Chapter 44 Delivering the Letter
Linghu Xian's eyes were first white in her sleep, and a black shadow rapidly flew towards her from far to near. She gradually saw that it was a free-flying black dragon; the horns on top of its head were emerald-like turquoise green, and its eyes were a brilliant azure color. The black dragon flew to Linghu Xian's eyes and turned into human form in an instant; the five features and appearance are Ouyang Zhong's appearance, the same heroic sword eyebrow, and a straight nose, only the eyes are dark blue; there is also pair of horns on the top of the head. In the dream, Linghu Xian immediately recognized this person, Ni Zhong, in the Kunlun Mountain Wind. Xijian knew the young man.
Ni Zhong was still like that time in Feng Xi Jian, always smiling sincerely at her. His smile was so beautiful. That smile made her feel at ease, as if even the most challenging thing was that she could grit her teeth and get through it as long as she had him by her side.
Ni Zhong held out his hand to her. She happily went up to hold it, and they played happily. Tired of playing, they lay on the grass by the stream and looked at the blue sky. Ni Zhong reached out and cast a spell, turning the clouds in the sky into various shapes, sometimes a tiny house, sometimes a small fox, and sometimes a flower slowly blooming.
Suddenly, the sky darkened, and everything was instantly plunged into darkness. Ni Zhong was nowhere to be seen, and Linghu Xian saw that her whole body started to catch fire; she turned into a ball of fire, but she surprisingly didn't panic. At this point, the perspective is Linghu Xian standing in a daze in the dark corner, looking at their own body burning as if the burning person is not their own, but also as if they have been out of body, standing in the sky watching their own about to be ashes. Still, Linghu Xian could feel a powerful force soon raging out of their chest. She again saw that pair of brilliant blue eyes in the darkness, looking at her two by two without the slightest emotion.
Ever since the demonic poison had struck Linghu Xian, she seemed to be able to remember quite a few things from before. When she was young, she didn't dream of Ni Zhong, not even Ouyang Zhong. But these days, she could always dream about Biehua Mountain, where she grew up when she was still a little fox, her father and mother and her brothers and sisters, Feng Xi Jian, the immortal peach tree, her master, and a few senior brothers, the mysterious cliff cave, Ni Chong, and even dreamed about a lot of people she had never seen before, places she had never been to. An indistinct voice always calls her in her dreams... but what is it saying? She woke up every time and couldn't remember, the only thing she remembered was that the voice was very nice, it was a woman's voice.
Sleeping in a daze, Linghu Xian suddenly felt her body lighten. She seemed to be carried into the room and placed on the bed. She opened her eyes to see Xuan Mo placing her on the bed and giving her another layer of covers. Xuan Mo didn't notice that Linghu Xian had woken up, unexpectedly the two of them looked at each other for a long time.
Under Xuan Mo's care, Linghu Xian's injuries are recovering daily. Linghu Xian still respectfully addressed Xuan Mo as a teacher; she knows that in the previous life, he was her Teacher, and in this life, Xuan Mo did not promise to accept her as a disciple again; they have long since ceased to be a teacher-student relationship. Xuan Mo would always involuntarily call her "Cang Cang," so Linghu Xian also responded to this name.
The two of them have always respected each other as guests. Xuan Mo gave her pulse and boiled medicine to cure her illness, and Linghu Xian also thanked him for his help and cooperated with the active treatment; she also hoped to get well as soon as possible to repay his kindness. These two people are not fools; each other is a what the meaning is clear to see. Outsiders also have a good thing, such as Wei Kongji, who wants to set up the two of them to tie the knot (this point, General Wei does not favor Ouyang Zhong because, in his view, Ouyang Zhong and Linghu Xian are not at all a world of people, really can not come together). Indeed, the man is unmarried, the woman is not married, the appearance is also very correct, and they get along over time for long, even if the blind can also see that the man on the woman has the heart, but it is the two parties who also do not break that layer of windowpaper.
Xuan Mo knows his own heart and also knows that Linghu Xian, more clearly, is that he can not marry her. As the sky god can not be moved, he moved, can not love people, he also loved. If he goes further to make more than move things, I'm afraid that will harm his beloved girl instead. Xuan Mo feels that this life will be satisfying if he can stay by her side and take good care of her. Of course, he also understands that Linghu Xian and Ouyang Zhong did not separate. The remaining love is not yet, and the marriage is not broken; this is between them, and they must go through a love disaster. And all of this to himself, how is not a love disaster?
Linghu Xian to Xuan Mo always suffers from shame. She is still waiting to figure out the feelings between her and Ouyang Zhong, whether it is the Ni Zhong of her past life that she loves deep down or the Ouyang Shige of her natural life. Also, in the matter of love, the beginning of the heart is not moved; the back relies on day-to-day love and always feels that there is something missing. Linghu Xian is always in her heart when Xuan Mo is a teacher and a respected elder, which means she does not want Xuan Mo to give birth to the subtle feelings between men and women.
At this moment, these two people stared at each other for a long time. Still restrained, Xuan Mo gently put his hand over Linghu Xian's forehead and slowly opened his mouth: ''Seeing that you just dozed off and fell asleep in the courtyard, I'm afraid you'll be windy and catching cold and get sick again. Luckily, there is no fever, or I would have to boil medicine for you again. If you're tired, sleep a little longer. I'll go out and not disturb you."
Xuan Mo has always had little expression, but most of his words to Linghu Xian were soft and slow, and his eyes were soft. Linghu Xian took the rare initiative to reach out and hold Xuan Mo's and obediently got up and sat up. She looked at Xuan Mo and said, "Teacher, I don't know how to thank you."
Xuan Mo smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing. I don't need you to repay me either."
"To be. In my current life, my adoptive father died due to an accident when I was very young. My mother and brother also suffered a sudden change when I was six years old, so I had to erase their memories and send them out of Zongcheng City. After that, I was the one who went alone to the Ouyang family to sell myself to slavery. Ever since I was young, I have served and cared for others, never having been cared for by anyone else, let alone cared for in such a flawless manner as a teacher. I am humiliated to receive this." Linghu Xian continued to pull on Xuan Mo's hand, lowered her head in thought for a moment, and then said:
"I know Teacher's heart, and I also know that Teacher is not a mortal and does not dare to climb high, nor is he worthy of the mercy of a high person like you. Moreover, I have yet to understand my mind. Therefore, please wait for me. I will naturally give you an explanation when I think clearly. Now that the Dingling Clan's army is pressing in, Yu Sun and Tuoba Cheng will surely make their next move. Cang Cang will try to help Teacher as much as possible to accomplish the right thing, capture this demon, and rid the people of evil. This is a promise I made to Teacher, and I will fulfill my promise." Linghu Xian looked into Xuan Mo's eyes; her gaze was pure and sincere; she had never had all those crooked hooks, so even her refusal was sincere. Xuan Mo can distinguish between public and private. The duty on him has not been forgotten for a moment. Without removing Yu Sun, it will be challenging to be at peace one day.
Xuan Mo looked at Linghu Xian and returned a sincere handshake, smiling and saying, "Good! I believe you." Then Xuan Mo asked with slight hesitation, "After we finish this battle, if you think clearly, then we will leave here together and start over, okay?"
Linghu Xian's face reddened, this was almost like a marriage proposal. A girl's family will be more or less shy whenever they are being proposed to, even if they don't want to marry someone; Linghu Xian could only slightly nod, indicating that this matter will be discussed in the long run.
At this time, outside the room, someone informed the military advisor, Xuan Mo, to go to the general's tent to talk. There are important matters to discuss. Not only is Linghu Xian's body not yet healed, but she has also been removed from the army, so naturally, it is not appropriate for her to go with her. Xuan Mo patted her shoulder and turned to leave.
Inside the general's tent, Great General Wei Kongji was discussing with several of his beloved generals the latest movements of the Dingling Clan and the secret letter that he had just received from Ouyang Zhong.
Xuan Mo took the secret letter and quickly scanned it, then he took the small medicine bottle and looked at it, it was so heavy with demonic gas, then he opened the bottle and before he could get close to his nose he was choked and hurriedly covered his mouth and nose, "It stinks!"
Wei Kongji was curious: What was in this vial? Why does it stink? He took it over and smelled it: a faint fragrance of flowers and grasses and some sweet and greasy scent that he couldn't tell what it was. There was no odor at all, right?
Xuan Mo frowned and brought the small medicine bottle closer to smell it carefully, after distinguishing the ingredients. He hurriedly slapped it into pieces and turned it into ashes. He looked squarely at Wei Kongji and the several generals and said, "This isn't some so-called immortal elixir, but a poison mixed with demonic qi and corpse oil, a demonic poison."
"Corpse oil?" Some generals were baffled to hear this. Was this some grease refined from an animal?
"No, it's human corpse oil." The entire room was in an uproar at these words. Some even involuntarily dry-heaved. The thought that those royal relatives were going crazy taking the same human corpse oil every day was simply outrageous and creepy!
Wei Kongji frowned and asked, "Why would this be unnoticeable to normal people?"
Xuan Mo nodded and explained, "Indeed, ordinary mortals could not smell this odor, as that so-called floral scent masks it. The use of spells is indeed difficult to detect. In fact, that thick and greasy odor is the smell of human corpse oil."
Wei Kongji and several generals knew that this Military Master Xuanmo in front of them was a cultivator with a high level of Taoism, so they naturally had no doubts and were filled with conviction.
"It seems my Zhongming Kingdom is now in an internal and external crisis!" Wei Kongji was quite worried. Although he had been exasperated by that Nanling Elder Princess before, he did not want the entire country to be paralyzed and in a crisis. Is it indispensable to implement that one dangerous move with Ouyang Zhong inside and outside?
Xuan Mo said frankly, ''If it is really as Ouyang Zhong said, this is an immortal elixir that the Eldest Princess and the County Lord have been taking for a long time, and that Taoist person has become the pillow of the ruler of the Zhongming Kingdom. I'm afraid that the royal family of the Zhongming Kingdom will be in dire straits. Because anyone who has taken this demonic poison is no longer alive; they have all become puppets of the demonic woman Yusun."
"What!" Wei Kongji was shocked to stand up. It seems that dangerous chess is the arrow on the string he had to send, no matter whether he would like to go. If not, in Zhong Ming, the country does not have a country name. In reality, they are ministers and generals who also protect their homes and guard the country. Wei Kong's intermediary immediately repaired a letter to Ouyang Zhong and also wrote a letter home, ordering Wei's family to be ready to stand.
Xuan Mo thought about it and wrote a letter to Ouyang Zhong, telling him to be careful of the Taoist and the method of cracking the related illusions. But this demonic poison has no solution. Because it is mixed with Yu Sun's demonic qi and spider poison, naturally, no one can break it except herself.
Only the secret letter that General Wei sent to Ouyang Zhong's family was secretly delivered by a messenger. In contrast, Xuan Mo thought it would be better for him to talk to him personally.
Just as Xuan Mo was about to leave the general's tent, Wei Kongji stammered and asked him to stay momentarily. After the other generals dispersed, Wei Kongji said to Xuan Mo with difficulty, ''Ouyang Zhong also sent someone to bring a bunch of letters, only this is for Linghu Xian. He asked me to pass it on to Linghu Xian and wanted me to be a peacemaker and matchmaker. But Mr. also knows I am a big older man, and I can not do this, not to mention that I prefer to let the girl and Mr. you forever end a hundred years of good. I still leave this letter to Mr. to arrange it by himself."
Xuan Mo took the letter, but the strength of his fingers increased by a few points. Then, he nodded his head to say thank you and turned to leave.
Xuan Mo returned to the grass hut, looked at Linghu Xian, who had drifted off to sleep again, and then looked at the letter in his hand. He didn't open it to read a single word and just placed it by Linghu Xian's pillow as it was in the beginning. Then Xuan Mo split into a stealthy body and went to Zong City. But when it took time to burn incense, Xuan Mo was already standing in Ouyang Zhong's study in the County Lord's Mansion.
Ouyang Zhong these days are a dynasty first back to the Ouyang family to see his mother and father, and then come to the Sheriff's residence, visit the Sheriff on a salute to say hello, see not on the quiet, drilling into the study to read and practice the qin, a faction of leisure, hidden in the vast planning strategy. Only to understand Ouyang Zhong's zither sound words and paintings of very few, only Linghu Xian sympathized with him.
Ouyang Zhong was playing the zither; the sound was calm and misty at first but gradually contained murderous intent, revealing a murderous aura. He suddenly felt that there was someone in the room came in, but this square inch of land could not see half a silhouette. He remained calm on the surface, but in his heart, he was guessing whether this person was an enemy or a friend, his purpose, and how he should deal with it next.
Xuan Mo gradually appeared in the shadowy place. He looked at Ouyang Zhong with a slight smile and began to use the thousand-mile voice transmission to communicate with him, just like when he was with Pi Dan in general.
"You're outraged right now. You're about to get a little sullen." Xuan Mo said.
"Could it be that Army Master Xuan Mo also understands sound?" Ouyang Zhong asked.
"I don't understand sound and rhythm, but I can smell the scent on you. I'm here to deliver a letter to you." With a flick, he threw the letter to Ouyang Zhong. It was such a light and flimsy piece of thin paper, yet it could carry full strength like an arrow. With just this move, Ouyang Zhong was convinced.
"Since you're here, why do you still need to deliver the letter? Why don't you just tell me directly?"
"What is written on the letter, you can keep it for a rainy day. I came to ask you something in person. Did you also smell a corpse odor from that medicine bottle?"
Ouyang Zhong was shocked. Sure enough, his nose was different from others. The stench from that medicine bottle was actually a corpse stench! Xuan Mo looked in his heart and realized. Then he approached Ouyang Zhong and reached out to take his pulse.
Xuan Mo frowned slightly as he looked at Ouyang Zhong and said, "It seems that when you and Linghu Xian were poisoned by Yu Sun, it might not be bad."
"What does that mean?" Ouyang Zhong listened in a cloudy manner.
"Yu Sun's demonic poison allowed Linghu Xian to recover some of her demonic power, but she also recovered some of her spells. Her body is slowly recovering now, but she has indeed turned back into a demon. It's just that her own heart still insists on being a human. As for you, you are not a mortal trustee either; in your last life, you were a dog; in this life, you are a trustee as a human. Yu Sun's demonic poison helped you awaken some of your previous mana."
"What?"
Such a large amount of information could severely shock Ouyang Zhong. Ouyang Zhong had been afraid of Linghu Xian before because he had heard that she was a demon or suspected to be one. He didn't expect her to become a demon now! And he wasn't a mortal, so what was he? A demon as well?
Xuan Mo helplessly shook his head and said, "It seems like what you should be thinking about right now is not whether you are a demon or a human, but rather think about whether, with this layer of mana, you will have an extra layer of chance of winning when dealing with that demonic path or even Yu Sun, to realize your plan with General Wei."
Xuan Mo couldn't help but say to Ouyang Zhong, with a puzzled expression of disgust, "When will you be mature and steady? Think and act like a real man? I really don't know what exactly Linghu Xian likes about you when you act like a child."
Ouyang Zhong's young master's temper had just been raised, but it was extinguished by the three words "Linghu Xian." Every time Xuan Mo counted him down, he was actually convinced; come to think of it, Xuan Mo was always right. Ouyang Zhong knows that if it were not for his young master's temper, complacency, domineering, self-righteousness, recklessness ... these shortcomings, in the end to, the fox fresh hurt, he would have to change these problems.
Xuan Mo is right; the top priority is to dismantle the demonic Taoists' plotting and scheming in public, and also how to push Prince Xiao Su to the throne to replace the current state ruler, Xiao Zhan. Xuan Mo told Ouyang Zhong that the so-called "elixir" is a demonic poison; anyone who has swallowed it is already hopeless, and the best method is to cut off the head. Otherwise, in the future, once controlled by Yu Sun, it will be a group of murderous puppets. Also, that demonic path must be Yu Sun's henchman; it must be eliminated. Otherwise, there will be endless troubles. Yu Sun and Tuoba Cheng have been extraordinary lately. There is not much movement, but according to the secret report of the front scouts, two months later, Dingling's entire clan of several million workforce troops will move overwhelmingly to the south, and there is bound to be a vicious battle. Ouyang Zhong should also make some preparations as early as possible in Zongcheng City.
Ouyang Zhong slightly broke out in a cold sweat as he listened; this was really a left-and-right attack by the wolf in front and the tiger at the back! Plans needed to be made to be more thorough. Ouyang Zhong wanted to stay with Xuan Mo to discuss for a while longer but was refused by Xuan Mo.
Xuan Mo didn't hide anything and said: ''I have to hurry back to Beiwang City; Cang Cang is still waiting for me at home; I have to return to give her medicine and cook. Hu Cang Cang is the new name that Linghu Xian now claims to the public. I gave it to her in her previous life."
Ouyang Zhong was anxious to hear all this. Was he going home, waiting for him, decocting medicine and cooking—what is all this? Today, Xuan Mo came to him. Was it to deliver a letter or to declare war? Ouyang Zhong panicked and pulled Xuan Mo's hand, wanting him to speak clearly.
Xuan Mo said bluntly, "That's right, I did come to deliver a letter, but apart from the war priorities, I also came to tell you that when this war is over, I will take Hu Cangcang away from here to live again, and I will stay by her side to take care of her for the rest of her life!" Then Xuan Mo stealthily left, leaving Ouyang Zhong with a look of disappointment and dismay.