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"National, national teacher..." Although he knew that there were demons and immortals in this world, none of the people present had ever seen such a battle. The emperor asked shyly, "What's going on?"

Ying Zhou picked up the Huagu Fan, stood up straight, shook his head, "I don't know."

He really didn't know, but he had to go and see.

The barrier in the air was shattered piece by piece, and the golden light mixed into the drizzle, and scattered into dust between the sky and the earth in less than half the air. At this speed, the barrier of the capital city will disappear completely in a short time.

"noob."

Ying Zhou patted Bai Hu on the back, and Bai Hu immediately understood what he meant.

He was about to turn over and ride the white tiger, when suddenly Xu Boyuan's voice came from behind him: "I request you to go with the national teacher."

He turned his head, and saw Xu Boyuan kneeling in front of the emperor with his back to him. The black general's uniform outlines broad shoulders and a tough and smooth back, and the sword he used to use was in his hand.

The emperor's face was not very good-looking.

He intended to alienate Ying Zhou and Xu Boyuan, but seeing Ying Zhou's serious face, he was afraid that the situation would not be good. There was a vision in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, which inevitably made the people below think about it. Naturally, the sooner it can be dealt with, the better.Apart from Xu Boyuan, the emperor couldn't think of who would be more suitable to send with Ying Zhou. After all, Xu Boyuan was the only military officer in the Manchu Dynasty who knew Ying Zhou, and he was one of the most skilled and courageous.

The emperor hesitated for a while, finally gritted his teeth and nodded, the bead curtain of the imperial crown shook slightly, and said majesticly: "Go and come back quickly, we must protect the national teacher."

"I obey the order." Xu Boyuan cupped his fists and accepted the order.

This is the second time Xu Boyuan rides on Xiaobai's back.

The first time was when Xiaobai sent him down to Qiushui Mountain, and he left Ying Zhou alone on the mountain, so that the fire burned the mountain and Ying Zhou had nowhere to escape. Chest tightness, regret unceasingly.

Just now when he was behind the crowd, he saw Ying Zhou holding his left wrist tightly, his face full of pain, and immediately remembered the black seal that reappeared on New Year's Eve.

After Ying Zhou rescued Xu Jingluan, the seal remained on Ying Zhou's wrist, and he vaguely felt that Ying Zhou's gaffe on New Year's Eve was inseparable from the seal.And when the seal happened again, it was obvious that the people behind the scenes had done something again.

Before, he thought that the person's target was him or Xu Jingluan, but looking at it later, whether it was Yin Ying Zhou who unraveled Xu Jingluan's curse, or the strangeness of Xu Li's drugging Zhou, it should be aimed at Ying Ying Zhou. What happened to Zhou Lai, or even what happened to Lou Liuyi, might not be totally irrelevant.

He can restrain himself from staying away from Ying Zhou, but he can't really stop watching, listening or caring.

At a height of hundreds of feet, the white tiger stepped on the floating clouds and ran very fast.

"You don't need to come," Ying Zhou sat in front, he untied his hair crown and took off his cloak, the rain-dampened hair was blown by the wind, hitting Xu Boyuan's chest one after another, with the smell of sweet-scented osmanthus oil , "I can go with Xiaobai."

Although the tiger's back was wide, it was not so wide that the two of them could sit at one end. The shoulder blades under Ying Zhou's single clothes were clearly shaped, almost touching Xu Boyuan's chest.

Xu Boyuan didn't speak, and suddenly grabbed Ying Zhou's left hand from behind.

Ying Zhou was taken aback, Xu Boyuan took off his sleeves, and brushed the flower-like seal with callused fingertips, his movements were gentle, as if checking, but also as if comforting, the arms overlapped with Ying Zhou's. together.

"Does it still hurt?"

"..."

Ying Zhou turned his face sideways, in the dim light, Xu Boyuan's eyelids were half downcast, his eyes were gentle, completely different from the alienation and indifference when Shang Yuan saw him that night.

Ying Zhou felt his heart beating a little faster, and silently turned his face away, but Xu Boyuan didn't let go.

He looked at the road ahead and sighed softly after a while: "It doesn't hurt."

"Well," Xu Boyuan pulled up his sleeves for him and let him go, "Is there no way to get rid of this?"

"I don't know much about witchcraft. I'll ask other people when I go back to the mountains." Ying Zhou replied.

There are many monsters in the mountains, maybe someone will know the way to completely crack them.Anyway, his immortality is just a curse, so it won't affect him too much.

After he finished saying this, he felt Xu Boyuan's whole body froze behind him, but in an instant, he returned to normal.

Ying Zhou was about to ask him what's wrong, when Xiao Bai suddenly let out a howl and landed on the ground——

Only then did Ying Zhou discover that because of his mana and the wind and drizzle in the capital, the outskirts of Beijing were covered with snow. Before landing, Xiaobai set up a barrier around his body to isolate the wind and snow. After landing, Xiaobai could only withdraw his mana, so the cold Come on.

The two rolled over from the tiger's back, Ying Zhou felt the temperature around him, and couldn't help but regret not bringing the cloak with him.He himself is not afraid of the cold, but Xu Boyuan's mortal body and official uniform are still a little thinner.

After the barrier was released, the strong fishy smell poured into the nostrils along the cold wind, Xiao Bai made a hoarse and restrained voice from his throat, Xu Boyuan's complexion changed slightly, and he held the saber at his waist.

"It's the smell of blood." Xu Boyuan said.

Ying Zhou recalled the miserable human voice he heard just now when Fayin had an attack, and couldn't help but feel his heart sink.

Although the human barrier is getting weaker day by day, it should be able to last for a while at least. It was broken so suddenly, I am afraid that the people behind the scenes did something, just in front of it.

The sky was dark, the wind and snow made it difficult to walk, Ying Zhou wanted to use the ancient fan to carve out a path, but just as he raised his hand, he felt a heart-rending pain, and the condensed magic power dissipated in an instant.

Xu Boyuan noticed his strangeness, "What's wrong, it still hurts?"

Ying Zhou shook his head and withdrew his hand calmly, "It's nothing."

Now he can really be sure that the person who attacked Xu Jingluan at that time was actually targeting him.

This curse is much more powerful than he thought. Not only did it pass through his fake body made of snow, it was directly engraved into his soul, and it appeared on his real body. It also made him unable to use mana easily. stop.

He wasn't sure if the curse had other effects besides this, but this alone was dangerous enough.

To be able to cast such a powerful curse, the people behind the scenes will not be too shallow, at least not as shallow as Xiaobai, or even Lou Liuyi and Jiaowang Fanye.Normally, he would be able to handle it, but he didn't dare to rush in now, after all, there was Xu Boyuan beside him, he was here to protect Xu Boyuan, he shouldn't be involved in this kind of danger.

But it's all here, even if he is told to go back now, Xu Boyuan probably won't listen.Ying Zhou patted Xiaobai on the head, and walked in front first.

Judging from the farmland on both sides, this place should be near a village, but at the moment it is covered by heavy snow and it looks like a white plain.After walking against the wind for a while following the smell of blood, there were indeed archways and low houses lined up ahead.

It suddenly became clear, but the scene in front of him, Yin Hong was like a hell on earth.

The village is very small, and you can see from the beginning to the end of the village at a glance. The thick white snow has been completely stained with dirty and strange colors by the dark red blood. Half of a leg, or even a piece of meat that I don't know which part it was, was still bleeding because it was not long after it was cut open, and it was piled up indiscriminately.There are men, there are women, there are old people, and there are young children, but as far as the eye can see, there are only bodies, no heads, no one at all.

There is no living person in the whole village. The straw on the roof is flying in the wind, making the only sound in the silence. Just standing here, you can feel the haze of death pouring down on your head, completely drowning people.

The smell of blood was so strong that it made the stomach cramp and nauseated.

Ying Zhou stopped, and beside his feet was a severed arm, bloody, his fingers curled up, and the whole snow was stained red.

He stopped breathing and froze on the spot until Xu Boyuan covered his eyes from behind and whispered in his ear: "Don't look."

His hands were not as steady as his voice, Ying Zhou felt that Xu Boyuan's body was stiff and his hands were trembling.

He subconsciously held the hand covering his eyes, "Xu Boyuan..."

"Don't look, Ying Zhou." Xu Boyuan thought that Ying Zhou wanted to pull his hand away, put his other hand around his waist, and took him a step back.

Ying Zhou almost fell into his arms,

In the biting cold, his back leaned against Xu Boyuan's broad chest, and the two of them were close together. Xu Boyuan hugged him, his eyelids felt the heat of Xu Boyuan's palm, and his ears heard Xu Boyuan repeating: "Don't look."

Xu Boyuan's forehead rested on the back of Ying Zhou's head, and his body trembled slightly and almost imperceptibly.

Ying Zhou didn't struggle, just held his hand and waited quietly for a while, until he felt the breathing of the people behind him calm down, then he calmly said: "Xu Boyuan, I'm not afraid."

Xu Boyuan didn't respond.

"Close your eyes," Ying Zhou said, "then let me go."

Xu Boyuan's body was very stiff, Ying Zhou waited patiently, and after a while, Xu Boyuan slowly released him.Ying Zhou felt that he wanted to raise his head, and immediately turned around, covering his eyes instead.

"Okay, then we won't be able to see it." Ying Zhou was not much shorter than him, standing in front of Xu Boyuan, and patted Xu Boyuan's back twice with his other hand, "Everything in the world has a cycle of life and death. When the sun rises, the moon rises, when flowers wither, they turn into mud, when people die, they are reborn, and the cycle goes on and on, everything is natural."

After he finished speaking, he saw Xu Boyuan pull an ugly and somewhat self-deprecating smile, and said hoarsely: "Ying Zhou, do you think I'm afraid?"

Ying Zhou paused, didn't he?

"When I was 17, I went to the border once." Xu Boyuan said slowly, his voice could not hear any ups and downs, and he said lightly, "It wasn't a big battle, but it wasn't much better than here."

Ying Zhou didn't know what to say, and felt a little distressed, Xu Boyuan asked again: "This is not a hallucination, is it?"

There are really not many monsters in this world that can lull him into illusions, and there are none that he can't see through. Ying Zhou thought about nodding, but also thought that Xu Boyuan was still invisible because he covered his eyes, so he could only say: "It's true." .”

Xu Boyuan said: "I'm fine, just let go."

Ying Zhou let go.

The author has something to say: The writing is not too scary, of course because I can't write it, and the reason I can't write it is because my timidity limits my imagination. The old Wei who never dared to watch horror movies shivered.