Chen Nian didn't want him to speak Chinese, so he was slightly stunned. Lu Xiao hesitated even more obviously, and then stepped forward to salute the man in black, but shouted in Xian's words: "My king." ”

That man was Xian's Shan Yu Tuoba Yao, hearing that Lu Xiao was talking to him in Xian's words, Tuoba Yao's sword eyebrows raised slightly, changed back to Xian's words, and asked Lu Xiao: "Are you afraid that she will know my identity?"

Lu Xiao thought for a moment and replied, "Wang, she doesn't know her identity yet. ”

Tuoba Yao nodded slightly, waved his hand and repelled a few guards around him, and when there was no one in front of him, he asked Lu Xiao: "It's her,"

At that time, Mu Zhanyue promised Lu Xiao that he would not hide the truth about the orphan of the princess from Tuoba Yao, and now that he heard Tuoba Yao ask, Lu Xiao knew that Mu Zhanyue did not lie to him, "Yes, she is the real orphan of the royal daughter of Yashan." He immediately explained Chen Nian's life experience and the reason why he stayed by Chen Nian's side one by one to Tuoba Yao, and explained: "Because Qiu Muling still needs to go to retrieve the spirit bones, and I feel that he has some truth in what he said, so I obeyed his arrangement." Qiu Mu Lingyue also promised me at that time that he would report the truth to the king. ”

Tuoba Yao's face softened a little, and said, "He really didn't hide it from me. ”

Chen Nian listened to the two of them muttering in Xian's dialect for a long time, and then looked at Lu Xiao's solemn expression, guessing that he was talking about an important matter, not an ordinary reminiscence between friends. Moreover, Lu Xiao didn't want her to know about this matter, and it could even be said that he deliberately wanted to hide it from her. Because the man in black could speak Chinese, Lu Xiao deliberately talked to him in Xian's dialect.

Chen Nian was silent, standing there calmly, listening to the two of them for a while and then stopped, but the man in black raised his eyes and looked at her, stared at her a few times, and seemed to ask Lu Xiao something. Lu Xiao's expression suddenly became a little flustered, he turned his head to look at her quickly, and then he knelt down on one knee in front of the man, bowed his head and answered.

Tuoba Yao lowered his eyes to look at Lu Xiao for a moment and asked, "Ah Geren, do you remember why my father gave you the life of Xiao?"

Lu Xiao pursed the corners of his lips and replied, "He wants me to be the most brave and good warrior in the Xian clan." ”

"You still remember," Tuoba Yao's face was slightly cold, obviously his facial features were extremely handsome, but he showed indescribable majesty, he said coldly: "Get up, Buliu Guxiao, you are the future patriarch of the Buliu Gu clan, and your most trusted brother, you shouldn't bend your knees and lower your noble head for a woman." ”

Lu Xiao raised his head and looked directly at Tuoba Yao, his eyes flashed eagerly, and he said word by word: "King, please fulfill me." There is already an orphan of a princess by your side, and you have said that blood does not mean anything, so please give her to me. ”

Tuoba Yao frowned, looked at Lu Xiao for a moment, and then said, "Akelen, you are so naïve, it's really disappointing to me. Her identity determines that she has only two paths to take, either to become a real princess orphan and be my princess. Or, die quietly. It is impossible for the bloodline of the princess to be combined with your Buliu Gu clan, and I will never allow myself to hide a sharp scimitar behind my back. ”

Lu Xiao's body shook slightly, his pupils instantly contracted, and he stared at Tuoba Yao deadly.

Looking at him like this, Tuoba Yao suddenly smiled and asked, "Akelen, will you choose to love her or choose to be loyal to me?"

Lu Xiao experienced painful torment in his heart, his teeth were clenched very tightly, and it took a while before he slowly loosened it, lowered his eyes, and surrendered to Tuoba Yao: "Buliu Guxiao will always be loyal to you, my king." ”

Tuoba Yao narrowed the smile on the corner of his lips, turned his head to look at Chen Nian, who was silent next to him, stretched out his hand to press Lu Xiao's shoulder, and said softly: "If she doesn't have the blood of the princess, I will definitely give her to you as a wife." No matter how beautiful a woman is, she can't compare with our brotherhood. If you really love her very much now, then stay with her first, and when you don't love her in the future, you can choose to send her back to the royal court or kill her. ”

Lu Xiao looked up at Tuoba Yao in shock, and said with some anxiety: "Don't kill her, I'm just protecting her now, and I've never told me that I like her." Besides, she is Qiu Muling's more important person, and killing her will force Qiu Mulingyue to rebel. ”

Chen Nian stood aside, although he couldn't understand what the two of them were saying, it could be seen that they looked at him several times, obviously mentioning her. This feeling made her very uncomfortable, if it weren't for Lu Xiao being here, she wouldn't have beaten her, and would have turned around and left.

She endured herself for a while, and then she saw Lu Xiao stand up, salute the man, and retreat to Chen Nian's side step by step. The man in black looked at Chen Nian twice, and bowed his head to her, but turned around and walked towards the apricot forest. He hadn't taken two steps before he heard another dispute in the apricot grove, one side seemed to be the black-clothed man's guard, and the other seemed to be a young woman.

Chen Nian was just wondering, and suddenly heard the woman shouting in the forest: "Tuoba Yao, Tuoba Yao, did you faint from crashing into a tree?"

Chen Nian was stunned when he heard it, only to feel that the voice was very familiar, and subconsciously wanted to chase into the apricot forest to see, but Lu Xiao grabbed her, shook his head slightly, and said in a low voice: "Let's go back quickly." ”

After speaking, regardless of Chen Nian's wishes, he forcibly pulled her back and forth. Chen Nian couldn't help but look back at the apricot forest, and said, "How can I hear that sound like Yunsheng,"

Lu Xiao just pulled her forward, and replied a little impatiently: "No, you heard it wrong." ”

He dragged her straight out for more than ten miles, and only stopped when he was almost outside Xuanzhou City. Chen Nian shook his hand away and asked with some displeasure, "Who are those people, you are talking about me,"

Lu Xiao turned to look at her, but he didn't know how to answer for a while.

Chen Nian looked at him carefully and asked the question in his heart, "You deliberately used Xian's language with him, what did you hide from me?"

Lu Xiao didn't answer, just looked down at her. Under the moonlight, her face became more and more delicate and moving, and there seemed to be starlight twinkling in her eyes. Suddenly, without warning, he reached into his arms and lowered his head to kiss her on the lips. Chen Nian's body stiffened, and he subconsciously leaned back to dodge, stretched out his hand to block his lips, and shouted in a low voice: "Lu Xiao,"

Lu Xiao didn't stop, his lips fell straight on her hand, and he stopped for a moment before leaving, and said in a low voice: "Xie Chennian, I like you." ”

Chen Nian didn't want him to suddenly confess his heart to herself, even though she had known his affection for her before, but at this moment, she still didn't know how to deal with it face-to-face, and couldn't help blushing in embarrassment.

Lu Xiao looked down at her, there was hesitation and struggle in his eyes, but finally he said: "Xie Chennian, there are some things I can't tell you now, but I don't want to lie to lie to you, don't ask again." ”

He told him frankly, even though Chen Nian didn't like it in his heart, he didn't want to continue to ask him, so he just nodded, turned around and walked forward silently. Lu Xiao stood in place, and then chased after her, but did not get close to her, only followed a few steps behind him.

The two of them climbed over the city wall one after another and returned to the inn, Chen Nian quietly pushed his window open, and when he was about to jump in, he heard Lu Xiao calling her softly behind him, and asked in a low voice: "Are you angry,"

Chen Nian turned around, looked at him for a moment, and said with a smile: "I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart, but it's nothing, I know that you are in trouble, and I won't really be angry with you." Don't think about it anymore and go back to sleep. ”

She smiled at him again, and jumped into the house, turning back and closing the window. Lu Xiao stood outside her window for a long time before turning around and leaving. Chen Nian sat silently on the edge of the bed, watched Lu Xiao's figure disappear from the window, waited for a while, and couldn't hear a trace of movement, then secretly got up and changed into a night clothes, re-climbed out of the window, and swept away along the old road out of the city.

What is the identity of the man in black that he met tonight, why is Lu Xiao so respectful to him, and what did they say, is the woman in the apricot forest Yun Sheng, but how could Yun Sheng appear here, too many questions are pressed in Chen Nian's heart, she must go to the apricot forest again to see what is mysterious in it.

The moonlight outside the city was still there, but Chen Nian had no intention of enjoying the scenery at this moment, and he rushed all the way to the bottom of the hillside with his true qi, and then stabilized his body and cautiously leaned inside. The apricot forest here is much denser than the place she went to with Lu Xiao before, and as soon as the night breeze passes, the petals fall like snow, showing the quiet fragrance in this forest.

Chen Nian knew that there were masters beside the man in black, so he was very careful, and walked through the apricot forest for a while, but there was no trace of those people, until he was almost at the lake, and he faintly heard the sound of people. Refreshed, she dived quietly to the lake, and finally saw a bonfire burning under the weeping willows by the lake. She was afraid of alarming those people, so she didn't dare to step forward too much, and she saw that it was the Xian people who were gathered around the fire, but she didn't see the man in black before, and she couldn't find the person who looked like a woman.

Chen Nian was strange when she suddenly heard a strong wind behind her, and she hurriedly turned around and raised her knife to resist, barely holding the falling scimitar. The man in black saw that he missed one blow, and the next knife immediately slashed again. Chen Nian took a few tricks, and noticed that this person's knife technique was somewhat similar to Lu Xiao, and he was secretly shocked in his heart, so he changed his countermeasures at the moment, no longer resisting his blade, but only competing with him.

The people around the campfire were all alarmed by the fight between the two of them, and they all gathered around. Chen Nian secretly estimated the martial arts between the two, thinking that as long as those people didn't get started, she couldn't control the man in black, at least it was not difficult to escape from him, so he deliberately provoked him and said: "If you have the ability, you can fight with me alone, what kind of ability is it to win more with less,"

Tuoba Yao raised his eyebrows slightly, he was sitting alone on the top of the tree just now, and he could see clearly how Chen Nian hid his body and sneaked in, just thinking that someone had come to assassinate him, but he didn't want Chen Nian to go and return. He was not a little surprised, and when he heard her deliberately provoke him, he really drank the attendants coldly, and did not allow them to interfere.

Although Chen Nian didn't know what he was talking about, he saw that all those people stopped and didn't come forward, so he guessed that he was telling them not to come. She was secretly happy in her heart, and her footwork changed slightly, as if she was forced to retreat again and again by Tuoba Yao, but she was leading him away from those guards and entourage a little bit.