Yan Ting went to the dirty laundry room again and stayed there until evening.

He was lying on a pile of messy clothes with his eyes closed, suddenly his ears twitched slightly, and he opened his eyes sharply to look at the closed door, only to see Xiaocui pushing open the door with a basin of clothes, and was startled when he saw Yan Ting lying in the pile of clothes, and exclaimed: "Why are you here?" ”

Yan Ting saw that it was Xiaocui, closed his eyes again in slight disappointment, and waved his hand angrily: "What are you yelling about?" It's not like I didn't pay for the room. ”

"But why don't you stay in the comfort of your room, but lie in this dirty, smelly laundry room?"

"It's so much more comfortable to lie on this pile of clothes than to lie on a hard bed." Yan Ting stretched his waist and turned his back to Xiao Cui: "What should you do, why should you go, don't come here to bother me." ”

"Hey! I've never seen a man like you who spends money to find guilt. Xiao Cui threw the clothes in the basin on Yan Ting, Yan Ting didn't mind waving his hand behind him, Xiao Cui shouted angrily: "Okay, you just lie down, let this pile of stinky clothes smoke you to death." Turning around and about to leave, he suddenly thought of something after taking two steps, turned around and said with a wicked smile: "Oh~ I know, are you waiting for Sister Ugly?" ”

Yan Ting glared at her, Xiao Cui was not afraid, and leaned into Yan Ting's side and mysteriously stretched out two fingers: "Guess how much silver that master gave me?" Two thousand taels of silver tickets, the first time I saw so much money. ”

Yan Ting smiled: "Then why don't you redeem yourself quickly, what are you still doing here?" ”

Xiaocui Zhengse said: "Of course I won't stay here, when Sister Ugly comes back, I will take her with me." ”

Yan Ting said with a smile: "Even if you still have some conscience, it's just that the ugly girl may not necessarily go with you......" He stopped halfway through his words, because he saw Dugu Xiaoying standing at the door at some point, looking at the two of them quietly.

When Xiaocui saw Xiaoying coming back, she jumped up happily, took Xiaoying's hand and said, "Sister Ugly, you are here, I have good news to tell you." ”

Xiao Ying stretched out her hand and put it on Xiao Cui's lips, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, can Sister Xiao Cui avoid it, I have something to say to him." ”

Xiao Cui pursed her lips, nodded obediently, and didn't forget to spit out her little tongue at Yan Ting before leaving, Yan Ting pretended to make a grimace at her, after Xiao Cui left, Xiao Ying closed the door and sat next to Yan Ting, put away the dirty clothes that Xiao Cui had just thrown on Yan Ting, and said with a smile: "Did you hear this time?" ”

Yan Ting shook his head helplessly: "No, you are the second person I have ever seen who can hide his breath so skillfully." ”

Xiaoying thought of what Cheng Jiu Jiu had said to her, and asked curiously, "Cheng Jiu Jiu also said something similar to me, I really want to know who that person is." ”

"Mu Jinghong."

Xiaoying covered her mouth and exclaimed: "I know him, I heard that his light skills are unique in the world, and he can fly across the river with his foot strength." ”

Yan Ting said with a smile: "He is unique in the world not only for light skills, but also for disguise, but he will never pretend to be a subordinate." ”

Xiaoying subconsciously touched her face, and was about to speak, when Yan Ting's ears heard footsteps outside the house, "Someone is coming." Dugu Xiaoying stopped laughing, lowered her head and continued to scrub her clothes, Yan Ting lowered her head and whispered, "It should be Xiaocui." ”

The door was slammed open, and Xiao Cui entered the house and shouted to Yan Ting, "Uncle, your rich old man called you over." ”

Yan Ting responded, stood up and waved his hand to Dugu Xiaoying and walked out, after Yan Ting left, Xiaocui ran to Dugu Xiaoying's side with an arrow step, and said excitedly: "What did he say to you?" ”

Dugu Xiaoying looked at Xiao Cui's suspicious eyes, and her heart was playful, and she whispered in Xiao Cui's ear: "He promised to take me away tomorrow and let me be his sixteenth concubine." ”

Xiaocui jumped up in shock, pointed to Dugu Xiaoying's mouth that could almost be stuffed into a peach, and stammered: "He...... Did he really say that? ”

Dugu Xiaoying couldn't help laughing, picked up the washed clothes and went to the yard to dry the clothes, Xiaocui looked at Dugu Xiaoying's figure and shook her head: "It's really strange, do all rich uncles like this now?" ”

Yan Ting returned to the room, and saw Dongfang Shenwei sitting on a chair frowning and thinking, Yan Ting asked, "Is there any news from the Iron Prince?" ”

Dongfang Shenwei glanced at Yan Ting and nodded lightly: "It's rare that you are still in the mood to find a woman, the Iron Lord did send someone to bring a message." ”

"What did he say?"

"Good news, bad news,"

"When did you become such a mother-in-law? Let's start with the good ones. Yan Ting didn't want to hear any bad news.

"The good news is that today someone in Luoyang saw Oolong Changqing with a big box and got on a boat."

"Where did that ship go? The bad news? ”

"I'm not done yet." Dongfang Shenwei interrupted Yan Ting's question and continued: "Their ship on the border of Luoyang is bound for Qizhou, and Dog Mountain is in Qizhou. ”

Dog Mountain ...... Yan Ting really didn't want to hear this name again, and he really didn't want to go back to this place, he couldn't help but shout angrily: "What kind of good news is this? ”

"You should be familiar with it, you've been there for many years."

"It's because I'm familiar with the place that it's bad news." Yan Ting smiled bitterly and scolded: "I should have thought of it a long time ago, that damn old Wang Ba...... And what about the bad news? ”

"The bad news is that I'm leaving early tomorrow morning."

"Where are you going? Back to the capital? ”

"No, go to Jinling."

"Why do you suddenly want to go to Jinling?"

Dongfang Shenwei's expression became a little lonely: "Dugu Sword Saint has a sudden illness today, and he went west, and I will leave tomorrow to mourn." ”

"Today?"

"Yes, the incident happened suddenly, and the Iron Lord only learned about it, so he made an appointment to go with me."

This is indeed bad news, without the help of Dongfang Shenwei, he must be extremely dangerous alone, Dongfang Shenwei saw Yan Ting's face full of sadness, and said: "I don't know what Hai Yichuan means to you, but I want to remind you that your life does not belong to you until you complete that purpose." ”

Yan Ting smiled bitterly: "I know what I should do, and I won't risk my life without absolute certainty." ”

Dongfang Shenwei didn't say anything more, he vaguely felt that something was wrong in his heart, it was too much of a coincidence that the news of Dugu Sword Saint's death and Hai Yichuan's whereabouts would come at the same time, it seemed that he was intentionally luring him to Yan Ting's side, and he believed that Yan Ting also knew this.

The two were silent for a long time, Yan Ting suddenly laughed, and asked, "I want to drink now, do you want to accompany me to get drunk and rest?" ”

Dongfang Shenwei shook his head, and Yan Ting smiled: "It's too boring to drink alone, if you don't drink with me, then I'll find someone else to accompany me." ”

Yan Ting came to the laundry room with two jars of wine, but there was no figure he wanted to see in the room, Yan Ting looked at the empty surroundings and sighed, sat on the ground at will, opened a jar and poured a sip, the familiar spicy sensation stimulated him all over.

He thought he was used to being alone, but now he needed a stranger to talk to him and listen to him.

After pouring another big mouthful, Yan Ting's mouth was chirping, and he suddenly said softly: "What are you still hiding there?" Ready to wait until I'm drunk to steal my money? ”

There was a quirky head spread out outside the door, it was Xiao Cui, I saw Xiao Cui grinning, tiptoe in and said with a smile: "Your ears are really good, is it that people's eyes become very smart when they are blind?" ”

Yan Ting was puzzled: "Why are my eyes blind?" ”

Xiao Cui smiled: "If your eyes are not blind, how can you accept Sister Ugly's sixteenth concubine?" ”

Yan Ting was confused when he heard this, and lowered his head to look at the wine in the jar: "Am I already drunk?" Why can't you understand what you're saying? ”

Xiao Cui crossed Xiao Man's waist and asked angrily, "Are you planning to take her away tomorrow?" ”

Yan Ting blinked, pretending to be frightened: "Do you know everything?" ”

"I know everything!" Xiao Cui held her head high and looked at Yan Ting condescendingly: "What are you going to do when you take away Sister Ugly?" Say it! ”

Yan Ting scratched his head and said suspiciously: "Didn't you say it just now?" Take her back to be a concubine. ”

Xiaocui pointed at Yan Ting and scolded angrily: "Are you so bluffing when I am?" You're not crazy or stupid, how can you fall in love with Sister Ugly? You must have some other purpose, get it quickly! ”

"You stinky girl is not very old, but your mouth is enough to mouth, where is it not better than you except for your face? It's you......" Yan Ting looked around at Xiaocui with a smile, and said with a smile: "If you want to have no breasts or no buttocks, I'm afraid no man will want it in this life." ”

"You! Stinky rascals! Xiao Cui's face turned red, and she kicked Yan Ting, Yan Ting reached out and grabbed Xiao Cui's little feet, Xiao Cui couldn't break free and scolded: "You let go of me!" ”

Yan Ting smiled: "You can let go, but you have to tell me where the ugly girl is?" ”

"If you let me go, I'll say."

"I'll let you go when you say it."

"Oh, okay, okay, let me tell you, Sister Ugly is doing embroidery at Zhang's mother's place, and she won't come back to the laundry room."

Yan Ting didn't hesitate, he walked out with the wine, Xiaocui followed him unhurriedly, the two came to the door of Xiaoying's room, Yan Ting stepped forward and patted the door, Xiaocui said on the side: "Don't shoot, she can't come back at this time." ”

There was really no one in the room to respond, Yan Ting took the wine and sat on the steps at the door, and shouted to Xiaocui: "I'll wait here, you can go." ”

"You're not going in?"

"She's not there, how can I get in?"

Xiao Cui muttered a few words and left, Yan Ting was impatient and sat here waiting, and this wait was two hours, and the two pots of wine were carried in Yan Ting's arms and did not move again.

The sky was completely dark, the earth seemed to be covered with moonlight and bright silver frost, everything looked so hazy, I don't know how long later, a figure appeared at the end of the darkness that the moonlight could not illuminate in the distance, and it was slowly walking towards Yan Ting.

Seeing Yan Ting sitting here, Dugu Xiaoying was not very surprised, she rolled up her sleeves and gently brushed the sweat on her forehead, showing a warm smile to Yan Ting.

Her smile was so contagious, in Yan Ting's opinion, there seemed to be nothing in this world that could calm his heart more than her laughter, and his heart was already drunk before the wine was drunk.

Yan Ting put his index finger on his lips and made a silent motion, and then pointed to a big grinding plate in the courtyard, Dugu Xiaoying stopped and tilted her head to listen, and vaguely heard a slight snoring sound behind the grinding plate, and her willow eyebrows frowned lightly and gave Yan Ting an inquiring look.

Yan Ting opened his mouth and said with his mouth: "Stinky girl." ”

Dugu Xiaoying walked over, and sure enough, Xiaocui was shrunk behind the grinding plate and fell asleep, with slender saliva still flowing from the corners of her mouth, Yan stood up and walked down in Dugu Xiaoying's ear and whispered: "This girl wanted to eavesdrop on us, but she fell asleep first." ”

Dugu Xiaoying couldn't help snickering, reached out and poked Xiaocui's round face, Xiaocui turned her head, Dugu Xiaoying gently picked her up and said to Yan Ting: "You wait for me." After that, he walked into the room, walked out after a while, and gently closed the door, saying, "So you came to me to drink with you?" ”

Yan Ting said: "It's not just to ask you for a drink, but also to say goodbye to you." ”

"You're leaving?"

"Leave when you're done."

Dugu Xiaoying nodded and said, "This is not a place to drink, you come with me." ”

The two walked out of the courtyard, Dugu Xiaoying took Yan Ting to the outer wall of Baihua Building, Dugu Xiaoying turned his head and smiled at Yan Ting: "I think you don't need a ladder." ”

"Of course not." Yan Ting smiled, turned over and climbed over the high wall, and flew to the top of Baihualou with the help of his feet, and when he turned around, he saw that Dugu Xiaoying was already sitting beside him, Yan Ting couldn't help but praise: "The girl's light skills are no longer under Mu Jinghong." ”

Dugu Xiaoying's face became a little far-fetched when she heard this, she looked at the lights of thousands of people in the distance, and her tone was mixed with some depression: "This is not a good thing for me, if I can, I would rather give up my martial arts to be an ordinary daughter." ”

Yan Ting sat down next to Dugu Xiaoying, he could see that the woman in front of him had a deep scar in her heart, he resisted his curiosity and didn't open his mouth to ask, isn't he the same? He could only pick up the wine, hoping that the spirits would obscure the memories that were surging in his mind, and the figures in the memories broke his heart.

Dugu Xiaoying watched Yan Ting drink it in a big gulp, and frowned slightly: "You shouldn't drink this kind of wine like this, you will get drunk easily." ”

Yan Ting put down the wine jug, took a few deep breaths, and squeezed out a reluctant smile: "Sometimes I like to get drunk very much, and when I'm drunk, I don't think about what kind of person I am, do you want to try it too?" ”

Yan Ting handed the wine to Dugu Xiaoying, Dugu Xiaoying hesitated for a moment and took the wine jug, raised her head and took a sip like Yan Ting, and was immediately choked and couldn't stop coughing.

Yan Ting hurriedly patted her behind and asked with some curiosity, "Could it be the first time you have been drinking?" ”

Dugu Xiaoying's face was spicy and red, and she said embarrassedly: "It's really the first time." ”

Yan Ting looked at Dugu Xiaoying's smile a little stupid, and couldn't help blurting out: "Has anyone ever said that your smile is beautiful?" ”

Dugu Xiaoying froze, the flush on her face was even worse, she stretched out her hand and touched the rotten sores on her face, secretly relieved, pretending to be annoyed and shouting: "How can you say that!" ”

Yan Ting came back to his senses and knew that he was rude, but he didn't know how to make up for it, he was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, his mouth was like a rotten peach, and he couldn't speak with his mouth open, Dugu Xiaoying couldn't help but turn his head and snicker when he looked at Yan Ting's stupid appearance, and turned around and said with a straight face: "You are the first person to say this, they all think I am ugly." ”

Yan Ting said: "If they only care about your skin, they will naturally not see your true beauty." ”

Dugu Xiaoying's intuition was like sitting on pins and needles, and she coughed lightly twice and hurriedly changed the topic: "You left in such a hurry, is there news of Chengjiu Wine?" ”

Yan Ting replied: "No, it's just that there is something more urgent to do right now, someone has set a trap for me, but I have to get in." ”

Dugu Xiaoying asked: "I know it's a trap, why do you still want to go?" ”

Yan Ting said: "I have no choice. ”

Dugu Xiaoying asked, "How can people have no choice?" Can you let go of everything you don't want to face and stay away from the grievances and disputes in the world, or are you still nostalgic for the world? ”

Yan Ting looked at the lights in the distance, his heart was throbbing violently, he didn't want to live an ordinary life where the sun set and rested, but he knew that that kind of life was just an unattainable dream for him now.

"I am not qualified now, and if I don't do some things, I will not only fail many people, but I will also live in endless regret for the rest of my life." Yan Ting took a sip of wine, and then said: "And there are many people who don't allow me to live an ordinary life, that is someone I can't even imagine." ”

Dugu Xiaoying looked at Yan Ting with complicated eyes, the man in front of her was carrying a heavy responsibility, and she had a very uncomfortable premonition in her heart, it was very likely that this would be the last time she would see him.

"I want to hear your story." Dugu Xiaoying asked softly, and when she saw Yan Ting looking at herself, she hurriedly said, "It's okay if you don't say it, I know you must have secrets that you can't say." ”

Yan Ting smiled: "I can't say anything to you, but you have to tell me your name first." ”

Dugu Xiaoying smiled lightly and said, "It's okay to tell you, my surname is Dugu." ”

Yan Ting's heart suddenly set off a monstrous wave, and his eyes widened and exclaimed: "Is it the Dugu family in Jinling?" ”

"Not bad."

"Dugu Sword Saint has many children, who are you?"

"Sixteenth."

"Dugu Xiaoying?"

"It's me, you've heard of it?"

"It's hard not to hear your name." Yan Ting looked around at Dugu Xiaoying, and said excitedly: "There is a ranking of young heroes in the rivers and lakes, and your name is among them. ”

Dugu Xiaoying exclaimed: "I've never heard of this kind of ranking, which boring people do it?" ”

Yan Ting said with a smile: "It is recognized by many martial arts heroes, I haven't heard of anyone who has raised objections to this ranking." After speaking, he suddenly thought of the death of Dugu Sword Saint today, and looked at Dugu Xiaoying in front of him as if he didn't know it, and he hesitated a little and felt that it was better not to tell her.

"I've already said my name, now it's time for you to say it."

"You must not have heard of my name, my name is Yan Ting."

Yan Ting...... Dugu Xiaoying tilted her head and thought about it carefully, Yan Ting couldn't help but be a little happy when she saw Dugu Xiaoying's thoughtful expression, and said with a smile: "You don't have to think about it, you can't have heard my ......." ”

"I seem to have heard your name come to me."

Yan Ting was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where did you hear my name?" ”

Dugu Xiaoying's brows tightened, she closed her eyes and rubbed her head lightly, as if she had fallen into a deep memory, Yan Ting asked softly on the side, "Is it in the recent past?" ”

"It's not the last ......" Dugu Xiaoying really couldn't remember, but her tone was very affirmative: "I must have heard your name in the early years, but I can't remember who mentioned it." ”

"In the early years? That's even more undeserved, I've never dealt with anyone from the Dugu family. Yan Ting said with certainty.

Dugu Xiaoying's eyes lit up, stared at Yan Ting and asked, "Can you tell me about your family?" ”

Family? Yan Ting felt a pain in his heart, this dust was the last thing he wanted to recall in his heart, looking at Dugu Xiaoying's eager gaze, he couldn't refuse for a while, and coped: "My family is long gone. ”

"Can you elaborate on that?"

"Why do you want to know that?"

Dugu Xiaoying grabbed Yan Ting's hand and said word by word: "I just want to know, can you tell me in detail?" ”

The woman's close breath and the soft touch on her hands made Yan Ting a little hot, and her body unconsciously leaned back, Dugu Xiaoying also leaned forward closely, and her entire body was almost pressed against Yan Ting, like a girl in estrus who was tempting her crush.

Yan Ting swallowed his saliva, nodded slightly, turned his head and gently pushed his arm to imply that the two were a little close, Dugu Xiaoying ignored it and still clinged to Yan Ting's side, and exhaled a mouthful of aroma: "That's it." ”

Yan Ting's eyes became a little confused, and after a moment of recollection, he said: "I also have a younger sister, and my parents used to be very good to us. ”

"Ever?"

"Yes, it wasn't until I was eight years old that their attitude suddenly changed, and my father threw me into a room with a hornet's nest, and refused to open the door until I was stung half to death and then threw me into a large medicine barrel for a few days, and so on for half a year, and not only that, but every day after that he would press my head into the water and let me go when I was completely suffocated and unconscious."

"It's a way to build endurance, are they going to train you to be a snitch?"

"At that time, I didn't understand why they did this, I just thought that I was being naughty and was punished by them, and as I grew up they became more and more harsh on me, and made me go to the casino to steal the belongings of a noble guest, or rob the old and infirm, until one day the man gave me a firewood knife and told me to slaughter a big black dog, which was the first time I erased the life of a living being, and when I went to see him covered in blood, I was scolded by him."

"You didn't kill the dog?"

"No, because I've been using it for too long." Yan Ting couldn't help but smile bitterly, and continued: "It was a very difficult time, he began to teach me how to use weapons, told me the lethal points of the human body, and after I was able to easily kill some fierce beasts, he gave me a very special gift. ”

"What gift?"

"A woman in a coma." Yan Ting's face showed pain, and his hand unconsciously clenched Dugu Xiaoying was in pain, Dugu Xiaoying let go of his hand and hugged Yan Ting, and whispered in his ear: "Who is that woman?" ”

"My sister."

"What did you do to her?"

"He threw me a knife, and I killed my sister with my own hands, or my sister and I would have died."

"How did you do that?"

"I picked up the knife that the man threw at me and stabbed him in the chest."

"Where's your sister?"

"She woke up just in time when I killed the man and saw me stab the man to death." Yan Ting held his head with one hand and didn't want to say more, Dugu Xiaoying's charming voice sounded: "She saw it, what did you do again?" ”

I didn't dare to meet her eyes, turned my head and ran out.

"You leave her alone."

"Yes...... And when I walked out of the house to try to escape, I saw my mother hanging from a tree in the yard, and I ran like crazy until I was exhausted and unconscious......"

"Enough, enough, don't think about it anymore." Dugu Xiaoying patted the back of Yan Ting's head with his palm, Yan Ting's eyes instantly returned to brightness, and when he lowered his head and saw Dugu Xiaoying holding him in his arms, Yan Ting's body hurriedly pushed her away, and exclaimed: "This is ...... Enchantment? What did I say? ”

"Sorry, I just wanted to confirm one thing." Dugu Xiaoying rubbed the place that Yan Ting pushed to, and said, "I can also be sure that your sister is in Dugu Mansion, and she mentioned your name to me." ”