The night was dark, the cold moon peeked out of the thick clouds, the forest was sprinkled with a thin veil of sparse moonlight, there was not a trace of wind, and the surroundings were silent, so silent that they seemed to be able to hear their own heartbeats. Qi Niang had been waiting here for half an hour, she leaned against a tree, raised her head and took a deep breath, and then turned to leave.

At this moment, there was a trace of murder in the air, Qi Niang turned her head suddenly, and a figure had already flashed in front of her, and the scimitar in her hand reflected the moonlight to cut through the night sky and attack her door. Qi Niang raised her head sideways to dodge the attack of the person who came over, drew the sharp blade at her waist, and fought with the man. After a few rounds, the man gradually fell into the upper hand, seeing that the situation was not right, he threw a dart at Qi Niang and quickly withdrew. Qi Niang dodged and stood still again, and then raised her hand towards the fleeing man, a spike flew out of his sleeve, and the person in the distance immediately fell to the ground. Qi Niang immediately walked over and turned the man over, ripped off the black cloth on his face, and asked in a cold voice, "Who are you?" Who sent you to kill me? Although she already had the answer in her heart, only one person knew her whereabouts, but she still didn't want to believe it.

The man did not answer her, but bit the poison that had been prepared in his mouth and killed himself.

Qi Niang got up and looked around, but she didn't see anyone coming, and she was disappointed in her heart, it seemed that the person would not come to the appointment.

Two dark shadows took in the fight in the dark, and the person standing in front of him was wearing a cloak and a heavy mask on his face, and said, "You said she is the person next to Bian Che?" The hoarse voice seemed to have been treated with a mask, and it was difficult to distinguish between yin and yang, but judging from the tall figure of this person, it should be a man.

The man standing behind him replied, "Yes, I fought with her once, but I can't try the depth of martial arts, but today...... She seemed to be slightly weakened. As he spoke, a pair of cloudy eyes stared thoughtfully at the person in the distance.

A low cry of hoarse and ugly crows came from the masked man's mouth, "I heard you say that she sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion last night to deliver you a letter, and this woman is very interested in you. Since she is a celebrity under Bian Che, she must know a lot about Bian Che and the secret weapon, you give me a way to get close to her, this woman is very useful to us to deal with Bian Che. Got it? Jeremi. In the last three words, the man deliberately dragged out the last note, as if to remind something.

"Yes, master." A wicked smile tugged at the man's face.

When Qi Niang returned to Qianji Building, her back was already soaked with blood, Ye Shiyi saw her appearance and exclaimed, "Qi Niang, what's wrong with you?" Did someone kill you? ”

Qi Niang nodded and said nonchalantly: "I may have met an enemy." ”

Ye Shiyi covered his mouth and chuckled, half-convinced, "Does anyone else recognize Qi Niang?" What she means Qi Niang understands, Qianjilou kills people, and the killer can't show his face in front of a third person, so as not to be attacked by the enemy, this is the rule of Qianjilou. What's more, a master like Qi Niang, who is one of the best in the Thousand Machine Building, is even more unlikely to make such a mistake. Ye Shiyi knew that Qi Niang didn't want to say much to her, and she wasn't a nosy person, so he didn't plan to ask.

"It's good that we didn't get overtaken. Qianjilou is so good, they can't find this place when they are chased by the enemy. Ye Shiyi smiled and followed Qi Niang back to the room. I said you, don't run around with injuries, although we are free, but you are covered in blood like this, it is easy to be targeted. ”

Qi Niang smiled embarrassedly, and handed the medicine bottle that Bian Che gave herself on the day of Eleven, "I can only bother Eleven anymore." ”

Ye Shiyi put two fingers covered with Dankou in front of him, opened the bottle and sniffed it, and said, "Yo, Qi Niang, you are really rich, I can't afford to buy a bottle of this medicine for half a year." ”

"This medicine is expensive?" Qi Niang wondered.

Eleven saw that Qi Niang didn't know, and immediately understood, and said a little sourly: "It turned out that it was given by the landlord, no wonder you don't know." The landlord really feels sorry for you, and punished you for returning such a good thing, we don't have such a blessing as you. Anyway, don't you know how to use this medicine, it's for medicinal baths, I can't help you this time! Don't finish spilling, half a bottle is enough. I'll go back to sleep first. With that, Eleven stuffed the medicine bottle back into Qi Niang's hand and went out with a yawn.

Qi Niang looked at the medicine bottle in her hand for a while, and then opened the cap and smelled it closely, there was no pungent smell, only a light floral fragrance. Qi Niang's eyes were like ripples after the ice and snow melted, and the smile on the corner of her mouth was beautiful and moving. Bathed in a wooden barrel overflowing with medicinal fragrance, Qi Niang's heart has become different from usual. The mist was so thick that the whole person was light, and it seemed that a hand was gently caressing his skin......

"Qi Niang...... The man's soft voice was like a lover's whisper.

Qi Niang suddenly woke up and found that she had fallen asleep in the bathtub. It turned out to be a dream...... The water in the bathtub was cold, she got up to get her clothes, her naked carcass/body jade bones and ice muscles, if her shoulders were sharpened, only the ravine-like scars on her back were very terrifying.

Qi Niang did not heal despite the injury, and went to Cuizhu Valley the next day, Jiang Qihan said that the old man of Bai Toyota will come back today. When she came to the bamboo hut, she saw that the little beggar was playing with the dog last time, her eyes narrowed slightly, and she looked at him slightly. When the little beggar saw Qi Niang, he immediately stood up, and when his eyes dodged, an old man's voice came out.

"Ba Shi, are there any guests here?" The voice is loud and sonorous.

Qi Niang sighed in her heart, so strong perception! She had been trained as an Assassin since she was 14 years old, and her steps were much lighter than normal, and the old man could even detect her presence in the room.

"Yes, there is a sister." Ba Shi replied inside.

The old man inside said again: "Then what are you doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and invite me in." ”

"Sister, please come in." Ba Shi blushed and walked in front of Qi Niang.

"Senior Bai, excuse me."

Qi Niang opened the bamboo curtain of the hall under the leadership of Ba Shi, and saw a spirited white-haired old man painting in front of the case, glanced up at Qi Niang, and then lowered his head to trace, and greeted by the way: "Ba Shi, make a pot of tea." ”

"Oh!" The little beggar said and obediently made tea.

After finishing the last stroke, the old man looked up at Qi Niang, who was still standing, and then frowned and yelled at Ba Shi: "You kid, why don't you invite the guests to sit down?" ”

Ba Shi was only embarrassed about what happened last time, how could he remember so many etiquettes, he hurriedly asked Qi Niang to sit down, and then looked at Qi Niang uneasily.

"Ba Shi, you go out first. Oh, by the way, Gai Ming'er sent this painting to Xi Feng, let him see my hand with a knife, and the level of painting is not bad! The old man put down the paintbrush, glanced at it with satisfaction, and then said to Qi Niang with a kind face: "I was a little slacking just now." I don't know the girl, I don't know why the girl came to me? ”

"It's the younger generation who disturbs the senior's Yaxing. I heard that the old Bai seniors live here, and the juniors want to come to ask you about someone. ”

Bai Toyoda stroked his beard, "Bai has never paid attention to dust in his life, he has always been alone, and he doesn't know many people, who does the girl want to ask?" ”

"This person Bai Lao must know that he is your apprentice, Gao Ya."

After Qi Niang finished saying this, she saw Bai Toyota's eyes jump slightly, and then said: "Gao Li, Bai did have such an apprentice, but he left on his own after studying with me for less than three years." ”

Seeing that Bai Lao really taught Yeluya, Qi Niang's eyes were delighted, "Does that senior know where he is now?" ”

"I haven't seen him since he left. I heard him say that he followed his stepfather back to the Western Regions. But where he is now, Bai doesn't know very well. I wonder why the girl is looking for him? ”

Qi Niang lowered her eyes and said: "Gao Ya is an old friend of mine, and I was entrusted to inquire about his whereabouts. If Bai Lao is not busy, can you tell me about Gao Li? ”

"I'm not busy, I'm an old man, what's there to be busy with. If the girl wants to hear it, of course Bai knows everything. Bai has accepted him as an apprentice in his life, and I can remember his affairs clearly. Girls don't have to be polite, please use tea. Bai Toyota said and poured a cup of tea for Qi Niang.

"I remember that day it was raining raining, and he was lying outside my yard covered in blood......" Bai Toyota's eyes were long, as if he had returned to a night thirteen years ago.

At that time, Gao Li's father went to the Central Plains to do business, and 10-year-old Gao Li followed his father to the capital. Gao Li was withdrawn by nature, often bullied, and after being beaten by his sons and buddies in the capital one day, he didn't dare to go home to see his father, so he fled to a bamboo forest, where the martial idiot Bai Toyota lived. That day, the torrential rain poured, and the young Gao Li lay motionless on the ground, letting the rain wash away the blood stains on his body.

This is what Bai Toyota saw at that time. He thought the boy was dead, and when he ran over to look, the boy's eyes suddenly widened, and those beautiful and deep eyes glared at him with injustice, resentment, and hatred for the world. Hakutoyoda was shocked by the boy's eyes, and he carried the boy into the house to clean the wounds on the boy's body.

"Those wounds, there were kicks, there were knife wounds, there were sword wounds, in short, all the abuse in the world that I could think of happened to this little child, far more than a young body could bear, but he just didn't say a word. I took pity on him and let him stay, and the next day he suddenly said that he wanted me to take him as an apprentice, but I did not agree to him, because I never accepted him. White Toyoda said with a sigh.

I don't know when, Qi Niang's eyes have been filled with a layer of tears.

The martial idiot refused Gao Li's request, gave him some medicine for his injuries, and let him go home. Gao Ya thanked him and left, but the next day, the boy knelt outside his yard again, his clothes were torn, and Bai Toyota thought that Gao Li was being bullied again, so he stepped forward to ask. Who knew that Gao Li actually took out a dead Qingzhu Biao from his body, and then took out the snake gall with his bare hands, and said: "It is rumored that the martial arts idiot has extraordinary courage, and he dared to catch poisonous snakes with his bare hands at the age of seven, I am ten years old this year, although I am a little older, but I am not lacking in courage, please take me as an apprentice to Senior Bai." ”

"I saw that he had a vicious and fierce personality, and refused his request again, but I did not expect the child to say that if I did not accept him, he would definitely encounter such a thing again, and if he could not protect himself, he might kill them all one day, and only I could help him get out of the sea of suffering. I was afraid that he would do such a stupid thing, so I had to take him as an apprentice. ”

Qi Niang listened to the statement of the old Bai senior, and her heart was painful, maybe only she who had experienced the same situation could experience this taste. In order to thank Bai Toyota, Qi Niang offered to send the painting to the painting Shengxi Feng for him. Painting Shengxi Feng, living in the village of Jingshui Qiaotou in the south of the capital, it just so happened that she was also going to visit the deceased.

Saying goodbye to Bai Lao, Qi Niang felt very heavy. She must see Jeruya again.

Ba Shi sent Qi Niang outside the bamboo forest, hesitated for a moment and said, "Sister, are you crying?" ”

Qi Niang's footsteps suddenly stopped, once upon a time, there was also a boy who asked her this, but that person took away her most precious thing. Qi Niang shook her head bitterly, denying the boy's speculation.

"Sister, I'm sorry, I stole your jade pendant last time, I will definitely not do anything bad in the future, thank you sister for not telling Bai Lao about the jade pendant, otherwise I would definitely not have a chance to be his apprentice."

Qi Niang glanced at Ba Shi carefully this time and asked, "Do you want to be a martial idiot's apprentice?" ”

Ba Shi nodded heavily, "Of course, I want to be a hero, and then punish evil and promote good." ”

"Then what do you think is evil and what is good?"

Ba Shi said without thinking: "What hurts others is evil, and what helps others is good." People like Jiang Ge Master, Bai Lao and his sister are good people, while Xuanyuan Chong, who steals the country for glory, and Bian Che, who kills people like hemp, are heinous bad people. ”

"Oh?" Qi Niang raised her eyebrows, a wicked person like her can be called good, it is really deserved, she smiled and encouraged: "Then you come on!" Strive to be the hero you say to eliminate evil and promote good. ”

Qi Niang didn't expect that these words that day would become a beacon in the boy's heart, and many years later, he would become the first martial saint after the Central Plains martial idiot. Whenever she heard everyone talk about his name, Qi Niang would think that this was probably the only good deed she had done in her life.