Chapter One Hundred and Fifty-Seven: Heading North

  "Jing Qing, who is Jing Qing?"

  Yang Yu Xi lowered his head, his face gloomy: "Jing Qing is his only daughter and also my good friend."

  Ru Qiu didn't say anything else.

  Hu Qiema looked at Zhou Yuxiao, Zhou Yuxiao's face was calm and her expression didn't change.

  After a while, Yang Yuxi's body was too weak, leaning against the wall and fell asleep. Rujiaosheng put him flat on the bed, gently covered him with a quilt, and retreated with everyone.

  Only Zhou Yu Xiao stayed behind to take care of Yang Yu Xi.

  Lan Yu Yan originally wanted to stay as well, but seeing Zhou Yu Xiao and the other senior sisters' gazes, she shrank her head and unwillingly retreated.

  The door closed gently behind Zhou Yuexiao, the light inside slowly condensed into a line shining on Zhou Yuexiao's sad face, then turned into scattered light spots, and finally the room darkened.

  The sunlight outside is still shining.

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  In the following days, Yang Yuxi's injuries gradually improved under everyone's careful care, and his own incredibly strong recovery ability played a role again, and he recovered in just a few days.

  Then, Luo Wushen announced the news of Xia Yunxuan's death to Luocheng, and the entire city, especially the Xia family, fell into great sorrow. Xia Yunxuan himself had a good reputation in Luocheng.

  Xia Yunxuan's funeral was arranged properly, Luo Wushen personally presided over it, and the Qin family, who had always been on good terms with the Xia family, also spared no effort in cooperating with the arrangements.

  Everything was ready when several days had passed, and even in the south, there was a hint of coolness.

  The day of the funeral, the sky was gloomy and overcast, with dark clouds hanging low, as if they were pressing down on our heads, and everyone's mood was heavy.

  Yang Yu Xi wore the unique black clothes of a funeral, standing silently in the midst of the crowd, the dark clouds above his head pressing down on him until he was almost breathless.

  His injuries had not fully recovered, and Zhou Yuxiao, who was also in black, supported him on the side. She could clearly feel that Yang Yu Xi's right arm, which she was holding, was trembling slightly.

  The funeral was heavy, as heavy as a sky full of dark clouds.

  No one spoke, everyone hung their heads.

  Serene, solemn.

  As soon as the coffin carrying Xia Yunxuan's body came into view of the crowd for the first time, the sky began to rain.

  Next to the coffin, a woman was supporting herself against it, her footsteps light and floating, crying until she became a tearful person. She was Xia Yunxuan's wife. It is said that she was also a beautiful woman, but now her face was full of sorrow and grief.

  "Shasha"

  It started with a patter of small rain, then grew heavier and heavier, soon becoming a torrential downpour.

  But no one left, nor did anyone move.

  Let the rainwater soak their hair, streak across their cheeks, fall on their shoulders, or hang from the tip of their chin.

  The funeral was proceeding solemnly and in order, its progress unlike that of the rain, slow to the point of being somewhat dragging.

  Yang Yu Xi looked up at the sky, countless pea-sized raindrops hit his face, it hurt a bit.

  He slightly narrowed his eyes, and between his eyebrows was a hint of fatigue.

  "The weather is fine, the sky is clear, where are you..." he muttered to himself.

  Rainwater took advantage of his speaking and flowed into his mouth, chilling him to the bone.

  The injury was not fully recovered after all, and Yang Yuxi felt a bit uncomfortable in the rain. He frowned and couldn't stand steadily for a while.

  "Yu Xi, go back and rest first." Zhou Yu Xiao said softly.

  Yang Yu Xi subconsciously shook his head, but what followed was a dizziness, if not for Zhou Yu Xiao's quick hands and eyes to hold him up, he would have fallen down.

  Yang Yu Xi still wanted to say something, but Zhou Yu Xiao had already pulled him out of the crowd.

  Yang Yu Xi struggled against it, but her weak body at this time was no match for Zhou Yu Xiao, and she could only let her pull herself out of the crowd.

  Zhou Yuxiao, who had always been gentle, became exceptionally tough in some matters after Yang Yuxi's serious injury this time.

  For example, Yang Yu Xi didn't take the medicine, she just stood beside him staring at him. No matter what Yang Yu Xi said, she ignored him and didn't leave, just looking at him. After a long time, Yang Yu Xi showed weakness and took the initiative to pick up the medicine by the bed to drink it. At this time, Zhou Yu Xiao would come over and snatch the medicine from his hand, heat it up and bring it back, then watch Yang Yu Xi drink it bit by bit.

  Yang Yu Xi was pulled by Zhou Yu Xiao further and further away from the funeral, Yang Yu Xi didn't even have the strength to turn back, she just felt that the sound of rain behind her grew louder.

  ………………………………

  Still that room, still that bed, still that young man, still leaning against the wall.

  Different from before, it was pouring heavily outside the window; different from before, the person opposite him wasn't a cold corpse, but a girl in black.

  Yang Yu Xi's eyes were dazed and her lips opened and closed.

  Zhou Yu Xiao sat on another bed, quietly listening.

  Yang Yu Xi told Zhou Yu Xiao everything that happened between her, Xia Jing Qing and Qin Tian Cheng, as she spoke her voice became choked with sobs.

  In fact, Yang Yuxi and Xia Jingqing have not met many times, but each time they meet can be called a crucial moment. The first time Xia Jingqing saved Yang Yuxi, the second time Yang Yuxi saved Xia Jingqing, of course, the second time Xia Jingqing was not in much danger.

  At that time, however, his opponent Xia Yunxuan, Xia Jingqing's father, had already passed away.

  Although Xia Yunxuan was his enemy at that time, Yang Yuxi and he didn't have any grudges. To say the truth, until Xia Jingqing and Xia Yunxuan's father-daughter relationship improved, Xia Yunxuan would also become one of his good elders.

  That day will never come again.

  Although he initially took Xia Jingqing away from here to save her, Yang Yuxi knew that whether it was Xia Jingqing or Qin Tiancheng, they both had a strong sense of belonging to the Luoyang City home, and this sense of belonging could not be replaced by any other place in the world, just like the evening city in Yang Yuxi's heart.

  And this sense of belonging, to a large extent, is because of some people or even one person, for Xia Jingqing, his father Xia Yunxuan is undoubtedly that person. Now that this person has suddenly disappeared, how can the empty space in his heart be filled?

  "Alas..." With a deep sigh, Yang Yu Xi lowered his head.

  Zhou Yuxiao didn't know what to say, she knew that Yang Yu Xi was a person who valued relationships, but this kind of thing she really couldn't think of anything good to say, and such things rarely happened in the palace, at least 14-year-old Zhou Yuxiao had never encountered it before.

  Just then, the door was pushed open and Rujisheng, who had always worn white clothes, walked in wearing a black robe.

  "Hello, Autumn-born brother." Yang Yu Xi sniffed her nose and adjusted her breathing before greeting him.

  Ru Qiu Sheng nodded, put away the oil-paper umbrella and leaned it against the door, walked over and sat down beside Yang Yu Xi, looking at him said: "Yu Xi, so many things have happened these days, haven't had a chance to ask you how you've been doing all these years?"

  Yang Yu Xi was stunned for a moment, six years of memories quickly flashed through his mind, then he nodded woodenly and said with a pretentious air: "Not bad."

  Ru Qiu looked at him and didn't go after asking about the truth of this matter. He continued to ask, "How did Yu Xi end up here?"

  Yang Yu Xi thought for a moment and then told the truth: "I'm here to look for the two missing top scholars, who are also my two older brothers."

  "Hmm?" Rujiaosheng furrowed his brow, many thoughts flashing through his mind in an instant, but he didn't reveal them, saying, "So the two of them are actually your brothers."

  "Damn it, I've wasted a lot of days here again! Sigh..."

  Ru Qiu didn't respond immediately, the feeling from six years ago in the Yushi City Lord's manor surged up again, Haiyang City's outer Yang Lin's mighty divine power and that Yang Sanwang who always made him feel like there was more to him than met the eye had always been a question in his mind.

  Moreover, Nie Han and this year's two top scholars, as well as Yang Yuxi in front of him, all came from there, which further deepened Ru Qiu Sheng's curiosity or caution towards Yang Sanwang and others.

  However, having been friends with Nie Han for many years, he knew him very well. The Yang Yu Xi in front of him was also treated as a younger brother by Nie Han. Such a group of people, he believed would not pose a threat to the Great Zhou.

  "Yu Xi, don't worry, take your time to recover from your injuries. The two champions will definitely find you." Rujiaosheng said with a very determined tone.

  "Huh? Brother Qiusheng, you have a lead!?" Yang Yuxi turned her head to look at him, with an unusual flush on her face.

  "Ah, there are some." Rujisheng nodded, and Yang Yuxi's eyes began to shine with a long-lost light.

  Yang Yu Xi originally thought that Mo Ying Zi and Wei Xin Hao had left, leaving the remaining four people to be killed by himself, and the clue would be cut off. Unexpectedly, Ru Qiu Sheng actually brought a clue, how could he not be excited.

  A sudden movement stirred up his injury, and he began to cough violently.

  Zhou Yuxiao, who had been standing by his side all along, hastily patted him on the back and helped him calm down.

  Rujisheng has been watching Zhou Yu's attitude towards Yang Yuxi these days, and he naturally guessed some of it. However, given his position and personality, he wouldn't say more than necessary. He continued: "Actually, when I heard that the two champions were kidnapped, I was in the south, and the situation with the Nanman was still unclear. So I started investigating the whereabouts of the two champions, following the clues northward, and happened to meet you all in Luoyang."

  "Northward?" Yang Yu Xi suddenly grasped the key point.

  "Ah, go north!" Ru Qiusheng nodded heavily.

  "Why is it, previously we received news that clearly said south." Yang Yu Xi asked.

  Ru Qiu nodded and said, "That's right, previously it was southward, but obviously this direction has been exposed. You and Mu Chenyin have all come to the south, which is proof. Those people are not foolish, the south won't work, they will definitely change direction. According to my Ru Gate's various personnel investigations, it is indeed heading north without a doubt."

  "North, north..." Yang Yu Xi muttered to himself in a low voice, his eyes gleaming with light. He didn't feel any disappointment from the wild goose chase, on the contrary, after getting the clue, his fighting spirit gradually reignited.

  "Then I'll go north!" Yang Yu Xi said in a tone that brooked no refusal. "I'm leaving tomorrow!"

  His injuries hadn't healed yet, but with someone carrying him, flying shouldn't be a problem.

  Rujiaosheng knew Yang Yuxi's temper, once she decided on something, eight oxen couldn't pull her back. So he could only smile faintly and say: "Alright, this time I'll go with you all, not just me, Mucenyin will probably go too."

  Then he paused for a moment and added: "It's been a long time since I've seen that guy Nie Han!"

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