On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, Hengguo Beicheng——

People of all ages took to the streets to celebrate this joyous festival. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Located in the southwest of Bay City, the scenery on both sides of the Yudai River is more prosperous than before. In addition, although it is winter, the river is not frozen because of the frequent passing of small boats. The moonlight is good, and the beauty of the night by the water is more and more beautiful.

Some of the boys and girls in the city rushed to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival to join in the fun, watch the lanterns and guess the lantern riddles; some came to the Yudai River and put the lotus boat lit with lanterns down the river to pray for a good wish for the new year.

At two o'clock, there were many people in the night market on the east side of the Yudai Bridge, and there were bursts of laughter from time to time.

Zhan Duxiao, the palace master of the Demon Palace, was walking slowly on the street alone, when suddenly a boy who was about seven or eight years old a year was holding a few paper bags and rushed towards him with his head down. Zhan Tianlai's thoughts were drifting, and he couldn't hide, the paper bag in the boy's hand fell to the ground instantly, and the paper bag also fell apart, and more than a dozen snow-white Lantern Festivals rolled down in front of the two.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. The boy hurriedly bowed nervously and said.

"It doesn't matter. Zhan Duxiao smiled lightly and squatted down to help the boy pick up a few lantern festivals.

"Brother, you're so nice. Today is really my lucky day, and I met a noble person when I went out. The boy also squatted down and said as he picked up the lanterns.

"Oh, what do you mean by that?"

"This Lantern Festival is the only thing that my seriously ill grandfather wants to eat, but I don't have the money to buy it, so I want to 'borrow' a sister's purse for it. The boy said, pointing in the direction of the arched bridge over the Yudai River, "It's the older sister in the light yellow dress and white jacket." ”

When Zhan Duxiao heard this, she looked in the direction the boy was pointing and saw the silhouette of the woman described by the boy's mouth, and saw her standing by the railing of the bridge, as if staring at the colorful lanterns floating on the surface of the Yudai River with a smile on her face.

"As soon as I touched that sister's purse, she noticed it, and I thought I would be caught and scolded as usual, but she not only didn't blame me, but after asking the reason, she also gave me the only piece of broken silver on her body, so that I could buy these Lantern Festivals and take them back to my grandfather. The boy continued.

"It's just that these Lantern Festivals have stained the soil on the ground, I'm afraid it will damage your filial piety. Since you say that I am a noble man, I will do what a noble man should do. Zhan Duxiao dropped the Lantern Festival in her hand, stood up, and asked the boy, "What kind of fillings are these packets? I'll buy you another one." ”

"Really?" the boy was pleasantly surprised.

"Hmm. ”

"Hawthorn, sugar and red beans. ”

"Boss, a pack of hawthorn, sugar, and red bean paste. ”

"Gotcha. ”

Zhan Duxiao took the wrapped Lantern Festival from the stall owner and handed it to the boy.

"Thank you, big brother!"

"Don't keep Grandpa waiting, go ahead, be careful this time. ”

"I see. Goodbye, brother. ”

Seeing the boy running away, Zhan Duxiao shook his head with a smile, turned his head, and subconsciously looked at the light yellow figure on the arch bridge of the Yudai River.

No, the woman on the side of the bridge railing was Chan'er who walked out alone from the Drunken Huang Building, and Shicai Chan'er inadvertently turned her gaze and just took the scene of Zhan Duxiao buying Lantern Festival for the boy in her eyes, so at this moment the two coincidentally looked at each other.

Although the distance between the two was a little far, and they couldn't see each other's faces clearly, for a while, an inexplicable emotion surged in Zhan Duxiao's heart, and she felt that her heart seemed to have been hit hard.

Chan'er also had a slight impression of him because of Zhan Duxiao's actions, but after a short look at each other, she withdrew her gaze, walked off the bridge, and returned to the Drunken Phoenix Tower.

Only the twilight remained in the noisy streets for a long time.

~~~

Early the next morning, Zhan Duxiao took Yujie, one of the four attendants, through half of Beicheng, walked across the arch bridge of the Yudai River, and walked in the direction that Chan'er had left the night before.

"Childe, can you see clearly? The girl you are talking about, and Miss Block...... Is it really similar?" asked Utsugi.

"It was because I didn't see it clearly that I came here to see her again. Zhan Duxiao was worried in her heart, and she couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Go further, and it's the Drunken Phoenix Tower. Maybe the girl that Childe wants to find will stay here. ”

"Well, let's go and see. ”

At the same time, Yuan Han and Chan'er had breakfast and got up and walked to the door of the Drunken Phoenix Building.

Jing Hu and Luo Dong followed the men to the wine cellar outside the city to get wine, and according to the agreement, Huang Feng and Yunwu should also bring back the wooden barrel used to hold the wine today. Yuan Han looked into the distance and said.

"Do you want to pour wine into a barrel?"

"It's not. Each jar is placed in a wooden barrel, which can reduce the bump compared to stacking the jars, and the jars are not easy to break on the way. ”

"Speaking of buying things, I just remembered......" Chan'er said, spreading her palms in front of Yuan Han.

"What?"

"On weekdays, where I use silver taels, they are all Xitao, Xiaorao or Jinghu, and I realized that I didn't have a copper plate. ”

"Ghost girl, if you say that the purse is empty, then what is it?" Yuan Han pointed to the purse on Chan'er's waist and said with a smile.

"This one, last night, it was also mistaken for a silver tael. Chan'er untied her purse, held it in her left hand, and took out the contents with her right hand.

"The Taiwumen Gate Order that blocked the rut for you?"

"Hmm. ”

At the moment when Chan'er raised the token in front of Yuan Han, Zhan Duxiao and Yu Jiezheng turned a corner and appeared in front of the Zuihuang Building, about ten zhang away from Yuan Han and Chan'er.

"It's her. Zhan Duxiao whispered to Yu Jie.

"Childe, that's not Taiwumen's ......" Yu Jie, noticing the token in Chan'er's hand, reminded him.

Zhan Duxiao looked at the door order in disbelief, and then looked at Chan'er and Yuan Han.

Are these two people the third disciple of Ding Shu, the head of Taiwumen, Meng Ziqian, and his wife Liu Ling, who has not passed through the door?

Without waiting for Zhan Duxiao to speak, Yu Jie, who has always been casual, took a few steps forward, drew his sword and stabbed at the Taiwumen Gate Order in Chan'er's hand.

Seeing this, Yuan Han immediately took over the move of Yu Jie from the side and exchanged hands with him.

"Are you here for this token?" Chan'er had already recognized Zhan Duxiao, the person she met by chance last night, and clenched the token in her hand as she spoke.

"Not bad. Zhan Duxiao nodded, and said, "It's for the two of you." ”

Zhan Duxiao's voice fell, and he also drew his sword out of its sheath and attacked Chan'er.

Chan'er habitually borrowed her foot to avoid her sword style one by one, and then still stood in place.

Zhan Duxiao was quite surprised by Chan'er's skills, and Yujie did the same to Yuan Han. After all, according to the information from his subordinates, Meng Ziqian and Liu Ling's martial arts should be easier to deal with than the two in front of them.

After the temptation, Zhan Duxiao made a real move, and the speed and strength of the sword suddenly increased, and at the same time, his left hand grabbed Chan'er's right hand holding the token.

Faced with this scene, suddenly some intermittent pictures came to Chan'er's mind, as if someone had come to pull his hand like this, but the person's hand was injured, and the two hands that were holding each other were released......

Due to the drifting of thoughts, Chan'er subconsciously leaned to the left and let go of Zhan Duxiao's hand, but she forgot that on her left side, there was still the sword stabbed by Zhan Duxiao's right hand.

So, when Chan'er came back to her senses, she only found that the sword in Zhan Duxiao's hand had been attached to her neck.

"Did the girl ignore her life for the token?" Zhan Duxiao didn't know the reason, and couldn't help but show a surprised look.

Chan'er hurriedly threw out the token, and Yuan Han took advantage of the battle with Yujie to gain the upper hand and took the token in his hand.

Immediately, Zhan Duxiao used a sword to restrain Chan'er's movements, and at the same time slowly paced to Chan'er's side to stand still, threatening Yuan Han with him as a hostage:

"The two of you are really easy to find. Now, in exchange for dozens of my lives with the girl's life, I don't think Your Excellency will refuse. ”

"What do you want?" asked Yuan Han.

"Hand over the token, I'll save my people, and after I'm done sending this girl back personally. ”

"What if I don't agree?"

"Then Your Excellency may wish to compare with Zaixia, whether it is your movements that are faster, or my sword that is faster. Zhan Duxiao said, exerting a slight force in his hand, and the long sword in his hand was almost about to cut the skin between Chan'er's neck.

~~~

Just as the two sides were at a stalemate, a bohemian voice broke the situation:

"Rao is your fast movements, fast swords, and fast swords, but if this son doesn't want this girl to have anything to do, see who can stop it. ”

Zhan Duxiao and Yuan Han followed the sound and looked towards the second floor of the Drunken Phoenix Building, but the speaker had already jumped down from the upper floor, and snatched Chan'er in his arms with lightning speed.

"Brother Guo. Chan'er couldn't hide the surprise in her eyes.

"I haven't seen you for many days, and the beauty of the moon is the same as ever. "The person who came was the Victorian man who had a relationship with Chan'er in Yiguo, Guo Ye.

"How did you come to Hengguo?"

"Sad people are not beautiful, change the wine, the Huaihua brew in the drunken Huang Building is famous, how can I miss it?"

"Brother Guo. Because of the relationship between Guo Ye and Tuoba Yue, Zhan Duxiao and Guo Ye also knew each other, so he stepped forward to say hello at this moment.

"Although my martial arts skills are not as good as yours, saving people is different from hurting people, and you can do it lightly. Guo Ye said haughtily.

"It seems that Brother Guo and this girl are old friends, but Taiwumen has harmed dozens of people, and I can't let her go. ”

"Taiwumen?" Guo Ye was deeply surprised, "You mean that Yue'er is related to Taiwumen?"

"Isn't Gongzi the one who is Taiwumen?" Chan'er was even more puzzled.

"The girl holds the door order of Taiwumen...... "Zhan Duxiao said.

"When Childe saw it, he planned to take back the order. Chan'er continued.

"I see, this misunderstanding is really outrageous. Guo Ye was relieved and laughed, "Since Yue'er said 'take back the door order', presumably this door order was not originally owned by her. And this one is the palace master of the Demon Palace, Zhan Dusk. ”

When Yuan Han heard what Guo Ye said, he couldn't help but glance at Zhan Duxiao.

This is the young and promising palace master of the Demon Palace, the one who once said that "if you are not married", you will not marry. However, the times have changed, how could he have expected that "Qing" is standing here at this moment.

Yuan Han thought about it while looking at Chan'er again.

"Dare to ask Guo Gongzi and this girl have a deep friendship, may it be guaranteed that the girl is indeed not involved in Taiwumen?" Yu Jie said to Guo Ye.

"This ...... My knowledge of Yue'er is limited to her name. Guo Ye frowned slightly, remembered something after a while, and suddenly smiled again, "Oh, yes, there are ...... She is a woman from Moge Guanshu. ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was shocked.

"In the past, Yue'er was ill, so I entrusted her to Guan Shu to take care of her, and I only took her home half a year ago. Yuan Han, who had not spoken for a long time, opened his mouth and said to Zhan Duxiao and Yujie, "Naturally, there is no basis for what you say. It's just that Guan Shu is in Yi Country, and the two of them may not be able to distinguish the truth from the fake for a while. ”

"Yue'er, why don't you tell me, how can this Taiwumen thing be in your hands?" Guo Ye proposed.

Chan'er's mind turned, Brother Zhe and the Lord of the Zhan Palace must know each other, and they seem to have a very good relationship, but Brother Zhe is not there, and I don't remember a lot of things, isn't it the same as Guan Shu, I can't confirm it. This token was given to Brother Zhe by Jinsha, and he was in Hengguo...... Thinking of this, Chan'er smiled and said:

"This order was given to me by Jinsha. ”

"Chihua Weapons Walking?" asked Zhan Duxiao.

"Not bad. Yaocheng, where Jinsha is located, is only two days west from here. If Childe can trust the reputation of Chihua Weapons Shop, he can go with me to verify it. Chan'er smiled calmly.

"No, I trust the girl. Zhan Duxiao smiled and said, "Yujie is cautious in everything, don't be surprised by the girl and the child." ”

"It was Yujie who did it without asking the reason, which caused these misunderstandings, and I apologize to the two of them. Ujie also said.

"As the saying goes, if you don't fight, you won't know each other. Yuan Han responded.

"Haven't you asked what Childe is called?" asked Zhan Duxiao.

"In the original meaning of the lonely country. ”

"Isn't it the king of Guguofu, Yuan Han?"

"Exactly. ”

"That Moon Girl......"

"To tell you the truth, she is my eldest brother's daughter, Chanyuan. ”

"Twilight and his subordinates have offended a lot, and I hope that the prince and the county lord Haihan. ”

"Those who don't know are not guilty, and the palace master doesn't have to take it to heart. ”

"County Lord, can you forgive me for my previous abruptness?" Guo Ye pointed to the acacia lock and Manzhusha that often wore around his waist, and looked at Chan'er.

Chan'er burst out laughing and said:

"I said that day, I will not bother with you. ”

"It's good, it's good. ”

"I just heard what the palace master Zhan said, this order seems to be related to many lives under the palace master, and it has no effect if I take it, so I will give it to the palace master. Chan'er turned to Zhan Duxiao and handed the token forward.

"Thank you, Lord Shire. Zhan Duxiao didn't refuse, and took the token as she spoke.

"Anyway, I'm fine, if you lack manpower, I'll accompany you to save people. Guo Ye said to Zhan Duxiao.

"Let's go too, okay?" Chan'er looked at Yuan Han.

"Well, I just want to hear what Yue'er and I have suffered for Taiwumen. ”

"There are three people who help, and Twilight is grateful. ”

"Without further ado, I'll leave a note in Zuihuang Building, let's talk about it while we go. ”

So, Yuan Han left notes for Jing Hu, Luo Dong, Huang Feng, and Yunwu respectively, and instructed the four of them to fill the barrel with wine, transport it to Weicheng, and gather in the city with An Liu, Jun Yin, Xi Tao, Xiao Rao and others to wait.