Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Chapter 170 Man in Black Robe

"Darts?" Qiu Puryue looked at the stall in front of her with curiosity, then turned around and asked Qin Xiao.

Although Qiu Purue and the others said they wanted to go out and play, Qin Xiao didn't know what fun there was in Luoyun, so he took them to visit Yun City again.

During this time, the dart booth that Qin Xiao and his friends had played with before was also visited by Qiu Yin and his friends. Out of curiosity, they all tried it. As expected, Yin Xihui hit the bull's eye, but two of the darts deviated and went to the second lane. Qiu Puryue could only ensure that the darts landed on the plate.

A few people spent the whole morning touring Yun City. In the afternoon, a light drizzle began to fall, so they rented a boat by the river and floated on the river, gazing at the scenery in the rain.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and it would not stop for a while. Although it was nothing for them who had experienced sunny, windy, rainy and snowy days in the mountains, after some discussion, they decided to retreat first and play again when the weather improved.

Mo Hanyu bought a big umbrella that was big enough for two people, and he and Qin Xiao shared the same umbrella.

Qin Xiao didn't want to go back so early and wanted to let Mo Hanyu go first, but Mo Hanyu insisted on accompanying him, so after a few words, he let him go.

The road in Luoyun is wide and people are hurrying along the road. It is rare to see people walking leisurely like these two.

Qin Xiao didn't have an exact destination, he just went wherever he wanted. When he passed an intersection, he inadvertently saw a sign with a sculpture mark on it. It looked like it had commemorative significance. After a brief thought, he decided to go over with Mo Hanyu to take a look.

"What's written on it?" Qin Xiao could only understand the symbols but not the words, so he asked after he finished talking to Mo Hanyu.

"...it says Statue of Emperor Ying." Mo Hanyu looked back at the words on the road sign, and a golden light flashed in his eyes.

Hearing this name, Qin Xiao paused, thinking of the legends that Meng Liyun had told him, and there was a subtle change in the depths of his dark pupils.

But his expression remained unchanged and he nodded.

The statue of the founding emperor Yuhua was built on a wide square. The statue was carved from the finest white jade, as delicate as fat, and lifelike, especially the eyes, which contained endless smiles.

The carved woman has her chin slightly raised and her eyes downward, looking down at everyone with a contemptuous attitude, as if she is sizing up everyone who looks up at her.

Heroic and high-spirited.

The rain fell on her head, slid down the smooth white jade, slowly flowed into her sparkling eyes, and rolled down from the corners of her eyes like tears.

Mo Hanyu looked up, looking a little dazed, staring blankly at the huge statue.

Qin Xiao withdrew his gaze at some point and turned to look at him. He didn't say anything to pull his wandering consciousness back. He just looked at him quietly, staring into his dazed blue eyes.

Nangong Hongying...

This name suddenly appeared in Mo Hanyu's mind. Looking at the eyes of the statue, he seemed to be looking into its eyes in a trance.

When I saw this statue, my mind suddenly became confused, and a lot of messy and vague memories flooded into my mind. But when I recalled them carefully, it was confused again, as if I was dazzled by a thick fog and couldn't remember anything.

He didn't know how long he was in a daze, until the raindrops fell on his eyebrows, Mo Hanyu came back to his senses and found that he had loosened the umbrella handle at some point, and the umbrella fell to the ground, and Qin Xiao's shoulders next to him were already wet.

Mo Hanyu quickly picked up the umbrella and patted Qin Xiao's shoulder, trying to wipe off the wet marks on it.

"Sorry, I was distracted." Mo Hanyu laughed dryly twice, turned to meet Qin Xiao's gaze, and paused.

Those eyes were deep and dark, like a pitch-black and endless abyss.

In just a moment, Qin Xiao lowered his gaze and shifted his sight: "Do you know him?"

"...It feels very familiar." Mo Hanyu said truthfully, "but I can't remember where it is."

After saying that, he looked at Qin Xiao's expression, trying to find some clues from his face, but found that his face was calm and there was nothing unusual at all.

Qin Xiao nodded, looked up at the statue, and said nothing. He noticed a man wrapped in a black robe next to him. There was a table in front of him, covered with a black velvet cloth, and he was sitting quietly in the rain.

Mo Hanyu followed his gaze and saw the man in black, and frowned.

For some reason, the moment I saw that person, a strange feeling arose in my heart.

The man in black robe felt the gaze on him, raised his head slightly and looked over here.

Mo Hanyu frowned even deeper.

Under the cover of rain, he couldn't see the man's face hidden in the shadows.

Qin Xiao was a little puzzled by his reaction, but he didn't ask anything. He just thought that the man was a little weird, and he didn't have much interest in him.

Although Mo Hanyu felt something was strange, he didn't intend to take the initiative to provoke him. After walking around and seeing enough, he was about to go back when he was stopped by someone.

"You two, would you like to have your fortune told?"

A hoarse voice suddenly sounded, and it was unclear whether it was a man or a woman, so the two stopped.

"How to calculate?"

Qin Xiao looked over there.

Hearing this, the man chuckled strangely: "Draw a lot."

Qin Xiao stood in front of the table, staring at him intently. His sharp eyes did not make the man in front of him feel uncomfortable, but instead seemed to feel nothing.

It was raining heavily, but the flannel was not stained with the slightest bit of mud. The gloved hand held a bucket of bamboo sticks with green words engraved on them.

The man shook the bamboo tube again, and the sticks inside made a crisp sound.

Qin Xiao looked at it, without moving or speaking.

"Is the calculation accurate?" Mo Hanyu looked a little unhappy, but one could tell that he was trying his best to endure the discomfort, and he asked softly.

"You are not allowed to refuse money." The man laughed, and when he saw that they didn't say anything, he gently put down the bamboo tube and leaned back slightly.

"I still have some skills." The black-robed man raised his head. Qin Xiao and the others still couldn't see his face, they could only see a dark mass under his hat, like black smoke coming out continuously.

"Since you don't believe me, let me do a simple calculation." The man in black robe said, shook his head, stretched out his hand and pinched, "You two... are very destined to be together."

Upon hearing this, Mo Hanyu tightened his fingers and glanced at Qin Xiao nervously, but saw that he didn't react.

"Your surname is Qin, and your name is Xiao." The man in black robe pointed at Qin Xiao and said, "There are five people in your family, two brothers and one sister."

"And you..." He pointed at Mo Hanyu halfway through, "Your last name is Mo, your given name is Hanyu, there are three people in your family, and you have an older brother. Am I right or not?"

Mo Hanyu was stunned when he heard this, and then responded: "But this information is not a secret, you will know it if you ask around."

"What do you want to do?" Qin Xiao asked directly. This man just started a conversation, and now he doesn't mention anything related to money, so it shouldn't be for money. Then why did he stop them here? And he told them all this...

Qin Xiao thought about it, and his eyes gradually became deeper.

"It's just a greeting." The man in black robe laughed, his voice full of laughter. "If my calculations are correct, you will introduce me to your friends. Then my business will be booming, right?"

Although it was said in the past...

Mo Hanyu thought about it, and suddenly fixed his eyes on him, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

can not tell.

Nothing can be seen.

Mo Hanyu was surprised, and his heart suddenly went cold. He could not see any information about the person in front of him, whether it was his name, identity, or purpose.

But the man in front of him seemed to have noticed it and smiled in a strange way. Although he didn't say anything, Mo Hanyu instinctively felt it.

Qin Xiao tapped his arm, thought for a moment, pulled out a bamboo stick, pinched it with two fingers, glanced at the words on it, and frowned.

This text...

It is not of this world.

He flipped his finger and held it in front of the man in black robe, and said in a cold voice: "What do you want to do?"

Facing the faint murderous aura emanating from Qin Xiao, the man in black robe remained calm and chuckled, "I said, I have no ill intentions."

Then, under Qin Xiao's cold gaze, he slowly drew the stick, flipped it over, and continued in an androgynous voice: "Looking at this stick, something bad will happen in the next few days."

Qin Xiao didn't speak.

The man in black robe continued to speak to himself: "You will see him."

Qin Xiao's pupils shrank suddenly: "What do you mean?!"

The man in black robe did not answer, but turned to Mo Hanyu and continued in a tone that seemed to be smiling: "However, whether it will go smoothly or not still depends on God's will."

Mo Hanyu had a feeling that he was talking about Mo Ze, so he frowned and looked at him, but didn't say anything, his eyes full of scrutiny.

"You have to be careful these days." The black-robed man laughed. "It's so lively here, you have to watch your children carefully, or they might get kidnapped."

After saying these incoherent and confusing words, the black-robed man gradually faded away and disappeared in front of them.

Mo Hanyu tried to stop him, but his hand was empty. The last phantom disappeared like a wisp of black smoke.

"...What on earth is he--" Mo Hanyu frowned and looked at Qin Xiao in confusion.

Qin Xiao also frowned, obviously puzzled, and shook his head at him: "I don't know, but I heard him say that you will run into some trouble in the next few days."

"Can you trust his words?" Mo Hanyu didn't really trust this mysterious guy.

"Then let's wait and see." Qin Xiao raised his chin slightly, his dark eyes flashing with a cold light, "Why did he take the initiative to provoke us, and what is his purpose..."

……

"Your Majesty, why did you summon me here this time?"

In the luxurious and quiet imperial palace, Bai Xirui sat on a soft chair at one side, looking at the lazy girl opposite her and asked in confusion.

"Master Bai, your grandson performed very well in this competition." Nangong Huaxue said casually with his eyes lowered.

"Your Majesty, you are too kind. It is not outstanding. When the late emperor was young, that was called—"

“Haha…” Nangong Huaxue suddenly chuckled, as if thinking about something, “It’s really outstanding. It can be compared with my father when he was young.”

"I don't mean that at all!" Bai Xirui was startled and explained quickly.

Nangong Huaxue looked up at her and couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he knew her real age.

She is more than two hundred years old, but she still looks young. Her skin is soft, white, and delicate like jade. Her appearance is also beautiful and she looks only about twenty years old.

Bai Xirui was wearing a green robe embroidered with white gardenias, which made her look exceptionally beautiful. Her posture was gracious and elegant, and her manners were graceful, with every move showing courtesy.

"I don't mean that." Nangong Huaxue smiled, "I called you here because I want to hear your opinion on something."

"What's the matter?" When Bai Xirui heard that something happened, she did not immediately ask Nangong Huaxue to take charge. Instead, she asked first and then waited for Nangong Huaxue's answer.

"You also know that although I am the emperor of Yuhua, I always feel powerless when doing things and am controlled by others in every way." Nangong Huaxue said, tears flashing in his eyes and his face hid an unnoticeable resentment.

"I have said before that if Your Majesty is determined, I will follow your guidance until death." Bai Xirui nodded slightly to show her loyalty.

Nangong Huaxue avoided the question without leaving a trace: "Recently, Lei Ting met with me and said that he knew my difficulties, so he gave me this."

Nangong Huaxue said this and waved his hand lightly, and a porcelain bottle appeared on the table.

"This is--?"

“Yumian.” Nangong Huaxue lowered her gaze, “It is said that if someone with healthy tendons and veins drinks it…”

Nangong Huaxue repeated Yu Qingling's words: "--Do you think I should listen to this opinion?"

"Absolutely not." Bai Xirui heard this and said sternly without hesitation, "Although I don't know what Lei Ting'an's intention is. But no matter what, this is Yuhua's internal affairs. From ancient times to the present, there has never been a case of bringing in outsiders due to internal strife."

"Your Majesty, don't listen to that traitor. Since the founding of the country, Yuhua has always had a bad relationship with Lei Ting. Now that the imperial power has fallen, they are too happy to help us. How could they possibly want to help us? Yumian's power is overbearing and powerful. If used carelessly, it will indeed be like what she said, but will Wang Ji fall into the trap so easily?"

"What if Lei Ting discusses with Wang Ji again and tries to please both sides by being a double-faced person? If you follow his advice and anger Wang Ji, wouldn't that be exactly what he wants?"

"Let's take a step back and say that even if you succeed, what will happen next? Wouldn't you owe him a completely unnecessary favor? Although Yumian is expensive and complicated to make, our Bai family can afford it. Not only that, if you want to compete with him, our Bai family will stand firmly on your side. Why bother to owe Lei Ting a favor?"

Bai Xirui said all this in one breath, and only then did she realize that some of the words she had used were not appropriate. Just as she was about to open her mouth to make amends, she suddenly met the emperor's eyes and was stunned.

Nangong Huaxue was staring at her with a half-smile on his face. The gentle smile on his face did not see through his eyes, but the scrutiny that inadvertently revealed in his gaze frightened Bai Xirui.

Is she...testing her with this matter?

Bai Xirui felt a chill in her heart, and when she looked into the emperor's beautiful eyes, she actually saw the shadow of another person in the emperor.

Especially that expression of smiling face but not smiling inside, which is exactly the same as that of the man surnamed Wang.

"...In that case, it is true." Nangong Huaxue lowered her eyelids, and when she raised them again, a bright smile spread across her face, "Thank you very much for helping me get this idea."

"Your Majesty, you are too kind." Bai Xirui calmed herself down and still put herself in a respectful position. "With your Majesty's talent, I'm sure you have thought of it a long time ago."

Nangong Huaxue just smiled and shook her head, not continuing the topic, and turned to ask about the situation of the Bai family.

It was raining heavily outside. The two people in the house kept chatting until the raindrops became sparse, like thin threads passing through, and then they stopped.

After bidding farewell to Bai Xirui, Nangong Huaxue turned around and fell on the couch. He picked up the metal plate next to him and began to look through the information in a very ungraceful manner.

"So he's been in seclusion for the past few years." Nangong Huaxue muttered softly, "The timing of his seclusion is quite coincidental."

"His Majesty."

A dark shadow appeared silently not far from Nangong Huaxue, lowered his head slightly, and reported to her.

"Today the Imperial Master went out to see the child you met a few days ago."

Nangong Huaxue paused and raised her eyes slightly: "How did you meet?"

The black shadow told what he saw, and hesitated at the end: "It seems that there are many people from the Wang family around that child."

Wang Ji?

Nangong Huaxue raised her eyebrows and nodded to show that she understood: "You can go down."