C14

Lu Haoran felt that he must have gone crazy. His reason must have told him time and again not to wade in Yue Zijun's muddy water, but his body refused to listen to his orders and headed west.

He originally planned to head north to the foot of the Changbai Mountain to visit his senior and master that he hadn't seen for a long time, but after hearing Yue Zijun's news, he unknowingly walked towards the place where he disappeared.

It was nine o'clock in the morning, the place where Yue Zijun had disappeared after being injured by the Sect Leader of the Hong Xiang Sect.

The slope was not big, but the terrain was quite complicated. Strange rocks stood in a forest that gave off the feeling of a natural maze. The people of the Hong Xiang Sect did not find Yue Zijun even after searching for seven days. Naturally, Lu Haoran alone did not have much hope for Yue Zijun.

At least, that was what Lu Haoran thought before he reached the 9th Li Po.

Entering the strange stone forest, Lu Haoran's first instinct told him that he had been here before, and not only that, he was familiar with it as well. He didn't know how he had managed to cross the strange stone forest, but his intuition told him that he had successfully traversed it. He had arrived at the edge of a huge fissure in the ground. He found a stone path that could only be used once to reach the bottom of the ditch. He found a crack in the stone wall that could barely fit a person.

The moment they passed through the crack, Lu Haoran clearly knew that Yue Zijun was inside.

Indeed, there was a natural cave behind the long crevice. The walls of the cave had a man-made trench of fire, illuminating the dark cave. The cave was very quiet. To the left was a small cave, and through the cave was a natural underground lake.

Lu Haoran knew that the water was neither deep nor cold, and was even a bit warm. Therefore, he was not surprised that Yue Zijun would stand in the pool to bathe.

With the oil lamp by the side of the water, Lu Haoran could see Yue Zijun in the water. In this dark space, the weak fire and reflecting water made Yue Zijun's skin appear even whiter, as attractive as high grade white porcelain.

"Haoran?" Just as Lu Haoran walked in, Yue Zijun noticed him and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"I …" A gentleman like Lu Haoran felt that his eyes could not be seen at all, staring fixedly at the ground while being unable to control his ears. The sound of Yue Zijun walking up the shore, his clothes, his approach …

"How did you find this place?" Yue Zijun squinted his eyes and asked, feeling scared because of what he had guessed.

"I didn't come here." Lu Haoran said worriedly.

Been here?

Yue Zijun inhaled a breath of cold air and asked word by word: "Wh, wh, wh, wh, wh!"

When?

Lu Haoran was speechless and was unable to answer for a long time.

Yue Zijun heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Go and sit outside."

This cave was obviously repaired by humans. Lu Haoran only came in to look for someone out of instinct, but he didn't look at it carefully. Now, after taking a look, he realized that it was truly well-equipped.

Stone beds, stone tables, stone stools, porcelain cups, porcelain bowls, silver chopsticks, pillows, mattresses, and quilts. In the corner, there were several huge urns containing dried meat and rice, all sealed in lime powder and wax. It was enough for two people to hide in for three to five months.

"You really know how to dodge." Lu Haoran sighed with emotion. Such meticulous planning clearly showed that he had come prepared. How could someone like Yue Zijun really be forced into a corner like what the rumors said? It was obvious that he had come here to hide after some calculations.

Yue Zijun opened the bottle and asked, "Do you want some?"

Lu Haoran nodded and passed the wine cup over.

"Your Jadeite Flower Brew tastes so good, it tastes so good." Lu Haoran said subconsciously, while holding onto the jar of wine.

Yue Zijun held his head up, and after seeing his cheeks blush from the alcohol, he asked, "How did you know I was here in the end?"

Lu Haoran felt a bit impatient and said: "Why do you keep asking me this? You didn't bring me here? We even stayed here for half a month! "

Yue Zijun nearly failed to pick it up when he heard this.

"You … Do you remember now? "

"What do you remember?"

"Who am I …"

"Yue Zijun!" "Lu Haoran continued to sip the wine and carefully savored its sweetness." "Who in the martial arts world doesn't know Young Master Youxiang and Yue Zijun?"

Was he really confused or was he just pretending? Did he remember or not?

"What else?"

"There's more? "What else is there?" Lu Haoran's capacity for alcohol was only average, although the wine was good, it was still not as good as drinking it as though it was water. After swallowing half of the jar of wine, his eyes stared straight at Yue Zijun, and he seemed to be at a loss as to what Yue Zijun was asking about.

"What else do you remember?" He wanted to know how much this person remembered and how much he remembered.

"Reminded of what? What did I remember? " Lu Haoran was obviously drunk. He shook his head on the jar of wine, pouted and said to himself: "What am I thinking? "I've missed you, I've always missed you."

Yue Zijun subconsciously gripped his collar and took a deep breath: "Thinking about what?"

"You … How can you be so stupid! Being hunted by the Hong Xiang Sect … There are others who want to kill you too … You're not Seventh Prince's man? They... "How could they dare to chase after you …"

"Seventh Prince isn't the Jade Emperor. This place is too far away from the emperor, can he still protect me at all times?" To put it bluntly, Seventh Prince's protective talisman was not always effective. So what if someone tried to secretly kill him, Seventh Prince? Besides... With the imperial power in dispute, there were many things in the martial arts world that Seventh Prince could not get involved in.

"That's why I said you're stupid. You … "Why don't you hide in Seventh Marquis Mansion …"

"I can't live in the palace."

"You said it yourself, you're his advisor …"

"That doesn't mean that I can live in the Prince's Mansion. I can't give Seventh Prince any trouble."

"Hmm? Trouble... What trouble... "I don't understand …"

"Of course you don't understand."

"Humph!" Are you laughing at me again? "

"Nope."

"Yes, yes, yes!" You always say I'm stupid! When I hid the box, I hid it from you, even when I liked you, you laughed at me for being a fool … "Hur hur, I'm quite foolish. If I'm not, why would I like someone like you?"

Yue Zijun was shocked and couldn't move at all. Only after a while did he ask in a weak voice, "Just now …" What did you say? "

However, Lu Haoran hugged an empty wine jar and started snoring. With a sound of snoring, he slept soundly.

Speaking of the dispute between Lu Haoran and Yue Zijun, he had to talk about the rebellion of Hong Cheng Wang about three years ago. Back then, when King Hong Cheng was arrested for mutiny, he had a register in his hands, and he remembered the names of the officials and civil organizers who participated in the mutiny. This list was taken away by one of the secret guards under the command of Hong Cheng Wang, and the whereabouts of the list was still unknown.

This register was very important to the current emperor, and to the princes as well. Of course, it was even more important to those officials who harbored evil intents in their hearts. Once the Emperor obtained the namelist, there would probably be a complete change of blood, affecting countless people. At the very least, there would be more than a hundred lives lost. Those officials in the books were naturally thinking of ways to destroy the register. As for the princes …

Everyone had different thoughts, so it was hard to say.

Yue Zijun only knew that Seventh Prince's intention was to destroy the criminal register. No matter who was involved in the conspiracy and what the reason was, in short, King Hong Cheng's rebellion had resulted in countless deaths and injuries. Seventh Prince didn't want to see anyone else die because of this.

Yue Zijun's orders were to find the register and burn it. Of course, the condition was that if someone had seen the roster, they would have to kill everyone and do it cleanly.

The last person to get the name list, coincidentally, was Lu Haoran.

It became Yue Zijun's task to snatch back the namelist and Lu Haoran's life. He would rather kill a hundred wrongly than to let off one of them. When he wasn't sure if Lu Haoran had seen the register or not, killing him directly was the best method.

Therefore, Yue Zijun had left with the belief that he was going to kill Lu Haoran.

— — The content is from [Mick Read]