Volume 14 Chapter 7 (2)

The confrontation lasted only a moment, and Lu Qi found that the coldness of the eyes opposite gradually regained their original gentleness and clarity, even so, Lu Qi felt that the pressure from Ximen Lie's body was getting stronger and stronger, making her almost breathless, obviously such clear eyes, obviously such a warm gaze, but people could not feel the existence of a trace of emotion, just like the eternal sky, it seemed to be affectionate but ruthless.

Walking together for nearly ten days, Lu Qi has long been accustomed to Ximen Lie's gentleness and elegance, peace and closeness, and even once suspected that this person is really the Demon Gate Martial Arts Sect Master, Zi Jing's master, after all, Ximen Lie gives the impression that it is not hurt at all, he and Yang Ning are very different in temperament, by no means like a pair of masters and apprentices, until this moment, Lu Qi completely understood in his heart that the Hidden Emperor is the Hidden Emperor, worthy of the identity of the four great grandmasters, and also worthy of the identity of the martial arts sect master. It's just that despite this, Lu Qi refused to show weakness, even though her eyes had gradually blurred and she couldn't see the figure of the man opposite, she still stood stubbornly in front of Ximen Lie, expressing her dissatisfaction and anger with a straight posture.

Seeing that Lu Qi always refused to give in, the anger in Ximen Lie's heart gradually dissipated, his heart moved, his true qi around his body converged, he reached forward to hold Lu Qi's crumbling delicate body, and sighed: "You little girl looks weak, but her temperament is so stubborn, I am afraid that it is not as soft as Zijing and Ling Mei's temper, at my age, if I still want to fight with you, I am afraid that I will laugh at the world, and I will say that I bully the small with the big, that's it, it's just that, some things can't be explained to you now." One day you will understand our suffering, but now the most important thing is Ling Mei's poison, in short, if there is a glimmer of opportunity, you and I can't let it go lightly. ”

Lu Qi only felt that the clothes inside had been soaked with sweat, if it weren't for Ximen Lie, even if he stopped, he was afraid that he would no longer be able to support it, although there were still many dissatisfaction and confusion in his heart, but he also knew that he couldn't turn against Ximen Lie, after all, he had to rely on the other party to save Qingping. Then he said in a low voice: "It's the little girl who is rude, if the seniors are not very concerned about Zijing, how can they take the little girl all the way to the south, regardless of whether the sister can be saved." If the seniors can let Lu Qi and the housesister meet, Lu Qi is grateful. With that, he straightened up and bowed down to Simon.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, the snow suddenly stopped when Lu Qi bowed. Almost at the same moment, thousands of rays of sunlight shone down through the thick clouds, unobstructed, and the mighty river. Thousands of miles of gold, snow, as bright as Qiongyao. The light of water and snow shines against each other. Sketch a freehand picture. It is also a green coat flying, this situation is this scene. It was like an immortal coming to the world, and at this moment, a slightly smiling voice sounded unhurriedly: "What a handsome girl, I really feel sorry for me, Mr. Simon, is this your new wife?"

Lu Qi was startled when she heard the voice, and heard that the voice seemed to come from the river, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look, only to see a three-masted ship coming down the river from the upper reaches of the opposite bank, about seven or eight miles away from the river bank, the speed of the man's speech was extremely slow, although the speed of the ship was not as fast as the galloping horse, the kung fu of this sentence, the big ship also traveled at least a hundred zhang away, there were wind and waves hindering, the impact of the change of distance on the sound can be imagined, but the voice from the boat was consistent, as if the person who spoke was in the ear. If it's just across the river, Lu Qi has such a ability, if you want to have such a stable voice, you can't hear the change in strength and weakness, but it is beyond her power, especially to Lu Qi, in her feelings, the internal force of the person who speaks is not very smart, compared to herself, it is only slightly better, if it is a master like Ximen Lie and Yang Ning, the voice is not affected by the wind and waves, distance, it is not surprising, but this person can also do it, it really makes her incredible.

Ximen Lie also heard the man's voice, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and his face showed a strange expression, looking like he was annoyed and helpless, but he was also a little relieved, and said with a wry smile: "Liao Shuiqing, your temperament has not changed, you always have to make a few jokes when you meet, just say that I am enough, how to joke about this girl, if others hear it, wouldn't it be to laugh at you and me for being disrespectful." ”

The man on the river chuckled and said: "Thirty and stand, forty is not confused, fifty knows the destiny of heaven, Mr. Simon is just the age of knowing the destiny of heaven, with such pure internal strength as Mr., there must still be fifty or sixty years to live, where can he be considered old, he should marry a young lady, and it is good to spend the moon before and after, and read in class, but he is not diligent in the lower four bodies, and the grains are not divided, although he is a few years younger than Mr., he has gray sideburns and hangs old, and he must not have lived a few years better." ”

The man's tone was light, and Ximen Lie couldn't laugh when he heard it, so he had to shake his head and smile bitterly, but Lu Qi pricked up his ears and listened carefully to the man's words. If you talk about martial arts, Lu Qi is naturally not a top master, but she has a talent that is difficult for ordinary people to compare with in the rhythm of music, that is, a wisp of piano sound in the sound of the drum of ten thousand faces, and she can't hide it from her ears, but like a yellow crane Mr. Liao Shuiqing Liao, what kind of person can make characters like the Hidden Emperor Ximen Lie and Fengtai Pavilion Master Wu Cheng also be jealous?

Between words

The big ship has arrived, Lu Qi took a closer look, only to see that this ship is not much different from the river, the three masts are hung with *** flags, and there are six long oars on the left and right sides of the ship, but there are no human figures in the bow and stern, as if driven by ghosts to swim on the river, which makes people feel strange.

There was still a distance of four or five zhang from the river embankment, and two long branches suddenly stretched out from the bow of the ship, propping up in the mud of the shallow water of the river, and the ship was immovable. Before long, the hatch opened without wind, and an old man in purple walked out of it, only to see that he was white-faced, eagle-eyed and long-eyebrowed, full of evil, and extraordinary. Thinking that she still needed to rely on this person to rescue Qingping's poison, Lu Qi subconsciously wanted to salute, but she had just bowed, but the old man in purple had already stepped aside, showing that a man in Ge Yi had come behind her. This person was born with an indistinguishable appearance, if he said he was a man, but he did not have eyebrows, his lips were not painted but Zhu, if he said he was a woman. Zhou is elegant and graceful up and down, raising his hands and feet without feeling cramped, especially the bookish atmosphere between his eyebrows, Tsinghua is elegant. It is forgetful at first sight, and it also has the corners of the eyebrows and eyes, slightly dyed with wind and frost, and the corners of the sleeves. There is hidden ink, like a great Confucian with a good head.

Lu Qi immediately knew that she had just recognized the wrong person, and a touch of red appeared on her pale face, and she was in a dilemma. At a loss for a moment, the Ge Yi man was not angry when he saw this, but raised his voice and laughed: "Old Gu." I'll just say you're more like a master than I am. But you still won't admit it. There's nothing to say this time. ”

Lu Qi was shocked when she heard this, she had already been afraid of Liao Shuiqing, who had never been masked. Hearing him say this at this moment, I couldn't help but worry about the old man in purple, but the old man in purple snorted coldly and said indifferently: "If the Lord is willing to follow the rules, how can others misunderstand, the weather is so cold, and it has just snowed, but the Lord refuses to wear the silver fox fur no matter what, he has to wear such a cold and wind-resistant coat, and he does not care for his body." ”

Ge Yiren waved his hand impatiently: "You are burning the brazier in the cabin, it is as warm as spring, if you put on a fur coat, won't you die of heat, just like this for a while, you won't suffer from the cold, Mr. Simon, and this girl, you all come up, if I don't go back to the cabin, I'm afraid that Lao Gu will drive people out." ”

Ximen Lie seemed to have been accustomed to Ge Yiren's temper, and after smiling slightly bitterly, he pulled up Lu Qi and swept to the bow of the boat, and sure enough, as soon as the two got on the boat, the old man in purple urged Ge Yi Ren to enter the cabin, and Ximen Lie did not wait for the master to Su Ke, so he pulled Lu Qi into the cabin.

The front cabin is not separated, so it seems very wide, Lu Qi entered the door and saw that there was a map of Kyushu hanging on the opposite side, covering the entire bulkhead, at first glance, this map is no different from what I have seen before, under careful inspection, Lu Qi found that this map is very detailed for the rivers of the world, but those mountains and rivers passes, the place where the soldiers must fight is very brief. In addition to this map of Kyushu, there are also all kinds of maps on the bulkheads of the four places, and there are some drawings of the design of dams and ditches, and the ground is full of books and wooden tablets, piled up like a mountain, and there is almost no place to stand, but there is an open place in the middle of the cabin, but there are also dozens of red ground chips, although it has long been messy, but it can also be seen that a calculation has just been carried out.

In fact, the cabin is not as warm as Ge Yi people said, only a brazier is placed on the left and right sides of the door, barely so cold as to make people cold hands and feet, presumably Ge Yi people are worried about accidentally catching fire, destroying the book in the cabin, this is so decided, but the charcoal is the best, although the flame is blazing, there is not much fireworks, but there are wisps of fragrance, which is refreshing.

The old man in purple waved his sleeves and pushed away those calculations, moved some books next to him, sorted out a vacant lot, and brought three futons over, only then did he barely sort out the place where the guests were entertained, Ge Yiren picked a futon and sat down, and beckoned Ximen Lie and Lu Qi to sit down, and said with a grin: "Old Gu, I remember that there is still half a catty left in the snow buds of Qingcheng this year, you can cook tea and bring it over." Without waiting for the old man in purple to nod, he turned his head to Ximen Lie and said: "I don't have anything else here, Mengding nectar, Qingcheng snow buds are necessary, I remember that Mr. Ximen originally preferred Mengding nectar, but this year's nectar is a little bitter, I didn't keep a basket, so I have to invite you to drink Qingcheng tea, in fact, Lu Yu Tea Sutra says, 'Tea is born in Shushan Qingcheng Zhangren Peak, for the top grade of tea', Qingcheng snow buds are not inferior to Mengding nectar." ”

Ximen Lie said lightly: "Shui Qing doesn't have to bother, in fact, whether it is Mengding nectar or Qingcheng snow buds, I like it, but I used to drink nectar in the past, so every time we meet, I follow it." ”

Ge Yiren's expression was a little dazed when he heard this, and he said after a while: "In the past, every year I got the best nectar, and I always gave half of it to the county lord, you often go to visit her, no wonder you are used to drinking nectar, she must have stopped drinking nectar over the years, right?"

Ximen Lie said meaningfully: "Whether the county lord still likes nectar, I don't know, but since twenty years ago, there has been no superlative Mengding nectar sent to the door, and the county lord is willing to lack rather than abuse, so it is true that he no longer tastes Mengding nectar." ”

Ge Yiren's expression changed slightly when he heard this, and he finally restrained the aura that was flying in the field. Zhengse said: "Mr. Simon doesn't have to use words to provoke, Pingyan has already told everything about the matter, since Zijing is."

Son, I will definitely save his earthly sweetheart, but if you don't put forward some conditions for my identity, it is also a little unreasonable. ”

Ximen Lie's heart sank, and he said slowly: "I don't know what conditions Shui Qing has, I hope it won't be too harsh." ”

Ge Yiren smiled slightly. said: "I don't ask much, just let Zijing leave the Central Plains for a while, three or four months is not short, seven or eight months is not long." When the dust settles, it doesn't matter if he comes back. ”

Ximen Lie said: "Since Shui Qing is good at controlling water, he should know the truth that it is better to block than to sparse, not to mention that Shui Qing has not asked about the world for many years. Even the Luoyang Alliance didn't participate in it, so why bother with it now?"

Ge Yiren smiled faintly and said: "How can I want to be nosy, but haven't you heard of 'Shen Sheng dies inside, and heavy ears are outside'." You should know that Pingyan is a disciple of Cuihu after all, and how much centripetal force the disciple of Cuihu has on the sect. No one knows better than I do. What's more, several disciples and attendants of the Sword King have not yet appeared. If Zijing is still in the Central Plains, it must be thorns everywhere. There is still a glimmer of luck this time, and there may not be such luck next time, not to mention that even if it is the one in Xindu, he may not want Zi Jing to stay in the Central Plains, and now Zi Jing is the target of everyone, and when Youji is calmed down, Zi Jing will appear again, and the situation will be completely opposite. ”

Ximen Lie pondered for a long time, and finally bowed his head and said: "Shui Qing is right, since this is the case, this matter is up to you, but are you really sure that you can remove the lovesickness poison?"

Ge Yiren's expression was a little gloomy, and he sighed: "No, I can only suppress the poison temporarily, if I can completely remove the poison of lovesickness, this poison is not one of the two great poisons." ”

Ximen Lie and Lu Qi's expressions changed slightly, and the four eyes stared at Ge Yiren, but Ge Yiren looked calm and said calmly: "In fact, even if I didn't make that request, Zi Jing must leave the Central Plains, just because the only person in this world who can completely remove the poison of lovesickness is not from the Central Plains." ”

Ximen Lie's expression changed, and he said for a long time: "The county lord once said that although Shui Qing also betrayed her that day, she believes that you and Yue Qiu's intentions are not the same, this time I believe you, and I hope you will not live up to the expectations of the county lord." ”

Liao Shuiqing lowered his head and was stunned for a long time when he heard this, and then raised his head, his eyes were already misty, and he choked up: "If I can get the words of the county lord, it is worth it for me to die immediately, please rest assured Mr. Simon, I will do my best, as long as they come on the boat, even that girl has stepped into the ghost gate, I am sure to pull her out." ”

When Ximen Lie heard this, he finally put his mind at ease and said with relief: " Liao Shuiqing promised a thousand gold, I heard about it in the morning, in this case, I can leave with confidence, you also know the matter of the covenant, I appear here, it is already very inappropriate, if you continue to stay, I am afraid that some people have an excuse to tear up the covenant, the girl I brought is called Lu Qi, you must have heard of it, Dongting Shuangdi Qin Jue, she is the sister of Zijing and Qingping, if the two children are disobedient, this girl can also persuade them, for the time being, I will leave her to you to take care of, and when it comes to this, I will arrange for someone to send her back to the letter。 ”

Liao Shuiqing's eyes fell on Lu Qi, only to see that although this girl heard a lot of shocking secrets, she was still calm and calm, and her appearance was very beautiful, and she couldn't help but have a heart of love, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I like this girl very much, not to mention temporarily handing it over to me to take care of, even if she stays by my side for a lifetime, there is nothing wrong with it, in fact, if you want me to say, why bother to reply to the letter, it is better to be my righteous daughter, follow me all over the three rivers and five lakes, isn't it better than fighting and killing with people, intrigue." ”

When Ximen Lie heard this, he smiled and said: "I'm afraid that your daughter doesn't have seven or eight, but there are five or six, and she can't take care of her on weekdays, do you still want to take in another righteous daughter?"

Although Liao Shuiqing was robbed, he didn't think it was angry, and said with a smile: "Those girls are used to being pampered on weekdays, who is willing to suffer with me, but my own daughter is not as filial as a righteous daughter, which is also a common thing." Speaking of this, the two crescent moons also seemed to condense their eyebrows slightly, revealing a bit of gloomy color, but they only disappeared in a flash, and were not discovered by the other two.

At this time, the old man in purple has already brought a tea set over, and each of them sent a fragrant tea, Qingcheng snow buds are beautiful and slightly curved, and the white hao is revealed, floating and sinking in the light blue tea soup, and has not been drunk, the fragrance of tea has come to the nose, although the three of them have different identities, they are all proficient in the tea ceremony, and they each savor it, and then Ximen Lie said goodbye and left, leaving only Lu Qi on the boat.

Until this moment, Lu Qi did not distinguish whether Liao Shuiqing was male or female, his appearance and bearing were both male and female, and even his voice was a little hoarse, neither thick nor clear, and he couldn't tell at all. It's just that she observes attentively, Liao Shuiqing's eyes are clear, her demeanor is free and easy, and her words are kind and a little bantery, but the words are sincere, without half a point of contempt and disdain, which makes people feel envious at first sight, but with Lu Qi's temperament, although she has a good impression of Liao Shuiqing, she is not willing to be someone else's righteous daughter, not to mention that she still has a trace of suspicion in her heart, so she just kept silent and waited quietly for Liao Shuiqing's orders.