Before Chaolu could stand still, Duanmu Guining had already raised his long sword and flew over to stab him.

She hurriedly took a few steps back and drew her sword to resist, the silver-white sword light like the cold moon and clear light swept through, and a few swordsmanship skills were like flowing clouds and flowing water without any flaws, so startled that Duanmu Guining was stunned for a moment and fell a few steps away.

Taking advantage of the other party's shock, Chaolu chased after him and attacked with a long sword.

And Duanmu Guining is not a fuel-efficient lamp, after Chaolu approached, his body quickly dodged sideways, and in an instant, the figure of the sword blade that staggered to attack him fell behind Chaolu, and then took a few steps and raised his long sword to stab Chaolu in the back.

Chao Lu's heart moved, and his body reflexively retreated to the side, but he was still slashed by the blade of the sword, and the robe on his arm cracked with a "stab". Her python armor didn't reach the sleeve part, and could only resist the damage between her chest and abdomen, so the sword in her right arm suddenly bled profusely, and she grinned in pain.

She hurried to stop the bleeding, and then found a suitable angle before Duanmu Guining launched another attack, as long as the part of the sword was within the range that the armor could defend, it would be fine, even if the fist and foot skills were not as good as the opponent's, she could turn the tide of the battle with her melee advantage!

So he deliberately retreated to the dead corner on the edge of the ring and lured Duanmu Guining over.

"Little, hooked~~" Chao Lu smiled slyly, and then rolled on the ground and avoided under the blade of the sword swept by Duanmu Guining, and as soon as his heel touched the ground, he quickly stood up and strode behind Duanmu Guining, who was unprepared.

Seeing that the other party hurriedly dodged to defend, he threw his long sword at Lu and stabbed straight ahead, forcing Duanmu Guining into a corner, and there was no way to retreat.

In fact, after many battles, Duanmu Guining's internal force has been almost consumed, Chaolu's style of swordsmanship is taught by Chen Yao, only attacking but not defending, the moves are fast, the sword light flashes like a storm swept in, and soon Duanmu Guining was forced to surrender in the battle......

"I lost."

The long sword in the hand of Duanmu Guining, who was fluttering in white, had been picked up by Chao Lu, covering his chest with one hand, and the blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth stained the white veil red, but he still looked at Chao Lu without humility or arrogance, cold and arrogant like a white lotus out of water.

"Ning'er!" Duanmu Linying walked quickly into the ring to support her crumbling daughter.

Although I knew that this was a country of women, but the first time I saw such a heroic female general as Duanmu Linying, Chaolu was still quite shocked, only to see that the woman in front of her was only in her early forties, although the corners of her eyebrows and eyes were dyed with some wind and frost, but she could still see that she must have been a beautiful and bright woman when she was young, and a mighty silver armor made this female general heroic and extraordinary.

"This son, you have won the little girl today, please go home with us quickly!" Duanmu Linying glanced back at Chaolu, with a bit of approval in his eyes.

So, Chaolu, who won the contest and recruited relatives, came to the General's Mansion with a certain emperor who instantly incarnated as his brother "Gu Daming".

Duanmu Linying is very satisfied with Chaolu, in her opinion, this young man is handsome and handsome, regardless of his family background, personally, he already meets the standard of Chenglong's fast son-in-law in her mind. It's just that she was busy with business, and she only took time to go home a few days ago because she was worried about her daughter's belonging. I don't know who my daughter Guining's cold and indifferent personality is, in fact, there are many admirers among the royal relatives and the sons of wealthy families, but my daughter can't look down on any of them, so she has to do some kind of competition to recruit relatives......

Unexpectedly, her daughter, who has been practicing martial arts since she was a child and thinks very highly of herself, was defeated by a young man today, and Duanmu Linying's worries that no one in Chanliang City could defeat her daughter disappeared all of a sudden. But she didn't want to force her daughter too much, so let's let that Gu Gongzi live in the mansion for a while to see if she could cultivate feelings......

On the other side, Chao Lu and Gu Damingyu, who was so angry, followed the subordinates of the General's Mansion to the backyard room to rest.

In fact, Chao Lu could see that Miss Guining was absent-minded, and she was obviously very dissatisfied with Biwu Zhaoqin or something, and she thought about it for no more than two reasons. First, the other party's unintentional marriage competition is just an excuse; Second, this eldest lady simply belongs to her heart.

So he persuaded Yu Fengxian to be angry and let him lose his breath for a while, and walked out of the wing room to talk to Miss Gui Ning.

"Gu Gongzi, there's no way to go there......"

As soon as he walked to a quiet and elegant courtyard, he was stopped by a yellow-shirted maid.

"Why can't you go?" Asaka asked curiously.

"Because, because ......" The little girl was hesitant for a long time, and Chaolu was impatient, so she raised her feet and slipped away while she was not paying attention.

"Childe! I can't go—"

Hey? There seems to be movement ahead......

Chaolu cautiously leaned against the rockery to get close to the source of the sound, and raised her hand to remove the flower branches that stood in the way.

I saw a woman in white with long hair fluttering and a graceful posture on the high platform not far away, dancing the sword one by one......

Isn't that Duanmu Guining?

"Who?!"

Duanmu Guining noticed that someone was approaching, and flew down in front of Chaolu, and the ice muscle and jade bones were like a fairy in white who had been mortal for nine days.

"It's you," Duanmu Guining's face was still covered with a thin veil, and his pretty and moving face was faintly visible, "Is there something wrong?" He glanced at Chaolu indifferently, and his tone was also a little chilly, which made people afraid to get close.

"Aha~ I, I walked around casually, and I happened to see Miss Guining dancing with a sword, and I was curious and uninvited to enjoy it, and I asked Miss not to be surprised." Chao Lu touched the back of her head a little embarrassed, she is really not good at cold beauties or something~ Seeing that Chao Lu didn't look like a lie, Duanmu Guining snorted coldly and turned around and left.

"Wait!"

Hurriedly called Duanmu Guining, who was about to leave, and chased after Lu three steps and two steps.

"Miss Duanmu, do you have something on your mind?" The intuition of the same woman made her notice the hidden sorrow in the other party's eyebrows at a glance.

Duanmu Guining was stunned, she was cold and plain, always calm and quiet, and rarely showed her sincerity, could it be that the slender young man in front of her could see it?

"Do I have anything on my mind, and what does it have to do with you?" Not accustomed to revealing his mood to others, Duanmu Guining only glanced at Chaolu lightly, but his footsteps stopped and did not walk as decisively as before.

Seeing that the other party's attitude seemed to have changed, a hint of joy flashed in Chaolu's heart, so he nodded matter-of-fact and said leisurely: "Let me think about it~ Hmm...... Miss Duanmu has a sweetheart? Suddenly lowered his voice and leaned over to ask.

"You ......" Duanmu Guining's eyes widened in shock, and his heartbeat instantly missed half a beat.

Chaolu keenly caught the fleeting panic in the other party's eyes, and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, fortunately, she bet right!

……

Fengyue Fang in the west of the city.

With a bang, the handsome young man in the aqua blue robe was as warm as jade, and stood in front of the door of the old bustard's room with a frown, holding a money bag full of broken silver in his hand and refusing to leave for a long time.

"Jinse, didn't I say that you still want to redeem yourself for this little bit of silver?" The old bustard covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and sighed faintly, she knew that this child was stubborn, although he was reduced to a flower street servant because of his family, he had always been arrogant and noble, not like others who sold their bodies for money, but only earned some silver taels by accompanying wine and playing the piano, and thought all day long that he would redeem himself from here when he had collected enough money.

“…… How much is missing? His hands gripped the money bag hard, his knuckles turned slightly white, and Jin Se looked at the ground with a gloomy gaze, but his tone remained unwavering.

"Hey, you're still dead to this heart!" The bustard patted him on the shoulder helplessly, turned and walked back into the house.

Seeing that there was no hope of redemption, Jin Se walked away with heavy steps.

He gritted his teeth and secretly determined, even if he couldn't do it for the time being, he would not give up, and one day he would definitely leave here to get rid of this lowly identity and have the qualifications to face her!

……

At the same time, the General's Palace.

Duanmu Guining led Chaolu to the study and slowly displayed a folded picture scroll in front of her.

"This—This is ......"

As the scroll unfolded on the table, a young man wearing an aqua blue robe with delicate eyebrows came into view. The inexplicable familiarity made Chaolu stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that the person on this portrait was not the Jinse he had seen in Fengyue Fang that night?!

"He's your sweetheart?" looked at Duanmu Guining, who was silent on the side, in disbelief, only to see her apricot eyes staring at the portrait of Jin Se with tears in her eyes, her fingertips trembling as she traced the outline of the figure over and over again, as if a thousand words were choked in her throat and could not be poured.

"Actually, I don't know what his name is......" Duanmu Guining's eyes dimmed, and his words were full of melancholy and loss, "Do you think it's ridiculous?" ”

"No! Love can't be stopped, and it's normal to fall in love at first sight~" Seeing her like this, Chaolu hurriedly opened her mouth to comfort. It's just that I can't imagine that one is the daughter of the General's Mansion, and the other is the servant of Fengyuefang in Flower Street......

Hey, these two people want to come together, and the difficulty is really not ordinary!

"That spring, when I was enjoying the flowers in the western suburbs, I accidentally left my beloved jade glass beads, and I couldn't find them for a long time, and I was going to give up, but I saw the young man in blue standing in the rain of apricot blossoms and smiling at me, it turned out that he picked up my beads, and just walked over and saw me looking around and guessed that something important must have been lost......" Speaking of this, Duanmu Guining couldn't help but close his eyes as if recalling, and his original cold and indifferent expression was also softened at this moment when the ice and snow melted.

Chaolu suddenly realized why Jinse's imitation beads were so realistic, and she was almost fooled, it turned out that she had been in close contact!

"It's a pity that I didn't have time to ask the young man's name, so I had to come back and paint this portrait......" Stroking the scroll, Duanmu Guining sighed in frustration, "Perhaps, we will never see each other again in this life?" ”

is also said that there is a huge disparity in identity between these two people, if it is not because of that coincidence, how can there be the slightest entanglement? It's just that Jin Se doesn't know Miss Duanmu's heart for him......