C14

Lu Haoran felt that he must have gone crazy, his reasoning telling him time and again to not wade through Yue Zijun's muddy water, but his body did not listen to his orders, and continued to head west.

He had originally planned to head north to the foot of the Long White Mountain to visit his master and senior brother, who he hadn't seen for a long time. However, after hearing news of Yue Zijun, he unconsciously headed towards the place where he disappeared.

The place where Yue Zijun disappeared at after being injured by the Hong Xiang Sect Master.

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 manage to find Yue Zijun after searching for seven days, so naturally, there was no hope for Lu Haoran alone.

At least, that was what Lu Haoran thought before he reached the ninth floor.

Entering the strange stone forest that was at the ninth slope of the mountain, Lu Haoran's first instinct told him that he had been here before, and not only was he familiar with this place before. 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 he passed through the crack in the stone, 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 pool was neither deep nor cold, and was even a little warm, so he was not surprised at all that Yue Zijun would stand in the pool and take a bath.

Using the oil lamp beside the water, Lu Haoran could see Yue Zijun in the water. In this dark space, the weak light of the fire and the reflected surface of the water made Yue Zijun's skin appear even more delicate and white, as enticing as fine white porcelain.

"Haoran?" Just as Lu Haoran walked in, Yue Zijun spotted him. Surprised, she could not help but ask, "Why are you here?"

"I …" A gentleman like Lu Haoran felt that he could not see anything with his eyes, staring fixedly at the ground while being unable to control his ears. The sound of Yue Zijun walking ashore with water dripping, his clothes on, his approaching voice...

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

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

Been here?

Yue Zijun drew in 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 had clearly been artificially repaired before, so Lu Haoran had only come in to look for the person based on his intuition at the beginning but had not taken a careful look. 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, such meticulous planning could be seen, how could someone like Yue Zijun be forced into a corner like the rumours? It was obvious that he had come here to hide after some calculations.

Yue Zijun opened the wine seal and asked: Do you want to drink?

Lu Haoran nodded his head, unceremoniously handing the wine cup over.

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

Yue Zijun held her head up, seeing him drink until his cheeks were red, she asked: "How the hell did you know I was here?"

Lu Haoran felt a little 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 almost couldn't catch it in one breath.

"You … Do you remember now? "

"What do you remember?"

"Who am I …"

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

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 not average, although the wine was good, it was not as good as drinking it as water. After drinking most of the wine, his eyes stared blankly at Yue Zijun, and seemed to be at a loss as he asked him a few questions.

"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 tilted his head and shook the wine jar as he muttered to himself with his lips pursed: "What am I thinking? "I've missed you, I've always missed you."

Yue Zijun subconsciously tightened his grip on 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 are not someone from Seventh Prince? They... "How could they dare to chase after you …"

"The Seventh Prince is not the Jade Emperor, this place is far away from the emperor. Can he still protect me at all times?" To put it bluntly, Seventh Prince was not a talisman that could be used anytime soon, so what if someone secretly wanted to kill him off in the Seventh Prince? Besides... There were many things in the martial arts world that the 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 I can stay in the Duke Palaces. I can't cause trouble for the Seventh Prince s."

"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 stood there in a daze, unable to move. Only after a while did he ask in a weak voice, "Just now …" What did you say? "

But Lu Haoran just hugged the empty wine jar and snored, and with a sound, he slept soundly.

When it came to the matter of Lu Haoran and Yue Zijun, one had no choice but to talk about the matter of King Hong Cheng's betrayal 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 meant to destroy the criminal register. No matter who was the mastermind behind the conspiracy, or what the reason was, Duke Hong Cheng had already suffered numerous casualties, so Seventh Prince did not want to see anyone else dying in vain.

Yue Zijun's orders was 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 obtain the namelist by coincidence was Lu Haoran.

Stealing the namelist and taking Lu Haoran's life was Yue Zijun's mission, and he would rather kill a hundred than to let go of one. When they were unsure if Lu Haoran had seen the namelist before, killing him immediately was the best way to keep quiet.

Therefore, Yue Zijun had indeed left with the belief of killing Lu Haoran in the beginning.

— — The content is from [Mick Read]