu belonged to the prince, and also heard from Ning Jian that he was the eldest son of the prime minister of the left and was the prince's companion, but... no matter what, his status is not as good as that of a prince, right? ?

Ning Jian only thought he understood, and then changed the subject after a while of silence: "My third brother's grandfather is a grand master, my uncle is in charge of an army of 80 troops on the southwest border, and my mother's concubine is second only to the queen...it's different from me. "

"What's the difference?" Su Yangui followed his words and asked, he knew Ning Jian, even if he went back to ask, if Ning Jian didn't understand where his doubts were, he couldn't give the answer he wanted.

"My mother is the younger sister of the master of Tianjianmen in Yi Lian Mountain, named Tang Suxin."

"Ah!" Su Yangui called out. He had heard of this name before. Tang Suxin was once hailed as the number one beauty in the martial arts world. Even after many years of illness, she was often mentioned by people in the martial arts world.

"I don't know what happened between her and the emperor. The people in the palace said that she had a quarrel with the emperor and ran back to Yi Lianshan by herself. My uncle said that it was the emperor who started messing around and ended up abandoning her... Anyway, she gave birth to me in the end. Died of dystocia. The emperor said that the children of the royal family should not be allowed to live among the people, but my uncle said that my mother did not want me to be involved with the royal family. In the end, the dispute could not be resolved, so they had to agree that I would stay in Yilian Mountain for half a year every year to learn martial arts with my uncle before returning to the palace. Learn etiquette in the second half of the year."

As Su Yangui listened, she realized that Ning Jian's name for her father was a bit strange.He doesn't call "Daddy" or "Old Man" like ordinary people, nor does he call "Father" or "Father King" like nobles, or even "Emperor" or "Emperor" like ordinary people call the emperor. "Holy Majesty", but just called "Emperor", is extraordinarily special.

So he couldn't help asking: "Is the emperor treating you badly?"

Ning Jian was stunned for a moment: "That's not true, I rarely see him, maybe only during the first month of the year. I always follow the third brother in the palace, and he taught me many things." He paused After a pause, "Because I don't have a mother, and my uncle is just a member of the rivers and lakes. He doesn't have much power, and the people in the palace don't pay much attention to me, unless the third brother is very angry."

"angry?"

Ning Jian nodded: "The third brother is usually very kind, but occasionally he loses his temper with the people below him, saying that I am a prince, and asking them to show respect."

Su Yangui was a little bit dumbfounded.

The person who should be angry should be Ning Jian herself, right?Judging from his words, no one regarded him as a prince at all, but he was reluctantly taken back because the emperor didn't want his blood to flow to the people.

No wonder even he himself doesn't regard himself as a prince until now.

Thinking of this, Su Yangui couldn't help feeling a little fond of Feng Ningxuan who would lose her temper because her servants neglected Ning Jian.

"He's been really nice to you."

Ning Jian nodded: "When I was young, my third brother would teach me how to read and draw, and read to me sentence by sentence. If there are any good things, I will keep them specially and give them to me when I go back. As long as it is what I want , he can give anything..." Speaking of this, Ning Jian's expression turned into a trance.

Su Yangui was startled, subconsciously asked: "What do you mean?"

Ning Jian didn't look at him, but suddenly said something else: "When I was 14 years old, Feng Ning'an was established as the crown prince. At that time, the court was divided into parties, and the third brother was his biggest threat... I'm not very clear about what happened in the palace, but later the emperor decreed that the third brother should be placed under house arrest in a hotel in the western suburbs of the capital, under the supervision of the crown prince, and Qin Yueshu, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, would assist in the management. I was afraid that Feng Ning'an would hurt the third brother. Brother, I ran to his prince's mansion in the middle of the night to scare him."

Su Yangui burst out laughing. He was frightened by Ning Jian holding a dagger on his neck since he was a child. Hearing what Ning Jian said, it is easy to imagine that Ning Jian ran to the Prince's Mansion in the middle of the night to take the sword The scene of the prince's neck.

Ning Jian didn't care, and just continued, "So from then on, Feng Ning'an felt that I was more harmful to him than Third Brother."

Su Yangui couldn't help laughing loudly: "This prince is too funny!"

Compared with the third prince who is only under house arrest, Feng Ning'an actually feels powerless, and even Ning Jian, who is "I don't know very well" about the situation in the court, is more threatening. Such a person can really be a good emperor ?

Ning Jian might not be able to guess what he was thinking, but she naturally understood the gap between herself and her brother. Hearing what Su Yangui said, she analyzed it seriously:

"Although I have no power, I can threaten his life. From ancient times to the present, there are many people who seized the throne by force and became the emperor. Even the Taizu of this dynasty also mutinied to snatch the throne from the previous emperor. Feng Ning It is because of his prudence that Ann will value me. It is understandable that he wants to kill me. The throne is a great attraction, and he cannot guarantee that others will not be tempted.

"The third brother is under house arrest, that is under his control, but I am not, I can kill him at any time, and I am also a prince, with the same bloodline as him." He thought for a while and added, "Actually This is what I want too, he just wants to kill me to avoid future troubles, so he can't be distracted to take care of third brother."

Hearing this, Su Yangui slowly restrained his smile.

Some things may not be noticeable when you hear the difference, but there will always be subtle places that will magnify the difference infinitely, and people have to face it squarely.

What Ning Jian said was absolutely unexpected to him.He would only think that the prince was so suspicious that he was blind, and he would think that people who lose watermelon and look at sesame seeds are stupid.But he didn't think long-term, and couldn't see where Feng Ningjian had an advantage over Feng Ningxuan.

But Ning Jian, who is always "I don't know" about the situation in North Korea and China, can easily point it out, and even... take advantage of it.

It was only at this time that Su Yan felt that the person he fell in love with was a prince.

"I became a teacher at the age of 15 and started to walk outside. Feng Ning'an also started to blatantly find someone to kill me, and that was Qin Yueshu."

Su Yangui didn't speak, he could have deduced that because they were being chased by Qin Yueshu right now.

"But in less than half a year, Qin Yueshu's behavior became a little strange. He would chase me and run, but he wouldn't push me too hard, and he would even show mercy."

"Didn't you say that your martial arts are better than his?" Su Yangui didn't understand.

Ning Jian said: "But there are always times when you can't beat four hands with two fists, but he has never killed. I began to think that Feng Ning'an had relaxed his vigilance against me, and deliberately scared him again at the beginning of a certain year , but later found out it was because of the third brother.”

Su Yangui's heart moved slightly, and Ning Jian repeatedly said what his third brother did for him, but he never said why he wanted to save Feng Ningxuan.And according to what he said now, Qin Yueshu should have pretended to chase him down, but let him go everywhere, so why was Ning Jian so embarrassed when he returned to Crescent Moon Town?

"Your third brother, did you make any agreement with Qin Yueshu?"

Ning Jian's hand holding the dagger subconsciously tightened, and Su Yangui knew that he had guessed right.

But he couldn't think of any price to make a prince's subordinates fall in love.What Feng Ningxuan has, the Crown Prince should also have. What Feng Ningxuan can give Qin Yueshu, the Crown Prince cannot afford to give.

"Qin Yueshu... is very manly, everyone in Beijing knows this." Ning Jian lowered her eyes.

Su Yangui took a deep breath: "He likes your third brother?"

Ning Jian frowned and did not answer.

Su Yangui tentatively said again: "Then...your third brother, did you agree to be with him...that's why he let you go?"

Ning Jian closed her eyes: "I have been away for many years, and I don't know anything..."

"So you just want to save your third brother from him?" Su Yangui reasoned naturally, "But Ning Jian, maybe your third brother also has feelings for Qin Yueshu, but he just doesn't want to tell you? Will you break up a good marriage like this?"

Ning Jian said coldly: "When the third brother was under house arrest, Qin Yueshu once wanted to treat him... But in order to escape, he would rather jump from the small building under house arrest and broke his leg."

Su Yangui stuck out her tongue secretly: "It's so ruthless."

"To take third brother away, the only way is for the emperor to take back the house arrest order, so I went to the emperor.

"The emperor told me that it has been rumored among the people that he is not the son of Taizu, but the son of the former emperor Junqi. Su Shi, the historian of the former dynasty, holds the truth about the blood of the royal family, as well as the secrets of the treasures left by the previous dynasty. Hiding near Yecheng. He wants me to find Su Shi. It is best not only to find out the truth, but also to find the treasure, and kill people to silence them. As long as I do it, he will decree that the third brother and I will be reduced to common people and let us go Walk."

"Is this possible?" Su Yangui couldn't help being a little suspicious.No matter what, he is also a prince, not to mention Ning Jian, but Feng Ningxuan has a prominent background.

Ning Jian glanced at him, then lowered her head again: "You have to try, isn't it that you are not joking?"

Su Yangui nodded, thought for a while, and then asked again: "Qin Yueshu knows about this, but the Crown Prince doesn't?"

Ning Jian shook his head: "They all know that the crown prince is afraid that if I get the treasure and make great contributions, the emperor will change the crown prince, so they always want to beat me; Qin Yueshu... is afraid that I will take away the third brother, so he won't take it away." Forgive me. A few years ago, I spread the news that there were martial arts secret books in the treasure, and that the imperial court wanted to rob them, so I attracted people from all walks of life to restrain them. But now the emperor is seriously ill, Feng Ning'an is in a hurry, and Qin Yueshu is also in a hurry gone."

Once the emperor died, the best outcome for Feng Ningxuan would be to be under house arrest for the rest of her life, and she would never be able to leave.

Su Yangui didn't ask any more questions, he didn't want to ask Ning Jian, are you in a hurry too.

After a long time, he said softly: "Ning Jian, do you like your third brother very much?"

Ning Jian froze for a moment, nodded, and said, "Although I don't know why he treats my half-brother so well, but in my opinion, he is my real brother, the only one."

Su Yangui smiled, and echoed, "That's right."

"So I must save him." Ning Jian's voice was more determined, as if emphasizing something, "I must find the treasure, find out the truth, and destroy all the evidence. I must return to Yongcheng, Take him away."

So be sure to kill me.

Su Yangui added something for him in his heart, but smiled softly on his face: "Of course, with me here, you will definitely find the treasure."

Ning Jian didn't answer, but just glanced at the copper plate on the ground again.

Su Yangui quickly said: "I have told you everything I know. My father really only gave me eight characters."

Ning Jian was silent for a moment, and then said: "I don't doubt you. It's just the extra characters..." His hand stopped on the copper plate engraved with the word "Goose".

"My father won't lie to me either. If he only left those eight characters, then..." At this point, Su Yangui stopped suddenly. He looked at the copper piece that Ning Jian touched, "This The word "geese" matches my name."

Ning Jian was startled, looked up at him, then looked back at the copper plate: "Su Shi gave you the name?"

Su Yangui nodded: "My father said, 'Your body is like a wild goose flying to the north, looking forward to returning to the south day and night'. Although he spent most of his life in Yecheng, he always hoped that one day he could return to Yongcheng and the fallen leaves return to their roots. Its name is Yangui."

Ning Jian didn't respond, she just frowned and pondered for a long time, then suddenly her eyes lit up: "It's the wild goose returning!"

Su Yangui was puzzled by his cry, so he teased him with a smile: "It's Yangui, Ning Jian, this is the first time I've heard you call my name."

Ning Jian looked up at him with some doubts.

"You always call me 'Little Ghost', 'Little Ghost', this Yangui call is really sweet, come on, call me again." Saying that, Su Yangui stretched out his hand to pick Ning Jian's chin with a flirtatious expression The bully appearance of a folk girl.

Ning Jian raised his hand, and the short sword hit the back of his hand hard. Su Yangui yelled "Ouch", and then obediently withdrew his hand: "What's wrong with my name?"

Ning Jian pointed to the copper plates forming a circle on the ground: "The eight characters alone cannot really form a chain, but adding the word "Yan Gui" is just right. There must be a copper plate with the character "Return" engraved under the water. piece."

Su Yangui's eyes widened: "You mean, my name is the key?"

While Ning Jian nodded, he had already stood up and walked towards the pool, Su Yangui watched helplessly as he jumped down, and after a while he came back with a few pieces of copper in his arms, then dived back into the water again.