Chapter 51: Fighting Alone and Fighting Twice

Chen Wenqi received an urgent report from Meng Guangyun and Yu Ling, and immediately woke up Weng Junding in his sleep, and asked him to take Meng and Yu into the county government for temporary resettlement, and he lifted the "Painted Shadow Sword", led a white horse in the stable, didn't care about tying the saddle, and galloped towards Yujia Village. When Kankan arrived outside the house, he saw that Li Yuan and the others were on the verge of desperation, and shouted "stop" in danger, jumped up on horseback, and toe a little on the shoulder blades of Diao Lan in the nearest place, kicking him back two steps, and at the same time using his strength to use the sword technique "Flying with the Sword", the shadow sword that was not out of the sheath attacked Wu Yun and Ji Dian respectively, forcing them to withdraw their moves to protect themselves.

As soon as Li Yuan and Ren Si saw that the person who came was a friend rather than an enemy, their courage suddenly rose, and when the other party withdrew, they quickly retreated and avoided the fatal blow. But it was a little late on Ren Si's side, and although he escaped the misfortune of breaking his throat, his abdomen was cut by Wu Yun's stainless steel fan bone, and he was bleeding for a while.

"Big brother. When Shen Lingshan saw that it was Chen Wenqi, she exclaimed excitedly and hurriedly ran to his side.

"Brother Xian, why are you here?" Chen Wenqi was surprised, he didn't expect to meet Shen Lingshan here, and when he saw Shen Lingshan's figure rushing over, he couldn't help but stretch out his left hand and hold her soft hand tightly. With this grip, the thoughts, worries, worries, and anxieties of the two for many days came to naught in an instant, and they felt more down-to-earth and comfortable than they had ever felt before.

"Brother Xian, you ...... Are you alright?" asked Chen Wenqi with concern.

"I'm fine. Big brother, you ...... Okay?" Shen Lingshan replied softly.

Although it was only a few months, they experienced a lot of things in the middle, and both of them had a thousand words to confide. However, the strong enemy was on the side, and they could not allow each other to complain to each other, and the words were only condensed into a faint greeting.

"I'm fine. Brother Xian, now is not the time to speak, you go over there to rest for a while, and wait for the eldest brother to send a few people in front of you. Chen Wenqi let go of Shen Lingshan's hand.

"Big brother be careful. Shen Lingshan nodded softly and stepped aside.

Li Yuan was holding Ren Si, who was covered in blood, Chen Wenqi walked up, saw that it was them, and was startled, and hurriedly asked: "Senior Brother Li, is it you?

Ren Si was very happy when he saw that it was Chen Wenqi, and replied: "I'm fine, I can't die." Senior Brother Chen, don't come unharmed?"

Chen Wenqi clicked on Ren Si's acupuncture points to prevent him from bleeding too much, and said: "Senior Brother Ren, don't move, rest well, and wait for the younger brother to send these people to reminisce again." ”

At this time, Wu Yun said coldly: "Don't be in a hurry to explain the future, wait for the old man to send you on the road, but there is time on the bridge." ”

Chen Wenqi slowly stood up, took a step, and asked in a loud voice: "Who is Your Excellency, why did you take advantage of the night to commit murder?"

Wu Yun smiled and said, "The old man didn't ask you, but you did interrogate the old man?" The old man fanned the immortal and nameless ghost, and quickly reported his name, so that the old man could write down your name in the book of life and death. ”

Chen Wenqi smiled proudly and sneered: "If you don't do anything to deceive the world, why are you afraid of reporting your surname? ”

When Wu Yun and Ji Dian heard this, they realized that the person in front of them was the object of the two of them who were ordered to get rid of it, and they were not afraid of rejoicing: they came just in time, so as not to waste a lot of trouble tomorrow.

Ji Dian shook his "double flying grab" and said sharply: "Boy, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, and there is no door to hell to come." Our brothers were going to meet you again tomorrow, but you didn't live one more night. Anyway, the old man will fulfill you tonight. After that, the flying claw took Chen Wenqi's shoulder blade directly.

"Big brother, be careful, this person is the fourth murderer Ji Dian in the 'Eight Murderers of Lingnan'. Shen Lingshan was afraid that Chen Wenqi would be careless, so she reminded this person loudly.

Chen Wenqi was not in a hurry, took half a step across to avoid the flying grab, and said:

"Oh? It turned out to be the 'Lingnan Eight Murderers' - no, now it's the 'Lingnan Seven Murderers' - has arrived. I once heard people say that the 'second murderer' Wu Yun is accustomed to using a folding fan, presumably this is it. Why don't you two come out and be embarrassed? It's better to ask them all to come out, so that General Ben can be sent away one by one. Chen Wenqi knocked on the mountain and shook the tiger, and a few people came to listen to the "eight murders".

Ji Dian didn't know Chen Wenqi's intentions, thinking that he was underestimating his senior brother's skills, and said proudly at the moment: "To deal with you a yellow-mouthed child who has not dried up, the old man and brother are too redundant, why do you need other brothers to come?"

"So, you two are here specifically for General Ben? General Ben and you don't know each other, I don't know what's going on?" Hearing that it was only the two of them, Chen Wenqi's heart was a little relieved.

"Aren't you the receiving envoys of Zuotunwei, Zhongtunwei, and Ningxia Qianwei? That's why the old man and brother came here. ”

"Ah, it's strange, what do you have to do with this?" Chen Wenqi was very surprised, how could these two scum of the rivers and lakes worry about the affairs of Jiangshan Sheji?

"Hmph, right and wrong are just for more outlets, and all the troubles are because of the strong head. When you were able to be strong and fly to get jade, if it weren't for the little emperor who isolated my fifth brother Bao Yu more than ten zhang away, he would have taken your dog's life at that time. Today, without the protection of the little emperor, the time of death is coming. Ji Dian said proudly.

Chen Wenqi was secretly frightened, in the Tatar tribute mission, there were "Lingnan Eight Murderers" mixed in it, fortunately he saw the opportunity early, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Hahaha......" Chen Wenqi looked up to the sky and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" asked Ji Dian, puzzled.

"Lose Del and others who claim to be the 'Lingnan Eight Heroes', but I think they are just the 'Lingnan Eight Insects'. Why are you a slave and a servant of a foreign race? ”

Ji Dian was so annoyed and angry that he shouted: "Hugh is verbose, watch and catch." Before he finished speaking, the "double flying grab" in his hand shot out.

Chen Wenqi saw that Fei was caught and attacked the front door, so he ripped off his belt and said in a deep voice: "Okay, today General Ben will punish you for the country, a traitor who has forgotten his ancestors." With a shake of his right hand, he injected internal force into his belt, and in an instant, the belt was like an iron rod, poking at Ji Dian's wrist. Ji Dian didn't dare to attack, so he had to change his moves and retreat, but the "iron rod" was weak in vain, and it was entangled like a spirit snake. Ji Dian was about to resist, and suddenly felt a strong force, and suddenly his arm was sore, his five fingers were loosened, and the "double flying grab" had been thrown out by Chen Wenqi.

Wu Yun, who swept the formation on the side, was taken aback, the "Lingnan Eight Murderers" have been famous for many years, and they are already the top masters in the rivers and lakes, although Ji Dian's martial arts are slightly weaker than himself, but they are also among the best, and now he is taken away by the other party without a move, this person's martial arts have not reached the point of reaching the peak? So he hurriedly stepped forward and formed a horn with Ji Power Station, preparing to attack Chen Wenqi together.

With Chen Wenqi's current martial arts, he is naturally not afraid of any one of the "Eight Murderers of Lingnan", even the head of the Eight Murders with the highest martial arts, the senior brother Yin Feng. But it's only a little higher, and it's not enough to be able to control a top master like the "Lingnan Eight Murderers" with one move.

It's all because of the master's match, you always have to test the enemy's reality first, not just as soon as you fight, you will do it with all your might, which is what Ji Dian did just now. But Chen Wenqi had the heart to stand upright, and when he was entangled in Ji Dian's double flying grasp, he deliberately used ten percent of his internal force (his "Yi Marrow Gong" had already broken through the sixth layer), and under Ji Dian's light enemy, this trick worked.

Ji Dian understood in his heart, but if he was robbed of his famous weapon in one move, he would lose face after all, and he would definitely become a laughing stock in the martial arts in the future. As a result, he was so angry that he threw his fist at Chen Wenqi. Wu Yun was afraid that he would lose, so he folded the fan and slashed at Chen Wenqi's throat at the same time.

The two of them have approached the front, the belt in his hand has lost its effect, Chen Wenqi threw the belt, casually took out the painting sword in his left hand, shouted "It's good", and used the "weeping willow dance sword" method of the teacher, and the right hand made a move "willow folding flower remnant" to Ji Dian's forearm, and the scabbard of the left hand used a move "flower to cover the willow" to seal Wu Yun's folding fan. Hearing only the sound of "ding", Ji Dian had already closed his fist and retreated, and Wu Yun's steel fan bone and the sword scabbard of the painting shadow were separated with a touch.

"Come again. Wu Yunshi displayed his famous stunts, folding fans in his hands or closing or opening, cutting the timing from time to time, and beckoning Chen Wenqi's vital parts; Ji Dian waved his fists together, or forward or backward, jumping high and low, specifically to greet Chen Wenqi's empty door.

The joint attack of the two masters is naturally not trivial, and Chen Wenqi immediately has a feeling of being tied to his hands and feet, and his true qi is sluggish. So he took a deep breath, changed his sword moves, and raised his sword to cut Ji Dian's head. Just as Ji Dian shrank and dodged, he suddenly saw Chen Wenqi's shadow sword stabbing towards his waist, and there was no way to avoid it for a while, the tip of the sword had already pierced his clothes, if it wasn't for Wu Yun's timely rescue, his waist would have already pierced.

"Sword kill. Wu Yun and Ji Dian exclaimed at the same time.

"Boy, who are you from Han Shen?" Wu Yun once took the lead in chasing and killing Han Shen's family, and learned the power of Han Shen and his wife's "sword double killing", and believed that Chen Wenqi was Han Shen's descendant. But he didn't know that Chen Wenqi's authentic "sword double killing" kung fu was far more powerful than the "adulterated" kung fu of Han Shen and his wife.

Chen Wenqi snorted and said: "Senior Han is the great hero of this general's Xiang Feng Muyi, but it is a pity that he was besieged to death by the rats and other generations. Today, General Ben wants to put on his head and pay tribute to his old man's heroic soul. After speaking, he slashed his sword and rushed towards Wu Yun and Ji Dian.

Wu Yun and Ji Dian did not dare to slack off, and used the mastery taught by the "Lingnan Old Monster" to fight with Chen Wenqi.

As a result, Wu Yun and Ji Dian relied on the advantages of profound skills and two-person joint attacks, and Chen Wenqi relied on the subtlety of his moves, attacking and defending from time to time, and fought for a while.

After all, Wu Yun and Ji Dian went deep behind enemy lines, fearing that there would be reinforcements from officers and soldiers after dawn, so they were naturally unwilling to accept this endless situation. I saw Wu Yun open the folding fan, slammed the door in front of Chen Wenqi with a "brush", forced Chen Wenqi to retreat half a step, and said to Ji Dian: "Fourth brother, I will drag this guy, you go and destroy all those people for me." ”

Ji Dian comprehended, punched a false punch, turned around and threw himself towards Li Yuan, who was holding Ren Si in his arms, Diao Lan also launched at the same time when he heard this, and punched Shen Lingshan.

This trick "Tian Ji Horse Racing" is extremely vicious. Ren Si was seriously injured, and Li Yuan was also scarred, far from Ji Dian's opponent. Although Shen Lingshan is not afraid of Diao Lan, if Ji Dian succeeds in one move, she will inevitably turn back to deal with Shen Lingshan, with her current martial arts, she is really not Ji Dian's enemy.

However, this also created an opportunity for Chen Wenqi to defeat the enemy, and he could also use his own way to treat his body, and take advantage of Wu Yun's loneliness to kill the killer, even if he could not take his life, it could also severely damage his vitality, so that he could not fight again for a short time;

But Chen Wenqi and Wu Yun are both top masters, and if they want to win in battle, they must at least have to move a few hundred moves. In this time, Ji Dian was enough to solve Li Yuan and the other three, so Chen Wenqi couldn't think like this. As soon as he saw Ji Dian jumping out of the circle, he hurriedly slashed at Wu Yun, a little on tiptoe, blocking in front of Ji Dian.

Who knew that Ji Dian and Wu Yun were cunning and abnormal. Ji Dian was blocked, so he simply fought with Chen Wenqi, and Wu Yun and Ji Dian on the side shifted their positions and turned back to Shen Lingshan. Chen Wenqi was shocked, and hurriedly gave up Ji Dian's power to save Shen Lingshan. As soon as Chen Wenqi went, Ji Dian didn't chase after him, and rushed straight towards Li Yuan.

This made Chen Wenqi stumbling and uncontrollable, and Li Yuan and others were in danger.

Just when Chen Wenqi was at a loss and had nothing to do, someone suddenly shouted: "The officers and soldiers are coming, run quickly." Before the words fell, a figure ran over, raised his hands, and two black things sprinkled on Wu Yun and Ji Dian. Chen Wenqi raised his eyes carefully, and he was the monk he had met on Shuozhou Road.

Wu Yun and Ji Dian's big sleeves waved, brushed away the black fog, and when they looked up, they saw the torches swaying in the distance, winding for several feet, and moving quickly to this side. Wu Yunyi pulled Ji Dian's words and said, "Fourth brother, go quickly." At the moment, he didn't care about the life or death of Diao Lan's father and son, and dragged Ji Dian to escape.

Chen Wenqi secretly screamed "lucky", looked left and right, and saw no trace of Diao Lan's father and son, knowing that they had slipped away. Then he turned around and worked with Li Yuan to carefully move Ren Si to the kang vacated by Yu Ye, and when he tore off his clothes, he saw that the wound was deep and long, and he was still bleeding. Fortunately, at the request of Chen Wenqi, the two of them were originally going to go to the desert to find out the news, and they had already prepared for the worst, so they brought gold sore herbs with them. Chen Wenqi cleaned Ren Si's wound, applied gold sore medicine to the wound, and asked Yu Ye for two feet of cotton cloth, boiled it in boiling water and then bandaged the wound.

Maybe it was because of the excessive bleeding, Ren Si never woke up. Li Yuanhu had tears in his eyes, staring at his junior brother sadly and helplessly. Chen Wenqi inserted his right hand into Ren Si's back, urging the internal force to slowly convey it to Ren Si's body. After a long time, Ren Si's face slowly became a little bloody, and then he exhaled a heavy breath, and his eyes gradually opened.

"Senior Brother Chen, you saved me again, thank you. Ren Si said in a weak voice.

Chen Wenqi took out his right hand, touched his forehead by the way, and said, "Senior Brother Ren, don't be polite." Although the bleeding has stopped, the wound is very deep, and your body is also weak due to excessive bleeding, so I am afraid that you will need to rest for a while. After speaking, he said to Li Yuan: "Senior Brother Li, does your injury matter? ”

"I'm fine, just scratched the skin and the bleeding has stopped. Li Yuan replied.

"Alright then, before dawn, you two will rest first, and I'll go to meet the officers and soldiers. After speaking, he pulled Shen Lingshan's sleeve and retreated.

However, Chen Wenqi and the others waited for a long time, but there was still no trace of the officers and soldiers, and the torches in the distance had been extinguished. Although Chen Wenqi was puzzled, no matter how strong the enemy had retreated, it no longer mattered whether the officers and men came or not.

At this time, Yu Ye walked to Chen Wenqi's side, as if he had something to say but was not easy to say. Chen Wenqi immediately understood, and hurriedly said guiltily: "Mr. Yu doesn't have to worry, Ling Yan is now resting in the county ya." Blame me for not telling you your safety sooner. ”

When Ye Ye heard that her daughter was safe, she was very happy, and said to Chen Wenqi and Shen Lingshan: "It's still early, please go to the little girl's room to take a nap." ”

Seeing Shen Lingshan's expectant look, Chen Wenqi nodded and entered Shen Lingshan's boudoir with Shen Lingshan.

After a long absence, they had the opportunity to be alone, and the two were in a mood, but they didn't know where to start for a while.

After being silent for a long time, Shen Lingshan chanted softly:

"Since parting, I have met in my memory, and how many times have I dreamed of being with you? ”

After groaning, Shen Lingshan asked affectionately, "Big brother, is it really you? I didn't dream, did I?"

Chen Wenqi's heart trembled, approached Shen Lingshan, gently held her hand, and said softly: "It's really me, you see, my hand is hot." ”

Shen Lingshan saw that Chen Wenqi was covered with beads of sweat, and hurriedly took out the handkerchief on his body and handed it over. Chen Wenqi took the handkerchief and was about to wipe it, but he seemed to be afraid of something and stopped his hand, and returned the handkerchief to Shen Lingshan.

Shen Lingshan looked at him puzzled, and did not reach out to pick it up.

"Oh, I am covered in stinky sweat, how can I wipe it with such a clean handkerchief?" Chen Wenqi hurriedly explained.

Shen Lingshan "poofed" and smiled: "You are always so pedantic. Is the affection between you and my brother not worth a small handkerchief? With that, he stretched out two fingers and gestured to put the handkerchief back.

When Chen Wenqi heard this, he hurriedly withdrew his hand, wiped the handkerchief on his forehead twice, and returned it to Shen Lingshan.

Shen Lingshan pursed her lips and smiled, took the handkerchief and put it in her sleeve. Then he asked:

"Big brother, why don't you ask how little brother got here?"

Chen Wenqi suddenly restrained his smile and looked around her back and forth with a calm face, until he was sure that Shen Lingshan was not injured, then he took a long breath and replied angrily: "Everyone has already arrived here, what else do I ask?"

Shen Lingshan quietly grimaced, and secretly thought to herself: It's really bad, it's choking when you meet. But knowing that he was worried about himself, his heart was hot. Just as he was about to prevaricate, Chen Wenqi asked again:

"What about Ruizhu and the leader of the fast catcher, why don't you see them?"

Shen Lingshan was stunned for a moment, a little incredulous, and asked in surprise, "How do you know that Rui Zhu and that fast catcher team leader are with me?"

"I didn't just know that the three of you were together, but I also knew that you were from the capital. Seeing that Shen Lingshan was unscathed, Chen Wenqi was in a good mood, and he couldn't hold back for a while, and then he was gloomy again.

Shen Lingshan was surprised and surprised, and asked eagerly, "Big brother, how do you know?"

"The poor road can be pinched. Chen Wenqi remembered the scene of drawing lots and dividing fortunes on Shuozhou Road from the monk who appeared just now, and joked with Shen Lingshan.

Shen Lingshan smiled and said angrily: "If Zhang Tianshi knew that there was a descendant like you who was neither ordained nor refined, I am afraid that he would be so angry that he should not have founded the sect." Then he begged in a coquettish voice: "Big brother, what do you say, how do you know?"

"I won't tell you now, but you'll understand after dawn. You haven't replied to me yet, where are the Ruizhu?"

"They didn't come, so I let them go home. ”

"So, you came alone, you have traveled thousands of miles, and you are also bold and reckless. Chen Wenqi complained in surprise.

Shen Lingshan was about to explain, but Chen Wenqi suddenly remembered something, handed the Shadow Sword to her hand, and said, "Come, I'll take a look at the swordsmanship that your mother taught you." ”

Shen Lingshan didn't know why, but she didn't say anything, pulled out the Shadow Drawing Sword and carefully practiced the sword moves taught by Han Mei.

Chen Wenqi shook his head while looking at it, and muttered in his mouth: "No, no." ”

Shen Lingshan returned the sword into the sheath and said, "What's wrong? ”

Chen Wenqi said: "It's not that you're wrong, I'm saying that your mother's sword moves are wrong." By the way, did you bring the sword book with you?"

"No, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I just felt that there was something wrong with this sword move, but I couldn't tell what was wrong. Forget it, I'll talk about it when I see my stepmother. After thinking about it, he asked, "How is the practice of 'Brushing the Acupoint Palm'?" ”

Shen Lingshan didn't know why he was, so he didn't ask much, and practiced the twelve moves and twenty-four hands of the "Acupoint Palm".

"Well, yes, it's faster than I learned at the beginning, and every move is decent. However, without internal force, no matter how good the move is, it is useless. Come, I'll teach you another set of internal skills. After speaking, he explained the essentials of the "Yi Marrow Gong" several times in detail until Shen Lingshan memorized it. Next, he had to tell Shen Lingshan about his plan.

"Miss Shen, I have a few things to tell you. ”

Shen Lingshan was stunned for a moment, why did he suddenly become pedantic again? Shen Lingshan felt awkward in her heart, and immediately thought that this person was used to being pedantic, and it would not be an overnight thing to change. And if he wasn't so square, if he looked frivolous, would he still have such a good impression? So he "replied": "Chen Gongzi, please speak." ”

Chen Wenqi was stunned for a moment, this was the first time he had heard Shen Lingshan call himself like this, and he felt that the distance between the two had been shortened all of a sudden, so he thought that it was no wonder that she was disgusted to call her "Miss Shen"!

"Brother Xian is here to visit Lord Lingzun this time. As an envoy of the imperial court, he will meet with Lord Xia, the generalissimo of Zhenxi, and it should not be difficult to inquire about Lingzun from his old man at that time. Before that, please hide your identity for the time being, and don't expose your family martial arts. Because this is located at the border, the eight murderers of Lingnan and their minions are infested with impermanence, if they know your true identity, I am afraid it will be dangerous. ”

Shen Lingshan saw him change his name back, and instantly understood his mental journey, and couldn't help but be happy, so she agreed softly: "Got it." But can't you even let them know about the two you call your senior brother?"

"Yes. Although they won't hurt you, it's hard to guarantee that you won't say it. ”

"By the way, big brother, why do you call those two senior brothers, are they really your senior brothers?

"I can't explain these things clearly in a sentence or two, so I'll talk to you in detail later. There's another thing I want to ask you for help with, I wonder if you'd like to?"

As soon as Shen Lingshan saw him "angry" again, she deliberately said angrily: "Are you afraid that my family will have a strong enmity, so you try your best to break off the relationship with me, right? In fact, we are brothers, and now that I am a daughter, that worship will no longer exist, and you don't have to have a burden." ”

Chen Wenqi hurriedly said: "How can you say it well, and it is about the matter of swearing again?"

Shen Lingshan glanced at him, and said with resentment: "Since they are brothers, what can they do to help, whether they are willing or not?"

Chen Wenqi knew that she was referring to this, so he took a long breath and said, "Since you agreed, you are not allowed to go back?"

"Say it. ”

"That's right, Brother Fool was ordered by the emperor to be the receiving envoy of the 'Three Guards'. But the Tatars were greedy and untrustworthy, and they were afraid that they would not give it back. Therefore, Brother Yu made an appointment with Li and Ren to infiltrate Etok to find out the enemy's news. But now Senior Brother Ren is seriously injured, not only can he not go, but because the wound is too deep to be bumpy, he can't be sent to the county seat for the time being, and someone must accompany him here to heal his injuries, so it's ......"

Without waiting for Chen Wenqi to finish speaking, Shen Lingshan said excitedly: "Okay, okay, of course the younger brother is willing to accompany the eldest brother." ”

Chen Wenqi asked slowly, "Who said they wanted you to go?"

Shen Lingshan was puzzled and said, "Your senior brother Ren is seriously injured, and your senior brother Li wants to accompany him to recuperate from his injuries, isn't it for the junior brother to accompany you?"

Chen Wenqi said carefully: "What I mean, please stay and take care of Senior Brother Ren, and I will go to Etuoke with Senior Brother Li." ”

When Shen Lingshan heard this, her expression suddenly gloomy, after a long journey of thousands of difficulties and dangers, she had to meet with Gelang, and now she was separated in less than half a day, and she was reluctant to give up. She didn't dare to speak, afraid that she wouldn't be able to control her emotions.

Looking at Shen Lingshan's eyes full of tears, Chen Wenqi was also unbearable and heartbroken. But sneaking behind enemy lines is unpredictable, and he can't let her accompany him on adventures with her life.

He said to Shen Lingshan gently: "Brother Fool is going here, the short is half a month, the long is a month, and he will definitely return." Moreover, there is a very familiar girlfriend here to accompany you. ”

How could Shen Lingshan not know that Chen Wenqi was worried about her safety? Besides, she was a heroine who could afford to let go, so she let go of her reluctance for a while. At this time, I heard that there was a very familiar girlfriend to accompany her, but Chen Wenqi made her happy, and she didn't care, and said quietly: "The little girl is alone, and no one wants to take care of me, how can there be any girlfriend candy?"

Seeing that she didn't believe it, Chen Wenqi hurriedly said: "Really, the foolish brother will never lie to you, you listen...... Here it comes. After speaking, he took Shen Lingshan out of the boudoir.