There are countless swordsmen in the rivers and lakes, but the only person who can be respected as a sword saint is the head of the Dugu family in the past dynasties.

As the leading kendo family in the rivers and lakes, the current Dugu family head Dugu Ruoxiong is undoubtedly the strongest in the past and the most controversial one, not because of his swordsmanship, but because he has had many women, only counting the seven wives that Ming Media is marrying, it is conceivable that he has many children, there are nineteen.

Among his children, the eldest son Dugu Mingyue and the sixteenth Dugu Xiaoying are the most satisfying to him, these two have perfectly inherited his superb martial arts talent, and one of them will become the new Dugu family master in the future, and will be respected as a sword saint by the world.

It's just that there is one thing that makes him quite helpless, because his sixteenth daughter Dugu Xiaoying has been away from home for three years and has not been heard from so far.

He wasn't worried that his daughter would have any accidents, with the prestige of the Dugu family and Xiaoying's current swordsmanship, he believed that no one would dare to go to his daughter's trouble.

He would never have imagined that his daughter had been in the Qinglou for nearly a year.

As soon as the sky was bright, Xiaoying got up, put on the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary people, put on extremely ugly makeup for herself, and her originally beautiful face was painted with a few horrible sores, which made her look really unbearable, and even a little disgusting.

Looking at the hateful appearance in the bronze mirror, Dugu Xiaoying couldn't help but nod, she was really satisfied with this look.

Walking out of her room, she went upstairs and knocked on the door one by one to wake up the overnight guests, which attracted a lot of vulgar abuse, but Xiaoying didn't care, and even felt a little funny, and then cleaned up the table downstairs, opened the door and prepared for the start of a new day.

At a glance, she saw the little donkey grinding at the door, and the Chengjiu wine curled up in the corner of the doorway, soaked by the heavy rain last night.

Xiaoying looked a little distracted, such a scene reminded her of some unpleasant past, and looked around, at this time, the sky was just dawning, there were no other pedestrians on the street, and after a little hesitation to take two steps closer, Xiaoying smelled the pungent smell of liquor.

A girl is drunk like this, then she must have experienced a very bumpy encounter, Xiaoying didn't think much about it, carried the girl back to her room, and led the donkey to the backyard, and went directly to the kitchen to boil hot water.

When she returned to the house with a basin of hot water, she found that the girl had woken up and was sitting on the bed looking at her gourd.

"You're awake." Xiaoying called softly, and the girl turned around and looked around at Xiaoying with her beautiful almond eyes, like the raccoon cat that Xiaoying raised when she was a child.

"You need to dry yourself with a hot cloth as soon as possible, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable." Xiaoying came to the bed with hot water with a smile, took out a clean cloth to soak it and wring it out, and said softly: "There is roasted pigeon soup stewed in the kitchen to ward off the cold, and I will bring it after I wipe it clean for you." ”

Cheng Jiujiu stared at Xiao Ying, pursed his lips, obediently took off his shirt, Xiao Ying applied a hot cloth to her, the hot touch made her shiver, stretched out her jade onion like fingers and gently held Xiao Ying's hand, and asked, "What is this place?" How did I get here? ”

Xiaoying said with a smile: "This is the Baihualou in Luoyang, a place for men to spend their time, as for you, I picked it up at the door this morning, and it scared me at the time." ”

Cheng Jiujiu nodded slightly, his eyes always wandered on Xiao Ying's face, Xiao Ying noticed her eyes, and showed an indifferent smile: "Are you scared by the sores on my face?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu shook his head and said, "I was wondering why you were dressed up like this. ”

A flash of surprise flashed in Xiao Ying's eyes, and then it was fleeting, and she gently broke free from Cheng Jiujiu's palm and continued to wipe it on her: "I don't understand what you mean. ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "I mean, why do you pretend to be a subordinate and make yourself so ugly?" ”

Xiaoying's hand suddenly stopped, and her eyes were already a little alert: "You...... Recognize me? ”

"I don't know."

"Then why do you say I'm pretending to be a subordinate?"

"Just now you entered the house, I couldn't hear your footsteps, which means that you have extremely high light skills, your hands are white and jade, your fingers are smooth and powerful, and your palms have thick calluses, a subordinate who does inferior work will not have such hands, you are a person who uses a sword, and you are a master of using a sword."

Xiao Ying listened quietly, and after Cheng Jiujiu finished speaking, he asked, "Then how do you see the outfit on my face?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu smiled: "I didn't see through it, I just think that a woman like you shouldn't be such an ugly appearance." ”

Xiaoying was dumbfounded, smiled and sighed lightly, picked up the hot water basin and said, "There is still soup boiling on the fire, I'll bring it to feed you some." ”

Cheng Jiujiu nodded obediently, Xiao Ying walked out of the room, and after a while, he really held a bowl of steaming roast pigeon soup, Xiao Ying sat on the edge of the bed, scooped up a spoonful of hot soup with a spoon, and fed it to Cheng Jiujiu, Cheng Jiujiu didn't politely open his mouth to take a sip, chirp and chirp, with a satisfied smile on his face: "This is the most delicious broth I have ever tasted, and I am afraid I will never forget this taste in this life." ”

Xiaoying laughed at these words, like a lotus blooming in a pond, and the city's nine wines that were women's were all stupid, and blurted out unconsciously: "It's really strange, your face is obviously hateful, but your smile is extremely comfortable, could it be that there is any ecstasy in this soup?" ”

Xiaoying's face turned red, and the jade hand clenched her fist and gently hammered it on her head: "Your sister, she looks a few years younger than me, and she spits lotus flowers on her mouth, it seems that you are not an ordinary little girl." ”

Cheng Jiujiu said with a smile: "I'm not an ordinary woman like my sister, so why should my sister make fun of me?" ”

Xiaoying scooped up another spoonful, put it into Chengjiu's mouth, and said with a smile: "You are wrong, I am indeed just the most lowly miscellaneous person in this Baihualou now, there are many things waiting for me to do, and I have to feed you to cook pigeon soup." ”

Cheng Jiu drank too slowly, snatched the bowl from Xiaoying's hand and drank it all, the hot liquid flowed into her chest cavity to expel the cold air of last night, and she breathed a long sigh of relief, but she felt that something was missing, and licked her mouth with her tongue and asked Xiaoying, "Can my sister bring me some wine?" ”

Xiaoying exclaimed: "You were drunk on the street last night, and now you want to drink again, I have never heard of a girl who is so obsessed with alcohol as you." ”

Chengjiujiu snorted lightly, and Xiaoying asked, "The most important thing in Baihualou is wine and women, but do you have any silver?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "It has never been." ”

Xiaoying was very curious: "Then how do you drink when you don't have silver on weekdays?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "I can steal." ”

Xiaoying was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, cheerful and crisp, she picked up the bowl and said: "Since I know, I won't let you steal wine here, I'll go to the room and bring you a pot, but you may be disappointed, you may not be used to drinking the wine of the poor." ”

Cheng Jiujiu waved his hand and said: "Whether it is the fifty-year-old daughter Hong or the dog drunk in the earthen kiln, it makes no difference to me. ”

Xiaoying wanted to laugh when she heard it, and hurriedly walked out, and when Xiaoying left, Chengjiujiu put on clean clothes, and then took a serious look at this room, this room is not big, except for the bed under his seat, he can only barely put down a wooden cabinet and a table, although the whole is small but spotlessly cleaned, Chengjiujiu has no doubt that even if he rolls on the ground, he will not get a little dirt.

Being able to be in such an environment and still be clean and self-conscious, which made her can't help but look at Xiaoying a little bit.

It didn't take long, Xiaoying led two pots of soil to boil in, Chengjiu Liquor couldn't wait to take a pot, lifted the seal on the jug and poured it into his mouth, the pot of wine was drunk in the blink of an eye, Xiaoying watched from the sidelines, and before she could react, the second pot of wine was also drunk by Chengjiu Liquor.

"Good wine!"

Xiaoying was very surprised: "This is a kind of soil burning that ordinary people don't look down on, only the poor drink it, but you say it's good wine?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu stroked his slightly propped belly, and sighed again and again: "Of course it's good wine!" Two of the best wines in the world, one stolen and the other gifted by a friend, this pot of wine is nothing in the eyes of outsiders, but to me it is a hard time to buy! ”

Dugu Xiaoying shook her head helplessly, and said with a smile: "I don't understand your crooked reasoning, but if you really like it, I will fill your gourd later." ”

Cheng Jiujiu smiled happily, she is a girl who is easy to satisfy, for her, being able to drink comfortably in a safe place is enough to make her happy, not to mention that she has made such a gentle sister as a friend now, she looked at Xiaoying, and was about to speak, only to hear someone shouting outside the door: "Sister Ugly is coming out to work, and there are still some clothes in the laundry room." ”

Cheng Jiujiu frowned and asked, "Ugly? That's what they call you? ”

Xiaoying nodded, pointed to her face and smiled: "I really don't look good-looking, and I'm happy that they call me that." ”

Cheng Jiujiu shrugged his shoulders and asked curiously, "Why is my sister pretending to be like this?" Is it hiding from the enemy? ”

Xiaoying was playful and said, "So what? ”

Cheng Jiujiu said seriously: "If my sister really has an enemy, I can say his name." ”

Xiaoying asked, "What about saying it?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu looked left and right, picked up his whip from the bed, and said, "I will not accept my sister's favor in vain, no matter who that person is, I promise that he will not embarrass my sister again." ”

Xiaoying was stunned when she heard this, and said with a smile: "I don't have any difficulties, but I don't want to stay here with the disputes in the rivers and lakes. ”

"Calm and peaceful......," Cheng Jiujiu muttered, and suddenly asked, "Then my sister shouldn't have brought me in at will, maybe I'm a notorious murderer, or I've offended some big man and fled here, wouldn't you be provoking trouble by doing this?" Dugu Xiaoying pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? If that's what you say, should I get you out at once? ”

Cheng Jiujiu hurriedly shook his head again: "That's not necessary, it's just that don't show kindness to people casually in the future, it's not only good for you." ”

Xiaoying smiled: "You yourself are drunk and lying on the street, but you preach to me first, of course I don't have good intentions towards everyone, but you don't look like an evil person." ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "Your idea is very dangerous, I have personally seen a child who is no more than five feet tall tear a person's throat with his hand. ”

Xiao Ying froze for a moment when she heard this, a human face flashed in her mind, and she hurriedly asked, "Are you talking about the Heart-Destroying Child among the Seven Evils of Longshan?" ”

"I don't know if he is, but his hands can't do anything anymore." Cheng Jiujiu said as he gestured with his hand to chop vegetables: "I cut off his hands and fed them to the pigs." ”

Xiaoying blinked her eyes and said, "If you meet a really heart-destroying child, then you should kill him directly." ”

Cheng Jiujiu said: "I don't kill him because I can't catch up with him." ”

Xiaoying was surprised: "Can you cut off his hand but can't keep up with his foot?" ”

Cheng Jiujiu nodded: "I never practice light skills, as long as I practice a little foot strength, I can't catch up." ”

Xiaoying still wanted to ask something, but there was another shout from outside the door, more eager than Fang Cai: "Sister Ugly, are you still in the house?" Is there something uncomfortable? ”

Xiaoying responded: "No, this is coming out." Then he smiled at Cheng Jiujiu: "I'm going to do work, if you don't hurry to leave, lie here and rest for a while, I will bring you food." ”

Chengjiujiu nodded, Xiaoying picked up the drunk wine jug, walked out of the door, Chengjiujiu was bored lying on the bed, feeling that there was nothing unusual about the true qi brewing in his body, and then he said to himself: "Chengjiujiu, Chengjiujiu, I didn't expect you to be drunk, fortunately, you met a very good person." ”