Dugu Jue invited Zhou Bangyan and Master Li to a banquet in the Shuying Xuan by the pond in the village, and several musicians or piano or se, flute or Xiao, accompanied the banquet with music, and the music was exquisite, that is, even Zhou Bangyan, who was proficient in music and rhythm, and Master Li, who was excellent in color and art, were greatly appreciated.

In recent years, people in the rivers and lakes only know that the young man Dugu Jue of "Tumi Villa" has extraordinary swordsmanship, but they don't know that the young man is also extremely superb in the study of music and rhythm. is so elegant, it is indeed not comparable to the ordinary martial arts family, and it is really admired by the old man. ”

Master Li continued Zhou Bangyan's words and said: "Don't you hear that the song is wrong, Zhou Langgu." Today's romantic characters who are both civil and military are the only lonely young heroes. ”

The words are beautiful, although they are unintentional, they are charming and self-generated, and they are charming and charming, and they are so charming that they can see that Murong Jiaojiao is so jealous and angry: "My brother is both civil and military, who doesn't know?" However, the senior sister who is famous in the capital has read countless people, and it really makes me so happy that she can praise my brother so much! Knowing that there were thorns in his words, Murong Jiaojiao immediately grabbed Dugu Jue's sleeve and said, "Brother, you said that if Zhou Yu is reborn, is it his ear power that is good, or your ear power is good?" I think it must be my brother's ear power that is better! ”

How could Master Li let Murong Jiaojiao escape easily, and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter who has good ear power or not, just say that Miss Murong is so interested in Dugu Shaoxia, isn't it Xiao Qiao's reincarnation!"

Murong Jiaojiao's cheeks turned red, and he bit his lip slightly: "Zhou Lang is dead, there is no Xiao Qiao, my surname is Murong, and my brother is not surnamed ..."Speaking of this, Murong Jiaojiao suddenly found that he had said the wrong thing, and compared himself with Dugu Jue, Xiao Qiao, and Zhou Yu, undoubtedly admitting Master Li's ridicule of his joy for Dugu Jue. swallowed the words into his stomach stiffly, and said in a muffled voice: "It is said that the senior sister is unparalleled, but I didn't expect to speak so powerfully, and it suddenly wrapped me in." ”

"I haven't read people, how can I not see what Miss Murong loves and what she wants?"

"You... It's so unforgiving to talk, I won't quarrel with you anymore! ”

Murong Jiaojiao was so angry that he suddenly felt a tingling on his face, and hurriedly walked out of the "Shuying Xuan" with his hands on his cheeks. After going out, he immediately ran to the waterhole outside Xuanwai, looked at the reflection in the pool, looked left and right, and looked anxious.

Looking at the back of the bright and hurriedly leaving, Master Li sighed: "It seems that Miss Murong's heart has really been guessed by me!" ”

"Sister Li, don't think about it, although I and Kyaukjiao are not related by blood, we grew up together since childhood, and we are like brothers and sisters. Sister Jiao is stubborn and offended when she speaks, please don't blame Sister Li. ”

"I'm afraid that you will treat her as a sister, but she will not only treat you as a brother... Ah, I'm talking too much. ”

Dugu Jue was about to say something more to divert the topic, when the sword servant suddenly entered the Xuan and handed over a famous post. Dugu Jue took the name card and took a look, it was Diao Xueqing, who was known as "Sword Wind Sword", to challenge the village. There are also a few lines of small characters on the post, saying that Diao Xueqing claimed that his ancestor had been defeated in the hands of Master Murong, and that the descendants of the posthumous training must be ashamed of the past, so he came to challenge, and hoped that the descendants of the Murong family would fulfill his wishes.

Dugu Jue put the name card on the table and said to the swordsman: "Invite someone to the martial arts hall, I will come in a moment." ”

Master Li wondered: "Tumi Villa" has always been indisputable with the world, rarely in contact with outsiders, and is quite mysterious in the martial arts. Why did someone come to worship the village and challenge? ”

Zhou Bangyan leaned over and glanced at the famous post, and asked: "The old man once heard that the "Tumi Villa" seems to be related to the famous Jiangnan Gusu Murong back then, looking at this post, could it be that the rumors are true?" ”

"Don't dare to hide from Lord Zhou and Senior Sister, Tumi Villa was originally migrated from Gusu in Jiangnan, and it was the Gusu Murong family back then." Dugu Jue recalled: "Gusu Murong was burdened by fame, and the ancestors had a lot of grievances in the rivers and lakes, when I was a child, there was no Tumi Villa, and Mrs. Murong who adopted me also lived in Shenhezhuang on the shore of Taihu Lake outside Gusu City, and there were often martial arts people who came to the door in order to take revenge or covet the martial arts secrets of the Murong family. ”

Master Li nodded and said, "It seems that this Diao Xueqing's master must have had some festivals with the ancestors of the Murong family back then, and now he has come to the door." ”

"Bai Zhuang challenge to clean the shame of the front does not lose the true character of my children in the rivers and lakes, but the hateful thing is that some enemies are cruel to poison, so the sister is unfortunately poisoned, the face often has red wolf spots when the poison is made, and when it is serious, the whole body has a high fever, convulsions, and is in danger of life. Even if Mrs. and Aunt Bi invited various famous doctors, they could not completely eradicate the strange poison, and finally they could only use special pills to take medicine on time once a month to suppress the toxin. Mrs. was very sad, and soon, Master Murong died, so Mrs. burned down Shenhezhuang, took Aunt Bi, Sister Jiao and I secretly moved the family, and went north to Kaifeng City to find a quiet place, which set up Tuyu Villa. ”

When Dugu Jue said this, he was angry and hated: "For those enemies who went to "Shenhezhuang" to look for trouble, although I was young at the time, I remembered them all in my heart, and vowed to seek justice for the grievances of my wife and Aunt Bi, especially the villain who poisoned me, I dreamed of catching him and asking for an antidote for my sister. So when I was eighteen years old, after I realized that my swordsmanship had become a little better, I went out on a long trip with my wife on my back, found those enemies who had come to look for trouble, and defeated them one by one. It's just that I was worried about my wife's safety, and I didn't mention Gusu Murong, and only said that I was from "Tumi Villa". In addition, since Suzhou moved to the outside of Kaifeng, the people in the "Tumi Villa" have been very low-key, and there has been no enemy to come to the door again for a long time, but I didn't expect that there would be another Diao Xueqing today! ”

After speaking, Dugu Jue instructed the swordsman to lead Diao Xueqing into the village to wait in the martial arts hall for a while, and then bowed to Zhou and Li, got up and left Shuyingxuan, and went to see Diao Xueqing.

In the martial arts hall, Dugu Jue found that Diao Xueqing did not come alone, and brought eight swordsmen dressed in black clothes. The huge martial arts hall actually looked a little cramped. Diao Xueqing had an impatient temperament, and before Dugu Jue could speak, she asked first: "Who are you from the Murong family?" ”

"In Xia Dugu Jue, Mrs. Murong adopted a son under her knees. Dare to ask Miss Diao, is the accompanying person the same person? ”

"Exactly! Gusu Murong is notorious, although the little woman came to challenge according to the rules of the rivers and lakes, she was not sure of winning. However, the master's revenge will be avenged, if the little girl is defeated, the master will pass down the gossip knife array, and ask the descendants of the Murong family to teach her, but if she wins, I will take away the martial arts secrets of Langya Blessed Land and Shi Shui Pavilion to comfort the master's spirit in the sky. ”

When Dugu heard this, he knew that Diao Xueqing came to mean revenge as a martial arts cheat, and sneered and said: "Miss Diao's trip, it is clear for revenge and secret for secrets, and it is suitable for both public and private, it is really cost-effective!" I'm Dugu Jue to accompany Miss Diao to settle this account! ”

Diao Xueqing was told by Dugu Jue, her face was slightly red, but it flashed, the golden knife in her right hand hung slightly, and her left hand turned out a short sword, and she raised her head and said: "It seems that you are going to stand up for the Murong family!" However, you are neither a descendant of the Murong family, nor do I want to kill more innocents, you and I can compete until the end, but after you are defeated, I will definitely not let go of the descendants of the Murong family who come to fight again! ”

Before Dugu never saw Diao Xueqing, he thought that since she was good at using the thick Shen golden knife, her figure would inevitably be tall, but now she saw that she was petite and exquisite, and she had three points of respect in her heart, because with her petite figure, she could make the golden knife like the wind, and she must have deep internal strength, but she was only about the same age as herself, if she had practiced deep internal strength, it could be seen that she had worked hard since childhood. At this moment, I heard her say that she would never let go of the descendants of the Murong family, and she no longer admired and respected, so she raised her eyebrows and said coldly: "Miss Diao has no harm in using her hands, there is no need to show mercy!" , Although I am not a descendant of the Murong family, I am as close as the family of the Murong family, although you come to me! ”

Murong Jiaojiao, who was originally sideways behind Dugu Jue, heard that Diao Xueqing had come with the intention of killing the descendants of the Murong family, although his expression was still indifferent, his heart was already furious. Without waiting for Diao Xueqing to make a move, she had already drawn her sword from the maid's hand, rushed to Diao Xue first, pointed her sword at Diao Xueqing and shouted: "I am Murong Fu's daughter, the heir of the Gusu Murong family!" If you want to kill me, let's see if you have the ability to do it! ”

After speaking, he used the Murong family's swordsmanship, stabbed Diao Xueqing, the sword reached the façade, and the body shape was turned and stabbed Diao Xueqing's back spine. Diao Xueqing was stunned, she didn't expect Murong Jiaojiao, who seemed to be weak and delicate, to be so powerful as soon as she made a move, she was shocked, but she was not cowardly, she immediately took the move, flashed Murong Jiaojiao's barbed sword, and then the golden knife in her right hand slashed at Murong Jiaojiao's right shoulder, and the short sword in her left hand stabbed at Murong Jiaojiao's left flank. With this move alone, Dugu Jue has seen that Diao Xueqing's golden knife is virtual and the short sword is real, although Diao Xueqing's golden knife is like the wind, but the knife power is vain, but the short sword is silent, but it is fast and difficult to prevent. With a smile on the corner of his mouth, he thought: Diao Xueqing's internal strength is nothing more than that! It is not difficult for the young girl to beat her.

Sure enough, Murong Jiaojiao turned around slightly, flashed the golden knife, and at the same time used the Dou Zhuan Star Shift, pushing the golden knife in Diao Xueqing's right hand to slash at the short sword in his left hand, and then bullied forward, and the long sword swirled, already across Diao Xueqing's neck. Diao Xueqing's face was flushed, and she knew that she was not Murong Jiaojiao's opponent, but she had a strong temperament, so she didn't avoid the blade of the sword, and sent her body forward, wanting to break her neck under Murong Jiaojiao's sword. Seeing that Diao Xueqing was about to die under Murong Jiaojiao's sword, Dugu Jue's body was as fast as lightning, swept to Murong Jiaojiao's side, snatched the long sword in her hand, and said first: "Sister Jiaojiao, let her go!" Then he said to Diao Xueqing: "Why should Miss Diao be like this! ”

Almost at the same moment, the eight black-clothed swordsmen standing behind Diao Xueqing were also silently surrounding Diao Xueqing, and the leader of them stroked Diao Xueqing's shoulder slightly, and said, "Senior sister, you step back first, let's come!" ”

Diao Xueqing lowered her head and retreated to the side when she heard the sound, and Dugu Jue also took advantage of the situation to push Murong Jiaojiao behind him, and took his own Qinggang sword from the swordsman's hand.

Eight swordsmen surrounded Dugu Jue in a gossip formation, and as soon as Dugu Jue held a sword in his hand, he immediately made a move. Eight people or front or back, left or right, or up or down, but almost at the same moment to draw the sword, speed, posture exactly the same, Dugu Jue looked around at a glance to know the martial arts of these eight swordsmen, any of them martial arts are not under Diao Xueqing, even hand in the array, easy to deal with, the heart is cold, the internal force is gathered, the fortune is seen to be fast into slow, carefully look at the formation and knife skills of the eight swordsmen. When the eight swordsmen saw that Dugu Jue was determined to stand up for the Murong family, they didn't say much, they took their own positions, urging the gossip knife array, and in a moment, they saw countless sword lights forming a circle to surround Dugu Jue densely.

Although this gossip knife array is mutually supportive and tightly attacked, but in Dugu Jue's sharp gaze and fast into slow, the swift knife array of the eight people, every move and style is as slow as a breeze, and after more than ten moves, Dugu Jue has already found out many flaws in the knife formation. At this moment, he was clear and clear, and he suddenly remembered the footwork taught by the old monk before, and thought, new students and beginners, you might as well use them to try your moves. So the sword move in his hand was handed out densely, but the footwork of the foot had changed. Sure enough, according to the footwork taught by the old monk, Dugu Jue's figure was more agile because of his footwork, and his sword moves were faster because of his agile body.

Dugu Jue didn't want the Murong family to have any more grudges, so he broke the sword formation but did not pursue, but jumped out of Zhangyu after him, and said to the eight swordsmen: "The victory and defeat have been divided, you are not my opponent!" The grievances of the previous generation of the Murong family are over, so you can leave yourself! ”

The eight swordsmen looked at each other but refused to leave, and the three who were injured in their right arms changed to holding the knife in their left hand, and besieged Dugu Jue again. ”

Unexpectedly, the swordsman at the head shouted with a cross eyebrow: "If the teacher does not take revenge, he will not be a man!" Then the knife pointed at Murong Jiaojiao behind Dugu Jue: "Resolve the grudge? Is it that easy? Can you even let go of the poisonous wounds on this little girl's body? ”

As soon as Dugu Jue heard it, he knew that the black-clothed swordsman in front of him was obviously the one who poisoned Murong Jiaojiao back then, and the anger in his heart rose sharply, and the Qinggang sword was no longer merciful, and after a few moves, he had killed seven swordsmen, and captured the swordsman who was the leader, and shouted: "Take out the antidote!" ”

At the same time, I heard Murong Jiaojiao shouting loudly: "Brother, spare his life!" ”

Dugu Jue turned to look at Murong Jiaojiao, and saw the look of surprise on her face, knowing that Jiaojiao heard that the swordsman confessed to poisoning, and now he was captured, thinking of the viciousness that had been stalking him for many years, he finally hoped to get the antidote, so he didn't want Dugu Jue to hurt the swordsman's life. What Murong Jiaojiao thought in his heart was exactly what Dugu Jue wished in his heart, he was as eager to get the antidote as Murong Jiaojiao, and naturally he would not kill the swordsman with a sword, so after he captured the swordsman led by him, he used his palm to penetrate the internal force from his big vertebral acupoint, which made his whole body ache and forced him to take out the antidote. Unexpectedly, the swordsman led by this one was extremely strong, endured the pain, and sneered at Dugu Jue and said, "There is no antidote!" I prepared this poison in the first place, in order to poison the entire Murong family, how could I want any antidote?! ”

After speaking, a smear of black blood flowed from the corner of the swordsman's mouth, and he actually died of poisoning, thinking that he had come this time, he had already made up his mind to die, and his mouth already contained a deadly pill, so after being caught by Dugu Jue, he immediately bit the poison and swallowed it, in order to show that he did not want to be humiliated.

Dugu Jue hated the swordsman who poisoned Murong Jiaojiao, seeing that he committed suicide on the spot, there was no antidote in the world, and in addition to being angry, he turned his head and looked at Diao Xueqing fiercely, intending to force Diao Xueqing to come up with the antidote. He thought, this swordsman said that there is no antidote, it may not be true, the other swordsmen have been stabbed to death by him, if there is an antidote, it can only fall on Diao Xueqing, who is in the same door.

Diao Xueqing faced Dugu Jue's resentful gaze, but she was not afraid at all, she even smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said coldly: "My master has never used poison in his life, and his senior brother is a master with art, and he was already an expert in poisoning long before he got started. He said that there is no antidote, there is no cure. Are you looking for an antidote? No! Want your life? One, you can take it! ”

"Sword Wind Sword" Diao Xueqing has a slight reputation in the rivers and lakes, and has indeed never heard of her poisoning, Dugu Jue thought about it carefully, and knew that Diao Xueqing was indeed telling the truth, the teacher she was from was not good at making poison, and the poison in Jiaojiao's body was so weird, and it was impossible to cure it after searching for famous doctors for many years, presumably Diao Xueqing could not match such a poison, and naturally there was no way to find an antidote from her, he had already killed eight swordsmen, and he didn't want to kill more, so he shook his head and said to Diao Xueqing: "You have no antidote, it's useless to kill you, you go!" ”

Diao Xueqing replied hatefully: "You killed my eight senior brothers, even if you don't kill me, one day, I will kill you!" ”

Dugu Jue didn't answer, Murong Jiaojiao had already rushed out from the side and attacked Diao Xueqing, Diao Xueqing still fought with the golden knife and short sword in his hand, but in an instant, Murong Jiaojiao reversed the direction again with a fighting star, and the golden knife and short sword were held by Murong Jiaojiao at the same time, strangled on Diao Xueqing's neck, Murong Jiaojiao's eyes were like fire, and he said in a sad voice:

"Say! Where is the antidote? Diao Xueqing still stiffly pouted: "No is nothing!" I didn't poison you back then..."Halfway through the words, Murong Jiaojiao was furious, his hands were together, Diao Xueqing's golden knife was thrown off, and it flew into the doorpost, Murong Jiaojiao held her short sword in his hand, his eyes were like fire, and he hated: "Poison me!" Why don't you poison me! I'd rather be poisoned by you than suffer for the rest of my life! ”

After that, the short sword in his hand slashed towards Diao Xueqing's face, and he muttered in his mouth: "What is it like to ask you to taste ugly for a lifetime!" ”

Seeing that Murong Jiaojiao was in a frenzy, Dugu Jue immediately reached out and grabbed the short sword, took her into his arms, looked at Diao Xueqing with his head held high, and said nothing. Diao Xueqing never expected that the martial arts of the Murong family were so profound, even the young Murong Jiaojiao was far superior to herself, she knew that she was powerless to take revenge, she hid her face and cried bitterly, and ran away.

Murong Jiaojiao leaned on Dugu Jue's arms, as if he had woken up from a big dream, wow! The ground burst into tears, and said to himself: "There is no cure! There is no antidote at all! ”

Dugu Jue caressed Murong Jiaojiao's back and said softly: "Sister Jiaojiao, don't think about it first, my brother will find the poison sooner or later to heal the poisonous wounds for you." You're tired, go back to your room and rest first, okay? ”

Murong Jiaojiao stopped in Dugu Jue's arms and gasped for a moment, then looked up at Dugu Jue and said softly: "Brother, don't worry, anyway, as long as I take medicine regularly, the toxicity can be controlled, and I believe that one day I can find someone who can detoxify me." Ah, Lord Zhou and Sister Shishi are still waiting for us, let's go! ”

After speaking, Murong Jiaojiao straightened his clothes, as if nothing had happened, not only looked calm, but also urged Dugu Jue to walk towards Shuying Xuan together. Dugu Jue couldn't help but sigh when he saw Murong Jiaojiao being so abnormal, he knew that Murong Jiaojiao was soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, and often pretended to be okay on the surface, but his heart had turned over the river. Today, it was not easy to find the person who poisoned the year, but only got the evil consumption that there was no antidote at all, Murong Jiaojiao can be said to be poisoned and injured. At this time, he also comforted him not to be too troubled, Murong Jiaojiao was so gentle and considerate to him, he loved and cherished him even more in his heart.

Dugu Jue and Murong Jiaojiao returned to Shuying Xuan and continued to talk, laugh and feast with Zhou Bangyan and Master Li. Master Li mentioned to Dugu Jue that three months later, there would be a "Famous Sword Festival" in the "Lingjiang Garden" in Zhenjiang Mansion, which was held by Ye Wuxian, who was known as the "Sword Spirit".

"This Ye Wuxian has been famous for nearly twenty years with a crape myrtle soft sword, but he has never opened a mountain and established a sect, and he has passed on his art disciples, and it is rumored that only his righteous son Mo Guyan has obtained the true transmission of his swordsmanship." Master Li said: "I heard that in this grand event, it is intended to let the rising stars of the martial arts compete and select, and all martial arts people under the age of forty can participate in the competition, and those who win the first place can get Ye Wuxian's Ziwei soft sword, as well as his swordsmanship "Ghost Sword Spectrum", so many Jianghu knights are eager to try. ”

After listening to this, Dugu pondered for a moment.

Master Li asked, "Didn't the young man intend to go to the Famous Sword Festival?" ”

"That's true."

"Oh?" Zhou Bangyan, who was shaking his head and immersed in the music, raised his head and looked at Dugu Jue: "Tumi Villa has always had no quarrel with the world, and the old man today knows that it is the Gusu Murong family. The old man saw that Shaoxia was not a person who was keen on fame and fortune, so he must not mean that the Ziwei soft sword and the ghost sword spectrum, could it be for the Murong family? ”

Dugu Jue stroked his palms and smiled: "Lord Zhou is really a bosom friend!" I have a lot of hidden swords in the Villa, and there are countless martial arts cheats, so I have no intention of competing for Ye Wuxian's sword and sword spectrum. But this sword event not only brought together heroes and heroes from all sects and factions, but it was also a great opportunity for me to wash away the shame of the Murong family for many years. ”

Master Li asked: "What is the young man's intention?" I would like to hear more about it. ”

Dugu Jue got up and said: "I have been adopted by Mrs. Murong since I was a child, and I regard me as my own. Over the years, seeing the grudges and grievances of the previous generation of the Murong family, they have constantly disturbed Mrs. Murong, and always want to completely solve Mrs. Murong's troubles. Speaking of this, Dugu Jue's slender face showed a sense of arrogance in his memories: "Over the years, I have never mentioned the origin of Tumi Villa to Master Zhou and Senior Sister, and I have traveled to the rivers and lakes in the past few years, compared swords and shames, and I did not mention Gusu Murong, not because I was worried that the enemies of the Murong family would come to find trouble, but when I was waiting for my swordsmanship to be successful and could fight against any enemy of the Murong family, I would find another opportunity to announce that Tumi Villa was Gusu Murong, and solve all the grievances of the Murong family at one time in a fair competition. It is a shame for Gusu Murong and Tumi Villa, and the famous sword event seems to be such an opportunity. ”

"In order to repay his wife's kindness, the young man did not hesitate to risk his life, and the old man deeply admired!" After Zhou Bangyan finished speaking, he got up and bowed to Dugu Jue, who hurriedly returned the salute and then returned to their seats.

"Lord Zhou is right, but this famous sword event is not simple." Master Li continued: "On the surface, it is a sword competition to win the championship and discover the rising stars of the martial arts, but in the bones, it is a martial arts conference in which all the major sects of the Central Plains meet to discuss the Mingjiao. The person who wins the championship in swordsmanship will be elected as the leader of the martial arts alliance to defeat the Ming Sect, and it is rumored that Mo Guyan's swordsmanship has few opponents, so Ye Wuxian's real intention is to make his righteous son the leader of the martial arts alliance through this competition. Although there is no Ye Hurt in his life, and all the major factions respect him, but this conference can't help but hide his selfish intentions and schemes, and the young man must not underestimate the enemy. ”

Murong Jiaojiao looked at Xuanwai, snorted lightly, and said disapprerovingly: "My brother's swordsmanship is the best in the world, if he goes, he will definitely win the championship, and no matter how much Ye Wuxian tries to do, it will be in vain!" ”

Li Shishi knew that Murong Jiaojiao's words were coming at her, so she smiled and didn't answer, Dugu Jue and Zhou Bangyan glanced at each other, Zhou Bangyan shook his head, and Dugu Jue replied: "Sister Jiaojiao must not despise the heroes of the world, let alone underestimate Ye Wuxian's conspiracy, there are many hypocritical villains in this world who are dressed in chivalrous names but do insidious things, and Ye Wuxian may be one of them." ”

Murong Jiaojiao replied to Dugu and said: "I don't dare to underestimate the heroes of the world, and I am even more afraid of the death of those righteous heroes, but my sister I am afraid, and my brother must not be afraid, right?" ”

Dugu smiled bitterly and did not answer. Turning his head and asking Master Li, "Why are the major sects in the Central Plains determined to crusade against the Ming Sect?" What did Mingjiao do to offend them? ”

Master Li sighed: "The Ming Sect has been powerful in recent years, and there are many followers, and it has often had disputes with various sects and formed a relationship. In addition, the Mingjiao is specifically against the government, and it has been rumored recently that the Mingjiao may be about to rebel... Speaking of this, Master Li paused and looked at Zhou Bangyan. Zhou Bangyan then said: "Since the establishment of our dynasty, the holy monarchs of all dynasties have tried their best to make the four seas peaceful. Nowadays, the saint loves the people like a son, even if some unscrupulous officials violate the holy will and poison the people, how can they do rebellion if they are courtiers only forcefully admonished? If Mingjiao really rebels and causes chaos in the world, it will not only be a negative grace, but also increase the suffering of war and chaos among the people. ”

"If, as Lord Zhou said, the saint loves the people like this, why not clarify the rule of the officials? Why did Mingjiao have to rebel? ”

Master Li saw that Dugu Jue had already confronted Zhou Bangyan between his words, and hurriedly reconciled his words: "The Holy Lord is reluctant to clarify the rule of officials, but the world is so big and there are so many officials, it is inevitable that the good and the bad will be bad, which has led to the oppression of the people in some places, so that the Ming Sect has the pretext to rebel." However, if the Ming Sect really rebelled, although it was a capital crime, it was also quite a thought that the people would ask for their lives, and the court might as well pity its lonely loyalty, so as to soothe the people and save the people from suffering. ”

Dugu Jue pondered for a moment, and sighed: "The officials are not clear, the world is not quiet, and the people who suffer are still the people of Qianshou after all." Even if Mingjiao rebelled for the people's lives, I am afraid that it is still a child of Huangchi, and it will be difficult to achieve a big thing! Not to mention from afar, there was a Song Jiang incident recently, and in the end, wasn't he appeased by the imperial court? I hope that Mingjiao will not easily start an incident, I see the general trend of the world, the four seas are still in the heart, if Mingjiao rebels, I am afraid that the odds of victory are not big. ”

"Back then, Kong Ming was not out of the house and decided the world to three points, today the young man lives in Jane out of Tumi Villa, but he has such an incisive and unique view of the situation in the world, the old man has been taught, I hope that as the young man said, the Mingjiao rebellion is only like the Huangchi child, and I hope that the Mingjiao will not do things against the sky!"

Zhou Bangyan got up to say goodbye: "It's too late, it's not appropriate to bother the young man, the old man and the teacher will say goodbye." ”

Hearing this, Master Li got up and left with Zhou Bangyan.

That night, the full moon and the heart of the sky, Lang Zhao did the Qiankun, Dugu Jue took advantage of the bright moonlight, in the garden of Tumi Villa, with the old monk taught the "Ling Bo Weibu" sword practice, after the reverse review practice, he was finally able to integrate the "Ling Bo Weibu" footwork with his original body and swordsmanship, so that his body shape was greatly moved, and the speed and accuracy of the sword were several times faster than before. Dugu Jue was very happy in his heart, he knew that his swordsmanship was finally completed, and he would enter the Tiger Eagle Formation again tomorrow morning to test, and there would be no more mistakes. Walking the rivers and lakes with this swordsmanship, even if it is not invincible in the world, it is indeed a rare opponent. Just as he was happy, suddenly Murong Fu called Murong Jiaojiao's name, and people came from the pavilion corridor and saw Dugu Jue practicing swords, and after a few moves, her face seemed surprised and suspicious. Dugu Jue had already noticed that Mrs. Murong was coming, stopped her footwork, and bowed to Mrs. Murong to say hello. Mrs. Murong opened her mouth and asked, "Jue'er, have you seen Kyaukyao?" I'm looking for her! Also, where did you learn this...? Have you recently met someone with the surname Duan from Dali? ”

Dugu Jue was also very surprised when he heard that Mrs. Murong could say that the footwork taught by the old monk was "Ling Bo Weibu", but he didn't dare to ask more, and only told Mrs. Murong about the adventure of the old monk teaching footwork during the day. Mrs. Murong fell into deep thought while listening, and for a while, she seemed to wake up from her memories, and sighed: He is now the emperor, how can he be as willful and walk the rivers and lakes as he was when he was young, I think too much. ”

Dugu Jue was confused, but he didn't want to ask too much, and Mrs. Murong didn't pay much attention to it, as if she had told herself, and after speaking, she left thoughtfully.

After Mrs. Murong left, Dugu Jue gently beckoned to the big tree behind her and shouted, "Sister Jiao, don't be naughty anymore, Madam is looking for you, come down quickly!" ”

It turned out that Murong Jiaojiao hid in the tree and peeked at Dugu Jue practicing swords, with Dugu Jue's sensitivity in ear, he naturally had already noticed it, in fact, Murong Jiaojiao also knew that she couldn't deceive Dugu Jue, she just liked to stay by Dugu Jue's side, and she was afraid that it would affect his sword practice, so she simply hid in the tree. Dugu Jue saw that Jiaojiao ignored him, walked under the tree, and saw Murong Jiaojiao, who was sitting on the tree, winked at him, put his index finger to his lips, signaled him not to speak, and pointed up to the sky. Dugu Jue looked at the bright fingertips, the branches and leaves obscured the bright moonlight, but instead from the thin slit mountain, he saw the clusters of stars that were originally covered by the moonlight, Murong Jiaojiao was looking up at the flickering and flickering starlight. Suddenly, the branches under his body were brittle and broken, and he was about to fall, Dugu Jue swept up, grabbed Murong Jiaojiao, took it into his arms steadily, and then turned upward, holding Jiaojiao and sitting firmly on the canopy.

"What a bright full moon!" Jiaojiao exclaimed, and suddenly turned her head and asked Dugu Jue: "Brother, you said that it would be great if we could sit on the tree and watch the moonlight forever like now!" ”

Dugu Jue placed Jiaojiao on the branch beside him: "What's so difficult about this? As long as the sister likes it, every full moon night, my brother can accompany you to sit on this treetop and admire the moon. ”

Jiaojiao shook his head and said: "Difficult! The moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows, not to mention that the moonlight will not be so beautiful at night, just say that my brother is going to participate in the "Famous Sword Festival", and next time even if the moon is full, my brother will not be by my side. ”

"So it was for this! Is Kyaukmei worried about my safety on this trip? Don't worry, my brother is confident that even if he fails to win the championship, he should protect himself! ”

"Brother, you said that this huge river and lake, how can there be no peace? This sect and that faction fight each other for generations, and enmity from generation to generation, is really endless. I don't understand, even if you win the first place in the world, what is the benefit? ”

"Sister Jiao has no quarrel with the world, so in your eyes, the title of the world's number one is naturally inadequate, in fact, my brother's trip is not to compete for fame..."

Murong Jiaojiao gently covered Dugu Jue's mouth: "Brother, don't say it, I know everything!" Brother doesn't care if you don't have the best place in the world, you went to fight for me and my mother, and to wash away the shame of Gusu Murong for many years. But..."Murong Jiaojiao lowered his head gloomily, and said in a deep voice: "I am truly the descendant of the Murong family, but according to my temperament, I would rather stay by the side of the person I love and never leave!" ”

After Murong Jiaojiao finished speaking, he lowered his head, Dugu Jue saw it in his eyes, how could he not know her intentions, but he deliberately changed his words, and laughed loudly: "It turns out that Sister Jiaojiao has grown up and wants to get married!" One day, my brother will find you the best master in the world, let you marry in a beautiful manner, and be happy and happy, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone? ”

Murong Jiaojiao looked up at Dugu Jue, and blurted out, "Except for my brother, who can be the best in the world?" If it weren't for my brother, even if I was the best in the world, I... I don't want it either! ”

Speaking of this, Murong Jiaojiao's face was flushed, he jumped off the tree, and left quickly. Dugu stood up and stood in the treetops, standing still, but there was a little worry in his heart.

Murong Jiaojiao left the garden and ran back to her room, where she met Mrs. Murong on the way. Mrs. Murong asked her where she was going, but she didn't answer shyly, and hurried back to the room with her cheeks crimson. Knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, Mrs. Murong has long seen that her daughter Jiaojiao secretly promised Dugu Jue, and she sees that Dugu never does anything, and always takes Jiaojiao with her, in her opinion, these two can be said to be childhood sweethearts, and they are in love with each other, and they also intend to set a lifelong event for them. So the next day, he found Dugu Jue and proposed to him to choose a day to hold a marriage for him and Jiaojiao, so that the two could start a family as soon as possible, but Dugu Jue unexpectedly refused.

"Please forgive me, Mrs. Meng has been adopted by Mrs. Meng since I was a child, Mrs. Meng and Aunt Bi loved, not only treated me like a son, but also let me learn a martial arts, and I never dared to forget my deep kindness. But I grew up with Kyauk Mei since I was a child, and I always treated Kyauk Mei like my own sister, and Mrs. was kind, but Jue Er was afraid that she would live up to Kyauk Mei's affection. What's more, the shame of the Murong family has not yet snowed, the strange poison in the body of the Jiao Mei has not been solved, and Jue'er is also burdened with the blood of the Dugu clan and has not been avenged. After Dugu Jue finished speaking, he knelt in front of Mrs. Murong.

Although Mrs. Murong was surprised, she also knew that it was difficult to be reluctant, and said lightly: "What you mean, I understand." ”

Dugu Jue thought that Mrs. Murong was unhappy in her heart, and said sadly: "Madame, please scold, after all, it is Jue'er who is not, and she has disobeyed Madame's good intentions." But please rest assured, Jue'er has vowed to avenge Jiaojiao since she was a child, and yesterday the murderer came to the door, but committed suicide, I am afraid that there is no antidote in the world, but Jue'er will still try to find a way to remove the strange poison from Jiaomei, and will always take care of Jiaomei, so that she will not be wronged at all. ”

"What scolding? Jue'er thinks too much, hurry up! Mrs. Murong helped Dugu Jue to get up and said, "Speaking of your Dugu clan's life grievances, I really want to help but I can't help." When your father, General Dugu Zhan's subordinate Li Sa, sent you to Gusu's Shenhezhuang, he was seriously injured and difficult to return to the sky, and before he died, he only said that your father was from Western Xia, and the ancestors had a very good relationship with my grandmother in Western Xia, so I begged me to take you in, and then left a sword book of Dugu family heirlooms, and before I had time to inquire about who your parents died at, General Li died. I am deeply sorry for this to this day. ”

Dugu Jue hurriedly shook his head: "Madame, don't have any regrets, if Jue'er is not adopted by Madame, I am afraid that she will have already died with General Li, and my parents and General Li will be in the spirit of the sky, and they will hold the grace of eternal memory to Madame." Jue'er thought, there are no eternal secrets in the world, and sooner or later the murderer of my parents will always be found. Jue'er decided to go to the Famous Sword Festival this time, in addition to clearing the shame of the Murong family, she also wanted to take the opportunity of the martial arts sect gathering to see if she could find clues about the enemy who killed my parents. ”

"Jue'er, do you have to go? If the "Famous Sword Festival" really gathers all sects and factions in the martial arts, and you also know that the Murong family has a lot of grudges in the martial arts, your trip can be said to be very dangerous, I hope you can dispel this thought. Mrs. Murong turned around and wandered: "In order to avoid the enemy, I left Suzhou, went north to the outside of Kaifeng City, set up this "Tumi Villa", and lived in seclusion. Do you know what the name of the village means? ”

Dugu Jue groaned: "Tu Yu does not compete for spring, and loneliness blooms the latest." , Jue'er thought, is Mrs. using this poem to simulate her state of mind? ”

"Jue'er is smart, but you're only half right. I named the village "Tumi", and it also means that I miss my homeland, because my mother's home "Mantuo Villa" where I grew up is full of all kinds of exotic flowers, and my favorite is Tumi. It's a pity that even if I have avoided this, there are still enemies who came to my door yesterday, which shows that the "Tumi Villa" is no longer hidden and safe, and this matter has made me very worried. Now that you are going to participate in the "Famous Sword Festival", I don't know how many enemies of the Murong family will be encountered at that meeting, what a dangerous move is this? Therefore, even if you don't want to marry Kyauk-kyuk, don't go to any "Famous Sword Festival". ”

Dugu Jue replied with a firm will: "Please rest assured, Madame, Jue'er has made a lot of progress in swordsmanship recently, and she will also act with a camera when she goes to the "Famous Sword Festival" on this trip, and she will not be reckless. What's more, the grievances in the world cannot be solved by blindly avoiding them, and there will be a positive day after all, and the "Famous Sword Festival" may be a great opportunity for me to wash away the shame of the Murong family and explore the grievances of my Dugu clan! ”

Mrs. Murong saw that Dugu Jue had made up her mind, she watched Dugu Jue grow up since she was a child, and knew that his temperament was cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and he seemed to be gentle and elegant, but he was really stubborn and arrogant. I thought that it would be useless to persuade again, so I stopped talking.

At this time, there seemed to be some movement outside the door, Dugu Jue immediately turned around and pushed the door to look, only to see that at the end of the corridor, the colorful clothes flashed, and he knew that Murong Jiaojiao had heard the conversation between himself and Mrs. Murong. In fact, with his ear, he had already heard someone outside the door, and from the slight breathing sound, he knew that it was Murong Jiaojiao, and he also intended to let Jiaojiao understand his mind.

Murong Jiaojiao rushed into his room, ashamed and annoyed, he fell on the table and whimpered, and when he looked up in his teary eyes, he saw himself in the bronze mirror, and the scars on his face spread, becoming more and more obvious, and then he thought that Dugu Jue had just said that Diao Xueqing's senior brother was dead, and the poison could no longer find an antidote, that is to say, this annoying stubborn disease would follow him for a lifetime! She was so angry that she flipped the bronze mirror to the ground, and the internal force reached it, and the bronze mirror was broken into several pieces. Aunt Bi nearby heard the sound, stepped into the room, and saw the scars on Murong Jiaojiao's face that were red from the attack of poison, and knew that she must have been stimulated by some kind of grievance, which induced the poison.

"What kind of grievances has Jiaojiao suffered, why is he angry like this?"

Murong Jiaojiao saw Aunt Bi's face full of care and unbearable, and her heart was even more sad, and she sobbed: "Brother Dugu must be disgusted that I am suffering from a poisonous disease, there is no cure, and if I am slightly stimulated, my appearance will become ugly... I can't blame him, an ugly and ugly hard-working woman like me, men all over the world avoid it, not to mention Brother Dugu who even a famous prostitute like Master Li has to fall for him... It's really my own wishful thinking... ”

"Don't think nonsense, the poisonous wounds on your body can be safe as long as you take medicine regularly and are not stimulated, no one can see it, why dislike it?" Aunt Bi comforted and said: "Jue'er has high ambitions, and she must want to start a business first and then start a family, so she deliberately said that, according to Aunt Bi, Jue'er is still very happy in her heart, but she is embarrassed to say it." When he comes back from winning the reputation of the first in the world from the "Famous Sword Festival", when he is famous, he will definitely beg his wife to marry you to him! ”

"Aunt Bi is so good at coaxing people, but I can hear it clearly..."

Aunt Bi snatched Murong Jiaojiao's words: "Okay, okay, don't worry about yourself anymore." Come, what are you angry about? Do you remember the disguise technique that Aunt Bi taught you? Hurry up and dress yourself up, you don't want Jue'er to see your current appearance before leaving, right? ”

These words touched Murong Jiaojiao's heart, she really didn't want Dugu Jue to see what she looked like when she was poisoned. So he restrained his sobbing and began to cover up the poisonous spots on his face with powder makeup.

Murong Jiaojiao's makeup skills are very good, firstly, she likes makeup by nature, and secondly, after she has a strange poison in her body, the toxicity is still difficult to control at first, and rashes are common on her face, Aunt Bi remembered that she had a confidant sister who was good at disguise when she was young, so she taught Jiaojiao some of the methods she learned when she watched the confidant sister change her face, but she didn't expect that Kyaukjiao was extremely talented, and in the past few years, she has learned the disguise technique, no matter who she pretends to be, it is subtle and beautiful, making it difficult to distinguish.

Aunt Bi picked up a large fragment of the bronze mirror from the ground, reflected it in front of Murong Jiaojiao, and said: "Jiaojiao's disguise and makeup skills are getting better and better, think about everything, you have learned the art of disguise due to poison." Sooner or later, the poison will always find an antidote and be removed, but this disguise technique will never be forgotten. Isn't that a blessing in disguise? ”

"I'd rather not learn this art of disguise..."Although he said this, the powder makeup on his hand did not stop for a moment, and under Aunt Bi's mirror, Murong Jiaojiao covered up the poisonous spots on his face with powder makeup, dressed up carefully, and changed into a white dress, which looked extremely clear and beautiful, and then slowly walked out of the room.

A few days later, Dugu Jue left for Zhenjiang to participate in the famous sword event. Mrs. Murong and Aunt Bi were very reluctant and sent them directly to the Houke Pavilion outside the village, but they didn't see Murong Jiaojiao coming to see them off. Dugu Jue thought that Murong Jiaojiao missed him the most, and when he parted, it was better not to send him off, otherwise it would be really embarrassing for his children to grow up.