Gentlemen, put away your cat

In the night, the place where the horse's hooves passed stirred up dust, and the sound of the horse's hoofs came from far to near, and finally brought a low-key and simple carriage to the gate of Yicheng.It was already under curfew, the city gate was closed tightly, and the night wind was extremely cold. The four people standing outside the city gate looked at each other silently.

Finally, the boy in the blue robe was the first to sigh, and patted the man in black beside him vigorously, saying: "I suddenly realized that it is useless to take you along this journey, and you can't reveal your identity at critical moments. , where do we sleep!"

His tone seemed to be apologetic, but he was more joking, dispelling the dullness brought about by the dark night.

He Chengye folded his arms and remained silent.

Seeing that Ziqin wanted to make fun of the young emperor, Fuhao couldn't help but interrupted: "Okay, okay, we can only stay here for one night tonight."

Ziqin was quite friendly to Fu Hao, she held him back and said, "Don't think about guarding outside alone, you are only a man, what should you do if you don't sleep well and grow taller? Four people can squeeze in this carriage."

But Fu Hao said: "It's okay, I'll just rest here under the curtain."

Although they are all boys, Fu Hao can't imagine sleeping with a couple—that's something he only did when he was three years old!

Su Yin kept leaning against the side of the carriage, and asked for a long while, "Master Ziqin and His Majesty plan to sleep in the carriage?"

Ziqin said: "Otherwise, Master Su, is there any other place to go?"

Su Yin looked up at the high and majestic city wall, and looked at Fu Hao.

The four eyes met, and Fu Hao instantly understood what he meant, but the emperor is still here, is it really good for them to do that?

"Hey, you two can still make eye contact?" Ziqin laughed, "What's the result of the communication?"

Fu Hao was embarrassed by his teasing, but luckily he couldn't see clearly in the night, he put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice, looked at He Chengye, and said, "We still need to see what His Majesty wants."

He Chengye actually guessed some of their thoughts, but the king of a country is also used to being asked for instructions first, rather than him taking the initiative to ask.Now that Fu Hao has spoken, he will naturally not continue to remain silent, and said: "This method is indeed possible, but...cough, I believe there are only four of us here, so there will be no leaks, right?"

Fu Hao couldn't help laughing, and said: "Absolutely not!"

He Chengye nodded uncomfortably, agreeing to their nonsense.

Su Yin set up a boundary at random to protect the carriage outside from all poisons, pointed to the city gate, and asked Ziqin, "Can you jump up?"

Ziqin finally understood what they meant, and said: "So you are going to climb over the wall? My God, His Majesty wants to climb over the wall on his own land... What is the difference between this and going to the palace to steal things hahahahahaha..."

The corner of He Chengye's mouth seemed to twitch.

Fu Hao held back his laughter. It was said that the emperor was ruthless and accurate in his strikes, and he was a little unreasonable. Now it seems that he is very tolerant of Ziqin.

After Ziqin finished laughing, she looked serious and said: "Of course we can go up, then where will we live after climbing over the wall?"

Fu Hao smiled and said: "If you go in, there must be an inn that requires money or life, so don't worry."

Ziqin thought about this, and immediately went to He Chengye's side, and hugged him with a smile: "Your Majesty, hold me tight."

As he spoke, he tapped his toes lightly, found a few spots on the city wall and paused, and it didn't take long before he carried He Chengye to the city gate.

Su Yin and Fu Hao followed closely behind, and soon stopped at the city gate.Su Yin looked at Fu Hao, there seemed to be some surprise in his eyes, and said: "Young master has been recuperating these days, but his kung fu has improved to another level."

He also wanted to hold Fu Hao up, but he thought that his son was not an incompetent person, if he did that rashly, he was afraid that it would cause resentment, so he forcibly held back that thought.As a result, Fu Hao followed closely the whole process without any sense of stagnation, which shows that his lightness kung fu has improved to another level.Fu Hao in this realm is probably no weaker than when he was 17 years old.

This is the case with talented people, who can realize a higher level of state in bed than those who practice every day.

Fu Hao hadn't played so recklessly for a long time, and now he felt as light as a swallow, and said with a smile: "It must be Immortal Master Spinning, she gives me strange things to make up my body every day."

Although there are external factors, it is more of a personal physical problem.Su Yin smiled, but didn't say it out loud.

The four of them avoided the patrols all the way and found a poorly decorated old inn.The boss is a middle-aged man, who is what Fu Hao called "a person who wants money but not life".

There is only one room left, but fortunately there are two beds left in the room.How the two beds should be divided requires little thought.

The two lay face to face over there, and Ziqin was still joking: "It's so fun, the dignified emperor is hiding from his own soldiers—how, isn't the feeling of elopement super exciting?"

He Chengye was speechless for a while, and finally covered his mouth with one hand, and kept his arms around his waist: "Close your eyes and sleep."

Ziqin struggled for a while, but it was futile, so she had to give up the resistance.

Fu Hao was lying on the other side of the bed. Although he and Su Yin were used to sharing the same bed, they had never slept face to face.But it was even more impossible to face Ziqin and the others at this time, so Fuhao had to lie flat and face the ceiling to sleep.

"Master." Su Yin suddenly called out in the darkness.

"Huh?" Fu Hao opened his closed eyes immediately, and he really didn't fall asleep.

Su Yin didn't avoid suspicion, she fell asleep facing him, and said: "Although I'm just looking for that ghostly place tomorrow, if I find it, I still hope you can wait outside for me to come out, and don't go in, okay?"

Fu Hao was silent for a while, and said: "Isn't it up to me to choose?"

"...Yes." Su Yin said, "Master, do you insist on going?"

Fu Hao looked sideways at the blurred face in the darkness, and said, "Well, what if I have to go?"

There was a moment of silence in the air, Su Yin seemed to be thinking about this question, and finally said: "It doesn't matter."

"...Ah?" Fu Hao didn't want to answer like this, he was a little surprised.

Su Yin said softly: "I will try my best to protect you."

Listening to such a sentence should have been full of emotion.But after He Xiangzhen was injured, Fu Hao had a different feeling when he heard these words. He slowly clenched his hands on the quilt, and said in a gentle but firm voice, "No need."

He met Su Yin's eyes and said firmly, "I will become stronger."

He has never been a good-for-nothing who needs to be protected for the rest of his life. He wants to become stronger, because those who are not strong are not qualified to protect the one they love.

Su Yin was stunned for a moment, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise: "Okay."

……

In the early morning, before the morning dew cleared, the four of them stared at the white sky and ran out of the city. Zhuo Yu said that the extremely cold cave was on the mountain outside Nancheng, and the exact location was unknown.But the mountains on the outskirts of Nancheng stretched endlessly, and it was really not so easy to find them. The four of them divided into two teams and searched for them separately.

Along the way, Fu Hao saw a lot of corpses and bones lying on the ground blocking the way. Presumably, the predecessors must have hidden in the caves to cultivate immortality, but they didn't know that those without talent would just starve to death in these caves.In any case, he can be regarded as his senior, and Fu Hao buried everything he could.

"Probably not in this area." Fu Hao frowned, "Normal cultivators would not pick a cave where ghosts are sealed."

Moreover, the coldness of the extremely cold place will definitely spread to the surroundings, and these corpses will not be corroded into bones so quickly.

Su Yin nodded and said, "Let's go directly to His Majesty."

After all, He Chengye is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme. The martial arts he has learned since he was a child are all for strengthening his body. No one has ever asked him to go hunting, and no one has asked him to go to the imperial conquest.Although Ziqin kept teasing him last night, now she is very considerate and considerate. She only thinks about him before thinking about herself.

"It should be around here." Ziqin snapped her fingers, and a white fox fur appeared on her hand. He put it on for He Chengye, "Don't catch a cold, you humans are the most vulnerable."

He Chengye stood obediently and waited for him to fasten himself. Fu Hao who rushed over just happened to see this scene, and his originally brisk pace immediately slowed down.

Su Yin also instantly understood why Fu Hao ran back after delivering the food to the two, and asked, "Do you need a piece of warm clothing, my lord?"

Fu Hao shook his head: "It will be fine if you move around later, it's inconvenient to wear too much."

Su Yin was silent, and lit a palm flame for him again as if he was in the incense burner.

"Have you finished reading the one over there so quickly?" Ziqin said in surprise when she saw the two walking slowly.

Fu Hao said: "I haven't finished watching it, but I'm basically sure it should be here."

Ziqin nodded: "We think so too. It's getting colder and colder as we continue to walk west. It's not far away!"

Fu Hao smiled and said: "I'm sorry, let's go there quickly."

There are densely packed caves on this mountain, some of which hide wild beasts, and some of which are circling snakes, but this area is the only one where there are no other animals except for weeds.The four went in to search aimlessly one by one, Su Yin walked at the end alone, Ziqin and Fu Hao chatted with each other, until they reached the entrance of a small cave, Su Yin stopped in his tracks.

"It's here." Su Yin stared at the cave that was only half a person tall, and said.

"Hey, how did you make sure?" Ziqin poked her head in curiously, then stood up straight and turned back, "It's pitch black, I can't see."

"Intuition." Su Yin passed him sideways and walked in directly.

Ziqin raised her eyebrows, she was very puzzled and said: "Is your priest's intuition very accurate?"

Fu Hao followed behind Su Yin and explained: "He came to this place once before."

"What are you doing here?"

"I do not know either……"

Su Yin held the flame in his palm, and the road became wider and wider as he walked, slowly allowing four people to walk side by side.Ziqin held He Chengye's hand tightly, tilted her head and teased, "Are you afraid?"

He Chengye couldn't see his expression clearly, and said softly, "Don't be afraid."

Ziqin laughed lowly: "I still remember the 16-year-old little emperor, who was most afraid of the dark."

"..." He Chengye rubbed the center of his brows, "But I'm already 21 years old."

Ziqin said: "I'm only 21 years old, have you forgotten how old I am?"

Listening to these two flirting is like listening to a cross talk, Fu Hao couldn't help thinking: "How did Ziqin meet His Majesty?"

This kind of thing can almost be regarded as private, and Fu Hao couldn't ask about it no matter how curious he was, but Ziqin actually talked about it by herself.

"However, although I am two hundred years older than you, the years before I met you were muddle-headed, and I don't know what kind of energy I have lived in those two hundred years." Ziqin held He Chengye, her words were full of pride, "But I really didn't expect that after I came down to earth, I would put on makeup and put on women's clothes to mix in your court lady team. I didn't even change my body shape, and no one in your palace could find out that I was a man, so they sent me to your palace. Doing chores near the palace, tsk tsk tsk, I am such a good hand, let me do chores!"

"It's their fault." Speaking of the past, He Chengye finally had a smile on his voice.

Ziqin nodded vigorously, then smiled and said: "But I also thank them for bullying me, otherwise I wouldn't have seen..."

"Cough, cough, cough..." He Chengye suddenly coughed hard, obviously not wanting him to continue talking.

Ziqin sighed for a long time, slapped him on the back forcefully, and said: "I want to save face."

Fu Hao and Su Yin have been trying their best to minimize their sense of existence, and keep away from them silently.Presumably something interesting must have happened in the first meeting of these two people, otherwise why would He Chengye interrupt suddenly.Thinking of this, Fu Hao couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.

Amidst the laughter, Ziqin's footsteps froze.

"What's wrong?" Fu Hao stopped walking.

Ziqin stared at the stone wall, there seemed to be a shiny stone there, which was incompatible with the uneven cave wall: "This... what?"

Ziqin took out the dagger, and peeled it like mud for a while, and a piece of jade pendant fell on his hand.

Ziqin studied for a while and said, "Why is the jade pendant in the cave wall?"

The jade pendant looked very familiar, Fu Hao took the jade pendant, froze, and said: "This is the jade pendant of Wu'an's new disciple."

The four looked at each other, puzzled.Why is the jade pendant of Wu'an's new disciple in such a taboo place?

Fu Hao took Ziqin's dagger and continued to peel the hole where the jade pendant was embedded in. After a while, a thick white bone and a little bit of white cloth were exposed on the wall of the cave. The cloth was very rough to the touch.

"Is this the new student from before?" Ziqin pulled out the severed bone without hesitation, and asked with frowned eyebrows, "He's only been dead for four months?"

Fu Hao looked at the bones, clenched the jade pendant in his hand, and murmured: "When every new student becomes an old student, he must give the jade pendant to the next new student. The 100 yuan jade pendant has never been lost... this bone It could only be..."

his classmate.

Su Yin pulled the dirty jade pendant out of his hand, and said, "But none of the hundred disciples on Mount Wu'an disappeared."

Even if Wei Wuqing was captured and Fu Hao was rescued, then this corpse is now.

"Mr. Nan Guo sneaked into Wu'an Mountain." He Chengye said.

Fu Hao suddenly realized the delicate relationship between Wu'an and the royal family, held back all the doubts in his heart, and only said: "This place is weird, let's go find Huoyangcao quickly, and let's talk about the rest when we go back."

Su Yin nodded: "It's possible that these are illusions."

Ziqin nodded in doubt.The four searched for a while, the road seemed to have no end, because everything around them was exactly the same, so they didn't even know if they were going back to where they were.Su Yin stopped again and said, "Don't go."

"Huh? Why?" Ziqin asked.

Su Yin didn't have a sword on him, so he took Shang Qin from Fu Hao's hand, and hit the ground hard.When the sword wind fell, the ground was motionless at first, and then cracks started from under Su Yin's feet, like a spider web being trampled under by everyone.Ziqin hugged He Chengye almost immediately, and said displeasedly: "Master Su, can't you say something before you start!?"

Su Yin still didn't speak, Fu Hao was about to say sorry for him, but Su Yin immediately covered his mouth.

"Hmm..." Although Fuhao was surprised, he immediately reacted and made a silent gesture to Ziqin.

Under such an attack, the cave has not yet collapsed, so I have to praise Su Yin's attack strength well.The speed at which the cracks opened could be seen with the naked eye. When the opening of the hole was big enough for one person to jump in, Su Yin jumped down without hesitation, and the remaining three looked at each other pale.Fu Hao stared at the mouth of the seemingly bottomless pit, a little flustered.

how high is thisWhat would happen if he jumped off?You're not going to hell again, are you?

After thinking wildly for a long time, he shook his head.

Trust Su Yin.

Then he jumped down without hesitation.

In the darkness, there was only the whistling sound of the falling that hurt his ears. Fortunately, not long after he fell, he was embraced by a hug with a familiar fragrance.

"Su Yin...!" He suppressed his voice, "Can I speak now?"

Su Yin said in a deep voice: "It's ok."

"...Then let me down." Fu Hao said.

Su Yin's movements froze before he reacted and let him down.In order to hide his embarrassment, Fu Hao patted the ashes on his body—even though he didn't fall to the ground at all, looking at the hole in "the sky", he said in a low voice, "The two of them won't be afraid to come down?"

He Chengye is afraid of the dark...

As soon as he finished speaking, two meat balls fell from the hole.

"Ahhh..." Ziqin cried out in a low voice. With He Chengye on his back, he staggered for a while when he landed, but he still stood still, "What kind of place is this?"

Su Yin threw the censer away, and the censer flipped a few times in the air and stopped in front of everyone, emitting a dazzling white light.He said: "Fire Yang Grass needs to be bred in extremely cold and extremely dark places, and it can only be found underground. If it is so easy to find on the ground, it will not be said to be a 'legend'."

Fu Hao suddenly realized: "Besides, we've only been walking for so long, so it's probably the barrier here?"

As a high-level spiritual grass, it is normal for Huoyang grass to set up a barrier to hide itself.Su Yin was just the first among the four to find the enchantment point, and the way he cracked it was also very simple and rude.

Su Yin looked around for a moment, and said softly: "Don't wake up the things inside."

Seeing that the three of them covered their mouths and nodded obediently, Su Yin continued to move forward.On the road, Fujino kept making troubles, stumbling their way forward.

Fu Hao's heart beat faster and faster, after all, this was where Su Yin suffered.

The censer illuminated them as they walked forward. After a while, a piece of green in the corner of the wall came into everyone's eyes. Ziqin and He Chengye were delighted to hold each other's hands.

but……

Fu Hao blinked and asked softly, "Why is it green?"

Su Yin smiled and said, "Because it's grass."

"..." It was fire and yang, and it turned out to be no different from ordinary grass.Fu Hao felt the deep malice of naming a celebrity, and couldn't help complaining, "Whoever chose this name is not true at all."

Su Yin hid the hand that was pulling weeds, and he didn't know what his expression was: "I took it."

"..."

Su Yin said: "I raised them here too. If I guessed correctly, I should have been tricked when I came to raise them."

Ziqin was surprised while pulling weeds carefully, and said, "You raised this?"

Su Yin nodded and said: Yes. "

"Then don't we want to give you money?" Ziqin stared.

Su Yin continued to nod, and said: "Just pay back the money I owe Zhuo Yu."

"..." Fu Hao is funny and happy, he is of course happy if he is not going to pay Su Yin's debt.But thinking about it is still wrong, he said: "But didn't the Fire Sun Grass exist thousands of years ago?"

Su Yin said: "Actually, the current Huoyang Grass is different from the one in the legend. This is something I have fiddled with. It has the same function as Huoyang Grass, so I call it Huoyang Grass."

I see.The four of them were relieved for a while.

Fu Hao was concentrating on pulling weeds with his hands, suddenly stopped, frowned and said: "I heard something."

He Chengye also said, "I heard that too."

Ziqin and Su Yin looked at each other, and they both frowned and said nothing.

They didn't hear.

"Footsteps." Fu Hao put his ear close to the ground, closed his eyes and listened, "The footsteps are soft, it should be..."

"woman!"