Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Stone City Inn
The Lizhou Shui family is extremely mysterious, no one knows where its clan originates and who carries it forward. It seems that overnight, the Shui family appeared in front of the world www.biquge.info a deep and majestic mansion, with a plaque hanging on the front door, on which the word "Shuifu" was written; on the same day, at the annual martial arts conference, a young talent appeared for the first time, using a set of trickling water, tumbling and flowing, misty Han Xiao swordsmanship, although extremely trying, but on the spot was recognized as already in the forefront of the rivers and lakes.
When asked for detailed background information, he replied: "In the Southern Dynasty of Xiashui, he lives in Shangyi Street, Lizhou Prefecture. Family swordsmanship, Han Xiao. ”
Some people who are familiar with Lizhou have questions: Although Shangyi Street is in the center of the state capital, the alley is deep, and it is a remote place in the center. But even so, I have never heard of such a powerful family? Could it be that it is only because few people pass by that they can hide in the city?
Some people also have questions: Han Xiao's swordsmanship is so powerful, and it is passed down from family to family, why has no one ever heard of it in the martial arts? Is it because it has never been made public? But where did the predecessors who first invented this swordsmanship learn the sword? Isn't there a source?
No matter how many doubts people have and how sudden they feel, the Shui family just appeared in front of the world without warning.
Maybe everyone thinks that this level is already the biggest shock to martial arts, but in fact, this is just the beginning. In the next few months, Shuinanchao, as the head of the Shuifu, successively challenged the suzerain-level figures who were very high-ranking in the martial arts at that time, so he greatly and quickly improved his ranking in the rivers and lakes. Just when everyone speculated that he still had the strength to hide and would continue to challenge, Shui Fu stopped submitting worship posts, and instead posted invitations to martial arts people to participate in his sister Shui Yue's sixteenth birthday banquet and coming-of-age ceremony.
A Huaxiao nine autumn twilight, flying clouds and rain of the orchid dance, so that the guests present can not forget for a long time, the name of the water moon is far away, remembered by the martial arts people. At this time, in the eyes of the world, Shuifu is already full of talents, in addition to the chic and magnificent Shuinan Dynasty, there is also the Shuiyue girl who has captivated the city and the country.
Immediately afterwards, another piece of news came out: Yun Xiaotian, a young and promising talent in the martial arts, finally announced his marriage, and hired the Shuiyue girl from Shuifu to hold the wedding on a certain day. Although it happened suddenly, it was also a matter of course. The spectators commented that the two of them were talented and beautiful, and their combination was a strong combination, a perfect combination, and complementing each other.
In the following years, Shuifu gradually faded into obscurity. During that time, there were constant turmoil in the martial arts: the attributes of the Demon Cult of the Optimus Sect were gradually recognized, and all decent people drew a line with it......
Shuifu once again became a topic of discussion after tea and dinner, when Yunxiao Tian was elected as the new leader of the martial arts alliance. People suddenly discovered that Mrs. Shuiyue, who wanted to dress and look like flowers, had died of illness, leaving behind two young sons. The plaque of Shuifu on Shangyi Street in Lizhou Mansion is also long gone, and the gate is hung with dusty locks, leaving only an empty mansion. What is unbelievable is that although the courtyard is empty, no one dares to break in, I don't know if it is because of the mystery of the Shui family, or if there is some incredible reason for the house itself.
At this point, people suddenly came up with an idea that surprised them: The sudden appearance of the Shuinan Dynasty and the sudden rise of the Shui family were not to pave the way for the appearance of Mrs. Shuiyue? When Mrs. Shuiyue died of illness, the Shui family had no reason to stay on the rivers and lakes, so it disappeared. Is this really the case? The land of the Central Plains is indeed very large, but people come and go, how did such an unusual and powerful family hide in the rivers and lakes? From another angle, how did the Shui family come and go freely in the rivers and lakes? It can't be a mystery to be discovered, right?
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Speaking of Mrs. Shuiyue, Hua Jiu'er remembered the picture of her smiling. I don't know what it's like to live without a mother after Yunhai? She is better than herself, she still has an adoptive mother, a kind mother who will dote on her......
Yunhai rode in front and looked back at Hua Jiu'er, who was looking ahead, thinking in a daze. Without showing any expression, he turned his head and continued to ride forward......
Back at the inn and back to their respective rooms, Hua Jiu'er called the shopkeeper to prepare a bucket of hot water, took out a bottle of sesame oil made by Nian Bixue from his luggage, dripped it into the bucket, and suddenly the faint fragrance of flowers floated out, and Hua Jiu'er sat comfortably in it to take a bath. In the steam, she recalled the journey with Yunhai, and couldn't help but smile and sigh again: Although no one mentioned the marriage contract again, and it seems that he doesn't remember this promise, the two of them get along all the way, and they can be regarded as fulfilling the fate they once had destined. Although she didn't get along much with her when she was a child, she understood the truth of a promise. Maybe you should treat him as a family member after that?
Hua Jiu'er smiled, got up and got dressed, and dried her hair.
I remembered that the moonlight was beautiful tonight, so I came to the window and opened the window, and sure enough, the moonlight was still there, and the light was sprinkled, feeling cool and quiet. As far as Hua Jiu'er could see, she saw that there was also a person in the courtyard of the inn sitting sideways on the stone table looking at the moon, holding his hands on his chest and stretching his legs out at will. This person is dressed in gray clothes, the style of the clothes is extremely ordinary, but the appearance is very unusual, it is the so-called style of everyone, with beautiful appearance and clear eyebrows.
Why did he know that he didn't look ordinary? Because he had already shifted his gaze to Hua Jiu'er's face. His expression was indifferent, his eyes were deep, and he looked at Hua Jiu'er like this. This person is the eldest son of Jinyi Villa, Yan Ke.
Hua Jiu'er wore her hair loose and was dressed in a white shirt, and she also looked at him under the moonlight.
It was only a short time later, Hua Jiu'er considered whether to close the window and leave, Yan Ke suddenly retracted his gaze, stood up, and walked leisurely to the courtyard next door.
As soon as Yan Ke's figure disappeared behind the wall, the window in the room next to Hua Jiu'er opened, although she couldn't see anyone, Hua Jiu'er knew that it was a sea of clouds.
Yun Hai looked at the place where Yan Ke had disappeared, and there was thought in his eyes.
Closing the window, Yunhai returned to the table, he pulled back his sleeves, and still wore the sky-blue bracelet on his left wrist. He raised his right hand and gripped the wrist of his left hand tightly.
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Suddenly, there was a scream not far away, not loud in the dead of night, but it sounded very clear.
Yunhai straightened his sleeves.
Hua Jiu'er was also sitting at the table at this time, holding the teacup with her left hand, her eyes moving slightly, identifying the direction, and then frowning slightly.
Immediately after, there was a burst of doorbreaking, exclamations, and hurried footsteps.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves appeared, from far and near, stopping at the place where the screams had appeared, and the voices of people were noisy and shouting......
The sound of carriages on the street sounded again, and when it stopped, the voices of the crowd began to shift.
After a short time, the sound of carriages and horses' hooves gradually became quieter and quieter, and finally disappeared.
The night was quiet again.
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On the second day, Hua Jiu'er and Yun Hai got up as usual, and Yun Hai walked into the restaurant on the first floor first and ordered breakfast for two. As soon as breakfast was put on the table, Hua Jiu'er sat down, grabbed the fried noodles and stuffed them into her mouth.
Seeing this, Yunhai pushed the soy milk on the side in front of Hua Jiu'er, sandwiched another bun, and put it on Hua Jiu'er's plate.
Hua Jiu'er grabbed the fritters and waved her hand, unable to speak for a while.
Yun Hai's eyes moved slightly, and he used chopsticks to open the bun and sandwich the meat filling into his own plate, leaving only the dough with meat juice.
Hua Jiu'er nodded, and thought in his heart: Yunhai this guy has a really good memory, he only ate once in the bamboo house in Liuzhou two days ago, and he remembered that he only ate the skin and not the meat filling when he ate buns, he was really a good partner in walking the rivers and lakes!
"What happened last night?
Someone on the side finally discussed last night's movements, Hua Jiu'er pricked up her ears and listened carefully.
"Something happened to the Yongtai Inn, and two passing merchants were killed, and all the money on them was gone. ”
"Being targeted? so ruthlessly?
"It looks like yes, a knife kills, and the shot is very neat. ”
"Where did the merchant come from?
"Zizhou came over, the specific situation is still being investigated, and it is not very clear now. ”
"It's really pitiful, if you don't say that you're not afraid of thieves stealing, you're afraid of thieves!"
"It's better to keep a low profile when you're away from home. ”
"Then again, how much money did those two merchants bring that led to their deaths?"
"Who knows, looking at the clothes, it doesn't look like a family with a lot of money. ”
"It's hard to say, maybe they're disguised to hide people's eyes. ”
"Hehe, then why don't you say that they are not actually merchants?"
"Or buddy, you have a lot of imagination, I, that is, just guess, what the truth is, see how the yamen judges. ”
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Packing up the baggage, Yunhai checked out at the front desk, Hua Jiu'er stood aside, idle, looking around, suddenly, strange but very touching footsteps sounded, Hua Jiu'er looked at the door: a man in a gray shirt and a hat came in from outside. Through the curtain, he seemed to be looking at Hua Jiu'er, but he immediately turned his head and ordered Xiao Er on the side to send some early to his room, and went upstairs.
"Let's go. Yunhai finished the formalities and said.
Hua Jiu'er blinked thoughtfully at the empty staircase, looked at the sea of clouds again, and said, "Okay." ”
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