The sound of the piano in the room was melodious, and Xu Ziling could also listen to it, closing his eyes and meditating.

However, before the song was finished, I heard a noisy sound outside the door.

I heard a young voice say: "Okay, you green girl, you said that you left the new girl to my son, but you let her entertain others first, what is the purpose?"

"Oh, Chen Gongzi, don't you know that you are coming, I heard Wang Gongzi say that your father asked you to study literature at home, and you can't go out for three days, why did you come out today?"

"Do a lot of nonsense, hurry up and let that green bamboo girl meet me, otherwise don't blame me for being strong."

"Chen Gongzi doesn't know the rules of the cabinet, unless the guests are willing, how can there be a reason to change people halfway."

But I heard the boy say in a loud voice: "Then the boy will go and discuss it with him." After that, he pushed the door straight in.

Xu Ziling raised his eyes and saw a brother in a brocade robe about twenty years old walk into the room, took out a silver ticket from his waist, and said to him:

"Brother Tai, give me Miss Qingzhu, these five hundred taels are yours."

A woman in green outside the door was a little anxious and wanted to enter the room, but was stopped by two people dressed as guards. She had no choice but to say at the door: "Chen Gongzi, it's not proper for you to do this."

But I heard the boy laugh twice disdainfully: "Rules? But what is the effect of the powerful men who have made it to bind you untouchables? ”

Brother Gongzi's voice did not fall, but he heard the young man who was still sitting in the chair say, "What if I don't let me?"

Brother Gongzi was slightly stunned, and looked at Xu Ziling coldly: "Do you kid want to toast and not eat and drink?" Do you know who I am? ”

The young man shook his head and looked at Brother Gongzi, with a bit of amusement in his eyes: "Who are you?"

Brother Gongzi was suddenly full of anger, and the corners of his mouth rose: "My father is the general judge of Jiangning Mansion and the defense envoy of Yangzhou, and he is a close friend of the prefect Wang, in this Jiangning Mansion, there are still people who don't know this son?"

Hearing this, the young man smiled slightly and said, "It's just a waste of the fox and the fake tiger, why does the master know you, hurry up, don't disturb the master's Yaxing."

Brother Gongzi blushed, screamed a few times, and said angrily: "I see that you are tired and crooked, come on, take him down for this son."

Outside the door, the two guards heard the master's order, raised their feet and walked into the room, and pounced directly on the young man.

As soon as the two arrived at the table, they stretched out their hands and were about to grab the young man, but they saw the young man's figure flashing, standing between the two of them, one left and one right with both fists. The guards who hadn't yet made a move flew out in an instant, lying right next to Brother Gongzi.

Brother Gongzi was suddenly furious, and kicked the two guards next to him a few times: "Two wastes." , said and looked at the young man, gritted his teeth and said: "You kid has a kind, you want to play, this son will play with you, you wait." After saying that, he turned to leave, and the two guards hurriedly got up and followed Brother Gongzi.

After Brother Gongzi left, the woman in green outside the door hurriedly walked in and said to the young man: "Young Master Xu, you let Chen Gongzi lose face, he must go back to call someone." Listen to my advice, we heroes don't suffer immediate losses, let's leave quickly. ”

Xu Ziling disagreed, and replied: "Green Gu don't worry, the kid still has some ability to walk the rivers and lakes, no matter how many people that bullshit boy finds, if I want to leave, they can't stop me."

Seeing the young man's light appearance, the woman in green sighed, simply stopped caring about the matter, and turned to leave.

After a few people left, Xu Zilingan sat for a long time, feeling bored, and said to the screen on the side: "Please also ask the Qingzhu girl to continue playing, although I don't understand the rhythm, I can listen to it very comfortably."

The woman behind the screen, who had always looked like an outsider, listened to Xu Ziling's words and began to play again.

Different from the previous relaxed and tactful, stroking the piano again, the woman's song seems to bring some different emotions, the melody is up and down, fluctuating, like a piece of duckweed, in the wind and rain.

Xu Ziling naturally heard the artistic conception in the song, and couldn't help but feel a little empathy, recalling herself and Ming Xia, when she ran away alone, I don't know if she was as lucky as herself, met someone like her master, and could live well, waiting for him to find her.

He had wanted to use the power of the government to find her, but after a few thoughts, he decided to forget it. The government's search for people is not even as strong as that of Manichaeism, and he doesn't want to go to the prefect who has a relationship. And now that the Manichaean Sect has mobilized a lot of forces to help him find Mingxia, there is no need for him to owe the government favors.

He came all the way south, and thieves were everywhere, so he didn't have a good impression of the government, and he didn't want to have too much to do with the government. If the government and the people are harmonious, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, who wants to go up the mountain and be a thief?

The sound of the piano seems to have the effect of guiding people's thinking, and the thoughts in his head continue to flow with the notes, which makes Xu Ziling have some interest in this piano music. According to Zhou Tong, some qin sounds can affect people's minds, so some martial arts sects in the south can use qin music to fight against people, but as for the power of geometry, Zhou Dong did not say.

After a long time, the music stopped abruptly. The woman behind the screen put down the yaoqin in her hand, moved lightly, and slowly walked to a chair next to the table and sat down.

Seeing that she lowered her head and didn't speak, Xu Ziling remembered the sad mood in the song and asked, "I don't know who the girl is?" Why did you get to this Xin Accord? Is there a problem? Say to me that I would like to help the girl get out of this dusty place. ”

Hearing this, the woman raised her head and stared at Xu Ziling tightly, and asked, "Why does Childe want to help me?"

Xu Ziling looked at the nervous and helpless look in the eyes of this woman of the same age as him, felt a pain in his heart, and said softly: "The girl's previous song reminded me of a childhood friend. I want to help her, and I hope that if she suffers misfortune, someone else can help her. I also hope that the girl will tell me the truth, so that I can try to help. ”

When the woman saw his gentle eyes, she burst into tears, and said eloquently: "The slave family was originally from Huayang County, Chengdu Prefecture, and lived in Huayang County since childhood. My parents each had some livelihoods, and my two sisters had a good time when they were young. ”

"When I was twelve years old, my sister's was taken by a Taoist in Mount Emei and taken to the mountain to cultivate, and she has never returned home. I am the only daughter in the family, and my parents love me very much. The family is not prosperous, but it is also doing well. Until a few years ago, my father became addicted to gambling. ”

Speaking of this, the woman burst into tears. Xu Ziling saw the woman's pear blossom with rain, and subconsciously reached out and gently wiped away her tears. Afterwards, he suddenly woke up and hurriedly withdrew his arm.

The woman felt his gentle movements, blushed and continued: "Since then, my father no longer takes care of the family business, and runs around in gambling houses and pawnshops all day long, and he takes all the valuable objects in the house as pawns, and his father, who used to be kind, gradually becomes more and more irritable, and his mother quarrels with him because of his gambling, and is often beaten by him and is covered with scars."

"Until last year, my father was beaten to death by the creditor because of too much debt, my mother went to the yamen to complain, I never thought that the county order and the creditor colluded with each other, and arrested my mother in prison on false accusations, my mother became depressed and fell ill, and died in prison, the moneylender in the name of repaying my father's debts, caught me and sold me to Qinglou, just by a shopkeeper in Xin Ya Ge, I bought it at a high price and sent it to Jiangning." After that, the woman gently wiped away her tears.

After listening to her, Xu Ziling suddenly felt mixed feelings, and the woman only spoke a few words, but he could feel the helplessness, grief, and despair.

Sighing softly, Xu Ziling looked at the woman: "Don't worry, I will let you regain your freedom tonight, and then let someone escort you to Mount Emei and join your sister."

When the woman heard this, her body was shocked, and she bowed deeply to Xu Ziling and said, "The great grace of the son, the slave family will never forget."

Xu Ziling shook his head: "You and I are destined, and it is the first time I have come to this Fengyue place, and I never thought I would meet you."

While he was talking, he heard a noise at the door again, and a maid walked in.

Xu Ziling was a little puzzled, how could this maid dare to enter the door without knocking, and she was not afraid of being punished for breaking the rules?

However, the maid glanced at the tear-stained woman beside Xu Ziling, and suddenly her momentum changed greatly, and she took out a strange weapon about a foot long from her waist with both hands and held it in her hand, and her figure rushed towards Xu Ziling in a flash.

The moment the maid released her momentum, Xu Ziling also woke up in shock, and hurriedly got up to avoid the maid's pounce.

"Spring-legged? Emei thorn? Are you a disciple of the Emei faction? When dodging, Xu Ziling saw clearly the maid's body and weapon, and said in surprise.

The Emei thorn is a short talisman used by the disciples of the Emei faction, with swiftness and subtlety as the core. The Emei thorn is small and chic, about a foot long, the two ends are thin and flat like sharp knives, and the dance is flexible and graceful, which is deeply loved by the disciples of the Emei faction.

The maid heard Xu Ziling's words, but did not respond, only waved the fingers of her hands, causing the pair of Emei thorns to spin and slide in the fingers, which made people feel cold.

But I heard the maid scream.

"Death to the thief!"

When the words fell, he stabbed Xu Ziling with both hands.

Behind Xu Ziling was a wall, and there was no way to hide, so he had to resist the maid's double stabs.

The Emei stab was extremely fast, Xu Ziling hurriedly picked up the fist gang and forcibly touched the pair of thorns, the fist gang and the pair of thorns were separated, but they dispersed their momentum, and easily dissolved the stab of the maid.

Seeing that the blow was unsuccessful, the maid withdrew her double thorns and made another move. Xu Ziling repeated his old tricks and once again resolved the maid's stab. The maid made a few more moves, but they were all resolved by Xu Ziling. Seeing that the maid stabbed a few times horizontally and vertically, Xu Ziling couldn't help but feel that Emei was stabbing like this.

Seeing the relaxed look on Xu Ziling's face, the corner of the girl's mouth hooked, and with a false move, Xu Ziling was really fooled.

Qingzhu, who was watching the battle, also saw a scene that made her extremely stunned.

I saw that the maid pretended to stab Xu Ziling with both hands, making him move his fists to defend left and right, but the maid who was at the level of his eyebrows stood on tiptoe, her head sank suddenly, and she hit Xu Ziling's forehead head-on.

Xu Ziling suddenly felt dizzy and felt bad, and hurriedly crossed his hands to protect his atrium and neck, and suddenly his arm hurt, and an Emei thorn was inserted into his right arm to protect his neck, which was stabbed by the maid's left hand.

And when the maid's right hand was about to stab again, her left shoulder was punched by Xu Ziling's backhand, and because she stood on tiptoe, her whole body turned half a circle, and she turned her round buttocks at Xu Ziling.

Even though his right arm was extremely painful, Xu Ziling still sneered and kicked on the infinitely bewitching buttocks.

The maid's ass was kicked once, she rolled twice on the ground, felt the hot pain in her buttocks, screamed in shame, got up and killed Xu Ziling again.

Looking at the maid who was about to fight with Xu Ziling again, a woman named Qingzhu hurriedly shouted, "Sister, is it you?"

Hearing the woman's words, the maid who was chasing Xu Ziling paused and said to the woman, "Qingzhu, let me kill this thief." After saying that, he rushed towards Xu Ziling.

The woman was really afraid that her sister would kill Xu Ziling, so she shouted: "Stop! Sister, you misunderstood. ”