Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 212 To Zhou Country

That night, several people rested in the temple.

Although it was in the wild, but because Mo Li's crane cloak was thick and soft, Baili Jiuge slept well, and when he woke up, he was still snuggled into Mo Li's arms, hugged comfortably by him, and slapped loudly a yawn.

Kunshan Xuehuang also came back. It was a bit cold in the morning, Mo Li fastened the cloak for Baili Jiuge, and they boarded Kunshan Xuehuang and headed towards the territory of Zhou Kingdom.

The speed of Kunshan Snow Phoenix is ​​very fast. During the journey, they occasionally landed to hunt some wild game to satisfy their hunger, and then continued on their way.

It was around dusk again, and the border city of the Shang Kingdom appeared below.Baili Jiuge couldn't help poking his neck, looking at the side of the border, where Zhou Guo was.

Although the Phoenix Valley is within the territory of Zhou State, but this time he returned to Zhou State as the concubine, and his mood was a little different.Baili Jiuge looked at Wanli Jiangshan with a smile, and suddenly felt something was wrong.

She hurriedly asked: "It's strange, it's only across a river. Why is it that the Shang country is green at first glance, but the Zhou country is full of dry yellow land?"

After asking, I found that the eyes of Yufeng and Yuying were not quite right.

Mo Li replied: "Dazhou is short of water all the year round, and the several wars with the Shang Kingdom in history are nothing more than fighting for water sources."

"I've heard of it."

"Well..." He said slowly: "Did you see that river? Ever since the river was occupied by the Shang Kingdom, it has been heavily guarded and the people of Dazhou are not allowed to approach, otherwise they will all be shot. The river leads to water canals, so there are fertile fields and ponds, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. However, the people in the border area of ​​Dazhou, because there is no water available, can’t harvest any crops, and their lives are very difficult.”

Is there such a thing?

Baili Jiuge frowned, although he knew he was from the Shang country, he didn't have a good impression of the Shang country, Feng Guo's general's mansion, and that bastard Yin Haoyi, and he often thought they were bullying hooligans.Now that he can see clearly from this high altitude, he hates Shang Guo's actions even more.

In a daze, I heard Mo Li sigh again: "When I left Da Zhou and went to be a hostage in the country of Shang, the people at the frontier could barely maintain their food and clothing. But since the second half of the Gengzi Year until now, there hasn't even been much rain. It’s also hard for me to imagine the situation in the area below.”

There is always some hope in my heart, hoping that the people at the border can hold on.But when they landed and walked through the cottages in this area, even Mo Li was shocked and distressed by the scene in front of him.

Cracked yellow land, dry pools, crooked dead trees, barren fields, and... dead people and people living in pain.

Hunger is everywhere, and the people are in dire straits!
The dead were shriveled like skin and bones, no one collected their bodies, they just lay there without dignity in the barren fields, and let the living rummaged through their ragged clothes to search for any food that could satisfy their hunger.

Grass roots, tree bark, Avalokitesvara soil, and even the carrion of dead bodies will attract people to loot crazily. In order to snatch this lifeline, everyone is scarred.

Baili Jiuge opened his eyes wide and felt his heart twitch.

Here, all the appalling things in front of me... Is this the country of Zhou, the country of Moli?
Why are the people living so miserable? !

Can't help looking at Mo Li, the unbearable pain and resentment in his eyes made Baili Jiuge's heart ache.Why didn't he understand in his heart, he wished he could help these people immediately and give them food and water.These people are all his future people, seeing how hot they are, how much pain should he feel in his heart?

but……

Can't help looking at the river in the distance, the other side of the river is lush.

Obviously the water source is so close, but it is out of reach.Baili Jiuge clenched his fists and hummed angrily.

"Let's go."

Suddenly, this suppressed voice of pain and anger brushed past his ears so gently.Baili Jiuge was startled, and took Mo Li's hand, "Mo Li, do you really want to leave?"

"Well, let's go." His face seemed to be covered with a layer of struggling blood. "My father must have known about the situation in this area, and he must have sent someone to deal with it. At this moment, there are only a few of us. Nothing, let's go."

"Mo Li..." Baili Jiuge murmured, although he followed Mo Li and went back to Kunshan Xuehuang, but he turned around every step of the way. Distressed.

This area of ​​Zhou State has been short of water since ancient times, Baili Jiuge knows this, but she once heard from Yi Fang Sanren that there was no water shortage here in Zhou State, but just a few hundred years ago, the country's The spring of lifeblood suddenly dried up, which led to the dilemma of water shortage in the state of Zhou, and had to always have conflicts and even wars with the state of Shang, just to compete for water.

Lifeblood spring water...

Baili Jiuge was a little curious about this thing, so when Kunshan Xuehuang continued her journey, she asked Mo Li: "Did Zhou Guo have a lifeblood spring in the past, and then did it?"

Mo Li's eyes lit up slightly, and he was silent, Fang replied: "It is said that the spring, like the Penglai Kingdom, was blessed by the ancient gods, and the spring water in the spring is inexhaustible and inexhaustible. But Just a few hundred years ago, the spring dried up, and gradually there was no grass growing around it, and then gradually, magma spewed out, making the desert and scorching fire like flames for several miles."

A spring of water turns into a spring of fire, is there such a thing?

Arabian Nights!

"Mo Li, are you serious? How is this possible!"

He lowered his eyes and sighed: "The world is so big, and all things change so strangely, isn't that true. The sea can be turned into mulberry fields, but how can water not be turned into fire?"

"This……"

Mo Li sighed softly, and the fragrance of epiphyllum flowers was blown away by the wind, "I only pity the people of Dazhou, since then, I have been living without water every day..."

"Mo Li..." Baili Jiuge couldn't help but hold Mo Li's cold hand even tighter. After thinking about it, Da La La comforted him: "Don't feel bad, I believe there is always a way to solve it." Difficult, didn't you say that your father should have sent people to relieve the disaster? Natural disasters can't destroy the state of Zhou, but how difficult it is to prosper the state, right?"

He smiled, and patted the top of Baili Jiuge's head lovingly, "Silly Jiuge..." He added: "However, I have heard my father mention that it is not that the fire spring cannot be turned back into a water spring, but The conditions are not yet ripe..."

"What conditions?" Why did this matter get more and more outrageous?

Mo Li smiled helplessly: "Father didn't say what the conditions are, and I never asked again." After speaking, he raised his hand and smoothed the wrinkles between Baili Jiuge's brows, "Stop talking about these heavy things, In two days, we will arrive at Xiqi City, the national capital, and at dusk tonight, we will arrive at Phoenix Valley at about the same time..."

Baili Jiuge calculated the time, it seems to be true!He hurriedly said: "Then spend the night in Phoenix Valley, just in time for me to say hello to my master and Guyan!"

As soon as the topic came to Phoenix Valley, he immediately relaxed. Baili Jiuge's eyes were clear, looking into the distance, wishing to see through the autumn water.

Looking at it, I couldn't help but think about Mo Li's words just now.That spring is actually legendary like Penglai, full of mystery... Penglai, Penglai again, why do I always feel that so many things point to Penglai in the dark?When I think of the country that has been destroyed for 20 years, there is a faint sadness lingering in my heart...

Can't think any more!
This is a bottomless pit, you can't think about it, if you don't think about it, you'll be fine!
Baili Jiuge bit his lip, stopped his thoughts, adjusted his state, and continued to look at the vast expanse of rivers and mountains, looking for Phoenix Valley.

I thought to myself, anyway, the phoenix flowers in the Phoenix Valley will not wither all year round, and it looks like a big bright red group from a high altitude, which is easy to find.Unexpectedly, at dusk, the mountains that were supposed to be bright red turned into black and yellow.

As soon as he saw the color, Baili Jiuge cried out in shock.

How did Phoenix Valley become like that?It's like the whole mountain has been burned down!
She quickly ordered Kunshan Snow Phoenix to descend quickly.

Just like this gradually flying low, when the Kunshan Snow Phoenix rushed into the sky, Baili Jiuge finally clearly saw what happened in the Phoenix Valley.

Almost all of those bright red phoenix flowers withered and turned into a black and yellow color!Together with the branches, they all turned into this appearance!

This is her home, the most beautiful pure land deep in her heart, but unexpectedly, unexpectedly...

who is it? !
Who did it? !
Baili Jiuge yelled out that name unbearably.

"Liao, Xi, Ying!"

She turned this transcendent fairyland into scorched earth!The phoenix flowers all over the mountains and plains are almost dead. This is the home that has accompanied me for so many years and carried so many memories of me...

Liao Xiying actually destroyed her home!Ruined her Phoenix Valley!
She decided to make Liao Xiying pay the price with her life. If she killed her, she would never break her promise!

Although the shock and sorrow in her heart made Baili Jiuge unsteady, she still stood firm.

The little hand has been tightly held by Mo Li's hand, and he knows everything about her mood.How could he not experience this kind of grief when his home was destroyed?Without speaking, he passed all his comfort and encouragement to her through his tied hands.

Feeling Mo Li's heart, Baili Jiuge took a deep breath and smiled: "First, Feihong Villa, then Phoenix Valley, I always feel that the flowers in Qihua Valley will be attacked by Liao Xiying. The meeting will be held again, and it will be back to normal next year, it's just Liao Xiying's actions... Well, it's useless to say it! Let's go and meet up with Master and Gu Yan first, Taniguchi is right ahead."

Just as he was about to walk towards the entrance of the valley, the sound of rustling footsteps came from behind the stone arch.

Baili Jiuge and Mo Li stopped, looking at the tall weeds, two people, one tall and one short, came out, and it was Gu Yan and Yi Fang Sanren.

This reunion, Yi Fang Sanren's eyes showed surprise.Gu Yan gasped even more, and the hem of his clothes flew over wildly.

"Black Phoenix!" he shouted excitedly.

Baili Jiuge smiled willfully: "Gu Yan, I'm back!"

She walked quickly to meet the lone goose that had landed.Because Gu Yan is so tall, Baili Jiuge raised his head, but saw the stubble on Gu Yan's chin at a glance, and couldn't help being surprised: Why does Gu Yan ignore the beard?That's strange, is he too busy recently?

Just as he was about to ask him, he began to chirp and chirp: "Heifeng, you are back, let senior brother take a good look at it!"

Foreboding!As if he knew what Gu Yan was going to say next.

Both shoulders were clasped, "Heifeng, let senior brother see if you have become emaciated, have you been beaten severely, have you been pregnant with a child and are still hungry and thin, have you—"

really.

Baili Jiuge was so speechless that he didn't want to jump, he sneered: "You can only say these few words to me, why don't you learn to be always new! You also asked me if I was beaten badly, thanks to you, you can tell , am I, Heifeng, so easy to bully? What's more, with Mo Li here, who dares to beat me? And I'm pregnant with a child, my face is pale and emaciated from hunger... What are you talking about? Gu Yan, let me tell you, since I was pregnant, Mo Li took care of me It's good!"

Gu Yan's pupils shrank, and at this moment, as if he had been electrocuted, he threw away Baili Jiuge and staggered two steps.He stared wide-eyed, horrified by what he had just heard, "Hei, Heifeng, what did you just say..."

"What did you say? You said that I was pregnant with a baby and I was pale and emaciated from hunger? I just corrected you!"

"Not this sentence!" Gu Yan stared at Baili Jiuge excitedly.He just said the greeting that was often on his lips just now, but she actually said that she was pregnant... He heard it wrong!He must have heard wrong!

Seeing that Gu Yan's behavior was not quite right, Baili Jiuge was also surprised: "Gu Yan, what's wrong with you? Am I pregnant? Why are you so excited?"

"I--"

"Gu Yan, you are so noisy, leave the old man alone!" Yi Fang Sanren said at the right time.

Gu Yan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it could be regarded as a rescue, but on the face, he rolled his eyes at his father and stayed away.

Baili Jiuge blinked suspiciously, looked at Mo Li's profound expression, was puzzled, and then gave up thinking about it, and greeted Yi Fang Sanren happily.

"Master!" She took Yi Fang Sanren's hand, "Mo Li and I are going back to Xiqi, we will spend the night in Phoenix Valley tonight, and we are also here to visit you." She said, looking at the surrounding scenery, her tone I couldn't help becoming angry, "Master, why did the Phoenix Valley become like this? Was it caused by Gu Lingjun of the Yin Yang family? Last time when she gave Mo Li the Forgetfulness Gu, I didn't go back and kill her because I was impatient. All kinds of troubles come."

Yi Fang Sanren snorted disdainfully: "The kid from the Liao family obviously doesn't have the strength to provoke me in Qihuagu, but he insists on taking this risk. It seems that he must be obsessed."

Baili Jiuge was stunned. Master meant that Liao Xiying practiced Gu because of a persistent purpose?

Wait... "Why did Master know that Gu Lingjun's surname is Liao?!"

Yi Fang scattered people snorted: "I know the old man surnamed Liao, he got twin girls when he was old, and they were all abducted into Yinyang's house, and one of them is better than blue than blue."

This meant that Liao Xiying was better than her father!

Baili Jiuge was even more surprised: "Master, you..."

Thinking about it again, I remembered that when I was in the Tower of Nine Deaths, I saw an evolutionary formation similar to the Tianji Maze, and in addition, the master knew Liao Xiying and Han Chan's father...

Baili Jiuge exclaimed: "Master, you really have something to do with the Yin Yang family?!"

"Noisy." Yi Fang Sanren gave her a white look, "What's so surprising, before this old man escaped from the world, he was also an alchemist who was proficient in Yin-Yang and Five Elements!"

He said: "At that time, the great general of Fengguo in the Shang Kingdom was still Baili Xiao. I wanted to serve the country, so I joined his command. I had a close friendship with him, and I also knew your father Bailiyue. Li Xiaoying died young, and his wife Yuyue also died of dystocia, not to mention that your father actually married this old man..." Speaking of this, thinking of the poor and tragic death of his wife, unspeakable grief welled up in his eyes.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward, and Baili Jiuge didn't know what to say.After all, she is the daughter of the master's enemy, and she was taken in by the master's righteousness. This relationship is like a thorn in her throat, and she cannot ignore it.

"Yue Zhang." The warm voice called Yi Fang Sanren in a timely manner.The moistness in Mo Li's eyes eased the atmosphere.

Yi Fang Sanren looked at Mo Li, with a smile on the corner of his lips, "Look at this old man, why did you bring up old things when you were doing well? Let's not mention it, let's get back to business. Heifeng, this old man is not hiding it from you anymore, actually The person who founded the Yin-Yang family, that is, the suzerain of the Yin-Yang family, is the old man's fellow brother."

"What?!" Baili Jiuge was shocked.

Yi Fangsan said: "Our master is an alchemist from the Western Shu Kingdom, and now he has gone to the west of Hexi. The senior brother of the old man did not know who had secretly supported him, but he suddenly took the wrong lead and founded the Yin Yang family." This organization even invited the old man to be the deputy suzerain."

"Then why didn't you join the gang, master?" Baili Jiuge asked without thinking.

Yi Fang Sanren looked at him with blank eyes, "It's really a girl who doesn't want to stay. She was elbowed outward by the old man. Of course, she didn't join the gang because of different ways and did not conspire with each other. His Yin Yang family just looked at it and bluffed, really In terms of strength, it can't compare to my Qihua Valley."

"That's true." He smiled indifferently, and almost understood, no wonder there will be a Maze of Heaven in the Tower of Nine Deaths.

It's just... "Why is the Tianji Maze of the Yinyang family different from your feeling, Master?"

Yi Fang Sanren slowed down, and his tone became a little more unpredictable: "Heifeng, in fact, the so-called formations are all invariant, including the Yin-Yang curse, which sounds bluffing, but in fact it is only practiced with internal force. Just angry. One day, you will understand."

Speaking of this, Yi Fang Sanren sighed, as if he had fallen into the melancholy of the past again, he was too tired to say any more.

He raised his hand to beckon Gu Yan, and smiled at Baili Jiuge: "You take your son and these two attendants to rest at Washe, the old man and Gu Yan are going to take a walk in the mountains."

"Okay, let's go then." Baili Jiuge waved his hand with a smile, then took Mo Li, called Yufeng and Yuying, and went into the valley.

Looking at the scorched phoenix flowers along the way, Baili Jiuge was very displeased, and did not notice that there was a complex halo flashing in Mo Li's eyes.

In his mind, the strange reaction of Guyan just now, the reaction of shock and fear is still in Mo Li's mind.

Why is Gu Yan afraid? What is he afraid of?
His brows were slightly frowned, as if he was in a mist somewhere, confusing... Why is there a strange heaviness in his heart at this moment?Why do I feel fear for no reason?Fear of some inexplicable ominous...

At this moment, among the unrecognizable Phoenix flowers, Yi Fang Sanren and Gu Yan stepped on the dead flowers and leaves, with a soft creaking sound, accompanied by heavy breathing.

Gu Yan could no longer hold back and roared: "Father, Hei Feng said she was pregnant, how could such absurd things happen in the world! Does she know that Prince Zhou is actually her—"

He couldn't go on.

That cruel word "brother" stuck in his throat, so cruel to the extreme, how could he say it?

(End of this chapter)