Liu Ximei smiled miserably and said: "Since ancient times, I have only seen newcomers laughing, but not old people crying. I have passed the age of, and Miaochun Pavilion is full of beautiful girls in the prime of life, and an old and decrepit woman like me should have married a merchant woman a long time ago and spent the rest of her life as an unpopular concubine. How can I still have the glitz of the past, there are rich businessmen who are willing to spend a lot of money to ransom it, of course Miaochun Pavilion is willing, so I will be free, and I will no longer have to worry about it there. In this case, they will not care about me. ”

Gu Shengchao was still confused when he heard this, and pondered: "Since you are willing to spend a lot of money, you must not be a person who does nothing, looking at the posture of the escort of the dart bureau, it does not match the value of the girl!" ”

Liu Ximei nodded, "I overheard some in Miaochun Pavilion, they said that I once served a high-ranking official in the capital, and they were full of admiration for me, and it happened that a wealthy businessman had a request for that high-ranking official, so they bought me and prepared to give it to that person." It's just that this matter is not easy to spread for fear of being caught by the high-ranking official, and the rich businessman has a family accompanying him, and he can't bring me with him, so he entrusted the dart bureau to escort him on his behalf. They didn't tell the truth to the dart board, and lied that I was a concubine privately accepted by a wealthy businessman, and let the dart board send it over. It was originally a private transaction, but I was afraid that it would make a sword and a sword. ”

Gu Shengchao sighed and said: "Coincidentally, I also overheard some, saying that the recent changes around you are related to the entanglement between the officials and the criminal department in the capital, and it seems that you should be more careful in the future itinerary." ”

Liu Ximei was also calm, "I only know that I am a person who has left the state, and I have been sold to Miaochun Pavilion since I was sensible, and I have been learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since I was a child. ”

Gu Shengchao said: "Now that you are not restrained, can't you go far away and fly high and go to a place you like incognito to make a living?" ”

Liu Ximei shook her head: "They have already thought about what you and I can think of, and someone planted Gu worms for me before leaving, saying that as long as I am obedient, someone will come to relieve me, lest I escape halfway and make them lose both their money and money." If the Gu worms are left alone, they will break out of the pupal after half a year, and they will hollow out the internal organs in my body, making me die of pain. ”

"Shameless!" Gu Shengchao said angrily, slamming his fist on the floor to vent his dissatisfaction.

Liu Ximei was just about to speak, but her body shook and began to twitch violently, becoming unconscious. Gu Shengchao experienced it twice and didn't panic, he helped Liu Ximei to sit up and slap her back with both palms, and protected her heart with strong internal force.

After a while, Liu Ximei slowly woke up, she leaned on the couch and said gratefully: "Thank you for your help." ”

Gu Shengchao said sincerely: "The girl is polite, dare to ask if this symptom is because of the Gu worm in the body?" ”

Liu Ximei was stunned for a moment, pursed her lips and said quietly: "Have you ever heard of the kung fu of male and female double cultivation?" ”

"I've heard that it is rumored to be a kind of evil kung fu in the rivers and lakes, most of which are practiced by husband and wife, and their skills can be improved at the same time." Gu Shengchao said without thinking.

Liu Ximei's eyes were resentful, and he said gloomily: "It's good if that's the case, when I'm older, Miaochun Pavilion taught us kung fu, saying that it is a double cultivation for men and women, but in fact, it is to let us hard-working women act as a furnace, filter the filthy true qi of those stinky men, and let the dirt accumulate in our bodies, and after years of no way to release it and turn into poison, and finally be injured by those poisons." ”

"Alas, it's good that Senior Lu Chuan is here." Gu Shengchao couldn't help but sigh.

Liu Ximei was also curious: "Is it your master, I see that you are good at kung fu, is there a way to help me detoxify?" ”

Gu Shengchao sighed, shook his head and said: "I didn't teach him to start kung fu, but the most powerful moves were indeed passed on by him, I wanted to apprentice, but this senior refused to accept me as an apprentice, and I didn't see the head and tail of the dragon." ”

"That's a pity." Liu Ximei regretted it, and she didn't know if she was sad that Gu Shengchao couldn't see Lu Chuan, or if she couldn't find a master to treat her injuries and remove poison.

After sailing for a few days, the sky suddenly rained at night, and the wind and rain fell all over the sky, and the big ship shook left and right and anchored and stopped. It rained all night, and the next morning it rained heavily, and in the afternoon it rained intermittently for a while, before it turned into a light rain. People thought that they would sail normally the next morning, but there was no movement until noon, Gu Shengchao went to inquire about the news, and the guys on the boat said that the downstream river bank had burst and was impassable.

There are many passengers who are as anxious as Gu Shengchao, and the guy gives two solutions. The first is that the mileage can be refunded, and the passenger goes ashore to the destination on his own; The second is to wait patiently when it will be normal and when it will be able to go again.

Gu Shengchao went back to discuss with Liu Ximei, and felt that the wait was far away, so it was better to go ashore and make plans. But Gu Shengchao was a little embarrassed when he turned over the money bag, and after going ashore, he needed silver taels to buy a horse and live in a hotel, and he calculated that it was definitely not enough.

Liu Ximei smiled: "What's so difficult about this, I used to be the top brand of Miaochun Pavilion, in addition to secretly hiding, now the silver ticket I carry with me is enough for us to spend." ”

Gu Sheng was overjoyed, he asked his buddy to return some silver taels, and Liu Ximei got off the boat to find the inn and live first. Liu Ximei only took off her mask in the cabin room, and still covered it tightly outside to avoid trouble. Gu Shengchao settled Liu Ximei and took a silver ticket from her. He asked the shopkeeper about the largest money bank in the neighborhood, and the shopkeeper said that it would take three or four hours to ride a horse.

"It's convenient for the little brother, can you borrow the horses from your store?" Gu Shengchao asked.

The shopkeeper was not allowed: "No, there has never been a reason, you rode a horse and ran away, I will find someone to reason." ”

During the argument between the two, an elder came up, and he asked about the situation: "You can go to the account office and ask, as long as the mortgage is enough, you can borrow horses." ”

Gu Sheng was overjoyed, he went to the account room to explain the situation, weighed the remaining silver taels, and the other party said that it was okay, so he wrote an IOU and then went to the stable to find a horse and rushed to the town.

When he arrived at Qianzhuang, Gu Shengchao handed over the silver ticket for fear that the other party would ask, but he didn't know anything, fortunately no one made it difficult for him, and soon someone took out a long box. Gu Shengchao glanced at it, there were at least one hundred taels of silver, and he didn't dare to take it directly and asked, "Are these all mine?" ”

"Of course, it's all yours." The people of Qian Zhuang saw that Gu Shengchao had never seen the world, and he was expressionless, perhaps because he had seen too much.

The ancient saint was overjoyed, put all the silver into his underwear pocket, and returned happily. He also returned the horse and went to the account room to get back his own silver taels, and then went back to the guest room to see Liu Ximei. He took out an ingot of white glowing silver and sighed: "I didn't expect that such a thin piece of paper could be exchanged for so much silver." ”

Liu Xi smiled: "Childe is laughing, this is only my smallest silver ticket, and there are even bigger ones!" ”

Gu Shengchao was dumbfounded, he didn't understand the relationship between the silver ticket and the silver. He put all the silver in front of Liu Ximei: "That's all, please take a look at the girl." ”

Liu Ximei didn't count, and said softly: "It's better to ask the son to keep it on your behalf, my martial arts are low, and it is cumbersome and inconvenient to carry it with me." ”

Gu Shengchao thought for a moment and said: "That's it, buy a horse tomorrow, and half of the remaining people, and I will give it all to you when I get to the place." ”

Liu Ximei nodded in agreement.

After dinner at the inn the next day, the two went to the street to wander around, although Liu Ximei wore a mask, her slender figure also attracted the attention of passers-by from time to time. The horse shop is in the east of the city, and the two of them carefully selected and bought two jujube red horses, both equipped with brand new saddle sheaths, and the people riding on them have become much more energetic. By the way, I bought brand new clothes for easy change and washing, and Liu Ximei bought herself some rouge and packed it carefully. Gu Shengchao also bought fire sickles, fire folds, daggers, etc., just in case. They returned to the inn and asked the man what he was going to do, and he replied, "No, you have to wait." A few days ago, the heavy rain caused the embankment to burst, and the radius was a hundred miles of ocean, and it was futile to ride a horse. I can't move forward, I can only go back. ”

The two had no choice but to wait patiently.

Gu Shengchao and Liu Ximei almost starved along the way, and he would buy a few more flatbreads every night and put them in his arms, and eat them the next day as breakfast. Liu Ximei laughed at him, and Gu Shengchao smiled: "It's not wasteful anyway, it's always right to be prepared." ”

On this night, Liu Ximei was lying on the bed and was already asleep, Gu Shengchao wrapped himself in a quilt and leaned against the door and couldn't sleep, he was worried about the safety of Xu Bo and his party, and he didn't know whether they were out of danger or were still being chased and intercepted by the people of Longhu Village.

Suddenly, someone in the courtyard of the inn spoke loudly, like a man's voice: "Come back tomorrow, we're closing." Hey, hey, how can you break in! ”

"Shhhh Someone lowered his voice, and Gu Sheng's ear power was excellent, and he could hear it clearly through the door panel.

"No, no, you're all resting and sleeping, and no one will entertain you when you come in, and you can't stay in the hotel." The man's voice is still loud.

The sound of horses' hooves in the distance, Gu Shengchao carefully distinguished, a total of three horses galloped over.

"He's here, he can't run." Someone didn't have time to rein in his horse, so he jumped off his galloping horse and reached the inn gate in a few steps.

Gu Shengchao was shocked, without excellent light body kung fu, he would definitely fall down, and his face would hit the ground directly. Liu Ximei was also woken up by the sound outside, and sat up sleepily: "What's going on outside?" ”

"Don't make a sound, I'll go out and have a look, you close the door from the inside first." Gu Shengchao was worried that the people who came would be bad for them, so he asked Liu Ximei to close the door, and he quietly walked out.

In the courtyard of the inn, a gray-robed man seemed to be drunk and drunk, staggering to support the fence of the stables next to him, moving forward with difficulty, looking back from time to time. The man tried his best to block it at the door, so as not to let the people behind break in.

"Don't go in, now that the guests are resting, you can't stay in the hotel when you come in." The man pushed the door hard and tried to shut the man out of the door.

The man outside the door was angry, and struck the door panel with his palm, and the door panel suddenly shattered into countless sawdust, and the man also fell out, and fell to the ground moaning, as if he had been injured.

"Master is in a good mood today, spare your dog's life." The man outside the door walked past the guy and kicked him.

Gu Shengchao didn't know who was right and who was wrong, and stood under the corridor of the inn to watch, and many guests who were woken up also came out to watch the excitement. Some were naked, some were wrapped in quilts, and some ran out barefoot.