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Chapter 251 Strange Misunderstanding

Outside the Manjusri Bodhisattva Hall, on the square.

Two figures are fighting.

A girl in red and a lame old man in gray.

Below, a Persian businessman led a group of black-clothed swordsmen to assist the gray-clothed old man.

This group of black-clothed swordsmen, neatly arranged, looked well-trained, not like miscellaneous soldiers.

But even so, after a hundred breaths of fighting, Liu Fu still gradually fell to the bottom, making it difficult to parry.

"Not right."

Xie Lingjiang suddenly frowned.

"What am I doing? Do I want to kill the enemy quickly, or protect Uncle Li's family? Now that Wei Shaoxuan and others have not returned for a long time, it should be good news that they have not been caught, but if I drag it here, it will be considered an advantage." so what?"

Ever since she stayed with a certain cheap elder brother for a long time, she was used to thinking more before and after encountering troubles.

call out!
With a flash of sword light, the woman in red clothes seemed to get violent, scaring off the lame steward.

the next moment.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly withdrew, turned around and ran away, it was a feint attack and left the battlefield.

But unexpectedly, Liu Fu, who had been passively accepting the move before, with all his hair and beard stretched out, and the vermilion aura in his eyes soaring, rushed forward, delaying Xie Lingjiang's footsteps.

Seeing this, Xie Lingjiang didn't know that the group of people just now were half-truths and half-fakes, allowing her to fight smoothly, deliberately delaying time, and even consuming the lives of the black-clothed swordsmen for this.

Xie Lingjiang's pretty face was full of anger, and she made a backhand sword, ready to force the sticky brown sugar back.

At this moment, in a sunny place on the southeast side, a beam of sunlight reflected by a mirror suddenly came, piercing her eyes.

It looks like a sword light.

Xie Lingjiang narrowed her eyes and turned her head to look, but she couldn't see the person holding the mirror, but the other scene on the southeast side made her break out in a cold sweat with fright:
A group of swordsmen in black were crouching on the roof on the southeast side, and someone behind them was carrying a large amount of cornel and mugwort to the roof.

Looking closely, it is not only the roofs here, but in the direction of the southeast wind, there are many black-clothed swordsmen unknowingly going up on several roofs, ready to light the cornel and mugwort.

Just wait for the southeast wind to blow, and the pungent arrogance produced by the burning cornel and mugwort can completely cover the square in front of the hall where she and Liu Fu just fought.

Confucian qi practitioners, among the many "qi" in the world, are the closest to the atmosphere, and the cool breeze is also known as the awe-inspiring qi, and the pungent and dry air is the most restrained atmosphere.

Xie Lingjiang, as a seventh-rank book-turner, was even more so, in an open area where the breeze was unobstructed, the aura flowed more smoothly.

What a ruthless thought, there are definitely military personnel among this group of black-clothed swordsmen, or in other words, this is a group of private soldiers raised by Wei Shi!
Xie Lingjiang was almost certain, because this was one of the ways that the army or other court forces had figured out to compete against Confucian qi trainers!

Received an inexplicable reminder, Xie Lingjiang was sweating all over his back, without saying a word, he shook off Liu Fu, slightly embarrassed, and got out of the square in front of the hall.

She jumped up several roofs on the southeast side, and among the black-clothed swordsmen, she coldly handed her sword.

Brush brush --!
Cold light flashed everywhere, and the black-clothed swordsmen who were about to ignite their anger fell down one by one, and the others scattered like birds and beasts.

Xie Lingjiang escaped from the encirclement.

Down below, Liu Fu, Boss Li and others who were about to take out a wet cloth to cover their mouth and nose suddenly became short of breath.

"Rampant girl, don't run away!"

Liu Fu chased him to the roof.

Xie Lingjiang ignored him, snorted coldly to avoid it, leaped several rooftops, and ran towards the southeast.

Liu Fu wanted to chase, but the next second, on the way of pursuit, he had just landed on the roof of a large hall, and he glanced a few feet away from his side, and there was a girl in a Wu skirt with a sword behind her back and her head tilted, looking at him quietly.

The crippled steward's dead soul blew up, if he hadn't seen it with his naked eyes, he wouldn't even be able to detect this weird girl with his perception as a Qi trainer of the seventh rank.

Just as it was delivered to the door, Wu Qun's mute girl hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand over her shoulder.

boom--!
There was a loud noise that shattered the roof, and the crippled figure in charge flew out of the roof, fleeing desperately.

Boom!
A skinny arm fell heavily on the black tiles at the dumb girl's feet.

The sword on her back has long been sheathed.

Liu Fu covered his severed arm with his hands, and fled from the roof with a look of surprise on his face.

"It's a Yue girl! Let's go!"

On the roof twenty feet away, a man dressed in red stopped hesitantly and looked back with frowned eyebrows.

Xie Lingjiang watched the panicked backs of Liu Fu, Boss Li and the others disappear from sight, turned his head slightly, and looked at the familiar figure of a girl with a sword on her back.

The mute girl Xiuniang, wearing a Wu skirt, happened to be standing on the roof of Sanhuiyuan where someone lived, holding a ball of men's clothes in her hand.

If you look carefully, you will find that the clothes in her hands belong to a certain young county magistrate, and they were suddenly "woven" by a white-haired maid not long ago for him to wear.

It’s just that for some reason, it appeared in the Sanhui Temple of Donglin Temple, and now it’s back in the hands of the dumb girl Xiuniang.

Sensing Xie Lingjiang's curious eyes cast in the distance, Xiuniang hid behind her tightly holding the clothes.

Xie Lingjiang withdrew his sword and clasped his fists seriously: "Thank you for reminding me just now!"

Xiu Niang looked at her and nodded.

"It's fate..."

The girl in Wu skirt looked a little shy, Xie Lingjiang said in her heart, looking around, her tone hesitated:
"The girl happened to be there too? We just met at the foot of the mountain, and now we meet again here..."

Xie Lingjiang noticed that on the roof in front of her, this girl whom she felt very close to suddenly lowered her head and her ears were red.

"That's not what it meant." Xie Lingjiang quickly explained: "I didn't say you followed me, girl, don't misunderstand, of course you are not a villain, otherwise how could you have saved me just now and...helped out with the sword?"

Xiu Niang raised her head, and looked at the noble daughter of the Xie family with some embarrassment.

In fact, she had no doubts.

Xiu Niang did go up the mountain with her to find someone.

Because... Xiuniang couldn't find him.

Just following some clues along the way, she went to the Sanhuiyuan where Ouyang Rong stayed.

At the waist behind the embroiderer, the little hands clutching the clothes were tightly clenched.

I was in vain again, where did he go, the traces she left before she left disappeared one by one, and now there is not much trace of him to be found.

On the roof, Wu Qun Xiaoyue girl who sneaked out raised her head and glanced at the sky above her head.

Accumulated for many years, the dense incense shrouds, so that Dagu Mountain has become a natural dark room in the eyes of Qi practitioners, covering too many traces of the atmosphere.

Even Xiu Niang can walk brightly in the sun, without hiding, without worrying about the sect and senior sisters catching her,
Xie Lingjiang didn't know what the girl in Wu skirt was thinking about. Her eyes fell on the severed arm at Xiuniang's feet. After looking at it for a while, she moved closer. Her eyes brightened and she said:
"Your attire...are you the female cultivator of Yunmeng Jianze?"

Xiu Niang was in a daze, and gave a light "hmm" with her nose.

Xie Lingjiang immediately opened up the chatterbox:

"You were also attracted by the movement of the Liu family's casting of the tripod sword? It should be, Yunmeng Jianze is just upstream. Speaking of which, do you know Zhao Qingxiu, who is the virgin of the Palace of Nujun."

Xiu Niang shyly nodded, then shook her head again.

"What do you mean, we know each other but not?" Xie Lingjiang was suddenly curious, "Then what does she look like?"

Xiu Niang's small face was hesitant to speak but stopped, and finally converged into a universal word: "Huh?"

Xie Ling Jiang Fu came to his mind and realized, "You can't speak...but you can understand?"

Xiu Niang opened her mouth slightly and nodded: "Yeah."

Xie Lingjiang looked apologetic:
"Yunmeng is indeed a strange woman. By the way, are you looking for someone?
"Then you must have come to the wrong place. This is Dagu Mountain. The sword furnace for casting the tripod sword is Xiaogu Mountain on the other side of the county seat at the foot of the mountain. When I passed by there, I saw your female monarch-level Yue Nu from Yunmeng Jianze. I am competing for the tripod sword with the qi practitioners invited by the Liu family."

Xie Lingjiang revealed with a serious expression, but Xiu Niang gave a soft "Oh" and still didn't move. She turned her head and looked at the surrounding Buddhist temples.

Xie Lingjiang was about to leave, he hesitated for a while, and asked:

"Girl, if I have a chance to visit Yunmeng Jianze next time, can you introduce Zhao Qingxiu for me?"

Xiu Niang tilted her head with a small face and looked puzzled.

Xie Lingjiang said frankly: "I want to know her a long time ago."

Seeing Wu Qun's dumb woman's expression of embarrassment, Xie Lingjiang explained:

"Don't get me wrong, it's not a personal grievance, it's just that when I was studying and practicing Qi, my father always mentioned Zhao Qingxiu, knowing that he was trying to put me down, but I always felt like someone else's child.

"However, looking around, among her peers, Zhao Qingxiu is indeed the most famous in Tiannan Rivers and Lakes, but she may also have the luck of her family background. Compared with virgins, she is born with a higher starting point, which is a bit dissatisfied, but girl, don't worry, don't worry, she only cares about words and doesn't use martial arts. "

Xiu Niang nodded quickly, "Yeah!"

Seeing her silly and cute, Xie Lingjiang paused, and said in a friendly tone:
"Is it because you are not familiar with her from the same school, so it's hard to agree? It's okay, let's talk about it later, I can't leave right now, the senior brother is here..."

Speaking of this, Xie Lingjiang's expression was gloomy, all the light disappeared from his eyes, and he looked around in a daze.

Xiu Niang also looked around and said softly "ah".

Xie Lingjiang jumped to a sandy place, picked up a wooden stick with his toes, and handed it out, his tone was a little lost: "What do you want to ask, if you can read, you can write it down? I also have something urgent, so I have to leave quickly."

Xiu Niang lowered her head, a little afraid to face her.

Xie Lingjiang waited for a while, but there was no answer. Looking into the dumb girl's eyes, she suddenly said, "Actually, I know you."

The dumb girl tensed up.

Xie Lingjiang said to the nervous embroiderer: "The last time Yunmeng Lake was flooded, my senior brother was saving the gate at the Digong Gate. At a critical moment, did you pass by the gate and use your sword to save people?"

Xiu Niang nodded, still looking at her face.

Xie Lingjiang glanced at the severed finger and slender hand under the sleeve of the dumb girl in front of her, and explained:

"Later, I heard someone describe your characteristics... Senior brother has a strong sense of responsibility, and he personally did it himself. Thank you for your help."

Xie Lingjiang looked sincere, and thanked outsiders on behalf of the elder brother.

The dumb girl, who was struggling with how to exchange his information with Xie Lingjiang, seemed to have reacted to the words, turned her head suddenly, and stared at the direction upstream of Di Gongzha.

I saw warning beacons rising from the mountains upstream.

In Xiuniang's eyes, she also saw other scenes, only the water vapor above the Digong Gate was incomparably turbulent, and it was one of the few places in Longcheng County that could cover the traces of his breath.

And with Tan Lang's character, right now he...

"Why is the girl's forehead dripping with sweat?" Xie Lingjiang frowned.

It was inconvenient for the two girls to communicate, and the mute girl who hurried back to Longcheng became short of breath, turned her head to look north, her eyes were full of self-blame and panic.

Xiu Niang felt as if she had overlooked one of the most likely places to go.

Tan Lang may be on the precarious Di Gong gate!

……

Beitian Jiyangyuan, a small courtyard.

Ouyang Rong didn't know that the two girls knew each other when they met, and he didn't know that a dumb girl's concern was messed up.

As soon as he heard the movement of Liu Fu and others in the distance, he immediately put on the mirage mask.

Under the sun, the air twisted, and someone Li Daitao stiffened.

"Don't move."

Ouyang Rong's tone was unquestionable, and he wrapped his arms around Li Bao'er's slender waist.

"You are Ouyang..." Li Baoer realized that Fu's face was blushing, but fortunately the gauze covered it, but it was hard to hide her staring almond eyes.

Li Bao'er eagerly pushed his arm away with both hands.

Ouyang Rong looked straight ahead, frowned slightly, and gritted out a voice between his teeth: "If you can't go, don't hold back if you stay."

When the words fell, he took the initiative to let go, and instead grabbed her wrist through the sleeve.

The arms of the girl behind him are as slender as bamboo joints, smooth and warm.

But being held tightly by the man's wrist and being in close contact with Li Bao'er is another new feeling.

Her delicate body froze, trembling from time to time, feeling that her limbs were numb and very uncomfortable, she struggled carefully, but the sound of footsteps from outside the courtyard was approaching, and Ouyang Rong's grip was even tighter.

Li Bao'er secretly bulged her cheeks and gave in temporarily.

And her little movement of struggling and shaking her arms happened to fall into the eyes of Liu Fu, Boss Li and others who rushed into the courtyard.

Has the son caught up with and tamed the beauty?

The people who were originally frowning looked at each other and were immediately relieved, thinking that the delay just now was not in vain.

"What happened to your arm?"

Ouyang Rong was the first to go forward to greet him, asking with concern.

"My lord, this old slave has encountered a problem, accidentally..." Liu Fu burst into tears.

Ouyang Rong listened calmly, frowned slightly, and patted the old man's shoulder again:

"This Xie Lingjiang, and that nosy Yue girl, are really looking for death. Don't worry, I will take good care of them in the future...Wei Palace will never treat you badly."

"Thank you, Mr. Six!" Liu Fu was moved, and vaguely felt that Mr. Liu seemed to be a little more friendly.

Li Zou'er was grabbed by the wrist, and the two were very close, standing together, she looked down at her wrist, and tried to struggle from time to time, trying to pull it out secretly.

But Ouyang Rong's attention was not here. From the corner of his eye, he silently looked at Liu Fu, Boss Li, and the dozen or so black-clothed swordsmen who were in the yard.

"Sixth son, why are you alone here? Besides Princess Li, where are the others?"

"I'm going after Cousin Li Xian, after all..." Ouyang Rong turned his head, smiled at Li Bao'er who was staring at him, "Maybe it's my father-in-law who is cheap in the future, right? I can't be absent."

"Sixth Young Master, why does the courtyard look like this..." Liu Fu and Boss Li looked around with surprise in their eyes.

Ouyang Rong stroked the "Wei" Xuanpai on his waist with his palm, and said with a smile:

"The craftsman did it. As soon as I called out the sword, there was a blind guy, so I asked him to try the sword. It's a pity that you can't see him. It's all over the ground, and it's not pieced together."

"Congratulations, young master, congratulations, young master!"

Some people looked around at the old, young, sick and disabled in the corners of the courtyard, and didn't think there was anything wrong with these untouchables looking at their young master with fear in their eyes.

At best, it was a little strange, why some of them looked at them with weird eyes, but for a while, no one cared about the abnormalities of these powerless pariahs:

"My lord, don't be affected by these blind guys, today is a day of great joy!"

Boss Li and others congratulated each other, and one of them said harshly:
"My lord got the sword, we have our guards, why don't we go back now, and give Xie's daughter and that Yue girl a surprise?"

"Don't worry, they will fall into my hands sooner or later."

Ouyang Rong said casually, squinting at the seventh-rank Qi trainer in front of him with a broken arm, and patted the sword box at his feet with his palm, showing a kind smile:

"Come, come, let me reward you for watching something and getting familiar with it."

"What?" Liu Fu and Boss Li looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Of course I appreciate my master's tripod sword."

(End of this chapter)