The capital, Chaosi Lane.

It was midday.

Aunt Feng pushed open the door of the small courtyard.

Gu Shiyan sat on a wicker chair under the eaves, meditating.

As if she had smelled something good, she slowly opened her eyes and saw the two bowls of steaming noodles in Aunt Feng's hands.

"I added a lot of pieces of meat to the noodles, just to replenish Mengzhou's body. ”

Aunt Feng's face was full of smiles, although Gu Shiyan rarely walked out of the small courtyard, but as a neighbor, and often had to take care of Li Mengzhou and Gu Shiyan's eating problems, the woman and the girl had become very familiar.

Aunt Feng walked into the house with two bowls of noodles, and Gu Shiyan was silent and followed.

Because the threshold is a little high, Aunt Feng, who is holding the hot noodle bowl that has just been made, is a little difficult, Gu Shiyan has been staring at the side, and I don't know if she is worried that the two bowls of noodles will be spilled, or if she is worried that Aunt Feng will fall, I'm afraid it is an obvious thing.

After Aunt Feng safely crossed the threshold and put the two bowls of noodles on the table, Gu Shiyan sat down directly and said, "He may not be too hungry." ”

Aunt Feng looked at this good-looking girl a little speechlessly, and said, "You can eat so well, but you can still maintain such a good figure, it's really enviable." ”

Gu Shiyan said: "I'm still young, and as long as a cultivator wants to, he basically won't eat fat, unless there is no control and he eats fat at will. ”

Aunt Feng was silent for a long time.

"I'm going to see the Dream Boat. ”

Gu Shiyan silently watched Aunt Feng push open Li Mengzhou's door and walk in, and then her eyes returned to the two bowls of noodles in front of her.

......

During Li Mengzhou's recuperation, in addition to Aunt Feng, who was a neighbor, often came to take care of her, the girl from Gentle Township would occasionally come to visit, and she also came with the care of everyone Yu.

After a brief chat with Aunt Feng, Aunt Feng went back to the noodle restaurant, and Li Mengzhou also dragged the floor with her feet and walked out of the room slowly.

Gu Shiyan silently put down the noodle bowl, wiped her mouth, and turned her head to look at Li Mengzhou.

"Where's my face?"

"Here it is. ”

Gu Shiyan pointed to the two empty bowls on the table.

Li Mengzhou rubbed his eyebrows with a little headache, "So what about noodles?"

Gu Shiyan frowned, picked up the chopsticks again, pulled them in the bowl, and picked up a noodle with the length of an index finger.

Li Mengzhou: "......"

He rubbed his stomach silently and sighed, "Forget it, I'm not very hungry anyway." ”

Gu Shiyan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I guessed that you weren't hungry, so I helped you eat it." ”

"......" Li Mengzhou pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth and said, "Then you are really good." ”

Gu Shiyan could obviously hear that this was definitely not praising her, so she silently turned her head, and then began to silently wipe her sword.

Li Mengzhou's body shook subconsciously, dragged his feet, moved to the eaves, and sat straight on the rattan chair, couldn't help grinning slightly, and muttered: "It really hurts, I feel like my whole body is falling apart." ”

He lay comfortably on the rattan chair, half-squinted eyes, looking at the sun that only showed half of his face by the eaves, the sun shining on his body warmly, very comfortable.

Gu Shiyan also came out of the house and lay down on another rattan chair.

This picture is really quiet and peaceful.

Gu Shiyan's injuries in the battle with Qi Xiaoran outside the East City Gate have not completely healed, and Li Mengzhou, who was injured by Zhuge Dan, has only just improved, and you can see how serious Li Mengzhou's injuries are.

Although the foundation was not damaged, the pores were bleeding all over the body, and the skin on the entire surface was cracked, and it was not easy to recover completely.

In the two days that Li Mengzhou was recuperating from his injuries, the matter in the palace was also resolved.

According to Qingyi's visit later, the other monk hidden in the palace was actually a certain chamberlain who served by His Majesty the Emperor.

It's a scary thing.

The tracer incense refined by the medicine king Chenru played an effective role, and during that time, Xu Hexian interrogated Zhuge Dan and accidentally discovered that Zhuge Dan was not a complete man.

It is indeed difficult to detect the fact that the monks outside the mountain are close to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Mother as their inner attendants.

In addition to Zhuge Dan, the inner servant who was found was actually just a monk outside the mountain who was very weak in cultivation, and because of this, he hid even deeper, if it weren't for Xu Hexian discovering Zhuge Dan's secret, and the medicine king Chenru's tracing incense directly pointed out the target, I'm afraid that if you want to find the second big fish hidden in the palace, it will be impossible to do it in just two days.

Zhuge Dan and the chamberlain were killed by His Majesty the Emperor himself, and the medicine king Chenru was also slowly expelling the obscure aura in the sea of the queen's mother's anger, and the capital gradually returned to its former calm.

......

The twilight is dull and the sun is falling.

The scorching heat of the summer still gripped the capital.

But it's hard to stop people from having fun at night under the stars.

The night view of the capital city is always the most beautiful.

The night is like ink, dotted with stars, and there are curling white smoke rising everywhere, even if it is not a festival, the night in the capital seems to be lively all the time, especially in the outer city.

Li Mengzhou dragged a somewhat heavy body through the street pedestrians, stopping outside a teahouse very close to Chaosi Lane, there was already a figure sitting by the window, noticing Li Mengzhou's appearance, she quickly got up and waved her hand.

There are also many tea customers in the teahouse, because there is a supply of herbal tea, it is also very refreshing to be able to drink a bowl of herbal tea in this slightly hot night.

Li Mengzhou walked into the teahouse slowly, came to the window position, and said a little casually: "Senior Sister Bai Qi is looking for me so late, is there something wrong?"

Sitting opposite was the disciple of Bailu Peak, the only daughter of Bai Shuo Shangxian, Bai Qi.

Bai Qian first poured a bowl of herbal tea for Li Mengzhou, and then said: "I have also heard about what has happened in the capital in the past few days, how is Senior Brother Li's injury?"

Li Mengzhou took a sip of herbal tea, smashed his mouth, and said, "The recovery is okay, Senior Sister Lao Bai is worried." ”

Bai Qi nodded and said, "At that time, I met Senior Brother Li in the teahouse in the inner city, so I went to the Peach Blossom Land with my senior brothers, and I only returned yesterday. ”

Li Mengzhou recalled for a moment, and only then did he remember that he had killed Mo Xichou by coincidence, and asked, "So you confirmed that that person is Mo Xichou, the outcast of White Deer Peak?"

Bai Qian said with a somewhat serious expression: "Mo Xichou's body is still in that peach blossom garden, and I have already confirmed his identity, and I asked Senior Brother Li to meet this time to express my gratitude." ”

Li Mengzhou drank herbal tea and said casually: "I just happened to kill Mo Xichou, in fact, because I just broke through the realm, I just needed an opponent, that Mo Xichou didn't have a good tone, and said that he wanted to kill me, so I killed him with my backhand, no need to thank." ”

Although it was because Xiao Zhinan beat Mo Xichou to the depraved realm first, Li Mengzhou had the ability to kill Mo Xichou, but he felt that this matter was not important, and there was no need to tell Bai Qian truthfully.

Bai Qian looked at Li Mengzhou's appearance as if he really didn't care, so he didn't say anything more, he also picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of herbal tea, exhaled lightly, and said: "In fact, in addition to this matter, I also have the intention of saying goodbye to Senior Brother Li, the reason why I still stay in the capital after the Panlong Banquet is because of Mo Xichou's matter, since Mo Xichou has been killed by Senior Brother Li, then I should also return to Bailu Peak with Mo Xichou's corpse." ”

Li Mengzhou nodded silently, and didn't have any other thoughts, and said politely: "Then Senior Sister Bai should pay attention to safety on the way back to the mountain gate, and see you again." ”

Bai Qi nodded and said, "There will be a period later." ”

With that, Bai Qi stood up and left the teahouse, and before leaving, she paid for the tea.

In response to this, Li Mengzhou expressed his satisfaction.

But he didn't leave directly, because although the tea money was paid, the tea was not finished yet, and it would be a waste to leave directly.

Bai Qi didn't have any familiar friends in the capital.

Especially to say goodbye to Li Mengzhou, it was just as she said, because of the things that were not worried, but before leaving the capital, she thought that she should also inform Shen Qiubai.

......

Li Mengzhou silently drank the herbal tea, and then went to Wenrou Township by the way, chatted with everyone Yu on the second floor for a while, and then went straight back to Chaosi Lane.

Standing at the door of his small courtyard, Li Mengzhou looked left and right for a moment, crossed the threshold, closed the courtyard door, looked at Gu Shiyan, who was still sitting under the eaves, and said helplessly: "Many people in the capital already know about your existence, and there is no need to stay in Chaosi Lane all the time, do you have nothing else to do except sit under the eaves?"

Gu Shiyan lay quietly on the rattan chair and said: "Yue Shiting's clue is broken again, starting from Tangtaijing, it seems that there is nothing good in the capital, except for thinking about those troublesome things, sitting on this rattan chair in a daze, it is also a very comfortable state, why bother to break it." ”

Li Mengzhou nodded with some approval, and also lay on the rattan chair next to him, his eyes looked at the courtyard door, and said in a very calm tone: "I had a very strange feeling just now, as if someone was watching me in the dark, but when I found out, I didn't find anything." ”

Gu Shiyan frowned lightly and said, "The matter of the monks outside the mountain has just subsided, who will pay attention to you?"

Li Mengzhou shook his head and said, "I don't know, but the feeling of being watched by people is very real, although it only disappeared in an instant, I don't think it's my perception is wrong." ”

Gu Shiyan said calmly: "It seems that someone is really eyeing you, if you can't perceive the existence of the other party, it means that the person who is secretly peeping at you is far higher than you." ”

Li Mengzhou was silent for a moment, and said: "But I did detect the abnormality in an instant, although the other party hid his breath in time, but does it also prove that even if the other party's cultivation is higher than mine, it will not be too far behind." ”

Gu Shiyan said: "You can think so, the key problem is that you can find conclusive evidence, whether someone is really spying on you in secret, not just a coincidence and accident, after all, a moment is very short, and it is normal for perception to be biased." ”

Li Mengzhou pondered: "If the target is really me, then he will definitely look at me a second time." ”

Thinking about his state at the moment, he said with some annoyance: "We need to take care of our bodies as soon as possible, if someone really targets us secretly, in our current state, it will be very dangerous, I hate this feeling." ”

Gu Shiyan said: "My injuries have improved a lot, and your body has collapsed, and ordinary people would have died a long time ago, but Rao is so, it will take some time for you to recover to your heyday." ”

Li Mengzhou sighed: "I hope that during this period, I can find an opportunity to break through the realm, as long as I cross the threshold of the four realms, I can be regarded as truly in contact with this cultivation world, and I can continue to comprehend the more advanced sword skills of the Sword Sutra." ”

He thought that he opened the "Silkworm Annihilation Scroll" when he broke through the Three Realms, maybe when he crossed the threshold of the Four Realms, the "Silkworm Annihilation Scroll" could also open the second chapter, so his hole cards would become stronger.

......

......

Jiang Guonan County, Liang County.

The deep night was very quiet.

Liang County, located in the deep mountains, is a little cooler than the capital, especially at night, sitting at the door of the house and blowing a cool breeze, which is definitely the envy of the people in the hot place.

Xiao Yao'er sat on the stone in front of the dilapidated courtyard, which was Jia Zhuangshi's home and Xiao Yao'er's temporary home.

Both parents were killed by mountain bandits, Xiao Yao'er was very pitiful to be alone, and Jia Zhuangshi's father was also killed when he resisted the mountain bandits in the early days, and only his mother was left in the family, who was not in good health, but he was a very kind person, and he completely treated Xiao Yao'er as his own daughter, even better than Jia Zhuangshi.

Xiao Yao'er held her cheeks with her hands, and her eyes kept looking at the mountain outside Liang County, expecting to see a figure appear.

Jia Zhuangshi came out of the house, fetched a bucket of water from the well, carried it into the house, and then came out, and said to Xiao Yao'er, "It's late. ”

Xiao Yao'er glanced back at him, pouted slightly, and said, "Brother Zhuangshi, when do you think he will come back?"

Jia Zhuangshi thought for a while and said: "He is a cultivator, and he has killed so many mountain bandits with one sword, we have seen it with our own eyes, although there are still many bandits in the mountains, but at most it will take some time, and he should be back soon." ”

His worship of cultivators is very blind, and he has seen the strength of the man in the green shirt with his own eyes, so in his eyes, the man in the green shirt should be invincible, just a group of mountain bandits, and he can solve it casually.

He squatted directly beside Xiao Yao'er and said with hope, "Sister Yao'er, do you think I can become a cultivator?"

Xiao Yao'er said very innocently and to the point: "If cultivators can do it for anyone, then this world is not full of cultivators, how can there be ordinary people like us?"

Jia Zhuangshi's expression suddenly became depressed, glared at Xiao Yao'er, and said: "I don't think I'm an ordinary person, I can definitely become a cultivator, and then Xiao Yao'er will be powerful, because there is a strong brother and I, a cultivator, to protect you, no one can bully you anymore, even if you bully others every day." ”

Xiao Yao'er thought of that picture, and seemed to become a little yearning.

The quiet in Liang County couldn't even hear the barking of dogs, the dark clouds crossed the sky, obscuring most of the moon, and the starlight was dotted with crystal light through the clouds and mist on the clear water, like a starry sky map.

A pair of feet appeared on the waterside outside Liang County, and some splashes splashed between the steps, disrupting the magnificent starry sky map.

Under Xiao Yao'er's gaze, at the end of the alley outside her house, there was a gradually clear footsteps.

As the dark clouds gradually dispersed, the bright moon regained its light, and a green shirt appeared in Xiao Yao'er's field of vision.

"He's back!"

Xiao Yao'er got up suddenly, very happy.

Jia Zhuangshi also stood up excitedly.

The man in the green shirt with the sword in his hand slowly came to the door of the small courtyard, his body was still so clean, there was not even the slightest smell of blood.

He looked at the little girl and the thin young man who looked at him with anticipation and excitement on his face, and said with a slight smile: "The mountain bandits in Liang County have been killed by me, and I want to find out all of them, none of them will be missed, it took a little time, but after all, it is solved, and Liang County will not be threatened by the mountain bandits in the future." ”

"Thank you so much!" Jia Zhuangshi was a little overwhelmed and wanted to hug Ouyang Shengxue or shake his hand, but he felt that this was a little abrupt, and the whole person was very embarrassed.

But Xiao Yao'er didn't have the slightest scruples, and ran directly in front of Ouyang Shengxue, hugged his waist directly, raised her head to look at him, and said, "Brother Xue, thank you." ”

Ouyang Shengxue's body stiffened a little, not because Xiao Yao'er was a girl, he hadn't been perverted enough to have any thoughts about a little girl, but he really had no intimate contact with anyone of the opposite sex, not even a child, although he had a junior sister, but in addition to meeting and talking, there was actually no close contact at all.

And he didn't expect Xiao Yao'er to hug him suddenly, he couldn't react a little, and seemed to become more embarrassed than Jia Zhuangshi.

The most important thing is that Xiao Yao'er's name for him made Ouyang Shengxue have a very weird feeling.

He looked down at Xiao Yao'er's very sincere eyes, smiled slightly, rubbed her head, and said, "I promised you that I would do it." ”

Jia Zhuangshi said at this time: "I...... I've prepared some simple meals and I've been waiting for you to come back, you should be hungry now, I'm going to help you with the hot food!"

So saying, he ran into the house.

And Xiao Yao'er naturally took Ouyang Shengxue's hand and pulled him towards the house.

Jia Zhuangshi's mother was not in good health and had already fallen asleep, so she did not come out to greet her.

Ouyang Shengxue sat on a stool and looked at the environment in the house, and could see that this house used to be very clean, but perhaps because of the ravages of the mountain bandits, the whole house became a little dilapidated, and the house was full of dry firewood, but at least there was no dust, indicating that it was still cleaned frequently.

Jia Zhuangshi quickly heated up the dishes and served them on the table one by one, often asked for food or silver money by the mountain bandits, and the living environment in Liang County also became very poor, so the three dishes were just very simple vegetables and cabbage grown in his own yard, as well as peanuts, and the only bowl of porridge was also very thin, and there were almost no rice grains.