The time has passed.

Even people in the rivers and lakes are rarely awake at this time, but today is a little different, and today is a sleepless night for many people.

Not far from the wall, Dugujing and Du Xi'er quietly touched along the riverbank, but the two did not approach, standing on the bank and looking at the backyard of the ethereal building.

There are no guest rooms in the backyard of the ethereal building, most of the lights have been turned off, and only one water pavilion still shows a dim yellow bright color. The guards staggered past each other, seemingly more frequently than usual, and it was evident that everyone was extremely nervous.

Dugu Jing said: "There are many tourists in the rivers and lakes today, and it is reasonable to strengthen vigilance. ”

Du Xi'er said: "The water pavilion with the lights on is where I and Master are staying today. ”

Dugu Jing couldn't help but look at it twice, and suddenly found that there seemed to be several people in the attic who were busy with something, so he said, "Miss Qin, you might see the situation in the Qingshui Pavilion?"

Du Xi'er squinted her eyes and looked at it for a long time, shook her head and said, "It's too far away, I can't see clearly." ”

Dugujing said: "We can get closer, there is a trestle bridge nearby." However, you need to be more careful, on weekdays, the guards of the Ethereal Building only patrol the inner courtyard and the front yard, and rarely go to the backyard. The backyard is patrolling today, and I'm afraid it's too dangerous. ”

Du Xi'er nodded and opened the road first, and then walked forward for more than ten zhang before stopping, in front of which was the courtyard wall of the ethereal building, and then went forward to the backyard would be blocked by the courtyard wall.

At this moment, Du Xi'er stared at it, and saw that many people in the pavilion were busy cleaning the windowsill and the surrounding trestle bridges, and at the same time, someone was sending something in and out, and the thing was long, handed it in and taken out.

"It's wood. Dugu Jing said, "They are replacing some of the wood in the Water Pavilion. Seeing that Du Xi'er still didn't understand, Dugu Jing explained: "It is very likely that the Lord of Qin Valley has fought in the Water Pavilion, and they are erasing the traces. ”

Suddenly there was a light flickering in the courtyard wall, and a shout came: "Who is it?"

Dugujing did not retreat but rushed straight to the root of the courtyard wall, Du Xi'er did not lag behind and immediately followed, and the two of them had their backs close to the courtyard wall. According to the arrangement made by Dugujing before, Du Xi'er moved to the far shore by sticking to the courtyard wall, and only needed to move forward another twenty or thirty zhang to be the junction between the inner courtyard and the front yard of the ethereal building.

As soon as the two of them moved, they heard the voice of the previous guard from inside the wall: "It turned out to be the old man Xue, the junior was rude." ”

Dugujing whispered to Du Xi'er: "Sleep in the snow." Du Xi'er nodded.

The old man's voice came: "It's okay, what's the situation over there, what kind of moth is Le Zhengshang doing?"

The guard replied, "If you go back to your predecessors, our shopkeeper is not there, and the attic is dilapidated and being repaired and cleaned. ”

The old man Xue said: "Hehe, Le Zhengshang has a lot of ideas, but the old man doesn't believe it." But it's true that he's not there now, and he must still be in the gentle country. Listening to the sound getting quieter, the old man was leaving, "The old man is thirsty, send some wine, and put it on the account of the mountain villa." ”

The guards are embarrassed: "This ......" is to congratulate the alliance leader on his birthday, and Qianhe Villa only pays for drinks within about an hour at sunset, and now the hour has long passed.

The old man snorted coldly, only to hear the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, and there was a suppressed panicked shout from the courtyard, and it turned out that the guard was unstable and fell to the ground by a shock.

Old Man Xue's voice came: "It's not that no one pays, and Le Zhengshang will bring out your group of things that don't pull out a dime?"

But I heard the guard's voice before him be rough and said, "Yes, the junior will let people send the wine over." ”

The courtyard was quiet for a moment, and only the heavy wheezing sound of the guard could be faintly heard, Dugujing and Du Xi'er glanced at each other, but still did not move.

Suddenly, the voice of the old man came again, this time the voice was so small that it was almost inaudible, obviously far away: "Huh, that little girl is not Le Zhengshang's concubine, it's a bit interesting." Hey, what's the use of caring about this, I can't afford to pay for the wine. Then there was another burst of scolding Le Zhengshang.

Dugujing secretly said "Oops" and said to Du Xi'er: "I was discovered." ”

Du Xi'er looked dazed, not understanding when she was discovered. Dugu Jing didn't explain, and said: "Do as planned, but you have to go and meet the old man Snow first." ”

Du Xi'er was silent, Dugujing seemed to know what she was thinking, and said, "The attic in the backyard is not in a hurry. ”

At that moment, the two of them walked forward twenty or thirty feet and climbed over the wall.

The inner courtyard is relatively empty, many flowers are planted around, the pavilion and small pavilion also have the feeling of Jiangnan water town, in the middle is a three-storey high-rise building with cornices, this building is nameless.

The place where the two of them entered was in the corner of the inner courtyard among the dense flowers, next to the roots of the many houses in the front yard.

"After entering, we first hid in the flowers, observed the guard patrol, a team of five, and a handover after the patrol of the three teams, which took a long time, and we used this time to enter the front yard. Dugujing in the inn said.

After another three-team patrol, Dugujing waved his hand and the two of them tacitly understood at the same time, leaning over and rushing out of the flower congregation, sticking to the wall and turning into the front yard.

"There are many people in the front yard, and this moment is the most dangerous, and it is very likely to be discovered. The windows of the guest rooms here face outward, so you need to lean over and keep going, but at the end of the building you will find the residence of the running hall and the place where you must pass through to deliver food during the day, so you need to stop and see if there is anyone just in case. ”

The two of them shortened forward to the end and stopped.

"But we can only pause for a moment, not too long, or we will be spotted by the guards patrolling behind us. ”

Du Xi'er quickly moved to the left wall and looked to the right, Dugujing stayed on the right side and looked to the left, and after a while, the two got up at the same time, turned around and turned into the front yard corridor. At this moment, a team of guards behind him slowly walked by.

"If we get into the front yard smoothly, there will be no trouble for the time being, there is no patrol in the front yard, only near the front hall and outside the gate of the ethereal building, as long as we don't get close, we can be safe. ”

Dugu Jing let out a breath slowly, and after the guards in the inner courtyard walked by, he came to Du Xi'er and said, "The most troublesome thing now is how to find the residence of Old Man Xue. ”

As soon as the words fell, a voice sounded in the ears of the two: "The second floor of the Tianzi room." It was the voice of the old man snow, and it was as clear as a whisper.

Dugu Jing looked shocked and looked at Du Xi'er in disbelief, but saw Du Xi'er's expression calm and said, "My master will too." Dugujing's jaw almost dropped.

As expected, the guest rooms are still lit in many places, and they are still bright. The two of them came to the Tianzi room on the second floor carefully, Dugujing raised his hand without hesitation and was about to knock on the door, but the door opened with a "squeak", and it was the old man Snow in the door.

Old Man Xue said with appreciation: "You can really come in, the old man underestimates you." With that, he turned around and let the two of them into the room.

Dugu Jing entered first, and at the same time hugged his fists and said: "The younger generation has seen the old man Xue, and the seniors are like thunder. Behind him, Du Xi'er also hugged his fists, but he didn't say a word.

Old Man Xue closed the door and snorted coldly: "Won't young people nowadays report their homes?"

Dugujing said with a smile: "Aren't the seniors of the younger generation all knowing, and the juniors come over to pay for the seniors." ”

Old Man Xue laughed twice and walked to the side of the bed cross-legged on the bed, and said, "Flim Tongue, you are the third child, right?"

Dugu Jing praised: "The predecessors are wise. ”

Old Man Xue looked at Dugujing and said, "Interesting." Then he looked at Du Xi'er on the side and asked, "The little girl doesn't seem to know how to be polite." ”

Before Du Xi'er could speak, Dugujing grabbed the conversation and said: "She has little knowledge, the first time she has seen the demeanor of her predecessors, she doesn't understand the rules of the rivers and lakes, and her predecessors don't want to be surprised." ”

Old Man Xue ignored him and asked, "Where is your Fire Cloud Whip?"

Du Xi'er replied: "Put it in the inn." ”

Old Man Xue asked again, "Do you still know how to use a sword?"

Du Xi'er said: "I've learned some. ”

Old Man Xue said, "What swordsmanship have you learned?"

Dugujing felt a chill on his back, and his clothes were already wet with cold sweat, if he exposed Miss Qin's mentorship, it would be over.

Du Xi'er said: "The family heirloom of the Kaifeng Wang family's Seven Killing Sword Tricks ......"

Dugujing secretly exhaled.

Old Man Xue said: "It turned out to be the ...... of the Wang family"

Before he finished speaking, he heard Du Xi'er say: "...... The Beidou Sword ...... of the Huashan Sect"

Old Man Snow's eyes shrank and he didn't speak. Dugujing's muscles trembled all over his body, and he didn't dare to speak.

Du Xi'er said: "...... Caiyi Pavilion's Seven Rainbow Sword Technique, Qingcheng Faction's Fuzhong Sword, Wudang Mountain Bagua Sword ......"

Du Xi'er was about to continue, but was interrupted by a burst of laughter from the old man Xue, who stopped laughing and said that the old man Xue still couldn't help laughing: "These swordsmanship you learned in books?"

After Du Xi'er nodded, Old Man Xue let out a burst of laughter again, and Dugujing couldn't help but give Du Xi'er a thumbs up in his heart and secretly said "high".

The old man said: "I didn't expect you to know so many swordsmanship, the old man also knows that a style of swordsmanship can be taught to you, although there is only one style of swordsmanship, but it has an extraordinary origin, it is created by the sword god Gu Jianbai, called 'Chasing the Soul for a Thousand Miles', are you willing to learn?"

Du Xi'er said: "I will do this." ”

As soon as these words came out, Dugujing secretly thought, could it be that the swordsmanship that Miss Feiqin just said was really what she knew?

Old Man Xue was stunned for a moment and asked, "Will you?" ”

Du Xi'er said: "Just throw the sword away with all your might." ”

Old Man Xue didn't speak for a long time, and Dugujing suddenly began to wonder whether what Du Xi'er had just said was true or false.

Halfway through, the old man said, "That's right, what you said is not wrong at all." He laughed again, this time barely stopping.

There was a knock on the door, and Old Man Xue smiled, "The wine is here." He didn't move as he spoke.

Dugujing hurriedly went over to open the door, and when he ran outside the door, he couldn't help but be stunned when he saw three people in the house, and the old man Xue scolded: "Leave the wine, hurry up and get out of the old man." ”

Running Tang didn't dare to ask, after Dugujing took over the wine jar, he hurriedly ran away, and didn't forget to turn around and close the door, Dugujing took out a few pieces of broken silver and stuffed them into Running Tang's hands.

Turning around, the old man had already sat down at the table, and Dugujing opened the wine jar and poured wine for the old man snow.

Old Man Xue drank it dry, let out a long breath and said, "Good wine! Say, you two dare to break into the Ethereal Building late at night, for what?" ”

Dugujing and Du Xi'er sat down at the table, and Dugujing said: "Don't dare to deceive your predecessors, in order to check one thing." ”

At the moment, he told the matter of his family, but he concealed the matter of the fake Qin Valley Lord. Except for someone pretending to be the lord of the Qin Valley, everything else is true.

If you lie, you are not afraid that the other party is all lies, but you are afraid that it is seven points true and three points false, not to mention that what Dugujing said is all the truth.

After speaking, the old man asked, "So what?"

Dugu Jing knew that the following words were the point, and said carefully: "Some people say that Qin Guiyu came to the Miao Building before going to my house to celebrate my grandfather's birthday. This is also true, but when it is connected to the previous words, the meaning changes.

After speaking, he looked at the old man Xue's expression, but saw that his face did not change in contemplation, so he could only continue: "I stopped in the water pavilion that the senior saw just now. This is also true.

Old Man Xue asked, "Are you talking about the water pavilion that the guards said was being repaired and cleaned?"

Dugu nodded and said, "Exactly." He looked at him calmly, what he said was all true, and he was naturally not afraid of the other party's suspicion.

Old Man Xue nodded, "Very good." He looked interested.