Dao Xueke hurriedly squinted his eyes, dusted off the dust in front of him with the sleeves of his robe, and saw that the petite Chu Qing'an beside him was still trembling, and he couldn't stop coughing, so he took out a square handkerchief from his arms, which was originally left by Rao Mengli when he bandaged his wrists in Liu Yuanjun's room the day before yesterday, and after cleaning it, he kept it on his body, forgot to return it to her, and kept it on his body. I didn't expect it to come in handy today. Dao Xueke used that square handkerchief to cover Chu Qing'an's mouth and nose, Chu Qing'an was coldly covered his mouth and nose, first startled and then reacted, took the square handkerchief and put it in his hand to take a closer look, and saw that the square handkerchief was embroidered with a golden finch, which did not look like a man's thing, and asked with a smile: "Which confidante gave it to you?" ”

When the smoke and dust gradually subsided, there was no candle flame in the house, and it was really difficult to see. Dao Xueke took out a fire fold from his bosom, blew it and then protected the fire with his hands, and groped to light the candlesticks in the storehouse one by one, and the dim storehouse that had no fingers was lit up by the dim candle flame in an instant. Rows of all kinds of weapons were lined up in front of me, although the quality was not considered to be of high quality, but there were also a few weapons of good quality, but I had never seen a knife. Chu Qing'an seemed to see through his thoughts, so he ran to the corner and pulled out a large box, which was a gilded riveted red lacquered iron box, which also accumulated a lot of dust. Chu Qing'an squatted down to dust off the box, and quietly stroked the box, as if he had made some decision, and then opened it, and there was only a treasure knife in the huge box. Chu Qing'an took out the treasure knife and handed it to Dao Xueke, who took the knife and looked at it carefully: the ebony lacquered long scabbard, and the end was gilded as an embellishment. Birch wood is wrapped in gold for the handle of the knife, and red flying leaves are engraved on it. Wrap the red rope flying leaf tassel below, and block the hand inlaid with green black jade. Then pull out the blade, the sound is crisp but not turbid, the blade light is not dirty, a little cold light flashes the blade, and the sound of splitting the wind in the sky is cut off. The blade is thin and narrow, and is as thick as the hilt. An inch of the hand was deeply engraved with the word "leaf". The blade of the knife snowman was put back into the sheath, nodded and said, "It is indeed a good knife." ”

"It's called Xunye, and since you think it's a good knife, this girl will give it to you. Chu Qing'an said with a smile, Dao Xueke wanted to refuse again, but Chu Qing'an opened his mouth first: "If you refuse, I will shout loudly, and then I will insist that you sneaked into my treasury to steal the treasure knife, so that the reputation of your Ten Ghost Hall may not be as good as before." Dao Xueke was so threatened by her, firstly, he was surprised that this eldest lady was so ghostly, and secondly, he really didn't want to get involved with the people of the Ten Ghost Halls because of such a thing, so he no longer shirked: "In this way, thank you Miss Chu for your kindness, but wherever you need to go down in the future, even if the sword mountain is in the sea of fire, you will definitely break through in the next place to repay the girl's kindness." ”

"When do I want you to repay the favor, giving you this sword is just so that you have a weapon that can be comparable to the Folding Snow Sword, so that when you test your sword skills again in the future, if you are defeated, you must not use the weapon as an excuse. Chu Qing'an turned his back and said. When the two of them were about to leave, they suddenly heard a shouting from the wooden bridge outside the warehouse: "Who is in the warehouse?" "Not good! It must be the disciple who patrols the night is coming, you should hide quickly!" Chu Qing'an was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly told Dao Xueke to hide, but the warehouse was full of weapons lined up, where could he hide. In a hurry, he had to open the big box, and the knife snowman leaned over and hid in it, making it a hiding place. Chu Qingan buttoned the box again, and hurriedly calmed his mood, so that outsiders would not see anything strange.

You Jinwen shouted again: "Who is in the treasury?" and pushed the door and walked in, followed by two night patrol disciples. Seeing that Chu Qing'an was here alone, and behind him was the box containing the treasure knife, so he asked, "Qing'an, what did you do when you ran to the warehouse in the middle of the night?" Chu Qing'an hurriedly pulled out a smile and said, "Senior brother, it turned out to be you, I came to the warehouse to see the weapons." What are you doing here again?" Chu Qing'an's mind turned, and he hurriedly threw the question back to You Jinwen. You Jinwen said: "The disciple who patrolled the night went to the cloister and found that there was a candle flame in the treasury and came to report to me. Why are you wearing a night suit and moving out the box containing the leaf?" Chu Qing'an was shocked into a cold sweat when he heard this, for fear that You Jinwen would come over and move the box, and the knife snowman in the box held his breath and didn't dare to make a sound. Chu Qingan smiled again: "I'll take out Xunye to take a look, I'm wearing a night coat because I'm afraid of being bumped into by my father and blame me for not resting early." Besides, I will compete with the old Taoist priest of the Hanshan Taoist Temple the day after tomorrow, so I will come to this secluded place to practice martial arts tonight. You Jinwen nodded and said, "Master teaches you and cares about you." Tomorrow is the last competition of the second round, although it is important but you must not be too tired, or your safety is the first, it is almost time, go back to the room early to rest, otherwise you will not have the spirit tomorrow morning. Chu Qing'an ran to You Jinwen's side and turned him around, slowly pushed out the door, and said with a smile: "Thank you Senior Brother for your concern, I'll go back to rest immediately, Senior Brother should rest early!" You Jinwen shook his head, for this wayward junior sister, even the master can't help her, let alone himself. He didn't care about it anymore, and took the night patrol disciples to other places.

Chu Qingan poked his head out, and when he saw that You Jinwen had indeed left, there was no one else around, so he hurriedly closed the door, ran back to the box, and opened the box. Dao Xueke hurriedly stood up from the middle, and he couldn't bear it if he held his breath for too long, so he breathed heavily. Chu Qing'an covered his mouth with his hand, but couldn't help laughing: "Are you okay?" With that, he stepped out of the box. The two blew out the candles one by one, walked out of the warehouse side by side, and closed the door again. The two sat side by side on the steps in front of the storeroom under the moonlight. Chu Qing'an gently pulled his hair, held his cheeks, and looked up at the moon. Dao Xueke looked at her delicate and beautiful face without fat powder, just like the bright moon in the sky.

Sensing Dao Xueke's gaze, Chu Qing'an turned his eyes, looked at Dao Xueke, looked at each other, Chu Qing'an chuckled: "Is it really a disciple? Just staring at others?" Chu Qing'an's delicate brows frowned when he heard this, and he said with three points of resentment: "A Chu girl on the left, another Chu girl, tell me to be light, I don't have as many courtesies as you." Chu Qing'an got up and took a step forward, turning his back to Dao Xueke. Dao Xueke also got up and said: "I'm afraid this is ......" Before the words of prevarication could be spoken, Chu Qingan pulled out his ordinary sword and threatened him, so Dao Xueke didn't say anything more.

"Do you think I'm a reckless and unruly lady?" Chu Qing'an's voice trembled a little.

"Aunt Chu...... Light Ann. "Knife Snow doesn't know what to say.

Chu Qing'an continued to turn his back to him and said, "I don't know what you think, I'm afraid that the entire rivers and lakes, even many disciples in my Yiye Sword Sect think so. My father spent his whole life on the rivers and lakes to break out of the current status of a leaf sword, I was born in such an environment, my mother died when I was very young, my father and my brother have always been very fond of me, many people are very envious, or simply say, they are jealous that I was born in an environment that is going to be windy and rainy. But I don't think so, I hate growing up under the protection of my father and my brother. It wasn't until I learned how to sacrifice a sword with flying flowers and leaves that my father was willing to let me go out to explore the rivers and lakes. The power of the Flying Flower Remnant Leaf Sacrifice Sword is enough to subdue many young people, but once I meet a real master, I know that I can't pass a few moves, but they more or less take into account the reputation of my father and the Yiye Sword Gate, and they don't dare to cause trouble, so they deliberately let me, and you are one of them. ”

Before Dao Xueke could speak, Chu Qingan continued: "I insist on relying on my own strength, and I want to make a name for myself in the rivers and lakes. The nickname of the Sword Lady is more of a sarcasm than fame. "The love is deep, and I can't help but cry out. Dao Xueke's right hand was placed on her right shoulder, Fang wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know how to comfort her. Chu Qing'anqiong's nose tightened, sighed lightly, and held back the swirling tears back into her stomach: "What I said tonight, I have never said to anyone, not even my father. If you dare to say a word, I will kill you!" With that, the Folding Snow Sword came out of its sheath, and the cold light flashed in front of him, and in an instant, Chu Qing'an turned around and put the long sword on the neck of the Sword Snowman.

With a chuckle, he sheathed his sword again. The innocent smile was on his face again. "Well, it's getting late. It's time for me to go back and rest. It's time for me to play the day after tomorrow, so remember to come and see it. With that, Chu Qing'an smiled at Dao Xueke, turned around and floated away.

Looking at the leaf finder in his hand, and thinking back to everything that happened just now, tonight is really thrilling. So he went back to his room, and lay down on the bed and slept peacefully. It's just that in the second half of the night, I don't know why I slept so peacefully.

A rooster crow shattered the night, and a white line suddenly appeared on the eastern mountains. The white thread pressed in front of him, pulling out the golden and red roulette.

Everyone in the Ten Ghost Hall was having breakfast in the wing room, and suddenly a disciple of the Sword Sect came to report: "Tomorrow, the last game of the second round will be held in the martial arts arena, and the One Leaf Sword Gate will face the Hanshan Taoist Temple." There is nothing to do today, you can arrange it yourself, the master of the door has a word, and all sects can watch and play at will on the mountain. Xiao Wuxian said: "After the meal, everyone will go out to watch it, it's rare to come to the Yiye Sword Gate once." Hugh also had to be affected by those unpleasant things, the old man stayed to take care of Ah Lie, Xiaoli helped the white clothes and went out for a walk, it was not good to always be stuffy in the house. Let's all go out and relax. And they agreed.

After dinner, seeing that the wind and sun were really beautiful outside the window, and the weather was very good, Dao Xueke and Rao Mengli helped Luo Baiyi together, and the three of them went to the garden to play and relax. Luo Baiyi took a long breath as soon as he opened the kitchen door, and exhaled slowly, feeling a lot more comfortable: "Although I still can't see clearly, I am always stuffy in the house, and occasionally come out to breathe fresh air, and my mood is a little more relaxed." Rao Mengli smiled: "Then I will often help you out in the future." Oh, by the way, Brother Xue, you are here to support Brother Luo, and I will come when I go. Then he turned and went inside. Dao Xueke held Luo Baiyi and rested on the corridor and waited for Rao Mengli. After a while, Rao Mengli returned to the two of them, put her hands behind her back, and pretended to be mysterious and said to Dao Xueke: "Brother Xue, guess what I brought?" Dao Xueke smiled: "How can I guess." Rao Mengli took out an emerald green bamboo knife behind his back and handed it to Dao Xueke: "How can a person who practices martial arts not have weapons." I heard that Brother Feng said that Brother Xue's bamboo knife was cut off by the Chen Wu Bridge yesterday, so last night I went to the bamboo forest of Yiye Jianmen and picked a long time to find a piece of green bamboo, cut it for several hours and polished it for a long time before making another handle, and gave it to Brother Xue today. After that, his eyes fell on the leaf finder hanging on Dao Xueke's waist, and he asked, "Where did this knife come from?" Dao Xueke took the bamboo knife, and when he saw Rao Mengli asking about the leaf finder, it was naturally inconvenient to say it clearly, so he had to say, "It's a long story." "Prevarication. He took the bamboo knife and held it in his palm to examine it carefully: the size and size were the same as before, the blade was sharpened, and the blade and handle were also polished extremely smooth. The handle of the knife was also wrapped tightly with strips of cloth, for fear that some barbs would scratch the hand of the knife snowman. It can be seen that it is very attentive.

Dao Xueke naturally would not refuse Rao Mengli's intentions, and said with a smile: "How can I refuse Xiaoli's intentions, this bamboo knife is even more exquisite than the one made by the hall master." With that, he hung the bamboo knife on the other side of his waist. Seeing that he loved him so much, Rao Mengli felt a warm heart, and a smile appeared on his face. "Hey, someone breaks a bamboo knife and someone cares, and my eyes are so poisonous that life is worse than death before someone cares, sad, sigh. Luo Baiyi on the side said with emotion, which made Rao Mengli and Dao Xueke laugh.

The three of them came to the garden of this Ye Jianmen together, only to see the small bridge and flowing water, the glaze is the tile, and the white jade is the step. Carved railings and painted buildings, water pavilions. Ring back to the pavilion, overgrown with flowers and plants. Among them, there are many exotic flowers and plants, rockeries and real waters, craggy and strange stones, green pines and cypresses. There is one in the middle of the garden, about one zhang high, there is a white jade marble for the column on the platform, there is a big stone table in the platform, and there is a circle of stone benches around the stone table. Sitting on this platform gives you an unobstructed view of the garden. Seeing this, Rao Mengli couldn't help but sigh: "I didn't expect that this place near the western border has such a beautiful garden in the south of the Yangtze River. Dao Xueke also praised: "Lord Trumen is really elegant. With that, the two of them helped Luo Baiyi up the steps together and sat on the high platform to rest for a while.

The three of them were chatting and resting, when they suddenly heard a voice from far and near: "What do the three of you think the old man's garden scenery is better than Jiangnan?"

Following the prestige, it was Chu Yunshan who took You Jinwen and Chu Qing'an to the garden to play. Dao Xueke and Rao Mengli hurriedly got up and saluted: "I've seen Lord Chumen." Chu Yunshan said: "The two of you are exempt from courtesy." Luo Baiyi, who was at a loss and didn't know what to do, also got up and saluted and said, "I've seen Lord Chumen." Seeing this, Chu Yunshan said: "Since this young man's eyes are not very convenient, he doesn't have to be so polite. Sit down. Dao Xueke and the two of them helped Luo Baiyi to sit down again, and the two of them still got up to give up their seats for Chu Yunshan. The high platform is relatively wide, although only Luo Baiyi, Chu Yunshan and Chu Qing'an sat down, and the rest of the people are standing, and they don't seem crowded. Chu Qing'an saw that it was Dao Xueke, and for some reason, he became happy for no reason, so he also shouted: "Ah Xue, you also come and sit down!"

"Ah Xue?" everyone was shocked when they heard this title.

Chu Qing'an naturally didn't think there was anything wrong, but Dao Xueke noticed that the atmosphere was weird and very embarrassing, but he couldn't help but answer, so he returned: "No need Qing'an, I'll just stand." Chu Qing'an didn't say anything more, just drank tea by himself.

"Qing'an?" everyone was shocked when they heard this title.

Chu Yunshan saw that his daughter kept saying that he wanted to find a sword and snow guest to test martial arts the day before yesterday, and he never thought that he would call each other so close today, so he asked: "When did the relationship between the two of you become so good? After that, he glanced at Dao Xueke. Rao Mengli saw it in her eyes, and her heart was not a taste, as if she had knocked over the vinegar jar. He took a step forward and blocked the sword snowman behind him. You Jinwen behind Chu Yunshan also stared at the knife snowman tightly, and secretly gritted his teeth. He grew up in this Ye Jianmen since he was a child, and his junior sister can be described as a childhood sweetheart, although the junior sister is willful, but she is also arrogant and disdainful of other men, but she is different from this sword and snowman, which makes him how can he be a senior brother. Eyes swept from top to bottom, stopping at the leaf knife hanging from his waist, You Jinwen was the first big disciple of the Yiye Sword Sect, how could he not recognize the treasure knife of this sect, when he thought of the candle flame in the armory late yesterday night, and then thought about it carefully, Chu Qing'an looked flustered at that time, it was better to be free and easy on weekdays, and he had a number in his heart. When I think about it like this, the fire of ignorance ignites in my heart.

"Dao Xueke!" You Jinwen suddenly drank, and everyone was shocked by this sound. "The hanging on your waist is clearly the treasure knife of my sword gate. Late yesterday, the night patrol disciples came to report, and the armory, which no one had ever set foot in, suddenly appeared. It turned out that you infiltrated my armory and stole the treasure sword! Dare to steal chickens and dogs in my Yiye Sword Gate, you are so bold!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Chu Yunshan also looked at Dao Xueke's waist, stroked his beard and said, "Yes, it is indeed the treasure knife in my door that has been hidden in the armory. And Hugh said that it was an outsider, and even my disciples of the Yiye Sword Sect rarely went there. Although it is not a divine blade, it is also the property of my Yiye Sword Gate. I don't know where Snow Boy got this treasure knife. ”

Dao Xueke originally wanted to find an opportunity to return this knife, but he was afraid that Chu Qing'an would blame him, so he had to hang it on his body. Although it caused a misunderstanding, Dao Xueke was still serious, so he pushed the boat down the river, making mistakes again and again, willing to bear his own guilt, and unwilling to embarrass Chu Qing'an.