Chapter 74 Miss Thief 11 He is still waiting for me to come back
In the snowy mountain forest with wind and snow.
With every step they took, they dug deep snow pits under their feet, and the cold wind made their cheeks and lips chapped.
Hao Yingjun wanted to faint on the spot. His hands and feet were so weak that the snowflakes had already formed a thick layer on his clothes.
In order to keep warm, he also wore a coat and cloak. He tied the two straps around his neck, leaving his head exposed, for fear that the hood would be blown off and he would shiver with cold.
“Hu…Hu…”
"No, I really can't walk anymore. My legs are going to break."
"Just die, it has nothing to do with me. Let's die together."
Hao Yingjun was so tired that he fell on the snow, looking at the white sky and gasping for breath. But when he opened his mouth, snowflakes fell into it. He closed it again, but it was uncomfortable to remain silent. When Hao Yingjun was cursing, the white mist he exhaled was about to freeze.
"If Qin Ji dies, you die, and I die too."
"Let's die, let's die together."
The boundless snow-capped mountains made it impossible to tell the direction. How long would it take to find the way? Hao Yingjun was about to give up. He couldn't bear the hardship.
I can't understand why he would intervene in such a rush! Otherwise, he would still be in the Central Plains, living a carefree life. Why would he suffer here?
Wu Yue was also wearing a blue and white jacket. The wind blew the hood up. She was wearing black rabbit fur gloves on her hands, which she used her hands to hold down the hood so that it would not blow off.
She looked up at the scenery above the snow-capped mountains, her brows furrowed. "Don't lie down anymore, get up!"
"No, I'm so tired that I don't even have the strength to breathe. You go upstairs, I'll wait for you here." Hao Yingjun waved his hand weakly.
"Stop talking nonsense, there's going to be an avalanche!" Wu Yue bent down and grabbed his collar and lifted him up. She grabbed the strap of his hood and tightened it around his throat. Hao Yingjun blushed from holding his breath.
After Wu Yue let him go, Hao Yingjun's breathing became smoother. He didn't have time to blame Wu Yue for her brutality. He followed Wu Yue's gaze and suddenly widened his eyes, panicking. "There really is going to be an avalanche! Hurry, hurry, find a safe place to hide!"
When it came to escaping, he was no longer lazy and was full of strength, so he ran away.
If you want to die, that's just talk. When it really comes to a life-threatening situation, you must survive!
He has already paid so much. After returning, if Qin Ji doesn't give him a huge compensation and a few mansions, Hao Yingjun will definitely not agree!
Fortunately, they discovered the strange phenomenon early, so they didn't continue to climb, but ran to the left towards a small slope. The snow there was thinner, and in some places the ground was exposed. There were many large rocks blocking the snow, and there were several large trees with green leaves around.
The avalanche was moving very fast. Just as they bent down to hide, a huge noise came from the side. This place was affected, but not greatly.
Hao Yingjun closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and muttered softly, "Master, your merits are immeasurable. Remember to bless your disciple with safety and prosperity."
Wu Yue's mouth twitched when he heard this. "You're a Taoist priest, why do you think about becoming rich and powerful all the time? I have an immortal temperament and don't care about worldly things. You're the opposite. You get so anxious if someone is short of a copper coin that you jump up and down."
"You don't understand this, don't you? Money is essential to life. Without it, you can't even take a single step." Hao Yingjun shook his head, pinched his fingers, and pretended to touch his beard. "Also, everyone has different ways of practicing. Some people prefer to retreat from the world and practice in seclusion, while I prefer to practice in the world."
Without entering the world, how can one transcend it? If one cannot even comprehend the world, how can one comprehend the supreme Dao? The sect emphasizes the Dao following nature, and nature has several levels of understanding. In his eyes, the first level is to first enter the world.
Wu Yue saw that he was talking so clearly and turned her head to look at him. She was very surprised, "I never thought that these words would come out of your mouth one day, Hao Yingjun."
Ever since I met him, he has never been reliable.
Hao Yingjun was unhappy and raised his voice, "What kind of words are you talking about? After all, I am also a disciple of Master Zhang!"
He wavered again, tilted his head and asked, "Auntie, in your eyes, am I not trustworthy at all?"
That shouldn't be the case. There aren't many such handsome and kind-hearted people like him in the world. Even if he hasn't made any contributions, he has worked hard. How can he be unreliable?
Wu Yue glanced at him, "It's quite unreliable. We've been here for six days, and there's not even a trace of the twin lotus you mentioned."
"Don't worry, it's coming. There are dangers all around, but there is light again." Hao Yingjun smiled and raised his eyebrows.
He took out a compass, which looked very old, but the complex engravings of the two yin and yang, the eight trigrams, and the twenty-four mountain directions inside the compass gave people a sense of inner spiritual energy.
The magnetic needle on the compass was spinning wildly, and it was spinning very fast as Hao Yingjun moved his lips and muttered softly. He was reciting obscure scriptures, but Wu Yue couldn't understand them anyway.
Soon, the magnetic needle pointed in a fixed direction. Hao Yingjun snapped his fingers and said, "Done. We'll go this way later."
"Reliable?"
“Absolutely reliable!”
"OK"
Wu Yue believed him this time.
They have been delayed for six days, and it will take time to find the lotus and regenerate it to make an antidote.
The semi-finished antidote Hao Yingjun had given her earlier wouldn't last long. If it was any later, Qin Ji wouldn't be able to wait for her.
The snow stopped and it was very quiet outside. A small amount of snow rolled down in front of the big rock and piled up into a small snow mountain.
The two men bent over and came out, stepping on the thick snow and walking along the hillside.
About two hours later, the day had turned into evening, and the moonlight shone down, reflecting off the snow on the ground, making it very bright.
There is a flat land behind the snow mountain, with many trees, green grass sprouting on the ground, and a thin layer of snow.
Wu Yue shook off the snow on her clothes, her steps became lighter and her speed became faster.
"It's just ahead." Hao Yingjun kept looking at the compass, and the magnetic needle was turning and leaving an afterimage.
There is a small lake behind the mountain, and beside the lake is a snow-capped mountain. The frozen snow spreads to the shore of the lake, and there are green leaves and vines under the snow. Looking up, you can see a pair of lotus flowers blooming in the crevices of the snow-capped rocks, one red and the other snow-white.
Under the moonlight, the twin lotus flowers shone with a radiant glow, their red eerie, their white holy. Born from the same root, they were also the key to relieving cold poison.
Without this medicinal ingredient, Qin Ji could only last half a month at most. And the Twin Lotus was so hard to find in the world that even a single one could not be found in a hundred years.
Seeing hope, Wu Yue also smiled.
But it was not easy to pick it. She searched around and found a few scattered trees but no bamboo.
Wu Yue cut down several wooden pillars and tied them together with ropes, with each wooden pillar about two meters apart.
She first threw a wooden pillar into the water, then jumped on it, stood steadily and lightly, and then grabbed the rope to insert the other pieces of wood into the lake.
The water in the middle of the lake was deep, so she tried to walk next to the snow-capped mountains. That way, even if she reached the middle, half of the wooden pillars inserted into the water would still be exposed for her to step on.
But this is too dangerous. If the ground shakes, the snow hanging on the wall of the snow mountain will easily collapse. This process must be done quickly and without any pause.
Hao Yingjun could only stand on the shore and watch Wu Yue walk to the foot of the snow-capped mountain, insert a dagger into the mountain, and climb up on the protruding rocks.
He rubbed his hands together, looking anxious.
But he was not good at martial arts, and he only had some basic skills, so he couldn't go over to help. Besides, only one person could go up, and if there were too many people, their footsteps would be heavy, which would easily cause an avalanche.
In this way, they would be in danger, and the lotus would be damaged by the falling snow, and all their efforts would be in vain.
“Huh…huh…”
Wu Yue's arms were numb. She had already reached the halfway point of the mountain. If she went up a little further, she would be able to touch the lotus flowers.
Her body was hanging in the air, with no place to step on, and her support was the dagger inserted into the stone wall.
This is an extremely steep and dangerous location, but only from this angle can you pick the twin lotus flowers.
Wu Yue climbed the rock and took a few breaths, then continued to climb. Her feet slipped on the snow and she almost fell several times. She used a dagger to insert into the rock to stabilize herself in time.
But it happened too many times, and the mountain shook, causing bags of ice and snow to fall. She dodged, but when she had no angle to avoid it, it would hit her directly.
A stone wrapped in the snow scratched her face, leaving a tiny blood mark. Blood beads overflowed, and Wu Yue raised her hand to wipe it off, her eyes firm.
She reached the top and was able to pick the twin lotus flowers with her hands.
Wu Yue stretched out her hand and her fingertips touched it.
But at this moment, an arrow came from the air at a very fast speed, not to kill her, but to destroy the lotus.
"Wu Yue, you have to be careful!" Hao Yingjun shouted anxiously from below.
He also quickly found a place to hide.
However, his shout caused a small avalanche.
Wu Yue stepped on the falling snow, jumped in the air, grabbed the incoming arrow with his bare hands and threw it backwards. Someone fell to the ground with a muffled groan, and streams of blood dripped on the ground.
At this moment, she grabbed the roots of the lotus and pulled up the flowers and vines together, but the roots were still intact.
Wu Yue cut the vine with a dagger. She was holding the lotus and falling at a high speed, and the avalanche was getting bigger and bigger.
Before she fell into the icy lake, she grabbed a wooden stake, flipped over and jumped on it, and quickly returned to the shore.
Hao Yingjun had already taken out the medicine box he had brought from his cloth bag. As soon as Wu Yue returned to the shore, he stepped forward and said, "Hurry, hurry, put it away."
He was protecting the medicine, and Wu Yue stood in front of him. At this time, a group of killers had arrived, they were from the Seven Killing Hall.
Now the situation has become clear, the Qishatang is the power of Master Bao.
As long as Qin Ji cannot return to Kyoto alive, the world will belong to Master Bao.
Princess Hongli and the young emperor who remained in the imperial court were no match for him. In terms of scheming and ruthlessness, they were still too immature. As long as Qin Ji fell at the border this time, he would succeed.
It looked like there were more than a dozen killers coming this time, and they were going to kill them here.
Even if they kept their whereabouts a secret, they wouldn't be able to hide their search for the Twin Lotuses for long; they were buying time. Wu Yue had anticipated the assassins' presence.
Some of them were injured. They must have been dealt with by Qin Ji's secret guards outside. This group was separated. The people of Qishatang could not be so stupid as to act as a whole and wait to be stopped by Qin Ji's men.
Seeing that the strength of the two sides was not equal, and Wu Yue was the only one who could fight, Hao Yingjun was anxious and turned around, "It's over, it's over, what should we do, how can we escape?"
The wind was cold, howling in the night. Wu Yue took off her cloak, which was in the way. She held the dagger in her hand, her cheeks and nose red, and her breath was covered with white mist. She was not panicked. "What are you afraid of? Just kill your way out."
As soon as she finished speaking, the killers surrounded her and attacked her.
"Protect the medicine!"
Wu Yue left these words and drew his sword to fight the enemy.
She wants to live, Qin Ji is still waiting for her to come back.
Snow shadows, waning moon, flashes of swords and sabers.
Dazhouguanguan is where the army sets up camp.
Qin Ji stood on the built watchtower. He looked up at the bright moon. Tonight was a good night for enjoying the scenery.
"Report—"
"Your Majesty, the Turkic army is pressing towards us!"
A soldier came running to report.
The other generals stood beside Qin Ji, waiting for his orders.
Qin Ji withdrew his gaze, his eyes sharp, took the drumstick from the soldier's hand, and struck the drumhead with the hammer wrapped in internal force.
"Fight and kill!"
Along with his order, the sound of drums - dong - spread powerfully and reached the ears of the soldiers who were ready to go. It was the signal to start the war.
There was no retreat on their faces, only fighting spirit.
On horseback, Qin Ji was coughing softly, his heart was aching, and the back of his hands were covered with a layer of white frost.
Under the moonlight, his silver hair looked unremarkable. He took down the handkerchief he had used to cover his mouth and cough, and it was stained with blood, like a plum blossom in bloom in winter.
Life is slipping away, but he can't fall here.
He had promised her that the gift he would give her for the Spring Festival would be victory. He would strive to live to see the day when he could fulfill his promise.
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