"Is she Sister Zixi?" Back in the courtyard, Bao Mei asked.

Wen Bufan didn't speak, and quietly went back to the house.

Baomei just wanted to follow up, but suddenly heard a sound in the yard.

When I came out, I saw that someone had thrown a stone into the yard. There was a note tied to the stone, and Bao Mei opened it to see, and the note said that tomorrow at noon, I will see you on the white horse slope thirty miles east of the city.

At this time, Wen Bufan also heard the voice come out, and Bao Mei handed the note to Wen Bufan.

At noon the next day, Wen Bufan and Baomei came to a pavilion halfway up the mountain in Baimapo. There was no one in the pavilion, and there was a note pressed on the stone table in the middle, which said, "Someone is following you."

Wen Bufan looked back, and sure enough, there were two people quietly watching him at the bottom of the hillside.

Wen Bufan looked at the note again, and it was written that someone would cover for you in a while, you turned over the hillside, and there was a Zhuangzi ten miles to the east, just go in!

Sure enough, after a while, two groups of people quarreled at the bottom of the hillside, just blocking the people who were staring at Wen Bufan.

Wen Bufan hurriedly crossed the hillside with Baomei and galloped eastward.

Sure enough, there was a Zhuangzi in the east, Wen Bufan knocked on the door, and someone opened the door and let Wen Bufan and Baomei in.

This Zhuangzi is not very large, and it bypasses the front hall and goes directly to the back.

An old man with white hair is fishing by a pond in his backyard.

The person who opened the door led Wen Bufan and Baomei behind the old man and left.

"Old man, did you send someone to bring me here?" Seeing that the old man didn't speak, Wen Bufan asked.

The old man turned around, looked at Wen Bufan, and said, "Yes, it's the old man!" ”

This old man has a childish face and is in good spirits.

"This son, the surname is high?" The old man asked.

"Wen Bufan!"

"Extraordinary!" As he spoke, the old man put down the fishing rod and said, "This stick in the child's hand must be the Yukun sword, right?" ”

Wen Bufan turned his head and glanced at the burning stick behind his back. said, "Do you know this stick?" ”

"Amazing artifact! I've heard a little about it! The old man stood up, "Two of you, please come to the hall for tea!" ”

The old man invited Wen Bufan and Bao Mei to the pavilion in the backyard, made tea, and said, "Wen Gongzi should be from the Central Regions or the Eastern Regions, right?" ”

"You know where we are?" Wen Bufan asked.

"Yes, of course I do! If you follow your distribution, I should also belong to the Eastern Regions here! You call the undiscovered places in the south the southern regions the southern regions, and the western regions the western regions, and don't we belong to the eastern regions? The old man smiled and said, "Just because you don't know us doesn't mean we don't know you." ”

Wen Bufan listened to the information that this old man knew a long time ago, but it was very appropriate for him to refer to the continent he lived in as the Eastern Regions. Yanshan Kingdom and Donglai Kingdom have agreed, and they can both be called Zhongyu. Then this is the real Eastern Regions.

Wen Bufan suddenly had an idea, it seems that there are many countries in this Eastern Regions, and he doesn't know when he will be able to reunify.

The old man didn't know what Wen Bufan was thinking, and continued: "Invite the two of you to come, mainly to know if the two of you know the Holy Maiden?" ”

When Wen Bufan heard it, this old man wouldn't be in league with the person who kidnapped him and Baomei that day, right?

Looking at Wen Bufan's inquiring eyes, the old man explained with a smile: "The old man has no malicious intentions, but the matter of canonizing the saint is very important!" The old man suddenly remembered something again, and said: "I'm really sorry, the old man forgot to introduce himself, the old king of the Haiyuan Kingdom, Nalan Bolin!" ”

Wen Bufan almost didn't squirt out a sip of tea, this was actually the king of Haiyuan Kingdom, and he was far away at the celebration that day, so he didn't see it real.

Bao Mei looked at Nalambolin and asked, "Grandpa, are you really a king?" ”

"If it's fake?" Nalambolin said.

"You are the king, I don't know the saint, why don't you ask her?" Wen Bufan said.

"Gongzi Wen doesn't know that in our place, the saint has supreme glory! Even if I am a king, I can't just ask the saint about it. Nalan Bolin sighed slightly, "But this matter is related to the lives of millions of people in Haiyuan Kingdom, and I hope that Gongzi Wen will tell him frankly!" ”

"Is it that serious?" Wen Bufan asked.

"This canonization ceremony, all the countries on this continent, large and small, sent people to participate! If the Holy Maiden can awaken the sapphire representing the power of the Holy Maiden on the canonization hall, then those countries will inevitably take Haiyuan as the leader in the future. But if the saint can't awaken the sapphire at the canonization ceremony. So which countries will send troops to attack Haiyuan on the grounds that Haiyuan is deceiving! ”

"How so?"

"In these years, this continent has not been quiet! It was only recently that the saint was born and it was calm for a while! There are more than 20 large and small kingdoms on this continent, and our side is a little better, the further east we go, the more countries there are, and the more wars we will fight! The bigger you are, the poorer you get! So a few years ago, a large number of refugees began to come to our side. We're going to settle it! Unexpectedly, it caused trouble for himself. Those routs and scattered soldiers also followed, occupying the top of the mountain, burning and looting! Naturally, I sent troops to clean it up, and the bandits were cleaned up, but it also brought the flames of war! Which countries are stunned to say that these routs and scattered soldiers that I have cleared are their troops. So some people wanted to unite to attack Haiyuan Kingdom. But they were also worried about the prosperity of Haiyuan Kingdom, so they didn't dare to attack rashly! But if the saint fails to awaken the sapphire, the outcome is unpredictable. ”

"So you're not sure if the Holy Maiden will awaken the sapphire? So what other canonization ceremonies do you hold? Wen Bufan asked strangely.

"I believed it, but on the day of the celebration, after those assassins appeared. I had a little doubt in my mind. Later, I looked at your chaser like that, and then sent someone to investigate, and after learning that you were from the Middle Regions, my suspicions intensified! Nalan Bolin refilled the tea for Wen Bufan and Bao Mei, and said: "If you really know the Holy Maiden, then please tell her, if she can't wake up the sapphire, please leave quickly, otherwise, when those troops attack Haiyuan City, she will be killed!" Although her martial arts are very high, there are also many talented people in those countries! ”

After hearing Nalambolin's words, Wen Bufan couldn't help but have doubts about the identity of those assassins that day. The Assassins were all gone! Could it be...... Wen Bufan raised his head and met Nalamblin's gaze. Nalamborin nodded slightly.

The Basilica of the Virgin

"Lost again?" The Holy Maiden Xiyue reclined on the soft couch and gently fanned the folding fan in her hand.

"Yes, those people are covering them!" Azhu said.

"Since he found out, there is no need to send someone to follow him in the future." The Holy Maiden Xiyue looked lazily out of the window and said, "What should come, will always come!" ”

(End of chapter)