Angelica returns

During the Dacheng period, the most lively and prosperous place in the world was the Qiongzhi City at the foot of the emperor.

It's time to pursue immortality, and this trend prevails.

But Zhou Tingyu, the only son of uncle Zhou Guo, was exceptionally out of fashion. He had a deep abhorrence of cultivating immortals and seeking Taoism.

Because of this, Zhou Tingyu is still a well-known figure, and Qiong Zhi is said to be "the number one dandy with no education and skills".

It's obviously not a good name, but this guy didn't care about it, and even raised his voice half-singing and teasing: I am a happy man, why bother to cultivate immortality.

But recently, Qiongzhi, who always only knows how to sing and sing every night, has suddenly become very uneasy. Various bizarre murders followed one after another, like the spread of the plague, and she was caught off guard. .

Zhou Tingyu thinks that he is not a great hero who saves the world and saves people with compassion.As far as he is concerned, it's just that others are slanderous, not sympathetic, and lazy to join in the fun.

But at this very moment, he jumped three feet high in Shi Luhou's mansion——Lu Jin!His best friend made a baby!At this juncture! !gone! !

In the well-decorated and solemn central hall of Shiluhou's Mansion, besides Zhou Tingyu, there was also a well-dressed middle-aged man with a calm face besides Zhou Tingyu who was burning with anxiety.No need to think about it, this is Lu Jin's father, the famous first-rank military lord—Shi Luhou Lu Yang.

Zhou Tingyu's brows were impatient, and he was still blaming himself with words: "When Lu Jin left, he said that he would come back in a few days, and now it has been a month, and he still hasn't disappeared. There are so many strange things happening in the city. I blame me. I should have stopped him at that time." Hold him, don't let him go..."

Shi Luhou was also anxious, but he shouldn't show it too much in front of the children, otherwise it would undoubtedly add fuel to the flames, so he comforted: "Ting Yu, it's no wonder you, today's temperament, eight horses can't pull the decision back.

Don't think too much about it, how is the current situation today? It's not yet time to make a final conclusion. It's because you are playing on the road, and you may delay your return date.

Lu Yang patted Zhou Tingyu on the back, heaved a long sigh, and thought that he cared too little for his son, so that now that his son was gone, he couldn't find it if he wanted to find him.

Zhou Tingyu nodded lightly, but he understood in his heart: For a person like Lu Jin, who is as cool as Lu Jin, he will not be greedy for fun...

When the two were gloomy, a man dressed as a domestic servant trotted all the way, stopped in front of Lu Yang, bowed his head and said, "Master, Princess Xiangyao is here, and Her Royal Highness also brought a person, saying that it can relieve the urgent need of the Hou family. "

When Lu Yang heard it, it was a bright future, so he said nothing - "Hurry up!"

Xiangyao is the elder sister of the current Holy Majesty, a well-educated royal woman, and the highly respected princess of Dacheng Kingdom.

I saw a woman with a delicate appearance and a dignified temperament striding forward in a plain onyx dress. Behind her was a man in a black dress—his face covered by a black gauze, tall and slender, with swift steps, and his own aura, which was amazing. In awe.

"I met Shi Luhou." Xiangyao stepped forward and saluted.

"His Royal Highness, the old minister is outraged." Lu Yang said respectfully.

On the side, Zhou Tingyu couldn't help watching their courteous comings and goings, disregarding all etiquette, and shouted: "My good sister, don't talk about it at this juncture, just tell me what you have!"

Hearing this, Xiangyao's face darkened, and he said, "When will you change your temper, you are not the only one who is worried about Lu Jin's disappearance!"

"I..." Zhou Tingyu was speechless for a while.

Xiangyao saw that he was at ease, so he continued the topic just now, "...this gentleman has come from afar and will give us a helping hand."

So Tang Shang's gaze turned to the masked stranger standing quietly at the side——

"Princess also brought me here to find someone?" The masked man's voice was low and slow, slightly hoarse, like the water in the deep sea gently stirred.

Hearing this, Xiangyao nodded, and then lowered his figure one by one with Shi Luhou, went straight to the topic, sincerely asked if there was Lu Jin's whereabouts, and said that there must be a big thank you afterwards.

But this person didn't respond to them, he just turned his eyes, looked at Zhou Tingyu who was silent at the side, and asked, "What about you?"

Zhou Tingyu was obviously frightened for a moment, not wanting to talk to him, and was so panicked that he didn't know what to say.

The masked man didn't mind his dumb reaction at all, and added solemnly: "Do you have anything to say?"

"I...I will give my all to repay you!" Zhou Tingyu replied, but he was still at a loss.

The masked man seemed very relieved, and then took out a navy blue tassel from his cuff and handed it to Lu Yang, "Master Hou, is this something from the mansion?"

Lu Yang took a closer look and stared at him with wide eyes, almost astonished, "Sir, where did you get this thing?"

"The white fat deer pendant was a gift from the first emperor. It was a hereditary symbol of the Marquis Lu's mansion at that time. It was only handed down to the eldest son. This fringe is a white deer pendant. It is also unique and invaluable." The masked man explained.

Lu Yang didn't feel displeased because the masked man's answer was irrelevant, but he felt that this arrogant man in front of him actually got Lu Jin's personal belongings, which became more and more unfathomable.

If you get it, it will be of great benefit, if you lose it, there will be endless troubles.Seeing that Zhou Tingyu had suppressed his arrogance and asked repeatedly, he didn't ask any more questions.

Zhou Tingyu: "Sir, where did you get this thing?"

"What's your name?" But who knows, this person replied him.

In fact, the masked man never thought of making things difficult for the people in the hall, but he was used to being a maverick and didn't know how to cater to the rhythm of others.

In addition, the purpose of this trip was nothing more than Zhou Tingyu, so he blurted out without wanting to bear it, without realizing that his behavior was almost outrageous.

"Who?"

"You." The masked man looked at Zhou Tingyu squarely.

Zhou Tingyu turned his head and sneered, "Heh".Didn't this person say he came to help find Lu Jin?

What does it mean to keep answering questions?Zhou Tingyu snorted and refused to answer the irrelevant question.

"What kind of attitude?" Xiangyao scolded Zhou Tingyu, "Mr. came from a long way, he is a high-cultivated immortal, but he just asked for his name, so what's your answer?"

"Sister Xiangyao...but he..." Zhou Tingyu was so wronged that he couldn't complete a sentence.He had always been intimidated by Xiangyao, and this woman was the only one he felt somewhat in awe of.

Zhou Tingyu, who rolled his eyes away and said nothing, turned his head and explained kindly to the masked man: "His name is Zhou Tingyu, the son of Uncle Zhou, he is used to being unrestrained since he was a child, and he has never been so impatient. If you offend him, please forgive him." Don't be surprised, sir."

"The princess is worrying too much. I think this young master is like an old friend of mine, so I asked a few more questions on the spur of the moment. No wonder he did."

"Then..." Xiangyao wanted to ask the masked man to give him some advice.But before he finished speaking, the other party spoke first——

"It's Pillow Mountain, Flowing Water Village."

"So far!" Zhou Tingyu was dumbfounded when he heard the keyword, and couldn't help but speak, "If I remember correctly, Pillow Mountain is in the extreme south, and Qiongzhi is in the north. How did Lu Jin go so far away?"

Lu Yang logically analyzed: "I promised to return in a few days today, so I will not go too far. Zhenshan is far away from Qiongzhi, and it takes more than ten days to travel quickly. Mister found hanging ears in Zhenshan. Is it possible?" Does it mean that my son was taken captive to Pillow Mountain?"

Beads of sweat were already dripping from Xiangyao's forehead, she frowned slightly, and continued to ask: "Sir, is there something strange in Liushui Village?"

"The princess is wise, and she speaks the truth. You may not know that Liushui Village is located in the corner of the pillow mountain, and it is a remote place with no jurisdiction.

The villagers use mountain spring water to nourish the village households, live by hunting, and live in peace all year round.But in the past month, all the women and girls in the village disappeared for no reason, and the villagers who went out to look for them never returned.

The old man in the village said it was caused by evil spirits, so he invited experts to set up altars and cast spells in an attempt to expel the evil spirits.

However, the master who managed to drive away the evil spirits went mad.I passed by Zhenshan and heard about this strange incident, so I went to Liushui Village, but it was too late, it had become a deserted village, and I only saw this tassel tied to a wooden stake. "The masked man's tone was slow, and after the whole thing was told like a story, everyone gasped.

"Why is Lu Jin's tassel tied to a wooden stake? Is it his distress signal?" Zhou Tingyu was puzzled.

"Recently there have been many strange incidents in Qiongzhi, but most of them are irregular murders. Although the victims died horribly, most of the bones were well preserved. There is no single girl missing like Liushui Village. Mr. came to Qiongzhi. Does Liushui Village still have origins?" Xiangyao guessed.

The masked man was noncommittal, and only said to Lu Yang who had been silent for a long time: "Master Hou, can you borrow the memorial to the next one as soon as possible?"

Hearing this, Xiangyao's eyes froze.Lu Yang was startled at first, then he pretended to be calm and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said, "Of course, I can arrange it after I enter the palace, and I will give it to Mr. tomorrow."

"I'm sorry, but it's urgent, please sort it out quickly, Lord Hou." The masked man nodded.Seeing the other party's reluctance, Lu Yang strode away wisely.

After the man left, the masked man did not forget to answer Zhou Tingyu's question that had been left in the cold for a long time, "The tassels were naturally tied on artificially.

But you said that Lu Jin will not go to Zhenshan, so it can only be done by someone else, and that person's intention is very clear, he wants others to know that Lu Jin is now in his hands. "

"Lu Jin is gentle and kind, generous and magnanimous, how could he become enemies with others and be hunted down?

Zhou Tingyu rubbed his forehead and said helplessly, "I'm his best friend. He has enemies, so I don't know?" "

"Knowing people, knowing the face, not knowing the heart." The masked man's tone remained the same.

Xiangyao obviously took a step forward with his brows locked, but Zhou Tingyu, who was always in a hurry, preempted him when he wanted to say something——

"What do you mean? Do you question Lu Jin? Do you think he is double-faced? Is it great to practice the magic of the Immortal Society? Can you frame his character? If you are frank, why don't you see people with your true colors?!"

"Ting Yu..." Xiangyao originally wanted to accuse him of being rude, but she knew exactly what kind of person Lu Jin was, and her husband's evaluation was really too hasty, so she couldn't help but feel a little bit annoyed when she heard it.

The masked man was not angry, but asked softly, "The real face? Do you want to see it?"

"I'm not interested in your face, you'd better find Lu Jin, otherwise I'll never end with you!" Zhou Tingyu snapped his head.

The masked man took a step forward, "Isn't it over?" Zhou Tingyu's tone of voice was still somewhat inexplicably cunning.

Zhou Tingyu suddenly felt that this person was a pervert, endless...Thinking about these two words is really disgusting.

So he pushed him away with his palm angrily, and scolded: "What a ghost! Dreaming! If you are really so incompetent, just wait to feed the dog!"

Looking at the battle from afar, the two of them were about to fight. Zhou Tingyu, a fool, even vowed to drag a superb immortal cultivator to feed the dogs. How could he have the confidence?

Aren't you afraid that you don't know how to die?So in line with the idea that peace makes money, he stood between them and persuaded: "Lu Jin must look for it, but the clues are still vague, if we mess up first, the consequences will be disastrous."

Mr. came from a long way, never rested, he must be a little tired, Xiangyao has prepared a good courtyard in the palace, I hope Mr. will not dislike it. "

But the masked man politely declined: "Thank you princess for your kindness, but I have too many trivial matters, so I'm afraid I won't have the chance to go.

"Sir, do you already have a place to stay?" Xiangyao asked.

The masked man nodded, but others didn't notice, and glanced at Zhou Tingyu faintly.

"That Xiangyao is not difficult for others, I hope Mr. will inform Xiangyao as soon as possible if there is a new discovery.

Then he said to Zhou Tingyu, who couldn't get rid of his anger: "It's getting late, don't let uncle worry, go back early." "

"Oh, he won't be worried about me..." Zhou Tingyu rolled his eyes, "but to be honest, I don't want to stay any longer."

As soon as the voice fell, he raised his sleeves and left.

"...He seems to hate me very much." After Zhou Tingyu walked away, the masked man murmured.

When Xiangyao heard this, he had an inexplicable feeling that something was wrong, and quickly explained: "It's not that he hates you, he just hates everything related to cultivating immortals."

The masked man wondered, "Oh?"

"Mister seems surprised." Xiangyao has always been observant, and she felt that this person's concern for Zhou Tingyu was a bit unreasonable.

The masked man nodded generously, put his hands behind his back and said, "People in the world admire cultivating immortals, so they think he is the same."

Xiangyao sighed softly, "Sir, I don't know something. Ting Yu's child is hard to solve. His mother left early, and the uncle Guo is obsessed with cultivating Taoism, almost obsessed. In this regard, no one can persuade him."

The masked man lowered his eyelids, seemingly lost in thought.

Xiangyao suddenly understood, smiled and said: "He doesn't like cultivating immortals for many years, and he has a knot in his heart. To put it bluntly, it is the difference between Ting Yu and others, so don't worry about it."

The greetings are over, after the farewell, each has a place to go.

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The moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and there are no floating clouds, only the night is sultry and windy.

The masked man sat on a corner cornice, the moonlight was as silvery as water, sprinkled on his black cloak blown by the wind, as if coated with a layer of cool light.

In fact, it shouldn't be called a masked man anymore, he didn't wear a black gauze mask this time.Never thought that behind the black veil is an extremely delicate face——

Sword brows and star eyes, nose like hanging gall, face like a knife cut, looking closely at the bottom of the eyes, in addition to the heroic spirit, there is also a bit of coldness.

Losing the mystery of the power fence, his pale complexion against the lonely moonlight, standing in a high place, the artistic conception is more lonely and cold.

He held a thin booklet in his hand, which was handed to him by Lu Yang not long ago, a collection of memorials from various places.

Obviously, he had flipped through the booklet and didn't intend to put it away. He just tore off the middle page, pinched a curse, and moved quickly across the paper with his silvery fingertips.

Then with a wave of his hand, the paper landed firmly on the window sill under the wooden eaves.

He raised the corners of his lips and lifted it with one hand, and saw that under the black cloak was a deep pear-white dress with light blue seams and a folding fan of nanmu hanging from his waist. Generally speaking, he is not a young man from a scholarly family and a harmless family.

Xinshou jumped, and only heard a "bang", and fell solidly in front of the window sill under the eaves, it was a real fall.

"Who!? What noise!?" The owner of the house, wearing a baggy thin coat, rushed to the window sill, his eyes wide open, and he was frightened at first glance.

"I, I'm here to get something. I offend you late at night, and you still don't want to blame..." The person who fell on the ground held up his hands with difficulty, trying to get up, but it seemed that the fall was too hard, and he struggled a few times, but it was still fruitless .

"Get something?! Take what?"

"That..." He gave up the idea of ​​getting up, just slumped on the ground, raised his finger and pointed at the paper on the window sill.

Feeling confused, the people in the room picked up the piece of paper, faced the moonlight, and saw the thin gold characters impressively——

I haven't seen you for a long time, and I miss you so much, but I want to accompany you and fulfill my dream.Why do you call for the signature?Then he laughed "puchi" and said, "You came over the wall of my house just to pick up this thing?"

"It's windy tonight." He called out shyly touching the back of his head, his face turned slightly red, "Can you return the things to me?"

"It's fine to pay you back, but do you know that it's illegal to break into a private house, not to mention that this is not an ordinary private house, even if I think it's troublesome and don't go to beat the drums to report to the police, you still disturbed my dream. How do you count?

"After all, the night was long and I couldn't fall asleep again. I wanted to have some fun. When I saw that the scholar in front of me was still blushing with embarrassment, I couldn't help feeling blessed and wanted to tease him.

"This... I know that climbing over the wall is against discipline... I hesitated outside the wall for a long time, but I still felt that it is not good to leave things in someone else's house. I saw that the lights inside were off, so I dared to climb over the wall... I have already apologized... "

"Fortunately, you still know it's not good..." Zhou Tingyu murmured softly, and his face changed in a second, "What's the use of apologizing?

Can you apologize so that Master Ben can fall asleep again?You are also really unlucky, the love letter was not put away, and it fell on my window sill by the wind, and you were thinking of jumping over the wall to pick it up, but you fell hard in the end.

If the person you like sees it, I'm afraid they don't know what to say about you. He shook his head helplessly, and asked again: "Do you know where this is?" "

The people on the ground looked up at him and shook their heads.

"You don't know this?! You look at the talismans, gossip, and formations in the courtyard, but you don't know where they are?" He pointed to the east and west, with a look of disgust.

The people on the ground still shook their heads, their originally heroic faces were somewhat innocent at this moment.

"Hey, you don't know anything, you are so stupid and ignorant, and your little sister will get dirty sooner or later.

This young master told you well, you have learned a lot, this is Zhou Guojiu's residence, I am, known as the youngest of Qiong, Zhou Tingyu. "Zhou Tingyu is triumphant, as if to promote that he has his own magic light.

"Zhou Tingyu?" The people on the ground stood up at some point, probably the pain from the fall had almost dissipated, but hearing his tone, it was obvious that they didn't know what kind of god Zhou Tingyu was.

"You're living in the capital, but you don't know me?" Zhou Tingyu's eyes widened in disbelief.

"I'm not from the capital city, I just came here to deliver letters." After speaking, he looked at the paper in Zhou Tingyu's hand.

"What kind of letter do you send? Scholars are reserved. If you confess, just confess. At this age, there is a girl you love, who is a firewood. I won't laugh at you." But Zhou Tingyu smiled brightly after finishing speaking.

"I..." He Zhi lowered his head.

"Why are you calling, right? Come here." Zhou Tingyu waved.

He Zhihua leaned on his hips, leaned closer to the window sill, and met his eyes.

"No, come in, come in through the door, it's not locked." Zhou Tingyu saw him standing by the window and was still in a daze, which was very funny.No, it can't be said to be funny, it should be cute.He hadn't seen such a person in too long.

"Excuse me, what else is there?" He He called him in and asked solemnly not far from Zhou Tingyu.

"Don't worry, let me think about what to do..." Zhou Tingyu walked around the room, thinking about ghost ideas.Suddenly an inspiration flashed, "Why do you call me, take me to meet your sweetheart tomorrow?"

Why Zhao Ming was startled, and said, "You want to see my sweetheart?"

"Why not? Is it possible that you are still afraid that I will steal your sweetheart? However, you are afraid that I, Yushu, will be suave, and your little girl will not leave when she sees me.

"After Zhou Tingyu finished speaking, he smiled bitterly, changed his expression, and said, "I'm just bored recently." He sat down on the chair next to him, "My friend disappeared, and today another person with a high level of morality came. Immortals say they have superb mana.

Although I don't think he is a good person, according to him, my friend is in danger now, but I can't help you... I can only count on a stranger..." Zhou Tingyu's eyes were obviously depressed, and his whole body was also Like a deflated ball.

"Sorrow hurts the body the most. You have to take care of yourself..." He called his eyes with distressed expressions.

"Hey, it's all right, why am I telling you this..." Zhou Tingyu jumped up from the chair, as if nothing had happened just now, "You said, take me to meet your sweetheart tomorrow, I haven't been here for a long time This is so lively!

Guaranteed not to add chaos, only icing on the cake for you and your little girl! "After finishing speaking, he patted him on the shoulder with great interest, but unexpectedly, the scholar was already weak, and he fell off the roof and was injured, and then he was slapped unpreparedly without knowing the severity. land.

"Hiss..." He Zhihua bit his lower lip, his forehead was dripping with sweat, his face seemed to be a little pale, and he said with difficulty, "I, I... seem to have broken my bones..."

Of course, it is impossible to break a bone, and the pain is half-real, half-pretended, He Zhihua never thought that his impromptu performance skills turned out to be so strong.

But when Zhou Tingyu heard the word broken bone, he panicked, took his arms, hurriedly helped him up, and said with an apologetic face: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't worry, I'll go to the doctor right away!" Put him on a chair and rush out by himself.

Why call out one hand to grab Zhou Tingyu's arm, but the whole body can't withstand the momentum of his going away, and is brought into an oblique shape—to speak weakly, but it is difficult to hide the joy of success: "If you move a little more at this time, I will But I couldn't hold back."

Zhou Tingyu really stopped where he was, not daring to move.

"In the middle of the night, the medical center is already closed, so there's no need to make a trip in vain." He He Huan sat down stiffly while speaking, leaning on a chair.

"Then what should I do? I can't let you suffer like this." Zhou Tingyu frowned reproachfully and turned to look at him.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt so much now, and it doesn't have to be a broken bone, don't worry." He Hua smiled at him.

"Really?" Zhou Tingyu asked.

Why do you nod your head.

"Seeing that you are having a hard time sitting, I'd better help you to the bed. Even if the bones are not broken, they are still injured. Don't be negligent. I will go to the doctor tomorrow morning. No matter what, the doctor still needs to see it." Zhou Tingyu gave a serious look, Seriously.

After He He called to lie down on the couch, Zhou Tingyu realized that he had no chance to sleep on the bed tonight, so he couldn't sleep two big men at all, okay?

Zhou Tingyu, who didn't know where to put herself, had no choice but to go out and find a room to sleep?No, no, what if you call for something in the middle of the night and ask for help but there is no help... Sleep on the table?No, no, no, it must be uncomfortable when you wake up the next day... Sleeping against the edge of the bed?No, no, why does it feel like a little maid guarding her master...

Lord God, it's rare for me to be a good person, don't I even sleep?

Zhou Tingyu's face was amiable, but he was complaining endlessly in his heart.

He Zhihua's state of mind was completely different—he remembered a late night many years ago, and it was the same. He was injured and slept on the master's bed. The master stood by the bed, and the night was against his face. I couldn't help but said in a slightly clear voice: "Master is so kind."

At this moment, why call greedily want to relive it again, so he said softly to Zhou Tingyu: "You are so kind."

The three words magnetic floated softly into Zhou Tingyu's ears. Zhou Tingyu, who was still worried about how to sleep, suddenly felt an indescribable throbbing all over his body, as if he was being gently caressed by spring fluff, crisp and itchy. of.

This is... what does it feel like...

Why didn't I notice it at the beginning, why is the calling voice so provocative?

"Zhou Tingyu, I will repay you." He Zhihuan said again, but Zhou Tingyu was pulled back to reality because of his confusion——

"Repay...I...Obviously I got you into such a field, you still want to repay me?

"When he was young, he gave alms to beggars on the side of the road every day. The beggars received grace safely but never thought of repaying it. Why did he want to repay himself?

"Don't thank you for your kindness, you will know later." After He Zhihao finished speaking, he turned inside out, hoping to have a little more space on the narrow bed, and then closed his eyes, indicating that Zhou Tingyu didn't have to go anywhere. Bedtime troubles.