If Yiye Villa embodies the natural beauty that is integrated with heaven and earth, then Qiaojiazhai is a representative of human ingenuity and magnificent beauty.

The mountains of Lingxi County are not as steep and majestic as those of Xichu, the undulating mountains are continuous and gentle, the wide river surface is rippling, the mountains are green all the year round, the water is eternally green, the warblers and swallows are constantly crying, a soft scene of the water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

"There are seven peaks and twelve cottages in Molian Mountain, a total of nineteen checkpoints, and the waterways are all managed by us, and the government has to call my father and grandmother to ask for cash." On the straight mountain road, Qiao Qingxu happily introduced Bai Qige, and the joy of returning to his hometown was beyond words.

Lingxi County is one of the top five counties in Yaoguo, and the county guard is a civil official of the Shaozhuang faction appointed by the Yaohuang Emperor, but everyone in the world knows that this Lingxi County does not have an official surname, but a surname Qiao, but everything that happens in Lingxi is under the jurisdiction of Qiao's family. Back then, Emperor Yao also thought about pulling out this thorn in the flesh to completely control the land of Yaoguo, but Qiaojiazhai won the hearts of the people, and successively sent six county guards were thrown away by the people, and finally had to give up and set up a county guard mansion with no real power to serve as a façade.

Qiao Qingxu has prejudices against Yi Chenjing, and Yi Chenjing has no good impression of Qiaojiazhai, after all, this is an uncontrollable land, and the reason why he can't control it is the spicy and domineering Qiaojiazhai owner around him, Qiao Qingxu.

If he can really win the throne in the future, how to deal with this small cottage with a high reputation in the rivers and lakes.

connived, then Lingxi will not be regarded as the king land in his hands.

Destroyed, Qiao Qingxu is his and Bai Qige's lifesaver after all.

In fact, the current situation is not bad, if it is maintained and he can turn a blind eye and get by, but there is one thing that Yi Chenjing can't ignore, Qiaojiazhai is not an ordinary small cottage, when he followed Qiao Qingxu and stepped into Molian Mountain, he suddenly realized why the small cottage can have such a strong strength and unshakable status.

To say that it sounds good is a small mountain village, to say that it is difficult to hear, Qiaojiazhai is a den of bandits.

From the foot of the mountain to the front of the village, there are many abandoned official sedan chairs, and some of them still have obvious traces of knives and axes, which were obviously robbed along with gold and silver. In the past, it was always reported in the excerpt that Lingxi County was seriously troubled, and the magistrates mostly used the complicated personnel here and the waterway to catch it as an excuse, but he didn't expect that this was the case, which really surprised Yi Chenjing.

Is Lingxi County really a forbidden place that the imperial court can't touch?

"Inside is Qiao's village, the brothers are all rough people, if there is any offense, sister, you bear with me." Qiao Qingxu picked up Bai Qige, and she was as intimate as a sister.

The gate of Qiaojiazhai is built of wood and bamboo, it looks like it is two zhang high, there is another lookout corner tower on the gatehouse, the word "Qiaozhai" on the huge plaque is strong and powerful although there is no famous pen, it looks majestic and magnificent at a glance, it is full of magnificence, it is that even the prince's mansion does not have such a posture.

The gate of the village was closed, and the thin man who was on the sentry on the corner tower saw Qiao Qingxu from a distance and immediately shouted a few words into the village, and when the group walked to the front of the village, the two-person high gate was opened from the inside, and a group of about 20 people swarmed up and surrounded Qiao Qingxu.

"Great boss, you're back. In the past few days, the old village owner has been talking about you every day, and every once in a while, let me go to the foot of the mountain to see, my hamstrings are about to break. ”

"Some time ago, we robbed a big deal, and there were nearly 100 taels of silver alone, and the brothers are waiting for you to come back and drink the celebration wine."

"The nerd of the county guard sent someone to the village to invite the big boss to the banquet, and the old village owner didn't have to take a look at it, and a roast chicken sent the people away, and the brothers were about to die of laughter."

The people who came up were noisy and shouting like a vegetable market, and all eyes were focused on Qiao Qingxu, and they didn't pay attention to the few people who followed behind.

Seeing the brothers in the village again after being away from home for many days, Qiao Qingxu was also very happy, standing in the middle of a group of men like an imposing queen: "Okay, just a few of you talk a lot." I went and told my dad that I was back, and I brought a few friends. ”

Only then did everyone notice that Bai Qige and the others, who were squeezed aside, scratched their heads and bowed, and apologized embarrassedly again and again. Zhan Ting's height was not as good as Yi Chenjing, and no one saw him when he hid behind him for a long time, until Yi Chenjing was pulled and pushed into the village by several Qiao Jiazhai brothers, and he was exposed to everyone.

"You are ......" One of the slightly older men looked at Zhan Ting, his eyes were full of confusion, he tilted his head and carefully identified it for a long time, and suddenly he was surprised, "Second master." It's the second in charge. The second master is back. Brothers, the second master is back. ”

Second, the master. The court of war.

Bai Qige and Yi Chenjing were so surprised that they glanced at each other and then looked at Zhan Ting, the strange thing was that the latter was not as happy as he imagined, he only hung his head and said nothing, unable to see what his expression was.

Is it too shy, or is it something else on mind?

Qiao Qingxu did not stop the brothers from surrounding the battle court, his lips were as pale as water, and he smiled lonely, and his tone was light: "He is not your second master, the second leader of Qiaojiazhai has long since died, he is just a passerby." ”

Anyone could hear the irony in Qiao Qingxu's words, and as soon as the warm atmosphere dropped to the freezing point, the children of the Qiao family village surrounding the war court were all embarrassed and puzzled, although they didn't dare to talk to the war court anymore, the joy and closeness in their eyes did not change in the slightest.

"I'll talk about it when I'm free." Qiao Qingxu waved his hand to drive away the dull expression on his face, holding Bai Qige with one hand and Ye Huawan with the other, arranging things neatly and decisively, "Chen Da, you go and clean up a few clean houses and come out, we will stay for two days; Jiao Lao Er, you go outside to find out if there are any suspicious characters, and if so, find a way to clean them up; Luo Guozi, when you go to the county guard's mansion, you will say that your aunt and grandmother want ten good horses and three carriages, so that the nerd county guard can be prepared within two days. By the way, in the past two days, the two of you have taken a few people to patrol the mountains and be more vigilant, and we are likely to follow the leper dog behind. ”

"Who is so ignorant of life and death that dares to stalk the big boss." A short, small, ruffian man in the crowd muttered.

Qiao Qingxu's eyebrows were horizontal, and he raised his hand to burst into a chestnut: "If you want to go, you can go, nonsense." ”

The man who was beaten was not angry, he smiled with a salivating face, and called a few people to walk outside the village together, which showed that he attached great importance to Qiao Qingxu's order. Qiao Qingxu laughed and scolded and drove everyone else away, led Bai Qige and the others into Qiaojiazhai and went straight to the big wooden house in the center, and the subordinates on both sides who were busy with various things got up to greet each other when they saw it, and some of them recognized the battle court with a surprised face, and more people focused their eyes on Ye Huawan and Bai Qige, especially Bai Qige, who clearly felt countless strange eyes looking at him, and vaguely heard whispering in the ears.

smiled faintly, his head hanging slightly.

She understood why those people were pointing fingers at her, and even if she couldn't hear clearly, she knew what they were discussing, and she was used to it for more than a year.

Who made her have a scarred face?

In fact, she never cared whether she was beautiful or ugly, but those eyes always made her feel difficult, regretful, sympathetic, or sarcastic, as if the scar represented that she was a crippled person; What's even more unbearable is that when she and Yi Chenjing walked together, he and he became the object of everyone's speculation and ridicule.

There should be a peerless beauty standing next to the prince general who is so majestic and magnificent, and in terms of appearance, she is far from worthy.

A hot wind blew in his ears, and the familiar snort brought a flat whisper: "Raise your head." ”

Then the palm was hot, and it was firmly held by the warm big hand, not allowing her to break free or retreat, and firmly giving the most gentle support.

Raising his head and smiling gently as usual, Bai Qige didn't look at the cold face beside him, and only held Yi Chenjing's palm back hard. She never ignores the subtle meaning of his every move, he is telling her, and he is telling everyone that this is his wife, his woman, whether beautiful or ugly, is a treasure in his heart, even if he is ridiculed and sarcastic, he doesn't care.

The whispering gradually calmed down because of the two clasped hands, Bai Qige held his head high, wearing countless different eyes and stepped forward, and the two figures walking side by side looked so matched, the dragon and the phoenix went hand in hand, no one could replace them.

The wooden stilted building is about half a person's height from the ground, and I don't know which skilled craftsman carved a step by step with a complete and huge number of steps, which is antique and solid and stable. Stepping on the wooden steps into the stilted building, the aroma of meat and wine came to the face, and the eyes suddenly opened up.

The huge stilted building has only one room, square and spacious and bright, and a wooden frame is placed on each side of the door, which is full of weapons such as swords, guns, swords, and halberds; Looking in the middle, there are about 30 benches arranged in three rows side by side, neatly and orderly, and further inside are two large wooden chairs, and in the middle is a larger mahogany couch. In front of the couch, a few people were busy carrying wine and food to the round table, and there seemed to be someone sitting on the couch behind the messy figure.

"Dad, I'm back." Qiao Qingxu stood still in the middle of the hall, took a deep breath, and looked a little worried on his face.

The one sitting on the couch should be the old owner of Qiaojiazhai. Bai Qige secretly speculated, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.

Qiao Qingxu's personality is extremely rare to be as free and easy as a man, and the old village owner who raised her should be a very strict person who wants her to become a dragon, which can be seen from Qiao Qingxu's nervous expression. Managing such a large cottage can suppress the county guard, and make Qiaojiazhai a very important existence in the rivers and lakes, I feel admired when I think about it.

"In such a hurry to eat meat and drink wine, was he a starving ghost reincarnated in his last life?" Qiao Qingxu impatiently pushed away the person carrying the wine and food, raised her eyebrows and crossed her hands on her waist, "Go and go, go outside and cool off, I have something to say to my father." ”

The crowd of minions dispersed, and the old man sitting on the wooden couch finally appeared in front of him.

In line with Bai Qige's expectations, the old owner of Qiaojiazhai is in good spirits and radiant, with big shoulders and round waist without showing obesity, and his thick arms can be seen at a glance that he is carrying martial arts. What is more special is the black and dense beard that hangs down to the chest of the old village owner, which is in stark contrast to the bright bald head, and the facial features look like Qiao Qingxu in detail.

Taking a deep breath, Bai Qige quietly pulled Yi Chenjing and hugged his fists respectfully: "The junior has seen Qiao,,"

A strange sound interrupted Bai Qige's words, and he looked up in surprise, only to see the old owner of Qiaojiazhai, who was still full of seriousness a moment ago, jumped up from the couch and took a big stride to pounce on Qiao Qingxu, and the strange sound from his mouth was like a ...... Sob.

"Girl, why did you come back? Dad thought you didn't want Daddy anymore. ”

Poof, the sturdy body pounced on Qiao Qingxu's body, his bright head buried in his shoulder, and he let out a whimper or two from time to time.

Qiao Qingxu held his forehead, his eyes full of helplessness and entanglement.

"Daddy...... There are outsiders here, can you always stop being so ashamed. The reputation of Qiaojiazhai that I managed to maintain was ......"