After Dugu Jue and Shen Ran left the beggar gang, they returned to Tumi Villa all the way. Passing through a rural village, stay overnight in a farmhouse. On a whim, Shen Ran cooked a few good dishes for Dugu Jue, she was already ingenious, and she came from a famous family, although there was no good material in the countryside, but the fresh and sparse game was extremely delicious under her careful conditioning, and even Dugu Jue, who had a taste different from ordinary people and tasted food since childhood, was full of praise.

The village is surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the two sit in front of the village, watching the stream murmuring and reflecting the sunset slowly setting in the distance. Looking at each other, they all thought in their hearts that as long as they could stay with each other all the time in this life, watch the sunset and flowers bloom together, then it would be enough.

Because during this year, Dugu Jue tried his best to pick all the major sects of the Central Plains martial arts, and his reputation was growing day by day, and he was powerful in the martial arts. Although he didn't hurt anyone, but the defeat under the sword was a well-known sect, and the Central Plains martial arts were quite unconvinced, so he called him "Sword Demon" to show that although they were defeated by Dugu Jue's sword, but the Tao and the demon have different paths, they are still famous and decent, and Dugu Jue is just an evil sword demon. Dugu Jue learned that the people in the rivers and lakes called him "Sword Demon", and he was not angry but happy, because he had been scabbed in swordsmanship since he was a child, and in Tumi Villa, Mrs. Murong and Aunt Bi had laughed at him as a "little Sword Demon", so the name of "Sword Demon" sounded very cordial to him. However, after walking the rivers and lakes with Shen Liang for more than a year, he was slightly disappointed that he failed to find any clues about his father's enemy.

Today, Dugu Jue was holding the crape myrtle soft sword and looking at the sky, Shen Ran knew his intentions, leaned on his shoulder and comforted: "Brother Jue, don't be sad, there is no impermeable wall in this world, sooner or later we will be able to find out the past and find the murderer of Ling Zun!" Let's avenge this blood feud for the Dugu family! ”

Dugu Jue stroked the tips of Shen's dyed hair and said: "The past more than 20 years ago, there is no clue to be found, and I can't help it. But there is one thing that I am in a hurry to do, so I will go back to the village with Ran Mei and meet Mrs. Murong. ”

Shen Ran knew the meaning of Dugu Jue's words, and wanted to ask Mrs. Murong to preside over as soon as possible, and told the Mengxi Garden media about her marriage with Dugu Jue. The joy is that she and Brother Jue will finally be able to get home, but the fear is that Mrs. Murong doesn't know if she will oppose their marriage because her daughter loves Brother Jue. But these are all hidden deep in her heart and unspoken, just because she doesn't want to provoke her brother Jue more needlessly worried.

Dugu Jue and Shen Ran were immersed in each other's deep affection, but they never expected that when they were traveling all over the world, those famous and decent people who gave Dugu Jue the nickname of "Sword Demon" could not win Dugu Jue, but under the pretext of the grievances of the previous generation of the Murong family, they found Tumi Villa one after another.

The Qingcheng faction, Kunlun faction, Diancang faction, Canghan faction, Kongtong faction and other sects that were previously defeated under Dugu Jue's sword were unwilling, and always wanted to wait for an opportunity to join forces to avenge the shame, but Dugu Jue and Shen Ran had no whereabouts, and they couldn't find anyone for a while, so they discussed with each other, and the Tumi Villa where Dugu Jue lived was originally the Murong family, and the previous generation of the Murong family and the Central Plains martial arts had a deep grudge, although in the famous sword event, when Dugu Jue won the championship, he had come forward to persuade peace because of Ye Wuxian, and the various sects agreed to no longer hold grudges against the old grudge of the Murong family, But Dugu Jue was unwilling to encircle and suppress the general altar of the Ming Sect with the major sects, but instead helped the people in the Ming Sect, it can really be described as a new hatred and an old hatred, how can it not be ended together! They couldn't find Dugu Jue, so they naturally found the Tumi Villa where the Murong family was located. Of course, in addition to revenge and shame, the various sects are also thinking about the martial arts collection owned by Tumi Villa.

The heads of the Qingcheng faction, the Kunlun faction, the Diancang faction, the Canghan faction, and the Kongtong faction also respected their identities, and did not want to bear the infamy of bullying the widows and humiliating the weak.

When the children of various factions came to Tumi Villa, they first paid homage to the village according to the ceremony, but they did not allow Mrs. Murong not to open the door to meet guests. Seeing that the various factions were not good, Mrs. Murong made people spread the rumor, saying that there were only women and children in the village, and it was inconvenient to meet the chivalrous guests of various factions. Seeing that Mrs. Murong was unwilling to meet the guests, the first disciples of the five factions immediately rushed into the village first. Although the family members, sword servants, and maidservants in the village have been trained and have martial arts, where are the opponents of the first disciples of the five major sects, not to mention that there are a total of 100 children of each faction, and they were all taken down soon. The person with the highest martial arts in Zhuangzhong is Murong Jiaojiao, and any of the first disciples of the five factions are not her opponents, but the five first disciples joined forces to besiege Murong Jiaojiao, and Murong Jiaojiao was invincible and was finally captured. They didn't hurt anyone, they only tied up dozens of people up and down the Tumi Villa, but let Mrs. Murong go, after all, Mrs. Murong was the owner of the Tumi Villa, and she was already famous decades ago, and she could be the head of the five factions, so the leaders of the five factions felt that they should be a little respectful to her. Although they did not bind up Mrs. Murong, they still pressed Mrs. Murong to ask Mrs. Murong about the whereabouts of Dugu Jue, as well as where the rich martial arts secrets from Mantuo Mountain Villa and Shenhe Village were hidden. Mrs. Murong refused to answer, they didn't dare to do anything, so they had to search the whole village, but they couldn't find even a secret book in the Tumi Villa.

The first disciple of the five factions was unwilling, and his anger came from it, and he actually had the idea of torturing Murong Jiaojiao to force Mrs. Murong to comply, just when they escorted Murong Jiaojiao to Mrs. Murong and planned to carry out the execution, the sword spirit Ye Wuxian suddenly appeared at this time, he floated into the hall, and everyone saw several sword lights flashing, and quickly forced back the first disciple of the five factions with several swords, and at the same time broke the rope that bound Murong Jiaojiao's body. Subsequently, Mo Guyan also swept into the hall and stood behind Ye Wuxian.

Ye Wuxian put away his sword, waved his hand to the leader of the five factions, and said, "Offended, the old man is here to apologize to the heroes." ”

The first disciple of the Kunlun faction, Tie Wuxian, said angrily: "What does Ye Daxia want? Could it be that he also colluded with the sword demon Dugu Jue? ”

Ye Wuxian laughed loudly: "Don't say that the old man has been friends with your master for many years, and it is already disobedient for you to insult me like this, as far as the old man is the same enemy as you in the main altar of the Demon Sect, you should not doubt me." I think that in the main altar of the Demon Sect, I once angrily reprimanded Dugu Jue and confronted him, how dare you say that I colluded with him? ”

Iron no hatred was speechless for a while.

Yan Xiahong, the first disciple of the Diancang faction, said: "Our juniors dare not suspect Ye Daxia, but this Tumi Villa is really the Murong family, and I sent the seniors to have a deep hatred with the Murong family, does Ye Daxia want to stop us from taking revenge?"

Ye Wuxian took a step towards Yan Xiahong: "Dare to ask Yan Nuxia, where are the predecessors of your Murong family now?" Where are the people of the Murong family who hurt your predecessors now? ”

Yan Xiahong said angrily: "Why do you need to ask? The seniors of my sect have long since passed away, and as for Murong Bo, who killed the seniors, of course he is also dead! ”

Ye Wuxian smiled silently, and Mo Guyan continued: "That's it, the predecessors of the two families have passed away, and what do the grievances of the previous generation have to do with the current Mrs. Murong?" ”

Yan Xiahong reprimanded: "The father's debt is repaid by the son, although Murong Bo is dead, his descendants should pay the blood debt!" ”

"That's a mistake! My generation regards itself as a decent family, just because we act according to reason, and never bully the weak. Mrs. Murong's family is surnamed Wang, but she married into the Murong family, what does the blood feud of various factions have to do with her? As for Murong Jiaohan, I'm afraid that when the various factions have enmity with the Murong family, she hasn't been born yet, right? Now that you are gathering hundreds of people, uninvited, and even want to use torture to bully orphans and widows, don't you lose the face of your family and decency? Ye Wuxian sighed: "The difference between the famous family and the Demon Sect is that the practice of chivalry is the righteousness, if there is no chivalry, then what is the difference between the famous family and the Demon Sect?" You have hurt the righteousness of the people who slaughtered the Huang Shang family before, and now they are bullying the widow and the young here, how is this behavior different from the people in the Demon Sect? Don't say that it will be difficult for me to sit idly by, and say that in the future, when you return to this religion, what face will you have to meet the head teacher? ”

Ye Wuxian's words were sonorous and threatening, and the first disciples of the five factions knew that Ye Wuxian and Mo Guyan had to intervene in the maintenance of Tumi Villa. These two people are extremely skilled in swordsmanship, even if hundreds of disciples of the five factions go together to besiege them, even if they can win, they are afraid that more than half of them will be killed or wounded, not to mention that the "Sword Spirit" is famous, and they have deep friendships with the heads of the five factions, and the first disciples of the five factions know that they can't afford to offend, so they can only go to the beach with anger.

After the five major sects left one after another, Mo Guyan first untied the rope on Aunt Bi's body, and Aunt Bi went to untie the ropes of everyone in the village, and turned around to see Murong Jiaojiao getting up and brushing off the dust on his sleeves, and was shocked. I saw that he looked directly at Murong Jiaojiao, and was reluctant to turn away for a moment, Murong Jiaojiao was already quite confident in his appearance, Mo Guyan looked at her soulless appearance, she understood, but she didn't care.

Lady Murong knew that the "Sword Spirit" Ye Wuxian was originally a highly respected person in the Central Plains martial arts, and this time she saved Quan Zhuang's life, so she immediately ordered her subordinates to prepare a feast and warmly entertain him and Mo Guyan.

Mrs. Murong saluted Ye Wuxian with tea instead of wine: "The old man is not good at drinking, and please don't blame Ye Daxia." ”

"Where, the old man doesn't like to drink, and the fragrance of tea moistens his throat, which is far better than wine!" Ye Wuxian actually accompanied Mrs. Murong to drink tea. ”

"Ye Daxia held a famous sword event, and it is rumored that Jue'er won the championship by luck, but is it true?" Mrs. Murong asked.

"Dugu Shaoxia's swordsmanship is unparalleled, and he did win the championship in the famous sword sheng, and the old man also gave him the Ziwei soft sword, but it's a pity..."

Murong Jiaojiao asked eagerly, "What is the pity?" We heard that Brother Dugu won the championship but didn't want to be the leader of the martial arts alliance, right? That's why those sects came to Tumi Villa to find trouble? ”

"Not only that, but that Dugu Jue also colluded with the Demon Sect and joined forces with Huang Sheng to fight against the various sects in the Demon Sect's main altar, so the Central Plains Martial Arts is not ashamed of his actions." Mo Guyan hated Dugu Jue, and interjected and replied: "He didn't repent, and openly challenged the various sects, although his swordsmanship was amazing, and the masters of each faction were slightly inferior, but his behavior was no different from the Demon Sect, and now everyone calls him the "Sword Demon"!" ”

Ye Wuxian drank Mo Guyan: "Don't say much!" Dugu Jue does things alone, and has nothing to do with Mrs. Murong and Miss Jiaojiao! Then he asked Mrs. Murong: "Dugu Shaoxia claimed at the Famous Sword Festival that he was not a descendant of the Murong family, but he was raised by Mrs. Murong since he was a child, is this true?" ”

Mrs. Mo Rong nodded and said: "Jue'er was still in infancy when she was sent to Shenhezhuang, and I saw him as pitiful, so I adopted him and treated him as my own son. ”

Ye Wuxian asked, "Does Mrs. Murong remember who sent him to Shenhezhuang?" Who are his parents, has Madam Murong ever known? ”

"I don't know about his parents, but as for the person who sent him..."

Murong Jiaojiao suddenly interrupted her mother's words: "What are you asking these for?" Why is Ye Daxia so interested in Brother Dugu's life experience? ”

Ye Wuxian smiled: "The old man has said a lot, but there is no malice, please don't care about Miss Murong." The old man was only curious about why Dugu Shaoxia would marry Jin Lan with the messenger of the Demon Sect, and appeared at the main altar of the Demon Sect with Huang Sheng to disrupt the plans of the various sects to besiege the Demon Sect, and wondered if it was related to Dugu Shaoxia's life experience, so he asked a few more words. ”

The sensitive Murong Jiaojiao was suspicious of Ye Wuxian's investigation of Dugu Jue's life history, but Ye Wuxian's words were round, and she couldn't deal with it for a while, so she said: "My brother Dugu saved the messenger of the Demon Sect, Feng Lei Ye, on a sand dune a few miles away from the village more than a year ago, so he became brothers with different surnames, and this matter has nothing to do with Brother Dugu's life history. ”

Ye Wuxian pretended to be surprised: "I see, that's the old man's heart, punish himself!" I raised my glass and wanted to drink, but I saw that Murong Jiaojiao also took a cup and saluted: "Ye Daxia saved my whole Zhuang life, it should be me who respects Ye Daxia." Then he had a drink with Ye Wuxian, then looked at Mo Guyan and said, "Oh, that's right! And this Mo Shaoxia, you are also the life-saving benefactor of our whole village, and I also toast you! ”

Mo Guyan sat next to Ye Wuxian, his eyes kept peeking at Murong Jiaojiao, and when he saw that she was saluting with wine, he was overjoyed, so he quickly got up with a cup and said, "It's just a gesture, the girl is outside!" ”

"Mo Shaoxia scared away hundreds of disciples of various factions with a single move, Jiaojiao is really admired!" Murong Jiaojiao smiled abruptly, and Mo Guyan's face turned red when he saw it.

Mrs. Murong got up and said: "The night is dark, Ye Daxia and Mo Shaoxia have been tossing for a long time because of the tiredness of their old bodies, they must be tired, they will rest in the village tonight, and tomorrow the old body will set up a banquet to entertain them and send off the two." ”

Ye Wushu saw that Mrs. Murong looked haggard, and thought to himself that he must have been extremely tired after a day of false alarm up and down the mountain villa, since he still had the opportunity to meet with Mrs. Murong tomorrow, it was not appropriate to ask more tonight. So he got up and thanked Mrs. Murong, and the family of Tumi Villa led him and Mo Guyan to live in the guest room in the village.

At night, Murong Jiaojiao tossed and turned, thinking about Ye Wuxian's inquiry about Dugu Jue's life experience, what was his intention, when she suddenly saw a black shadow flashing outside the window, she sat up in shock, pushed the door to visit, and it seemed to be Mo Guyan's figure, and hurriedly followed, and found that Mo Guyan had stolen into Dugu Jue's room. Murong Jiaojiao was afraid of being discovered by Mo Guyan, so he didn't dare to get too close, but Dugu Jue's room had been empty since he was a wanderer, so Murong Jiaojiao guessed that Mo Guyan must have sneaked into the room to rummage through things, and what he wanted to rummage through must be related to Ye Wuxian's inquiry into Dugu Jue's life experience in the middle of the dinner. Thinking that Ye Wuyan and Mo Guyan's trip seemed to be to relieve the siege by the side of Tumi Mountain, but in fact, there might be another conspiracy to explore Dugu Jue's life experience, Murong Jiaojiao became more vigilant, leaned sideways beside the pillar, watched Mo Guyan come out of Dugu Jue's room, and continued to follow, only to see Mo Guyan directly enter the guest room where Ye Wuxuan lived.

Murong Jiaojiao cautiously and slowly approached Ye Wuxian's room, listening intently to the conversation in the room. Hearing this, as soon as Mo Guyan saw the room, he said to Ye Wuxian: "Father-in-law, the room of Dugu Jue is spotless, showing that someone cleans it every day, I searched carefully, and I didn't find anything related to his life experience." Father-in-law, why do you need to inquire about Dugu Jue's background? He is already a public enemy of martial arts anyway, no matter how big he is, what can he do? ”

Ye Wuxian said in a desolate tone: "You don't understand, this is an old thorn in my father's heart!" Since Dugu Jue came to Lingjiang Ling, I found that his appearance, divine form, and even swordsmanship and moves reminded me of the fierce battle in the Shen family in Mengxi Garden more than twenty years ago..."

When Murong Jiaojiao heard this, he thought that Ye Wuxian knew the origin of Brother Dugu's life experience, and came to the door just to ask for verification? I was shocked, my feet slipped, and I accidentally stepped on the gravel on the verandah outside the house. She simply took a step back and stood in the middle of the court, pretending to wander. Sure enough, when Mo Guyan heard the sound and opened the door, he looked murderous, but when he saw that it was Murong Jiaojiao, he immediately looked gentle and asked, "Why did Miss Murong come here late at night?" Are you looking for my stepfather? ”

"Don't dare to bother Ye Daxia. I... I'm looking for Mo Shaoxia! Murong Jiaojiao had a plan in his mind, and said to Mo Guyan: "I was playing with an extremely precious jewel passed down by my grandmother in the courtyard before, but I was taken to the forest outside the village by the naughty eagle, I want to go to find it, but the night is thick, and I dare not go alone, so I want to ask Mo Shaoxia for help, can you find it for me?" If I lose this pearl, my mother will find out and blame me. ”

Mo Guyan wondered: "How did Miss Murong know that the eagle took the jewel to the forest outside the village?" ”

Murong Jiaojiao pretended to be coquettish and said: "Young Xia doesn't know, Brother Dugu raised many eagles and tigers in the forest outside the village, and practiced swords in them. An eagle must have taken off its rope and flew in and took away my pearl. Those eagles and tigers are fed regularly by the family in the village, so the eagle must have flown back into the forest. Mo Shaoxia, you said that in this late night dense forest, there are eagles and tigers, I am not as strong as you in martial arts and excellent swordsmanship, how dare you go to find it? ”

A sentence of strong martial arts and outstanding swordsmanship made Mo Guyan happy to hear it, and the hero's heart to protect the beauty came spontaneously, so he promised: "Miss Murong and go back to the room to rest, I will report to my father-in-law, and immediately go to the dense forest outside the village to find the jewel for the girl, and send it to the girl tomorrow morning." ”

"Then thank you Mo Shaoxia, the little woman went back to the room and waited for Shaoxia's good news tomorrow morning!"

Murong Jiaojiao left the courtyard and walked towards the Xuan Pavilion where he lived. Turning a corner, hiding behind a tree by the pool and secretly watching, Mo Guyan really entered Ye Wuxian's room, came out soon, and then went out of the village. Murong Jiaojiao estimated that the group of tigers and eagles in the dense forest was enough for Mo Guyan to toss for most of the night, and he had another plan, immediately returned to the room, disguised himself as Mo Guyan, and then came to the guest room where Ye Wuxian was staying again, knocked on the door, Ye Wuxuan opened the door and said, "Yan'er, have you found Miss Murong's orb so quickly?" ”

Murong Jiaojiao walked into the room and said, "I haven't found the pearl, there are tigers and eagles hidden in the forest, and the night is dark, I will go to find the pearl tomorrow morning." ”

Ye Wuxian didn't answer immediately, he carefully looked at the "Mo Guyan" in front of him, pondered for a moment, and then said with a smile: "My father told you before that you can look for it tomorrow morning, but you insist on going to find the jewel right now." I know that you are happy with that Murong girl, and you are anxious to please her. In the future, I will find an opportunity for my father to make decisions for you, and I will propose to Mrs. Murong. ”

"Great, with the father-in-law in charge, Mrs. Murong is definitely willing to marry Miss Murong to me, and the child has thanked the father-in-law in advance!" Murong Jiaojiao bowed to Ye Wuxian, and said: "By the way, the righteous father just mentioned Dugu Jue's appearance and swordsmanship reminds you of the past more than twenty years ago, dare to ask the righteous father, what does this Dugu Jue's life experience have to do with the Shen family in Mengxi Garden?" What about the fierce battle you mentioned? ”

Ye Wuxian actually said in a sad tone: "Speaking of which, this is a lifelong regret for my father, and it is also related to the state affairs between our dynasty and Western Xia." Dugu Jue's father is named Dugu Zhan, from Western Xia, and his family can be pushed as far as Dugu Xin, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. General Dugu Zhan's father was also a great general in Western Xia, named Dugu Yi. During the Zhenzong period of our dynasty, the Empress Dowager Liang of the Western Xia Kingdom was in power, and Emperor Huizong of the Western Xia Dynasty in order to exclude the power of foreign relatives, Li Qingce, the minister of internal cooperation, and Dugu Yi, the general of the external alliance, were finally able to govern in person, but soon they were counterattacked by the forces of the Empress Dowager Liang's relatives, and Huizong of Western Xia was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager Liang. In order to clear the dissent, the Empress Dowager Liang deliberately commanded General Dugu Yi to meet Shen Kuo, but when the two armies fought fiercely, they cut off the supply of grain, grass and ordnance to General Dugu Yi, and General Dugu Yi died in Shen Kuo's army. A few years later, Huizong of Western Xia died, and Dugu Yi's son, General Dugu Zhan, united with his Western Xia subjects, and finally let Huizong's son Emperor Chongzong succeed to the throne, once again excluding the power of Empress Dowager Liang's relatives and becoming one of the auxiliary ministers of the young emperor. He remembered that his father died at the hands of Shen Kuo, so after the Western Xia regime gradually stabilized, he took his wife and children and several generals, and came to Jiangnan lightly, wanting to find Shen Kuo to duel, and shame his father Dugu Yi, but when he came to Mengxi Garden, Shen Kuo was dead, and his son Shen Chong was treacherous and cunning, thinking that Dugu Zhan only wanted to share the victory and defeat with the Shen family openly, and seek revenge and hurt people, but Shen Chong wanted to flatter the court, his martial arts were not good, but he was as good at tricks as Shen Kuo, set a trap, and killed General Dugu Zhan, Also cut off his head and dedicated to the imperial court, when the political situation in Western Xia fell into chaos again, after General Dugu Zhan left Western Xia, the forces of relatives immediately fought back again, the young emperor Chongzong was unable to resist, so the power fell into the hands of relatives. Because our dynasty had been fighting with the Western Xia for many years, we had the intention to withdraw the army, so we actually sent the head of General Dugu Zhan to the Western Xia to curry favor with the authoritarian foreign relatives. More than 20 years have passed, and my father still thinks of it, and he still feels heartache for General Dugu Zhan, who acted above board and was killed by Shen Chong's traitor! ”

"You... No, Father-in-law, how can you know so clearly? When Murong Jiaojiao heard this, he was shocked in his heart, and almost showed his mouth.

Ye Wuxian replied: "After Shen Chong was originally a famous minister, his father never thought that he would be such a treacherous villain, so he also had a good relationship with him. When General Dugu Zhan came to Mengxi Garden, his father was a guest at the Shen family, so he knew the ins and outs of this matter. ”

Mu Rong Jiaojiao hurriedly asked: "After General Dugu Zhan was killed, how did Dugu Jue escape?" ”

"Shen Chong was extremely vicious, not only killed General Dugu Zhan, but also his wife and children. At that time, Dugu Jue was still in infancy, how could he escape from Shen Chong's poisonous hands? Fortunately, one of General Dugu Zhan's subordinates was rescued desperately, and now his father knows that he was sent to Gusu Murong's Shenhezhuang and adopted by Mrs. Murong. I think back then, when my father saw that Shen Chong was killed, he got up angrily to defend General Dugu Zhan's wife and children, but unfortunately his father's swordsmanship had not yet been completed, so he only blocked it for a while, and helped his generals leave with Dugu Jue, but after all, he failed to save their lives. Since then, there has been no contact between his father and Mengxiyuan, Yan'er understands now, right? Why is the famous sword event widely invited to the Central Plains martial arts, the family, and Mengxi Garden are in Zhenjiang Mansion, but the father did not invite the Shen family to attend the meeting. Speaking of this, Ye Wuxi's anger turned into passion: "It's a pity, if I could take Dugu Jue in back then, he would not have befriended the Demon Sect, let alone become a public enemy of martial arts in the famous sword event." At present, the most important thing is to find Dugu Jue as soon as possible and tell him that Shen Ran, who is walking with him to challenge the various sects, is the daughter of Shen Chong. I think Dugu Jue will act so extremely, I'm afraid it is because of Shen Ran's provocation! ”

Murong Jiaojiao never expected that his Dugu brother would have such a bizarre life experience, involving the battle between Song and Xia and the struggle against the Western Xia court, and he didn't expect that Dugu's brother, who had been away from Zhuang for more than a year, would accompany Shen Chong's daughter by his side. She was terrified in her heart, and she needed to think about it quietly, so she said to Ye Wuxian that she was tired in the dead of night and wanted to rest, so she left in a hurry.

Ye Wuxian didn't say much, and sent Murong Hanjiao out.

In order to find Murong Jiaojiao's jewel, Mo Guyan fought with dozens of tigers and falcons in the forest outside the village for most of the night, but finally failed to find the jewel and returned depressed. Before entering the room to rest, he still reported to Ye Wuxian, Ye Wuxian heard him say that he had just come back from outside the village, and he was not surprised, as if Mo Guyan had never come to his room before. It turns out that this leaf has walked the rivers and lakes for many years without injury, how can he not know about the art of disguise? What's more, he is a good poisoner, and his sense of smell is very keen, although Murong Jiaojiao is easy to look like Mo Guyan, but as soon as she stepped into Ye Wuxian's room, Ye Wujiao had already revealed the faint lipose powder fragrance from her, and guessed that she was Mo Rong Jiaojiao.

On the second day, Ye Wuxian said goodbye to Mrs. Murong on the grounds that he had something important to do, and left the "Tumi Villa" with Mo Guyan. Lady Murong, Aunt Bi, and Murong Jiaojiao sent them directly to the Houke Pavilion outside the village. At the time of parting, Mo Guyan walked up to Murong Jiaojiao and whispered: "Miss Murong, I am incompetent and failed to find the orb, please forgive me!" ”

Murong Jiaojiao smiled and said: "Shaoxia is too modest, the jewel will be found sooner or later, Shaoxia's thoughts, Jiaojiao remembered it in his heart." ”

Mo Guyan went away with Ye Wuxian, extremely reluctant in his heart, and frequently looked back at Murong Jiaojiao.

After they left, everyone returned to the village, and Murong Jiaojiao immediately entered the room with Madame Murong and told Madam Murong everything she had heard from Ye Wu's wound last night.

Mrs. Murong was surprised and said: "I really can't imagine that the Dugu family is involved in the national affairs of Western Xia, and it is related to the relationship between the Great Song Dynasty and Western Xia..."

Murong Jiaojiao replied: "Mother, when Brother Dugu comes back, I will tell my brother about it, my brother has always wanted to avenge his parents, and now he can finally get his wish." ”

Mrs. Murong groaned: "Jiaojiao, don't tell Jue'er about this matter for the time being. After thinking that the Shen family in Mengxiyuan was a famous minister, the family was powerful, and I heard Ye Daxia say that Shen Chong was treacherous and good at organs, but I was afraid that Jue'er would not succeed in revenge, but would be poisoned! ”

Murong Jiaojiao thought to herself that what her mother said was very true, Brother Dugu's safety was the most important thing, she had been waiting for more than a year, and she had not yet waited for Brother Dugu to come back. If she told Brother Dugu about this, Brother Dugu was going to leave her again, and she didn't want Brother Dugu to leave her for another moment. Then he said:

"Mother is right, I won't tell Brother Dugu, lest he run out again as soon as he comes back."

Mrs. Murong smiled and said, "Retribution, when will it be done?" Isn't the Murong family suffering from it? If Jue'er knows, she must go to revenge, and she doesn't know when she will return, you will inevitably be worried again, right? ”

"Mother laughs at me!" Murong Jiaojiao stomped his feet in disgust.

"Okay, good, good, don't talk about you." Mrs. Murong restrained her smile:

"You go to call Aunt Bi on my behalf, I have something I want to discuss with her."

"Well, I'm going to look for Aunt Bi to find my mother."

Murong Jiaojiao left Mrs. Murong's room and went to look for Aunt Bi.

After the moon, near noon one day, Murong Jiaojiao listened to a commotion in the courtyard in the room, and was about to ask, when a maidservant girl hurriedly knocked on the door to report: "Young Master Dugu is back!" ”

"Really?" Is the long-awaited Dugu brother really back? Murong Jiaojiao seemed to be in disbelief like a big dream.

The maid happily tugged at Murong Jiaojiao's long sleeves: "I'm really back, the young master's swordsman went out to feed the tiger and eagle outside the village, and when he returned to the village, he saw the young master outside the Houke Pavilion, and quickly returned to the village, and the lady went out happily to welcome the young master, and quickly asked me to inform the young master!" ”

Murong Jiaojiao trembled with excitement: "That, that... I'm going to greet my brother too! Yes, go now! ”

Putting on a coat, Murong Jiaojiao hurriedly ran to the village, and finally, she saw the figure she missed every day, the white robe, the chic posture, the thin face and the arrogant eyes... They are all exactly the same as the figure she is suffering and lovesick day and night, the only difference is that there is one more person next to him, a young and beautiful woman. Murong Jiaojiao, who was already overjoyed and wanted to rush forward, hugged her Dugu brother, and unconsciously stopped... She saw that the woman's hand was tightly clasped in Dugu Jue's palm.

Suddenly, she understood that her infatuation over the years was nothing but delusion, and even when Dugu Jue refused to marry her on the grounds that she had not yet avenged Xue Shame, she was still deceiving herself, telling herself that her Dugu brother would definitely win the championship Xue Shame, and then return to her side to stay with her for a long time. From the clenched hands, her gaze gradually moved upward, and when she finally looked at Dugu Jue, she felt that Dugu Jue's still clear eyes did not have a trace of special feelings, he looked at her as if he was looking at Mrs. and Aunt Bi, just a relative.

After accumulating too long of waiting, too long of lovesickness, too tired of anticipation, Murong Jiaojiao almost collapsed and turned around and fled back to her room, her heart was full of grief, bitterness, anger, shame, sadness... I wanted to cry, but I couldn't even cry a tear.

Mrs. Murong watched Murong Jiaojiao rush back to the room, of course she understood that her daughter was hurt by the girl next to Dugu Jue. But the fact of men and women is reluctant, and Madame Murong also loved her cousin deeply when she was young and was wronged, how can she not feel very deeply. But the visitor is a guest, not to mention seeing Dugu Jue holding the girl, Mrs. Murong knows that this girl is already Dugu Jue's crush, how can she want to match her daughter and Dugu Jue? He shouldn't snub the current girl in order to protect his daughter, after all, she is a person who has been in love with Jue'er.

Mrs. Murong and Aunt Bi still greeted Dugu Jue and Shen Ran into the village with a smile on their faces, and came to the hall together, the servants had already prepared the tea, and Mrs. Murong personally poured a cup of tea for Shen Ran, and asked: "My Jue'er is arrogant, and the girl must have suffered a lot of grievances with him, right?" ”

Shen Ran replied respectfully: "Not at all, Brother Jue treated me very well along the way!" ”

"Along the way..."Mrs. Murong suddenly remembered that Murong Jiaojiao had told her that Ye Wuxian said that Shen Chong's daughter was by Dugu Jue's side, her heart trembled, and she asked solemnly: "The girl's surname is Shen?" ”

Shen Ran was stunned and said, "How does Madam know?" Could it be that Brother Jue has already told you? ”

Mrs. Murong and Aunt Bi glanced at each other, and then asked sharply: "The girl's surname is Shen, and she is from Mengxi Garden, Zhenjiang Mansion, your father is Shen Chong, and your grandfather is Shen Kuo, right?" ”

When they met for the first time, they told their family background, and their expression was stern and their tone was trembling, and Shen Ran had a bad premonition in his heart. But he still replied respectfully: "Madame even knows the names of my father and grandfather, could it be that she has something to do with my Shen family?" "Gusu Murong's Shenhezhuang is not too far from Zhenjiang Mansion, Shen Ran has a glimmer of hope, I hope that Mrs. Murong knows her origin because of the friendship of the family, if so, with her father's gentle and friendly person, she will not have a grudge against Mrs. Murong.

"I don't know each other... Miss Shen is tired from the journey, so please go to the guest room to rest first. Mrs. Murong sat down dejectedly, motioned to Aunt Bi beside her to leave with Shen Ran, and then turned to Dugu Jue and said, "Jue'er, you stay for a while, I have something to tell you." ”

Shen Ran knew that Mrs. Murong must have something to hide from her, but if she wanted her to go to the guest room to rest first, how could she refuse, and looked up at Dugu Jue. Dugu Jue didn't understand why Mrs. Murong's attitude towards Shen Ran had changed suddenly, and it must have been a little inconvenient for Shen Ran to know, so she said to Shen Ran: "Sister Ran, you go to rest first, I'll go to you after talking to my wife." ”

Shen Ran had no choice but to leave with Aunt Bi.

Dugu Jue sent Shen Ran out of the hall, then turned around and entered, and first bowed to Mrs. Murong and said: "The child has been in suspense for more than a year, which has caused Mrs. to be in suspense, which is really unfilial, please forgive the child."

Mrs. Murong helped him up and said, "Jue'er, don't you think that I am angry with Miss Shen because you have traveled far away and never returned?" Then he shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Jue'er, let me ask you, do you want to marry Miss Shen?" ”

"Exactly!" Dugu Jue got up and said, "I have been with Miss Shen for more than a year, and we have a deep affection for each other, and I want to ask Mrs. to officiate the marriage for us."

"Miss Shen is a famous lady who can accompany you to wander the rivers and lakes, she must have suffered a lot, and it is really rare to say..."

Dugu Jue interjected: "Not only did he endure hardships, but he also saved the child's life many times. So the child took her back to the village and wanted to ask his wife to preside over and go to the Shen family in Zhenjiang to formally salute and get married. ”

Mrs. Murong stared at Dugu Jue for a long time, and then said with difficulty: "However, I can't agree to this marriage. ”

"Why?" Dugu Jue asked in surprise.

"No, I just can't agree, Jue'er don't ask more."

After speaking, Mrs. Murong actually got up and left the hall and went back to the room, leaving Dugu Jue alone in infinite doubt and frustration.

Dugu Jue thought for a long time in the hall and was deeply puzzled. Mrs. Murong not only praised Shen Ran for being a famous lady, but also said that it was very rare for her to endure hardships and accompany Dugu Jue, why did she resolutely disagree with his marriage to Shen Liang? What's more, the previous lady has always only urged her to live events, and as for who she is like, her wife always says that he likes it.

What is it for, exactly? Dugu suddenly remembered that before leaving the village, his wife mentioned to him the marriage between him and Kyaukjiao, was it for Kyaukyao?

Dugu Jue had to ask for an explanation, and left the hall to go to Mrs. Murong's room. He tapped and asked, "Is Madame resting?" The child had doubts in his heart and wanted to ask his wife for answers. ”

Mrs. Murong opened the door: "Jue'er is still here for her marriage to Miss Shen, right?" ”

"The child wants to ask Madame if she opposes this marriage because of her sister?" Dugu Jue stood outside the door and asked.

Mrs. Murong smiled, but her tone was serious: "Emotional matters cannot be forced, the love in Jue'er's heart is not only Miss Shen, but also Jiaojiao should be blessed, how can I oppose your marriage with Miss Shen because of Jiaojiao?" Am I such an unreasonable person? ”

Not because of the brightness? Dugu Jue wondered even more: "Why is that?" Mrs. Pan explained it to the child, okay? ”

Mrs. Murong hesitated for a moment, but she still didn't want Dugu Jue to know her background and provoke the Shen family again, so she resolutely refused:

"Jue'er, you don't want to marry Jiaojiao, I will not force it. Even, if you like any woman in this world, I will officiate for you. Only Miss Shen, I will never agree, I hope you will never have any contact with her again! ”

"I don't understand..."Dugu Jue shouted, but Madam Murong ignored it and closed the door.

Dugu Jue lingered outside the door for a lot, calling Mrs. lightly, but Mrs. no longer agreed, and the room was silent. Dugu Jue had no choice but to go to the guest room to find Shen Ran.

When Shen Ran saw Dugu Jue coming, he was first overjoyed, and then found that Dugu Jue looked stunned, and asked worriedly, "Brother Jue, what's wrong?" Has something major happened in the village? ”

Dugu Jue lightly held Shen Ran's hand: "Everything in the village, you think too much." ”

Shen Ran lowered his head and thought for a moment, then asked worriedly, "Since there is nothing wrong in the village, Mrs. Murong deliberately left me... Is that... Mrs. Murong doesn't like me? ”

Dugu Jue nodded, and said with difficulty: "Madame does not agree to our marriage." ”

Shen Ran got up suddenly: "Why?" Ah, I see, Mrs. Murong is in love with Brother Jue for her daughter's sake? ”

"No, Madame understands righteousness and will not hinder our marriage because of Sister Jiao." Dugu Jue stroked the tips of Shen Ran's hair and comforted: "I don't know what the reason is, but don't worry, I will find out the reason and persuade my wife to agree to our marriage!" ”

"Brother Jue..."Shen Ran leaned on Dugu Jue's arms, and said sadly: "I'm so afraid, I'm so afraid that you will leave me..."

Dugu Jue hugged Shen Ran lightly: "Don't worry, Sister Dye, in this life, I will not marry Dugu Jue!" ”

Shen Ran was very moved, and looked up at Dugu Jue: "Brother Jue, in this life, except for Brother Jue, I will never marry!" ”

There was a burst of applause outside the door, and Murong Jiaojiao pushed the door in: "Pretending to be infatuated, but hiding a vicious conspiracy, Brother Dugu, don't be deceived by this woman!" ”

Dugu Jue's face was displeased: "Sister Jiao, how can you talk like this?" ”

Shen Ran turned his head to look at Murong Jiaojiao: "This is Murong girl, right?" The first time we met, why did you speak ill of each other? Where does the so-called conspiracy come from? ”

"If no one knows, they can't do it unless they do!" Murong Jiaojiao glared at Shen Ran, but said softly to Dugu Jue: "Brother Dugu, you can't believe it, can't you also trust my mother and Aunt Bi?" Think about it, why do they all hate this woman, and why are they all against you taking her? ”

Dugu Jue looked directly at Murong Jiaojiao: "Why, Sister Jiaojiao, you said!" ”

Murong Jiaojiao wanted to immediately say that Shen Chong killed Dugu Jue's parents, but remembered what her mother said that the Shen family was powerful, and she was afraid of causing trouble to Brother Dugu, and she was even more afraid that Brother Dugu would leave Zhuang for revenge.

Shen Ran saw that Murong Jiaojiao was speechless, and because she accused herself of harboring a conspiracy as soon as she entered the door, she was angry, and got up and reprimanded: "Why else? Aren't Madame and Aunt Bi all for you? I heard Brother Jue say that Miss Murong loves Brother Jue very much, but Brother Jue only treats you as a sister, so why should you be delusional and hinder me from being with Brother Jue? ”

These words deeply hurt Murong Jiaojiao, she didn't expect Dugu Jue to tell Shen Ran about her love for him, and she didn't expect that Shen Ran would say the pain of her unrequited love from Shen Ran's mouth, she was so angry that she couldn't help but scold: "Shen Ran! Don't pretend anymore! Your grandfather Shen Kuo killed Brother Dugu's grandfather, your father Shen Chong killed Brother Dugu's father and mother, your Shen family and Brother Dugu have a common hatred, and you still have the face to marry Brother Dugu! What's more, you accompanied Brother Dugu to the rivers and lakes, what conspiracy did you have to make Brother Dugu go from a young man praised by everyone to a sword demon in the martial arts? As long as I find out how you plan to frame Brother Dugu, I won't be able to get around you! ”

"What? What are you talking about? Shen Ran took two steps back: "How could my grandfather and father kill Brother Jue's grandfather and parents?" ”

Dugu Jue took a step forward, grabbed Murong Jiaojiao's wrist, and said hurriedly: "Sister Jiaojiao, how did you know everything you just said?" Who are my parents? Who was my grandfather? How could it have anything to do with the Shen family? Say it! ”

Murong Jiaojiao shook off Dugu Jue's hand: "I won't say it!" Do you want to know, ask my mom to go! With that, he turned and ran away.

Dugu Jue was anxious to know his life experience, so he turned to Shen Ran and said, "Sister Dye is waiting here, I will definitely find out the truth, and then I will go to see Mrs. again, and I will return quickly." ”

After that, Dugu Jue was about to go out, but Aunt Bi was already standing outside the door, it turned out that Aunt Bi knew that Murong Jiaojiao would be sad, so she placed Shen Ran in the guest room and went to Murong Jiaojiao's room to comfort her. Who would have thought that Murong Jiaojiao heard Aunt Bi say that the woman Dugu Jue brought back to Zhuang was Shen Chong's daughter Shen Ran, and she was furious, saying that she was going to stop Shen Ran from harming her Dugu brother again. Aunt Bi persuaded her for a long time, but she still couldn't stop Murong Jiaojiao from coming to the guest room to talk to Shen Ran, so she had to follow her all the way.

"Aunt Bi!" When Dugu Jue saw Aunt Bi, he thought that since he was a child, Aunt Bi was much closer to him than his wife, and he would be able to ask the truth from Aunt Bi's mouth, so he said: "Jue'er, please tell Aunt Bi everything!" Otherwise, it's going to be boring! ”

Aunt Bi stepped into the door, glanced at Shen Ran sympathetically, and then explained that before the moon, the five major sects were embarrassed by the villa, fortunately Meng Ye was not injured and Mo Guyan rescued him, and how Murong Jiaojiao easily became Mo Guyan From Ye Wu's wounds, he explored Dugu Jue's life experience and the hatred between him and the Shen family, and spoke eloquently, in a calm tone. Then he sighed to Shen Ran: "I believe that Miss Shen will not harm Jue'er's heart, and she will not know anything about the grudge of the previous generation of the two families, and she will also have true feelings for Jue'er." But God doesn't obey people's wishes, your father killed Jue'er's parents, how can Jue'er marry you again? ”

Shen Ran was shocked when he heard this, pushed Dugu Jue away, grabbed the door, and rushed straight to the outside of the village. Dugu Jue immediately caught up and grabbed Shen Ran at the gate of the villa: "Sister Dye, don't believe people's words." What Jiaojiao said, listening to Ye Wuxian's mouth, may not be credible. Relax, let's find out together, shall we? ”

Shen Ran shook his head and sobbed: "Whether it's true or not, I shouldn't see you again until the truth is revealed." I returned to Zhenjiang and asked my father what happened between the Shen family and the Dugu family back then! Brother Jue, take care, I'm leaving! ”

After speaking, Shen Ran gently moved Dugu Jue's hand holding her, turned around and slowly left the village. Dugu Jue looked at her back in a trance, and knew that Shen Ran had been unsteady after this sudden and violent blow. He wanted to rush forward to support her, but he knew that as long as the truth was not clear, Shen Ran would never be suspicious again, so he would accompany him. Looking at Shen Ran's figure gradually moving away, Dugu Jue's heart was full of grief, and a long howl shocked the sky.

Dugu Jue walked into the forest outside the village, and those tigers and eagles had not seen him for a long time, but they thought of the Lord, and they flew to his side one after another, snuggling up to him. The swordsman followed, handed over the crape myrtle soft sword and red robe, and then retreated to the outside of the forest. Dugu Jue put on a red robe, the tiger and the eagle have been trained for a long time, and when they saw the red bite, they were still snuggling up to the side, and immediately retreated a few zhang, and then flew over, Dugu Jue closed his eyes, listened to the wind and discerned the shape, a crape myrtle soft sword turned into a thousand sharp edges, and all the tigers and eagles were forced back in a few moves. Remembering that more than a year ago, he and Kyaukjiao were almost injured under the tiger's mouth, and he was also quite pleased that his swordsmanship had improved.

When I think of Kyaukyao, I naturally think of Shen Ran. Dugu Jue took off his robe, sat cross-legged in the forest clearing, and meditated alone for a day and a night, the swordsman and the maid brought him food and drink, but he didn't move at all, even when Mrs. Murong, Aunt Bi and Jiaojiao came to visit, he didn't say a word.

Until the third watch in the middle of the night, when the moon was empty, Dugu Jueyi looked at the full moon and the heart of the sky, the sky was bright, she made up her mind, picked up the long sword next to her, left the dense forest, and returned to the villa.