Where is Our Agreement to be Each Other's Arch-Rivals?

Before dawn the next day, Su Yan was awakened from his sleep by Gu Feidi.

A group of people packed up their luggage and got on their horses.

Qin Jianyue and Chi Tong were going back to Beijing to invite troops and headed southeast; Uncle Luo Yu, Gu Feidi, and Su Yan were going to the wasteland, and they were going all the way to the northwest.

They parted in front of the inn, didn't say much, only wished each other a few words, and then rode away.

It was inconvenient for Gu Feidi and Su Yan to follow Luo Yu and Luo Yin's uncle and nephew, so they fell behind a little, taking a hidden path and trailing far behind.

……

Two days later in the evening, when it was getting dark, Gu Feidi and Su Yan found the code beside the road sign left by Luo Yu.

Luo Yu and Luo Yin have already encountered the scouts from Qianfeng Mountain Villa, and they are about to enter the camp of Tengyun Pavilion and Central Plains Wulin stationed at Karer Well.

The wilderness here is a flat river, and there are no huge boulders that can be used as a shelter. Gu Feidi and Su Yan can only stay behind a slope that is extremely far away, watching the cooking smoke rising to the sky in the distance.

Suddenly, an extremely tiny black dot flew across the sky, and disappeared in the dim afterglow of the setting sun in the blink of an eye.

Gu Feidi couldn't help frowning: "Ghost owl... these things are a problem, if we can't solve them, all of our movements will be noticed."

Su Yang looked up at the sky and said, "We should come out with bows and arrows."

Gu Feidi shook his head, "Ghost owls fly silently. They are extremely small and fast. When it is completely dark, even with bows and arrows, it is difficult for us to shoot them. Fortunately, they can't speak. A tool for delivering a message."

Su Yan clicked his tongue and said, "Erro Ghost Tent is really capable. This is basically an information war, and it's still in the sky...how do you say that word? Air supremacy?"

"Space control?" Gu Feidi was puzzled.

"It's just...to control the sky." Su Yan said, "Whoever controls the sky will have a greater chance of winning the battle... Maybe that's what it means."

"You always have such fantastic ideas..." Gu Feidi said with a smile, then looked up at the stars that began to appear in the sky, and sighed, "If people can fly, the sky...is indeed a must for all strategists place."

Here, the two were sitting on the ground, talking leisurely about irrelevant things; over there, Luo Yu and Luo Yin were led into the tent surrounded by Tengyun Pavilion by the scouts from Qianfeng Villa, and Luo Yu asked Luo Yin to wait outside , into the account alone.

Gu Ruohai looked up and saw the person coming, his eyes were full of surprise, he immediately put down the pen and paper in his hand and got up, frowned and said, "You actually went down the mountain! Why did you come here?"

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and asked, "Is it related to Gouzi?"

Luo Yu greeted him with a smile, returned the jade pendant to Gu Ruohai, and said, "I can't control that son of yours...but it just so happens that I have something to go down the mountain, so I went to Qingwu County with him. He received a letter from Master, ordering him and Su Yan to go to the wasteland... But you had previously pretended to expel him from Tengyun Pavilion, so they decided not to show up for the time being in order to avoid disrupting your plan."

Gu Ruohai frowned and said, "How could Master interfere with this matter? Hasn't she always kept out of the world?"

Luo Yu shook his head: "I have no way of knowing, but I just feel... I am afraid that Master is watching everything in the world today. If she wants to intervene, she naturally has her purpose."

As he said that, he suddenly laughed, and said: "Didn't we speculate at the beginning, thinking that Master is a practitioner who has achieved Taoism and immortality, and he has to accumulate enough virtue in the world to be able to ascend?"

Hearing this sentence, Gu Ruohai also laughed: "Back then, Zhu Zhi'er tried to lead us into the Tibetan Pearl Pavilion to find out..."

Luo Yu couldn't help being stunned.

Gu Ruohai's voice paused, and he said with a smile: "... When I met you, I felt a little like I was young at that time, and I'm used to calling him like that."

Luo Yu was silent for a moment, and asked, "Did you meet him a few days ago?"

"Yes. He wrote about our Chongyang appointment back then... I went to the appointment." Gu Ruohai said.

"So, this encirclement...was really his plan?" Luo Yu asked.

Gu Ruohai was silent for a while, then nodded and said: "Yes, he asked me to lead Tengyun Pavilion and Central Plains Wulin to encircle and suppress the Demon Cult before the winter solstice."

Luo Yu asked again: "Do you actually believe that he won't take this opportunity to wipe out all the elite martial arts in the Central Plains?"

The corner of Gu Ruohai's mouth curled up slightly: "I believe him, but the Central Plains Wulin may not believe all of me. You have also seen those people outside, how many of the major forces have really sent elites here?"

Luo Yu was silent for a long time, then suddenly let out a sigh with a smile.

"Given his reputation in the Central Plains martial arts, he should have guessed such a situation." He said, "After all, he led the Demon Cult's flower servants to wash the Central Plains in a rage, and the situation changed. How many people know that he killed Are they all hidden stakes and spies planted in the Central Plains Wulin by Eruo Ghost Tent? Even if he wants to clarify, no one will believe him..."

"What?" Gu Ruohai raised his eyes suddenly, piercing Luo Yu's eyes, and asked anxiously, "The people he killed were all spies of the Eluo Ghost Tent?!"

Luo Yu was surprised: "You don't know?"

At the end, he came to a sudden realization: "That's right, you don't know about the shitty things about Eruo's ghost tent... Even though I lived in seclusion in the snow-capped mountains, I heard about it and asked Ayue to investigate it. Su Huaizhu It is true that many people were killed regardless of the reason, and perhaps there were misjudgments, but most of them came from Eruo ghost camp."

Gu Ruohai's complexion was not very good.

After a long time, he closed his eyes and sighed, and said sadly: "I have misunderstood him all this time... I thought that he saw me getting married and couldn't bear to kill me... Back then when he came to make a big wedding and was besieged by the knights of the Central Plains, I always I thought it was because of this that he was angry with the Central Plains Wulin...to commit murder."

"He never said much about his thoughts, who can understand?" Luo Yu said helplessly, "Actually, I think that he didn't have the purpose of venting those hidden stakes at the beginning."

Gu Ruohai frowned: "But since he likes Luo Jin, why would he attack Er Luo's tent?"

Luo Yu's eyes widened, and he asked in surprise, "Could it be that you have misunderstood the word 'like'? How could he be liking the way he treats Jin'er?"

Seeing that Gu Ruohai lowered his eyes and said nothing, Luo Yu said again: "I was also taken aback when I heard that he took Jin'er captive to the Devil's Cult. I ventured to the Devil City to ask him for clarification, but in the end I was almost caught by the ghost tent king's court." After returning to Yuqiong Peak after several hardships, I heard about your marriage... Afterwards, there was turmoil in the world, and with the news of Jin’er’s death, I didn’t want to ask more questions.”

"Old things," Gu Ruohai smiled wryly, "It doesn't matter if you don't ask."

"But some time ago, I accidentally learned some secrets back then," Luo Yu frowned, "So I want to know, why did you separate in the first place? Is it because of Jin'er?"

long silence.

After that, Gu Ruohai took a deep breath very slowly, let it out slowly, and then said in a low voice: "When you went to find Ayue, Su Huaizhu and I traveled to Jiuyan Lake with Luo Jin..."

Back then, by the Jiuyan Lake.

Gu Ruohai and Su Huaizhu were both young men who were not as good as weak crowns, they fell in love with each other and had a strong relationship.

Accompanied by them was E Luo Jin, the young princess of E Luo Ghost Tent, alias Luo Jin, who was entrusted by her elder brother to the care of these two friends—Luo Jin knew the relationship between Su Huaizhu and Gu Ruohai, and even often joked about it, so Luo Jin Without thinking too much, Yu left his sister with the two young men.

Unexpectedly, during the time when the three of them were wandering around Jiuyan Lake... One evening, Su Huaizhu suddenly found a letter on the table in the room.

Gu Ruohai asked what was said in the letter, but Su Huaizhu smiled slightly and hid the letter paper.Gu Ruohai guessed that it might be the news from someone from the Devil's Cult, Gu Ruohai didn't ask any more questions, and settled down as usual.

It wasn't until night fell for a long time that Gu Ruohai woke up from his trance, only to find that Su Huaizhu, who used to protect him in the past, was not in the room.

Gu Ruohai thought that Su Huaizhu was going to deal with the matter mentioned in the letter from the Demon Cult, so he didn't worry about him, but got up and went out the window, wanting to see the starry sky.

However, the moment he landed on the eaves, he found that the room next door should be Luo Jin's. The window was wide open, and there was no one in the room.

After all, Luo Jin was entrusted by their friends to take care of them. Gu Ruohai was very worried, fearing that there would be some accidents when the girl went out at night, so she immediately searched around.

In the end, he found a forest by the Jiuyan Lake...but saw a scene that still makes him unbearable to look back...

"He was smashed by me that day, and there was no regret on his face, and he was even extremely angry... ordered me to leave." Gu Ruohai lowered his eyes and said, "Luo Jin also cried and asked me for help, but... at that time, my brain There was nothing in the picture, I was at a loss...and escaped."

As he spoke, he pulled the corners of his lips and showed a wry smile: "Who knows, not only did he not return to the inn, but he also took Luo Jin captive to the Demon Cult. He even left him in the brothels and red alleys along the way. There was an anecdote at one time, and there was also a mention of the tattoos on his body that are rarely known to others, so I can't believe it... I never thought that I would see him again at my wedding."

"He made a big fuss about your wedding, but didn't tell you why?" Luo Yu asked.

"I..." Gu Ruohai said, "At that time he injured my father and wanted to kill my new wife. I was so angry that I fought with him, and also...rebuked him a lot."

"His skill is superior to mine, and I couldn't stop him. I could only protect the innocent woman in my arms... He could have killed my husband and wife with one sword, but he stopped. I thought he would never do it again." Nao, was about to ask him about the past, but he turned around and killed one of the guests present, escaped from the encirclement, and walked away... Afterwards, news came that he had bloodbathed the Central Plains."

"These things, 20 years later, are still vivid." Gu Ruohai closed his eyes lightly, and said, "If he didn't like Luo Jin back then, why did he have a private meeting with her by the lake late at night..."

Luo Yu sighed: "If he likes Jin'er, how can he force her?"

"Actually, I also thought about it later, and felt that there was something hidden about this matter." Gu Ruohai said, "But since I have obeyed my father's order, got married and had children, and soon after I heard the news that the Demon Cult had a holy son... why should I bother?" Forcing the truth back then? Anyway, everything can’t go back.”

As he said that, he shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It wasn't until I met Su Yan for the first time a few days ago that I realized that I was still wrong. In any case, I shouldn't give up seeking the truth, even if I want to give up. However, when I asked Su Huaizhu about the past in Chongyang, he still refused to answer seriously."

Hearing this, Luo Yu secretly sighed, and said, "Su Yan... is also a poor child."

Gu Ruohai frowned and said: "I met him before, and I learned that in order to save my son, he practiced the most yin exercises while carrying something extremely cold... You have treated him, what's the result?"