Chapter - 188 The Importance of Ethical Code (11)

Yang Guo felt that it was difficult to answer these questions, as he thought about it, living with Xiao Longnu forever really would be better than living as a god; but in a cold and dark tomb, even if he didn't get tired of the tomb in ten or twenty years, what about in thirty years? What about forty years? Replying casually, "I would never get bored" would be easy but he has always been frank and true towards Xiao Longnu, he had never said half a lie to her. He pondered for a while and said, "Gu Gu, if we get bored and tired of living in the tomb, we'll go out together."

Xiao Longnu gave an 'en' sound, not saying anymore. She thought, "Mrs. Guo's words weren't a lie. In the future he will get bored and will leave the tomb, and then everyone will be looking down on him, how can he live like that? Why do people look down on him if he and I get together? It looks like I'm an ominous person. I love him, I care for him; I would give my life for him. But these feelings will lead him to have an unhappy life; it looks like it would be better for him not to marry me. It must be for that reason that he refused to agree to marry me that night on Mount Zhongnan."

She kept on going over this in her mind for a long while. Yang Guo's breathing slowed; he was in deep sleep. Xiao Longnu leapt down lightly and went to his bedside, she stared at his handsome face, her heart was in a mess, her emotions kept on turning over, she couldn't stop tears from flowing.

Yang Guo woke up the next morning and felt his shoulder and head was wet; he was slightly surprised and saw that Xiao Longnu wasn't in the room. He sat up and saw some words carefully carved on the table with a golden needle.

'Take care, forget about me.'

Yang Guo's mind immediately became a confused; he stood there stunned and was at his wit's end. He saw that the tears on the table had yet to dry, the dampness on his shoulder and head were also caused by her tears. He wasn't thinking straight, he opened the window and leapt out, calling out, "Gu Gu, Gu Gu!"

The waiter of the inn came over to serve him. Yang Guo asked him when the girl in white left and which direction she headed in. The waiter stared at him; he didn't know how to reply. Yang Guo knew that the opportunity to find her was ever diminishing, if he can't find her today; then there may not be a chance to see her ever again. He went to the stables and leapt onto the skinny horse. At this time, Guo Fu came out of her room and asked, "Where are you going?"

Yang Guo heard but didn't reply, he hurried to the main road and galloped north, in a short while he had gone over tens of li. He kept on calling out, "Gu Gu, Gu Gu!" on the way but where was Xiao Longnu?

After a little while, he saw Jinlun Fawang and his followers on horseback heading west. They all felt shocked when they saw him riding by himself. Jinlun Fawang pulled his reigns and galloped towards him.

Yang Guo had not brought a weapon with him, meeting the enemy like this was extremely dangerous but the only thing on his mind right now was Xiao Longnu, he didn't even consider his own safety. When he saw Jinlun Fawang coming towards him, he actually turned his horse towards him and went forward to meet him, he asked, "Have you seen my Master?"

Jinlun Fawang was surprised that he didn't run away, he was even more startled when he heard him ask this, he casually replied, "No, isn't she with you?"

At first both of them didn't really think too deeply as they asked and replied, but shortly after, both of them thought about how Yang Guo, being by himself, was not a match for Jinlun Fawang. The two of them looked each other in the eye and both knew. Yang Guo kicked his legs as Jinlun Fawang sent out a hand to grab him. But the skinny horse was exceptionally spirited; it galloped like the wind past him. Jinlun Fawang tried to catch up but Yang Guo and the horse had galloped afar, it would be difficult to catch up with him. Jinlun Fawang had a thought and reigned in his horse, "Since he and his Master has separated, what more have I got to be afraid of? If Chief Huang hasn't gotten far… ha-ha…!" He then gathered his men and led them back.

Yang Guo searched for another while and still there was no trace of Xiao Longnu within tens of li. Emotions stirred in his heart, he felt dizzy and shaky and almost fainted on the back of the horse. He thought with sadness and lamented, "Why did Gu Gu leave me again? How have I offended her again? She cried many tears before she left, she's not angry with me." He suddenly thought of something, "Ah, yes, it must be because of what I said about getting tired of the ancient tomb, she thought that I didn't want to spend the rest of my life with her." His eyes glistened as it became clear as to what he should do, "She's returning to the tomb. I'll just go back and be with her." Yang Guo's tears turned into smiles and he flipped over a few times on the horse's back.

Now, as the horse dashed and galloped, he wasn't thinking straight and didn't clarify which direction he was heading in. Then he settled down, he determined where north was and turned the horse around and headed for Mount Zhongnan. The more he thought about it the more he believed this was most likely as to where she would be. Most of the pain and despair had now disappeared. He opened his mouth and sang a mountain song.

After midday, he arrived at a small roadside eating place. He finished eating some buns but remembered that when he left in a rush, he forgot to bring money with him. When the owner of the shop was off guard, he quickly leapt onto the horse and galloped away. He heard the insults of the owner from faraway, but what could he do to Yang Guo? He couldn't stop himself from laughing inside.

He continued traveling until 'shen pai shi fen' (evening), all he saw in front of him now was a dense, dark and deep forest, shouts and insults could be heard from within the forest. He was slightly alarmed and listened closely; it was the voices of Jinlun Fawang and Guo Fu.

He knew something was wrong and leapt off the horse. He placed the reigns on the saddle and hid behind trees. He slowly followed the voices and after about a hundred feet or so, he saw Huang Rong and her daughter with the Wu brothers fending off Jinlun Fawang in a pile of jumbled rocks deep in the forest. He saw bloodstains on the faces and clothes of the Wu brothers, Huang Rong's and Guo Fu's hair was in a mess, and they looked wretched. It appeared that if it wasn't for the fact that Jinlun Fawang wanted to keep them alive, they would have long ago died by his iron wheel.

Yang Guo watched for a while and thought, "Gu Gu is not here, if I go up and help them I could lose my life for no reason. What should I do? How can I save Auntie Guo? He suddenly saw Jinlun Fawang send his wheel smashing out; Huang Rong had no way to receive this attack and retreated backwards behind the pile of rocks. Jinlun Fawang hovered around the outside of the rocks, he actually couldn't attack her.