【Wu Xiao Wu】Mountains and Rivers Fall into Dreams

The night is as cool as water

Candle shadows flicker inside the window, and drizzle outside the window.The stagnant water fell down the eaves like a chain of beads, causing ripples on the ground.The raindrops on the tree bent the leaves and fell to the ground again, patter, patter.

The stone steps splashed with mud extend upwards, connecting to a house at the top.

The two vermilion lacquer gates are tightly connected together, and a plaque of golden nanmu hangs on it.It is inscribed with three handsome gold characters.

Wind and Rain Pavilion

Coupled with the slanting wind and drizzle at this time, it is indeed quite harmonious.

This is the territory of Nanjue, but it is not where the imperial city is, and it is not even the center of Nanjue.It's just a small border town bordering Beili.It was hard for the people in the city to imagine that there could be such a luxurious house in such a poor place.

This house is just a residence of Aoyu in Nanjue, just like the light boat on the waterside pavilion.It has been put on hold for a long time, and occasionally when the interest comes, I only stay for a while. On weekdays, only some servants and maids are left to clean up.

Ao Yu set off from the imperial city a few days ago, came here and stayed here for a few days.

He is waiting.

Waiting for an old friend

There was a knock on the door, the sound was not loud, as if afraid of disturbing the people in the house.

Ao Yu was wearing a blue thin shirt with most of her chest exposed, leaning lazily on a beauty couch, squinting at the book in her hand.He didn't look up when he heard the knock on the door, and waved his hand.

The servant walked to the door respectfully and opened it.

A cool breeze mixed with moisture and the smell of mud blew into the house, taking away three points of the warmth.

Standing at the door was a man in black who almost melted into the night.The black robe covered him from head to toe.The light leaking from the room seemed to go around him.

The man in black did not enter the door, but stood at the door and bowed towards the room with fists cupped.Shen Sheng said: "His Royal Highness, they are here."

The sound of books being placed on the table came from inside the room.A cold and lazy voice came: "They'?"

"Yes." The man in black continued, "King Yong'an is also here."

"Oh?" Ao Yu chuckled, and stretched out his hand to support his forehead, "Did Xiao Chuhe also get knocked off the cliff?"

"According to the spies' report, King Yong'an was not shot off the cliff. He jumped off by himself."

"Did you jump down by yourself?" Ao Yu had a slightly surprised and rather interesting expression, "It's a surprise that the Sect Master of Tianwaitian is so important to him. I'm getting more and more curious about this monk. "

"Your Highness, do you want to bring them here?"

Ao Yu got up from the collapse and called the maid to change his clothes and tie his hair.Slowly said: "No, please invite them to the guest room, so that they can be entertained. The prince will go over in person to welcome this old friend."

Wind and Rain Pavilion Side Yard

Red candles flickered and the lights were brightly lit.

The rain outside the window was still falling, hazy and continuous.Looking out of the window, there are no fine raindrops.I only feel that the mountains and trees are immersed in a mist.

"I thought it was raining like this only in Hangzhou." Wuxin reached out to wipe off the mist stuck to her clothes, found a chair and sat down, raised the Wuji stick in her hand and handed it to Xiao Se, "Return to the original owner. You The stick is too heavy to hold."

The Promise Stick is made of black iron, with a solid structure, it is indeed not light in weight.

But that's just for ordinary people.

For those who practice martial arts, it is a stick, a knife, or a sword.Not much difference.

Xiao Se still remembered that day when he mentioned the toxicity of Qingshuang and Ice Dew in Yizhuang.Unintentionally said.

People suffering from this poison will gradually coagulate their blood all over the body.

Xiao Se frowned, his eyes were deep.He didn't go to pick up the stick in his hand, and asked in a manly voice: "Is it because I can't hold it, or can't I hold it?"

Seeing that he didn't take it, Wuxin was not in a hurry, and took the Promise Stick back to her side, squinted at him with her chin propped up, and said angrily, "Boss Xiao, do you want to lose face, little monk?"

"Falling off a cliff in front of half of the martial arts in the Central Plains is extremely calm. At this time, I care about face."

"Then Boss Xiao just jumped off the cliff like this, how much better than the little monk?"

"Jumping or being beaten. I don't need to say which one is more respectable."

Tang Lian once said that if these two people were allowed to quarrel like this without interruption, then the quarrel for three days and three nights would not produce a result.

Therefore, Ao Yu's opening the door seemed quite timely.

He was wearing a light blue gown and a pure white cloak, the fabric of which was silky and soft.Embroidered with a vivid golden dragon.Almost like going to the sky.It should be a one-in-a-million material.

As soon as Ao Yu entered the door, his eyes fell on Xiao Se, and he smiled softly, "It's been a long time since I saw you, brother Xiao is still radiant, don't come here and be safe."

Xiao Se glanced at him indifferently, and said quietly: "If I don't see you, I'm naturally fine."

"Bold!" The attendant behind Ao Yu shouted angrily, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Xiao Se's attitude.

Ao Yu raised his hand to stop it.He turned to look at Wuxin again.

"I have admired Sect Master Ye's name for a long time, but seeing him today, I am indeed a heavenly being."

Wuxin was dumbfounded, shaking his head and Shi Shiran said: "His Royal Highness has long admired the name of this suzerain? Or has he admired the name of the sky and the sky for a long time?"

Ao Yu laughed, and looked at Wuxin with piercing eyes, "Sect Master Ye is so smart, it's not in vain that the crown prince put all his effort into inviting you here."

"That's right. Your Highness's hiring process is not small, and the price is really high."

"It's okay." Ao Yu shook her head, slowly turning the fingers in her hand, "It's just a little pity, if it weren't for your special status, this prince really wants to make friends with you."

Wuxin smiled and sighed, "Your Highness is worrying too much, so there is no need to feel sorry. I don't want to make friends with Your Highness."

The movement of Ao Yu's hands paused, her face remained unchanged, but her voice became cold, "Really, that's really a pity."

As the crown prince of Nanjue, Ao Yu is undoubtedly noble and proud. He has always been the only one who rushes to curry favor with him, and no one has ever dared to touch his face.After all, Xiao Chuhe is the same prince as him, so that's all.But this monk is just the leader of the Demon Cult outside the territory.How dare you speak to him like that.

The room suddenly fell silent, as if something was growing in the dark.Although it is still calm on the surface, there are undercurrents surging inside.

Xiao Se's expression darkened.Ao Yu's kung fu is indeed not very good, and he has not yet entered the realm of heaven.But to deal with Wuxin now, everything is enough.Besides, there are several masters behind him, if they really fight.I can't protect the monk by myself.

"Ao Yu." Xiao Se waved his sleeves, calmly blocking back the aura gathered by Ao Yu.Throwing back his hands behind his back, "What do you want?"

Ao Yu narrowed his eyes, and said calmly: "Xiao Chuhe, how about we make a bet?"

Xiao Se's eyelids twitched, "What bet?"

Ao Yu got up and walked to the window, looking at the misty rain outside.Slowly said: "Just bet on winning or losing."

Xiao Se snorted coldly, "Nonsense."

"What I'm talking about is between the Devil's Cult and the Central Plains, whoever loses wins."

Wuxin's eyelashes fluttered slightly, and she looked down at the Wuji stick lying on her leg, the stick body gleamed with black light.The carvings on both ends are also detailed and beautiful.His fingers passed over the carving again and again.It was as if he wanted to engrave the pattern on his hand.

Xiao Se raised his eyebrows and tilted his head slightly.

Ao Yu continued: "If you bet right, I will let you two go, and I swear that until my death, the Nanjue army will never set foot in Beili."

"Let us go?" Xiao Se said coldly, "No matter who wins the two sides, can we be alone?"

In this game, win and lose.

Ao Yu laughed, but she looked confident, "You have already fallen into my hands, but do you have other choices?"

"I bet you. But," Xiao Se paused, "I bet I win."

Ao Yu frowned, looking interested, "What if you lose?"

"I give you my life."

Ao Yu shook his head, approached Xiao Se with a smile, and said in a low voice: "What do I want your life for? Killing people is so boring. I want it," he glanced at Wuxin.

"It's to punish the heart."

North Li has the rules of North Li, and Nan Jue also has the rules of Nan Jue.When Beili was in the previous dynasty, the prince was murdered and died accidentally.Since then, Emperor Beili no longer established a reserve during his reign.Let the princes fight openly and secretly, and form cliques.It wasn't until his health deteriorated that he wrote two dragon seal scrolls.Announced to the world together.Sealed together forever.

This is the rule of Beili.

Nanjue is just the opposite.

Ao Yu was established as a prince when he was young, with a noble status and a prominent position.Holding the military power of the three armies and the territory of Nanjue, he lost a city in a gamble with Xiao Chuhe Qianjintai that day.In the Nanjue, it can be said that one person is under one person and above tens of thousands.

This is the rule of Nanjue.

Because of this, Ao Yu has never experienced intrigues and dangers between brothers.Although people are smart, their minds are too shallow.He also thought that one of Xiao Chuhe and Ye Anshi had lost his arm, and the other was dying of poisoning.As long as they are locked up, they will naturally see the day when Xiao Chuhe loses.

Ao Yu came out from the side courtyard with a complacent smile on his face.The gamble with Xiao Chuhe didn't take it seriously, in his opinion, Xiao Chuhe was just being stubborn.How big a storm can these two cripples make.

"My lord." The old man in black walked up to him, and said respectfully, "Five days ago, everyone in Tianwaitian passed through the desert and entered the Central Plains."

Ao Yu smiled deeper and asked, "How many people are there?"

"5 people, just a little more."

"Haha." Ao Yu said with a smile: "As expected of avenging the suzerain, they came out in full force."

His expression suddenly became fierce, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Xiao Chuhe, what are you betting with me, the prince will win." Ao Yu flicked his sleeves and walked out of Fengyu Pavilion, "Let's go, it's time for us to play It's time, go help the Demon Cult and add fire."

It's just that he didn't see it, not long after he left.A night-like figure leaped in from the wall and landed silently.The figure flashed and then disappeared.

Excellent light work.

The figure didn't stop all the way, as if he was very familiar with the courtyard, after a few stops, he stood outside the window of the room in the side courtyard.He didn't act rashly, and stood quietly for a while, making sure that there were no other people in the room or around.Then he raised his hand and knocked on the window.

Six knocks.

One long and two short, one short and two long.

The window creaked open from the inside and let him in.There are only two people in this room now, one is Xiao Se and the other is Wuxin.

The man in black took off the hood on his head, revealing his bright white hair and a face that is all over the world.

It was the master of Baixiaotang, Ji Xue.

Seeing her, Wuxin's expression didn't change at all, it was still the expression that was half a smile but not a smile.It seemed that she had expected that she would knock on the window and appear here.

But Ji Xue was very sure that she hadn't revealed her whereabouts, and Xiao Se never mentioned it to him along the way.

What a wicked monk.Ji Xue murmured in her heart.

Xiao Se asked, "How?"

Ji Xue nodded at him, "It's settled, there aren't many people in this village, but there are quite a few dead men in the dark. They won't be able to wake up for a while."

"Where's Hua Jin?"

"It's not far from here. The Central Plains martial arts are assembled, and Tianwaitian enters from Nanjue. The battlefield they chose is here."

Ji Xue added: "There is no movement from Tianqi's side, and Emperor Tianzheng is bedridden. I suspect that someone is playing tricks."

There is a dilapidated temple thirty miles away from Fengyu Pavilion. This temple has been abandoned for a long time, and the dilapidated roof is worse than that of Xueluo Villa before it was repaired.One of the temple doors was also blown away by the wind, and the other was hanging there crookedly. When the night wind blew, it made a strange creaking sound.

The people here are poorly clothed and hungry, so naturally they don't have time to see if their gods are doing well.

A young man in red stood at the gate of the temple, stretched his neck to look into the distance, and turned around twice.He muttered in his mouth: "Why haven't you come yet." Looking closely at his clothes, it was actually made of Phoenix Fire, which is quite famous in Tianqi City, and it is extremely expensive.

This person is Lei Wujie.

Ji Xue brought them here early in the morning, and went to Fengfeng Pavilion alone to look for them.

Ye Ruoyi walked slowly to Lei Wujie's side, patted him on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Ji Xue has a sense of proportion, and nothing will happen."

Lei Wujie lowered his head and looked at the girl in front of him dejectedly, "But the monk was injured and poisoned, I'm worried—"

Before he finished speaking, a sound of horseshoes came from far and near to the ears of the two of them.

Looking up, a carriage ran over against the moonlight, stepping on the smoke and dust.The driver was a girl with white hair.

Lei Wujie said happily: "Here we come!"

Ji Xue pulled the reins in front of the temple, the horse pulling the cart neighed twice, knocked its hooves on the ground, and stopped slowly.

"Monk! Xiao Se!" Lei Wujie shouted.

Xiao Se opened the curtain and got out of the carriage, glanced at him, and said lightly: "Keep your voice down at night."

Lei Wujie ignored him, still stretched his neck to look into the car.

Wuxin happened to meet such a pair of eyes, which were full of fear and apprehension.He recalled what Xiao Se said that day, and sighed secretly, feeling that he had committed a serious crime.

Patting Lei Wujie on the head, he said apologetically, "Sorry."

Lei Wujie grinned and shook his head, "It's good that you're fine."

Xiao Se stepped into the temple and asked, "Where's Hua Jin?"

"Here." The voice was as crisp as a wind chime.A girl in a pink dress came out from inside.Staring at a pair of almond-shaped eyes, with his waist on his waist, he said, "I knew it was you, and you always make trouble for me! What about the patient!"

Xiao Se opened his mouth and was about to speak.But someone took his lead and interjected: "Don't worry, please take a look at his arm first." Wu Xin took Xiao Se's hand, and slowly rolled up his sleeve, revealing the messy arm .

Sikong Qianluo gasped.

Blue veins bulged on Xiao Se's right arm, dried blood adhered to the skin, and the place where it leaked was covered with spots of purple bruises.Several cracks were torn out on the flesh, and the surface had scabbed over, and no more blood spilled out.But equally shocking.

Hua Jin frowned, rolled up his sleeves, picked up a clean cloth from the side, soaked it in water, and wiped off the blood on Xiao Se's arm.Softly said: "It hurts, bear with it."

Throwing away the cotton cloth in her hand, she searched for a few acupuncture points on Xiao Se's arm, and pressed them lightly.He pinched his wrist and turned it around a few times.Only after he breathed a sigh of relief, he took out a few bottles of medicine powder from the medicine box, sprinkled it all over Desolate's arm, wrapped it up with a clean cloth, and said, "Skin trauma, no bone damage, just take two days to heal."

Wuxin raised his eyebrows, and jokingly said: "It's just to bluff people, I thought Boss Xiao would become a one-armed hero in the future."

Xiao Se glared at him.

Hua Jin turned his gaze to Wuxin.The expression on his face became serious, and he said seriously, "You won't survive three days."

"what?!"

Everyone was shocked.They welcomed the two of them back with joy, and they got such an answer.

Wuxin chuckled lightly and said, "Fortunately, there are still three more days."

Fortunately, he can still laugh.

Lei Wujie stepped forward and was about to speak.But there was a hand on his shoulder.Xiao Se said in a calm voice, "Don't make noise."

"But..." Lei Wujie turned to look at him, but the second half of the sentence got stuck in his throat.

Xiao Se frowned and stared at the monk in white robe, his thin lips were slightly pursed together.The hand on Lei Wujie's shoulder has turned white.

Hua Jin said again: "You are obviously injured, but you look no different from ordinary people. It is because the poison in your body suppresses the injury while silencing the internal force and true energy. Unless the poison is detoxified, your injury will not recover. , but..." She lowered her head and said in frustration:

"I can't cure your poison."

Xiao Se clenched his fists and asked slowly, "What if there is a way?"

Hua Jin lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "The poison has already entered the heart, and at this time, detoxification is a near-death experience." She paused, "I have never seen someone who can successfully detoxify at such a time."

"It doesn't matter." Wuxin brushed off his sleeves, and smiled calmly, "I don't do this kind of thing less, since there is no one before, then I will create this precedent."

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In fact, I think Wuxin is no worse than them in terms of status.The 36 factions outside the territory belong to the territory outside Fang, and they are not under the jurisdiction of Beili, nor under the jurisdiction of Nanjue.A country of its own.Wuxin is the suzerain of 36 factions outside the territory.

In terms of status, he is much more respectable than Prince Ao Yu.

Ao Yu's appearances in the original book are too few, and the character design is not very good.