Jiaochu

Ye Lingxi asked about the situation at Qiu Yu's side. Yanfei said that the housekeeper and secret sentry in the mansion were all arranged by the Wang family. The Wang family itself could not protect themselves. These people ran away. As the saying goes, no one was left alive when a tree fell and the hozens were scattered. Down.

At this point, a Long Shadow Guard came over to report: "Master Qiu is here. He has something to ask for and wants to see the princess." Ye Lingxi asked the Long Shadow Guard to bring someone over. Yan Fei frowned slightly, and she smiled at him. There was nothing to say. She asked Lingdang to tell Su Shi that Master Qiu was here to discuss important matters.

Shortly after Ling Dang brought Su Shi over, Long Shadow Guard arrived with Qiu Yu. Long Yingwei stood at the door and reported. He He came over and led Qiu Yu in. Ye Lingxi asked him what was important. Qiu Yu said that the Baiyun Temple on Piaomiao Peak was a retreat for the high priests of the past dynasties. Emperor Zhou might have been Locked there.

Ye Lingxi asked where Piaomiao Peak was, and Qiu Yu replied that it was outside the city, but Marquis Anqing ordered the city to be closed, and no one can get out now. Ye Lingxi thought about it for a while and said that it was important to save people and planned to go to the Anqing Hou Mansion. Yanfei said he would go and asked Ye Lingxi to stay in the post house to wait for news about him. He glanced at Su Shi again, as if to say: Don't let the princess run around. Su Shi nodded, Yan Fei left with Long Shadow Guard, and Qiu Yu also followed.

It was already dark when the group left.

About half an hour later, a Dragon Shadow Guard came back to report that Yan Fei and Huo Xuan were preparing to leave the city. Yan Fei told Ye Lingxi to rest early, and Ye Lingxi told the Dragon Shadow Guard to report back in time if there was any situation. Don't listen. Yanfei always reported good news but not bad news. After Long Yingwei left, she was still not sleepy, so she sat on the couch and read a book. For some reason, she felt a little uneasy.

She casually flipped through a few pages of the book, then suddenly put the book down, stood up and walked out the door. Hehe and Lingdang quickly followed her and asked where she was going. She said she was going out and asked them to rest early, and then went to the backyard. , the two of them were worried and followed behind. They saw Ye Lingxi leading a horse out of the stable, opening the back door and going out. When the two of them arrived at the door, she had already mounted the horse and left, and they could not catch up. After discussing it for a while, he went to talk to Su Shi.

Then Su Shi also got on the horse and went out.

When Yan Fei and Huo Xuan were approaching the city gate with their respective men and horses, they heard the sound of Dada's horse hoofbeats coming from behind. Yan Fei's heart skipped a beat, as if he knew who was coming. He looked back and immediately took action. The horse ran over, and Ye Lingxi rushed over after a long journey. When she saw someone riding a horse, she quickly tightened the reins to stop the horse to avoid collision. The next moment she saw the horse opposite her raising its hooves. The man on the horse seemed a little angry. Before she could say anything, there was another sound of hoofbeats coming towards her. When she looked back, she saw it was Su Shi and thought it must be He He. and Bell "sold" her.

"Isn't this the princess? Why is Brother Su here too?" Huo Xuan rode over, "I heard that the princess is sick, why don't you take a good rest in the post house?"

Ye Lingxi felt that Yan Fei's face had darkened, even though it was a bit dark under the cover of night. She said solemnly, "I'm here to help you." Yan Fei said simply and neatly, "Go back." The voice could not be refused. . She grabbed the horse's belly and ran away first. Yan Fei rode up with a dark face and chased after him. Huo Xuan and Su Shi also followed, and the group hurried out of the city.

Ye Lingxi rode her horse in front, and heard Huo Xuan shouting from behind, "Princess, the direction is wrong, it's not over there." As soon as she tightened the reins, before she could stop, she was picked up by a hand around her waist, Yan Fei A concise and low voice sounded above her head, "Sit tight." She hummed, her heartbeat was still a little fast, and when she smelled the cold fragrance on his clothes, her heartbeat speeded up a little bit.

Huo Xuan asked Su Shi about their relationship and whether he had no chance. Su Shi changed the subject and talked about Baiyun Temple. Huo Xuan said that Baiyun Temple had a history of hundreds of years and was built on the top of the mountain. There were not many people there on weekdays. He went there once when he was a child. There was an old Taoist priest and two young Taoist priests who were chanting sutras. It was not interesting. When he said this, he thought of something from his childhood. He smiled and said, "Now that girl won't keep pestering me."

Ye Lingxi thought that this girl was referring to Wang Yanran. If Emperor Zhou came back and learned about the mutiny, how would he deal with it? But now is not the time to discuss this. It is important to rescue people first. Horse hooves hurried, and the group quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain. Under the leadership of Huo Xuan, they followed the path up the mountain. The mountain road was rugged, and they would fall into the abyss if they were not careful. The group could only move forward slowly. When they reached the mountainside, there were steps. The man tied the horse to the nearby woods. Yan Fei left two Long Shadow Guards to look after him, and Huo Xuan also left two of his men.

The steps are about a hundred feet high, and the Taoist temple at the end stands under the quiet moonlight, quiet and simple.

Yan Fei asked Ye Lingxi and Su Shi to wait here while he went to investigate the situation. Huo Xuan said that there was only one old Taoist priest and two young Taoist priests in the temple, and there was nothing to be afraid of. He took the lead and walked up. Ye Lingxi said that she was afraid of the dark. Yan Fei was angry and funny when he heard this. Why wasn't he afraid of the dark when he rode over alone? He asked Su Shi if he was also afraid of the dark. Ye Lingxi nodded for Su Shi.

After climbing hundreds of steps, the group arrived at the gate of the Taoist temple on the top of the mountain. The quiet moonlight shone on the plaque of the Taoist temple, on which the three characters "Baiyun Temple" were written in vigorous and powerful regular script.

The door was closed and there was no sound inside. Huo Xuan raised his hand and knocked hard on the door. After waiting for a while, no one came to open the door. When he was about to knock again, the door opened from the inside, but it was not an old Taoist priest or a young Taoist priest, but a Dragon Shadow Guard. Before Huo Xuan knocked on the door, two Long Shadow Guards sneaked in.

It was pitch dark inside, with no light at all. Directly in front was the main hall, with auxiliary halls on both sides, and two old pines on the left and right, neat and majestic, clearly visible at a glance.

Huo Xuan said that the old Taoist priest and the young Taoist priest lived in the yard at the back. He asked two of his men to go over and take a look. At this time, a hazy light shone from the side of the main hall. The light swayed slightly and got closer. It turned out to be a lantern.

Behind the lantern was a tall and thin figure wearing a blue Taoist robe. When the person came over, Huo Xuan took out the fire stick from his arms and lit it. He looked at the man's face and recognized that he was one of the young Taoist priests back then. , but his name was forgotten. He explained his identity. The little Taoist priest saluted him and asked him what happened so late. Huo Xuan asked the high priest if he had been here recently. The little Taoist priest replied that he just arrived yesterday and was in retreat in the back mountain. Obviously I still don’t know what happened in the city.

Huo Xuan said that she had an urgent matter to go to the high priest and asked the little Taoist priest to lead the way, so the little Taoist priest led a group of people to the back mountain. On the way, Huo Xuan asked about the old Taoist priest. The young Taoist priest replied that he had gone to travel in the clouds and did not say when he would come back. Huo Xuan asked about another young Taoist priest. The latter was the former's senior brother. The young Taoist priest replied that his senior brother had gone to Houshan the year before last. While collecting herbs, he accidentally fell off the cliff.

Huo Xuan lamented that things were so unpredictable and advised the little Taoist priest to be more open-minded.

Ye Lingxi had been paying attention to this little Taoist priest. When Huo Xuan shone the fire stick on his face, the other person's reaction was too calm. When he talked about his master and senior brother, he was also calm and calm, as if there was no trace of anything strange at all. The breath of life made her feel indescribably weird. She pulled Yanfei's sleeve to remind him to be careful, and Yanfei understood.