The Happy Man in the Red Chamber

Returning to the cave entrance, the two men had already cleared a small piece of flat ground.One side is leaning against the smooth wall, and the other side is obliquely facing the vegetation in the northeast.The location is well chosen, and the back is the main road leading to the cave.Seeing the two of them making such choices, An Lan wondered if the two of them knew that someone was following them.

She sat down against the wall and watched Ou Mufeng holding a pile of firewood aside.Adding some dry firewood to the fire, he sat down cross-legged: "Brother Dou went to get some food, after all he is more familiar with the land here than we are."

An Lan nodded, bent one leg, put her arms casually on her knees, and looked at the dark blue sky: "Do you think this person is trustworthy?"

Ou Mufeng took a look at her, lowered his head and picked up some firewood with a branch, and said in a low voice, "It's believable or not, as long as he can lead me to find the medicine. As for his plan... just... let him do it. I just heard that he has some relationship with the government in the capital of the Central Plains. After all, it's nothing."

Hearing this, An Lan took a look at Ou Mufeng and thought for a while: "Yes, it is indeed not easy for the Mingjiao to enter the Central Plains in a short period of time. People like this are... nothing to you."

Ou Mufeng stopped talking, and An Lan closed his eyes and began to rest his mind.In fact, she just wanted to play and wanted to see the fun.The man in front of me was very shocking at first glance.But after a long time of contact, a man who can't get a fart with three slaps... the possibility of finding an affair/relationship is the lowest, but... stubborn silence can make a woman run out of patience.

With this understanding, she didn't care anymore.In this world, it is hard to find a man with two legs, but there are still many men with two legs.

With this in mind, the mystery in the deep mountains attracted her more than Ou Mufeng.When Dou Hehua came back, the basket was filled with two cleaned pheasants, a rabbit, some mountain mushrooms and wild fruits.

An Lan was not familiar with those wild fruits, and with Dou Hehua in Ou Mufeng, she would definitely cook with her own hands, so she didn't reach out to help.Just looking at the two big men, they quickly set up the grill, put a small copper pot on another small pile of charcoal fire, removed the chicken breast skeleton, cleaned the mushrooms, and put the rotten wild fruits together to cook.

The aroma of the food was very strong, and An Lan rested her chin on one hand and watched them prepare it.She was not hungry, and although she used a lot of strength, she came back when she was resting.The consumption is not high, and the ambush people around her are getting stronger and stronger, even if those two people don't feel that she is a little nervous.When people are nervous, they cannot eat.

Ou Mufeng and Dou Hehua are obviously veterans in dealing with emergencies. They should eat and rest even though they know that there are people following them.An Lan's fear and excitement coexisted, so she could only cover up her emotions by closing her eyes and resting her mind.

The best thing is the broth. Ou Mufeng made a small wooden bowl out of dried branches, although it was rough, it was still usable.He filled a bowl of soup and handed it to An Lan: "Drink some soup first. It's very windy and dewy at night."

"Thank you!" An Lan opened her eyes, took the bowl and bowed her head in thanks.Gently blow it cool and take a sip, it is very delicious.There are no extra seasonings, more the taste of the ingredients themselves.The delicious pheasant is paired with the taste of fungi, and a little salt is delicious.

After drinking a small bowl of hot soup, the sky outside has already shone with stars.Without the backdrop of the moonlight, the stars all over the sky are extraordinarily dazzling.An Lan took a closer look, and curiously used the knowledge of the star points to identify the constellations.Best to recognize, the Big Dipper.The location was not good at this time, An Lan felt that if he left the cave and went to the top of the cliff, he would definitely be able to see the bright Milky Way and Sagittarius and other constellations in the southern sky.

Dou Hehua looked at her in a daze looking at the starry sky outside, thinking that he might know someone was following her.He smiled and took a sip of the hot soup and said, "It's nothing more than Xiaoxiao and Wudujiao. I heard that the girl has a good relationship with Wudujiao. I don't think there will be anything wrong. At this time..." He glanced outside: " Let's all eat!"

His last sentence made An Lan laugh.She pursed her lips, squinted her eyes and smiled, put down the bowl in her hand and leaned against the stone wall: "It's not that I'm worried about those. Mr. filtered it... The starry sky is so beautiful, it's better than Mingyue's." She chuckled lightly, Dou Hehua tugged at the corners of his mouth in embarrassment and did not make a sound.

Attacks have always been in the dead of midnight, and this time was no exception.An Lan had heard the movement from the woods under the cliff early on, her muscles tensed and she secretly raised her internal strength.Ou Mufeng and Dou Hehua shared half of the vigil for each of them. At this time, Ou Mufeng was roasting an unknown rhizome with firewood, and the aroma was sweet.

An Lan slowly opened her eyes, just in time to look up at Ou Mufeng.The two looked at each other and turned away from each other.

"It's not Haichu yet." Ou Mufeng thought to himself, no matter what, it belongs to a woman's family.

An Lan shook her head: "People are almost at the door, and it's hard to rest your mind even if you close your eyes."

Ou Mufeng nodded, and Dou Hehua sat up and poked the stalk roasting on the charcoal fire with a firewood stick: "I'm afraid I won't be able to climb up in a while. This cliff is clear in the daytime. Borrowing strength. It’s not that you have innate ability, you can see things at night. Your listening skills are not as good as Brother Mu Feng’s. You don’t have to worry about it.”

An Lan lowered her head and smiled: "It's not that I'm worried about anything, anyway, I'm not worried." She is not worried about her own internal force. If she uses her internal force on her eyes at night, she will see as brightly as day.It's just that after all, it's the first time I meet it, and it's inevitable that I'm a little too excited.

Ye Feng practiced, the leaves rustled due to the wind and human movements.At first glance, it sounds like nothing special.But if you listen carefully, you can hear the hidden sound of breathing and the sound of air flow caused by the action.

Ou Mufeng nodded and stopped talking.He is not worried about the woman in front of him who has deep inner strength and martial arts has reached a certain level.I just thought, this time he was just looking for medicine, logically speaking, it shouldn't cause anyone to covet it.After all, his brother is only the heir to the racecourse, and there is no one in the family to compete with him. At this time, the poisoning is most likely the fault of others, and he is simply used as a scapegoat.It has been more than half a year now, even if someone wants to find something, it should be sooner rather than later.Thinking of this, he picked up a bonfire with a wooden stick and looked at Dou Hehua with his eyes closed:

"I'm looking for medicine this time, so I won't alarm anyone. After all, Qixiufang is full of women... I don't know..." He meant to point out whether there was something on Dou Hehua's side that caused trouble.Why doesn't Dou Hehua understand what he means, Qixiufang is full of women, generally if there is no deep hatred, the world will give three points of courtesy.Both black and white are delicious.After all, no matter which sect or family power, knights are going to marry wives and have children.After all, the number of female heroes is not many, and most of the warriors don't know much about poetry and etiquette, so they may not be popular with big families.Most of the martial arts families are collusion between officials and businessmen.The rest are only two or three female sects here and there.In the famine and war, most of the orphans were adopted.

He turned his head to look outside, and twitched his mouth: "You guessed wrong, this time people are all coming to you. To be precise, some people don't want you to find the medicine, or even return to the Western Regions."

"Why?" Ou Mufeng frowned, pinching the slender branch with his fingers. The branches of the branch had been trimmed clean, and the bare bark was very mottled.The branches were very resilient, bending back and forth between his hands.Dou Hehua glanced at him with lowered eyebrows, bent his knees and put an arm on it, rubbing his thumb and forefinger: "What you are looking for is the main antidote for Bingdengyulu, the root of the sapphire butterfly. This thing can only be obtained by entering It can only be found in mountains. The green mandala that grows around it is quite poisonous. But these are not as good as Bingdeng Yulu. You probably don’t know that the poison of Bingdeng Yulu itself is not owned by our country, but comes from the sea. At that time, it was just a spice to pay tribute to the imperial palace. It’s just that the former dynasty collapsed, and after the new dynasty was established, this spice was no longer imported. The reason is that if pregnant women use this spice, it will cause miscarriage or young women will cause infertility Not good for offspring. But in the end, this is also a Ming spice that is rich in the Xiangxiang country. Later, it was used as poison, but it was just turning smell into food."

Speaking of this, Dou Hehua snorted softly, and looked at Ou Mufeng with a slight sarcasm: "Your brother is indeed very innocent, in the final analysis, he just caused others to suffer. But the people around him don't know that he was affected, but It's not from Shenhe. His head is poisoned, and he relies on the good medicinal materials you found to withstand it, but in the eyes of the chief, he is implicated. These people would rather kill by mistake than let it go. Do you think it will make you Did you find the medicine safely?"

"..." Ou Mufeng opened his mouth, bowed his head and smiled wryly: "In the end, it's still my fault for finding someone to make public? If I can't find anyone, and I haven't come to Miaojiang, my brother will only carry it for a year. I can't find the antidote. Well, even if he is dead, they won't bother me. But seeing me take you into the mountain, I'm afraid they are worried."

"It's okay, anyway, we're already here, aren't we?" An Lan squinted and smiled, and closed her eyes again: "Anyway, they are looking for an opportunity, and the night is not conducive to action, so it might be dawn. Instead of being here If we want to write something that doesn’t exist, we might as well adjust our breath and cultivate ourselves.”

Hearing what she said, the two of them looked at each other, and the woman closed her eyes and rested without saying anything.They stopped talking and rested in silence.

They rested quietly on this side, but those waiting below may not have that patience.Although the skills of the ambush people are uneven, they still have profound skills in the final analysis.The man was wearing a gray cloth jacket, short in stature, and a small hat with black silk thread hanging from the top of the hat.Like a woman's braids fluttering in the wind behind her.He looked up at the towering cliff with his hands behind his back, what a wonder the Miaojiang area is.It is also common for such cliffs to break their arms.If it is daytime, it must be a light thing.But at night, anyone who is not strong enough to An Chu can't see clearly what is within three feet of his eyes.

He thought about his master's explanation, and thought that if he waited for the dawn before going up, not to mention that the people above had recharged their energy, the people on his side might lose their energy if they stayed on guard all night.When it comes to sneak attacks, they always go by surprise.Thinking of this, he got up and swept away to the distant camp with light work.After rummaging through boxes and boxes, he took out a black brocade bag from the private box.The bag emitted a slight blue light.It looks like there should be something like fluorite in it.

After taking that thing, he quickly returned.Use secret codes to recruit subordinates.Taking out the shining beads inside, he squinted his triangular eyes, his voice was hoarse, and he ordered in a sharp whisper like a broken glass: "Everyone is on the top right now, and it might be wrong to wait until morning. Right now, there is only surprise. I've shown you the way up the cliff, follow me."

The people below had all undergone rigorous training, and they all nodded to him.As he spoke, he tightened his belt, tied the beaded lanyard to his belt, and quickly stepped on the rocky protrusions where he could land.

There was movement on the cliff, and Ou Mufeng opened his eyes immediately.An Lan then opened her eyes and looked at him, then she didn't get up immediately but stood up full, carefully arranged the clothes on the bed, swept the dust off the fabric, and then stepped back two steps inward, drew out her swords and stood on the ground. where.

Dou Hehua didn't get up, but took his own bamboo basket and scattered it at the entrance of the cave without knowing what he grabbed.At this time, the night wind blew past obliquely and did not enter the cave, but instead blew the powder away.

"It's poisonous up there, hold your breath!" The leading man in gray ordered the followers to hold their breath, and they quickly entered the cave.As soon as he stepped on the stone platform, Ou Mufeng drew out his knife and went up to him.An Lan stood aside and looked at Dou Hehua who was standing against the wall, blinked and did not move.

Those who wander around the Miaojiang area basically know that there is a poisonous scholar Dou Hehua living in Lijiang.Seeing him dressed as a scholar, he always kept the idea that he could not form a relationship and should not make a grudge.But obviously, the people who came to attack this time didn't think so.They have the spirit of not fearing death, rushing to Dou Hehua again and again, looking for death.But to An Lan's surprise, Dou Hehua didn't seem to intend to kill anyone.Although five or six people fell in front of them, they were all unable to move.She retracted her eyebrows slightly, and looked at the three people who were fighting with Ou Mufeng.

The leader of those three is the man in gray in the later stage of Anjin.The red and black melon skin hat looked very funny, but An Lan could see that his palms were gentle, and there seemed to be a chill in his actions.It seems that the internal force should be something like cold evil.The two people who assisted were all dressed in black, and their skeletons were very good. At first glance, they were materials for martial arts training.It's just that there is a black triangular scarf on his face, so no face can be seen.Just from the tacit understanding of their actions, An Lan has another guess.

Ou Mufeng originally thought that he would be able to resist with just a waist knife, but he didn't expect that the opponent made a big move, two in the late stage of dark energy and one in the early stage of dark energy.He moved carefully to avoid the opponent's attack, and then used the impact force to hope to knock one or two off the cliff.But obviously the other party also had this intention, wanting him to stumble/fall.

Because of Ou Mufeng's relationship, the leading man in gray clothes and caps didn't pay much attention to An Lan. In fact, he was dressed in pink and luxurious clothes, and he had already told these people about An Lan's identity.As long as Ou Mufeng, who is well connected, is dealt with, Poison Scholar will definitely not help revenge.Otherwise, he wouldn't have gained the reputation of being a vicious person.As for the women in the Seven Embroidery Workshop... it's not something that can be easily captured.

What he didn't expect was that after Ou Mufeng abandoned the knife and replaced it with the sword on his back, the woman who had been hiding in the shadows came out.Although it was only two or three steps, it allowed him to see that gorgeous face clearly.Looking at that face, his pupils constricted, his movement paused for a moment, and a slight deviation caused Ou Mufeng's sword to sweep his arm, and blood flowed out immediately.He withdrew from the battle, and the quick movement of the two assists around him gave him time to pull the hem of his clothes and tie up the wound on his arm.

An Lan has been watching Ou Mufeng's side, after all, Zan servant Dou Hehua is in front of her, so she doesn't need her to do anything.At this time, she was very nervous. This kind of battle, where the sword saw blood and the sword swept the wind, made her whole body tremble slightly, and even her heart was beating fast, as if she was about to come out.She adjusted her breathing as much as possible so that the hand holding the sword would not tremble, but she knew that she was afraid.

While being afraid, there is more vigilance.Seeing the pupils of the man in the melon cap and the brown clothes constrict, and his eyes paused with surprise, she knew that this man must know her... or rather knew her.Thinking of the man's martial arts skills and the uniform attacking rhythm of the people around him, she suddenly had a guess in her heart.It was also this guess that caused her original nervousness to be ignored by her.While the man was binding the wound, and Ou Mufeng had no time to take care of it because of the two assists, she flew up to the unprepared man in gray with a small hat and a sword.

The man in gray's eyes widened. Cao Mang blocked An Lan's sword with the metal glove on his hand, but the sword energy rushed into his body, making him flutter downward like a piece of paper blown by the wind.The two assists looked at this scene, stopped their hands and glanced at Ou Mufeng, and quickly flew down.An Lan stopped at the edge of the cave a few steps, glanced at Ou Mufeng and Dou Hehua at one side, put away her swords and flew down.A bright red umbrella was unfolded gorgeously in his hand, and the moon pearl inlaid on the edge of the umbrella exuded a soft golden light to illuminate the surroundings.In the dark night, it is like a fairy secretly descending from the mortal world.

Putting the umbrella away behind her back, An Lan took two steps and looked at the two black-clothed assists guarding the man in gray.She was tense all over, raised her head slightly, took a deep breath and let it out slowly through her nostrils, and said softly: "In the palace..."

Her words made the gray-clothed man's eyes widen when he fell to the ground half-supported.Then he let out a sound of breathing, fearing that the sword energy of that sword had hurt his heart.He clutched his chest and coughed violently, then spit out blood and looked at An Lan: "I didn't expect that the dignified Rongguo Mansion was also involved in this matter."

Hearing that person mentioned Rongguo Mansion, An Lan roughly confirmed the identities of these people.She pulled the corner of her mouth stiffly: "Yo... You can eat more of this meal, but don't talk nonsense."

"Ahem... the miscellaneous family has identified the wrong person?" Seeing that his identity had been discovered, the person did not hide it.The spy's voice doesn't need to be suppressed, it's that servant in the palace.

An Lan watched him silent for a long time, and then burst out laughing.

The author has something to say: I was sent a short message by the editor and found out that I haven't updated for a long time.

I've been a little busy recently, and with the addition of Calvin before, I'm a little reluctant.

But when I was going smoothly today, I suddenly found that I seemed to have found a new direction.

The update will resume tomorrow, I hope everyone likes this article that has opened up my mind!