Luoyang City, the laundry room of Baihualou.

At this time, it was also evening, Yan Ting was lying on a pile of messy clothes with his eyes closed, and suddenly his ears trembled slightly, and he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the closed door.

Xiaocui pushed open the door with a basin of clothes, and was startled when she saw Yan Ting lying in the pile of clothes, and exclaimed, "Why are you still here?" ”

Yan Ting saw that it was Xiaocui, closed his eyes again in slight disappointment, and said 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, turned his back to Xiao Cui, and said, "What should you do, 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?" ”

"You stinky girl still has the face to say!" Yan Ting got up and turned his head and scolded angrily: "You said you gave people such a ......"

Halfway through the words, Yan Ting saw that Dugu Xiaoying was standing behind Xiaocui at some point, looking at the two of them quietly.

Xiaocui saw Yan looking straight at the back of her head, her neck shrank and she subconsciously turned her head, Dugu Xiaoying smiled at her, she was speechless in shock.

"I'll wash these clothes, Sister Xiaocui doesn't have to worry about it." Dugu Xiaoying said softly.

Xiaocui knew that she was at a loss, lowered her head and quickly slipped out with a wooden basin, and before leaving, she didn't forget to turn around and spit out her tongue at Yan Ting, Dugu Xiaoying watched Xiaocui go away, closed the door and sat next to Yan Ting, put away the dirty clothes that Xiaocui had just thrown on Yan Ting's body, and said with a smile: "Did you hear me this time?" ”

Yan Ting shook his head helplessly and smiled: "No." ”

Dugu Xiaoying picked up a piece of inferior clothes, put it in a large basin of water and rubbed it skillfully, beads of sweat the size of beans were handed down her little face into the bucket, she stretched out her arm and wiped the stains on her face without hesitation, Yan Ting looked at Dugu Xiaoying's dexterous hands, and couldn't help asking: "You have been doing this kind of work every day in the past few years?" ”

"I'm naturally ugly and can't be seen by guests, so I can only do this kind of chores and eat."

The door of the laundry room was closed, stuffy, the heat from the hot water fumigation mixed with the stench of dirty clothes permeated the whole room, Yan Ting smelled a little uncomfortable, he was very curious about what the girl in front of him had experienced, and he would rather endure this dirty environment than remain incognito.

Yan Ting sighed: "If I hadn't seen you do this with my own eyes, I would definitely think that you were a friend of mine." ”

Dugu Xiaoying said: "Maybe I'm him, pretending to be like this to bluff you." ”

Her hands washed quickly, and in a short time she washed a few pieces of clothing and hung them aside.

Yan Ting said: "If a person like him pretends to be a woman, he will definitely pretend to be a glamorous rich lady, and he will never set foot in this kind of place." ”

Dugu Xiaoying said: "Then he must be a man with a habit of cleanliness." ”

Yan Ting said: "He not only has a habit of cleanliness, but also pays more attention to women than women, he doesn't wear silk clothes woven by Jiangnan, and he can't drink if his daughter is not red for thirty years, in fact, he is indeed very beautiful." ”

Dugu Xiaoying smiled: "The word beauty doesn't seem to be used to describe men. ”

Yan Ting also smiled: "If you see him, you will know that he is indeed more beautiful than a woman, I often think that if he is really a woman, he will definitely be accepted by the emperor to be a concubine in the palace." ”

Dugu Xiaoying's laughter trembled, Yan Ting was also infected by laughter, and his mood was a lot more relaxed, the two had just known her for a short time, but they seemed to have known each other for a long time, and the two were chatting Yan Ting suddenly heard footsteps outside the house.

"Someone's coming." Dugu Xiaoying stopped laughing, lowered her head and continued to scrub her clothes, Yan Ting lowered her head and whispered, "It should be the stinky girl who gave you a nickname." ”

Dugu Xiaoying almost laughed out loud again, the door was slammed open, and Xiaocui entered the room and shouted to Yan Ting: "Rich uncle, your friend 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, stretched out his hand to Dugu Xiaoying is messy touch, Dugu Xiaoying did not push her away or asked in surprise: "What are you looking for?" ”

Xiao Cui touched it and said, "Did he give you gold?" How much was given? Where are you hiding? ”

"He didn't give me gold." Dugu Xiaoying looked at Xiao Cui's suspicious gaze, and her heart was playful, and she whispered in Xiao Cui's ear: "However, he promised to take me away tomorrow and let me be his thirteenth concubine." ”……

"He didn't give me gold." Dugu Xiaoying looked at Xiao Cui's suspicious gaze, and her heart was playful, and she whispered in Xiao Cui's ear: "However, he promised to take me away tomorrow and let me be his thirteenth concubine." ”

Xiaocui jumped up in shock, pointed to Dugu Xiaoying's mouth that was open and could almost stuff a peach, and stammered and shouted, "It's just you?" ”

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 couldn't help shaking her head:

"Missing arms and ugly monsters, these two are a good match."

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 said, "It's rare that you are still in the mood to find a woman, the Iron Lord did send someone over to carry 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 shouted, he 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? ”

"The good news is not said yet." Dongfang Shenwei interrupted Yan Ting's question and continued: "Their boat on the border of Luoyang, that is the boat going to Dog Mountain. ”

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 exclaim: "What kind of good news is this?" ”

Dongfang Shenwei said: "You should be familiar with it, because it is the place where you have been 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 eyes became a little lonely, and said: "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, it must be extremely dangerous to go to Dog Mountain 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 said: "I know what I should do, and I will not 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 was also aware of 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?" ”

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 listen to him.

After pouring another mouthful, Yan Tingba chirped his mouth, and said softly: "What are you still hiding there?" Ready to wait until I'm drunk to steal my gold? ”

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, are people's eyes blind and ears will become very smart?" ”

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

Xiaocui said: "If your eyes are not blind, how can you accept that ugly monster as the thirteenth 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, pretended to be frightened and asked, "Do you know everything?" ”

"I know everything!" Xiao Cui raised her head and looked at Yan Ting condescendingly: "What are you going to do when you take away the ugly monsters?" 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 an ugly monster? You must have some other purpose, get it quickly! ”……

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 an ugly monster? You must have some other purpose, get it quickly! ”

"You stinky girl is not old, but her mouth is enough to hold, 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, I'll tell you, the ugly monster is brushing the bucket in the toilet."

Yan Ting frowned, with a burst of displeasure in his heart, let go of Xiaocui and asked, "You let her do this kind of thing?" ”

Xiao Cui saw that Yan Ting was a little unhappy, and hurriedly explained: "This kind of work was originally done by a special person, and she insisted on doing it herself, if you don't believe it, you can ask her when she comes back." ”

Yan Ting's face softened, and he said to Xiao Cui, "Where is her room?" You take me there. ”

Xiao Cui said angrily: "Why should I take you there?" ”

Yan Ting didn't say much, and directly took out a tael of silver and threw it to Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui hurriedly caught it and said with a smile: "She lives next door to me, uncle, you come with me." ”