At night, the moon rises, and it is as bright as day.

Tongping Town is a small town, there is only one inn, called Tongping Inn, and there is only one medical hall, called Ruogui Medical Hall, and the surname of Lang Lang in the medical hall is Chen, called Chen Ruogui.

Tongping Town is located in the northwest of the big city of Jianghu and Zhou, in recent years, there are often martial arts people to rest before it can be developed into a small town, and most of the residents in the town have moved here.

When Miss Du woke up, she was lying in the guest room of the Tongping Inn, only to feel hazy and cold in front of her, and it took a long time to think about everything she had experienced today.

A woman helped her wipe away her tears, gently helped her sit up, comforted her softly, and brought her a bowl of medicine to feed her. The medicine was very bitter, but Miss Du didn't seem to feel it, so she drank it numbly, and drank it all after a while.

The woman smiled and helped her lie down, and finally rubbed her shoulder and said softly, "That's good." ”

Qin Guiyu arched his hand: "Thank you Dr. Chen and Mrs. Chen." ”

A bowl of hot decoction made Miss Du feel warm in her abdomen, and her whole body was not so cold, so she looked back at the room slightly.

I saw that the woman's face was fair, her eyebrows were lightly swept, her eyes were like lacquer ink, her nose was like a hanging gall, her mouth was rouge, her body was graceful, and she was extremely beautiful. The words and demeanor are also down-to-earth and generous, not like an ordinary village woman.

Doctor Chen hurriedly said: "Engong doesn't need to thank him, it's just a gesture." ”

Mrs. Chen also said: "The slave family and the beloved person entrusted by the Engong will never shirk. ”

Qin Guiyu didn't say anything more and sent the two away.

Du Xi'er turned over and wanted to get up, but Qin Guiyu held her shoulders and asked her to lie back: "You are weak, lie down." ”

Du Xi'er held back tears and said: "Du Xi'er is grateful for the grace of Engong for saving his life, but he has no power to restrain the chicken, and he can't repay ......"

Qin Guiyu didn't say anything, and suddenly asked after being silent for a while: "Do you want revenge?"

The voice was calm and cold.

Du Xi'er was shocked, she had never been exposed to martial arts, and she never thought that she still had a way to take revenge. Qin Guiyu's words were like waking up a dreamer, making her whole body tremble.

She wants them to die, no matter what it takes! She has nothing left of her anyway. She looked at the man sitting on the edge of the bed, and although his tone was cold, there was some pity in his eyes.

She nodded, with murderous intent, with anger, with hatred. She could only nod her head, what else could she do but nod?

"Your surname is Du, too?"

"Yes. Du Xi'er nodded, not knowing who else he was referring to.

"Today I will take you as a disciple, and if you will, you will be my disciple from this day forward. ”

Du Xi'er struggled to get up and knelt on the bed and said, "Xi'er is naturally willing, and in this life, she is willing to follow the master and serve the left and right." ”

Qin Guiyu didn't stop her from kneeling, and helped her up at this moment and said: "The apprenticeship is very simple, when you return to the valley, you can worship your ancestor with me, now you have a good rest, you have to hurry tomorrow morning, and the shopkeeper will bring the food in a while." ”

Du Xi'er nodded in agreement and lay back on the bed.

The innkeeper's surname is Sun, forty or fifty years old, a family of four, a daughter and a young son under his knees, with the simplicity of all ordinary people, and when he brought the meal, he also gave two moon cakes.

Putting the food on the table, he slapped his forehead and smiled: "Look at me, I'm confused." Then he called his daughter over and asked him to take good care of the girl lying on the bed.

Qin Guiyu stood by the window without saying a word, holding something in his hand, and through the white moonlight, he could clearly see that it was the ghost hand worn from the hands of the thirteen sons of the ghost gate, and the ghost hand was black, and it was the appearance of a skinny hand with five fingers curled.

"There are a total of thirteen people in the thirteen sons of the ghost gate, why is there one less person on the other side?"

Qin Guiyu thought to herself, and glanced back at Du Xi'er, who was eating, "Let's ask when she recovers in a few days." ”

On the second day, Qin Guiyu found a carriage to travel, and set off after breakfast at three o'clock in the morning, only because Du Xi'er woke up until near noon.

A day later, they arrived at Lizhou City, and on August 17, the carriage entered the city at sunrise.

It is far from being comparable to Tongping Town, and before entering the city, I heard the noise in the city.

The carriage was moving smoothly on the bluestone paved street, Du Xi'er leaned against the wall of the car in a daze, and the shouting on the street was endless, but it couldn't make her interested.

Qin Guiyu raised his hand and lifted the curtain of the car, revealing a slit, and said to the coachman: "Go to the Ethereal Building." Lowering the curtain, Qin Guiyu also leaned into the car without saying a word, only to feel the carriage turn around and turn into another more prosperous street.

Ethereal Building, known as the first floor in the world, is located in Lizhou City, covering an area of about 15 acres, more than half of which is built on the lake.

The legend in the rivers and lakes that "if you enter the ethereal building, the enemy of the world will be the enemy" says that no one in the rivers and lakes is allowed to do anything in the ethereal building, even if it is a martial arts competition. This rule was set by the Ethereal Tower, and it has not been broken so far.

Tang died for decades, in the troubled times, the rivers and lakes have sprung up one after another, although the ethereal building appeared late, but it is in the same city with the alliance leader's mansion, and the power has gradually risen in the past ten years, and now it is also like a major sect.

There is a sub-couplet outside the ethereal building: Laughing at the rivers and lakes step by step, sitting and watching the world reeds.

Du Xi'er got out of the carriage and stayed in place, she came to Lizhou for the first time, saw the ethereal building for the first time, and was deeply impressed by the magnificent momentum of the ethereal building.

There is a three-storey tower in the center of the ethereal building, and you can see the style of Lizhou City when you climb to the top. The other houses are two stories high, half built on the water, supported by one-foot-thick logs that are driven deep into the bottom of the lake.

It is the meal, the ethereal building is very lively, many guests are noisy, and most of the people who come here are high-rollers, informal.

Qin Guiyu kept going straight into the inner courtyard and came to a window seat on the second floor.

There was already a woman seated in this position, the woman was wearing heavy makeup and dressing differently from the Han Chinese. Qin Guiyu didn't care, sat down directly opposite the woman, and motioned for Du Xi'er to sit down as well.

The woman's beautiful eyes were angry, and she said fiercely: "You made this girl wait for eight hours!"

"Eight hours, couldn't it be that you were waiting yesterday afternoon?" Du Xi'er muttered in her heart, feeling that she must have delayed the trip because of herself, otherwise she would definitely be able to arrive early with her master's martial arts.

"Something was delayed on the way. Qin Guiyu's face was expressionless, "It's a life-saving thing, and it's okay to wait a lot." ”

The woman snorted coldly and muttered, "You also know that it is life-saving, how can I not be in a hurry." ”

His eyes fell on the long object wrapped in white cloth on the table by Qin Guiyu, and his eyes lit up. At this time, the running hall sent two pairs of chopsticks, and Du Xi'er hurriedly got up and took the initiative to place them for Qin Guiyu.

Qin Guiyu nodded slightly, looked at the woman opposite, and pushed the things in hand to her: "Take it, say that it will be returned in three years, don't leak the news." ”

The woman was overjoyed and said, "I naturally know this. "I hugged it, and I didn't open it, but I pinched it carefully from top to bottom, and the more I pinched, the happier I became.

Suddenly came back to her senses, the woman looked Du Xi'er up and down and stared at Qin Guiyu with slanted eyes, and there was a hint of playfulness in her eyes: "Where did you pick up the white and tender little girl, and you are going to take it back to be Mrs. Zhai?"

Qin Guiyu said: "The newly accepted disciple, I have nothing to do in the future and am ready to go back to the valley directly." He turned to Du Xi'er again, "This senior is from the Miao ethnic group, and his name is Ayao." ”

"I've seen A-Yao's seniors. Du Xi'er bent down and said respectfully.

"What is the name of the senior, call the sister, don't learn from your master, with a rigid face. ”

Du Xi'er pursed her lips and didn't squeak.

Ah Yao looked at Qin Guiyu suspiciously, "Such a delicate little girl, are you sure?"

Qin Guiyu hadn't opened his mouth yet, as if he was eager to prove himself, Du Xi'er said, "I can!" The hands under the table were tightly clasped together.

Ah Yao looked at her twice in a daze, and then changed the topic: "I thought it would definitely take some time for you to find an apprentice, and I thought that you would personally help me settle it, so I don't have to take this thing that is easy to cause trouble." ”

Qin Guiyu said: "Martial arts can't just look at talent, nature is also equally important, Xi'er is eligible." ”

A-Yao glanced at Du Xi'er again.

After breakfast, there was a run to the hall to lead the two to the guest room, and A-Yao did not stay and left directly.

Since entering this ethereal building, Qin Guiyu has never said a word to the guys in the building, but the guys have arranged the needs of the two of them properly, Du Xi'er feels that it is very magical, and in his heart he only thinks it is the arrangement of Ayao's predecessors, but this doubt is quickly answered.

Outside the door of the guest room, Qin Guiyu said to the guy: "Thank you for me, Boss Le." ”

The guy laughed: "Our shopkeeper said, 'Old friends can't come to greet them from afar, so it's no wonder'." ”

Qin Guiyu nodded and said, "You tell him that he will meet him again if he has the opportunity to meet him one day." ”

The guy smiled and agreed.

After staying in the Ethereal Tower for a day, Qin Guiyu saw that Du Xi'er's injury was almost healed, so he called a carriage again in the afternoon and headed northwest.

It was still a one-day journey to Tongping Town, and Du Xi'er was indeed a little unable to hold on, so he rested at Tongping Inn for another day, and then set off to the accident site in the afternoon.

Du Xi'er had asked before, Qin Guiyu had an agreement with A-Yao, so she went to the appointment first, and only told Du Xi'er that her family and the maid had been buried, so that she could temporarily feel at ease.

By the time we reached the forest, the sun had set in the west.

Days had passed, but it was still clear at a glance that there were signs of a new turnover, and all around had been carefully cleaned, and the traces of the battle a few days ago were gone, and only the mounds spoke of everything.

Qin Guiyu told her that this was the burial place of Du Zhongnian and Mrs. Du in front of her, and Du Xi'er knelt down slowly, tears flowing silently.

Today, August 20, the sun has not sunk in the west.

Qin Guiyu stood quietly behind Du Xi'er, his gaze paused on the delicate back for a moment and then turned away, he wondered if it was right that he deliberately didn't kill the thirteen sons of the ghost sect and filled her heart with hatred.

Through the gaps in the forest, you can see the wide sky, and the sunlight seems to be dazzling at the moment.

This kind of problem, Du Xi'er himself can't say clearly after many years.