The two of them discussed carefully, and found someone who knew about Xuanzhou to inquire about the situation there, and finally made a preliminary plan. Chen Nian left Cui Xi and Wen Daya to guard the cottage, and he took Silly Da, Fan Jingyun and other people to pretend to be Jizhou merchants and go to Xuanzhou.

Don't look at Wen Daya, who had been eager to go out immediately, but when she left, she couldn't help but worry, and instructed: "Big boss, this time you have the right to really do serious business, take a look at the situation first, don't be in a hurry, safety first." ”

Chen Nian smiled: "Don't worry, Lu Xiao is here, it's okay." She paused, then called Wen Daya aside, and whispered: "If you encounter a difficult person looking for trouble, if you can't hold it down, go and ask my master to come forward." ”

Jing Yuxuan has been secretly practicing the Five Aggregates Divine Skill, and after Chaoyangzi left, he had no scruples, although his skill had only recovered five or six points at this moment, it was more than enough to suppress the ordinary martial arts masters. Wen Daya didn't know about Jing Yuxuan's secret practice, but since Chen Nian explained like this, he nodded and agreed.

Chen Nian said: "The Taoist has been gone for a long time, and I don't know what the situation is, if there is any important news from him, you can quickly ask someone to send a message to me." ”

Wen Daya responded: "I know, don't worry." ”

Only then did Chen Nian take Lu Xiao and others down the mountain, and went north along the winding mountain road with early green on both sides. The mountain road is difficult to walk, they are not in a hurry, and when they arrive in Xuanzhou, the spring breeze has passed Yanci Mountain, blowing away the trees and apricot blossoms outside Xuanzhou City.

The willow silk hangs swallows, and the apricot blossoms are like snow. Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw such a beautiful scenery. Chen Nian was the first to dismount and led the horse down the hillside, walking all the way, as if he was in a picture scroll. She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Lu Xiao, and asked with a chuckle, "Did you say there would be a flower demon here?"

Lu Xiao looked at her deeply, nodded solemnly, and said, "Yes." ”

Chen Nian didn't know that her eyebrows were picturesque, beautiful and vulgar, and at this moment she was the most moving flower demon in this flower rain, listening to Lu Xiao's answer so sure, she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth, revealing a hint of naughtiness, and said jokingly: "Then you can be careful not to be taken away by the flower demon." ”

Lu Xiao's face was slightly red, and he took his eyes off her, and only responded: "Okay." ”

Fan Jingyun, who was lagging behind, rushed forward and interjected with a smile: "Shaodongjia, this southern slope is also called Xinghuapo, and every year when the apricot blossoms bloom, Xuanzhou people often come here to play. However, this is not the best scenery for us, and it is better to stay in the east. There is a lake over there, the weeping willows by the lake are still clinging, the apricot blossoms on the slope are like snow, the green mountains are connected to the top, the blue lake is reflected below, the scenery is the most prosperous, and the visitors are also the most. ”

Chen Nian glanced back at him and asked, "In this way, Brother Fan has been there,"

Fan Jingyun replied: "I went there a few years ago, and I accidentally bumped into a beautiful lady who went to enjoy the scenery. ”

His words immediately attracted everyone's attention, and some curious people couldn't help but ask him in a loud voice, "What is the result?"

Fan Jingyun smiled and said generously: "I was almost killed by her guards, but thanks to what the young lady said, I was able to survive." ”

Chen Nian was not curious when he heard this, and asked, "What did the young lady say?"

She said, "Fan Jingyun deliberately stopped, causing everyone to wait with bated breath for the second half of his sentence, and then he narrowed his voice and said in a woman's voice: "Oh, don't kill him and defile my place,"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then they laughed out loud.

Stupid Da didn't know what was ridiculous about this, so he only asked Chen Nian in a rough voice: "Shaodong, when can we enter the city, I'm so hungry." ”

Chen Nian turned over his horse, lifted the reins, and said with a smile: "This is going to the city." ”

Everyone ran down the slope with her, and the group went down the mountain to find the official road, and went straight to the outside of Xuanzhou City. Because Fan Jingyun had been a merchant before, he knew the trick of this, in addition to paying the government's taxes and silver, he secretly stuffed enough silver taels for the guards at the city gate, so he led everyone into the city smoothly and found a small inn to live temporarily.

At nightfall, Chen Nian had just fallen asleep, but she heard someone knocking on her window outside the house. She sat up, looked at the figure outside the window, and asked in a low voice, "Lu Xiao,"

I heard Lu Xiao reply softly outside: "It's me." ”

Chen Nian got out of bed in his clothes, walked over and pushed open the window, saw Lu Xiao under the window, and asked him, "What's the matter?"

Lu Xiao showed her the wine jar in his hand and asked, "Xie Chennian, the two of us secretly went outside the city to enjoy the flowers and drink, okay?"

Chen Nian didn't want him to come to her late at night for this, so he couldn't help but smile and said, "Then you have to go out over the city wall, the city wall of Xuanzhou City is very high." ”

Lu Xiao nodded, "Well, they can't turn it over, so we have to go with the two of us." ”

Chen Nian glanced at the wine jar, and asked with a smile: "But apricot blossom wine, if it is apricot blossom wine, I will go with you." ”

Lu Xiao grinned at her, turned the wine jar, showed her the red paper pasted on the jar, and said, "It is said to be the best apricot blossom wine." ”

Chen Nian nodded and said, "You wait for me outside for a while, and I'll come out." ”

Lu Xiao nodded slightly, smiled silently at her, and the fence on the second floor under his feet actually turned over to the roof. Chen Nian carefully closed the window sash, returned to the bedside and dressed himself, locked the door from the inside, and climbed out of the window himself, jumping lightly onto the roof.

Lu Xiao was sitting on the roof waiting for her, when he saw her coming, he stood up and looked at her twice, only smiled stupidly, then turned around and flew out. Chen Nian hurriedly took a few steps forward to his side, took his hand and jumped from the roof to the street, and whispered, "You want someone to arrest you as a snitch,"

Lu Xiao hesitated slightly, held her hand with his backhand, and said, "Okay." ”

Chen Nian didn't know why he replied "yes", and looked at him sideways in surprise. Lu Xiao only felt that a heart in his chest was beating violently, and he pulled her hard as if he was covering, and hurriedly said, "Let's go,"

The two of them walked through the secluded alleys, all the way to the south of the city, climbed over the city wall several feet high, and ran for more than ten miles with light skills, and then arrived at the apricot forest that they passed by in the daytime.

At this moment, the moon is in the middle of the sky, the quiet night is cool, and the showers of flowers and rain fall, which is fragrant and refreshing. By the moonlight, the two found an apricot tree that was in full bloom and sat down under it. Lu Xiao slapped open the wine jar with his hand, took out two more wine bowls, filled them respectively, took a bowl and handed it to Chen Nian, and asked, "Taste it, how?"

Chen Nian took the bowl with a smile, took a shallow sip, and praised: "Good wine." ”

Lu Xiao drank his bowl and tasted it slightly, but said, "It's still a little bland." ”

Chen Nian smiled, only held his bowl of wine with both hands, and said: "I don't have a good amount of wine, this bowl is enough, you can drink it openly, I will accompany you slowly." ”

Lu Xiao knew that Chen Nian was really not good at drinking, so he didn't let her, so he simply threw away the wine bowl, held the wine jar and drank directly, and occasionally stopped to look at Chen Nian, although he didn't speak, but he had a smile in his eyes and was full of affection.

This situation and this scene seem familiar, so that Chen Nian did not feel a little trance, suddenly remembered that night, it was also such a moonlight, although there were no apricot blossoms like snow, but it was green grass, the man, sitting on the grass and looking up at her, chuckled and asked her: "Chen Nian, do you dare to come and kiss me?"

She obviously felt that she had left all the past behind, but at this moment, there was still a dull pain in her heart. She didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she hurriedly drank the remaining wine in the bowl in one gulp, got up and went elsewhere.

Lu Xiao looked at her strangely and asked her, "Xie Chennian, where are you going?"

Chen Nian paused, turned to look at him, and replied with a smile: "I remember that Brother Fan said that the scenery in the east is better, and I want to go over and have a look." ”

Lu Xiao didn't doubt him, so he threw down the wine jar, stood up, and said, "Okay, I'll accompany you." ”

The two of them walked along the gentle slope to the east, and walked for five or six miles, and sure enough, they saw a lake at the foot of the mountain, and the weeping willows by the lake were clinging, and then the apricot blossom forest on the slope was really as beautiful as Fan Jingyun said. Chen Nian unconsciously turned around and smiled with Lu Xiao: "I don't know where Brother Fan came from to collide with that official lady." ”

Lu Xiao shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

The two of them walked a short distance forward, and Chen Nian heard the voice of someone in the apricot forest in the distance, and he was surprised: "Could it be that we are not the only ones who enjoy the flowers at night,"

She was curious for a moment, and she took a light step and followed the sound to find it, and after walking only a dozen feet, she suddenly heard someone whispering and asking, "Who is in front?"

The voice was cold and hard, and the tone was faintly strange. Chen Nian heard it strangely, and felt that this tone seemed to be familiar, and after thinking about it, he turned around and asked Lu Xiao: "It's you Xian people,"

Lu Xiao was also a little unsure, and after thinking about it, he asked in a loud voice in Xian's dialect, "Who are you?"

There was silence in the apricot forest, and after a while, a big man in black walked out of the shadow behind the tree, looked at it twice, and exclaimed in surprise and joy: "Buliu Guxiao,"

Lu Xiao was stunned for a moment, and his face was also full of surprise, he took a few steps forward and hugged the man in black vigorously, beat each other's chests, and said with a smile: "Bei Lihou, why are you here?"

The two of them spoke Xian's dialect, and Chen Nian didn't understand it at all, but seeing Lu Xiao's affectionate demeanor with the man, he guessed that he should be a person with a very good relationship, so he was not in a hurry, and just stood aside and looked at the two of them with a smile. But I don't know what the black-clothed man said to Lu Xiao again, Lu Xiao's face suddenly became solemn, he glanced back at her, and muttered a few words to the black-clothed man, then turned around and walked over to Chen Nian, and said softly: "I have a friend in front, I want to go over and say a few words, it's good for you to wait for me here,"

Chen Nian saw that his words and deeds were a little strange, and although he was puzzled in his heart, he still nodded and said, "Okay." ”

Lu Xiao smiled at her reluctantly, and was about to follow the black-clothed man to the apricot forest, but he didn't want a few people to come out of the forest. The man at the head was also dressed in a black robe, and his figure was very tall and heroic. When it got closer, Chen Nian looked through the moonlight, although he couldn't see his facial features clearly, but only that vague outline made people think that he must be handsome and abnormal.

The man walked over slowly, glanced at Chen Nian first, and then turned to look at Lu Xiao and said, "Lu Xiao." ”

But he spoke in Chinese,