"Heh, I have always begged people to teach me martial arts, and those people avoided me, but you were the first to take the initiative to say that you were willing to teach me!"

Xia Xiaoxiao was a little happy, while sighing in his heart that Ah Yi was really a good person, and at the same time, he heard him say with a little joking, "Anyway, even if you learn, you can't learn." ”

"Don't you want everyone to think of me as inadequate, okay?"

As she spoke, she reined in her horse and jumped down, pulling out the short sword that she had been carrying around her waist all these days but had not used properly, Ah Yi looked at her inexplicably, and also dismounted, glancing at the silver short sword in her hand, "Will you?" ”

"Look at it."

Xia Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows, according to the routine in her memory, put on a posture and began to wave the short sword in her hand, one move and one style, where the hand should stop, where the foot should move, she remembered it clearly.

Xia Xiaoxiao's face was full of smiles, but her expression was extremely focused, her eyebrows were slightly twisted, but she couldn't stop the natural style, no, in fact, Xia Xiaoxiao's face was a kind of soft, delicate, and really incompatible with the word style, and at this time she was wearing an indigo suit that could not be connected with the posture between women.

The new year is the season of the leaves of the camphor tree, falling from the top of the head, like a fluttering butterfly, falling to Xia Xiaoxiao's shoulder, across the cheek, falling between her swords, and then being cut by the sharp sword and falling to the ground.

Ah Yi looked a little distracted, "The sky is flowing three Chu twilight." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was coming to concentrate as much as he could, when he suddenly heard Ah Yi seem to say something, the blade of the sword was not stable between moves, and it was directly slashed on the back of his hand, and he reacted with a painful sound, and the short sword fell straight to the ground.

"Won't you still be foolish?"

Ah Yi hurriedly walked over to check her wound, fortunately it was not very deep, a slight cut, but there was also blood oozing out, his long eyebrows were tightly twisted, and his tone was really angry.

"Who's to say it won't? I was just...... It's just that I haven't practiced for a long time, and I forgot my tricks......"

Xia Xiaoxiao said this very unconfidently, this move is the two tricks that Luozhi taught her in Shangshu Mansion when she first met Luozhi, she has only learned these two tricks so far, when she is in the palace, she occasionally carries Beigong Yu on her back and secretly practices it, but she has never practiced it since she was demoted to a maid by Beigong Yu, and she has not studied it for so long, she thinks it is very good that she can still remember a few tricks.

Ah Yi tore off a piece of linen from under his sackcloth shirt to reluctantly bandage her to stop the bleeding, Xia Xiaoxiao felt that it was not so painful, so he saw Ah Yi pick up the short sword that had just fallen to the ground and let her hold it, Xia Xiaoxiao didn't know why, "What to do?" I'm going to do just that. ”

"Those two tricks of yours are tricks."

Before Xia Xiaoxiao could react, his palm held Xia Xiaoxiao's small hand holding the hilt of the sword, and with a force on his arm, Xia Xiaoxiao's whole person was pulled by him like this, and the whole person turned around and came to him with his back, and then Ah Yi's low and hoarse voice brushed the top of her head and fell into her ears, "Look at it." ”

"Sword condensation cyclone, take a step to the left,"

Ah Yi's hand took the sword in Xia Xiaoxiao's hand and stabbed forward, Ah Yi's foot was between Xia Xiaoxiao's feet, and with a slight movement, Xia Xiaoxiao's left foot took a small step forward, Xia Xiaoxiao's whole person almost planted forward, Ah Yi's hand wrapped around her waist and pulled her back, "Sweep the air around the flowers, step up and close the palm." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao didn't even have time to divide her gods, staring at the sword in her hand with a pair of eyes, Ah Yi was really teaching her!

The wrist was driven around the center of a turn, the short sword was in front of the small circle twice, not far in front of a small piece of flowers and grass, this sword qi around, the flowers that were separated by some distance actually began to sway, "Raise the sword and cover the palm, bend the elbow and step up,"

Xia Xiaoxiao's hand was held by Ah Yi in his hand, and his waist was also gently hugged by him, almost he asked her to move as she wanted, seeing those petals surging with the sword momentum, they were all gathered in an instant, and there was surprise in his eyes, wondering if he could make these petals dance with his thoughts after learning this trick, but he didn't see Ah Yi's smile behind him.

"Return the sword and retract the palm, calm and steady."

The last word fell, the sword momentum in her hand had been condensed with Ah Yi with her moves, and the petals that had just been condensed together in front of her were scattered from mid-air, leaving a piece of bright color on the ground where there were only dead grass and broken leaves, Ah Yi let go of her without a trace, Xia Xiaoxiao stared at the short sword in her hand unsatisfied, as if she wanted to do it again, turned her head, Ah Yi didn't know when she had re-led the horse, and walked along, "Wait until one day you will remember the moves, although it will not be so that you can resist the enemy, but you will not hurt yourself with the sword again." ”

"What's your name for that? Why does it look familiar? ”

Xia Xiaoxiao ran over, carefully collected the sword and pinned it to the horse, and asked him earnestly.

"You don't even know what you're just getting used to?"

Ah Yi turned her head, Xia Xiaoxiao's forehead had soaked a lot of fine sweat due to the foolery just now, but she didn't look tired at all on her face, but became more energetic.

"Is it the same trick? How does it feel like it's not quite like mine? ”

She memorized it very carefully when Luozhi taught her before, and she hadn't seen the tricks he had just taught her, if she knew that she could still use it like that, she would have let Luozhi finish teaching early.

Ah Yi said casually, "You got the sword momentum in the front, and I taught the last few postures, besides, you haven't practiced internal strength, how can you learn like me?" ”

Internal force, this is Xia Xiaoxiao's big internal injury, this thing has to be learned from a young age, and Luo Zhi also said that she can't practice it anymore, can't there be a way in this world to become a martial arts master without internal force?

Xia Xiaoxiao was struggling with this issue, Ah Yi paused, took out a handkerchief from his arms to wipe the sweat on Xia Xiaoxiao's forehead, and suddenly asked, "You are this...... Who taught you? ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was slightly stunned, and when she raised her eyes, she saw Ah Yi's hand resting on her forehead, he was much taller than her, and his face was really not good-looking, but looking at it now, it was a little bit of the characteristics of people in the martial arts that she had imagined before. Although she had been thinking about it in her heart before, she felt that it was nothing, but this time she was brought up, and she had another feeling in her heart, "Didn't I say that I went to Nanming Kingdom to find someone, and that person taught me." ”

She crossed Ah Yi and pulled the reins of the horse, "He called Luozhi, I can't ride a horse, the first time he took me to ride, I don't know martial arts, the first time he taught me," pulled the horse and walked forward quietly, Ah Yi also quietly followed behind her, she seemed to remember something, "If I hadn't recognized the wrong person at the beginning, he would have never forgotten it since I saw him for the first time." ”

Luo Zhi came back three years ago, and the first time she saw him on the day of the hunting conference was like yesterday, but in the middle she recognized him as Beigong Yu, Xia Xiaoxiao suddenly laughed a little at this fateful trick, if she knew that person was not Beigong Yu from the beginning, she was afraid that she would not want to enter the palace even if she died, right?

He ...... Is it your husband? ”

Ah Yi asked tentatively behind her.

Xia Xiaoxiao shook her head slowly, but she didn't know how to answer, Ah Yi asked again, "Since it's not your husband, what are you going to do with him?" ”

"I don't know what it's like to be with someone who I like and like me just as much, I don't experience it, so I wanted to come to him, but I just wanted to be with him, and I think it's normal." She turned her head, "Just like you, if you have a girl you like, you will definitely want to be with her, no matter what others say." ”

"I want to be with her." Ah Yi was silent, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't hear what his tone was, and listened to him again, "You said that you want someone you like and like you too, haven't you thought that maybe that person doesn't like you as much as you think?" ”

"It doesn't matter, I once silently liked someone for three years, and I didn't want him to fall in love with me at that time, so I never made any effort, I don't regret it, but this time, if that person doesn't like me, I think I should work hard, there is no kind of love in this world that can be easily obtained without hard work, so I can't wait, he once said to take me away, and I traveled all over the world, and then he left, although it was a last resort, but I was still waiting for him, in fact, I was a little afraid."

Xia Xiaoxiao's tone couldn't hear any ups and downs, but if she listened carefully, she could still hear some faint tremors in it, she lifted her sleeve to her arm, and a ten-inch-long scar was stationed on the white forearm, and the blurred flesh and blood had scabbed, which looked shocking.

Ah Yi seemed to be a little shocked in her eyes, Xia Xiaoxiao smiled disappreciatively, she didn't mean to show people that she was complaining about hypocrisy or something, this scar was made when she was in the mountains and forests day and night when she just escaped from Yong'an Temple in order to avoid Beigong Yu's pursuers, it was always raining in those days, and the mountain road was not easy to walk, she fell down the slope, rubbed the gravel, and finally caught a big tree halfway before stopping, and the heaviest thing on her body may be the scar left when she was injured.

In those days, because I was thinking about how to throw Beigong Yu's people away, I didn't feel much pain, but then it was scarred, and I felt pain when I looked at it again, but it didn't hurt anymore. She put down her sleeves again, and when she glanced at the still shocked look in Ah Yi's eyes, she said, "It doesn't hurt now, I think I haven't been able to do anything for him, it's good to be able to suffer for him, he's so good, he has a good temperament, he looks good, his martial arts are also high, and he's very smart, I shouldn't be the only one who likes such a good man, there are many women who like him, I'm afraid that if I'm late, what if he likes someone else?" ”

Xia Xiaoxiao's words were pure jokes, she couldn't say that she was injured to hide from the officers and soldiers, right? It's just that this scar can always remind her a little now, comfort her, she can always find a stop, if she can't find it, then don't all the hardships she has suffered all the way in vain?

Obviously, Ah Yi took her joke seriously, and was a little disdainful, "Let you suffer such a hardship and suffer such an injury, can you still be considered a man?" In addition to him, it can be the same for another person, you are not, and your husband? He can accompany you like this, be with you, there is still so much time between you and you, he will accompany you to do those things that you have not done, and he can teach you what you can't do. ”

Xia Xiaoxiao's face suddenly became a little strange, she didn't know why Ah Yi suddenly talked about her husband's affairs, and this tone seemed to be still standing on her husband's side, but if Ah Yi knew that the person who made her so embarrassed was actually not Luozhi, but the words of her husband in his mouth, would he still say such a thing, thought about it and said, "That person...... Even if it's my husband, but it's not counted, he has a lot of wives, so many that he can't count them on his fingers, he doesn't lack me this one, he will also coax his other ladies, but it can't be everyone he coaxes like that, and he doesn't want to coax me, he can't stay with me like he wants to stop, he has what he has to do, he still has ...... His responsibility. ”

Xia Xiaoxiao has always been like her aunt to put her position in front of the emperor very clearly, Beigong Yu, she can't blame him, he has so many concubines, and the forces behind those concubines need him to rely on those women in the harem to consolidate, as an emperor, even if it is his responsibility to turn the clouds and rain with those women in his harem all day and night.

She was afraid that Ah Yi didn't understand what she meant, so she made an easy-to-understand analogy and continued to add, "Actually, these are secondary, just like the girl you like, if you want to change someone, how can you change it if you want to?" ”

Ah Yi didn't speak again behind her, but his face seemed to be a little unsightly, Xia Xiaoxiao thought he was thinking about his words with such a philosophy of life, so he didn't disturb him to think, he picked flowers from the side of the road to weave a wreath and put it on his head, and when it was over, there was still some left in her hand, so she picked some more, and tossed out a wreath around her neck in her hand for a long time to put it on Ah Yi, "Look at the way you mention the girl, you hide your breath, could it be that your enemy is really chasing you and killing you with which girl?" ”

Ah Yi glanced at her angrily, couldn't stand her gossip heart, and brushed the wreath around Xia Xiaoxiao's neck with his fingertips and said, "No one told you that you can't pick wildflowers on the side of the road casually?" ”

"Tsk, I see that you haven't read a book for a few days, what people mean by this is that those men who are away from home can't mess with girls outside," Xia Xiaoxiao thought he was very reasonable and explained to him in detail, "These flowers in the mountains and fields are picked casually, and they will only sprout better next year after picking them." ”

helped the garland on his neck, and suddenly felt that it was really a bit inconsistent for this man to wear the things used by this woman, if he let a little white face with a more tender complexion to wear it, such as Murong Tianlian, it is estimated that the little white face is even smaller and whiter, adding a little more charming and weak, and it also has a different style, but Ah Yi is not as good as Murong Tianlian, his skin is almost black into carbon, and such a bright flower is hanging on his neck, it is simply ...... Flowers are stuck in cow dung!

As soon as this metaphor came out, Xia Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing out loud, this is not one, it is such a big cluster!

"No, this thing really doesn't fit you, you can't wear it."

Xia Xiaoxiao thought that he couldn't be so lacking in morality, he was happy, maybe there were other road teams on the road, if he let others look at it, he would have to laugh off his big teeth, and he was going to take off the colorful garland for him, Ah Yiwei glanced at the garland that Xia Xiaoxiao was also wearing on her head, and didn't seem to be angry at her ridicule, dodged her hand, and said slowly, "I think it's good." ”

Xia Xiaoxiao was stunned, seeing that he really didn't plan to take it off, he couldn't help but admire in his heart, what kind of appreciation is this person?

Xia Xiaoxiao was thinking about it, Ah Yi's horse had been ridden out for a long distance, she hurriedly caught up, but Ah Yi didn't seem to hear it at all, the horse walked leisurely, no more, no less just threw her four or five steps away, the two of them wore a garland on their heads, and a garland on their necks, which seemed to be extremely compatible, and the murmuring river between the streets went straight down, and the clear sound of the dingling bells was full of spring, accompanied by the woman's half-angry and half-annoyed shouting shallow echo.

In fact, what Xia Xiaoxiao wants is this kind of wanton and carefree life.

She thought, soon, when he finds Luozhi, he will be able to accompany her, he is riding on horseback, she picks flowers in the middle of the road, wherever she goes, there is a home.

—————— Dividing Line——————

Nanming country, the capital of the country.

The customs of Nanming Kingdom and Yue Hua are different, most of the women are arrogant, and they dress casually and conveniently, so naturally there are fewer layers of yarn, and men rarely have literary crepe, and there is a lot of noise on the street, which seems to be teasing and discussing the same topic.

In a quiet annex outside Miyagi, a man in white stood quietly in front of the desk, holding a pen as if he was drawing something.

The long black hair is meticulously tied behind the head by the silver crown inlaid with black jade, the long eyebrows are in the sideburns, beautiful as a crown of jade but without losing the chivalrous style of manhood, the fingertips are lightly attached to the wolf, slightly stained with ink, falling between the rice paper, every move is graceful and natural, don't say men, even the woman who can be called a captivating posture is afraid to see it.

Outside the courtyard, a plainclothes man found someone, hurriedly crossed the moon cave door, saw that his expression was focused, and swallowed the words just about to arrive, and waited on the side.

The courtyard was silent for a while, and it was not until the last stroke fell that he put the pen down, picked up the painting and looked at it carefully, his eyes were a rare softness in the cold, "Anzi, in the Shangshu Mansion at the beginning, but such a scenery?" ”

Anzi asked Yan to glance at the painting, and then glanced at the layout in the garden where he was at this time, nothing different, but on the painting, there were two more figures, the man in white was holding a sword in his hand, and the other hand was holding a woman who almost fell to the ground.

Xia Xiaoxiao.

Now the villa they are in was arranged by him, and he wondered why it was the same as the layout of the Monk Mansion, but now he saw the scenery in the painting, and then he knew why.

Tempting, the secret is deep, Anzi didn't expect that one day, his master would treat a woman like this.

Seeing that An Zi didn't answer, a chuckle appeared on Beigong Pheasant's face, "At that time, she didn't know who I was, and she hadn't even seen me before. ”

The painting in his hand is the same scenery as it was at the beginning, but he in the painting at that time was missing the silver mask on his face, at the beginning, he didn't hide his face just to hide her, but now, she doesn't care anymore, she just feels that everything else doesn't matter.

"Say," he said, laying the painting on one side and smoothing it out, glancing at Yasuko's not-so-good-looking face out of the corner of his eye, and said slowly, "The city seems to be very lively today. ”

"Today, the news in the city has spread, and in half a month, it will be the day when Princess Nanming will come out......"

After Anzi finished speaking cautiously, he looked at Beigong Pheasant's face, as if there was nothing wrong, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and heard Beigong Pheasant Li's sneer, and his heart suddenly trembled, only to see Beigong Pheasant's face suddenly cold and resolute, like cold winter snow falling to the bottom of the lake.

Beigong Pheasant picked up the pen slowly, embroidered a few dark magnolias on the long white sleeves, slightly dipped in a few drops of ink, as if he didn't care, Anzi immediately stepped forward and spread a piece of paper on the dark red table again, and walked to the side inkstone.

After a long time, I heard him say again, "What about her?" ”

An Zi didn't know who Beigong Pheasant Li was referring to for a moment, and his eyes fell to the place where he put his pen, and then he reacted, "None of the people sent by his subordinates have found out Miss Xia's whereabouts, and the owner of the Murong Mansion is now in Jiang Yicheng, and it is very likely that he is with the owner of the Murong Building." ”

"Possibly."

Beigong Pheasant paused with the pen in his hand, repeated, his eyebrows twisted slightly, this was not the reply he wanted, he only wanted to finish this matter, and when he held the power in his hands, he would go back to Yue Hua to bring her out, he had made all the promises he had made to her, he would fulfill them one by one, but he didn't expect her to be so bold that he escaped from Beigong Yu's hands, although he was happy, but he was also worried, Murong Tianlian, he did let him bring people to him safely, but after so long, it was impossible for people not to arrive, He was inexplicably uneasy in his heart.

An Zi was horrified in his heart, and immediately knelt down in front of the bookcase, "The master is angry, it's just that when Miss Xia escaped from Beigong Yu, she happened to be taken away by the lord of Murong Lou, and the martial arts of the person sent there were really unable to resist, so she lost the person!" ”

Beigong Pheasant's pen paused in the air for a long time, a drop of ink fell abruptly from the tip of the pen, soaked in the picture that Fang had just drawn a few strokes, and the corner of Xia Xiaoxiao's eyes with a smile was soaked in ink for a moment, he watched quietly, his eyebrows wrinkled more and more, and he muttered for a long time before he slowly asked, "This time, Wen Qiya seems to have invited Gudu Gate to go?" ”

Anzi was shocked, "Master, the princess's business ......"

Beigong Pheasant swept over slightly from his eyes, Anzi immediately closed his mouth and retreated, and the courtyard returned to the same silent appearance as before, but the person in front of the case was looking at the painting under the pen, but he no longer had the heart to put down the pen, although he asked Murong Tianlian to help him do things several times, but it does not mean that Murong Tianlian can completely win his trust, again, Xia Xiaoxiao has disappeared for nearly two months under Beigong Yu's nose, according to Beigong Yu's temperament, it is impossible to just act like this Nothing has happened, a few days ago, the spy came to report that Beigong Yu was seriously injured, but he knows Beigong Yu's skills very well, what kind of injury can make him hurt like this?