Yuetong's small courtyard.

Yuetong was lying on the stone table with her hands on her cheeks in a daze, and she didn't notice the arrival of Dugu Zhishui at all. Dugu Zhishui looked at the girl with a preoccupied look, and was helpless for a while.

After a cursory look at the martial arts arena today, Dugu Zhishui already had a general understanding of the strength of the younger generation of the Yue family. Among the younger generation of the Yue family in the square, most of them are concentrated in the peak of martial artists to the early stage of martial arts, and a small number of people can reach the middle and late stages of martial artists, as for the martial masters, only a few people have just broken through to the realm of martial arts, and those few people all look to be in their twenties and even one looks to be in their thirties. As for that Yue Jianling, his strength should be around the third layer of the Martial Sect, and he does have the capital to be proud of in the Yue family.

As for Yuetong, Dugu Zhishui saw that she should be around the third layer of martial arts, and it was indeed not very good in the Yue family, no wonder although their family was close to the head of the family, their status was not high.

"Come back to your senses!" Dugu Zhishui stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Yuetong's eyes, and said, "How can a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl be like an old woman all day long, hurry up, I have something to tell you." ”

Yuetong was so shocked that she came back to her senses, only to find that Dugu Zhishui was sitting next to her, her face was red at the moment, and she said stiffly: "What are you doing, don't disturb me thinking about life!" and then turned his face away and said nothing.

Dugu Zhishui smiled, and one hand lifted her up from the stone bench. Yuetong suddenly struggled with a scream, noisily grabbing Dugu Zhishui's arm and giving birth to a little wild cat.

At this moment, the door of the small courtyard was pushed open, and a girl in a pale yellow maid dress walked in with a plate of fruit, which turned out to be Laneige, the maid who usually served Yuetong's daily life.

Laneige was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him, and even the fruit bowl accidentally slipped out of his hand, with a small mouth and a look of disbelief.

Dugu Zhishui and Yuetong looked at the door of the small courtyard in unison when they heard the movement, and the two of them suddenly acted as if they had been stung, their movements were uniform, they withdrew their hands, stood upright, and then looked up at the sky......

There was an eerie silence in the courtyard for a moment.

A moment later, another handsome girl in a pale yellow maid costume came, and it turned out to be another maid of Yuetong, Dongmei. She looked at the three people in the courtyard and wondered, "Laneige, what's wrong with you?"

"Huh? no...... It's okay!" Lanzhi woke up suddenly, hurriedly squatted down to clean up the fruit plate, and at the same time said something in his mouth: "Miss, I didn't see anything, I didn't see anything......"

"Didn't you see anything, I think you're so weird today," Dongmei glanced at Lanzhi suspiciously, and sent a small jade bottle about the size of a palm to Yuetong. "Miss, this is what the master asked me to give to you, saying that it will help your cultivation. ”

"What is it?" Yue Tong curiously took the small jade bottle.

"The old man seems to say that this is some kind of marrow washing, he just asked an old friend for it. ”

"Wash the marrow?" Yue Tong's face was full of astonishment, and then, a divine light bloomed in her eyes, and an irrepressible look of excitement appeared on her little face. "Could it be the kind of elixir that can wash the marrow and cut the bones and change the physique!", but then she was full of doubts and hesitated: "That's not right." This marrow washing powder is said to be a very rare elixir, and it is said that even many of the princes of the royal family can't afford to use it, and it seems that only Yue Jianming and Yue Jianxin have used it in our family. When did my father have such an old friend? ”

Dongmei shook her head blankly, obviously she didn't know much about this matter.

Yuetong suddenly collapsed like a deflated ball, "I guess it shouldn't be the kind of thing I imagined, maybe it's just the same name, and the effect of the medicine is far worse." For his father, Yuetong knows very well, his father lives in a simple house all the year round, and he sits in the room all day long, and he really doesn't hear anything outside the window. She hadn't seen any friends from his father since she had grown up, let alone the kind of friend who could wash the marrow.

Dugu Zhishui looked at the small jade bottle in Yuetong's hand and felt a sense of novelty, and said with a smile: "Take it to me and take a look." ”

Hearing this, Yue Tong handed over the small jade bottle.

Dugu Zhishui took the small jade bottle, broke off the bottle cork and sniffed it, and said in surprise: "There are thousand-year-old fire lingzhi, hundred-year-old and tilian in it, as well as the branches and leaves of anchovy flowers and demon bone trees...... There are a lot of rare medicinal herbs in it, which should have a lot of benefits for your body after eating. ”

Yuetong, Dongmei, and Laneige all looked at each other when they heard Dugu Zhishui's analysis of the components of this marrow washing. They had lived with Dugu Zhishui for three years, but they never knew he could have such skills. Dongmei couldn't help but wonder, "Zhishui, you're not joking, are you?" Lanzhi also looked at him in disbelief.

Only Yuetong's small mouth opened slightly, she glanced at Lanzhi and Dongmei, her eyes turned to Dugu Zhishui again, and asked a little bitterly: "Brother Zhishui, are you sure that there is a thousand-year-old fire Lingzhi in this?"

Dugu Zhishui nodded with a smile and said, "I lived in the mountains when I was a child, and I once learned to identify medicinal materials from others, so I shouldn't be wrong. ”

Receiving Dugu's affirmation, the bitterness at the corners of Yuetong's mouth became stronger. In fact, after Dugu Zhishui said the thousand-year-old fire lingzhi, Yuetong had already believed his words, she was no stranger to this thousand-year-old fire lingzhi, didn't she just give her father a plant three years ago......

"What Brother Zhishui said should be right. Yuetong smiled bitterly.

Dongmei and Lanzhi both looked surprised when they heard Yuetong's words, and they couldn't help but start to look at Dugu Zhishui differently. They didn't believe Dugu Zhishui's explanation just now, even if he had learned to identify medicinal materials from others since he was a child, but he could even tell the year after smelling it, which was a bit incredible. The identity of Dugu Zhishui has always been a mystery to Dongmei and Lanzhi, three years ago, Yuetong suddenly brought him back, and then arranged it directly in her own small courtyard, when Lanzhi and Dongmei were extremely surprised by this matter.

Although Dugu Zhishui has always regarded himself as Yuetong's entourage in front of outsiders, Lanzhi and Dongmei know that their young lady is very close to him, and they have never treated him as a subordinate at all, even as if they were their own brothers. This made Laneige and Dongmei, who had followed Yuetong for many years, feel a little hurt in their hearts, but Yuetong treated them well, and they would not be dissatisfied with Dugu Zhishui because of this.

Among the subordinates of the Yue family, people like maids have no requirements for whether they can cultivate, but men must be monks, otherwise they are not qualified to enter the Yue family at all, which is also one of the main reasons why Dugu Zhishui has been snubbed and ridiculed in every way in the past three years. However, although outsiders don't want to see Dugu Zhishui, Lanzhi and Dongmei have never looked down on him, and even thank him because Yuetong has been a lot happier than before in the past three years.

Sensing that the eyes of Dongmei Lanzhi and the others looked at him as if they were becoming a little strange, Dugu Zhishui couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything more. Both women are very shrewd, and Dugu Zhishui knows that the more he explains, the more "interested" they are in themselves. As for Yuetong, she is like a little confused, and she doesn't seem to be surprised by Dugu Zhishui's behavior.

"I want to go out and around. Yuetong said coldly.

"Okay. Dugu Zhishui saw that Yuetong had been worried recently, and it was rare to have a smiling face, so she took this opportunity to let her relax.

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"Sugar gourd...... Sugar gourd...... Sell sugar gourds! a penny a string, not sweet, no money......"

"Freshly baked pastries, everyone comes to taste them, taste them, they are sweet and delicious, and the aftertaste is long......"

"Don't miss it when you pass by, there are 100,000 mountain specialties, all kinds of natural treasures, rare birds and beasts......"

The wide streets are bustling with people and crowded, and there is an endless stream of merchants coming and going. Vendors set up stalls on both sides of the street selling all kinds of goods, and the sound of hawking and bargaining was endless.

In the crowd, a handsome girl of sixteen or seventeen years old drilled around, stopping in front of the stalls from time to time, curiously looking at the various strange objects on the stalls, and asking the boss from time to time. At first, the boss saw that she was dressed extraordinary, and he would patiently introduce her, until he saw that she didn't buy it, and gradually put on a stinky face, thinking that she was purely here to make trouble. What's more, he directly said to drive away, and said angrily: "Originally, I saw that you little girl was very polite, why did you act like this." I have so many guests here, I am already very busy, and you are still wasting my time, are you trying to trick me? If you don't buy it, leave quickly!" The little girl was not angry when she was driven down, but quietly spit out a little fragrant tongue and pouted at the stall owner behind her back, and then went to the next stall......

Dugu Zhishui and Dongmei Lanzhi worked hard behind Yuetong's buttocks, squeezing around in the crowd, and they were really tired. Especially Yuetong only watched and didn't buy, and was constantly driven away, which made the three of them feel dull on their faces, and there was a hot scorching heat.

At this time, Yuetong stopped at a stall again, it was a stall selling 100,000 mountain specialties, and she had already seen this kind of stall along the way.

Dugu Zhishui followed with great difficulty, and saw that Yuetong was patronizing a stall selling the so-called 100,000 mountain specialties, and felt crying and laughing. He could see that all the vendors selling medicinal herbs and beast pets in this market were basically under the banner of 100,000 mountains, but in fact, most of the stalls were selling some extremely common things. What made Dugu Zhishui dumbfounded the most was that he had seen a stall selling vegetables in the name of 100,000 mountain specialties, saying that what was eaten to prolong life, cultivate for a great increase and so on, and the most jaw-dropping thing was that the vegetable stall business was actually quite prosperous......

The second daughter of Dongmei Lanzhi followed Dugu to stop the water, the second daughter was not a monk, and she walked extremely hard in the crowded crowd, and she was already panting and sweating at the moment. Seeing Yuetong stop in front of a stall selling the so-called 100,000 mountain specialties, two pairs of eyes suddenly looked at her resentfully, like a pair of abandoned sisters, which made people feel pity.

"Miss, we're all dying of exhaustion, let's find a place to rest. Dongmei gasped and exclaimed.

"Sister Dongmei, don't worry, I'll go shopping for a while, just for a while, let's find a place to eat later, okay?" Yue Tong responded with a smile.

"Ah...... Miss, do you want to go shopping for a while?" Dongmei and Lanzhi glanced at each other, with an expression of wanting to cry without tears, and the two secretly swore in their hearts that in the future, Miss would only go out shopping and let Dugu Zhishui accompany her, and she would not follow her again.

Yuetong seemed to have endless curiosity, still looking at the items on the stall with great interest, with a faint smile on her handsome little face, it was hard to imagine that she still looked sad two hours ago.